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LetMyPeopleVote

(180,479 posts)
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 11:56 AM Saturday

White House loses it as lawmaker demands cognitive test from Trump's doctor: 'Stupid!'

trump is pissed that people want him to be tested. trump is NOT well and would fail any test given by a real doctor.

The White House is lashing out at Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) after he sent a letter to President Donald Trump's doctor demanding he submit to cognitive screening, according to MS NOW's Mychael Schnell.

Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-04-10T21:02:14Z

https://www.rawstory.com/jamie-raskin-2676699938

The White House is lashing out at Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) after he sent a letter to President Donald Trump's doctor demanding he submit to cognitive screening, according to MS NOW's Mychael Schnell.

"Lightweight Jamie Raskin is a stupid person’s idea of a smart person," stated White House spokesperson Davis Ingle. "President Trump’s sharpness, unmatched energy, and historic accessibility stand in stark contrast to what we saw during the past four years when Democrats like Raskin intentionally covered up Joe Biden’s serious mental and physical decline from the American people."

This follows a letter sent by Raskin, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, to Cpt. Sean Barbabella, the White House physician, expressing concern that Trump's erratic behavior surrounding the Iran war could be a sign of mental decline — and citing concerns from some of Trump's former allies, including former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) that he has "gone insane," as well as concerns from Rep. James Comer (R-KY) about former President Joe Biden's mental fitness.

"Experts have repeatedly warned that the President has been exhibiting signs consistent with dementia and cognitive decline," wrote Raskin. "And, in recent days, the country has watched President Trump's public statements and outbursts turn increasingly incoherent, volatile, profane, deranged, and threatening. His apparently deteriorating condition has caused tremendous alarm across the nation (and political spectrum) about the President's cognitive function and continuing mental fitness for the office of President, and prompted concerns about the President's well-being."

"On October 2025, you issued a statement declaring that the President 'continues to demonstrate excellent overall health,'" wrote Raskin. "In light of the President's extreme behavior over the past week to say nothing of his conduct in office more broadly-the public must know whether you still stand by that assessment. As Republican congressional leaders have repeatedly said, the American people deserve to know whether our President is mentally capable of making the life- or-death decisions that his office demands."

Trump has denied any issues with his mental acuity, repeatedly insisting that he has "aced" the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) — even though passage of this test does not rule out mental decline.
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White House loses it as lawmaker demands cognitive test from Trump's doctor: 'Stupid!' (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Saturday OP
What are they scared of ? republianmushroom Saturday #1
New cognitive test: Jeffrey, Melania, Ghislaine, Paolo, Amanda Ritabert Saturday #2
The cult believes this cretin will live forever. spanone Saturday #3
Test the doctor first Nasruddin Saturday #4
Just like a pilot needs yearly checks, BidenRocks Saturday #5
Do you mean krasnov's personal WH physician? That is not the niyad Saturday #9
Davis Ingle. Muhammad Saeed Al-Sahhaf, better known as Bagdad Bob. Same person? paleotn Saturday #6
??? niyad Saturday #10
Davis Ingle is a White House spokesperson. Who apparently drank way too much cool aid. paleotn Saturday #13
Ahhh, thank you. It is so difficult to keep all the mouthpieces straight. niyad Saturday #14
Trump is showing signs but it's hard to separate out true dementia from somsai Saturday #7
tell him it is a reality TV show rurallib Saturday #8
Make it a challenge with head-to-head testing: Trump and Vance vs. Kamala Harris and Gavin Newsome. TheRickles Saturday #12
You don't have to be Sigmund Freud to recognize a man who is totally off his rocker. The entire country is in danger Vinca Saturday #11
Does anyone remember how well that worked last time? Initech Sunday #15
Raskin offers bill setting up 25th Amendment process to remove Trump from office LetMyPeopleVote 11 hrs ago #16
MaddowBlog-Trump confronts a public conversation he hoped to avoid over his mental stability LetMyPeopleVote 7 hrs ago #17

spanone

(141,772 posts)
3. The cult believes this cretin will live forever.
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 12:56 PM
Saturday

or at least until he can pardon them all.

I wouldn't trust the doctor that would apply the test.

Nasruddin

(1,276 posts)
4. Test the doctor first
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 12:59 PM
Saturday

Absolutely, we want a cog test from Trump's dr before we listen to anything they have to say.

BidenRocks

(3,334 posts)
5. Just like a pilot needs yearly checks,
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 01:31 PM
Saturday

America's SG needs to talk to a Medical Review Board if their decisions have been extreme.
Every statement on chumps health from the SG has been puffery filled with observable lies.

We think the SG is as qualified as Doc Bone Spurs!
A review board needs to ensure our leader is getting the best advice and care. (Excuse me, )

Malpractice either intentional or not is still actionable!

A qualified SG would remove chump for mental issues and is on solid ground to do so!

Make it so!

niyad

(132,918 posts)
9. Do you mean krasnov's personal WH physician? That is not the
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 02:35 PM
Saturday

Surgeon General, although both of them appear completely incompetent.

paleotn

(22,374 posts)
13. Davis Ingle is a White House spokesperson. Who apparently drank way too much cool aid.
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 07:28 PM
Saturday

His over the top comments reminded me of Baghdad Bob, Saddam's minster of information, back in the Gulf War.

"Lightweight Jamie Raskin is a stupid person’s idea of a smart person," stated White House spokesperson Davis Ingle. "President Trump’s sharpness, unmatched energy, and historic accessibility stand in stark contrast to what we saw during the past four years when Democrats like Raskin intentionally covered up Joe Biden’s serious mental and physical decline from the American people."

niyad

(132,918 posts)
14. Ahhh, thank you. It is so difficult to keep all the mouthpieces straight.
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 08:01 PM
Saturday

He does remind one of Baghdad Bob.

somsai

(243 posts)
7. Trump is showing signs but it's hard to separate out true dementia from
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 02:17 PM
Saturday

his general background craziness. Acting unhinged and dangerous is a tactic of Trump, the bad part is that it might not be a tactic anymore, and a big problem is that it won't be easy at all to get rid of him.

rurallib

(64,711 posts)
8. tell him it is a reality TV show
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 02:23 PM
Saturday

and do it live on TV - CBS would probably give him time.

Talk about must-see TV!

TheRickles

(3,427 posts)
12. Make it a challenge with head-to-head testing: Trump and Vance vs. Kamala Harris and Gavin Newsome.
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 03:05 PM
Saturday

Vinca

(54,106 posts)
11. You don't have to be Sigmund Freud to recognize a man who is totally off his rocker. The entire country is in danger
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 02:58 PM
Saturday

because Trump's fan club wants to protect him. Surely, they see it, too.

Initech

(108,918 posts)
15. Does anyone remember how well that worked last time?
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 03:22 PM
Sunday

They rigged the shit out of it and Fox News gave the guy who rigged it a lifetime seat in Congress.

LetMyPeopleVote

(180,479 posts)
16. Raskin offers bill setting up 25th Amendment process to remove Trump from office
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 01:15 PM
11 hrs ago

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., wants to set up a new commission to determine whether Trump is mentally fit for office.

Raskin offers bill setting up 25th Amendment process to remove Trump from office
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., wants to set up a new commission to determine whether Trump is mentally fit for office.

www.ms.now/news/raskin-...

Rude 8647 Fulk (@rudefulk.bsky.social) 2026-04-14T16:51:42.272Z

https://www.ms.now/news/raskin-bill-25th-amendment-remove-trump

Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, introduced a bill on Tuesday that seeks to kickstart the removal of President Donald Trump through the 25th Amendment — a longshot effort that, while unlikely to succeed, aims to put renewed focus on the president’s mental fitness and recent rhetoric.

The legislation, which was offered with 50 Democratic co-sponsors, would establish a “Commission on Presidential Capacity to Discharge the Powers and Duties of Office.” That Commission would be composed of 17 members tasked with determining whether the president is incapacitated — “either mentally or physically” — and able to discharge the powers and duties of office, as called for in Section 4 of the 25th Amendment. .....

Despite the mounting calls to invoke the 25th Amendment, it is highly unlikely Trump would be removed through that mechanism, which has never been used to end a presidency in U.S. history.

To be successful, the vice president and a majority of the president’s cabinet would have to agree that the president “is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.” If the president were to dispute that assessment — as Trump almost certainly would — at least two-thirds of the House and Senate would have to agree that the president is unfit to serve to remove him from office.

In effect, using the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office is a higher burden than impeachment and conviction in the Senate......

This is not Raskin’s first move zeroing in on Trump’s mental fitness. Last week, the Maryland Democrat called on the White House physician to conduct a “comprehensive cognitive evaluation” of Trump.

“At a time when our country is at war — especially when the war was initiated by the President without congressional declaration or consent — the American people must be able to trust that the Commander-in-Chief has the mental capacity to discharge the essential duties of his office,
” Raskin wrote in a letter. “I therefore request that you conduct a comprehensive cognitive assessment of President Donald Trump, provide those results to Congress, and make yourself available to brief Congress on your findings.”

LetMyPeopleVote

(180,479 posts)
17. MaddowBlog-Trump confronts a public conversation he hoped to avoid over his mental stability
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 05:39 PM
7 hrs ago

One observer argued, “The American people must not look away … They must pay attention to the president’s deterioration.”

Is Trump’s mental stability getting worse or has he always been this way? It’s tough to say with confidence.

What’s easier to say is that the intensifying public conversation about his mental fitness is getting louder, which is a disaster for the White House.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-04-14T20:56:03.629Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-confronts-a-public-conversation-he-hoped-to-avoid-over-his-mental-stability

Last week, after Donald Trump issued genocidal threats toward Iran and made strange comments at the White House Easter Egg Roll, Rep. Jamie Raskin decided to contact the president’s physician, seeking a “comprehensive cognitive and neurological evaluation.”

This week, the Maryland Democrat, who serves as the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, took another step down the same path, unveiling a proposal to establish a Commission on Presidential Capacity to Discharge the Powers and Duties of Office. The measure, which was unveiled with 50 Democratic co-sponsors, would be responsible for determining whether the president is incapacitated “either mentally or physically” and unable to discharge the powers and duties of office, as called for in the 25th Amendment.....

Indeed, the day before Raskin unveiled his proposal, The New York Times published a striking report with an unsubtle headline: “Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate.” From the article:

President Trump’s erratic behavior and extreme comments in recent days and weeks have turbocharged the crazy-like-a-fox-or-just-plain-crazy debate that has followed him on the national political stage for a decade.

A series of disjointed, hard-to-follow and sometimes-profane statements capped by his ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’ threat to wipe Iran off the map last week and his head-spinning attack on the ‘WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy’ pope on Sunday night have left many with the impression of a deranged autocrat mad with power.


The Times highlighted a lawyer who used to work with Trump, who described the president as “a man who is clearly insane.” It also noted a recent comment from Stephanie Grisham, a former White House press secretary who worked for Trump in his first term, who wrote online last week that her former boss is “clearly not well.”.....

Indeed, I remember the Times publishing a front-page report in October 2024, about a month before Election Day, that highlighted a variety of situations in which the Republican “seemed confused, forgetful, incoherent or disconnected from reality.” The same article added, “He rambles, he repeats himself, he roams from thought to thought — some of them hard to understand, some of them unfinished, some of them factually fantastical. He voices outlandish claims that seem to be made up out of whole cloth. He digresses into bizarre tangents about golf, about sharks, about his own ‘beautiful’ body.”

A year and a half later, is Trump worse? It’s hard to say with confidence.

What’s easier to say with certainty, however, is that this entire line of inquiry is a disaster for the White House. Trump is woefully unpopular; he has no idea what to do with a struggling economy; and the destabilizing war he started in Iran for reasons he’s unable to explain clearly isn’t going according to plan — to the extent that the president even had a rudimentary plan at all.

It’s against this backdrop that the conversation about his mental fitness is getting louder.
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