Letter to the Editor: Trump/Biden cognitive ability – Pt. 2
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The first letter established my credentials to judge Trump and Biden's mental state. It finished with rating Biden slightly ahead of Trump on recall ability. Perhaps the most important quality is innate intelligence and experience.
Biden is head and shoulders above Trump in intelligence and experience. Biden drew on his experience from the slow Obama/Biden recovery of the 2008 recession and threw everything at the 2020 recession created by Trump's inept handling of the COVID-19 crisis. The economy rapidly returned to previous levels. Trump in the midst of COVID-19 was interviewed on NBC evening news by a Politico journalist about our poor performance on testing and deaths compared to New Zealand, and etc. Trump's response showed he did not understand pie charts and the difference between counting and long division. When I graduated from the 6th grade, I understood pie charts and the difference between counting and long division. There is a reason you do not let sixth graders vote. By analogy, someone with an educational level less than a sixth grader should not lead the country. A more charitable critique is whenever Trump is on the losing side of an argument he opens his mouth and out comes hot air, misinformation and lies. Fact-checking cannot keep up with Trump's speeches. What do other people think about Trump's abilities?
After Trump was elected, he wanted to impress the voters with how well the country would run if businessmen were involved in major decision making. Chase CEO J. Dimon declined an offer. A Fortune 50 CEO accepted the Secretary of State position. After working with Trump for approximately 8 months, he called him a moron. Trump fired him. A group of historians equally split between Democrats and Republicans ranked Trump one of the three worst presidents. See Wikipedia. Cannot the party of Lincoln, T. Roosevelt, Eisenhower, GHW Bush and yes Reagan, find a leader besides that clown Trump?
I feel Biden has significantly more cognitive ability than Trump. I would not disagree that a democrat younger than Biden would do a better job speaking etc. While Harris and several of her colleagues are qualified, it is critical they win the general election. Have democrats considered asking Obama to run after thanking Biden for his SIGNIFICANT contributions? The country does not need on MOre term of dONald Trump.
Gregory Cigal
Parkersburg