“People underestimate him because he sounds and acts like an old man from Brooklyn whose parents didn’t speak English. Um, that is how a lot of Jews talk. They aren’t all dumb. He is so clever and it shows every day.”
I’ve always considered him to be very smart, but much more so after having studied his life and accomplishments (not the least of which are destroying the Bush and Clinton dynasties and becoming POTUS in his first run for political office EVER, and over the opposition of not just the opposition party, but also many in his own party and virtually the entire media.
To paraphrase Yoda: “The mind is strong in this one.”