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  • 2019-05-06 (xsd:date)
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  • Was Donald Trump's IQ Measured at 73? (en)
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  • The IQ of U.S. President Donald Trump has been a subject of speculation since the early days of the 2016 presidential election cycle. During that campaign, for example, we investigated a false rumor that Trump had the second highest IQ (156) of all presidents in U.S. history. In May 2019, we encountered a rumor claiming the opposite: that Trump's IQ was a lowly 73 (placing him in the well below average classification). This rumor circulated in the form of an image that showed a purported newspaper clipping about the recent discovery of information regarding an IQ test Trump allegedly took during his first year at New York Military Academy (NYMA): However, this image was not, and did not reflect, a genuine newspaper clipping. While we aren't entirely sure where this story originated, we turned up no mention of it on any credible news website. In fact, we couldn't find the story published anywhere. The only version that appears to exist is the image version shown above. In other words, it appears that this story was fabricated specifically for the creation of this meme. Furthermore, the images included in the fake clipping do not show a man by the name of William Askew Jr. or Askew's late father, who was supposedly Trump's former school counselor. The photograph claimed to be that of Askew Jr. was taken from a stock photography website: The image allegedly showing Trump's former school counselor at New York Military Academy actually depicts a man named Lawrence Hanson, who was the principal at Grand Forks (North Dakota) Central High School in 1950. The image is available via the Grand Forks Central High School website, where it is presented with the following caption: Whoever cobbled this meme together included two photographs in an attempt to lend this story a bit more credence. However, what these unrelated images show is that the meme is nothing more than junk news aimed at disparaging President Trump. While Trump has chastised his political opponents for being what he called low-IQ individuals and has frequently boasted about having a high IQ himself, he has provided no documentation of his own IQ score. While we may not know what Trump's actual IQ score is, neither does the creator of this meme. (en)
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