Trump brings up the cognitive test again, claiming 'very few people' could achieve what he did, even though the doctor who created it says it has nothing to do with intellect or IQ

• In an interview with Fox News on Wednesday, President Donald Trump brought up his results in a cognitive test for the second time this week.
• In the interview, he claimed doctors said "very few people" could achieve what he achieved in the test.
• His achievement was based on him being able to remember five words in a row, several times, including after being asked other questions.
• The test has been on Trump's mind since early June, and he sees it as a potential tool to use against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, according to The Washington Post.
• Contrary to what Trump seems to think, the test does not indicate a high IQ, or any form of intellectual prowess.
• Typically, it's a test used to evaluate someone's cognitive faculties, or establish whether a person might have dementia.
• Ziad Nasreddine, the neurologist who created the test, told The Washington Post: "If someone performs well, what it means is they can be ruled out for cognitive impairment that comes with diseases like Alzheimer's, stroke or multiple sclerosis. That's it."
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President Donald Trump has yet again brought up his performance in a cognitive test, focusing on how he successfully repeated five words in the right order, several times.

In an interview with Fox News on Wednesday evening, Trump reminded viewers of his performance on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), focusing on a part of the test that he described as "much more difficult" than the rest of the test, that was "like a memory test."

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