The media continues to discuss #Trump’s #criminal #indictments, and is — finally! — noticing that Trump is becoming less and less #coherent.
But why isn’t it reporting on something almost every lawmaker and journalist in official Washington knows
— that Trump is remarkably #stupid?
I don’t mean just run-of-the-mill stupid.
I mean extraordinarily, off-the-charts, #stupifyingly #stupid.

After all, he recently claimed that magnets don’t work in water, that the Civil War was unnecessary because it should have been “negotiated,” and that no one would know who Lincoln was if he hadn’t gone to war.

Still don’t believe Trump is stupid?

Consider the views of the people who worked most closely with him during his presidency.

Anyone remember when Secretary of State #Rex #Tillerson called Trump a “f—king #moron?”

Or when National Security Adviser #H.R. #McMaster called him a “#dope?”

And Treasury Secretary #Steve #Mnuchin, former White House Chief of Staff #Reince #Priebus, former White House Chief of Staff }John #Kelly, and even #Rupert #Murdoch all referred to Trump as an “#idiot?”
(Technically, Murdoch called him a “f—king idiot.”)

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/seriously-how-dumb-is-trump?utm_medium=mastodon