(THREAD) The Trump stupid/smart discussion is talking past each other. "Smart" points to the campaign. "Stupid" points to the presidency. Both are right.
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But manipulating the media and tapping into a loud, large minority’s grievances are skills that do not translate well to running the country. Kind of like how Ben Carson’s a great surgeon, but bad politician. Or how you wouldn’t ask Tom Brady to design a skyscraper. 3/x
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As president, Trump has revealed manifest ignorance about international relations, democracy, the Constitution, and so much more. Anyone remotely honest will acknowledge he’s in way over his head. 4/x
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That’s why supporters—and Trump himself—keep citing the election. It’s his big achievement. The thing he did that few others could. That’s impressive in isolation, but doesn’t mean he’s smart. Certainly not in the capable-of-handling-anything way we expect of presidents. 5/x
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In fact, his media-manipulation and grievance-mongering skills (combined with a lack of others) are terrible for the presidency. Shorter version: he’s mostly an idiot, but very talented in some areas. Alright, that’s it. Now... Let’s go Buff-a-lo-o! (END)
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He had a lot of voting machine hacking to help. He couldn’t have done it without Russia
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He had help in manipulating the media, & most of them are being pursued on federal charges, RICO & high crimes.
#Putin#FoxNews#GOP#SeanHannity#Flynn#DonaldJTrumpJr#JaredKushner#PaulManafort Stealing an election by colluding with an enemy is not what I'd consider "smart."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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How much of this is "genius" and how much just luck? He happened to tap into a rising well of racism and rebellion on the right by being a racist and having never won an election. He was the "right" candidate in the "right" place, not a political genius.
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It doesn't take much to manipulate the media. All he had to do was put on a show crazy enough to bring in ratings. I think their credibility has been seriously diminished in a way that it wasn't before.
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