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Has Donald Trump ever released official IQ or cognitive test results to the public?
Executive summary
There is no public record that former or current President Donald Trump has released an "official IQ" score — what is publicly available are repeated statements and medical summaries describing him as having "aced" or scored perfectly on a brief clinical cognitive screen (the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA) that is not an IQ test (examples: MoCA score of 30/30 reported) [1] [2]. Multiple news outlets and experts emphasize the MoCA screens for mild cognitive impairment or dementia, not intelligence or an IQ number [3] [4].
1. The distinction reporters keep making: cognitive screen ≠ IQ test
News coverage consistently notes that the test Trump has cited is the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a 10‑minute clinical screen designed to detect early cognitive decline, not a standardized IQ measurement; the test’s creator and neurologists have said there’s no evidence the MoCA correlates with IQ test scores [3] [5] [4].
2. What has been publicly released about Trump’s cognitive exam results
White House medical summaries and press coverage say Trump “aced” or scored the highest on a cognitive exam and, in past reports, was described as scoring 30 out of 30 on the MoCA — a perfect MoCA score that appears in contemporaneous reporting about his physicals [1] [6] [2]. News stories repeat Trump’s own public boasts that he “got every answer right” on that exam [2] [7].
3. No public, verifiable IQ score has been produced
Investigations and fact checks find no credible evidence that an official IQ score for Trump has ever been made public. Fact‑checking organizations have debunked circulated claims (for example, an online claim that an IQ of 73 was discovered) as unsupported by evidence [8] [9] [10]. Independent writeups conclude Trump has never released an IQ test result in the way people typically expect an IQ number to be reported [8] [11].
4. How reporting and political messaging have mixed the two for effect
Trump has repeatedly used cognitive‑test language in political attacks (calling opponents “low IQ”) and has framed his MoCA results as proof of superior aptitude; outlets report he sometimes calls the MoCA an “IQ test,” a conflation that the test’s creator and medical commentators explicitly warn is incorrect [3] [5] [7]. This mismatch creates political messaging value even as clinicians say the measure serves a different clinical purpose [4] [12].
5. Limits of available reporting and where uncertainty remains
Available reporting documents MoCA results and public statements but does not disclose raw test forms, full medical records, or any standardized IQ administration and score; the sources do not provide an IQ test result because none has been published [2] [8]. Where outlets criticize lack of detail (for example, timing of certain exams or missing items from public summaries), they note the White House sometimes declines to release full records — available sources do not mention any released IQ test documents [13] [14].
6. What experts say about what a MoCA score does and does not mean
Medical commentators quoted in coverage emphasize the MoCA’s role in detecting impairment; a perfect 30/30 indicates no detected cognitive impairment on that brief screen but does not measure overall intelligence, creativity, educational attainment or IQ percentiles — and the test’s author says there are no studies linking MoCA outcomes to IQ tests [1] [5] [4].
7. Misinformation narratives to watch for
Fact‑checkers and news outlets have repeatedly flagged viral claims assigning specific IQ numbers to Trump (for instance, a circulated “IQ 73” document) as unproven or false; those claims have been debunked by Full Fact and Snopes as lacking evidence [9] [10]. Conversely, some non‑expert sites present speculative high IQ estimates without original documentation; such figures are not corroborated in authoritative reporting [15] [8].
8. Bottom line for readers
If you mean “has Donald Trump publicly released formal IQ test results” — the answer in public reporting is no: what has been publicized and discussed in multiple outlets is his MoCA cognitive screening result and his statements about it, not a formal, released IQ score [2] [1] [9]. Reported perfect MoCA results show a clinician‑administered screen for impairment, but experts and the test creator caution that the MoCA is not an IQ measure and should not be treated as one [5] [4].