President Donald Trump is on the campaign trail in red states he and Republicans won handily in the 2024 election.
Many GOP candidates are now trailing in races across the country, tied to an unpopular president who critics say is dragging down Republican candidates.
And he didn’t help himself or his party during a mid-term rally in Bullhead City, Arizona, Wednesday.
The president became fixated on a topic that often sends him spinning off the rails into a senseless rant: cognitive tests.
Many in the audience glazed over as Trump yelled at one point, “I’m a freaking genius.”
Trump first complained about Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, which sparked his rant about “cognitive tests” once again.
Trump has crowed about taking numerous cognitive tests since retaking office in early 2025 and “acing” them.
“Stupid Katie Hobbs, a low IQ individual in my opinion … but remember I’m the only one that took the test. I took the aptitude test or whatever the hell they call it. I took it every time I do a physical, I take a mental test,” Trump preened, gesturing with his arms and hands as the crowd suddenly went quiet.
“And I’ve aced it. Where’s my doctor? Is he around?” As Trump looked around for his doctors, he made a stunning remark.
“If people get sick in the audience, they leave them alone. You know what they call ’em? Collateral damage,” Trump snickered as weak laughter greeted his comment.
A profane Trump then pointed to a member of the audience and said, “He looks like sh-t. He looks like he’s ready to have a heart attack.”
Trump went on an incredulous tangent about how his doctors would not intervene if an audience member was having a heart attack. He then slammed Hobbs again.
“But Katie Hobbs is somebody that could not pass the test. So, I took ’em every time, and I got ’em all right. I aced them.”
Trump has repeatedly bragged about “acing” three cognitive tests last year, seemingly confusing them with IQ tests. Cognitive tests are simple exams used to diagnose cognitive decline or impairment.
As Trump continued boasting about “cognitive tests,” the audience went quiet, so quiet you could hear a pin drop. He explained the test, focusing at one point on a simple math problem, including addition, subtraction, division and multiplication.
“I got it right,” Trump bragged as the audience chuckled.
“Nobody gets it right,” he astonishingly insisted as he continued explaining the test and telling the crowd nobody can get it right like him, including identifying basic animal drawings.
He then nonsensically repeated five words over and over as an example of part of the test. He crowed profanely again about how he remembered all five words.
“And they go, ‘Holy sh-t,’ nobody could do that,’” he insisted before slamming the media for minimizing his acuity on the tests.
“Nobody can do that. Very few people can do that. They say very few people can do it, but almost none can do them in order like that,” he claimed. He meant reciting five words in order during a cognitive exam.
“But I can. You know why? Cause I’m a freakin’ genius. That’s why,” he ranted, as the audience laughed.
Social media erupted in disbelief at Trump’s constant crowing about his “genius.”
“How do people listen to this and think he’s sane and capable???” an X user wondered doubtfully.
Another thinks it’s a sign of Trump finally losing it. “Love to see this. He’s literally breaking in front of our eyes.”
A commenter agreed, “This is the most insane man I’ve ever seen.”
This poster observed of the crowd, “You can hear a pin drop.”
Trump’s boasting about “acing” cognitive test dates back years to his first term in office. During a Fox News interview in 2020, he first revealed he had taken a cognitive test. He kept repeating five-word sequences he claimed were proof that he was more fit for office than former Vice President Joe Biden. At the time, Biden was the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
That “IQ” test he’s always boasting about? It’s the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), and it’s commonly used to flag early signs of dementia — not to measure intelligence. It includes tasks like drawing a clock or distinguishing a camel from a lion, not logic and reasoning skills typical of a real IQ test.
Despite repeatedly boasting that his IQ is “one of the highest,” Trump has never released his official scores. His former attorney, Michael Cohen, testified in 2019 that Trump once ordered him to threaten his alma mater schools — including Fordham University and the University of Pennsylvania — if they disclosed his grades or SAT scores.
