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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWho is stupider...George Bush or Donald Trump? It is hard to say..I pick Trump.
Bush was warned by members of a government agency that an attack was coming..
Trump was warned by scientists and doctors an attack was coming.
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Both were warned, and only after the attack, did each do something...Nevertheless..I would say Trump is stupider because he could have consulted with other countries who were very recently attacked and had to do something about it. Their experience and knowledge would have helped, but Trump did nothing.
MyOwnPeace
(16,937 posts)At least "W" has shown at different times that he has a heart - and can care.
IQ45 - NO WAY!
Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)At least, though, he did believe what he was doing was right and he did believe he was trying to help. He also did have compassion at times. Trump? None of the above. How Trump made it through school without drowning in a toilet while being held there by people who were sick of his shit, I don't know. Normally, I am against bullying, but the ones like Trump NEED it. Hell, I would have taken up a collection to hire the damn bullies and point them all toward him. Trump should have been drowned before he made through junior high. How did he survive?
sop
(10,246 posts)AlexSFCA
(6,139 posts)Id take bush over trump any day. Trump being stupid is not the worst of it, him being reckless (he doesn't care) is a bigger issue. After 9/11, Bush tried hard to unite the country for months, trump seized on the pandemic to create further division. Bush didn't approach 9/11 as political. To trump, everything about covid-19 is 100% political. Besides, trump has the dumbest kids and spouses, period.
Bush at least tried to show some compassion and tried to fight back against what happened to us. Trump doesn't have the sense to pour piss out of a boot with the instructions on the heel.
dawg
(10,624 posts)Nope.
Jirel
(2,025 posts)I never thought Id see the day that Id answer yes to those Obama-era racist signs with a pic of W, saying Do you miss me yet? Dubya was stupid, coked up, and a happy figurehead to some of the most evil political minds of the era. However, he didnt believe himself to be an actual leader with something independent to say, as is witnessed by his quiet retirement and childish doggy paintings. Dump believes himself to be a genius and insists on being in charge. He doesnt even have the intelligence and will to act in a minimally courteous and professional manner. Dumb as a goddamned post.
Eid Ma Clack Shaw
(490 posts)Whenever the next Republican president comes along, I wont be at all surprised if he or she makes Donald Trump seem erudite and thoughtful by comparison.
Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)Trump is DEFINITELY stupider, but both are pretty damn stupid compared to all other presidents.
and he didn't hire Bill Barr as his AG.
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)IllinoisBirdWatcher
(2,315 posts)Grins
(7,228 posts)Bush was never the brightest bulb and I never liked him, but he was nowhere close to Trumps stupidity.
Trump is across-the-board stupid on everything! Everything! Theres a good chance that even Sarah Palin is a crap-ton smarter!
Stuart G
(38,445 posts)you about Donald Trump's stupidity........."...good chance that even Sarah Palin is a crap-ton smarter".
Grins
(7,228 posts)Ha!
I dont know why that line came to me. I guess when you pair stupid with Republican you just naturally have to include Miss Five-Colleges* (not one of which was Wharton), and Michele Bachman.
* Completely stolen from the great Tbogg.
Stuart G
(38,445 posts)onecaliberal
(32,894 posts)dem4decades
(11,304 posts)33taw
(2,447 posts)and Clintons. I credit him for not letting Trump speak at his Dads funeral. While his politics sucked, he could show compassion.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)Trump is the very definition of evil.
onethatcares
(16,184 posts)the conman is slyer by far. He's been schooled in the art of acting like a dumb m.f.er. and doesn't care about anything except seeing his name on buildings and the size of his bank account.
the shrub got handled by the neocons lickety split and never even knew what hit him.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,214 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,906 posts)Dubya thanks his lucky stars every day that Trump took the title; Stupidest President.