The only two words Donald Trump has uttered more frequently than “you’re fired” are “I’m smart.”
He did it again Saturday during his visit to CIA headquarters. Trump’s handlers staged the event so he could demonstrate his full support for the agency (despite spending the past year bashing the nation’s intelligence community) and to divert media attention away from the tens of thousands of Americans who had come to Washington, D.C. that day to protest Trump’s presidency. But Trump’s scripted remarks turned into a rambling rant that included attacks on the media and his insistence that as many as 1.5 million people attended his inauguration (photos revealed no more than 250,000).
In the middle of his tirade, Trump felt the need to tell the nation’s top spies that he is a bright guy.
“Trust me,” Trump said, “I’m, like, a smart person.”
He did it again Saturday during his visit to CIA headquarters. Trump’s handlers staged the event so he could demonstrate his full support for the agency (despite spending the past year bashing the nation’s intelligence community) and to divert media attention away from the tens of thousands of Americans who had come to Washington, D.C. that day to protest Trump’s presidency. But Trump’s scripted remarks turned into a rambling rant that included attacks on the media and his insistence that as many as 1.5 million people attended his inauguration (photos revealed no more than 250,000).
In the middle of his tirade, Trump felt the need to tell the nation’s top spies that he is a bright guy.
“Trust me,” Trump said, “I’m, like, a smart person.”