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WASHINGTON President Trump, breaking a tradition that stretches back nearly two decades, will not personally greet the eight American Nobel laureates this year before they travel to Sweden in December to receive their prizes.
Not all the honorees are disappointed.
Two American Nobel Prize winners, when contacted by STAT, indicated they would not have attended a White House event even if invited. Columbia biophysicist Joachim Frank, awarded a Nobel in chemistry for his work in microscopy, said in an email he was very relieved when he learned there was no chance of an encounter with the president.
I will not put my foot into the White House as long as Trump, Pence, or Ryan (i.e., the possible succession of impeachments) will occupy it, Frank said. I cannot speak for the others; dont know them personally yet, but I strongly believe that as thinking intelligent people they will have a similar attitude as I.
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leftynyc
(26,060 posts)people who are so much smarter than he is. Sniveling coward.
treestar
(82,383 posts)And to continue to assure his followers that he has no respect for intellect.
justhanginon
(3,290 posts)leftynyc
(26,060 posts)He doesn't really have any friends and when in NY, he not out and about.
Puzzler
(2,505 posts)... [Trump] has many enemies, and none of his friends like him.
-Puzzler
Eyeball_Kid
(7,434 posts)Danascot
(4,694 posts)Even when you're alone you're still not the smartest person in the room.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)Well done.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Doitnow
(1,103 posts)something less than nothing?
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)if you can't dazzle them with your brilliance, baffle them with your bullshit. That may work on Trump's base, but certainly not on Nobel laureates. Actually, that won't work on anyone with an IQ bigger than the average age of a girl Roy Moore "dates".
spanone
(135,862 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)THAT is likely the main reason he won't meet with the winners.
JDC
(10,130 posts)They keep him as insulated as possible. Especially from folks that are intelligent.
dalton99a
(81,569 posts)"Only I can make America great"
Girard442
(6,083 posts)Can't have anyone next to him that won't STFU about what they see.
FakeNoose
(32,726 posts)Trump didn't want to be turned down, so he just didn't invite them.
Does this really matter? He won't be there much longer anyway.
Sanity Claws
(21,852 posts)He is a little snowflake who melts under criticism.
raccoon
(31,118 posts)Tracer
(2,769 posts)I've noticed that the media (especially online) finds the MOST ugly shots of The Asshole that they possibly can.
This photo is an great example. Some intern must have spent a whole minute or two looking for the "ugly shot".
(Or maybe it only took 10 seconds).
FlaGranny
(8,361 posts)the one that is posted at the VA? He looks angry enough to kill someone, absolutely nasty looking.
dalton99a
(81,569 posts)el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)A large part of his appeal is his anti-intellectualism. I don't understand that myself; it's like pretending being a good demolition derby driver means you are a safe driver.
Bryant
BoneyardDem
(1,202 posts)There are a lot more faith based voters I suppose?
Keeping them all happy but dumb, conspiratal and hysterical seems to be the M.O.
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)In that I do believe in God, but also in that I think there's some point to the future.
Bryant
samnsara
(17,634 posts)...getting her masters in Anthropology! She went on to become a minister. I think science and religion...and facts...can co exist if the believer is self actualized and confident in their beliefs.
Zambero
(8,965 posts)And Trump does not DESERVE the honor of greeting laureates that this precedent holds.
SonofDonald
(2,050 posts)And he knows it, that's why he won't meet with them, he knows he's the one who doesn't belong in the same room with them.
Gothmog
(145,496 posts)Doitnow
(1,103 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,019 posts)Trump is an insignificant idiot.
samnsara
(17,634 posts)samnsara
(17,634 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,937 posts)wants to be the "smartest" one in any room.
THAT is why he won't meet with the scientists - and why he won't visit any Kindergarten rooms with Miss Betsy!
At least "W" was meeting with students, finishing his reading lesson with his classmates, reading "The Pet Goat" while "protecting the US from foreign attacks!
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)Doitnow
(1,103 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Who's down for breaking some beakers?
BTW: Do you know why Dotard is so upset with Joachim Frank, the Nobel winner for his work in microscopy? Because Frank finally invented a microscope powerful enough to let people see Dotard's brain. "I may only have one neuron, but it's the bigliest neuron ever!"
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)miyazaki
(2,249 posts)randr
(12,414 posts)Is he the anti Christ?
NNadir
(33,541 posts)...honors students; a generic sort of thing that must go to all kinds of honors students around the country.
It was signed by Donald Trump.
We were all laughing a bit to receive a high honors award from the most stupid and ignorant president, if not ever, at least since Franklin Pierce...nah...even Pierce wasn't that stupid.
It's sad. It would have been a treasure if signed by the Wesleyan valedictorian, President Hillary Clinton. Now it's just a joke.
Why would some of the most intelligent Americans on the planet have any interest in being in the presence of an exceedingly stupid person, a corrupt racist pig with the mind and mentality of a five year old? I would be very surprised if the others didn't agree with Joachim Frank.
MFM008
(19,818 posts)Science.