More evidence that Trump is an imbecile
Trump’s Know-Nothing Tour de Force by Jonathan Bernstein, on bloomberg.com
“[T]he president talks and talks without showing any mastery — any understanding — of anything.”
- He told the Economist he invented the use of “priming the pump” with regard to the economy. It’s probably most associated with Franklin Roosevelt, and even if Trump meant “came upon it” rather than “came up with it” it’s remarkable for anyone in his position to be that ignorant of normal economics usage. Then again, he’s never showed that he knows anything about economics.
- He spoke gibberish about aircraft carriers to Time magazine: “I said what system are you going to be–’Sir, we’re staying with digital.’ I said no you’re not. You going to goddamned steam, the digital costs hundreds of millions of dollars more money and it’s no good.” I know very little about aircraft carriers, but the people who do know this stuff confirm that he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Not that he’s wrong, mind you; he isn’t coherent enough to be wrong.
- Then he completely contradicted his own explanation on James Comey’s firing to NBC News. The old story that Trump was reacting to a recommendation from the Department of Justice; the new story is that he was always going to fire Comey.