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(115,683 posts)raving to the portraits of dead presidents. Trump probably just tells them his inauguration crowds were bigger than theirs.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)I think it is a gap comfortably more than 50 points. Nixon, as twisted as he was, was quite intelligent....Trump struggles to freaking read.
Golden Raisin
(4,608 posts)Nixon was also a dick, but at least, was an experienced politician, with a world view and at least some grasp of Constitutional issues. Trump had never even been elected dog catcher and suddenly has been catapulted into the Presidency.
FakeNoose
(32,634 posts)Yes he was a dick, and I will never stick up for the guy.
I'd take Nixon over Trump any day, and I never thought I'd say that.
OTOH Trump is a national disgrace that we will NEVER live down.
Even our allies are laughing at us. (if we have any left)
bearssoapbox
(1,408 posts)It's still very hard to believe/comprehend.
gopiscrap
(23,758 posts)except I would quibble about the 50 IQ points, it's more like 75