How can you still doubt Trumps intelligence?

[struggle4progress]

By Kathleen Parker
June 23 at 8:06 PM

... former FBI director James B. Comey .. in addition to being fired by Trump, has been redefined by the president as a dishonest leaker who might have lied were it not for nonexistent tapes of their conversations ...

Of course, there were no tapes. Did anyone really think there were? Well, yes, there could have been tapes — just as there could have been a legitimate Trump University ...

We tend to forget .. Trump is a professional bluffer. We keep thinking he’s the president of the United States. That’s his title, but his identity is Donald J. Trump, television star, celebrity wheeler-dealer, a man who grabs what he wants. Everything he says or does should first be considered in this context ...

It takes a certain kind of intelligence to spin a yarn so counterintuitive and defiantly false that some people will believe it anyway. Alternatively, Trump could be just as confused as he hopes others will be.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-can-you-still-doubt-trumps-intelligence/2017/06/23/6d10aab8-5856-11e7-a204-ad706461fa4f_story.html?utm_term=.2994cc658f1d

[riversedge]

1. I have to admit, I have read what Trump said-and even heard him

say it 2 times yesterday. It is beyond confusing. It is mind boggling


... former FBI director James B. Comey .. in addition to being fired by Trump, has been redefined by the president as a dishonest leaker who might have lied were it not for nonexistent tapes of their conversations ...

[Dave Starsky]

2. Not buying it. He's still an idiot.

There is absolutely no end to what you can achieve when you know you will never suffer the consequences of your actions and you just... don't... fucking... care.

Genius has nothing to do with his "achievements". He LIES constantly and with absolute ease. He tells everyone what he knows they want to hear. And those enthralled by deep-seated fears and prejudices hang on every word.

That doesn't take intelligence to do that. It just takes gall.

Become a complete sociopath and you, too, can achieve your wildest dreams.

[delisen]

3. White Collar criminals are often business world winners - Madoff, Enron

execs....

Some are never brought to justice. Some get caught and end up in jail or ratting on others to stay out of jail.

If the market had not crashed in 2008, Madoff's pyramid scheme may not have been discovered until after his death.

[TheBlackAdder]

4. To idiots, imbeciles and morons are talented and gifted.

[LuvLoogie]

5. The pundit class is just covering their asses for aiding and abetting the destruction

of our democracy, for having not done their jobs in debunking his claims and lining their pockets with ratings cash. He's so smart, my ass. Fuck their clever analysis.

[kentuck]

6. So, he now believes that what Comey said was "honest"?

Because of his comments about maybe having "tapes"?

If that is the case, it does not reflect well on Donald Trump.

[Gothmog]

7. Trump is an idiot