re: People love to bag on Trumps intellect, but have we ever had a more quick-witted President

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Intelligence and cleverness are not the same, and Trump is indeed quite clever.

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In the same vein you can also be very intelligent and not sound like you're reading Shakespeare. Trump's way of speaking may sound simple but it goes straight to the minds of voters instead of them having to wade through a bunch of political word salad to figure out what the hell they're supposed to take away from it