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Everyone is Smart Except Trump

Bullseye

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I came across the amazing article this morning and after reading it twice decided it needed to be shared and discussion on DP:
Everyone is Smart Except Trump

It really is quite simple. Everyone is smart except Donald J. Trump. That’s why they all are billionaires and all got elected President. Only Trump does not know what he is doing. Only Trump does not know how to negotiate with Vladimir Putin. Anderson Cooper knows how to stand up to Putin. The whole crowd at MSNBC does. All the journalists do.
They could not stand up to Matt Lauer at NBC. They could not stand up to Charlie Rose at CBS. They could not stand up to Mark Halperin at NBC. Nor up to Leon Wieseltier at the New Republic, nor Jann Wenner at Rolling Stone, nor Michael Oreskes at NPR, at the New York Times, or at the Associated Press. But — oh, wow! — can they ever stand up to Putin! Only Trump is incapable of negotiating with the Russian tyrant.
Remember the four years when Anderson Cooper was President of the United States? And before that — when the entire Washington Post editorial staff jointly were elected to be President? Remember? Neither do I.
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The Bushes got us into all kinds of messes. The first one killed the economic miracle that Reagan had fashioned. The second one screwed up the Middle East, where Iraq and Iran beautifully were engaged in killing each other for years, and he got us mired into the middle of the muddle. Clinton was too busy with Monica Lewinsky to protect us from Osama bin Laden when we had him in our sights. Hillary gave us Benghazi and more. And Obama and Kerry gave us the Iran Deal, ISIS run amok, America in retreat. All to the daily praise of a media who now attack Trump every minute of every day.
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Xelor said:
Okay, but what exactly is your position on the thesis of the article?
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I think the author is on solid ground. In spite of his numerous personality flaws I think Trump knows what he's doing and is not giving away the farm.
I think we frequently judge a person by his glibness, or polished manner rather than what he gets done.


And yours?
 
It's not that trump is stupid. The problem is that he's not smart at anything he should be smart at in order to be a successful President. Sure, he's brilliant at being a demagogue, conning people and toeing the party line so the floor doesn't fall out beneath him, but history won't judge him kindly for those qualities.
 
If Trump is so dumb, how is he delivering on his promises? How'd he get 3 Americans freed and one returned from NoKo so he could die at home? How'd he keep and further the economy? How could he be kicking the Islamic State's ass? And so much more...
 
Cardinal said:
It's not that trump is stupid. The problem is that he's not smart at anything he should be smart at in order to be a successful President. Sure, he's brilliant at being a demagogue, conning people and toeing the party line so the floor doesn't fall out beneath him, but history won't judge him kindly for those qualities.
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Carleen said:
It’s not that he is not smart. It’s that he is naive and ignorant.
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And Matt Lauer should be President. :lamo
 
Bullseye said:
And Matt Lauer should be President. :lamo
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Prove me wrong. Tell me how much he knows about how the government works and that if you kiss up to him you can get what you want.
 
Carleen said:
Prove me wrong. Tell me how much he knows about how the government works and that if you kiss up to him you can get what you want.
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Probably too late to tell you anything. Years of guzzling progressive Kool Aid has killed any brains cell you once had.
 
Bullseye said:
Probably too late to tell you anything. Years of guzzling progressive Kool Aid has killed any brains cell you once had.
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Sorry you can’t defend your opinion with facts, but that’s okay. You have a nice evening.
 
Bullseye said:
Probably too late to tell you anything. Years of guzzling progressive Kool Aid has killed any brains cell you once had.
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The only thing that Trump is smart about is letting Putin call the shots. He is toast if he stands up to him.
 
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