'Beg him to stop': Trump's brag about basic brain health test alarms ex-White House doc
A former White House cardiologist has begged Donald Trump to stop bragging about his mental health — as his next checkup deadline looms.
Dr. Jonathan Reiner, who served as Dick Cheney's cardiologist during the George Bush administration, urged the current president to stop gloating about cognitive tests he's done. Trump bragged yesterday about results that he's referenced many times, prompting Reiner to note a new cognitive test will be administered to the president soon.
Trump said yesterday, "I'm the only president that ever took a cognitive test. I took it 3 times. It's actually a very hard test for a lot of people. It wasn't hard for me.
"It starts off with an easy question and by the time you get to the middle it gets tougher — mathematical equations and things."
The test Trump referred to during his statement is the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a 30-point exam that takes roughly 10 minutes to complete.
Reiner quoted the video of Trump explaining his cognitive test results, and urged the president to stop bragging about his health.
He wrote, "If I were one of the president’s advisers I would beg him to stop bragging about doing well on a dementia screening tool which requires the patient to identify a camel and subtract 7 from 100.
"I do agree that all candidates for POTUS should have comprehensive physical exams, and the data should be made public. The presidents next annual comprehensive examination is due next month."
Healthcare strategist Adam Brown MD, replying to Reiner, mocked the president for bragging about passing the quick cognitive abilities test.
Brown wrote, "John, camels are quite challenging to identify, as is subtracting by 7. Clearly, this is genius-level stuff."