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Good job. With more - All the ways Trump’s closest confidants insult his intelligence

By Annalisa Merelli & Max de HaldevangMay 3, 2018



John Kelly may not have joined the elite club of former White House chiefs of staff yet, but this week he joined another exclusive group: Donald Trump’s close confidantes who reportedly insult him behind his back .. https://qz.com/1170680/donald-trumps-advisors-slam-him-in-michael-wolffs-fire-and-fury/ .

Trump’s known for his insults—on Twitter alone, the president had insulted 446 people .. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/01/28/upshot/donald-trump-twitter-insults.html , places, and things as of April 30—but he gets his share, too. Not just from political adversaries, but from employees, friends, and allies, if news reports detailing discontent in Trump’s inner circle are to be believed. Quartz took a look at the most prominent examples:

* “A supreme sexist.”—Barbara Res .. https://www.thedailybeast.com/former-donald-trump-executive-hes-a-supreme-sexist , former executive vice-president of Trump Organization, who also said “he thinks he’s God.”

* “Like an 11-year-old child”— Steve Bannon .. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/12/bannon-for-president-trump-kushner-ivanka . The now estranged advisor also allegedly complained .. http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-steve-bannon-802842 .. that he was “sick of being a wet nurse to a 71-year-old man.”

* Working with Trump is “like trying to figure out what a child wants”—White House deputy chief of staff Katie Walsh .. http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/01/michael-wolff-fire-and-fury-book-donald-trump.html

* “The White House has become an adult day care center”—Republican ..

It's a shame the White House has become an adult day care center. Someone obviously missed their shift this morning.

— Senator Bob Corker (@SenBobCorker) October 8, 2017

.. senator Bob Corker of Tennessee

* “Morally unfit to be president,” “unethical” and “untethered to truth”—former FBI director James Comey .. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/16/james-comey-interview-donald-trump-morally-unfit/515529002/ , who also compared the US president to a mafia boss.

* “Less a person than a collection of terrible traits”—Trump’s former chief economic adviser Gary Cohn .. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gary-cohn-answers-questions-about-future-at-white-house-with-im-here-today/ .

* Someone who “sucks up and shits down”—former Fox News chief and confidant Roger Ailes .. http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/01/michael-wolff-fire-and-fury-book-donald-trump.html .

But Trump’s intelligence has been far and away the most popular target for his sometime allies.

Name .. Role at time .. Insult .. Occasion
Rex Tillerson Secretary of State a fucking moron Pentagon meeting

Gary Cohen Economic advisor dumb as shit Email circulating within the White House

H R McMaster National security advisor a dope Private dinner

Tom Barrack Friend and supporter not only crazy, […] stupid Conversation with friend

Gary Cohen Economic advisor less a person than a collection of terrible traits Email circulating within the White House

Gary Cohen Economic advisor an idiot surrounded by clowns Email circulating within the White House

H R McMaster National security advisor “An idiot [with the intelligence of] a kindergartener” Private dinner

John Kelly Chief of staff an idiot Conversation with Trump

Sam Nunberg Adviser he’s an idiot Live TV

Sam Nunberg Adviser this idiot Campaign conversation

Steve Mnuchin Secretary of Treasury an idiot Unspecified

Reince Preibus Chief of staff an idiot Unspecified

On the upside for Trump, his antagonist of the hour James Comey has said .. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/15/most-revealing-things-ex-fbi-director-james-comey-said-in-abc-interview.html .. that the president strikes him as “a person of above average intelligence.”

https://qz.com/1267508/all-the-people-close-to-donald-trump-who-called-him-an-idiot/

As you know there are many examples, with Trump as one of the very best, of individuals with high IQ rating yet
lacking in leadership capabilities, logical reasoning skills. emotional readiness, and many other desirable qualities.

What your IQ score doesn't tell you
Jacque Wilson, CNN
Updated 1359 GMT (2159 HKT) February 19, 2014
[...]
An IQ score doesn't measure your practical intelligence: knowing how to make things work, says Richard Nisbett, a professor
of psychology at the University of Michigan. It doesn't measure your creativity. It doesn't measure your curiosity.
https://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/19/health/iq-score-meaning/index.html