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RandySF

(86,193 posts)
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 09:42 PM Sep 2025

Trump Says 'Smart People Don't Like Me'

President Donald Trump took a swipe at his critics but seemingly revealed his thoughts on his supporters in the process. “Smart people don’t like me, you know? And they don’t like what we talk about,” Trump told attendees of a gala at his Bedminster, New Jersey golf club on Saturday. A clip of Trump’s speech, taken by Republican strategist Nicole Kiprilov, showed the crowd chuckling at the remark. Across the aisle, however, the comment raised some eyebrows. Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a rising Democratic firebrand, wrote in an X post: “I agree! Soooo does MAGA know what this means he thinks of them 😳?” Trump made the quip while talking about Tyler Robinson, the suspect in the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “It must have been traumatic because the parents are conservative people—supposed to be very nice people—living in Utah, and the father turns in the son,” he said. “Boy, that’s a tough deal. Actually, I asked somebody in the FBI, how often does that happen where, knowing even the guilt, that a father will turn in or parents will turn in the son. And he said, ‘Almost never.’” The Daily Beast has contacted the White House for clarification on what Trump meant by his comments.



https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-says-smart-people-dont-like-me/

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ecstatic

(35,135 posts)
1. lol. They never go to the second question.
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 09:46 PM
Sep 2025

trump also said his supporters would support him if he killed someone in broad daylight.

I don't think trump anticipated that they're even worse than that: they still support him despite his potential ties to a notorious child sex trafficker!

Not sure why trump is still so worried. Just release all the files, your supporters won't care!

CincyDem

(7,410 posts)
2. Sooo...if "smart people don't like me"...what does that say about the people who like me ???? n/t
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 09:48 PM
Sep 2025

Cha

(320,554 posts)
6. And, "Smart People" who "Don't like" you..
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 10:09 PM
Sep 2025

say things like.. Fuck Off Dumbass Putin Puppet..

Morbius

(1,113 posts)
9. Dogs don't like him either.
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 11:56 PM
Sep 2025

I find myself wondering who does, and why. It's a question with which history will struggle, I think.

orleans

(37,189 posts)
11. "smart people don't like me" is pretty funny
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 04:40 PM
Sep 2025

he's right for a change
now donald, why do you think that is?

DFW

(60,429 posts)
12. Again--Republicanese and its oddball grammar. Let me fix it for him.
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 05:04 PM
Sep 2025

To make his statement factual: "Smart people aren't like me."

There. Clearer now?

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