It’s time for cognitive tests for US presidential candidates — RT World News

With American voters increasingly seeing that neither President Joe Biden nor his likely general election rival, Donald Trump, are mentally qualified to lead the country, it is time to put some tough limits on the nation's highest office.

At a time when the American people need strong and energetic leadership more than ever, they are forced to choose between two politicians whose combined ages are 158 years. Biden is already the oldest president in US history, at 81 years old, and will be 86 years old if he completes his second term. Trump, the likely Republican presidential nominee this year, will turn 78 in June.

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

The shocking poll results came shortly after Special Council Robert Hoare, who is heading a case to determine whether the US President mishandled classified documents, described Biden as… “A sympathetic, well-meaning old man with a poor memory.”

Biden's legal team gave this description to the Commander-in-Chief of the US Armed Forces “unsuitable.”

“I mean well, I'm an old man, and I know what the hell I'm doing.” Biden told reporters in a heated press conference at the White House. “My memory is good.”

But what happened next strongly suggests otherwise.

After defending his state of knowledge, the bemused leader appeared to conflate the US border crisis with a crisis in the Middle East, referring to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as “the crisis.” “President of Mexico.”

As you know, at first, President Sisi of Mexico did not want to open the gate to allow the entry of humanitarian materials [to Gaza]. His word. I convinced him to open the gate. The president said.

If Biden hoped to alleviate voters' concerns about his age and mental state, he failed miserably.

Since then, Biden's age and related mishaps have come under more scrutiny than ever, and many of these incidents occurred over the following weeks — such as when Biden was bog down Not once, but twice while trying to board Air Force One for a trip to California, or when Confusing Gaza and Ukraine When announcing the final airdrop of aid.

With the US presidential election just nine months away, 84 Republican members of the House of Representatives voted He coined An open letter demands that Biden submit to a cognitive test to prove his mental fitness, or face impeachment under the 25th Amendment. Meanwhile, Dr. John Gaertner, a renowned mental health expert, confided in an interview with Salon that while Biden is just… “aging,” Former President Trump “Dangerously crazy.”

For whatever reason, people in no other profession resist the temptation of retirement more than they do in the jungle of American politics. In fact, despite America's deceptive reputation as a young and dynamic country, that image does not carry over into politics, where 105 representatives They are over 70 years old mid-age The average age for legislators in the House of Representatives is 57.9 years, and in the Senate, the average age is 65.3 years, making up one of the oldest legislative bodies in the free world. However, none of these older individuals are required to prove that they are still suitable for the job.

He deserves it Pointing That of the 46 individuals who have served as Commander-in-Chief since the election of George Washington on April 30, 1789, not until Dwight D. Eisenhower, elected January 20, 1953. Year-old leader in the Oval Office. And hardly. Eisenhower, who was first elected when he was 62 years old, left office when he was 70 years and 98 days old.

The Founding Fathers were visionary enough to set a minimum age for political service, but they failed to do the same for maximum requirements—perhaps due to the fact that few people lived into their 70s and 80s at the time. Now that many Americans can expect to live long lives, the US government has turned into a government of old age, with all the dangers and embarrassments that entails.

How to fix the situation? One way is to do the same procedures Which about 30 states have imposed on motorists, which requires additional testing when a person reaches advanced age. After all, it goes without saying that driving a nation is no less dangerous than driving a car.