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Last week, Donald Trump underwenthis first publicly releasedphysical examination of his second term, shared ina memofrom Trump’s doctor.
The exam, which clocks Trump in at 6'3" and 224 lbs, and cites “frequent victories in golf events” as evidence of his “active lifestyle,” states the president “exhibits excellent cognitive and physical health.”
As part of the evaluation, Trump again took a cognitive test, the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). It’s abrief screening tool used for dementia, whichaskstest-takers to complete simple tasks like drawing a clock and repeating a string of words back. A score of 25 or lower (out of 30) would signal cognitive impairment.
According to his doctor’s memo, Trump scored a perfect 30 out of 30 — and unsurprisingly, he’s made sure the public doesn’t forget it (never mind that the questions ask things like naming animals and remembering a few words).
“I took my cognitive exam as part of my physical exam, and I got the highest mark,” Trumpsaidat an event in the Oval Office. “One of the doctors said, ‘Sir, I’ve never seen anybody get that kind of — that was the highest mark,'” he claimed.
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After boasting that neither Biden nor Obama had taken the test, unlike himself, Trump said, “I’ve actually taken them three times already. I like taking them, ‘cause they’re not too tough for me to take.”
Well, as plenty of people have pointed out, they’re not supposed to be. The MoCA isn’t designed to challenge the average adult brain — it’s meant to screen for cognitive decline.
“The point of a cognitive exam is to check if your mental faculties are declining. There’s no ‘highest marks’ like it’s a school test. You’re either declining or you’re not. And something tells me Trump is declining if he’s conflating a cognitive exam with a math final,” one personwroteon X.
“‘Sir, this was the highest mark ever!!! You were the first one in history to correctly identify a giraffe and draw a clock!!'” someone elsejoked.
“Why is he acting like the MOCA is the MCAT?” anotherasked.
“He still thinks cognitive tests are intelligence tests,” someone elsesaid.
“It’s still insane that someone can talk like this and be believed in any capacity,” anotherwrote.
This isn’t the first time Trump has seemingly mistaken his cognitive exam for a high-stakes intelligence test. He similarly took the test in 2018 and, in a 2020 Fox News interview,claimedthe test started off “very easy” but ended with questions that were “much more difficult.”
As proof of this difficulty, he recalled being asked to remember and repeat five words — once immediately, and again 10 to 20 minutes later. Thus, the now-infamous phrase wasborn: “Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.”
Welp, I don’t know about you, but I’m having déjà vu. Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV. It’s all coming back to me. Maybe we really do have a modern-day Einstein as president.
