Donald J. Trump Is So Stupid, He Thinks

[MineralMan]

the whistleblower should be "SUED for Treason." He said exactly that at his most recent chopper presser.

"SUED for Treason." He said that. A man that stupid is President of the United States.

Surely we can correct that in 2020, right, if not before?

I mean...really...

[Stuart G]

1. As they say, "Stupid is stupid is stupid, is still very stupid.

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. That's a big word in his vocabulary...

for a variety of reasons...plus anything over one syllable is a challenge for him, anyway.

[catbyte]

3. Dear Donald Trump:

[calimary]

4. LOVE this one!

[Different Drummer]

42. Good one!

[dchill]

5. "SUED for Treason." Luckily, that's not a thing.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. He's like one of those magnetic poetry kits -

those collections of words on little magnets that you can stick to a metal surface like a refrigerator door and create poems. He takes random words from the magnetic poetry kit in his brain (more likely his colon) and just says them, whether or not they make any sense.

[Collimator]

26. Love that analogy. n/t

[2naSalit]

53. I have often thought the same thing

about how he formulates his speech. It's kind of the same thing as caribou barbie back in the bad old days.

[TwilightZone]

7. Anything that opposes him equates to treason.

It's just another of his catchwords for the rubes.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

54. The Constitution defines treason in Article 3, Section 3

Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.

A major reason that the framers of the Constitution were explicit in their definition of treason stemmed from an incident during the reign of Henry VIII of England. One of Henry's political enemies, Lord Montague, was arrested and told the charge was treason. He said, "I have committed no treason." The arresting officer replied, "Treason is what the king says it is." The framers knew their history, and did not want treason to be whatever some governmental official said it was.

Trump, of course, knows neither history nor what the Constitution says.

[TwilightZone]

55. Of course.

Treason is so narrowly defined that the Rosenbergs didn't even qualify. If they don't, Trump's opponents certainly don't (or Trump, for that matter).

For one, we're not at war with anyone, certainly not Russian or Ukraine. Cold wars don't count, as the Rosenbergs case showed.

[vlyons]

8. He probably meant "prosecuted for treason"

but his brain dementia couldn't find the word, "prosecuted." So he said "sued" instead. We need to redo the 25th amendmentment, so we can dump unfit, incapacitated people. When the cabinet and the VP are all a bunch of sycophants, the current 25th amendment is worthless. I say every POTUS needs an annual med checkup by a panel of 3 Drs. Exam to include a brain scan, and report publicly released.

[pandr32]

9. He doesn't know any better

He said exactly what his brain came up with. Lots of people have expressed that Dum-Dum tRump has a steadfast unwillingness to learn anything new. He already thinks he knows everything he needs to know and trusts his own instincts and interpretations. The entire presidency has been dumbed down thanks to him.

[vlyons]

28. He I'm 72, and I sometimes forget a word or name that I should know

I'm pretty smart and test with a high IQ, have a college degree, am well read, etc etc. Believe me, when you get to be a Sr citizen, the body just starts not working so great, as when you were 30-something. I'm not making excuses for the fact that he is still a stupid, arrogant, degenerate asshole. But of all the things to criticize him for, getting words mixed up is at the bottom of my list. His constant lying and hate speech are much more egregious faults.

I suspect that he also wears dentures that slip a lot. He seems to mangle words that way too. For the most part, I don't listen to him, or read his tweets. I already know that his speech and writing holds nothing inspirational, or are of any beneficial value.

[pandr32]

46. All that may be true

...but we have no evidence whatsoever that Dum-Dum has made any effort to learn anything--including a word he doesn't normally use. Well, except for "quid pro quo" which he has been using a lot recently. It would be hard to know if he was suffering the beginnings of dementia. I think we will have to wait and watch to see if he forgets to put in his teeth as a clue.
As for forgetting a word now and again, I have done so often during my life for many reasons. Stress will do it, too, and most presidents have faced a considerable amount of it.
tRump has no problem remembering all his bullshit talking points and constantly adds new ones to the roster as older lies and stories unravel.
Don't get me wrong--I hope he has dementia. Add a whole list of other things to suffer with as well!

[MineralMan]

13. Dementia or just sheer stupidity?

I'm not sure. The only legal process Trump understands is the lawsuit. He has filed so many of them and has been sued so many times, he might actually think you can sue someone for treason. The word, "prosecute" has three syllables - two too many for Trump.

[malaise]

49. Both given that he has been ignorant all his life

All his life he has been interested in acquiring wealth not knowledge

[brush]

23. Exactly right. There is no way right now to oust a rogue or...

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incapacitated person from the presidency, even in an emergency situation. The 25th Amendment needs amending.

And IMO there should be consequences for those who found early on in their stay in the WH that trump was grossly incompetent, unfit and dangerous for the country but said nothing, did nothing but defend him and collect their paychecks.

Pence, Conway, Huckabee Sanders, Barr, Mulvaney, Pompeo—people of that ilk.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. No. He is clever. It is propaganda. Promotes story he is 'innocent'.

tRump is clever, not wise.

He is smart at two things: using other people's money and manipulating media.

He makes an outlandish statement, no matter how ridiculous, just so it gets media attention.

His base is dumb as rocks.

[paleotn]

11. Lindsey said he was too stupid to do extortion.

It doesn't take a genius, stable or otherwise, to cook up a bribery and extortion plot. Who's stupid are the Republicans for allowing this inevitable, party killing train wreck to get this far.

[NoMoreRepugs]

12. Intellect and Republican to the best of my knowledge

are words that are seldom found in close proximity to one another in most libraries across the cosmos.

[lastlib]

31. Weapons-grade stoopidity is a virtue among GOPhers/conservanuts.

eom

[NoMoreRepugs]

34. Weapons Grade Stupidity.... gonna steal that one.

[lastlib]

36. helpee-selfee!

[OMGWTF]

14. Traitor Tot is the poster boy for the Dunning-Kruger Effect

IOW - Too stupid to know he's stupid.

[MineralMan]

15. That's certainly true enough.

[usaf-vet]

16. I'm sure over the years Trump has "sued hundreds if not thousands" of people that his lawyers....

.... just said ok we will do that. He thinks he can bend and law to fit his needs.

I'm waiting for him to try a file suit against God for not anointing him as King for life.

The man is DELUSIONAL. Don't expect reasonably sane ideas.

[Disaffected]

17. Your thread title

would make a great fill-in-the-blanks game.

[MineralMan]

18. I didn't even think about that. You're right.

[Chicagogrl1]

19. Well, he is a stable genius

With a beautiful brain!

Said NO ONE EVER!

[Chakaconcarne]

20. That presser was probably the most unhinged I've seen from him.

[MineralMan]

22. He seems to be deteriorating on a steady basis.

The stress is getting to him, I'm sure. Sucks to be Trump!

[Peacetrain]

21. The crazy is so deep with that one.. he has no idea how government... works for the people

by the people and not for DJT..

[lastlib]

32. He has ZERO interest in government working for people---

other than himself and his demon spawn. If it works to his/their personal benefit, it's good. If it works for anyone else--bad.

[KPN]

24. He may not be the brightest or most competent, but in my view he's not as stupid as

too many seem to believe. He's all about appealing to the amygdala through branding ... and way too many people who actually vote are enraptured with those appeals, his "brands". He's a master at branding. Already yesterday he was calling Bloomberg "little Michael". His use of the phrase "sued for treason" was purposeful, not sheer stupidity. He cares little or not at all about looking or sounding stupid.

BTW no criticism intended. I agree that: he is stupid relative to presidential material generally, and that we must correct that (as you said "A man that stupid is President of the United States"!!!!). I am just a bit scared that we are underestimating him still. I sure hope not.

[Martin Eden]

25. He's not as stupid as you think.

Donald Trump is afflicted (and has afflicted all of us) with his mental pathologies and appalling ignorance, but the kind of rhetoric you cite is what he has successfully employed to win the Republican primary; to win the general election (with help from Vlad); and to maintain a base of support that loves him precisely because of his extreme rhetoric.

Reminds me of Adlai Stevenson's reply to an aide who said thinking people will vote for him: "That's not enough; we need a majority."

Although Trump's base is a lost cause, Trump has spewed racist and nonsensical rhetoric since before the 2016 election. Don't expect it to move the needle.

[LiberalLovinLug]

38. Bill Maher recently said something I thought poignant

That is, we all thought Donald Trump was a great businessman and a terrible politician.
It turns out he was a terrible businessman but a very good politician. As far as keeping his base loyal and the news media following his every word.

Yes, its easy (and fun!) to mock Trump's seemingly ill thought out phrases like, "SUED for Treason". But while we're chuckling how stupid he is, somewhere else some ornery red cap wearing deplorable is nodding his head in agreement that its perfectly understandable. It matters more that they have a President, the one they voted for, who will fight back, stand up for himself. Maybe he doesn't use all the right words together, but dag nabbit, they know exactly what he's getting at.

[Martin Eden]

39. +1

It can be difficult for rational informed people to fathom that mindset, but it's what we're up against.

[LiberalLovinLug]

41. And I think to a large part Democratic politicians don't understand that disconnect.

In that there seems to be this MO they work by which is to ASSUME everyone is just as smart as they are. Which can also be construed as speaking over the heads of people. That as long as you've researched every story from all sides, and are politically engaged, you SHOULD know that they are right, and the Republicans are wrong. That is the starting point they assume folks are caught up to them on.

That they don't need to over-emphasize the wrongs. And get it into a one line catch phrase. They are the calm collected, rational politicians who voters will respect if they just don't cause any waves, steer clear of any ideas that may seem too radical, and don't counter with their own sloganeering. They couldn't be more wrong. They may have been right years ago, but this is the age of mass information overload, and its a battle of branding. Republicans have known this for awhile now.

[Martin Eden]

50. "And get it into a one line catch phrase"

Let's remember that Donald Trump is a pathological liar with zero credibility.

The above phrase should preface every response from every Democrat every time they're faced with the latest mendacity from the Liar-in-Chief.

Let's remember that Donald Trump is a pathological liar with zero credibility.

Rinse, repeat.

Again and again until it really starts to get obnoxious and people can't help but talk about.

It has the virtue of being true.

[LiberalLovinLug]

52. +1000

[stopdiggin]

45. everything you say may be true, but ...

Has Trump brought any NEW people on board with his gibberish? Yes we all know about the "base" .. but sooner or later you're going to need more than just the deplorables. Trump had a lot of those "others" in 2016. He has a LOT LESS of the them now.

Conventional wisdom already says that Trump lies almost constantly. The average voter is also starting to accept that he is just bat-sh*t crazy. And they're probably not going to vote for bat-sh*t.

[LiberalLovinLug]

47. I hope you are right stopdiggin

But what is it?.....something like 90% of Republicans would vote for him again?
I think its obvious that it doesn't matter if he lies....(because so do all politicians they'll say )
It doesn't matter that he cheats on his wife. or pays off porn stars.
It doesn't matter that he makes rude and abusive comments to even decorated soldiers
It doesn't matter that he uses his office for financial gain, or hires his children and they use their position to also make money.
Heck, it doesn't even matter to his largest base, the evangelicals, if he's the first(?) President to say he doesn't need God, never has asked for forgiveness, because he doesn't think he needs to, never attends church, unless its for a photo op. And swears like a sailor.

Its call populism and populist for a reason. There is I think a big part his appeal in just how original, how entertaining, how disruptive he is to normal political news and the normal protocol of dealing with diplomacy. I think Democrats underestimate that kind of appeal they run against, despite Trumps flaws, if they think running the most establishment status quo, Washington-entrenched politician, will be a shoe in. Sadly, I think many voters, especially those that don't follow politics all that well, actually want Trump 2.0 just to see what he does. Just to watch the fireworks.

[stopdiggin]

48. well, you do have the HLMencken thought

"nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence .."

[KPN]

57. I think your thoughts are pretty realistic.

Scary stuff.

[bluestarone]

27. HE Surely is STUPID! BUT

Also getting plenty of STUPID help from his fellows DUMD ASS RETHUGS!!

[Generic Other]

29. I thought this was going to be a "Yo Momma" thread

As in "Donald Trump is so stupid, he sits on the TV, and watches the couch!"

[hadEnuf]

30. Trump appeals to the lower elements in the country with stupid terms like that,

along with his "reds under the bed" style gas-lighting bullshit. Then then the right-wing propaganda machine swings into action to validate and perpetuate Trump's insane gibberish from Fox News right down to the lowest scum ball posting their filth on a forum somewhere.

It 's a well oiled and well funded machine that can propagandize almost anything to feed to the masses and keep a large amount of them brainwashed. They literally alter reality to the point of it depending on who you like and listen to, instead of what the facts really are.

[PatSeg]

33. Trump thinks that suing people

is the answer to every problem. During his business career, whenever he didn't get his way, he sued someone. Its the only part of the legal system that he seems to be aware of.

[wnylib]

35. The only things more stupid are the idiots who

hear him say this and cheer as if he has made a profound, patriotic statement.

[KPN]

58. Exactly what the POS is counting on.

He’s no dummy when it comes to using the media to attract attention, manipulate or inspire amygdala’s and brand.

[Initech]

37. That's everyone's answer for everything anymore: SUE YOU!!

[Evolve Dammit]

40. Whistle Blower is a patriot, and is not working for a foreign power that we are at war with. Wrong.

[yonder]

43. I share your bafflement as to his cluelessness, MM.

But I guess one couldn't be too surprised. In a life with little else but counting clams and keeping track of whom is suing who, lawsuits are the measure of his knowledge of lawfulness.

With luck, he shall get some personal exposure to criminal law....after conviction in the Senate.

[Demovictory9]

44. he just tweeted "presidential harassment" again

[YOHABLO]

51. Being sued, and suing is all he knows. Give him a break.

[True Blue American]

59. But Above all

Keep in mind the media is giving Trump billions of dollars worth of publicity each and every day. His tweets are shown over and over. 4 pundits sit around tables discussing Trump 24 hours a day.

And here on this board we are all doing the same.

I need to take my Sons advice, turn off the TV, get off the political boards, find something else to do. I am ready!

[New Leaf]

56. 🙄...

...I sigh a lot these days