Trump is a dumbass and lacks intellectual curiosity. That’s why he can publicly muse about the efficacy of ingesting disinfectant, talk about Frederick Douglass in the present, opine about aviation during the Revolutionary War, drone on about the size of one man’s penis for ten minutes, brag about how much of an expert he is on novel viruses, or sound off about a long list of other things he clearly has no ****ing clue about.
All of that doesn’t mean Trump isn’t a master manipulator. He is. And he knows exactly how to con idiots and turn them into obsequious fools who will scream to high heaven that Trump has turned water into wine, shits bricks of gold, has every world leader bend the knee every time he posts on X, and has doubled the value of beachfront property in Des Moines, all before he has had time to play the back nine.
Yes, Trump is an idiot. But he is a clever idiot who knows how to manipulate a large swath of imbeciles. If that hasn’t become clear to you by now, I suggest you peruse contributions to this board from the following:
@Sullivan
@stanzithemanzi12
@RicoSuave102954
@NorthernHawkeye
@Whiskeydeltadeltatango
@Scruddy
And that’s a short list off the top of my head.