White House: Trump IQ Test Challenge To Tillerson Was A ‘Joke’

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Thursday, July 27, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders participates in a press briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Tuesday that President Donald Trump was just joking when he challenged Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to a competitive IQ test.

“The President certainly never implied that the secretary of state was not incredibly intelligent,” Sanders said at a press briefing. “He made a joke, nothing more than that.”

She added: “He has full confidence in the secretary of state. They had a great visit earlier today. And they are working hand in hand to move the president’s agenda forward.”

Responding to reports that Tillerson had called him a “moron,” Trump told Forbes in an interview published Tuesday: “I think it’s fake news, but if he did that, I guess we’ll have to compare IQ tests. And I can tell you who is going to win.”

Trump has a history of obsessing over his, and others’, IQ.

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  1. So is Trump’s IQ.

  2. Again with the ‘he was only joking’? Jesus, you guys this is so fucking weak. Let’s hope Kim can take a joke.

  3. I was looking forward to watching that historic IQ contest on pay-per-view on Linda McMahon’s new Smackdown channel.

    I am thankful that the Preshitident Anusmouth-Putindickholster can take a break from golfing, groping and grabbing in his Bedminister resort to focus on the preparations for the “IQ Smackdown of the Effing Moron” and chart bigly plans for the total destruction and genocide of North Korea that he announced in his historic United Nations speech.

  4. Avatar for erik_t erik_t says:

    I can think of a lot of jokes about this White House.

  5. Of course it was a joke. The entire White House is a joke. A very bad joke.

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