I Should Not be Smarter Than Your President, But I Am

I admit to being exactly three weeks younger than your illegitimate president. I also admit to being far more intelligent than my fellow original baby boomer. This makes me at least ten-times more intelligent than his avid supporters who he refers to as “basement dwellers.”

I never finished college. Therefore, many of you will say, “Trump graduated from an Ivy League school. How can you make such a claim?”

First, Trump clearly failed to graduate. His diploma, like his deferments from serving in the Vietnam War, were purchased for him by his father. Second, I would be willing to compare my knowledge of the English language, Mathematics, Science, Geography, and History with his any time.

I offer you proof of my assertion any time Trump opens his pie hole. Of course he is lying, but listening to him is like listening to a three-year-old child. Half of everything he says is gibberish. I have no doubt that he failed any course which required knowledge of the English language. Trump is by far the worst and most boring public speaker I have ever listened to, and unlike his cult, three minutes is my maximum attention span. When I was able to understand a few words, he was whining about being persecuted by everyone but his most devoted supporters. Really?

Do I have to explain how little Trump understands anything about mathematics? He describes everything with superlatives: the most beautiful, the most perfect, thousands of birds lying dead below windmills, water trickling from your shower, the “biggliest,” etc., etc., etc. This is why he believes he is a billionaire. Is he smarter than a 5^th grader? Hell no. I hope you laughed with me when Trump attempted to explain how he attached percentages to the tariffs he applied to each nation. Morons live among us and some run for the presidency.

I could skip science because he doesn’t believe in facts. Think about it: he chose an absolute moron to lead the Health and Human Services Department. People are dying from measles, and research into heart disease, cancer, and other diseases have all experienced a severe reduction in funding. Remember, the is the old man who suggested shining a bright light into your anus or drinking bleach would kill the Covid-19 coronavirus.

Does anyone think that Trump could find our closest ally, England, on a map? I doubt if someone handed him a world map upside down he would know the difference. This is another issue Trump knows nothing about. Once again, he is the least qualified man to be the president of our nation in history.

Which brings us to history. I believe that history is the most important subject which should be studied by students at every level of education. History teaches us about our mistakes. Anyone with average intelligence will tell you that mankind learns far more from its mistakes than from its successes. However, Trump is a fascist, and all fascists live in the past. They find a period which fits their personal beliefs and spend the remainder of their lives in that era.

For Trump, his was mid-twentieth century America. Racism was everywhere. In the south, they were fighting to maintain the status quo. Black Americans where less than human and were still being hung from trees by the KKK. Women had a single purpose: to satisfy the needs of men. Homosexuality was a choice, and it was a sin for one man to love another man, or a woman, another woman. The only acceptable religion was Christianity, and for most “Christians,” this did not include Catholics or members of the Church of Latter Day Saints.

I will tell you the absolute truth: America’s greatest fault is its failure to move forward. Only America refuses to provide universal healthcare for everyone. Only America fails to understand the importance of higher education. Only America refuses to treat women, the LGBTQ community, and non-Christians as equals. And only America continues to accept racism and bigotry in large numbers. This is why America is last in the most critical issues, according to a survey concerning developed nations, most importantly the quality of life for all of its people.

The most ludicrous words from professional politicians are: “America is the greatest country in the world.” We are not even close, and never will be with a Nazi living in the White House; at least occasionally when he’s not golfing or partying at Mar-a-Lago.

Trump is nothing but a spoiled rich child. His only role model was his father who placed making money and hating Black Americans his only priorities.

There is an old argument between sociologists and psychiatrists. Some believe that heredity shapes our young, and others believe it is environment/experience. I personally believe it is a combination of both.

Trump was never educated in the reality of life, how valuable work is, and how important it is to experience and understand the lives of others to the best of your ability. Donald Trump is the poster boy for what it is like to spend your formative years in an atmosphere of white privilege. His education was pleasing his father, not attending schools which offered information about various ideas and encouraged independent thought. Trump became a lazy adolescent, and this remains a major part of his persona today.

Of course I will never receive the opportunity to challenge Trump to a test comparing our intellects. I don’t need proof because I know the truth: I read and I learn.

Op-ed by James Turnage

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