A terrible argument that keeps getting repeated by forever trumphers.
You could summarize your entire post into "trump isn't dumb because he got elected." All this does is try to not discuss the merits of what he just said. Which, I'd imagine, is the goal here.
And immigration reform is much more complicated that whether or not a country is a shithole or not. To pretend that this comment has somehow elevated the national conversation is just beyond derp.
You compare trump to ventura as a positive, on the ground that they both got elected by saying bombastic (translation: stupid) things; ignoring the fact that ventura ended his governership with an approval rating the in teens and is widely considered one of, if not the, worst governor in that states history.
To say that a politicians only merit is getting elected, is the just pure partisanship that cares only about winning, and nothing about performance.
No, you have this simplistic view that someone who says things that are perceived as 'dumb' by the masses must be 'clueless' and have poor self awareness. I got all of this from your previous post.
That's true in a simple black and white world, something I'd actually teach my kids to believe when they grow up... that's
Life 101 for the youngins: If a man says stupid things he must be stupid. But one must progress beyond Life 101, no?
We have overwhelming evidence against the Trump-is-stupid theory. People say what a terrible businessman is he: he's a multi-billionaire. People say he couldn't be elected, he got elected with half the money spent and a bare bone staff. Why is it that he got his name all over the news for DECADES and
you didn't? or anyone else for that fact? Show me your brand. Why is it that he's a fat old man but managed to get gorgeous women left and right (before the last marriage) and most of us don't? (his current wife said that she pursued him, not the other way around) The kind of women most of you could not even touch till the day you go to the grave? Why is it that everything he says changes the world but not you? Why are you now living under his rules but he's not living under
your rules? See the disparity? He did a lot more that getting elected. He got elected in style, dictating his own rules as he went along.
If you think saying shithole is stupid, consider this: Make America Great Again was corny but now the whole country is saying it. Jeb Bush was a shoe-in for the nomination until Trump branded him 'low energy'. Marco Rubio was viewed as a rising star in the party until 'Little Marco'. I've heard of his name even when Romney ran. Now I think he' s a little kid, 'Light Weight' as Trump put it. Ted Cruz looked pretty good until "Lying Ted". Hillary was lock for the Presidency until "Crooked Hillary". Kim Jong Un was the scary supreme leader until 'Rocket Man'. Now poor, virtuous, proud Haiti becomes a '
shithole'. Once Trump brands something, it sticks. Now it's a little harder to have sympathy for 'poor immigrants' now that they have been branded as shithole dwellers and worse yet '
rapists'. "Rapists' was viewed as a profoundly stupid thing to say at the time but it got him beating everyone of his 17 rivals.
Look at the overwhelming evidence and check your judgement. If you think Trump is clueless and and lacks self awareness after all he's done, you're the one who's clueless.