Trump freaks out: Kamala Harris "mentally retarded"? Former president calls for brain test

Trump freaks out: Kamala Harris "mentally retarded"? Former president calls for brain test Article by news.de editor Claudia Löwe • 4 hours • 3 minutes reading time Donald Trump is conducting his election campaign largely with targeted blows below the belt. ・Donald Trump increasingly crazy in the US election campaign ・Former US president calls for cognitive test for Kamala Harris ・Donald Trump is throwing around bizarre lies: "Democrats want to ban cows and windows!" ・How is Donald Trump's mental fitness? According to a popular saying, people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones - a maxim that Donald Trump has apparently never heard of. Although the former US President himself seems to repeatedly provide evidence that he is no longer in full possession of his mental faculties, the Republican presidential candidate is now demanding a cognitive test from his rival Kamala Harris. Hot phase in the US election campaign: Donald Trump wants a "cognitive test" from Kamala Harris The guns that the presidential candidates are bringing out in the final stretch of the US election campaign are undoubtedly getting heavier and heavier. Donald Trump has never held back with personal attacks against his competitors, and now Kamala Harris is getting the full broadside: Donald Trump has asked the incumbent Vice President of the USA to take a cognitive test and is clearly trying to sow doubts about Harris' mental fitness just a few weeks before the election. "Her behavior has led many to believe that there might be something wrong with her," Trump claimed on the online platforms X and Truth Social. Kamala Harris "slow and lethargic"? Donald Trump attacks competitor personally Trump claimed that Harris was "slow and lethargic" even when answering the simplest questions. "We just went through that for almost four years, we shouldn't have to do it again," Trump wrote, referring to President Joe Biden's term in office. In July, at the age of 81 and after heavy criticism for a failed TV debate, Biden dropped out of the presidential race and left the field to his deputy Harris. First Joe Biden, now Kamala Harris: Donald Trump thinks Democrats are mentally retarded For Donald Trump, himself only four years younger than his successor Joe Biden, the US president's mental state was the preferred point of attack for much of his election campaign - until Biden withdrew from the race for the White House withdrew and Kamala Harris became the official Democratic presidential candidate. Since then, it is Donald Trump who has repeatedly attracted attention with cognitive failures and confused speeches during the election campaign. Donald Trump serves up bizarre lies about alleged bans on cows and windows during the election campaign One of the most recent examples of this is Donald Trump's statements made by the former President of the United States of America during an appearance in Las Vegas. In a bizarre torrent of words, Trump claimed that the Democratic Party wanted to harass the US population with insane bans: ・"They want things like a ban on cows and a ban on windows in buildings. They have wonderful plans for this country - to be honest, they are just crazy." What is Donald Trump's own mental ability like? However, Donald Trump has long had to put up with accusations that his own mental state is not in the best shape. During his term in office from 2017 to 2021, Trump was repeatedly confronted with doubts; his cognitive abilities left much to be desired. At the beginning of 2018, the Republican decided to have his abilities checked and took a test that is used, among other things, for the early detection of suspected dementia and Alzheimer's. According to his doctor, Trump passed with 30 out of 30 points.