Former President Donald Trump ripped his former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley on Monday after she has shifted to attacking his age ahead of this week’s presidential primary in New Hampshire.
Trump made the remarks to Fox News when asked what he thought about Haley bringing up his age in recent days after the former president appeared to mix up Haley and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at a rally.
“Well I think I’m a lot sharper than her,” he said. “I would do this, let’s sit down right now and take an aptitude test, and it would be my result against her result. And she’s not gonna win, not gonna even come close to winning.”
“In fact, when I heard the word ‘cognitive,’ in fact, I’ve taken two of them now,” he continued. “I took one with Dr. Ronny, who is now a fantastic Congressman from Texas. … I took one then and I took one recently, I think the result was announced, and I aced it twice. I aced it. But I would say that I’ve actually called for a cognitive test for anybody running for president, it would be nice to have an intelligent person as president.”
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Trump: I think I’m a lot sharper than Haley. I'd take an aptitude test and it would be my result against her result. When I heard the word cognitive, you know, I’ve taken two of them now. One with Doc Ronny who is now a fantastic, you know, White House doctor. pic.twitter.com/BiYeL0bqOz
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TRANSCRIPT:
MARTHA MACCALLUM: So Nikki Haley says she has the two-person race she’s always wanted, she has been coming after you strongly in the past few days. It’s worked both ways and you’ve come after her as well. She keeps bringing up your age lately, what do you say about that?
DONALD TRUMP: Well I think I’m a lot sharper than her. I would do this, let’s sit down right now and take an aptitude test, and it would be my result against her result. And she’s not gonna win, not gonna even come close to winning.
In fact, when I heard the word “cognitive,” in fact, I’ve taken two of them now. I took one with Dr. Ronny, who is now a fantastic Congressman from Texas… Admiral, the White House doctor, Jackson, Ronny Jackson, and he’s now a great congressman from Texas. I took one then and I took one recently, I think the result was announced, and I aced it twice. I aced it. But I would say that I’ve actually called for a cognitive test for anybody running for president, it would be nice to have an intelligent person as president.