The Cognitive Test Controversy: Why Mocking a Simple Screen is Mocking the System The cognitive fitness of U.S. Presidents has become a weaponized political issue, reducing crucial medical screening tools to subjects of ridicule. A recent online segment tackled this polarization head-on, defending President Donald Trump’s decision to take a standard cognitive assessment by pointing out the hypocrisy of critics. If the test is so simple, the argument goes, why is it required for commercial pilots