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Showing Original Post only (View all)'Maybe I should have been a doctor': Trump brags about his 'natural ability' for science [View all]
'Maybe I should have been a doctor': Trump brags about his 'natural ability' for science because of his 'super genius uncle' who was an MIT professor and claims CDC officials ask him how he knows so much about the coronavirusTrump was in Atlanta to visit headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control
President was asked about efforts to curb spread of coronavirus
During rambling comments, Trump mentioned his late uncle, John G. Trump
The president said his uncle was a 'super genius' who taught at MIT
Trump mused about becoming a doctor, saying: 'I like this stuff, I really get it'
On social media, Twitter users mocked 'malignant narcissist' president
President Trump on Friday baffled observers while touring the Centers for Disease Control headquarters in Atlanta, where he bragged that he had a predisposition toward science because of his super genius uncle.
You know my Uncle was a great he was at MIT, the president said while standing next to health officials who are working to contain the outbreak of coronavirus.
He taught at MIT for a record number of years. He was a great super genius, Dr. John Trump.
John G. Trump was an accomplished electrical engineer who went on to become a professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Trump says his 'natural talent' for science is thanks to his late 'super genius' uncle, John G. Trump (seen in the above undated file photo), who was a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
His nephew, the president, spoke of his purported grasp of science on Friday, saying: I like this stuff. I really get it.
People are surprised that I understand it.
'Every one of these doctors said: "How do you know so much about this?"
Maybe I have a natural ability. Maybe I should have done that instead of running for president.'
On social media, the reaction to Trumps comments was harsh.
One Twitter user wrote: The guy who looked into the sun during a solar eclipse thinks he could have been a research scientist?
That was a reference to the president looking up at the total eclipse of the sun - the first time in more than 40 years that Americans could see one - in August 2017.
Another Twitter user posted a meme showing Abraham Lincoln, the nations 16th president, putting his head in his hand.
Another Twitter user commented: Each clip is worse than the previous one. I cant take it anymore.
One Twitter user urged the president to follow his passion for science and pursue a new career, writing: It's not too late Donnie. Resign right now and apply to MIT!
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'Maybe I should have been a doctor': Trump brags about his 'natural ability' for science [View all]
Demovictory9
Mar 2020
OP
"Trump asked pharmaceutical execs if the flu vaccine could be used to stop the coronavirus."
Botany
Mar 2020
#46
Well, he could have been capable of performing some very delicate surgeries with those hands.
brewens
Mar 2020
#4
But his uncle taught electrical engineering @ M.I.T. many years ago so doesn't that make ...
Botany
Mar 2020
#55
Yes, on a whole new level. Even a national crisis can't make him behave presidentially
Demovictory9
Mar 2020
#66
Once, just once, I would love to see someone call him on his bullshit in public.
smirkymonkey
Mar 2020
#41
When Hope Hicks praises his "bedside manner," she should explain the difference to him
DFW
Mar 2020
#35
His great grandfather ran a brothel. Maybe that family business would have been a better match.
Tanuki
Mar 2020
#36
My brother has a PhD in Nuclear Physics from MIT and I know fuck-all about the subject.
smirkymonkey
Mar 2020
#45
Trump and Doctor in the same sentence? Why was my first thought KEVORKIAN??
Captain Zero
Mar 2020
#47
When does the Idiocracy half of America finally get tired of Delusional Donnie?
BusyBeingBest
Mar 2020
#54