Trump Brags He Passed Dementia Test, Mocks Democrats

On Air Force One, President Donald Trump called Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jasmine Crockett “low IQ” and challenged them to take the cognitive exam he says he took at Walter Reed. Reporters and medical observers say the assessment he described is likely the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) — a brief dementia screen that asks test-takers to identify animals, repeat words and draw a clock — and that boasting about a MoCA score is not proof of superior intelligence. The White House has reported Trump scored a perfect 30/30 on the MoCA, and Trump said doctors ordered an MRI. AOC mocked the exchange on X with a clock joke, and his niece Mary Trump called him a “moron.” Critics and commentators argued the episode exposed concerns about his cognitive and leadership fitness, racialized attacks, and has renewed calls for clearer scrutiny or routine testing of older national leaders.