No other president has taken the cognitive test that Donald Trump took.
Posted by Badlands Media, Checked
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Badlands MediaOct 15, 2026
The sources show Trump repeatedly claiming he is the only president to take a cognitive test, but independent fact-checkers say this cannot be verified because there is no official record of whether other presidents took such tests privately. The claim is therefore unverifiable rather than true or false.
What was said
… I said, "How hard is it?" He said, "Pretty hard." And uh I said, "Is it pretty" He said, "Yeah, the last ten questions are very hard, sir, and the problem is, if you do badly on the test, it's gonna get out. That's why no other president has taken this test. So here's their, their genius, because here's what happens: I took it once, I aced it. I took it again, I aced it, and I took it fairly recently, my last physical, I aced it. Here's what they said: What's wrong with the president? …
Badlands Media · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. No source states that another president took the same test, but none establishes that no other president did either, so no source contradicts the claim's core assertion.
Context. Meaww's March 2026 fact check rates Trump's claim to be the only president to take a cognitive test as unconfirmed: 'cannot be verified,' with no official record either way.[4]
Context. Snopes and Yahoo's 2024 fact check found Trump was the first president to publicly release cognitive test results, but said it is unclear whether any other presidents have taken such a test.[1][5]
Context. Factually reports Trump's MoCA-style screenings in 2018 and 2025, and says routine published cognitive scores for other presidents are rare and comparable histories are not available.[6]
Context. Politifact and Reuters report Trump's own claims of acing the test and being the only president to request it, without independent verification of the claim about other presidents.[2][3]
Sources
6 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 3 not rated
- 1Is Biden the 1st US President To 'Skip' a Cognitive Test?snopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Cognitive test Trump took screens for signs of dementia, not ...politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Trump revives praise for his health, cognitive test in post ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 4Fact Check: Is Trump’s claim about being the ‘only president ...news.meaww.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 5Fact Check: Biden Is Supposedly the 1st US President ... - Yahooyahoo.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Are there documented instances of cognitive testing fo...factually.co · not rated · cited for: context
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