President Donald Trump went off-script on Monday to brag ― again ― about passing a test meant to detect cognitive decline linked to dementia.
“I’ve taken three,” he boasted. “No president, think of this, has ever taken one.”
Trump said he likes to take the test whenever someone calls him a moron.
However, the test he described ― the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) ― is not an intelligence test. It’s a brief exam meant to detect the signs of cognitive decline associated with dementia. As such, its creator has said the assessment is intended to be easy for anyone of normal cognition.
It’s the same “person, woman, man, camera, TV” test he crowed about passing in 2020, during his first term ― except now, he’s admitted to taking it at least two more ti...
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