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Posted: 2024-01-29T04:59:44Z | Updated: 2024-01-29T04:59:44Z CNN Doctor Trolls Trump Over 'Dementia' Boast With 1 Simple Sentence | HuffPost

CNN Doctor Trolls Trump Over 'Dementia' Boast With 1 Simple Sentence

Dr. Jonathan Reiner put the former president on blast for his claim about cognitive testing.

CNN s Dr. Jonathan Reiner isnt buying Donald Trump s repeated claims about acing a cognitive test. 

The former president has insisted that the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) aka the infamous Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV. test he took in 2020, when he was president was difficult

Reiner stepped in with a fact-check on Sunday. 

If you think a dementia screening test is very difficult, you may have early dementia, Reiner, who is director of cardiac catheterization laboratories at George Washington University, wrote on X: 

Trump has repeatedly insisted that the test is very hard, and earlier this month claimed it contains advanced math such as multiply 3,293 times 4, divide by 3.

The test was created to help doctors detect the warning signs of the cognitive impairments that can lead to dementia. 

It is supposed to be easy for someone who has no cognitive impairment, Dr. Ziad Nasreddine, who developed the test, told MarketWatch in 2020

Yet Trump has constantly claimed otherwise. 

Its not easy! he told supporters on Saturday , saying only 2 percent of his followers could pass it.

Reiner also shared a clip of former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley Trumps rival for the Republican nomination saying the former president is in decline. 

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