New York Magazine (admittedly liberal, but they're not wrong here)
has a piece on watching Trump work his way, in real time, through understanding asset forfeiture during his sheriffs group meeting (a concept he had clearly never heard of before this meeting). Regarding the transcript posted in that article of the conversation, which you can read and judge for yourself:
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So what’s striking here is the manner in which, over the course of an exchange that lasts perhaps a couple minutes, Trump progresses from learning of the existence of a new (to him) concept, to misunderstanding completely what it is and why it’s controversial, to developing a strong opinion about it painted in a childlike understanding of the world and of morality (“Who would want that pressure, other than, like, bad people, right?”), to expressing outrage that anyone could have an opinion about it that diverges from his own.
In this instance, we have full access to Trump’s thought process, to his confused knee-jerk conclusions. What’s going on behind closed doors, when the stakes are higher and there are no White House transcripts available?
The president is a deeply unintelligent person and is going to make disastrous decisions for this country as a result.