"You have a lion, a bear, an alligator, and a squirrel. 'Which is the squirrel?'"

[Swede]

Jesus H Christ! Someone just tase him already.

Trump: "No president has ever taken a cognitive test except me. I've taken three of them. One in the first administration. They're hard. The first question is easy. You have a lion, a bear, an alligator, and a squirrel. 'Which is the squirrel?'"

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-05-04T20:11:46.002Z

[displacedvermoter]

1. Squirrel is one with Moose!

[0rganism]

2. Zee moose and squirrel!

[CatWoman]

5. Melania: "Moose and Squirrel must die"

[0rganism]

10. As seen in 2025 inaugural photos

[Haggard Celine]

12. OMG, Melania has hooves!

[orleans]

15. thanks for pointing that out. i didn't even notice... but now that did

[sop]

3. Those tests are administered to measure cognitive decline, three of them means they suspect you're getting worse.

[Emile]

4. Wondering what the hard questions were.

[0rganism]

6. Dream press question: "Mr. president, are these animals in the room with us now?"

Oh, what a world it would be.

ETA: Will someone please tell this man that having to take multiple cognitive tests designed to detect brain injuries is NOT the flex he seems to think it is?

[pat_k]

7. This is hilarious! At The Villages it was lion, giraffe, bear, and shark.

Horrifying. Tragic for the nation, but nevertheless hilarious.

As I posted in re: that other appearance:

Sounds like the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). And he didn't even report the animals correctly.

No sharks.

According to AI (Gemini)

No standard version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) includes a lion, giraffe, bear, and shark in a single test.

The standard naming section in the most common versions of the MoCA (such as Versions 7.1, 8.1, and 8.2) uses the following three animals: Lion Rhinoceros Camel

Animal Variations in Other Versions:

While the "Lion, Rhino, Camel" set is the standard, some alternate versions or older, less-common versions have featured different animals to prevent practice effects. For instance, one version has been known to use a giraffe, bear, and hippopotamus.

Shark: A shark is not typically found on standard MoCA tests.

Elephant: Some variations, notably one shown in a 2020 news report, have included an elephant instead of a rhino.

https://www.dementiaresearch.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/06_MoCA_Form.pdf

[orleans]

16. i remember he had said camel (but that was a million years ago and it hardly matters anymore b/c

we all know he's out of his fucking mind)

[Wiz Imp]

31. Right. And they don't name an animal and ask you to point to the picture like he says

They point to the picture, and ask you to name the animal.

He also claimed there was some (relatively) complex mathematical question (which he clearly couldn't answer in a million years [99 x 9 (891) ÷ 3 (297) + 4,293 (4590) ÷ 2 (2295) - 93 (2202) ÷ 9 = 244.666]) It's frightening that there's people who actually believe he could answer that! Hell, he couldn't even do the 99 x 9 part. The only math on the real test is to start with a number and keep subtracting 7. I don't believe he could even do that one.

[pat_k]

33. Yep. And I think it is always serial subtraction of 7 starting at 100.

And you only need to do the first five (93 86 79 72 65).

Also, at the Villages, he said there were 30 questions. There aren't. Depending on what you count as a discrete question, there are 10-12 that address 8 aspects of cognition. You can score up to 30 (Example)

Not to mention that while the animals in the Naming section vary a little by version, there are always just three animals pictured. I suppose a person with normal memory could get muddled about which animals they saw in the most recent testing session, but seems to me you'd remember whether you saw three or four after seeing three every single time you're given the damn test. But he keeps reporting four animals -- it's almost like his subconscious adds one because that would somehow show the task was "harder."





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[LuckyCharms]

8. Dumb fuck is bragging about being able to ID a squirrel. I feel much safer now.

[Botany]

9. They give you a cognitive test only when they suspect dain bramage.

Good God in Butter is he ever slurring his words.

I think he might have had another stroke. Besides it looks like his face is sliding off his head.

He is one fucked up cowboy. If tomorrow morning And on the news they he passed away early
this AM I wouldn’t be surprised.

[csusan]

11. Trump says they're hard

They're hard you have something wrong with your brain. If he thinks that they're hard, that says a lot.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

13. 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.

[yardwork]

20. In his defense, he's probably right that a lot of his followers couldn't pass it either.

[StoolPigeon]

14. The squirrel is the one taking the test

[orleans]

17. my thought exactly. nt

[durablend]

19. The squirrel could do a better job running the country

[yardwork]

21. I've often thought that my cat would be a better president than most.

There would be a focus on ensuring plenty of food, soft warm places to sleep, and absolutely no wars.

[IronLionZion]

18. Dude needs a straitjacket and a padded cell

[ProfessorGAC]

22. All The Questions Are INTENTIONALLY Easy

Maybe some are harder than identifying a squirrel, but there are mo hard questions on those tests.

[PatSeg]

23. Exactly

And most reasonable people know that.

I wonder who he is trying to convince, the audience or himself?

[ProfessorGAC]

24. I Found A 50 Question Example Test

The questions are in many cases, tougher than identifying an animal from its silhouette, but none are actually hard.
Requires a bit of thought & observation skills, but still simple.
Unless one actually has dementia, I have a hard time believing most people wouldn't get at least 43 or 44 correct.
Here's a good example>>>>>https://www.boostprep.com/ccat-practice-test/

[PatSeg]

25. Thanks for that

No wonder he thought it was so difficult. I don't think he was ever inclined to take actual tests himself.

50 questions in 15 minutes? No wonder he is so proud of himself. How often does he do anything for 15 minutes or answer a lot of questions without bullshitting?

[PatSeg]

26. Thanks for that

No wonder he thought it was so difficult. I don't think he was ever inclined to take actual tests himself.

50 questions in 15 minutes? I can see why he is so proud of himself. How often does he do anything for 15 minutes or answer a lot of questions without bullshitting?

[ProfessorGAC]

30. Well Done

BTW: I did the test in 7 minutes, while waiting for my wife in the doctor's waiting room.
I got all 50. I guess I'm the smartest person ever!

[PatSeg]

35. Oh absolutely!

Congratulations on being such a genius!!!

[Ocelot II]

27. Our president can distinguish a lion from a squirrel. That's reassuring to know.

[Hey Joe]

28. The squirrel is that cotton candy confection on

top of your head you semi-sentient dipshit.

[usonian]

29. About his APGAR test.

This took him TWO HOURS to solve.

And he used a hammer.


Here's the squirrel test.



A bit more detail here.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/education-and-learning/general/trump-79-bizarrely-boasts-he-can-correctly-identify-a-squirrel/ar-AA22qRH9

[Wiz Imp]

32. REAL DOCTOR demonstrates trump's ACTUAL COGNITIVE TEST

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/1322114617

Notice how the Doctor says that he's had numerous people with actual Alzheimer diagnoses able to pass the test. It's obviously nothing to brag about but Trump is too stupid to realize that.

[PatSeg]

36. That is really so sad

To be that stupid that he thinks passing the test is an intellectual achievement. AND he goes out an brags about it?

[maxsolomon]

34. Its hard when you have ADHD

Which he definitely has.

[PatSeg]

37. That is true

It is amazing that he could sit that still to take the test more than once.