Donald Trump often brags about his allegedly incomparable intellect. He has claimed that he knows more about medicine than doctors; more about the military than generals; more about economics than economists. The list of subjects that he says he knows more about than anyone else is almost as long as the list of his documented lies.
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What’s more, Trump uses his gasbag boasts to favorably compare himself to President Biden, who he has relentlessly demeaned as incompetent and even unaware of what he’s doing or where he is. Meanwhile, Trump celebrates the results of simple cognitive exams as evidence that he’s a “stable genius.” And he is oblivious to the contempt in which he is held by most Americans.
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So while Trump frequently insists that he is the answer to all of mankind’s woes, and that only he can fix their problems, the Washington Post has compiled some examples of Trump exhibiting his ineptitude and desperation to evade responsibility for anything. The article began by noting that…
“One of the major themes of President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign was the idea that Joe Biden had no idea what was happening around him. […] But less than four months after taking over from Biden, it’s Trump who, in his own telling, is often unaware of major events surrounding him and directly involving his administration.”
What follows is a summary of the Post’s research of recent Trump attempts to separate himself from his multitude of failures.
- On nominating Casey Means, a conspiracy crackpot with no medical license, as Surgeon General: “I don’t know her, I listened to the recommendation of Bobby [Kennedy Jr].”
- On GOP Sen. Thom Tillis coming out against Ed Martin, the now discarded Trump nominee for U.S. attorney for D.C.: “I didn’t know that.”
- On firing staffers of a program that provides health care for 9/11 first responders and survivors: “I’m not aware of anything that may have been brought up recently.”
- On whether he had briefed about four U.S. soldiers who died in a training exercise in Lithuania: “No, I haven’t.”
- On the SignalGate scandal involving his top national security officials revealing sensitive data on a commercial chat app: “I don’t know anything about it.”
- On his Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, ordering a halt to military aid shipments to Ukraine: “Trump was not aware of Hegseth’s order.”
- On reported plans to deport migrants to Libya: “I don’t know; you’ll have to ask Homeland Security.”
- On the arrest and detention of Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk: “I’m not aware of the particular event.”
- On whether he could get Kilmar Abrego García back from El Salvador: “I’m not the one making this decision. We have lawyers that don’t want to do this.”
- On whether he signed the order to deport migrants under the Alien Enemies Act without due process: “I don’t know when it was signed, because I didn’t sign it. Other people handled it.” (He did sign it)
- On decisions about deportations following a judicial ruling halting them: “I’d have the Secretary of State handle it, because I’m not really involved in that.”
- — And a few that the Post left out… —
- On his 145% tariffs on China: “80% Tariff on China seems right! Up to Scott B.” [Scott Bessant, Treasury Secretary].”
- On whether he agrees if citizens and non-citizens are covered by due process: “I don’t know. I’m not a lawyer.”
- On whether he is required to uphold the Constitution: “I don’t know.”
So there you have it. Trump in his own words. He repeatedly admits that he has had little to do with any of these critical events that all occurred in the first three months of his reoccupation of the White House. This is the same guy who has criticized Biden, falsely, for using an autopen to sign everything. And this is the same guy who clearly has no idea what he himself is signing in his ludicrous executive order ceremonies that are obviously staged in the reality TV style that he is so comfortable with.
Trump is an utterly oblivious puppet president. They just put an executive order down in front of him and he signs it.He doesn't know what it does beyond the brief summary they give him. It could be an order to require all Americans to be vaccinated against the woke virus.
— News Corpse (@newscorpse.bsky.social) 2025-05-10T09:36:50.543Z
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