Fletch. OK, I liked Friday Girls best of all.

WHY DOES THE PRESIDENT KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS COGNITIVE TEST?! … WAPO’S ASHLEY PARKER and WILLIAM WAN: “Trump said he was first asked to repeat a set of words — ‘person,’ ‘woman,’ ‘man,’ ‘camera,’ ‘TV,’ he said, offering a hypothetical example — and then, later in the assessment after some time had elapsed, he was again asked whether he remembered those same words, in order.

“‘And they say … “Go back to that question, and repeat them. Can you do it?”’ Trump said, mimicking the doctors administering the exam. ‘And you go, “Person, woman, man, camera, TV.” They say, “That’s amazing. How did you do that?” I do it because I have, like, a good memory, because I’m cognitively there.’

“But medical and public health experts stress that the cognitive exam is not what Trump seems to think it is — an indicator of IQ or a cudgel to be wielded against a political opponent like a debate challenge. Experts say the president’s fixation on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment — or MoCA, as it is sometimes called — is particularly puzzling because the test is normally administered only if someone is concerned that they or their loved ones may be experiencing dementia or other cognitive decline.

“Getting a perfect score — as Trump has repeatedly claimed he did — merely signifies that the test-taker probably does not have a cognitive impairment as measured by the exam. …
“‘It’s not meant to measure IQ or intellectual skill in anyway,’ said Ziad Nasreddine, the neurologist who created the test. “If someone performs well, what it means is they can be ruled out for cognitive impairment that comes with diseases like Alzheimer’s, stroke or multiple sclerosis. That’s it.’”

Courtesy WaPo