On Tuesday, President Donald Trump known as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) “low IQ,” difficult her and Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) to take IQ assessments whereas touting his personal cognitive screening outcomes.
“AOC — look. I believe she’s very good. However she’s very low IQ, and we actually do not want low IQ,” Trump advised reporters on the White Home. “Between her and Crockett, we’re gonna give ’em each an IQ take a look at to see who comes out greatest.”
Trump: “AOC — look. I believe she’s very good. However she’s very low IQ, and we actually do not want low IQ. Between her and Crockett, we’re gonna give ’em each an IQ take a look at to see who comes out greatest. I took an actual take a look at at Walter Reed medical heart and I aced it. Now it is time for them… pic.twitter.com/IlEUZd8Zlb
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 15, 2025
Trump, who turned 79 final month, defended his personal psychological acuity by citing the outcomes of a cognitive take a look at he took when he obtained his bodily in April.
“I took my take a look at. I took an actual take a look at at Walter Reed Medical Middle and I acted it,” Trump reminded reporters.
The cognitive take a look at taken by Trump nonetheless, didn’t measure his intelligence. Trump was given the Montreal Cognitive Evaluation (MoCA), a screening device used to detect early indicators of dementia and different cognitive impairment. The examination consists of duties like drawing a clock and recalling a brief checklist of phrases.
In response to a White Home memo detailing the outcomes of Trump’s bodily, the cognitive evaluation was “regular with a rating of 30 out of 30.”
However Trump has persistently touted the take a look at as properly past regular. “I bought the very best mark, and one of many medical doctors mentioned, ‘Sir, I’ve by no means seen anyone get that sort of — that was the very best mark,'” he mentioned in April.
Trump: “I took my cognitive examination as a part of my bodily examination, and I bought the very best mark, and one of many medical doctors mentioned, ‘Sir, I’ve by no means seen anyone get that sort of — that was the very best mark.'”
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) April 14, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Trump went on to say that not like former Presidents Biden and Obama, he is taken the cognitive take a look at 3 times already, as a result of “it isn’t too robust” for him.
When a reporter on Air Drive One requested if Trump might give extra details about the take a look at, he was unable to recollect particulars. “It is a uhh I believe it is a fairly well-known take a look at. No matter it’s, I bought each one, I bought all of it proper,” he mentioned.
In a Fact social put up final month, Trump referred to Ocasio-Cortez as “one of many ‘dumbest’ folks in Congress for calling for his impeachment.
“After we study her Check Scores, we are going to discover out that she is NOT certified for workplace,” Trump continued, including, “However, however, way more certified than Crockett, who’s a significantly Low IQ particular person.”
“AOC must be compelled to take the Cognitive Check that I simply accomplished at Walter Reed Medical Middle, as a part of my Bodily,” Trump wrote within the June 24 put up. “Because the Physician in cost mentioned, ‘President Trump ACED it,’ that means, I bought each reply proper.”
The identical day, Ocasio-Cortez responded to Trump in an X put up. “Mr. President, do not take your anger out on me – I am only a foolish woman,” she wrote.
Trump’s assaults on Crockett as “low IQ” started even earlier. She responded to 1 such assault in Might. “Each time you say my identify, you are reminding the world that you simply’re afraid of good, daring Black girls telling the reality and holding you accountable,” Crockett wrote. “So maintain speaking…”
Trump’s earlier use of the time period “low IQ” recommend he reserves it when he is disparaging girls of coloration. Along with lobbing the insult at Ocasio-Cortez and Crockett, he used the time period in reference to Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and former Vice President Kamala Harris.
Neither Ocasio-Cortez nor Crockett have addressed the president’s suggestion that they bear IQ testing or the MoCA screening.
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