Trump: Imbecile? Genius? 

Trump’s level of intelligence is irrelevant to the damage he’s inflicting on American society and humankind as a whole.

OK, he’s smart enough to have pulled off, so far at least, the greatest con in world history, but his defining characteristic has nothing to do with his IQ. It lies in his singular ability to tell bald-faced lies that are eagerly accepted by large swaths of American voters.

In November, tens of millions of people will go to the polls and cast their ballots for a man who has convinced them that the 2020 election was rigged against him, that the country’s problems stem from the radical left, and that he is the only person on Earth who can fix those problems, even though he is being unfairly prosecuted by the Deep State and woke liberals.

IMO, there is no antidote for this poison, no cure for this disease. It’s something that needs to simply run its course, like a case of the flu.

Trying to have a rational discussion with people who think this way is as good a use of your time as trying to teach your dog to play the violin.

Thomas Paine put it better (see right).