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rzemanfl

(29,575 posts) Sun Dec 11, 2016, 04:52 PM Dec 2016

Has any previous President or President elect every publicly said:

"I'm smart" like Orange Julius Caesar did? He said it in that interview about briefings and earlier, in the debates, about not paying taxes.

What is with this nincompoop?

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Has any previous President or President elect every publicly said: (Original Post) rzemanfl Dec 2016 OP

Gotta blow his own horn radical noodle Dec 2016 #1

now go ask your Trump-voting acquaintences if he's smart or not 0rganism Dec 2016 #2

I think you nailed it when you referred to him as a nincompoop. n/t Different Drummer Dec 2016 #3

Those who say J_William_Ryan Dec 2016 #4

Smart as a brick. BSdetect Dec 2016 #5

radical noodle

(8,016 posts)

1. Gotta blow his own horn

Reply to rzemanfl (Original post)

Sun Dec 11, 2016, 04:54 PM

Dec 2016

even if there's not a horn to blow.

0rganism

(23,975 posts)

2. now go ask your Trump-voting acquaintences if he's smart or not

Reply to rzemanfl (Original post)

Sun Dec 11, 2016, 04:57 PM

Dec 2016

they can say he's smart because he says he's smart, case closed. want to argue about it?
expect him to do this often throughout the first year where he has to build consensus for his insane policy agenda.