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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump is Chauncey Gardner in the movie "Being There"
Where a near imbecilic man is mistaken for a genius by sycophants around him.
Remember Peter Sellers great performance?
"I like watching television".
Classic.
Turbineguy
(37,430 posts)CatMor
(6,212 posts)is more intelligent than Trump.
Great movie, just watched it again last week.
ksoze
(2,068 posts)Bettie
(16,151 posts)was a kind, gentle soul.
The monster lairing in the White House is not.
spanone
(135,964 posts)Funtatlaguy
(10,899 posts)Saying Chauncey was a kind soul, I get it.
Long time since I saw the movie.
I just remember him being stupid.
spanone
(135,964 posts)VermontKevin
(1,473 posts)Goonch
(3,625 posts)Cicada
(4,533 posts)Trump knew that there are still a lot of George Wallace voters. That wasn't dumb.
Jerky Kosinski who (maybe) wrote (or cowrote) Being There constantly made the still vastly under appreciated point that much of what happens springs from sheer chance. But Trump knew calling Mexicans rapists and murderers is a winning strategy in much of America.