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It’s time for cognitive tests for US presidential candidates

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04.03.2024

With American voters increasingly of the opinion that neither President Joe Biden nor his potential general election rival, Donald Trump, are mentally fit to lead the nation, it’s time to set some tough restrictions on the highest office in the land.

At a time when the American people need strong and vibrant leadership more than ever before, they are forced to choose between two politicians whose combined age is 158 years. Already the oldest president in US history, Biden is 81 and would be 86 should he complete a second term. Trump, the probable Republican presidential nominee this year, will turn 78 in June.

According to a Quinnipiac University poll published this week, 64% of respondents said Joe Biden, the man who manages the nuclear briefcase, among other daunting tasks, is mentally unfit for another term, while 51% of voters voiced the same opinion about Donald Trump.

The shocking poll results came shortly after Special Council Robert Hur, presiding over a case to determine if the US president had mishandled classified documents, described Biden as “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor........

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