Trump mocked for midnight brag about dementia test he says proves 'extreme intelligence'

Donald Trump posted to Truth Social in the middle of the night Saturday to boast about scoring a perfect 30 out of 30 on a cognitive screening test, calling it evidence of "extreme intelligence" and claiming no other president has taken such a test — and by morning, critics were lining up to explain why nearly every part of that claim was wrong.

Trump wrote that he had now taken the test four times, accumulating "120 correct answers out of 120 questions asked," and demanded to know if "the Dumocrats" were "really surprised."

The problem, multiple experts and commentators noted, is that the Montreal Cognitive Assessment is not an intelligence test. It is a screening tool for dementia.

"Trump's '30 out of 30' score was a Montreal Cognitive Assessment, which is a screening test for dementia," wrote Bad Fox Graphics. "It is not an IQ test. Repeating it at short intervals would indicate a physician is concerned about rapidly developing cognitive impairment."

Project management and finance professional Laurence Boorstein went further, noting that a score of 26 to 30 is categorized as "normal cognitive performance" — not extreme intelligence. "A 'perfect' score of 30 does not imply 'extreme intelligence' because the 10-minute MoCA assessment is not an IQ test," he wrote, adding that there is no record of Trump ever having taken an actual IQ test. He also noted that Michael Cohen has reported threatening to sue Trump's schools if they revealed his grades or SAT scores.

Former CNN mainstayJim Acosta highlighted what the test actually involves. According to Decoding Fox News, which cited Acosta's breakdown, the questions include: "What day is it? Where are you right now? Repeat this phrase." The post concluded: "That's it. That's the test."

Political analyst Seth Abramson delivered the sharpest line. "In the decades-long history of extremely rudimentary, comically easy dementia tests, no dementia patient has bragged so frequently and with such quiveringly indignant jowls about taking them," he wrote.

Others questioned why Trump keeps bringing it up at all. "If Trump is really as healthy as he claims, why would he and his propaganda team have to keep telling us so many times?" asked the Kentucky Statesman account.

Host Chris Marcus kept it simpler: "Does he realize he sounds like a complete toolbox every time he writes a message bragging about something stupid?"