Trump misstates doctor’s name while pushing for Biden to undergo cognitive test
During a speech in Michigan, Donald Trump questioned President Joe Biden’s cognitive abilities and suggested that Biden should undergo a cognitive test. However, while making these statements, Trump wrongly identified his former physician, Rep. Ronny Jackson, erroneously calling him “Ronny Johnson”, despite Jackson previously serving as the White House doctor and asserting Trump’s good health during his presidency. Trump’s slip-up was highlighted by Biden’s campaign, which circulated a video clip of the error. Trump further boasted about his own cognitive test results, claiming exceptional health and longevity potential if he avoided junk food, a statement originally made by Jackson.
Donald Trump highlighted concerns about President Joe Biden’s mental acuity during a speech in Michigan on Saturday, but the former president had a slip-up while doing so.
Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, challenged his lead opponent to a cognitive test while speaking at a Turning Point Action convention in Detroit, but Trump misstated the name of the doctor who once performed the same test on him.
“I think [Biden] should take a cognitive test like I did. I took a cognitive test, and I aced it,” Trump told the crowd. “Doc Ronny, doc Ronny Johnson, does everyone know Ronny Johnson, congressman from Texas? He was the White House doctor, and he said I was the healthiest president, he feels, in history.”
Trump was referencing Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX), who served as the presidential physician from 2013 to 2018.
Trump, not realizing the error, continued to boast about the results of his cognitive test.
“In fact, he said if I didn’t eat junk food I would live to 200. That’s what he said,” Trump told the crowd.
The Biden campaign was quick to spotlight Trump’s gaffe, sharing a video of the moment on X and noting the inaccurate name.
Trump: I think Biden should take a cognitive test. My doctor Ronny Johnson. Ronny Johnson, do you know him?
(His name is Ronny Jackson) pic.twitter.com/hYDg01Hais
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) June 15, 2024
Trump, who just turned 78 on Friday, has zeroed in on the scrutiny over Biden’s age at nearly every opportunity, observing how the president, who is the oldest president in U.S. history at 81 years old, has at times appeared lost on stage, stumbled on stairs, or fumbled over his words.
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Trump himself has often displayed a higher energy level at public appearances than Biden; however, some political observers say Trump, too, is succumbing to his age in some respects.
“On physical appearance, yes, Trump seems more energetic,” University of Minnesota Center for the Study of Politics and Governance Director Lawrence Jacobs told the Washington Examiner. “On enunciation, mispronouncing words, freezing, etc. — even. Developing a thought-out plan for change and following it — Biden.”
Trump, when he is formally nominated at the Republican National Convention next month, will break the record for the oldest candidate to accept their party’s presidential nomination. Biden will then break Trump’s record a few weeks later when he accepts his own nomination.
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