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Donald Trump Boasts 'I Have the Highest of IQs' and Lies About His Uncle Teaching the 'Unabomber'

Trump said he has the “highest of IQs” and revived a disputed claim about his uncle’s MIT ties, drawing fresh scrutiny from Mary Trump and online commenters.

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President Donald Trump said he had the 'highest of IQs' in a TIME interview and repeated disputed claims about his late uncle's alleged connection to Theodore Kaczynski at MIT.

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Trump insists he has the ‘highest of IQs’ and got it from his MIT professor uncle

Trump has previously touted his uncle’s ‘very, very good genes’

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US President Donald Trump linked high IQ levels to genetic traits inherited from his family, citing his uncle John Trump, who worked at MIT for 41 years, as an example.

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US President Donald Trump indicated that he inherited the "highest IQ" from his late uncle, and his uncle was a distinguished physicist and.

Trump, while stating that he has a high IQ, attributed this to genetic traits inherited from his family. In this context, he cited his uncle John Trump, who worked at MIT for 41 years, as an example.

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The Independent broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Thursday, October 1, 2026.
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