Trump proposes IQ tests face-off with Tillerson after secretary of state calls him a moron
Source: The Washington Post
President Trump proposed an IQ tests face-off with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson after the nation's top diplomat reportedly called the president a moron and disparaged his grasp on foreign policy.
In an interview with Forbes magazine published Tuesday, Trump fired a shot at Tillerson over the moron revelation, first reported by NBC News and confirmed by several other news organizations, including The Washington Post.
I think it's fake news, Trump said, but if he did that, I guess we'll have to compare IQ tests. And I can tell you who is going to win.
Trump's dare is the latest evidence of what White House officials have described as a breach of trust between the president and secretary of state.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/10/10/trump-proposes-iq-tests-face-off-with-tillerson-after-secretary-of-state-calls-him-a-moron/
The dare is also the latest evidence Trump's a moron.
samnsara
(17,622 posts)groundloop
(11,519 posts)But damn, I'd love to see the results of that IQ test on 45*.
Mira
(22,380 posts)and it would be his lucky day. This is such Kindergarten bullshit, just like you said.
Marthe48
(16,963 posts)n/t
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)That claims it will show T's IQ score and those of other presidents and that T' s 'will amaze you.'
mainer
(12,022 posts)Apparently he told aides that his IQ is over 200.
barbtries
(28,795 posts)or some other parody account on twitter. i totally believed it until i found that out...truthfully i doubt he could bust 100 on an IQ test.
Julian Englis
(2,309 posts)Botany
(70,508 posts)But truth be told that was another lie too.
StevieM
(10,500 posts)in after two years. Originally, he attended Fordham in NYC.
Denzil_DC
(7,242 posts)A chart purportedly showing that Donald Trump has an IQ of 156 is based on incomplete and outright inaccurate information.
Origin: A chart purportedly ranking the intelligence quotients of former presidents of the United States made the rounds on social media in December 2016, along with the claim that the President-elect would rank among the smartest, boasting an IQ of 156:
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This chart is based on a real study; however, the claim that Donald Trump has an IQ of 156 is not.
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This article is chock-full of logical missteps and factual inaccuracies. Trump's official school transcripts are not available, so it is impossible to know his actual scholastic aptitude scores. While the article's author used Wharton's general admission requirements to estimate Trump's IQ, the math still doesn't quite add up.
According to PrepScholar.com, Wharton's SAT requirements are currently set at 1500. This roughly translates to an IQ score between A145 and 149, not 156. Regardless, Wharton's admission requirements are irrelevant, since Trump did not enter Wharton as a freshman. He transferred there his junior year, and Wharton does not list SAT scores among its requirements for transfer students.
Gwenda Blair claimed in her 2001 biography about Donald Trump and his family that the President-elect was admitted to Wharton thanks to a friendly admissions officer ...
http://www.snopes.com/donald-trumps-intelligence-quotient/
Zoonart
(11,867 posts)did Kelly take away all the crayons?
Demonaut
(8,917 posts)Gothmog
(145,278 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,320 posts)Trump himself also exemplifies this exact pattern, showing how the Dunning-Kruger Effect can lead to what seems an indomitable sense of certainty. All it takes is not knowing the point at which the proper application of a sensible idea turns into malpractice.
For example, in a CNBC interview, Trump suggested that the U.S. government debt could easily be reduced by asking federal bondholders to take a haircut, agreeing to receive a little less than the bonds full face value if the U.S. economy ran into trouble. In a sense, this is a sensible idea commonly appliedat least in business, where companies commonly renegotiate the terms of their debt.
But stretching it to governmental finance strains reason beyond acceptability. And in his suggestion, Trump illustrated not knowing the horror show of consequences his seemingly modest proposal would produce. For the U.S. government, his suggestion would produce no less than an unprecedented earthquake in world finance. It would represent the de facto default of the U.S. on its debtand the U.S. government has paid its debt in full since the time of Alexander Hamilton. The certainty and safety imbued in U.S. Treasury bonds is the bedrock upon which much of world finance rests.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/05/donald-trump-supporters-dunning-kruger-effect-213904
Trump is too stupid to know that he's stupid.
randr
(12,412 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,172 posts)I'd place my bets on Tilly. Hands down
George II
(67,782 posts)...the pretender is.
truthisfreedom
(23,148 posts)Maxheader
(4,373 posts)Of course tRUMP gets to pick the metrics...the understanding
of riggin an election and getting millions of people to buy
into his pitch. Took years of polishing his act on tv.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)an embarrassment to our country
riversedge
(70,238 posts)Paladin
(28,262 posts)My foreign-based friends feel sorry for me and my entire country. I'm sick to death of it.
Javaman
(62,530 posts)because anytime he enters a room, he sucks all the intelligence out of it.
LOL
DK504
(3,847 posts)... after the nation's top diplomat reportedly called the president a moron and disparaged his grasp on foreign policy."
All I hear with that is Fredo screaming in the Godfather, "I'm smawrt, I'm smawrt".
Marthe48
(16,963 posts)n/t
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)A battle of little minds for the vainglorious distinction of being brighter than some other moron.
There are no winners on this reality show, but the loser gets replaced by the next moron.
Who wants to bet on the guy in an Armani suit and cheap baseball cap? Or Vlad's business partner?
Link to tweet
Wednesdays
(17,380 posts)I think it was Robin Roberts who said, "And it's only Tuesday." To which Michael Strahan (somewhat exasperated) replied, "We've got a long week to go."
wryter2000
(46,051 posts)democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Bleacher Creature
(11,256 posts)Freethinker65
(10,022 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,390 posts)both submit to evaluation by an independent panel of psychiatrists and psychologists designed to assess
the fitness of each of them for their respective offices.
Then, of course, the problem becomes selecting the panel. Start with the Yale psychiatrist who has
edited the book, The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, Bandy Lee, M.D., M.Div.
DRoseDARs
(6,810 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,191 posts)Denzil_DC
(7,242 posts)let alone try to turn it into a competition.