トランプ氏、バイデン氏に「認知機能検査」要求

【ワシントンＡＦＰ＝時事】米国のドナルド・トランプ前大統領（７７）は２月２９日、１１月の大統領選での再戦が有力視される現職のジョー・バイデン大統領（８１）について、「ひどい決断」ばかりしていると批判し、認知機能検査を受けるよう求めた。（写真は米国のジョー・バイデン大統領＜左＞とドナルド・トランプ前大統領）
　トランプ氏は「いんちきのジョー・バイデンは認知機能検査を受けるべきだ。そうすれば、なぜ彼があんなにひどい決断を下すのか分かるかもしれない」と自身のＳＮＳ「トゥルース・ソーシャル（Ｔｒｕｔｈ Ｓｏｃｉａｌ）」に投稿。
　「私は２回受けて、いずれも『ばっちり』だった（ノーミス！）。すべての大統領、または大統領を目指す人間に、この検査を義務付けるべきだ！」と続けた。
　バイデン氏は２月２８日に年に一度の健康診断を受け、医師から健康面での懸念要因は見当たらず、「引き続き任に堪える」と評価された。ホワイトハウスによると、認知機能検査は必要ないと判断され、受けなかったという。
　トランプ氏は五つの単語を正しい順番で記憶する認知機能検査の結果をよく自慢するが、言い間違いも多い。ここ数週間でも、ハンガリーのオルバン・ビクトル首相をトルコの指導者と言い間違えたり、大統領選の共和党候補指名を争うニッキー・ヘイリー元国連大使を、ナンシー・ペロシ前下院議長と言い間違えたりしている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/03/01-18:41）

Donald Trump called Thursday for President Joe Biden to take a cognitive test, slamming the Democrat almost certain to be his opponent in November's US election for his terrible decisions.
Trump regularly boasts about his performance on a simple exam meant to detect dementia, sparking ridicule from critics, but multiple missteps by both men have raised concerns over their advanced years and mental acuity.
Crooked Joe Biden must take a Cognitive Test. Maybe that way we would be able to find out why he makes such terrible decisions, the 77-year-old posted on Truth Social.
I took two of them, and ACED them both (no mistakes!). All Presidents, or people wanting to become President, should mandatorily take this test!
Biden, 81, underwent an annual physical Wednesday and was declared fit for duty by doctors who said there were no notable changes in his health over the past year.
The White House said Biden did not undergo a cognitive test because it was not deemed necessary.
He passes a cognitive test every day, as he moves from one topic to another topic, understanding the granular level of these topics, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.
Polling has consistently shown that a majority of Americans do not want to see a rematch between Biden and Trump in November, deeming both too old for the White House.
Trump -- who is expected over the coming month to secure the Republican nomination to run against Biden -- often mocks Biden's verbal gaffes and impersonates his stiff gait during rallies.
The president was described in a recent report exonerating him over his retention of classified documents as an elderly man who frequently shows limitations with memory and recall.
Trump boasts regularly about his performance in a dementia test that required him to remember five words in the correct order but the Republican former president is also prone to regular verbal slip-ups.
In recent weeks he has mistakenly referred to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban as the leader of Turkey and on one occasion repeatedly confused former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi with his primary rival, Nikki Haley.