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If so, then that cuts against any claim of cognitive impairment.

That purported move was performed with incredible subtlety, finesse, and planning. The set-up: "my throat hurts [so I couldn't speak into that too-low mic]". The replay of the head pose 20 seconds later, this time with innocent narration. The patter lacking any hint whatsoever of a lewd interpretation.

When a comedian makes a double entendre, it's more than a tiny sliver. They pause, they wink in some manner, they make sure the audience gets it. Obama's hand gesture at his convention speech was a brilliant comedic move. Not in the gesture itself, but by the giveaway tell: without moving his head, his eyes glanced down at his hands for a split second, as if to take a peek.

Does Trump have that much discipline, to pull this off so smoothly with no boast and barely a smirk? Trump's transgressive persona is crude, careless, and self-indulgent. All indications are, he's really like that all the time.

So then, impaired?, or razer sharp, brilliant performer? What's your pick? I don't give him that much credit. It's neither. He was simply irritably complaining about the mic.

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