Trump says he has an I Q of 156

[DemocratSinceBirth]

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Immature Quack

[TheBlackAdder]

50. And, like Kim Jong-Il, I'm sure he got 7 holes in one the first time golfing, wrote concerts & plays

[SharonAnn]

84. I doubt that. As a Mensa member, i'm pretty sure that he's not close. Shrewd but not

intelligent. Gifted con-man, but that doesn't make him intelligent, just manipulative.

[CanonRay]

2. 156! Why that's unpresidented!

[progressoid]

48. +1

[DesertRat]

61. lol

[lapfog_1]

62. yeah, you caught that too.

When I saw that tweet I just put my head in my hands and died a little inside.

This idiot thinks he is "smarticle" because all of his like he has surrounded himself with ass kissers that tell him how great he is.

And he is going to be President.

[Champion Jack]

82. LULZ

[malaise]

114. You win the thread

[spanone]

3. trump says.....and his spelling skills are 'unpresidented'

[DetlefK]

4. Only people with an IQ higher than 155 know that "unpresidented" is a real word.

[MineralMan]

18. When Trump takes the oath, the United States will be "unpresidented."

Donald Trump will be the "Unpresident" of The United States. UOTUS, if you like...

[2naSalit]

32. Exactly!!! nt

[Squinch]

54. Yep!

[stopbush]

66. Or, perhaps the EC could unpresident Trump on Monday.

[2naSalit]

94. Best case scenario...

We're still screwed unless some legal action to correct this mess.. if there is one, takes place.

[doc03]

80. Bigly nt

[Bucky]

5. He's being characteristically modest. It's probably more like 256

[sharp_stick]

6. The only people yapping

about their IQ are bullshitting.

[bobalew]

7. divided by 3....

nt

[malchickiwick]

8. Typo: He dropped the decimal point between the five and six.

We all know he has trouble typing with those tiny li'l hands.

[lunasun]

9. He is also in excellent health . All his test results were positive ! He is a god emperor!

[smirkymonkey]

10. If he is even in the triple digits then I am Queen Elizabeth.

He is such a master idiot.

[revmclaren]

11. In 'Dog' years!!!

Gods he is insane!

[Hugin]

12. I'm willing to accept his claim, if he accepts he has an EQ of...

0, big fat goose egg, none, ziltch, zero, nada.

"Emotional intelligence (EI) or emotional quotient (EQ) is the capability of individuals to recognize their own, and other people's emotions, to discriminate between different feelings and label them appropriately, to use emotional information to guide thinking and behavior, and to manage and/or adjust emotions to adapt environments."

Emotional Intelligence

[3catwoman3]

34. DFT (Donald Fucking Trump) has probably made...

...possible the concept of a negative EQ. Same with his supporters.

I am baffled by the existence of so many cold-hearted, mean-spirited people.

[Hugin]

55. I was pondering the possibility of a negative EQ as I made this post.

It's quite possible. I'm glad you brought it up.

It would be defined as those personalities who delight in inflicting suffering on those with positive EQs.

Worthy of study, I suppose. But, in this new world of mean-spirited spite, who would care?

Thanks for the comment.

[Docreed2003]

13. Riiight...

[Greybnk48]

14. Maybe that's why he really didn't

go to grad school at Wharton for an MBA, he just lied about it. And he wasn't an honor student as an undergrad either, he was mediocre at best. When you "dat bigly smart" you already know it all and don't need to study OR actually go to grad school.

Or not.

[MADem]

64. This guy is the biggest liar in the universe! nt

[etherealtruth]

15. Now that is funny

[unitedwethrive]

16. He probably took one of those super-accurate online tests

After all, he gets all his information from the internet.

[MineralMan]

17. Highly doubtful.

Everyone I know with a high IQ is highly literate, well-read, articulate and able to think logically about things.

Donald Trump is not.

My guess for his IQ is about 115. He's a voluntary non-reader and has a small vocabulary. Perhaps he's somewhat dyslexic, but he shows no outward signs of having an IQ as high as he claims. Most prominent in his public presentation is a lack of reasoning ability and lack of curiosity about things. He seems unwilling or unable to learn, and that's another sign of a lower IQ.

[MANative]

22. This. Indubitably.

I'd bet that his vocabulary doesn't exceed 12,000 words. Highly literate people often have vocabulary of about 30,000. He often uses words incorrectly or out of context, and makes frequent spelling and syntax errors. I think you're almost certainly right about him being dyslexic, for which he's probably learned no remediation skills.

[3catwoman3]

36. I guessing more like 1200!

he would be in big trouble without his go to words of 'di-sASS-tah', huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge, really bad, and "believe me."

[smirkymonkey]

23. I would say that's about accurate.

There is NO WAY this guy has a genius level IQ. No way.

[cwydro]

28. Well said. nt

[Dream Girl]

35. 115? You'd go that high?

[MineralMan]

37. Yes. That's about the minimum required

to manage a prep school and a college, even if you're there after a huge donation by Daddy.

Slightly above the median, but not by much. Maybe only 110.

[Nay]

49. Not if you are a legacy admission. Legacy admissions also buy good grades

when they are in, mostly by paying other students to take notes, write papers for them, and even steal tests or bribe professors. They use the same tactics and advantages that star football players use.

Ask me how I know. I didn't participate in this sort of farce at university, but I sure saw it happen.

[tblue37]

112. No--I think he MIGHT have had an IQ of 110-115 at one time, but I am pretty sure he couldn't

pull it off if tested now, because I am convinced that he has Alzheimer's or some other sort of cognitive impairment.

[Charles Bukowski]

115. That was his IQ at his peak.

But he has really declined mentally in the last 10 years.

[Docreed2003]

60. 115 would put him above average...

I'd wager he's closer to 100, given his speech patterns and vernacular. For him to suggest that his IQ is 156, is laughable on its face not only given his history, but there's only one IQ scale, that I know of, that scores that high and that score would be four points less than the max of 160. He's no Mensa member.

[MineralMan]

67. No, I don't think so. He has some success in a relatively

complicated business. That's not really typical of people with IQs around 100. I give him that 15 points, based on his abilities to manage his business endeavors, no matter how poorly he does that.

However, his lack of curiosity and disinclination to educate himself indicates that he's unlikely to have an IQ higher than 115. He's just not a person who seeks out information for its own sake, or even when it might be useful to him. He hires people to do that stuff for him, because it's not really within his capabilities.

Still, raw IQ measurements aren't all that interesting really. What is really troublesome about Donald Trump is his lack of any ethical standards and his unconcern about others. His Empathy Quotient or EQ is very low. That's typical of narcissists and sociopaths. The man has some kind of personality disorder. I think that's obvious.

[Docreed2003]

91. Indeed he's on the narcissistic/sociopathic spectrum!

[tblue37]

110. IQ tests are calibrated so 100 the norm. I doubt he has an above average IQ.

I would guess 100 or 105 max.

[BainsBane]

19. There is nothing he won't lie about

Even if true--which it obviously isn't--who the fuck cares? He obviously doesn't have the work ethic or responsibility to adequately execute the job of president.

[Cracklin Charlie]

29. He lies when the truth sounds better.

Great quality in a precedent!

[cwydro]

65. I saw what you did there!

Ha!

[uponit7771]

86. +1

[spiderpig]

20. On a scale of 1 to a brazilian?

[Mendocino]

21. Idiot Qualities

[procon]

24. WOW! That's well within the Idiot Savant range. nt

[milestogo]

25. He doesn't need to go to the intelligence briefings

because he already knows everything.

[treestar]

26. LOL

Bullshit!

Only the deplorables will believe that. It will be fun to see them start quoting it.

[cwydro]

27. Utter nonsense.

Not a chance in hell.

[putitinD]

30. I would guess that Trump's IQ is about the same as GWB's at 91.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

41. I dislike Dubya but his I Q is higher than 91, lol.

He pulled a 1270 on the SAT. That is equivalent to an I Q in the 120-130 area.


Based on educational achievements Drumpf's I Q might be in the 120 range. We would need to see his grades and if strings were pulled to get him in an Ivy League university.

[putitinD]

44. if Dumbya got a 1270, he didn't do that on his own, someone took the test for him or strings were

pulled. He could hardly put together a proper sentence, neither can Drumpf. Neither of these men have IQ's above 100. No Way.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

79. I got a 1400 on my sat, and 1470 on gre

Where does that put my iq??

[DemocratSinceBirth]

89. Likely higher than 140.

There are sites that make those calculations.

[HoneyBadger]

92. About 130-135 I would say

If it was the older 1600 SAT

[La Lioness Priyanka]

97. It was the 1600 sat and gre

[HoneyBadger]

106. Mensa ballpark

https://www.us.mensa.org/join/testscores/qualifying-test-scores/

By the way , the smartest guy I know, a world famous Financial guy, got a near perfect SAT. The best part is that he remembered the one question that he thought was poorly worded, hired subject experts and lawyers, and challenged it. They did not give it to him. He loves to tell that story, even at 50+ years, having made billions. If you talk to him (known him since he needed a babysitter), he does not seem like anyone special, other than being extremely arrogant with strangers.

[rug]

31. He also says he's a billionaire.

[Martin Eden]

33. Trump has a moral IQ of 6

That much is evident.

[meow2u3]

38. IQ of 156 my pig's eye!

I think he left out the decimal point, only question is where.

[Emilybemily]

39. He's only off by one digit

I would believe 56.

[3catwoman3]

40. That number is likely about as accurate...

...as the number of jobs he claims to have saved at Carrier.

[MoonRiver]

42. I once tested a high school student for special education services.

He was 14 and reading on a second grade level. When I talked with him, he said he knew he was "very smart." His IQ tested at 84, in the Below Average range. Just saying.

[Auntie Bush]

59. The same range as tRump.

[shockey80]

43. The Unabomber

had a high IQ. Trump is completely nuts. Maybe there related.

[greatauntoftriplets]

45. ...

[HoneyBadger]

46. High iq is not a normal thing

So, I can see it. If anything I would guess that Trump is 2E (twice exceptional) where a learning disability is equalized by a high iq, allowing some to "function" in the world. It is an extremely common diagnosis these days. I know 4 kids with it in my child's class.

I got 1470 out of 1600 on the old SAT, an unremarkable score in my high school and at my school (same one as Trump), in my case 800 was on math, so I was not a particularly good writer or speaker. That said, I am comfortably in the genius range according to Mensa. My wife has always disagreed with this assessment by the way.

My kid, again unremarkable, took an SB iq test at 5 years old. 140 did not even qualify him for a second interview in the program that he was applying to.

[Coventina]

47. That's why he has the "best words"

[beaglelover]

51. He can't even spell unprecedented.

[Denzil_DC]

52. Well, waddya know?

Intelligence Commotion
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:



...

This chart is based on a real study; however, the claim that Donald Trump has an IQ of 156 is not.

...

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/

Oh, Donnie. Punked by the Intertubes again.

I think we should demand the release of those transcripts, don't you?

[True Dough]

99. Interesting

I'd never seen this chart before. Poor Ulysses down there at the bottom.

I notice Obama isn't among the ranks. I'd guess he'd fall somewhere within the top third. I took a spin around the inner-webz to see if I could find it but I see some sites reporting that Obama's IQ has never been publicly released. Anyone know otherwise?

[Denzil_DC]

118. Obama isn't on there

because he hadn't been elected president when the chart was drawn up in 2006.

Aside from disputes about what IQ actually is, let alone whether it can be measured and compared in any meaningful way, most of the IQs recorded in that chart are guesstimates - "historiometric" assessments based on their academic achievements etc.

[RKP5637]

53. Most really smart people don't talk about their I.Q., it shows. It's the dimwits that get into I.Q.

pissing contests.

[Squinch]

56. He also says he won the election in a landslide and has big hands, so.........

[Auntie Bush]

57. BS! I remember when he was reading his roast about Hillary...he read like a first grader and

Pointed with his finger. The man has a low IQ for sure. I want to see his college records. He wanted Obama's so why not his?

[Revanchist]

58. He's just being modest

[Eugene]

63. Trump may have and EGO quotient of 156.

The 156 IQ figure is debunked by Snopes.

http://www.snopes.com/donald-trumps-intelligence-quotient/

[Crunchy Frog]

68. I think there's a misplaced decimal point in there.

[MFM008]

69. So does my cat

.........

[Oneironaut]

70. Trump is the type who would flaunt his IQ like it matters.

You know the type. The "I'm just sooooo intelligent!" type that thinks everybody else is an idiot. That's why he doesn't believe he needs advisors.

[BigDemVoter]

71. Of course he'll have to actually produce those official scores

along with his taxes, his birth certificate (long form) to prove he was actually born in the US and not in Russia, and a complete financial disclosure of EVERYTHING he owns and or has business in.

[Different Drummer]

72. Interesting!

So, according to the link below, he's a Nobel Prize-winning genius with an IQ almost as high as that of Albert Einstein.

http://www.wilderdom.com/intelligence/IQWhatScoresMean.html

A bold claim for a man who clearly does not speak very well and has shown a disinclination to read and be educated about things he doesn't already know.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

73. Trying to compensate for those tiny hands again I see.

[cojoel]

74. In Octal (Base 8)

0156 (Base 8) = 110 (Base 10)

Sorry, I'm just an old programmer...

[Takket]

75. when will he release his IQ test results?

i think he forgot a decimal point somewhere. either after the 5.... or after the 1.... or before the 1 LOL

[yurbud]

76. maybe it's just the highest number he knows.

[True Dough]

101. I LOL'd

[yurbud]

111. "It's HUGE! Maybe even a higher number if it exists."

[rickford66]

77. Prove it

And not a scribbled note from one of your quack doctors.

[doc03]

78. I have always heard there is a thin line between genius and insanity. nt

[CincyDem]

81. Maybe if he's measuring in Base 7. 156 is 90. n/t

[moonscape]

83. All that contact with Obama has

made him feel even more insecure and so act out like this.

[no_hypocrisy]

85. 156? He can't spell precedent.

[Lithos]

87. And for every golf course he opens

He always shoots a perfect round, just like his admirers in N. Korea.

[Generic Brad]

88. Final Answer?

He's really going to go with that?

Ok, then.....

[tavernier]

90. Absolutely.

But without the 1.

[VOX]

93. 156? More like 15.6...

His world is rather small, actually.

[Thav]

98. It's much more simple than that.

His IQ is i.

(bonus points to math geeks who get that.)

[spanone]

95. so, why is he only using a third of it?

at best.

[JI7]

96. he hides it well

[irisblue]

100. Rly? huh

[True Dough]

102. Anyone who uses Twitter as deftly as he does...

HAS TO BE A GENIUS!!!

[Dem2]

103. Can he not lie/exaggerate?

He's such a despicable moron.

[Cha]

104. dumphuck "says" a lot of things.. but where are his tax returns?

Someone should tell him that bragging about some high number IQ and talking like a complete idiot is not impressive.

[madinmaryland]

105. Yes. He has a VERY HIGH Idiot Quotient. nt

[coco22]

107. LMAO!

[coco22]

108. I can't stop laughing!

Oh Shit!

[duffyduff]

109. IQ tests are only used for diagnosing people with special needs or

developmental disorders by qualified personnel. Mensa or other such bullshit organizations don't count. It is no indication of how "smart" a person is.

[HoneyBadger]

119. Actually it is used as criteria for 5 year olds to get into gifted programs

It is no measure of drive or success, but yes it is a measure of intelligence. With an IQ under 100, there are a lot of jobs that you should not do, jobs that involve reading comprehension for example. 125, go to med school. The nice thing about IQ tests is that generally they are impossible to game.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

113. Nope.

The only way that might be true is if there's a "sociopath intelligence test" that I've never heard about... with the 'correct' answers being the most heartless and expedient ones.

[lpbk2713]

116. Somewhere Ken Jennings is laughing his ass off right about now.

[gulliver]

117. He should get his doctor to back him up on it.