Trump mocked for claiming he aced cognitive exams while claiming he served three terms

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

"Anybody running for President or Vice President should be forced to take a Cognitive Examination prior to entering the Race! By doing so, we wouldn’t be surprised at people like Barack 'Hussein' Obama, or Sleepy Joe Biden, getting 'ELECTED.' Our Country would be a much better place! I took the Exam three times during my ('THREE!') Terms as President, and ACED IT ALL THREE TIMES — An Achievement that, even on a single Exam, according to the Doctors, has rarely been done before!"

[C_U_L8R]

1. It's not old age or senility.

Trump has always been an idiot.

[johnnyfins]

2. Dumb dumb still thinks cognitive exams

Measure how smart you are. Dumb as a rock.

[Coldwater]

3. In the meanwhile

trump has made a dozen mistakes just over the past few weeks directly attributed to cognitive decline

[UpInArms]

4. Man Woman Cat Dog

what an idiot

[chouchou]

5. His "Test" was made just for him.

How do you spell A.
How much money is a penny.
Can you see the Sun on a clear day at 12.00 PM?

"Ha! I smoked that exam!" (He got 2 out of 3)

[dalton99a]

6. .

[karynnj]

7. Very strange he mentions the brilliant President Obama

The fact is that test is only given when there are deficits that suggest dementia may be possible. A low score would make it likey. However, not all neurological deficits would show on that test. You could have significant loss of executive function and still get 30/30.

Looking at ALL the actions of both Biden and Obama I can understand why they never took that test.

However, I assume that someone could design a test that measures logical ability. You could throw in some questions that would measure ethical decision making. Then some that test basic morality. ( Hint telling a country that a President wants to wipe them out so thoroughly they can never recover at a point you are negotiating with them fails all three! )

However, note he speaks of Joe Biden being elected.

[bif]

8. Simply the smartest fucker on the planet!

We're so lucky to have him at the helm!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. MaddowBlog-Trump's incessant talk about cognitive tests isn't reassuring people about his mental fitness

The percentage of Americans who believe that Trump is “mentally sharp” has dropped below 50%. He’s apparently feeling rather defensive on the issue.

The percentage of Americans who believe that Trump is “mentally sharp” has dropped well below 50%.

He’s apparently responding with manic rhetoric about cognitive tests.

I have a hunch that won’t turn things around for him.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-05-04T20:02:33.737Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-incessant-talk-about-cognitive-tests-isnt-reassuring-people-about-his-mental-fitness

If his public remarks are any indication, few topics are of greater interest to Donald Trump than cognitive tests. The president has long struggled to understand the point of these tests, but that hasn’t stopped him from his obsessive boasts about being able to pass exams used to identify dementia, mental deterioration and neurodegenerative diseases.

On Friday, for example, Trump spoke to a supportive crowd in Florida, where he went on an extended riff, claiming that he’s the only president to have taken a cognitive test, pretending it’s impressive that he’s taken three and insisting that Barack Obama would fail such a test......

I am going to resist the temptation to comment on that quote and will instead note that around the same time, the president suggested some of his own supporters on hand for the event would struggle to answer the questions on the exams he’s taken repeatedly for reasons the White House hasn’t explained.

Trump suggests his own supporters couldn’t pass a cognitive test.

I took three of them. I'm the only president to take a cognitive test. I don’t think Obama could pass it. The first question is a lion, a giraffe, a bear, and a shark. A lot of you wouldn’t have been able to answer those questions.

— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2026-05-01T20:50:37.879Z

If it seemed that Trump was feeling a bit defensive on the issue, it’s easy to understand why. It was just a few weeks ago when The New York Times published a striking report with an unsubtle headline: “Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate.” The same article highlighted a lawyer who used to work with Trump who described the president as “a man who is clearly insane.”

It also noted a recent comment from Stephanie Grisham, a former White House press secretary who worked for Trump in his first term. Grisham wrote online a week earlier that her former boss is “clearly not well.”....

But just as important is the degree to which Trump’s fixation on the subject doesn’t seem to be persuading anyone. As recently as November 2024, when he won a second term, a Pew Research Center poll found that 55% of Americans considered the Republican to be “mentally sharp.” That number has now dropped to 44%, with slides among Democrats, independents and even GOP voters.

If the president wants to reassure the public he’s mentally fit to serve, he’ll have to try something other than obsessing over his alleged successes on dementia tests.