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Trump Claims Perfect Walter Reed Cognitive Test Score

6/8/2026

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Summary

Trump Claims Perfect Score

President Donald Trump said he took a cognitive test at Walter Reed and received a perfect score.
On October 9, 2025, he asserted a doctor told him perfect scores are rare.
On April 14, 2025, he claimed the highest mark, which a doctor described as unprecedented.
At a May 22 rally, he said no president had taken the test, adding that he answered every question correctly.

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Trump Omits Medication

The latest health report omitted finasteride, the hair-loss medication that U.S. President Donald Trump has taken for years.
The White House said the report lists only clinically relevant medicines and that no undisclosed conditions affect Trump’s duties.
Former physicians Harold Bornstein, Ronny Jackson, and Sean Conley confirmed Trump’s long-term finasteride use.
Bioethicists Robert Klitzman and Arthur Caplan warned the omission raises transparency concerns and could conceal depression risk.

History

Historical Context

In February 1977 Carter created the President’s Commission on Mental Health, and in 1978 he praised Betty Ford for publicly disclosing her addiction. On July 18 1979 the President’s Commission on Ethical Problems in Medicine released a detailed health report that set a new openness standard for presidential fitness. The move built on earlier mental-health advocacy and foreshadowed later mandatory disclosure debates.

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Trump Claims Perfect Score

President Donald Trump said he took a cognitive test at Walter Reed and received a perfect score.
On October 9, 2025, he asserted a doctor told him perfect scores are rare.
On April 14, 2025, he claimed the highest mark, which a doctor described as unprecedented.
At a May 22 rally, he said no president had taken the test, adding that he answered every question correctly.

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