But, as a matter of objective reality, Trump IS pretty damn stupid. All his life he’s paid other people to do his thinking for him, which is not the same thing as being intelligent in his own right. He does have a form of low animal cunning, which has allowed himself to keep being rich after being born that way. But he proves the adage that a successful con artist (or cult leader) doesn’t need to be smart, merely less of an idiot than the victims of his con games or his cult.
But, as a matter of objective reality, Trump IS pretty damn stupid. All his life he’s paid other people to do his thinking for him, which is not the same thing as being intelligent in his own right. He does have a form of low animal cunning, which has allowed himself to keep being rich after being born that way. But he proves the adage that a successful con artist (or cult leader) doesn’t need to be smart, merely less of an idiot than the victims of his con games or his cult.