• pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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      4 months ago

      He was smart enough to recover from that and become president of the US. He’s a rapist, conman, felon, and he still became leader of the free world and is now taking it over as a dictator. That is not stupid. Did he have super intelligent help? Yes. Is he being used as a tool, who the fuck cares?

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        Native New Yorker here. His stupidity is legendary in his home town. When he built his Tower he had a choice between razing the site completely and preserving the famous façade. At the time, Jackie Kennedy was famous for her part in helping to save great old buildings. He had a chance to get in good with the most influential woman in America and threw it away because he’s an idiot. That’s just one story.

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          I’m not saying he hasn’t done unbelievably stupid things. Being a dictator and sinking our economy isn’t going to work out well for any of us. What I think he is extremely smart about is being a cult leader, being persistent about getting what he wants, and getting a lot of people to do his dirty work. I think that’s his super power, convincing billionaires, assholes smart and dumb, and the common folk to believe that they’re different and he’s got their back. All lies, of course.

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              All I have to say is Rudy Giuliani or Elon Musk for you to see that these people aren’t brainwashed. They believe that he has/had their back for some reason. Elon is in the before phase of Rudy Giuliani. I wonder what his Four Seasons Landscaping moment is going to be.

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            Trump is “extremely” many things, smart is not one of them. I refuse to believe that that bloated corpse of a human is making his own decisions about anything any time in last 10 years.

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            Let me put it this way.

            I’m a native New Yorker. After hearing about Trump for years I happened to be close to the Tower, so I decided to see for myself. The outside is plain black glass. The inside is all gold with a big waterfall. I thought it looked like a giant toilet, but the place was pretty full.

            He’s stupid and he gives stupid people the freedom to be their worst selves.

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        If you have enough financial backing, you WILL become president. Our system is broken. Has been for a while. Intelligence has nothing to do with becoming the US president. It’s all about selling yourself.

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        The fact that he’s been able to do that despite acting and speaking like someone with significant TBI is a testament to how anyone can be made president.

        (But on no account be allowed to do the job.)