Former President Donald Trump claimed he "aced" a series of cognitive tests during a rally in Ohio, asserting that other Republicans would not have been able to pass them.
"Obama couldn’t have passed them; Biden we don’t even talk about," Trump stated, describing himself as a "very high IQ person" and the sole president to have undertaken the "hard" examinations. He added, "Republicans wouldn’t have passed them. I won’t mention names ’cause I’m supposed to be a nice Republican."
Trump is believed to be referencing the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a brief test designed to identify potential signs of cognitive impairment rather than measure high intelligence, according to its creators. The president brought up the cognitive tests while addressing the controversy surrounding Alaska’s U.S. Senate race, where Senator Dan Sullivan is seeking reelection.
Critics on social media responded to Trump's comments. Some pointed out that former President Barack Obama graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, contrasting it with Trump's focus on the cognitive screening. Others suggested Trump was indirectly calling Republicans "stupid to their faces," a sentiment echoed by commentary suggesting that only a low-IQ individual would equate passing cognitive tests with intelligence.