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New This is how much he doesn't understand leadership
I'm not going to say Trump is dumb. He's very good at a specific type of PR that's worked for him his whole life. But he doesn't understand the real leadership required for the current job. Perfect summary from Dave Winer:
Suppose Trump were a brilliant political strategist. On hearing of how awful the virus was, in January, he would have thought to himself, "I just won re-election." How could that be you ask? Simple. He waits a bit until it's obvious to the press that it's an emergency then he gives a big Oval Office speech announcing the emergency and what we're going to do. It's exactly what the CDC says to do. "This is going to hurt," Trump reads off the teleprompter, "but we'll get through it together." Then guess where his approval rating would be? 95%. Because that's how it works. We rally behind the leader in a time of crisis, even a douchebag like Trump. Who is more dumb than a sack of nails. I'm sure one of his advisors saw this as a political gift. All Trump had to do was listen.

The two things (this demonstrates) he doesn't get about actual leadership:

1) It is actually possible to lead everyone. You can unite everyone to a common purpose, even if you frame it in terms of fighting against a common foe.

2) You have to accept that you don't know everything, trust your specialists, and take their advice. Not always, but most of the time.
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Drew
New Why wouldn't you say he's dumb?
Rex Tillerson did. Fran Lebowitz did and she's known him a lot longer than you have.

Echoing the reported opinion of former US secretary of state Rex Tillerson, Lebowitz thinks the biggest danger of Trump is that he is a moron. “Everyone says he is crazy – which maybe he is – but the scarier thing about him is that he is stupid. You do not know anyone as stupid as Donald Trump. You just don’t.”

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/mar/20/fran-lebowitz-you-do-not-know-anyone-as-stupid-as-donald-trump

Truer words were never spoken.
bcnu,
Mikem

It's mourning in America again.
New He's clearly not good at they things they respect
But he's just as clearly good at other things. He has been able to totally consume media attention for nearly four years. He's had a better run than the Kardashians, and he can't just flash his tits when he wants another front-page story.
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Drew
New Compromise?
Trump is slightly smarter than the Kardashians.
bcnu,
Mikem

It's mourning in America again.
New npr/ 'Wait.. wait don't tell me'-: Star [Trek] Pants:
Describes perfectly the Pooper-in-Chief's largest Needs, as we *speak, in the Intro-line to each episode
* as he speaks regularly--through those Two anal-orifices
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To Boldly Go ..Where No One has Gone Before
     This is how much he doesn't understand leadership - (drook) - (4)
         Why wouldn't you say he's dumb? - (mmoffitt) - (2)
             He's clearly not good at they things they respect - (drook) - (1)
                 Compromise? - (mmoffitt)
         npr/ 'Wait.. wait don't tell me'-: Star [Trek] Pants: - (Ashton)

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