President Trump once again brought up the results of a cognitive test he took in an interview with Fox News on Wednesday night. She described the memory part of the exam, saying that she had to repeat a series of words several times, offering as an example, “Person, woman, man, camera, television.”
Mr. Trump told Fox News medical correspondent Dr. Marc Siegel that he requested the cognitive test “just under a year ago” because critics had questioned his mental fitness.
“If he’s in the office of the presidency, we have to be sharp,” Trump said, adding that he asked the White House doctor. Ronny Jackson for the exam. “There were 30 or 35 questions. The first questions are very easy, the last ones are much more difficult.”
Trump explained the memory part of the test and said its results impressed doctors.
“It is as if you were saying ‘Person, woman, man, camera, television,'” he said. “So they said, ‘Could you repeat that?’ So, I said, yes, person, woman, man, camera, television. ”
According to Mr. Trump, he had to remember the phrase again later during the test and was given “extra points” because he said it in order.
“They say, ‘No one puts it in order,'” he said, referring to the doctors. “It’s not really that easy, but it was easy for me. And that’s not an easy question.”
“They say, ‘That’s amazing,'” he added. “‘How did you do that?’ I do it because I have, like, a good memory. Because I’m cognitively there. “
He said his Democratic rival Joe Biden should also take the exam.
“Honestly, you should take the exam,” said the president. “In a way, he has an obligation to do it because you have to be able to show this country that the person we chose as the leader is sharp. Because we are dealing with people who want to do very bad things to us.” “
Trump did not specify exactly what type of cognitive testing he performed or when. His last comments come more than two years after his last reported cognitive assessment test. During a physical routine In January 2018, the President conducted a test called the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), which is “a cognitive screening test designed to assist healthcare professionals in detecting mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer disease, “according to their website.
Examples of test questions include drawing the hands of a clock, naming pictures of animals, and repeating a list of numbers back and forth.
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