By Megan Lebowitz – NBCNews
Former President Donald Trump on Saturday mixed up the name of his former White House doctor moments after saying that President Joe Biden should undergo a cognitive test.
The confusion came as Trump boasted about having “passed” a cognitive test. Trump also criticized Biden, saying, “I think he should take a cognitive test, like I did.”
“I took a cognitive test and passed it. Dr. Ronny, Dr. Ronny Johnson…” Trump stated, confusing the name of his White House doctor, Dr. Ronny Jackson, now a member of the House of Representatives. “Does everyone know Ronny Johnson, congressman from Texas? “He was the White House doctor.”
Trump continued, boasting that he got “every question right” on the cognitive test Jackson administered, apparently unaware that he had mispronounced his name.
Jackson administered the Montreal Cognitive Assessment to Trump in 2018.
A spokesperson for the Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment Sunday evening.
Other Trump confusions
Trump has mixed up the names of prominent officials and politicians before. In January, he confused GOP presidential rival Nikki Haley with Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., when she was discussing the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Trump has referred to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as Turkey’s leader and has changed Biden’s name to former President Barack Obama, something Trump defended by saying he did so “sarcastically.”
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Trump, who turned 78 on Friday, frequently attempted to paint Biden, 81, as mentally incompetent.
The Biden campaign hit back on Saturday, posting a short clip of Trump’s confusion on social media site X. The post garnered more than 18,000 likes.
In a statement to NBC News, Biden campaign spokesman James Singer referred to a CNBC report in which CEOs who met with Trump said the former president was rambling and showing a lack of focus.
Singer called Trump “unhinged, unable to focus and diminishing before our eyes”.
“His only coherent thoughts this week were his affinity for more corporate tax cuts for billionaires, tax increases for the middle class, and his disdain for the people of Milwaukee,” Singer continued.
Biden has also mixed up names of politicians and officials. In February, she referred to former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who died in 2017, rather than former Chancellor Angela Merkel. She has also mentioned former French President François Mitterrand, who died in 1996, when he intended to refer to French President Emmanuel Macron.
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Biden is the oldest president in US history. Polls indicate that voters are also concerned about what candidates’ ages might mean for their ability to hold office. According to polls, voters seem to consider this issue more of an inconvenience for Biden than for Trump.
