Donald Trump: Renaissance Man

Published: November 26, 2018

By Jim Lichtman
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“…my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart… genius….and a very stable genius at that!” – Donald J. Trump, January 6, 2018

On Thanksgiving Day, President Trump was asked what he was most thankful for.

“for having a great family, and for having made a tremendous difference in this country. I’ve made a tremendous difference in the country.”

We are so blessed to be living in a country with a president who is so smart on so many tremendous things:

Trump on the CIA’s reporting with “high confidence” that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman personally ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi:

“… I don’t know, I don’t know. But whether he did or whether he didn’t, he denies it vehemently. His father denies it, the king, vehemently. The CIA doesn’t say they did it, they do point out certain things and in pointing out those things you can conclude that maybe he did or maybe he didn’t.”

Trump on the entire U.S. intelligence community saying Russia meddled in our 2016 election:

“…they said they think it’s Russia. I have President Putin he just said it’s not Russia. I will say this, I don’t see any reason why it would be…” July 16, 2018

Only one word can describe it: “Genius.”

When it comes to hacking, Trump’s smarter than the NSA:

“I know a lot about hacking. And hacking is a very hard thing to prove. … I also know things that other people don’t know…” — Dec. 31, 2016

He’s smarter than retired admiral William McRaven, who led the operation that took down Saddam Hussein, and was responsible for planning and executing the SEAL team attack that killed Bin Laden:

“Hillary Clinton fan…. Would it have been nicer if we got Osama Bin Laden a lot sooner than that, wouldn’t it been nice? Living – think of this, living in Pakistan, beautifully in Pakistan and what I guess in what they considered a nice mansion, I don’t know, I’ve seen nicer. But living in Pakistan right next to the military academy, everybody in Pakistan knew he was there.” – Nov. 18, 2018

P.S.: McRaven was not in charge of locating Bin Laden. He also released a statement saying that he did not support Hillary Clinton or “anyone else.”

Trump on military intelligence:

“I think I have great knowledge of — for military, and I think I have better vision for Syria than a lot of the so-called great military geniuses that are saying how to fight the war with Syria.” – Feb. 21, 2016

“Genius.”

Trump has now worked his smarts up the judicial food chain to Supreme Court Justice John Roberts:

“Sorry Chief Justice John Roberts, but you do indeed have ‘Obama judges,’ and they have a much different point of view than the people who are charged with the safety of our country. …” – Nov. 21, 2018

How does he know so much if he doesn’t read much and watches TV? He doesn’t have to! He just… knows. He knows more about “real” news and conspiracies than any president… ever!

Ted Cruz’s father was involved in the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

– Between 3 and 5 million illegal votes were cast in the 2016 election.

– Longtime Clinton aide Vince Foster may not have committed suicide.

Vaccines may be causing autism.

Muslims celebrating on New Jersey roofs on Sept. 11, 2001.

– Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia may have been murdered.

His voice might not actually be his voice on the Access Hollywood tape.

How do you describe the sheer mastery of our 45th president? Only one word comes to mind… “genius.”

So, as you and your family prepare to return home after Thanksgiving, please, take a moment to thank the one person governing, guiding and guarding us, President Donald J. Trump, “genius.”

“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”– Inigo Montoya

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