Overview
- Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, President Trump called Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jasmine Crockett "low IQ" and challenged them to take the exam he said he passed at Walter Reed.
- Trump described questions involving animal identification and escalating difficulty, aligning with the Montreal Cognitive Assessment he has long boasted about "acing."
- Ocasio-Cortez mocked the challenge on X by referencing the test’s clock-drawing task and used the exchange in a fundraising email sent Monday.
- Crockett rebuked Trump on CNN, questioning his fixation on two women of color and saying he misunderstands IQ while touting a basic cognitive screen.
- The test’s creator, Dr. Ziad Nasreddine, and other experts emphasize the MoCA measures cognitive impairment, not intelligence; Trump’s doctor reported a perfect 30/30 MoCA in April, and the president touted a recent "perfect" MRI without releasing fuller details, as figures like Jimmy Kimmel joked about a televised contest.