Donald Trump recently issued a challenge to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, suggesting they both take an IQ test. Her response was cutting.
After undergoing tests at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Trump has been boasting about his physical and mental fitness to reporters.
At 79, Trump declared his MRI results were ‘perfect’ and mentioned that his doctor considered him to be in ‘exceptional health’.
He proudly stated: “The doctor said [it] was some of the best reports, for the age, they’ve ever seen.”
When asked about why he underwent the MRI, Trump was evasive, advising the media to ‘ask the doctors’.
In addition to physical exams, Trump mentioned taking a ‘very hard’ aptitude test.
Taking a jab at Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, often called AOC, Trump remarked: “You give her an IQ test. Have her pass, like, the exams that I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed.
“I took — those are very hard — they’re really aptitude tests, I guess, in a certain way.”
He elaborated: “The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe, you know. When you get up to about five or six, and then when you get up to 10 and 20 and 25, they couldn’t come close to answering any of those questions.”
However, reports suggest that Trump’s cognitive testing had no relation to IQ, which AOC humorously addressed in her response to Trump’s comments.
She tweeted: “Hello Mr. President! Out of curiosity, did those doctors ask you to draw a clock by any chance? Was that part hard for you, too? Asking for 340 million people.”
Trump has reportedly boasted about similar ‘IQ tests’ in the past, prompting healthcare professionals to clarify that these tests don’t measure intelligence.
Last year, Jonathan Reiner, a cardiologist and professor of medicine and surgery at the George Washington School of Medicine & Health Sciences, commented to The Washington Post: “It’s a very, very low bar for somebody who carries the nuclear launch codes in their pocket to pass and certainly nothing to brag about.”
The exam Trump reportedly took multiple times is believed to be the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA).
According to VeryWell Health, this is ‘a commonly used test to detect mild cognitive decline and early signs of dementia’.
“It can help identify people at risk of Alzheimer’s disease, and screen for conditions like Parkinson’s disease or the effects of brain tumors,” they explain.
In essence, acing the test won’t secure a spot at Harvard.
Inquiries have been made to the White House for their response.