Donald Trump's feud with top diplomat Rex Tillerson burst back into the open Tuesday, with the US president suggesting he and his Secretary of State compare IQ scores.
Having loudly dismissed reports that Tillerson once called him a "moron," Trump showed no sign of letting the controversy go, renewing questions about Tillerson's future as America's top diplomat.
Just to make it clear that he's smarter than his secretary of state, Trump suggested taking a test to prove it.
"I think it's fake news," Trump told Forbes magazine of Tillerson's reported insult. "But if he did that, I guess we'll have to compare IQ tests. And I can tell you who is going to win."
And now Mensa has offered to sort out the IQ-dispute once and for all.
“American Mensa would be happy to hold a testing session for President Trump and Secretary Tillerson,” Charles Brown, the group’s communications director, told The Hill.
“But it’s important to note that our admissions test is not the sole way to qualify for Mensa - there are hundreds of other prior-evidence tests that can qualify a member. And the early success of many presidents no doubt exposed them to those types of qualifying avenues," he said
For some, the idea of seeing President Trump take an IQ-test is just too much.
White House insiders said that Tillerson's refusal to directly deny an NBC News report that he labelled Trump a "moron" after a July meeting at the Pentagon, only fueled differences between the men.
Since then White House chief of staff John Kelly has been struggling to keep a lid on the crisis -- an effort that has been consistently thwarted by Trump's tweets and barbed remarks.
And Mensa’s offer will certainly keep the dispute in the spotlight.
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With AFP.
