Trump says he ‘aced’ recent cognitive exam

Former President Trump spoke about taking a recent physical and cognitive exam at a campaign event in Iowa on Wednesday.

“I took a physical and I passed with flying colors,” the former president said. “And I took a cognitive exam. I said ‘Doctor, give me anything you want, I want to take it.’”

The former president then went on to say that he thinks those who run for president should be “forced to take” a cognitive exam, going after President Biden, who he claims “cannot pass a cognitive exam.”

“But, I took a cognitive exam, and I aced it,” Trump continued.

This isn’t the first time Trump has bragged about his performance on a cognitive test. Back in 2020, while still in office, the former president boasted twice about how well he said he did on a test of his cognitive abilities in two separate interviews within a week of each other. 

“The first questions are very easy, the last questions are much more difficult. Like a memory question,” Trump explained in one interview. “It’s like, you’ll go, ‘Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.’ So they’d say, ‘Could you repeat that.’ So I said, ‘Yeah. So it’s person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.’ “

“It’s actually not that easy. But for me it was easy,” Trump continued. “And that’s not an easy question. In other words, they ask it to you, they give you five names and you have to repeat them. And that’s OK. If you repeat them out of order, that’s OK. But, you know, it’s not as good. But then when you go back about 20, 25 minutes later and they say go ‘Go back to that question…’ and you go, ‘Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.’ They say, ‘That’s amazing. How did you do that?’” 

Several Republicans have pushed for mandatory mental acuity testing, including GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley.

“In the America I see, the permanent politician will finally retire,” Haley said at a February campaign rally. “We’ll have term limits for Congress and mandatory mental competency tests for politicians over 75 years old.”