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Why his fans think Trump has “great and unmatched wisdom”
The definition of genius has never been stable.
A man holds a sign during a protest against President Trump on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 23. (Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters)
By Ittai Orr
Ittai Orr is a doctoral candidate in American studies at Yale University studying the history of intelligence.
October 8, 2019 at 6:00 AM EDT
President Trump’s strange obsession with IQ and intellectual superiority was on display again Monday when he referred to his “great and unmatched wisdom.” That adds to his previous claim that he was a “very stable genius,” with a “very high IQ.” In addition to boasting about his own intellectual superiority, he derides his opponents for their lack of smarts: He called Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) an “extraordinarily low IQ person” and called Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke, “Dummy Beto.”
The definition of genius has never been stable.

A man holds a sign during a protest against President Trump on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 23. (Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters)
By Ittai Orr
Ittai Orr is a doctoral candidate in American studies at Yale University studying the history of intelligence.
October 8, 2019 at 6:00 AM EDT
President Trump’s strange obsession with IQ and intellectual superiority was on display again Monday when he referred to his “great and unmatched wisdom.” That adds to his previous claim that he was a “very stable genius,” with a “very high IQ.” In addition to boasting about his own intellectual superiority, he derides his opponents for their lack of smarts: He called Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) an “extraordinarily low IQ person” and called Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke, “Dummy Beto.”