Trump Speaks At 4TH Grade Level, Lowest Of Last 15 U.S. Presidents, New Analysis Finds

[trueblue2007]

Donald Trump—who boasted over the weekend that his success in life was a result of “being, like, really smart”—communicates at the lowest grade level of the last 15 presidents, according to a new analysis of the speech patterns of presidents going back to Herbert Hoover.

The analysis assessed the first 30,000 words each president spoke in office, and ranked them on the Flesch-Kincaid grade level scale and more than two dozen other common tests analyzing English-language difficulty levels. Trump clocked in around mid-fourth grade, the worst since Harry Truman, who spoke at nearly a sixth-grade level.

At the top of the list were Hoover and Jimmy Carter, who were basically at an 11th-grade level, and President Barack Obama, in third place with a high ninth-grade level of communicating with the American people.


https://www.newsweek.com/trump-fire-and-fury-smart-genius-obama-774169?fbclid=IwAR2Lrs6KghdTTuk8p1GgeV2XqusRCm6URFdHbqzs7yLL-g8Y4IstjflFFRs

[Richard D]

1. Well . ,

Considering who his fans are, 4th grade might be a bit above their heads.

[defacto7]

12. That's why they think he's smart.

[joshdawg]

20. Bingo!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

29. "Jimmy Carter" won the Nobel Peace Prize! Can we criticize him, OR ANY DEMOCRAT, at D.U.?

[wasupaloopa]

2. Add that everything trump says is a lie.

I mute him when ever he is speaking. Nothing he says has any relevance because it is not truthful.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Surprise, surprise.

[Turbineguy]

4. Well, he did say

he loved the poorly educated.

[MLAA]

10. And he does love himself 😬

[lindysalsagal]

5. Fake news.

I figured 2nd grade.

[Ohioboy]

6. I'm surprised he speaks at that high a level

[Dave Starsky]

18. Exactly. Every fourth grader I've ever known has a vocabulary way above the idiot in chief.

And they speak and write in complete sentences.

[DirtEdonE]

21. Idiocracy is a documentary

Stupid always wins.

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8616320-stupidity-is-a-more-dangerous-enemy-of-the-good-than

[trueblue2007]

23. Don't Even Try To Out Stupid Donald Trump

[Solly Mack]

7. He has the best words.

Snort.

[iluvtennis]

25. That's what came to my mind as well.

[smirkymonkey]

8. K&R

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. Hoover & Carter are engineers, fundamentally. Engineers like to speak precisely & accurately. . . nt

[TeamPooka]

11. says more about America than the President's.

[More_Cowbell]

13. Why is he the worst since Truman, who spoke at a sixth-grade level?

That makes no sense.

[Retrograde]

24. Truman was the last non-college educated president

Not that he was a stupid or ignorant person - Truman just didn't have the benefits of a college polishing. HST could still hold his own with Churchill and Stalin: I can't even imagine Trump dealing with the hand Truman was dealt when he abruptly took over from FDR.

[More_Cowbell]

36. Thanks, I wasn't clear with what I meant

Truman spoke at a higher level than Trump (6th grade as opposed to 4th) so I don't know why the story says that Trump is the lowest *since* Truman, when Trump was lower *than* Truman.

Usually, you'd say that someone was the lowest since... someone who was lower than them. Not higher.

[czarjak]

14. Self-proclaimed stable genius, great Christian, Evangelical...

Bullshit isn't truth!

[trueblue2007]

34. Trump is not a Great Christian or an Evangelical. He is more like the Anti-Christ.

He is a mean hearted hateful person. Why are you calling him a Christian.

[trueblue2007]

35. no Christian

81% of White Evangelicals voted for TRUMP ....someone who can’t name a single Bible verse, a serial adulterer,
and someone who stands against everything Jesus ever said or did. Sad!

[bitterross]

15. That's two years above his thought-process and maturity. Exceeds his level of incompetence.

He thinks and acts like a two-year-old. It's not like we didn't know he's exceeded his level of incompetence.

[catrose]

16. And in other news, water is wet.

But it's nice to have it confirmed by science.

[cstanleytech]

17. Probably why his base loves him as he does not use bigger words than they can understand.

[lastlib]

19. I think the Oversight Committee should subpoena his Mensa membership card.

Cough it up, Donny-boy--SHOW us how smart you are(n't)!

Show us the Mensa card!!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

22. This is hardly breaking news.

It's been reported since he was running for President.

I'm honestly surprised that he comes in at 4th grade level. I expect he's actually closer to a 3rd grade level.

[iluvtennis]

26. Trump is a dumbass who thinks his arrogance is intelligence. GAH

[shanny]

31. wot are you on about?

[ProudLib72]

28. Was that with the help of speech writers?

Isn't it like some sort of constitutional thingy that lets people like speak the way they want to and not have to worry about how good they are at speaking?

[Initech]

30. But... but... he knows the best words!!!!

[Beacool]

32. He's a functional illiterate.

He's the dumbest person to ever become president.

We have fallen very low as a nation.

[reggaehead]

33. I understand this

And I really understand this

[The Blue Flower]

37. My 5-year-old grandson speaks better

nt

[trueblue2007]

39. my cat ANNIE is smarter than Trump. He is insane,

Annie knows more words than Donald Trump does !!!

[Buckeyeblue]

38. When you are dumber than W, you are really dumb

[VOX]

40. No wonder 45's a hit with the "hom-skoold."

He’s the dumbest m.f.er ever to occupy the White House. Also the craziest. And the most authoritarian.

I could go on and on, but depression about our country’s sorry state comes on too quickly.

[Claritie Pixie]

41. We knew this and it's not by accident. A lot of Americans are at that level.

[Maru Kitteh]

42. And his supporters, hearing him speak, believe he is brilliant