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paleotn

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11. Loyalty to Trump, which is really all he cares about, and intelligence aren't correlated.

Reply to Lovie777 (Reply #5)

Sat Apr 18, 2026, 09:42 AM

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If anything, they're inversely related.

Donnie appointed the competent ones in his first term, really whoever various GOP circles recommended, and it got him a lot of "no, you can't do that" or "that's not a good idea and here's why." This time, Donnie is doing it his way. His people. Yes people who will never tell him no. That role usually attracts people with the intellect of an artichoke. Add the fact that "his people" are extremely unqualified for their positions and this is what you get. A shit show of epic proportions.

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