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Jimmy Kimmel tries Donald Trump's cognitive test to find out how hard it really is

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Updated 08:48 8 Jan 2026 GMTPublished 15:24 7 Jan 2026 GMT

Jimmy Kimmel tries Donald Trump's cognitive test to find out how hard it really is

Trump claimed the test was 'not easy'

Joe Harker

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Jimmy Kimmel took a cognitive test, which Donald Trump had bragged he'd 'aced' after calling them 'not easy'.

The US president has a history of saying and doing some very strange things, which has led some people to wonder what's actually going on in his mind. However, Trump is insistent that he still has all his marbles, as he claimed he was in 'perfect health' and had performed well on tests.

In a speech last month, which was supposed to be about the American economy, he wandered away from the point to tell a North Carolina crowd that he 'did something no other president's ever done'.

"I took cognitive tests because I know that, and by the way, not easy," Trump said, telling the crowd that part of the test involved being able to identify pictures of animals correctly.

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Deciding to figure out just how difficult this test really is, talk show host Jimmy Kimmel filmed a segment for an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live where he took the same test.

Jimmy Kimmel took a cognitive test similar to one Donald Trump will have taken (YouTube/Jimmy Kimmel Live)
Jimmy Kimmel took a cognitive test similar to one Donald Trump will have taken (YouTube/Jimmy Kimmel Live)

Kicking off a segment called 'Is Jimmy A Moron?', the host sat down with a doctor to take a test, which she explained was typically for people aged '65 and over' and was most likely the one Trump had taken.

Kimmel jokingly pretended not to know how to use a pen as he went through the various tests, with his first question to tackle being to draw a line between a number and a letter in ascending order.

He also had to draw a 3D image of a cube, sketch out a clock face, and then draw the hands correctly when asked to add the time.

Following that was a question Trump had mentioned when he was shown pictures of animals and had to identify them, with the talk show host correctly saying he could see a lion, rhino, and camel.

Some of the questions involved identifying animals and mental maths (YouTube/Jimmy Kimmel Live!)
Some of the questions involved identifying animals and mental maths (YouTube/Jimmy Kimmel Live!)

"I just saw Zootopia, so I know all the answers," Kimmel joked as he sailed through the test Trump had called 'not easy' with flying colours.

The questions did get a bit trickier from there, as Kimmel was told to remember a series of words for later before going on to other questions, and then he had to recite them after his mind had been focused on other things.

More questions included starting at the number 100 and continuing to subtract seven, and listing a series of words that began with the letter 'f'.

In good news for Kimmel, he was given a 'perfect score' of 30 out of 30, with him quipping, so I can be president' in response to his full marks.

Kimmel and Trump certainly don't get on as the talk show host was temporarily suspended after criticising Trump's reaction to the assassination of Charlie Kirk, where the US president had started talking about building work at the White House in the middle of giving a statement on the shooting.

The talk show host had also accused Trump's supporters of weaponising the assassination 'to score political points', though the backlash to him being taken off the air was significant, and it wasn't long before his suspension was over.

Featured Image Credit: ABC/Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Topics: Donald Trump, Jimmy Kimmel, US News

Joe Harker
Joe Harker

Joe graduated from the University of Salford with a degree in Journalism and worked for Reach before joining the LADbible Group. When not writing he enjoys the nerdier things in life like painting wargaming miniatures and chatting with other nerds on the internet. He's also spent a few years coaching fencing. Contact him via [email protected]

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