US President Joe Biden’s upcoming medical examination will not include a cognitive test, confirmed the White House.

Yesterday, a journalist asked at a press conference whether the White House believed the president should take a cognitive test at your next medical appointment.

“The president every day demonstrates how he acts and how he thinks, dealing with world leaders, making difficult decisions on behalf of the American people, whether on domestic issues or national security,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre responded, dismissing the idea that a test was necessary.

“When we meet him and his team, he puts us under constant pressure.trying to get more information, and this is my experience with this president,” he added.

Biden’s medical examination It is scheduled for this week.

Questions about the cognitive test arose following a report by special counsel Robert Gur that criticized Biden’s “bad memory” and described it as “well-meaning old man” who could not be successfully prosecuted in the case of secret documents due to his mental decline.

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Moreover, this comes amid concerns about President’s mental abilitiesafter I had various failures at press conferences, in one of which He confused the President of Egypt with the President of Mexico. immediately after he stated that his memory was fine.

Since Hur’s report was published last week, subsequent polls, such as last Sunday’s ABC/Ipsos poll, have shown that 86% of Americans think Biden is too old to serve another term.