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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Comes Out Strongly Against Intelligence (Borowitz)
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-comes-out-strongly-against-intelligence?utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Borowitz_013019&utm_medium=email&bxid=5bd672883f92a41245dd6fd1&user_id=27161810&utm_term=TNY_BorowitzTrump Comes Out Strongly Against Intelligence
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)Using some of his harshest rhetoric in recent memory, President Donald J. Trump came out strongly against intelligence on Wednesday morning.
Ive listened to these people with so-called intelligence go on and on, and, quite frankly, its a waste of time, he said. I know a lot more than people with intelligence do. Trump added that he has stopped receiving intelligence briefings at the White House, arguing, I can do my job without any intelligence whatsoever.
He said that he has chosen, instead, to seek advice from his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and from his elder children, Ivanka, Eric, and Donald, Jr. You wont find a trace of intelligence in anything they say, he boasted.
At a briefing for the White House press corps, the Presidents press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, denied that Trumps war on intelligence was a new development. Intelligence has never played a role in Donald Trumps life, she said.
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Trump Comes Out Strongly Against Intelligence (Borowitz) (Original Post)
Stonepounder
Jan 2019
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dalton99a
(81,708 posts)1. The secret of success is chaotic idiocy
The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)13. Adderall ?
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,563 posts)2. yay Andy Borowitz
Unfortunately, it's too real to be humorous.
The head MAGAt really does operate with no intelligence.
Gothmog
(145,965 posts)3. I love good satire
And Andy is one of the best!
rocktivity
(44,588 posts)10. That's because satire is like electric guitar feedback and automatic rifles
Last edited Wed Jan 30, 2019, 08:18 PM - Edit history (1)
They work best when handled by the most skilled of professionals.
rocktivity
honest.abe
(8,689 posts)5. Furthermore Trump denied ever having anything to do with intelligence...
"Its clearly a witch hunt by those claiming I have intelligence", Trump exclaimed.
BootinUp
(47,221 posts)6. One of his best. Nt
treestar
(82,383 posts)7. Intelligence has never played a role in Donald Trump's life
JohnnyRingo
(18,696 posts)8. Borowitz is a national treasure
One of his best
tclambert
(11,087 posts)9. But he's like a smart person, with a great brain.
He keeps that great brain in a jar by the door.
IronLionZion
(45,666 posts)11. Intelligence is a sign of weakness. real tough guys go with their gut
and some have bigger guts than others
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)12. K&R
Wounded Bear
(58,792 posts)14. Too close to the truth...
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,485 posts)15. None of that fancy pants learning stuff