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Trump Has Made Us All Stupid
NYT ^ | 9 Jan 2020 | David Brooks

Posted on 01/10/2020 5:44:32 PM PST by Rummyfan

Donald Trump is impulse-driven, ignorant, narcissistic and intellectually dishonest. So you’d think that those of us in the anti-Trump camp would go out of our way to show we’re not like him — that we are judicious, informed, mature and reasonable.

But the events of the past week have shown that the anti-Trump echo chamber is becoming a mirror image of Trump himself — overwrought, uncalibrated and incapable of having an intelligent conversation about any complex policy problem.

For example, there’s a complex policy problem at the heart of this week’s Iran episode. Iran is not powerful because it has a strong economy or military. It is powerful because it sponsors militias across the Middle East, destabilizing regimes and spreading genocide and sectarian cleansing. Over the past few years those militias, orchestrated by Qassim Suleimani, have felt free to operate more in the open with greater destructive effect.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: davidbrooks; fakenews; moron; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; nytimes
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Whereas Obama had that wonderful crease in his trousers.

Speak for yourself Mr Brooks.

1 posted on 01/10/2020 5:44:32 PM PST by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

No Mr. Brooks, you were always dumber than you thought we were.


2 posted on 01/10/2020 5:46:11 PM PST by yuleeyahoo (The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one. Hamilton)
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I got news for you Mr. Brooks, you were stupid WAY before Trump became President


3 posted on 01/10/2020 5:46:55 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Rummyfan

Don’t kid yourself David, you were stupid before Trump.


4 posted on 01/10/2020 5:46:55 PM PST by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Rummyfan

“Know thyself” certainly escapes this fool.


5 posted on 01/10/2020 5:47:25 PM PST by Track9 (When the products of liberalism meet you face to face, itÂ’s best to have a loaded weapon.)
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To: Rummyfan

President Trump has not made anybody stupid but he has exposed the stupidity of elected democrats, the deep state and their allies in the media like Brooks.


6 posted on 01/10/2020 5:47:33 PM PST by jospehm20
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To: Rummyfan

Not going to read the article. David Brooks, you were already stupid. Trump merely exposed your stupidity to the world.


7 posted on 01/10/2020 5:47:49 PM PST by upsdriver (WWG1WGA 1745)
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You can slice the jealousy from these nabobs with a chain saw. Truly pitiful.


8 posted on 01/10/2020 5:48:50 PM PST by dainbramaged (Eenie meenie chili beanie, the spirits are about to speak!)
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To: upsdriver

I sense a theme here.


9 posted on 01/10/2020 5:48:55 PM PST by upsdriver (WWG1WGA 1745)
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To: Rummyfan

I hope the last thought in Mr. Brooks mind when he dies is “Why was I here?”


10 posted on 01/10/2020 5:49:05 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Rummyfan
Donald Trump is impulse-driven, ignorant, narcissistic and intellectually dishonest.

Zero for four, ten words in.

11 posted on 01/10/2020 5:50:04 PM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Rummyfan

Can’t read the article. Behind a pay-wall. What’s the rest of it say?


12 posted on 01/10/2020 5:50:13 PM PST by norcal joe
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David beginning his journey in understanding his own stupidity.

A good enema pumping of his brain would help him along.

Pray..... we could be close to a miracle


13 posted on 01/10/2020 5:50:22 PM PST by jcon40 (The other post before yours really nails it for me. IOr keep people from / PC ing in ver and alway)
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To: Rummyfan

Oh, don’t sell yourself short, David! You and your narcissistic, liberal media bubble pals were incredibly stupid long before Trump came on the scene. He just helps you make it more obvious.


14 posted on 01/10/2020 5:50:23 PM PST by HHFi
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Donald Trump is impulse-driven, ignorant, narcissistic and intellectually dishonest.

They've been watching the President up close and personal for more than 3 years -- and they still have no idea who he is. They don't understand him at all.

15 posted on 01/10/2020 5:51:14 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: norcal joe

It’s not behind a paywall. You might just be at the limit of free articles for the month. Try deleting all the NY Times cookies in your browser.


16 posted on 01/10/2020 5:51:48 PM PST by HHFi
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To: Rummyfan

At least he’s not pretending to be objective.


17 posted on 01/10/2020 5:52:08 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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Judicious informed mature and reasonable

Like.Robert DeNiro


18 posted on 01/10/2020 5:52:59 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Rummyfan

I despise David Brooks. He should turn in his “conservative” card.


19 posted on 01/10/2020 5:53:01 PM PST by shalom aleichem (Barr and Durham! Get movin'. Time's awastin')
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To: Rummyfan

Democrats have been stupid for a long, long time and getting stupider every day. Just think how stupid your average democrat is. Now realize that half of them are even stupider than that.


20 posted on 01/10/2020 5:56:06 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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