Chuck Darwin<p>The media continues to discuss <a href="https://c.im/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://c.im/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/indictments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indictments</span></a>, and is — finally! — noticing that Trump is becoming less and less <a href="https://c.im/tags/coherent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coherent</span></a>. <br>But why isn’t it reporting on something almost every lawmaker and journalist in official Washington knows <br>— that Trump is remarkably <a href="https://c.im/tags/stupid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupid</span></a>?<br>I don’t mean just run-of-the-mill stupid. <br>I mean extraordinarily, off-the-charts, <a href="https://c.im/tags/stupifyingly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupifyingly</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/stupid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupid</span></a>.</p><p>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.</p><p>Still don’t believe Trump is stupid?</p><p>Consider the views of the people who worked most closely with him during his presidency. </p><p>Anyone remember when Secretary of State <a href="https://c.im/tags/Rex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rex</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Tillerson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tillerson</span></a> called Trump a “f—king <a href="https://c.im/tags/moron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moron</span></a>?”</p><p>Or when National Security Adviser <a href="https://c.im/tags/H" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>H</span></a>.R. <a href="https://c.im/tags/McMaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McMaster</span></a> called him a “<a href="https://c.im/tags/dope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dope</span></a>?” </p><p>And Treasury Secretary <a href="https://c.im/tags/Steve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Steve</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mnuchin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mnuchin</span></a>, former White House Chief of Staff <a href="https://c.im/tags/Reince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reince</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Priebus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Priebus</span></a>, former White House Chief of Staff }John <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kelly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kelly</span></a>, and even <a href="https://c.im/tags/Rupert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rupert</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Murdoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Murdoch</span></a> all referred to Trump as an “<a href="https://c.im/tags/idiot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiot</span></a>?” <br>(Technically, Murdoch called him a “f—king idiot.”)</p><p><a href="https://robertreich.substack.com/p/seriously-how-dumb-is-trump?utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">robertreich.substack.com/p/ser</span><span class="invisible">iously-how-dumb-is-trump?utm_medium=mastodon</span></a></p>