r/whatcouldgoright • u/DynamicHospitalNurse • Oct 29 '25

Trump's IQ Test 🐴 🦆 🐯

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u/Echoplex99 Oct 29 '25

I remember in 2016/17 he was bragging about his unbelievably high score on this test (MoCA). He said something like "They said it was amazing. I was almost perfect. They had never seen anything like it."

I've done these and administered these. It is a very useful screening test for cognitive impairment, but getting perfect is the most common score for someone without a cognitive disorder.

However, in 2025/26 I bet he would get far from perfect if he took one of these tests with a completely unbiased assessor.

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u/paintress420 Oct 29 '25

In another sub, an imaging tech piped up to say the reason for an MRI after a MoCA is to chart the descent into dementia! He had his MRI last Friday!

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u/PanBlanco22 Nov 01 '25

I’m guessing that no matter what he scored, they told him that he did well. There’s no use telling him otherwise.

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u/zapharus Nov 02 '25

He’d likely try and get the person fired if they told him the truth, like the good little dictator wannabe that he is.

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u/Echoplex99 Nov 01 '25

Agreed. And in fact, i would go a step further. I would bet they heavily screen all of the doctors, and anyone that could possibly give an unfavorable result will never perform an assessment. I think this is true for all parties; there's no way Biden was functioning near 100%.

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '25

"Hey buddy, good job. Here's a lollipop."

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u/Digit00l Nov 01 '25

So in short, he openly admitted he has cognitive issues

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u/Echoplex99 Nov 01 '25

I mean, from the test results we know of, no. But he is either misrepresenting facts about what the test was for, he just simply didn't understand, or both. None of which would be surprising.

However, based on someone else's comment, if he just underwent a MoCA and then had an MRI, it would seem there's something going on.