The ones of those that can be proven solely via twitter use have already been pretty well-established. So: unsure, true, true, true, true, either false or an exaggeration, and he’s a politician, so of course. My biggest caveat to these is that they’re situational—someone can be ignorant about some things and not others, for example. Or someone might be a complete ass on the internet but reasonably nice in person. Or someone might be a competent TV personality and even a competent real-estate developer without being a competent university-owner.
One of the more stark examples are his statements regarding regarding global warming. It’s reasonable to expect that his remarks on the subject would be ignorant and boorish, because calling climate scientists ignorant frauds is just “playing to the base” for republican nominees for president—this is so predictable it’s even tempting to give him a pass. But when he says that it’s all a chinese hoax to hurt the u.s. economy, and then later denies ever saying that, as if people couldn’t just check the record, this is a level of disdain for the truth that is notable even in the context of the U.S. Republican party’s position on climate change.
And unlike others, I don’t see any compelling reasons why Trump’s policy desires should be much less ignorant than what’s come out of his mouth.
The ones of those that can be proven solely via twitter use have already been pretty well-established. So: unsure, true, true, true, true, either false or an exaggeration, and he’s a politician, so of course. My biggest caveat to these is that they’re situational—someone can be ignorant about some things and not others, for example. Or someone might be a complete ass on the internet but reasonably nice in person. Or someone might be a competent TV personality and even a competent real-estate developer without being a competent university-owner.
One of the more stark examples are his statements regarding regarding global warming. It’s reasonable to expect that his remarks on the subject would be ignorant and boorish, because calling climate scientists ignorant frauds is just “playing to the base” for republican nominees for president—this is so predictable it’s even tempting to give him a pass. But when he says that it’s all a chinese hoax to hurt the u.s. economy, and then later denies ever saying that, as if people couldn’t just check the record, this is a level of disdain for the truth that is notable even in the context of the U.S. Republican party’s position on climate change.
And unlike others, I don’t see any compelling reasons why Trump’s policy desires should be much less ignorant than what’s come out of his mouth.