Trump is a 'downright moron' who appears 'too stupid to be president': ex-Republican economist

[malaise]

DUers were saying this since 2015.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/trump-is-a-downright-moron-who-appears-too-stupid-to-be-president-ex-republican-economist/
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President Donald Trump has described himself as a “very stable genius,” but economist and former Republican Bruce Bartlett believes that he’s anything but.

Writing on Twitter, Bartlett promotes a new piece he’s written for The New Republic that he says deeply examines the question of whether Trump is “too stupid to be president.”

In the piece itself, Bartlett notes that tales of Trump’s ignorance on policy matters have become legendary, and he says there is no evidence that things have improved over the last three-and-a-half years.

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“From the earliest days of his administration, it has been obvious to everyone who has come in direct contact with him that Trump knows very, very little about any policy issue or even how the federal government operates. Among those most alarmed by Trump’s ignorance and incompetence were those in the military and intelligence community,” he writes. “After a National Security Council meeting on January 19, 2018, Defense Secretary James Mattis told aides that Trump had the understanding of ‘a fifth- or sixth-grader.'”
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You do know that the Con firmly believes that he's the greatest president ever. That is what makes him both comical and frightening at the same time.

[Doodley]

1. That is obvious.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. All of his supporters are equally dumb, racist, etc.

[Dream Girl]

4. I always think about that. If you look up to a moron, wat does that make you?

[CatWoman]

3. it especially shows when he lashes out

he sounds just like a kid on the playground

[malaise]

6. I think we should call him Bunker Boo Boo although

Honey Boo Boo almost seems like an intellectual next to the Holey Moran Emperor.

[CatWoman]

9. Another tell are those sham, idiotic cabinet meetings

where everyone around the table has to give him praise.

So phony, infuriating and JUVENILE.

[malaise]

10. Insecurity on steroids

Deep down he knows he's way out of his depth so he needs reinforcement over and over.

[elleng]

5. He's not a moron, he's a sociopath

with additional psychiatric issues.

[malaise]

7. He's all of those things

[elleng]

12. Hey, mal!

[malaise]

14. How are you elleng?

What a time to be alive

[elleng]

15. Fine, and yes indeed.

Have to say sorry for my grands (and their parents my daughters.)

[Skittles]

8. those of us with critical thinking skills have always known that

jeez I detest these fucking idiots who take SOOOO long to WAKE THE FUCK UP

[malaise]

11. But it is still fun to watch them jump ship

We ain't see anything yet!

[elleng]

13. Lots of fun and MORE!

[Skittles]

24. what IS actually fun

is watching them squirm when they try to justify jumping ship while not offending Trump's sick, racist base

[CatWoman]

16. JESUS --

It often appeared to aides that Trump didn’t even understand that other countries are in different time zones. He quickly became a “laughing stock,” as one unnamed official put it, at international meetings, where diplomats mocked his ignorance and limited vocabulary.

[Initech]

17. Well... duh!!!

[napi21]

18. Not all his supporters are idiots. I know, I've said similar things myself. But in all honesty,

I personally know several people who are certainly not idiots or morons, but they are DT supporters. We rarely speak about politicsm but the few times we have, I've asked things like: He's lying to the people by not taking this virus more seriously. The response was "He's just trying to make the people feel better. Behind the scenes he very worried about how many people will lose their lives!" or I say he lies all the damn time! I hear "Yea, I know, but h's nominated alot of judges we like a lot. He even got 2 great members on the Supreme Court! We've been trying to stop abortions for decades, but THIS SCOTUS will get it done for us."

Just because I disagree with their political wants doesn't make them morons. It makes for a friendship where we almost never discuss politics,

[bullwinkle428]

19. Okay, here's a question, Bartlett - who did you vote for in 2016?

[highplainsdem]

20. Link to a thread on that piece by Bartlett:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213563553

[malaise]

21. Thanks

[highplainsdem]

22. The article you linked to in your OP has a much better headline.

[malaise]

23. Agree