Trump is not clever

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How do Democrats lose to someone who is not smart?

Trump built a coalition of grievance: Evangelical Christians (and two important subsets: Christian Nationalists and Christian Domionists), blue collar workers (who believe “globalism” has cheated them out of the American dream), white supremecists, anti-vaxxers, incels, and suburban women who are tired of “wokeism”, particularly in public schools.

Sounds like something a smart, dare I say clever, person would do to win elections.

Nah. Trump is their useful idiot. It’s easy to tell people what they want to hear just to get elected, only to screw them over once in office.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do Democrats lose to someone who is not smart?

Trump built a coalition of grievance: Evangelical Christians (and two important subsets: Christian Nationalists and Christian Domionists), blue collar workers (who believe “globalism” has cheated them out of the American dream), white supremecists, anti-vaxxers, incels, and suburban women who are tired of “wokeism”, particularly in public schools.

Sounds like something a smart, dare I say clever, person would do to win elections.

There are different types of smarts. He is definitely not academically smart.

He does get show business, though, and how to tap into people's anger and baser instincts. He learned that during the Apprentice and even wrote about it in his book.

He's manipulative, that is true. Is that "smart"? Evil smart, maybe, but not "smart" in the sense of the word that most people use.

[Anonymous]

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His other motivation is fitting in with the (perceived) cool kids, who are actually the schoolyard bullies, and they are just using him to get what they want. He is their useful idiot. He will do what they say because he wants to be in their clique.

Maybe liberals instead of attacking him should have praised him, and they could have won everything.

I’ve actually thought of this before. The only reason he became a republican politician is that he realized that was a character he could play. He would have loved to hang with the liberal elite, Hollywood types and have their endorsements. But that was never going to happen. Maybe if they had given him the slightest reason to believe he could be one of them, none of this would have happened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do Democrats lose to someone who is not smart?

Trump built a coalition of grievance: Evangelical Christians (and two important subsets: Christian Nationalists and Christian Domionists), blue collar workers (who believe “globalism” has cheated them out of the American dream), white supremecists, anti-vaxxers, incels, and suburban women who are tired of “wokeism”, particularly in public schools.

Sounds like something a smart, dare I say clever, person would do to win elections.

Nah. Trump is their useful idiot. It’s easy to tell people what they want to hear just to get elected, only to screw them over once in office.

Sounds clever.

[Anonymous]

No one ever said he was clever. He is a genius. A very stable genius.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do Democrats lose to someone who is not smart?

Because simplistic understanding is easier. Goes back at least to the "egghead" backlash against Adlai Stevenson, but his opponent Eisenhower was no dummy (or crook).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do Democrats lose to someone who is not smart?

Trump built a coalition of grievance: Evangelical Christians (and two important subsets: Christian Nationalists and Christian Domionists), blue collar workers (who believe “globalism” has cheated them out of the American dream), white supremecists, anti-vaxxers, incels, and suburban women who are tired of “wokeism”, particularly in public schools.

Sounds like something a smart, dare I say clever, person would do to win elections.

There are different types of smarts. He is definitely not academically smart.

He does get show business, though, and how to tap into people's anger and baser instincts. He learned that during the Apprentice and even wrote about it in his book.

He's manipulative, that is true. Is that "smart"? Evil smart, maybe, but not "smart" in the sense of the word that most people use.

He throws things out and gauges response. If something falls flat, he moves on. If it gets a reaction, he cultivates it. It's like how my dog does not like liver-flavored treats so I ended up with a bag of training treats that was never used. Peanut butter, otoh, is a hit so it gets used. If his base jumps for the treat, it becomes part of the repertoire.

The people who build the apparatus with him do something similar. If a recommendation goes nowhere, they reconfigure it until they get a response.

You can get animals to do very complicated tricks that way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
His other motivation is fitting in with the (perceived) cool kids, who are actually the schoolyard bullies, and they are just using him to get what they want. He is their useful idiot. He will do what they say because he wants to be in their clique.

Maybe liberals instead of attacking him should have praised him, and they could have won everything.

I’ve actually thought of this before. The only reason he became a republican politician is that he realized that was a character he could play. He would have loved to hang with the liberal elite, Hollywood types and have their endorsements. But that was never going to happen. Maybe if they had given him the slightest reason to believe he could be one of them, none of this would have happened.

Agree. I've said this before. He knows it's easier to manipulate Rs than Dems. That's one of the reasons he switched from D to R.

But, it's not just the Hollywood elite he courted. He also wanted to be in with the NY elite, but they didn't want him, either. Too crass and stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do Democrats lose to someone who is not smart?

Trump built a coalition of grievance: Evangelical Christians (and two important subsets: Christian Nationalists and Christian Domionists), blue collar workers (who believe “globalism” has cheated them out of the American dream), white supremecists, anti-vaxxers, incels, and suburban women who are tired of “wokeism”, particularly in public schools.

Sounds like something a smart, dare I say clever, person would do to win elections.

Nah. Trump is their useful idiot. It’s easy to tell people what they want to hear just to get elected, only to screw them over once in office.

Sounds clever.

You don’t have to be clever to trick stupid people

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do Democrats lose to someone who is not smart?

Because his voters are even dumber than him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do Democrats lose to someone who is not smart?

Trump built a coalition of grievance: Evangelical Christians (and two important subsets: Christian Nationalists and Christian Domionists), blue collar workers (who believe “globalism” has cheated them out of the American dream), white supremecists, anti-vaxxers, incels, and suburban women who are tired of “wokeism”, particularly in public schools.

Sounds like something a smart, dare I say clever, person would do to win elections.

There are different types of smarts. He is definitely not academically smart.

He does get show business, though, and how to tap into people's anger and baser instincts. He learned that during the Apprentice and even wrote about it in his book.

He's manipulative, that is true. Is that "smart"? Evil smart, maybe, but not "smart" in the sense of the word that most people use.

He throws things out and gauges response. If something falls flat, he moves on. If it gets a reaction, he cultivates it. It's like how my dog does not like liver-flavored treats so I ended up with a bag of training treats that was never used. Peanut butter, otoh, is a hit so it gets used. If his base jumps for the treat, it becomes part of the repertoire.

The people who build the apparatus with him do something similar. If a recommendation goes nowhere, they reconfigure it until they get a response.

You can get animals to do very complicated tricks that way.

Sounds smart. He must have learned this from someone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do Democrats lose to someone who is not smart?

FEAR. His voters 100% vote based on FEAR

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do Democrats lose to someone who is not smart?

FEAR. His voters 100% vote based on FEAR

To me it seems more like hate. Or at least imagined grievances.

[Anonymous]

All he does is ramble incoherently and golf. Such a waste of money.

[Anonymous]

Suppose you possess a flawless understanding of this man who lives rent-free inside your head and will never know of your existence.

What does that say about your party, which was defeated by something akin to a man-baby?

Are you imaging Joe Biden was capable of much more than hiding his own Easter eggs?

Our government is a uniparty gerontocracy. It’s good you are just now noticing. That’s a start. What else are you noticing?