Is Trump Really That Stupid?

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart

I offer you a sampling of things Trump has said and done since 2015. You tell me: “can anyone be that stupid?”

When in France to attend a tribute to America’s fallen soldiers in WWI. “They were all suckers and losers. What was in it for them?”

“I know more than all the generals combined.”

“Windmills are bird cemeteries.”

When taking part in a discussion about Covid-19. “Have they tried drinking bleach?”

When asked by the press and what actions he would take to prevent a major health crisis in January of 2020. “It will just go away.”

After the tragedy in Charlottesville, Virginia during a white supremacist rally. “There were good people on both sides.”

When he was asked about climate change, melting glaciers and the rising seas. " It will create more oceanfront property".

Again about curing Covid-19. “How about shining a bright light up your ***?”

“I’ll be too busy making great deals to play golf.”

“You will get tired of winning and beg me to stop.”

“I have never done anything wrong.”

“You are all fake news.”

"An old fashioned term that we use - groceries. I used it on the campaign. It's such an old fashioned term, but a beautiful term. Groceries. It says a bag with different things in it."

"They tried to bring back tariffs to save our country, but it was gone. It was gone. It was too late. Nothing could have been done - took years and years to get out of that depression."

"We need Greenland for national security and even international security. I think we're going to get it. One way or the other, we're going to get it."

 When he stared into the sun during an eclipse.

 When he marveled that "nobody knew that healthcare could be so complicated."

 When he addressed thousands of Boy Scouts with a rambling political speech about cocktail parties and rich people having sex on boats.

 When he speculated that anti–police brutality protesters were throwing bags of soup.

. When he told a hurricane victim whose yard became the landing spot for someone’s unmoored yacht, "At least you got a nice boat out of the deal."

 When he hugged and kissed the flag.

 When he drew on a hurricane map with a Sharpie.

 When he said a hurricane was "one of the wettest we've ever seen, from the standpoint of water."

 

There are many more, including lies about his war with Iran, but one lie stands above the rest.

“There was massive corruption in the 2020 election. You know I won it by a landslide.”

Op-ed by James Turnage

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