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19. Hey, Trump is "like a smart person."

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Wed Mar 15, 2017, 11:30 PM

Mar 2017

In the way a tricycle is like a Harley-Davidson.

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the president is illiterate. [View all] JHan Mar 2017 OP

My daughter, Cherise, has been saying the same thing for the last several months... TheDebbieDee Mar 2017 #1

He probably needs reading glasses as well.. but his cognitive skills are a mess. JHan Mar 2017 #3

Does he understand basic shit? 3catwoman3 Mar 2017 #26

There's no typing with voice dictation Generic Brad Mar 2017 #8

voice to text yurbud Mar 2017 #44

Very gibraltar72 Mar 2017 #2

i can't take Sam Harris often but I'll always recommend his analysis of Trump's "intelligence" JHan Mar 2017 #4

re: "I'll always recommend {Sam Harris'} analysis of Trump's 'intelligence' " thesquanderer Mar 2017 #20

He explores it here, starts round the 3:00 mark.....also.. JHan Mar 2017 #21

Not to be rude bdamomma Mar 2017 #13

I think that's been established. Alice11111 Mar 2017 #22

I cringe when he tries to pepper his speech with historical examples that areusually notdarkyet Mar 2017 #29

He's lying. displacedtexan Mar 2017 #5

Probably a combination of all.. Mark Levin, Breitfart, and those articles and Faux News JHan Mar 2017 #6

Trump was an intellectual lightweight even in his prime. Charles Bukowski Mar 2017 #7

Agreed. He's a mess. JHan Mar 2017 #11

Yes, I agree with you Kimchijeon Mar 2017 #30

That's an insult to illiterates superpatriotman Mar 2017 #9

Yes, his character is the problem. I should have made the distinction. JHan Mar 2017 #12

Trump is a blathering, blustering, bloviating nitwit! cornball 24 Mar 2017 #10

There have been many hints of a learning disability. gordianot Mar 2017 #14

word salad Dem2 Mar 2017 #15

The word salad gets worse when he's under pressure. NT Ilsa Mar 2017 #16

I think Trump is dyslexic, which is not the same thing as illiterate FakeNoose Mar 2017 #17

I don't think he's dyslexic, and I don't think he's illiterate. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2017 #31

great post. JHan Mar 2017 #42

Yes, there was a cast member from SNL who said that Trump couldn't manage the read-throughs Turn CO Blue Mar 2017 #18

[speaks quietly] It's going to be ok....... trixie2 Mar 2017 #33

Not a tic, but Obama did one thing that bothered me: he pronounced "to" as "tuh." tblue37 Mar 2017 #37

People who worked on his TV show "The Apprentice" FakeNoose Mar 2017 #43

Hey, Trump is "like a smart person." tclambert Mar 2017 #19

"Ive been reading. I think I read it in the NY Times, not that I respect the NY Times. I call it the Alice11111 Mar 2017 #23

I am so fucking sick of blue sky at night Mar 2017 #24

We could go with Voldemort trixie2 Mar 2017 #36

He seems to have a disconnection Mendocino Mar 2017 #25

I agree with all! busterbrown Mar 2017 #27

You can anylize all day, Scruffy1 Mar 2017 #28

You have said what I could not, until now, articulate trixie2 Mar 2017 #32

Second that, he is an idiot. Who the fuck voted for this retard? akbacchus_BC Mar 2017 #34

Sometimes I wonder how many world leaders defacto7 Mar 2017 #35

If he can read, his reading comprehension is shot to hell Heather MC Mar 2017 #38

for real, I think that's the problem. JHan Mar 2017 #49

Well one of them LOL Heather MC Mar 2017 #59

he is a fucking liar JI7 Mar 2017 #39

C.R.E.T.I.N. Guilded Lilly Mar 2017 #40

That's what I've maintained.. Mahalo, JH! Cha Mar 2017 #41

:) JHan Mar 2017 #52

No he is not... lame54 Mar 2017 #45

Literacy covers several things: JHan Mar 2017 #46

Never said he was a scholar but by definition... lame54 Mar 2017 #47

you don't have to be a "scholar" JHan Mar 2017 #48

our definitions are clashing - that's all... lame54 Mar 2017 #53

lol. yes. a dumbass. JHan Mar 2017 #54

I don't believe for a second he's illiterate. Foamfollower Mar 2017 #50

tbh, that's an insult to dyslexics JHan Mar 2017 #51

The Most Stunning Part colsohlibgal Mar 2017 #55

Someone did a piece on this very thing. I forget who it was but they played a video Vinca Mar 2017 #56

I saw it in the debates-- he's a fucking idiot Fast Walker 52 Mar 2017 #57

He's not, like, a very smart person UltravioletDingo Mar 2017 #58

He's literate enough to read a teleprompter on live TV. Orsino Mar 2017 #60

He reads like my 7 year old nephew. Glimmer of Hope Mar 2017 #61