{"id":230909,"date":"2026-01-06T19:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T19:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/230909\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T19:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T19:12:08","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-takes-the-same-cognitive-test-as-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/230909\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel takes the same cognitive test as Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

After Donald Trump<\/a> bragged about passing his third straight cognitive exam<\/a> on social media last week, Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> is getting in on the action.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The late-night host, 58, revealed on Monday\u2019s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/a> that he recently took the same test as Trump in order to see how just his brain measures up against the president’s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been hearing so much about these cognitive tests he keeps acing\u2026 and I\u2019ve offered him the opportunity to take the test live on television. He still hasn\u2019t gotten back to me on it,\u201d Kimmel explained in his opening monologue. \u201cSo, in the interest of fairness, and also to get a sense of what he keeps babbling about, we got in touch with a doctor who gives these tests regularly, these cognitive exams, and I asked her to administer one to me.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Jimmy Kimmel, winner of the Best Talk Show Award for “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” poses in the press room during the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on January 04, 2026 in Santa Monica, California.<\/p>\n

Frazer Harrison\/Getty\u00a0<\/p>\n

Prior to showing the results of his test, Kimmel clarified that he \u201cdid not see the questions ahead of time\u201d and is \u201cwilling to release the full, unedited version\u201d of the test if necessary.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s find out just how difficult this big beautiful test is and how my brain stacks up against our stable genius president\u2019s,\u201d he added.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

The footage then cut to a segment that was thoughtfully titled, \u201cIs Jimmy a Moron?\u201d In it, Kimmel sat across from Dr. Sarah Swanson, who administered the test to him and confirmed that it was likely the same one taken by Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The exam tested Kimmel’s different cognitive functions, from drawing a cube to identifying several animals. He was also asked to repeat back numbers, complete basic math equations, and memorize a collection of words that were revisited at the end of the test.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with\u00a0our\u00a0EW Dispatch newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve got a perfect score,\u201d Swanson told Kimmel at the end of the assessment, with a note onscreen revealing that he received 30 of the possible 30 points.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I can be president?\u201d Kimmel replied, to which Swanson simply shrugged.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

A graphic then appeared onscreen that read, \u201cAced it!\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

On Jan. 2, Trump boasted<\/a> that he had \u201cACED\u201d his third straight cognitive exam, a test that he claimed \u201cno other President, or previous Vice President, was willing to take\u201d before him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cP.S., I strongly believe that anyone running for President, or Vice President, should be mandatorily forced to take a strong, meaningful, and proven Cognitive Examination,\u201d the former reality star wrote on Truth Social. \u201cOur great Country cannot be run by \u2018STUPID\u2019 or INCOMPETENT PEOPLE!\u201d<\/p>\n

Watch Kimmel take the test in the clip above.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After Donald Trump bragged about passing his third straight cognitive exam on social media last week, Jimmy Kimmel…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-230909","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}