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No. 86

Presidential Addendum

Clearly the current version isn't sufficient

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Presidential Addendum

The essay

Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself as Jesus. Apparently that’s how presidents roll in 2026. Devout Christians, including some of his strongest supporters, publicly called on Trump to take down the post. He did.

Before he did, however, we were blessed with the most absurd exchange between Trump and reporters to have taken place so far in his second administration — and that’s saying something.

Reporter: “Did you post that picture of yourself depicted as Jesus Christ?”

Trump: “Well, it wasn’t depiction. It was me. I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor, and it had to do with the Red Cross, as a Red Cross worker there, which we support. Only the fake news could come up with that one. It’s supposed to be me as a doctor making people better. And I do make people better. I make people a lot better.”

The reality is everyone knew the image showed Trump as Jesus. Trump knew. The reporters knew. If God exists, she knew. The statement was so bizarre that everyone within a 25-foot radius of the President spontaneously burst into flames.

OK, that didn’t happen, but they should at least have dissolved into fits of howling laughter. But Trump has so twisted reality that they did not, which raises the question: does reality still exist? Scientists, philosophers, and several AIs are intensely pursuing the answer.

I digress. The folks at MoCA do great work maintaining the assessment tool that doctors use to assess the mental acuity of older patients. It’s clear that Trump has taken their test several times because, well, he’s nuts. Either his doctors are lying about the results, or the tool needs a modest upgrade. We at Sketchier HQ believe it needs what we call the Presidential Addendum.

As a public service, we created a sample notification MoCA may use to notify doctors of this critical new question. In addition, we urge MoCA to warn practitioners that administering this question may cause people to burst into flames. Sketchier HQ accepts no responsibility for such an occurrence as our liability insurance excludes damages resulting from Acts of God.

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