Overview
- At The Villages retirement community in Florida, President Trump told the senior crowd he is not a senior and called them "old guys."
- He said he has taken three Montreal Cognitive Assessment tests, claimed he "aced" them, and asserted he is the only president to take a cognitive test.
- He mocked Barack Obama by doubting he could pass the test and by questioning his academic record, a claim at odds with biographer David Maraniss' report of a roughly 3.7 GPA before Harvard Law.
- Viewers on social media, including some watching Fox News' live stream, criticized the remarks and pointed to Obama's magna cum laude degree and leadership of the Harvard Law Review.
- Clinicians use the MoCA as a quick screen for possible cognitive impairment, not as a measure of intelligence or job readiness, which critics said makes it a weak proof of fitness.