{"id":2597833,"date":"2026-05-01T18:01:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-claims-obama-could-not-pass-a-cognitive-test\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T18:03:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:03:23","slug":"trump-claims-obama-could-not-pass-a-cognitive-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-claims-obama-could-not-pass-a-cognitive-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump claims Obama could not pass a cognitive test"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-claims-obama-could-not-pass-a-cognitive-test%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2597833&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald trump, speaking in The Villages, Florida, claimed that at age 79 his mental abilities likely exceed those of former President Barack Obama and repeatedly criticized Democratic rivals-especially California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who Trump said remarked \u201che can\u2019t read, he can\u2019t write.\u201d Trump said Newsom should take a cognitive test, and argued he has \u201caced\u201d such tests, while contrasting their apparent academic and cognitive performance. He also noted that he became the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-founding-fathers-6-prophetic-warnings-that-are-coming-true\/\" title=\"The Founding Fathers: 6 Prophetic Warnings That Are Coming True\">oldest president<\/a> inaugurated last year and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >referenced past concerns<\/a> during the 2024 campaign about the mental fitness of Trump and Biden, including Biden\u2019s debate performance-while Trump reiterated earlier claims about receiving perfect or perfect-style results on cognitive examinations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> bragged that his mental capabilities at 79 years old likely surpassed those of former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"360\">Barack Obama<\/a>, who is 15 years his junior at 64 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to a crowd at The Villages in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"159\">Florida<\/a>, Trump laid into Democratic critics from Obama to Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1426\">Gavin Newsom<\/a> (D-CA) to even former President Joe Biden. Trump specifically singled out Newsom, 58, for saying \u201che can\u2019t read, he can\u2019t write.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4551801\/trump-congress-60th-day-iran-conflict-hostilities-terminated\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump tells Congress on 60th day of Iran conflict: \u2018Hostilities\u2019 have \u2018terminated\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4551714\/watch-live-trump-visit-retirement-community-florida\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WATCH LIVE: Trump visits retirement community in Florida<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4551140\/trump-ufc-claw-cage-construction-white-house\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says UFC \u2018Claw\u2019 cage construction to begin next week at White House<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cWe should give him a cognitive test,\u201d Trump said of Newsom. \u201cI took three of them. Aced all of them, by the way. You know, I\u2019m the only president, I\u2019m the only president to take a cognitive test, because I don\u2019t think Obama could pass it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>\u201cDidn\u2019t he get into Harvard with a C average?\u201d Trump continued. \u201cI don\u2019t think he could pass it. I don\u2019t think, well, Biden \u2026 give me a break.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump became the oldest president to be inaugurated last year at 78 years old and seven months, even older than Biden, who was 78 years old and two months when he was inaugurated in January 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Both Trump and Biden faced heavy questions during the 2024 campaign about their ability to handle another four years in office. Biden would eventually exit the race after a disastrous June 2024 debate showcased his cognitive struggles to the nation. Obama, however, was just 47 when he was inaugurated in January 2009 and 55 when he left the White House in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-career-u-s-diplomat-accused-of-secretly-spying-for-cuban-intelligence-services\/\" title=\"Ex-diplomat accused of spying for Cuban intelligence\">repeatedly bragged<\/a> that he has passed cognitive tests, even as he disclosed to reporters in October 2025 that he had a \u201cperfect\u201d MRI amid questions related to why he underwent two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-physical-continues-tradition-of-presidential-health-scrutiny-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"......s physical continues tradition of ...ial health scrutiny - Washington Examiner\">annual physical examinations<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/white-house\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> Doctors have just reported that I am in \u2018PERFECT HEALTH,\u2019 and that I \u2018ACED\u2019 (Meaning, was correct on 100% of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/with-trump-gone-the-media-no-longer-cares-about-kids-in-cages\/\" title=\"With ... Gone, The Media No Longer Cares About \u2018Kids In Cages...\">questions asked<\/a>!), for the third straight time, my Cognitive Examination, something which no other President, or previous Vice President, was willing to take,\u201d Trump wrote on social media in January.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2025, Trump said he believed he \u201cgot every answer right\u201d on a\u00a0cognitive test\u00a0he took as part of a four-hour physical exam at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center conducted by his personal doctor, Navy Capt. Sean Barbabella. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI took a cognitive test that I don\u2019t know what to tell you other than I got every answer right,\u201d Trump said. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4551140\/trump-ufc-claw-cage-construction-white-house\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4551140\/trump-ufc-claw-cage-construction-white-house\/\"><strong>TRUMP SAYS UFC \u2018CLAW\u2019 CAGE CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK AT WHITE HOUSE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s comments in Florida come one day after he blasted the former Democratic presidents on Truth Social. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnybody running for President or Vice President should be forced to take a Cognitive Examination prior to entering the Race!\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116494922708605309\">he wrote<\/a>. \u201cBy doing so, we wouldn\u2019t be surprised at people like Barack \u2018Hussein\u2019 Obama, or Sleepy Joe Biden, getting \u2018ELECTED.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump claimed his mental abilities at 79 surpass Obama\u2019s and mocked Biden and Newsom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2597836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP25009541851889.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[33726,5315,3634],"class_list":["post-2597833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-cognitive-test","tag-obama","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP25009541851889.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2597833"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2597838,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597833\/revisions\/2597838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2597836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2597833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2597833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2597833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}