{"id":840274,"date":"2026-06-03T00:29:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T00:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/840274\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T00:29:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T00:29:18","slug":"kimmel-meyers-question-trumps-iq-tests-what-a-thing-to-brag-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/840274\/","title":{"rendered":"Kimmel, Meyers question Trump&#8217;s IQ tests: &#8216;What a thing to brag about&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\">\u201cIt is very rare that anyone gets a Perfect Score, especially when achieved four times in a row,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\">Meyers poked fun at Trump\u2019s social post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AYzremZTgHk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AYzremZTgHk\">early into his show Monday night<\/a>, telling audience members, \u201cIf you\u2019re so good at them, why do they keep giving them to you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\">\u201cI don\u2019t know how often I have to say it, it\u2019s bad when they keep making you take the test,\u201d Meyers added. \u201cWhen they keep making the quarterback retake his math exam in hopes of getting him eligible to play Saturday, that kid don\u2019t know math.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\">Kimmel, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2026\/04\/28\/arts\/jimmy-kimmel-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2026\/04\/28\/arts\/jimmy-kimmel-trump\/\">often feuds with Trump<\/a>, also questioned the president\u2019s annual exam during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uXAnLqHGbkI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uXAnLqHGbkI\">his opening monologue Monday<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\">\u201cNo president in the history of this country has ever had to have his brain examined this many times in a row,\u201d Kimmel told his live studio crowd. \u201cCongratulations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\">\u201cI mean, what a thing to brag about,\u201d Kimmel continued. \u201cThis is like bragging about passing a breathalyzer test. It doesn\u2019t mean you did great. All it means is they\u2019re not going to lock you up.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\">Trump has tried to project strength ahead of the midterm elections, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2026\/05\/26\/nation\/trump-ufc-white-house-construction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2026\/05\/26\/nation\/trump-ufc-white-house-construction\/\">his 80th birthday this month<\/a>. But the president faces several questions about his stamina and physical health. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\">Photographers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2025\/09\/04\/opinion\/trump-concealer-health-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2025\/09\/04\/opinion\/trump-concealer-health-issues\/\">have repeatedly captured makeup covering bruising on Trump\u2019s hands<\/a> \u2014 the president\u2019s physician said in his report last week that the bruising was a \u201cminor soft tissue irritation related to frequent handshaking.\u201d He\u2019s also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2026\/02\/19\/nation\/trump-sleeping-board-of-peace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2026\/02\/19\/nation\/trump-sleeping-board-of-peace\/\">appeared to doze off during televised meetings<\/a> on multiple occasions. Trump has claimed that he will \u201cclose his eyes\u201d if a meeting is \u201ca little bit on the boring side.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\">When a journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2053894960261300578?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2053894960261300578?s=20\">posted a photo of Trump\u2019s eyes closed<\/a> during a meeting last month on maternal health, the White House Rapid Response account responded on X, \u201cHe was blinking, you absolute moron.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"img-5KOIWSTCQRHJ3LIWAZHCXIGTOM-image\" alt=\"The hands of  President Trump, seen at a healthcare affordability event in the South Court Auditorium of The White House on May 18.\" class=\"height_a width_full invisible width_full--mobile width_full--tablet-only\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5KOIWSTCQRHJ3LIWAZHCXIGTOM.jpg\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/>The hands of  President Trump, seen at a healthcare affordability event in the South Court Auditorium of The White House on May 18.KENT NISHIMURA\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\">Late night hosts aren\u2019t the only ones curious about the frequent tests. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz was asked on Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2026\/06\/02\/nation\/dr-oz-avoids-questions-white-house-briefing-room\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2026\/06\/02\/nation\/dr-oz-avoids-questions-white-house-briefing-room\/\">during a White House press briefing<\/a> why the president has undergone so many physical exams if he is healthy. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\">\u201cI think he likes the results,\u201d Oz responded. \u201cHe aces the test every single day, and I do actually believe that he is curious to make sure everything is going in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\">In response to a Globe request for comment, White House spokesman Davis Ingle said that Trump \u201cis the sharpest, most accessible, and energetic president in modern American history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\">\u201cMarble Mouth Meyers and seriously unfunny Jimmy Kimmel might be two of the dumbest and least talented television hosts in history,\u201d Ingle said<b> <\/b>in an email. He added that the two comedians suffer<b> <\/b>\u201cfrom a severe and incurable disease known as Trump Derangement Syndrome, and it has rotted their peanut-sized brains.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\">Ingle did not respond to a question about why the president has had multiple physical exams in his second term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagline | font_primary inline_block  margin_top_32\">Kaitlin Lewis can be reached at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2026\/06\/02\/arts\/trump-iq-exams-meyers-kimmel\/mailto:Kaitlin.Lewis@globe.com\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size:inherit;letter-spacing:.5px\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kaitlin.Lewis@globe.com<\/a>. Follow her on X <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/kblewey\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size:inherit;letter-spacing:.5px\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@kblewey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cIt is very rare that anyone gets a Perfect Score, especially when achieved four times in a row,\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":840275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[30],"tags":[8161,184202,171,2576,2327,1142,17287,1005,3092,80,91183,61535,173,67,132,68,2969,13594,222219],"class_list":["post-840274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-affordability","tag-donald-trump-us-president","tag-entertainment","tag-event","tag-hand","tag-healthcare","tag-healthcare-and-medicine","tag-horizontal","tag-photography","tag-politics","tag-politics-and-government","tag-setting","tag-tv","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-washington-dc","tag-white-house-washington-dc"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116683353928920013","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=840274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}