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Stuart G

(38,414 posts)
Sun May 14, 2017, 08:08 PM May 2017

A friend just described Trump, "He doesn't know what he doesn't know"

I know this has been said before, but that is it. When you get into a new job, you may ask for help. Trump doesn't seem to have a clue about that simple idea. Maybe that is too obvious. Maybe that is why he doesn't ask. Well, stupid is what stupid is.

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A friend just described Trump, "He doesn't know what he doesn't know" (Original Post) Stuart G May 2017 OP
Further, hr doesn't care. onecaliberal May 2017 #1
Perhaps, what you just said is the most dangerous aspect of that asshole..nt Stuart G May 2017 #3
No question. onecaliberal May 2017 #4
He is too self-centered to care about anything but lining his own pockets. Period! nt Quixote1818 May 2017 #7
Truth! Plus he's breathtakingly stupid. onecaliberal May 2017 #8
That's Right Leith May 2017 #2
The insulting thing is, he thinks the rest of us don't know what he doesn't know either. smirkymonkey May 2017 #5
If Trump thinks he is fooling people about his "lack of knowledge on governing" then he is Stuart G May 2017 #6
Dunning-Kruger effect? Ilsa May 2017 #9
There are known knowns and unknown knowns.... wildeyed May 2017 #10
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
5. The insulting thing is, he thinks the rest of us don't know what he doesn't know either.
Sun May 14, 2017, 08:35 PM
May 2017

Or maybe his ego just won't let him believe that there are people in the world who are more informed and intelligent than himself.

Stuart G

(38,414 posts)
6. If Trump thinks he is fooling people about his "lack of knowledge on governing" then he is
Sun May 14, 2017, 08:39 PM
May 2017

far stupider than I thought. I hope someone tells him that he is not fooling anyone. And, asking for help is not a sign of weakness. But, I suspect that he has already rejected such information and offers of advise.

Ilsa

(61,692 posts)
9. Dunning-Kruger effect?
Sun May 14, 2017, 09:04 PM
May 2017

Seems to fit. He's thinks so smart, he probably has recorded everything that has gone on in the Oval Office.

wildeyed

(11,243 posts)
10. There are known knowns and unknown knowns....
Sun May 14, 2017, 11:18 PM
May 2017

But also unknown unknowns. Trump is def in that latter category

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