In May, Trump underwent a physical examination at Walter Reed where he completed a cognitive test. This was his fourth such evaluation in under four years, making him the only president in U.S. history to be screened for dementia so frequently.
Trump shared on Truth Social in May:
The results of my Physical Examination, taken at Walter Reed Military Medical Center, and just released, were extremely good. Unlike other U.S. Presidents, none of whom have ever taken an approved, high difficulty, Cognitive Test, I scored a perfect 30 out of 30, considered ‘extreme intelligence.’ Are the Dumocrats really surprised? In fact, this is my fourth such test, all PERFECT or, 120 correct answers out of 120 questions asked! It is very rare that anyone gets a Perfect Score, especially when achieved four times in a row. All people running for President and Vice President should be forced to take high difficulty Cognitive Tests. Congress, and the Dumocrats, should demand it!
PolitiFact examined Trump’s statement about his test results and the implications of his score:
“The test measures cognition,” including attention, concentration, language, memory, abstract thinking and calculation skills, said Ziad Nasreddine, a Quebec-based neurologist who created the 10-minute Montreal Cognitive Assessment in 2005. “Cognitive function is correlated with IQ. But the test was not designed to detect the genius level of cognitive performance. It’s meant to reassure that cognitive functions are normal.”
Patients might have to read a list of words and recall them; repeat a list of numbers forward and backward; subtract a one-digit number repeatedly starting from 100; repeat a sentence; draw comparisons between two objects; and know the time of day and their location.
It is noteworthy that no other president has undergone such cognitive testing. The fact that Trump was tested again within three months raises concerns, especially following his statements at the NATO summit where he mistakenly said the U.S. was at war with the Islamic Republic of Japan and repeatedly referred to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy as Putin.
Trump mentioned that he “just finished another physical,” indicating another possible test:
