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Labeling them stupid is part of the psyop. Ive found myself correcting so many people IRL when they say that trump is stupid. Like, yeah, he's a piece of shit but if he's so stupid then how did he convince so many people to believe everything he says.
Yeah I feel we had a less extreme example of this phenomenon in the UK with Boris Johnson. Lots of people took his bumbling blonde persona at face value but the reality is he’s a cunning political operator without any basic moral instincts.
Trump I believe is their perfect idiot. He's acting exactly how he has always acted, and there's just way too many times he's been super hype to admit to felonies on tape. If you want an example of playing stupid as a psyop, google George W Bush debating with Al Gore and doing wild shit like calling astronauts "spatial entrepreneurs", then google his debates with Ann Richards for the governorship of Texas. That man was playing stupid for the stupid.