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What's on Trump's cognitive tests?

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10.10.2025

(NEXSTAR) – President Trump announced plans to undergo a “semiannual” physical at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday, about six months after his last annual physical.

When discussing his doctor’s visit in the Oval Office on Thursday, Trump also bragged to reporters about the “perfect score” he says he achieved after his last cognitive assessment.

“I also did a cognitive exam, which is always very risky, because if I didn’t do very well you’d be the first to be blaring it, and I had a perfect score,” Trump said. “And one of the doctors said he’s almost never seen a perfect score. I had a, had a perfect score. I had the highest score. And that made me feel good.”

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It was unclear if Trump would be undergoing another cognitive assessment on Friday. But he made it clear that he believed “you should do a cognitive exam” if you’re a U.S. president.

“The first few questions are pretty easy,” he added a moment later. “Once you get into the middle it gets a little trickier, and there aren’t a lot of people in this room that would get every single question right, I can guarantee you.”

Trump did not go into further detail about the questions on his previous assessments. In the past, however, he has said the more difficult part of the exam concerned a “memory” component.

“The first questions are very easy, the last questions are much more difficult. Like a........

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