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Patricia Alonso
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Freelance journalist based in Istanbul. Keeping an eye on Turkish politics and development.

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Saturday, 17 June 2017

How Donald Trump Is Self-Sabotaging Himself

I'll admit that the article's original headline is a clickbait.

"Donald Trump Is Proving Too Stupid to Be President"

However, this piece is a detailed account of various examples of the "stupidity" or "ignorance" that the president has shown in the last five months, and how it has affected his popularity. 

Like when — being a Presbyterian himself — Trump asked two pastors if Presbyterians are Christians. Or when, after arriving in Israel from Saudi Arabia, he said: "We just got back from the Middle East."

But support for Donald Trump's impeachment didn't go higher than his approval rating just because he doesn't read books, or follow the news ... or apparently never paid much attention in highschool.

Although he praises himself for having "a lot of common sense", the President goes from one "catastrophically ill-conceived" decision to another. From the "Muslim Ban" to firing Comey, the "Russia thing", his tweets after the June 3 terrorist attack in London ... and the list goes on and on.

The latest being his tweets about the Qatari crisis. Apparently, the President didn't know that the U.S. has a major air base in the oil-rich emirate, vital for the war against the Islamic State.

An interesting reminder that “the president’s new at this”, and he "has given no indication that he possesses the mental capacity to be president".

How Donald Trump Is Self-Sabotaging Himself
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