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Is Trump Stupid?

Is Trump a chimptard?

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According to Colbert, Trump doesn't like to be called stupid. He apparently doesn't have a problem calling others dumb.

I don't find other people's intellect to be indicative of being that much smarter, just knowledgeable about different things. We're all made up of a certain amount of wisdom, unique experiences, genetic predispositions, formal/informal education, analytical capacity, memory recall, critical thinking & problem solving skills, etc. And we all excel in certain areas more than is common for some and less for others. I see every person as an opportunity to learn and share something new, not as incompetent competitors.

Trump, intellectually, and business wise is probably above average but he sorely lacks emotional maturity and a healthy self-image. I think he's more of a sheltered asshole than a flat-out, low-brow dummy.

Stephen Colbert Pokes Trump Right In His Sorest Of All Sore Spots

There's one insult the former guy doesn't like at all.
news.yahoo.com
 
He's just intellectually lazy. He thinks he knows all he needs to know.
 
He's about average but he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth so he has a tremendous sense of entitlement. Also, he's getting old and completely forgotten that when he was young he was uber-liberal.
 
He has a very particular kind of intelligence: a particular kind of genius to talk to a to the masses and get them riled up and excited. This is the same kind of genius for the producers of something like the Jerry springer show, WWE wrestling, or Fox News to make shows that crush the ratings.

Other than that, he is a blithering idiot. But for the purposes of gaining personal power, What more do you need?
 
Or The Apprentice.
ataraxia said:
Other than that, he is a blithering idiot. But for the purposes of gaining personal power, What more do you need?
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grip said:
I don't think he's actually lazy but too self-assured of his own opinion.
I listened to my employee's suggestions because sometimes they had great ideas.
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Being too self-assured breeds laziness. A lack of curiosity or willingness to learn. Lazy. Listening to others is a waste of time because you already know more than the generals. Laziness. But Trump's chest-puff is false self-assuredness to overcome his obvious self-doubt. He is certainly not lazy in self-promotion and cutting off any slight appearance of encroachment on his ego at the knees. The only area Trump is not lazy in is the extensive area of his narcissism.
 
A lack of interest in more positive attributes is not the typical lazy but being a know-it-all is extremely lazy in a sense.
 
Does he have the lexicon and diction of a five year old because that's how smart he is, or is he talking down to his voters?
 
I love how the one person who so far did say yes does not post.
 
Loulit01 said:
He's about average but he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth so he has a tremendous sense of entitlement. Also, he's getting old and completely forgotten that when he was young he was uber-liberal.
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As Ann Richards said about Bush I. " He was born on third base and thought he hit a triple".
 
Gateman_Wen said:
Does he have the lexicon and diction of a five year old because that's how smart he is, or is he talking down to his voters?
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Good question. Trump's definitely conned millions on the right into believing he's a man of the people when he's exactly the opposite.
 
Loulit01 said:
He's about average but he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth so he has a tremendous sense of entitlement. Also, he's getting old and completely forgotten that when he was young he was uber-liberal.
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He's been full of himself for a long time

 
Geez, another "I hate Trump! Do you agree" poll/thread?

I wonder which "bugaboo" the Left will hold up as "evil personified" when Trump is out of the picture?

Also missing a simple "other" option to prevent anyone from opting for a choice not "poison penned."

Poison Pen: "A manner, means, or tone of expression had by a written work, characterized by spitefulness, defamation, and/or intimidation directed toward a person, organization, or point of view." https://www.wordnik.com/words/poison pen

 
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He sure can send libs off on a temper tantrum that’s for sure. One simple quiet whisper of the name Trump and libs will go off on a goofy, rage filled tangent. Happens every time.
Remember libs, Da Trumpsta loves ya!!!
 
The flaming lib said:
He sure can send libs off on a temper tantrum that’s for sure. One simple quiet whisper of the name Trump and libs will go off on a goofy, rage filled tangent. Happens every time.
Remember libs, Da Trumpsta loves ya!!!
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Biden has the same effect
 
Yes he is
 
I choose "Other". It's relative. Even geniuses can be stupid in some things.
 
A person can be smart in some areas and stupid in others. Regarding trade and immigration Trump is a complete idiot. But hey, Albert Einstein supported a USSR-style command economy for the US.
 
I believe Trump is a lot like Cobra Commander from GI Joe. He is about average intelligence, but he has an ego that makes him believe he is smarter than pretty much everyone else, believe he knows everything he needs to know about any subject, and the confidence to go with those feelings, beliefs. That confidence can make him appear far more intelligent than he actually is as long as he is able to control the narrative, redirect or discredit what is being said about him in other ways.

He also generally appeals to those who are much more single- or simple-minded (not as in mentally slow "simple", but more as in preferring simple answers, even if wrong, to more complicated answers that they may not understand) people, which helps him with his own ego and confidence above.

If I explain something in a way that is correct but complicated to a group of 100 random people, there's a chance that many (over 50%) may not understand what I'm telling them. Some will ask questions, or at least want to ask questions, do real research. Some of them will get frustrated about their not being able to understand it (bad feelings). But then if someone else comes along and the someone else says I'm wrong and gives this really simple, but completely wrong, explanation of how that same thing works, many of those people will believe that other person over me not because they are using logic, but because his explanation is easier to understand. Now he can then paint me as a bad person for trying to confuse "these fine people" and they believe it because to them, if they couldn't understand it, the explanation is that I was wrong, and the guy with the easier explanation is correct only because they can understand what he told them. And it could really just be that the other person's explanation, even if wrong, fits with what they believed or felt was right, giving them confirmation where I took that away.
 
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