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Caliman73

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5. Remember that his family had money.

Reply to elleng (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 6, 2017, 08:33 PM

Feb 2017

Graduating from schools when you are wealthy doesn't necessarily mean that you passed your classes. I believe that G W Bush was denied admission to the University of Texas, but got into Yale. He was not a good student either. We don't know how Trump did in school because he never released any transcripts or anything.

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Can Trump Read? [View all] Caliman73 Feb 2017 OP

Well he clearly didn't read the EO putting President Bannon on sec council... Frogg Feb 2017 #1

I would say about equal Angry Dragon Feb 2017 #4

Dunno, but it appears to me his eyes don't work well. elleng Feb 2017 #2

Remember that his family had money. Caliman73 Feb 2017 #5

I met one of the dumbest people that I have Blue_true Feb 2017 #13

No, actually he cant. Eliot Rosewater Feb 2017 #3

watching him read things from his EO's to the teleprompter I'd say it was remedial level TeamPooka Feb 2017 #6

Yes, can read so-so, but the crippling problem seems to be Hortensis Feb 2017 #12

I was listening today to part of a speech he made at MacDill AFB / CentCom. lpbk2713 Feb 2017 #7

Yeah. Probably not the most precise thread title Caliman73 Feb 2017 #10

there is a difference handmade34 Feb 2017 #8

His vocabulary is certainly limited. Laffy Kat Feb 2017 #9

and of course his trademark "veryvery" n/t spiderpig Feb 2017 #11

Freud and Jung could explain why he can read adequately, just not in public Brother Buzz Feb 2017 #14