My partner Peter gets very distressed when he hears people say how smart Karl Rove is, or how smart Donald Trump is. It upsets him because he doesn't see these charlatans as intelligent people. Therefore it is infuriating to see them get credit for a special intelligence that he doesn't feel they possess. Rove is considered brlliant because he managed to get a clown into the presidency, an achievement that has resulted in thousands of deaths and an nearly insurmountable national debt. Trump is considered highly intelligent because he has successfully been his own clown, having parlayed a silver spoon birth into continued wealth and created a successful tv show on the bizarre nature of his own personaltiy. I think the conclusion Peter finally came to about these two frauds and other such admired buffoons is very wise. He says,"My definition of intelligence is not being able to fool stupid people, but being able to communicate reasonably with other intelligent peope."
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