“Oftentimes,
Trump’s cluelessness extends beyond specific policy details into
more rudimentary “how does the government work” territory. At the
beginning of his term, Trump seemed to believe the president was a
dictatorship, and was chastened to find out that it’s not....”
When Trump Aides Admit
He Has No Idea What He’s Talking About
“....Ultimately, it’s
Trump’s unthinking impulsivity that seems to worry aides most.
Ahead of a high-stakes meeting with Vladimir Putin, advisers confided
that they were worried about what he’d say, given his “propensity
for unpredictable utterances and awkward optics.”
“And then there are
moments when staffers just seem eager to confirm that Trump’s
rhetorical non sequiturs are as ludicrous as they appear, like when
Trump tweeted disparagingly about John Podesta during a G20 summit in
Germany. “I have no idea what he’s talking about,” a source
told The Daily Beast.
“The dearth of knowledge
about how laws, the government or the criminal justice system works,
and the insouciance with which he displays his ignorance, are
qualities that define the 45th president. This is a man who
understands one thing better than anyone: how to whip a crowd into a
reactionary strew of resentment and fear. After that, as his own
staff has acknowledged for months, he’s got nothin’.”
