The Huffington Post
President Donald Trump went off-script on Monday to brag ― again ― about passing a test meant to detect cognitive decline linked to dementia. “I’ve taken three,” he boasted. “No president, think of this, has ever taken one.” Trump said he likes to take the test whenever someone calls him a moron. However, the test he described ― the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) ― is not an intelligence test. It’s a brief exam meant to detect the signs of cognitive decline associated with dementia. As such, its creator has said the assessment is intended to be easy for anyone of normal cognition. It’s the same “ person, woman, man, camera, TV ” test he crowed about passing in 2020, during his first term ― except now, he’s admitted to taking it at least two more times since then. Trump said the media only shows the first questions, which he admitted are “very easy,” and includes identifying common animals. “By the time you get to the middle, they’re tough,” he insisted. A typical “middle” question asks the subject to name words starting with a specific letter, and count backward from 100 by subtracting 7 each time (93, 86, 79, etc.). A full sample test is here. Trump made similar comments on Friday when he spoke at a senior community in Florida, where he also bragged about passing three cognitive tests. The fact that he’s taken an exam intended to check for a serious cognitive disorder not just once, but three times, had many asking the same question: Why? Critics demanded answers ― and more ― on X: Dear @WhiteHouse : Why are cognitive tests continuously being administered to trump? This is not normal. What are you hiding from the American people? Also let trump know that squirrel is the wrong answer. https://t.co/mfLaUQiRuN — Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) May 4, 2026 He's boasting about having had to take it THREE times, not realizing that they only make you take it if they think something's wrong with you— case in point. https://t.co/CununQZWzo — حيدر | Haydar (@chronicalihere) May 4, 2026 To me, the fact that he keeps bragging about having to take three cognitive tests is, in and of itself, evidence of cognitive problems. https://t.co/OrntI3i9L4 — Jennifer Erin Valent (@JenniferEValent) May 4, 2026 There’s a reason no one else has to take dementia tests. https://t.co/hSZbX178Gt — Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) May 4, 2026 “Every time someone says I’m stupid I take a test where I point at pictures of animals and say what animals they are” isn’t the flex he thinks it is https://t.co/Tvr5n0LIW4 — Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) May 4, 2026 How is this not a SNL skit? How is this real? How can anyone with an IQ above 60 support this man or think he’s anything other than insane? https://t.co/x1n4oWxbLO — Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) May 4, 2026 Trump is literally bragging, repeatedly about taking a dementia test and you STILL can't get the political media to talk about his age. It's insane. https://t.co/EwpdBJfD1j — Centrism Fan Acct (@Wilson__Valdez) May 5, 2026 he just keeps doing it https://t.co/977NzQ0DVI — conar (@subtoconnorpls) May 4, 2026 Sigh. Another day, another speech where this guy brags that he has cognitive issues. Rinse and repeat. https://t.co/4Tqvg0PjBy — Camille MacKenzie (@CamRMacKenzie) May 4, 2026 this is not the distinction you think it is Don https://t.co/lWmNZIwPHJ — Prof Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann) May 4, 2026 when they going to tell Donald they were testing him for dementia https://t.co/tbV9Ql7wyP — Just Dave now (@justdavenow89) May 4, 2026 This dude keeps talking about this every single time he’s in front of a microphone… Unsolicited. It was a dementia screener. Most people don’t have to take them… definitely not multiple times. https://t.co/TPw3yg97s6 — Gym Nagy (@BackcountryFam) May 4, 2026 We're in Year 6 of the President bragging that he did well on a dementia test. https://t.co/sGZaizn1ey — Ben Yelin (@byelin) May 4, 2026 Still doesn’t know the difference between an IQ test and a cognitive test https://t.co/sgLHm8JPCf — grizzy (@Furbeti) May 4, 2026 A cognitive test is basically to check if you're not losing your mind. It is not to gauge your intelligence, skills, or understandings. Ironically, this makes Trump sound like a moron. https://t.co/2lIjVGf5Ta — Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 4, 2026 It’s not a confidence booster that the man with the nuclear codes repeatedly brags about this. https://t.co/WgAuOAgsel — Melanie D'Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) May 4, 2026 He knows his brain is slipping which in his damaged brain forces him to repeat this bizarreness over and over again which just makes people talk even more about his conspicuous dementia. Crazy. https://t.co/AGeQg3Hio7 — Spiro’s Ghost (@AntiToxicPeople) May 4, 2026 The test Trump is calling "hard": https://t.co/c9UqHqaAsN pic.twitter.com/YP5xFGRMo0 — Headquarters (@HQNewsNow) May 4, 2026
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