Saturday 26 March 2022

The actual test Donald Trump repeatedly boasted about on Fox News

The other day, results of cognitive and language tests of Trump voters came to the fore. No surprises there but it became apparent there is some confusion about the test that Donald Trump keeps bragging about on Fox News and in his speeches. 
To put an end to this matter in a clear and precise way, here's the actual test Donald Trump had to do after he had won the presidential election of November 2016. It is an instance of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment test. This test is widely used.

It is highly unlikely Trump did this test because he can only react. He does not concentrate and cannot think. And his narcissism forbids him to put himself in a position where he can be found out. This test will find out. 

Trump must have protested against the test saying something like "I need not do the test, look at me, I have the highest IQ, everybody can see that." What must have happened is that the army general, who was present, 'explained' each question and each item to Trump, thus giving away the answers. 

Thursday 17 March 2022

Money for Tavares excessive, or is it?

 Money for Tavares excessive, or is it?

Carlos Tavares, the CEO of Stellantis said “the EV cost burden is 'beyond the limits' for automakers”, in other words, it is impossible to turn Stellantis into an EV company. And yet the Dare Forward 2030 plan asks him to do so with 75 models (sic) and 5 mln car sales/yr. The sacrifice of his happy life to achieve this will be ‘compensated’ for with €220 million if he succeeds. Tavares already earns more than twice as much as the next legacy car CEO in Europe, Diess, i.e. €19 mln versus €8 mln. CEO Zips of BMW got €5.3 million and Kelanius of Mercedes-Benz had to make-do with €5.9 million.

This situation raised quite a few eyebrows in Paris where excessive CEO payments are severely frowned upon and not a few people want to limit them. Fortunately for Tavares, his paymaster is a Dutch holding company. But the question remains. Why? How come? Here’s the straight yet convoluted answer.