Summary
A new book, A Very Stable Genius by Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig, reveals Donald Trump’s ignorance on key historical and geopolitical issues.
During a 2017 visit to the USS Arizona Memorial, Trump reportedly asked, “What’s this all about?” showing a lack of understanding of Pearl Harbor.
The book also details Trump’s confusion over India’s border with China, his eagerness to meet Vladimir Putin before taking office, and his frustration with anti-bribery laws.
The authors claim their findings are based on extensive interviews and documents.
During a meeting with Narendra Modi, the Indian prime minister’s “eyes bulged out in surprise”, the Washington Post reporters claim, when Mr Trump told him: “It’s not like you’ve got China on your border.” China and India in fact share more than 2,000 miles of common border.
Mr Modi’s expression “shifted from shock and concern to resignation”
Modi is all of us. Shocked at the stupidity, concerned for our well being then resigned to the fact Trump doesn’t even care about either.
He appears to be unaware that Russia is a neighbour to the US.
The guy looked straight into the sun. There is no ending to "Trump doesn’t understand… " that would surprise me.
Well his hero was in the European theater and died by suicide in a bunker in Berlin so it kind of makes sense he doesn’t know about the Pacific theater.
This loser has had a silver spoon shoved up his ass his entire life. Hey, weren’t conservatives supposed to be against that kind of thing? Oh wait, conservatives don’t actually have standards. Trump hasn’t been forced to learn or grow because of that silver spoon. That’s why he’s an 80 year old man that acts like a 5 year old child and is about as intelligent as one. Does anyone, other than idiots, expect him to know anything about American history?
Intelligence on par with the Americans that voted for him, twice.
We should be thankful he doesn’t get Pearl Harbor, fucktard would probably try to attack Japan.
Billionaires are mostly all idiots who never had to actually educate themselves. Out of the 760 of them in the USA 12-15 of them are probably in the 130+ iq range and the rest are barely above or below the 100 median range. Even with their expensive private education most of them likely paid others to do their school work like george bush was rumored to have at yale. Then with nixon and reagan severely cutting education standards at the direction of their mutual consultant roger freeman saying that we were en route for a highly educated proletariat which was a threat to them and would result in mass unemployment (since people who are intelligent enough can easily understand capitalism is exploitative and many of the wages offered are not worth the effort input) now we are in a full fledged fascist hellscape. They are so emboldened they dont even attempt to hide it anymore.
Book came out in 2020, why are they talking about it like it’s new?
I agree and don’t understand either.
The first thing I noticed when looking for it is that it is from after his last term.
Not even after… during.
I see. 👍
