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And none of that has kept him from achieving his goals.

He has a genius for communication and persuasion that is undeniably effective. He understands the weak points in our political system and attacks them directly.

He's dumb when it comes to things educated people care about. But he's smart when it comes to getting what he wants.

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This is an amazing take. You're actually equating his position as a political puppet to being smart. And worse, you actually think he is!

Did you consider that 30% of Americans are complete lunatics? Trump isn't clever or smart, he's batshit insane and appeals to the barely literate and *-ists that have been programmed with a bloodlust by Fox for two decades.

35 percent of all statistical quotations are made up

The bell curve is hard for some people to grasp...

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