U.S. President Donald Trump makes an announcement about lowering the cost of drug prices, at the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 19, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
A physician and pulmonologist said President Donald Trump may have accidentally let it slip that White House doctors could be treating him for "cognitive impairment" based on one of the president's recent social media posts.
During a Friday posting spree to his Truth Social account, Trump announced that doctors declared him to be "in 'PERFECT HEALTH,' and that I 'ACED' (Meaning, was correct on 100% of the questions asked!), for the third straight time, my Cognitive Examination, something which no other President, or previous Vice President, was willing to take." According to Dr. Vin Gupta, Trump was boasting taking the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (or MoCA), which doctors use when they're concerned a patient may have "age-related cognitive decline, so-called mild cognitive impairment or early stage dementia."
"Maybepeople are forgetting linearthinking. They lose their trainof thought," Gupta explained. "So we do somethingcalled a MoCA test, Montreal Cognitive Assessment tool, to tosee is there issueswith recall."
Gupta said the frequency Trump brags about passing cognitive tests suggests that the White House's medical team is likely so concerned about Trump's cognitive health that they're administering far more than the standard number of tests given to a typical elderly patient.
"It's OKto do that once or twice a year,perhaps," Gupta said. "But he talks aboutdoing it maybe weekly, or almostevery single time he does atruth ... Maybe he's not listening to hisphysicians. It seems likethey're trying to give him somegood advice, but it's a mixedbag. But this is not the flexthat he thinks it is ... youdon't do this every other dayand somehow use that asevidence that you'recognitively there."
"Those that tend to do Montrealtests with that level offrequency usually are worriedabout the presence of earlystage dementia or cognitiveimpairment," he added. "So he might beruling himself into somethingthat he doesn't want to rulehimself into."
At the age of 78 years and seven months, Trump was the oldest person to ever be administered the presidential oath of office beating out former President Joe Biden, who was 78 years and 61 days old as of his inauguration in 2021. Trump will turn 80 years old in June.
Watch Gupta's segment below:
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