Last week Donald Trump underwent his first publicly released physical examination of his second term, shared in a memo of the Trump doctor.
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The exam, which Trump clocks on 6'3 “and 224 pounds, and” frequent victories in golf events “quotes as proof of his” active lifestyle, “the president explains” excellent cognitive and physical health. “
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As part of the evaluation, Trump has again done a cognitive test, the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA). It is a short screening tool that is used for dementia, which requires test-makers to complete simple tasks, such as drawing a clock and recovering a series of words. A score of 25 or lower (out of 30) would indicate cognitive impairment.
According to his doctor's memo, Trump scored a perfect 30 out of 30 – and not surprising, he made sure that the audience does not forget (let alone that the questions ask things like naming animals and remembering a few words).
“I did my cognitive exam as part of my physical exam, and I got the highest rating,” Trump said At an event in the Oval Office. “One of the doctors said,” Sir, I've never seen anyone get – that was the highest figure, “he claimed.
To brag that neither Biden nor Obama had taken the test, unlike himself, Trump said: “I have actually taken them three times. I like to take them because they are not too difficult for me to take.”
Well, as many people have noticed, they cannot be. The MOCA is not designed to challenge the average brain for adults – it is intended to screen on cognitive decline.
“The purpose of a cognitive exam is to check whether you take mental power. There are no 'highest figures' as if it were a school test. You take if you are not. And something tells me that Trump refuses if he combines a cognitive exam with a mathematics final,” a person ” written On X.
“Mr, this was the highest rating ever !!! You was the first in history that a giraffe correctly identified and pulled a clock !!” “Someone else joked.
“Why does he behave when the Moca is the MCAT?” Another asked.
“He still thinks that cognitive tests are intelligence tests,” someone else said.
“It is still insane that someone can talk like that and be believed in any capacity,” wrote another.
This is not the first time that Trump apparently has been mistaken for an intelligence test with high commitment. He did the test in the same way in 2018 and claimed in an interview with Fox News in 2020 that the test “very easily” started, but ended up with questions that were “much more difficult”.
As proof of this difficulty, he remembered that he was asked to remember and repeat five words – once immediately and again 10 to 20 minutes later. Thus the now notorious expression was born: “Person. Female. Man. Camera. TV.”
After reciting the words, Trump told Fox News: “They say,” That's amazing. How did you do that? ” I do it because I have a good memory, because I am cognitive there. [the words] In order. It is actually not that easy, but it was easy for me. “
Welp, I don't know how you are, but I have déjà vu. Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV. It all comes back to me. Maybe we really have a modern Einstein as president.
