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3. Perhaps it's...

Mon Jun 22, 2026, 08:14 AM

18 hrs ago

More like an inverted Peter principle where he continuously fails upward and expresses a higher level of incompetence with each promotion.

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Succinctly, Donald Trump is the embodiment and the epitome of The Peter Principle. [View all] no_hypocrisy 18 hrs ago OP

Except... 2naSalit 18 hrs ago #1

Point taken. no_hypocrisy 18 hrs ago #2

Perhaps it's... 2naSalit 18 hrs ago #3

He was born at the height of his incompetency randr 18 hrs ago #5

As I have recently dubbed... Hugin 18 hrs ago #6

It's quite true... PCIntern 17 hrs ago #7

I thought I was the only one who knew of this theory/phenomenon! mucholderthandirt 13 hrs ago #8