Trump’s tariff reversal came after he watched an interview on Fox Business with JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, during which the bank boss said that a recession was a “likely outcome” of the new trade policies, according to the Washington Post.
Trump was asked by a reporter on Wednesday when he decided to put a pause on the tariffs.
“I would say this morning. Over the last few days, I’ve been thinking about it. Fairly early this morning,” he said.
Intelligence is more complicated than binary. He can be a moron in most ways and a successful grifter in others.
You don’t need to be smart to be a grifter. It’s not doctors and scientists buying most of the snake oil.
The point was “smart” isn’t any one thing. I have a former friend who would be judged a moron in almost every regard. He’s a conspiracy theorist, obsessed with Alex Jones, believes thousands of idiotic lies. But at the same time, out of the correct history that he knows, he could run circles around me reciting it. I have a shitty memory, he has no bullshit detector
A talking monkey could stumble on phrases that make people clap and repeat them.
It doesn’t take that many smarts to respond to the pavlov effect. A dog can do it.
Great examples, dogs and monkeys are both a different type of intelligence. Calling them stupid is easy, but not entirely accurate…