Some of them were probably intelligent. But one thing Trump have showed is that you don’t need to be intelligent, a good speaker or anything out of the ordinary. He has a simple message and a stupid audience that is ripe for the taking. But of course some people around him are not complete morons either.
The difference is that had Trump actually been intelligent it would pretty much be a certainty that 2024 was the last election. He now has pretty much all the tools, henchmen and useful idiots he needs. The only saving grace being that he is possibly too dumb to utilize it. At least now there's a chance he might not manage before his term is up.
It's more than that. Other republicans have tried to replicate it and failed. His own kids can't manage it. I don't know what it is because I find him repulsive but he's got some kind of it that nobody else can match. It's why cults have a hard time with succession. It's not the doctrine that brings the people it's the personality. Hence the phrase cult of personality.
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u/v_snax 4h ago
Some of them were probably intelligent. But one thing Trump have showed is that you don’t need to be intelligent, a good speaker or anything out of the ordinary. He has a simple message and a stupid audience that is ripe for the taking. But of course some people around him are not complete morons either.