Have any official IQ tests or expert assessments of Donald Trump been released or authenticated?
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Executive summary
No authenticated, official IQ test score for Donald Trump has been publicly released. Reporting and fact‑checks show viral claims of a 73 IQ from a New York Military Academy-era test have been debunked or found unsupported, while recent medical notes discuss MoCA cognitive screening scores (not IQ) that Trump and his physicians have cited [1] [2] [3].
1. No verifiable historic IQ document has been produced
Multiple independent fact‑checks trace the most prominent viral claim — that Trump scored 73 on an IQ taken at the New York Military Academy — to a social‑media meme and an apparent fabricated newspaper image; reporters and archives do not locate an original clipping or authenticated test results [1] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]. Full Fact and Snopes concluded there is no evidence to support the 73‑point claim and that the supposed discovery has not been corroborated by the academy or archival records [6] [7] [8] [1].
2. Trump has not publicly produced a certified IQ score or formal authenticated report
Available reporting shows Trump has boasted about intelligence measures and cited tests, but none of the cited sources show a certified, independently authenticated IQ test result released by Trump or verified by the testing institutions. Media coverage and fact checks repeatedly note that claims about historical IQ results rest on unverified documents or memes [4] [1] [6].
3. What has been released or reported are MoCA cognitive screening results, not IQ tests
In multiple recent instances Trump and his physicians have discussed performance on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a brief dementia‑screening tool — for example, reports cite a MoCA score of 30 in 2025 — but experts, including the test’s creator, and news outlets emphasize the MoCA screens for cognitive impairment and is not an IQ test [2] [3] [9]. Ziad Nasreddine, developer of the MoCA, told reporters the screening should not be used to measure intelligence and that there are no studies demonstrating correlation with IQ tests [9].
4. Media and experts warn against equating MoCA results with IQ
News outlets such as Axios and People explain the MoCA’s purpose: to detect subtle cognitive decline by assessing short‑term memory, executive function and related tasks, not to measure “intelligence” in the psychometric IQ sense. Reporting points out some MoCA items are very simple and the instrument is unsuited to produce an IQ equivalent [3] [9].
5. Viral IQ claims have been repeatedly debunked; misinformation persists
Social posts recycling the 73‑IQ story resurfaced across years and were flagged by Snopes, PolitiFact and Full Fact as false or unsubstantiated, illustrating how a single unverified image can circulate widely despite correction [4] [1] [6] [7] [8]. Those fact checks also note Trump has never provided documentation of a formal IQ score, leaving room for persistent rumors.
6. Competing perspectives and limitations in the record
One perspective originates in social media artifacts asserting a low historical IQ; reputable fact‑checkers treat that as false or unproven [1] [4]. Another perspective is based on physicians’ statements about screening results — the administration and medical team have publicized MoCA scores [2] — but medical practitioners and the test’s inventor caution the screening cannot be interpreted as an IQ measure [9] [3]. Available sources do not mention any independently administered or certified contemporary IQ test score for Trump.
7. Why this distinction matters for public understanding
Confusion between a dementia screen and an IQ test matters because they measure different constructs with different purposes and stakes: MoCA flags cognitive impairment risk; IQ tests attempt to quantify cognitive ability across domains using standardized, normed instruments. Media reporting and expert comments in the sources consistently underline that conflating them produces misleading public claims about cognitive capacity [3] [9].
8. Bottom line for readers
There is no authenticated, official IQ test result for Donald Trump in the public record according to multiple fact checks and reporting; claims of a 73 score are unproven and debunked, while the only documented test results publicly cited by Trump or his physicians concern the MoCA screening — explicitly not an IQ test, per experts and the test’s creator [1] [4] [2] [9] [3].