Perfect score? Experts challenge Trump's latest test claim
Donald Trump, President of the US (photo: Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump wrote on his social network, Truth Social, that he aced a very difficult cognitive test, which makes him a unique president. Moreover, Trump stated that he has successfully taken such tests four times, according to his post and a CNN report.
As always, mixing lowercase letters with uppercase, the leader of the free world called the result of a medical examination conducted at the Walter Reed Military Medical Center IDEAL. Trump is particularly proud of his mental abilities.
The White House chief wrote that, unlike other US presidents, none of whom had ever taken an approved, high-difficulty cognitive test, he had achieved a perfect score of 30 out of 30, which he said was considered extremely high intelligence.
He noted that this is his fourth successful cognitive test, and by answering all 30 questions correctly in each, he achieved a total of 120 correct answers.
Trump concluded that all candidates for president and vice president should be required to take difficult cognitive tests and that Congress and the Democrats should demand this.
Expert questions the test results
Meanwhile, a well-known doctor in the US, Jonathan Reiner, questioned the test itself and its results in a CNN report.
"I'll note again that it looks like they, once again, tested the president with the MoCA test," Reiner said, referring to the Montreal Cognitive Assessment – a test used to detect signs of cognitive decline and dementia.
According to the expert, there are several versions of the MoCA test, but the questions are practically repeated. Moreover, this is a test for dementia, not IQ, so the questions are elementary.
What else interesting did Trump say
Hardly a day goes by without striking statements from Trump, but just yesterday, he said that he could easily replace all the stars who refused to perform at the 250th anniversary of the US. The president called the stars third-rate and promised to gather a record number of viewers.
Meanwhile, Trump's team is promoting the idea of creating a new $250 banknote with his portrait. Its release is to be dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the country's independence.
And CNN journalists calculated that during his time as president, Trump has already managed to threaten every eleventh inhabitant of the planet. Of course, they calculated the total population of the countries that the US president has threatened.
