One man decided to try the same short cognitive test Donald Trump says he takes each year at Walter Reed — and he didn’t expect the score he got.
During his second term, Trump has said he has completed four Montreal Cognitive Assessments (MoCAs). On Saturday (May 30), he claimed each result was described as “PERFECT”.
However, while the 79-year-old has suggested the outcome reflects “extreme intelligence,” medical professionals have repeatedly noted the MoCA is not designed to measure IQ.
“Unlike other US presidents, none of whom have ever taken an approved, high difficulty, cognitive test, I scored a perfect 30 out of 30,” he wrote on Truth Social.
The president, who will turn 80 later this year, continued:
“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.”
Because it’s possible to take a 10-minute version of the assessment online for free, one person opted to give it a go — and said the results caught him off guard.
Writing about the experience, Jack Hobbs explained the assessment is split into two parts, including a memory-focused section that asks users to organize images of animals into a specific layout and then remember them.
He added: “On another page, I was asked to arrange various-sized elephants, zebras, and peacocks into a pattern.”
According to Hobbs, the test cycled through similar tasks two more times before generating a final score — which he said surprised him.
On his first attempt, he said he scored 36 out of 100. He later claimed that when he retook the test off camera, his score jumped to 90.
“I want to point out that I have never tested well, having needed certain accommodations in school for my dyslexia, as well as having only 2 minutes to complete each section,” he wrote.
Hobbs also noted that the website suggests repeating the test monthly as a way to monitor changes in cognitive health over time.
The MoCA itself is a quick, 30-point screening tool used in clinical settings to help identify mild cognitive impairment and potential early signs of dementia.
It is reported to have been created by Dr. Ziad Nasreddine in 1992, with the assessment later finalized in 2005.
The official site reads: “MoCA is the most sensitive test available for detecting Alzheimer’s, while measuring executive functions and multiple cognitive domains which are important components not measured by the MMSE.”