The seemingly inevitable question no journalist has asked Trump

[misanthrope]

17. I don't think Trump requested anything

He wouldn't be interested in doctors or testing or anything by the book. He sloughed off an exam and got a quack to sign off on a dubious report at one point, even before Ronny Jackson weighed in. I suspect someone else in Trump's orbit asked for the cognitive exam and talked him into relenting to it.

I realize all seniors aren't given a formal cognitive test. I am on Medicare and have never received one at my wellness checks. My doctor apparently makes the assessment based on our conversations. As that's been the case for you as well, then you understand that it would take some deviation on your part to make your doctor suspect a cognitive assessment might be in order. They aren't just going to call for one out of the blue.

But even if Trump's doctor thought the MoCA or its equivalent was warranted as part of a standard yearly protocol, then why did Trump only take it twice? He was in office for four years. The would lead me to assume there was a specific reason the doctor wanted the patient to submit to the formal test.