Trump Brags He Passed Dementia Test, Mocks Democrats

Aboard Air Force One en route to Japan, President Trump twice mocked Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jasmine Crockett as "low-IQ" and challenged them to take the cognitive exams he says he passed at Walter Reed, even recounting simple Montreal Cognitive Assessment items such as identifying animals and repeating words. His physician has said he scored 30/30 on the test, and Trump disclosed he underwent an MRI whose results he and aides described as "some of the best reports" for his age. Journalists and experts noted the exam he described is likely the MoCA — a brief dementia screening used for older or stroke patients, not an IQ test — and said passing it is not proof of superior intelligence. Critics and social-media users mocked the conflation of a dementia screen with an IQ exam and raised concerns about the tone of the attacks and recent images that prompted questions about his health.