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This type of thinking is known as the just-world fallacy. It's very tempting, because people prefer to believe that things happen "for a reason" and not just randomly. Yet there is no basis in reality for this type of thinking. Trump is stupid, and many of his comments can't be explained by mere showmanship and playing to his base. The only reasonable explanation for forest raking, or negative GDP, or look, having nuclear etc. etc. is that he is a clueless idiot, and he is.
Musk is evil, and certainly no genius, but also not stupid. He has an undergraduate degree in physics, whereas Trump merely has an MBA of negligible academic standard, which certifies basic literacy at best.
The existence of markets naturally leads to an upward flow of capital from the have-nots to the haves. One of the interesting things researchers have found is that simulations with identical agents (i.e. all equally smart) and simple market mechanics lead to the emergence of extreme inequality. You can find the details in the economic literature if you're interested.
As it happens, Trump did squander his inheritance, but managed to claw back his fortune, first by money laundering for Russian mobsters, then by using his political office for personal gain. Fake it until you make it very much applies here.
Well, call me naïve, but they are pretty cautious around this kind of stuff in Germany, I doubt the US government has access to these kinds of records.
Well like I said, Trump is stupid administratively, but he's a good conman. Einstein might be good at physics, but he is the last person you would ask on ecology. So to repeat what I said in my original comment: there is no one type of intelligence. It's not "just world" fallacy, one could argue that it's "unjust world" fallacy for someone idiotic could con an entire world. To deny that happened is burying one's head in the ground.
It reinforces my point that he is not as stupid as he looks, still having been able to persuade and manipulate people despite having little to no resources. If you have seen the movie Catch Me if You Can, it does take certain skills to get away with so much scam.
That's fair enough. But Trump's Project 2025 buddies have the intention to undermine Europe. Unfortunately, when America sneezes, everyone catches the cold.
Einstein was no expert on ecology, but he was well-informed about general matters. Trump is profoundly ignorant when it comes to basic knowledge you'd expect the average 12-year old to know. Like, who doesn't know what health insurance is?
Yeah, they've been at it even today, with JD Vance cheerleading for Orbán Viktor.