At what level does Trump speak and write?

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13. The speaking level of Presidents has dropped dramatically since WW II.

The average level since WW II is a 10 or a high school sophomore. The level of the Founding Fathers was 21 or a PhD level. Bush was at a 9.4 and Obama was at a 9.5.

The website Vocativ scored more than 600 presidential speeches using the Flesch-Kincaid formula. Obama's speeches received an overall 9.5 grade, versus a 9.4 for Bush, which means that both men talk at roughly the level of 9th and 10th graders.
One exception was State of the Union addresses, where Bush scored a 10 and Obama a 9.4.

The scores from the index take into account syllables, word count and sentence count to give the speeches a numerical score that relates to a specific grade level. For example, a 12 indicates the competency of a high-school level graduate, a 15 a college graduate and 21 or higher a Ph.D-level competency.

The data shows a declining level of sophistication in presidential speeches from 1789 to present. Most speeches by Founding Fathers garnered a grade of 21, while those since about World War II averaged around 10.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/220433-analysis-obama-bush-speak-at-same-grade-level