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Originally Posted by GMan42
I feel like a lot of less intelligent people believe very strongly in the idea that they and their peers have a ton of common sense that "book-smart" people lack. This is why when Trump starts going on about how simple the solutions are to everything, and how he'd have it all fixed by now if the liberal eggheads weren't getting in his way, it fits right into that worldview.
This. Tons of people think this way, I'd argue probably quite a big chunk of people with above average intelligence.
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Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson
I'm hoping trump's businessbro friends talk him down from actually closing the entire Mexican border, otherwise, gg US economy.
On the other hand, if he closes down the entire border for long enough, he'll cause a ton of damage to the economy, own it and it'll probably hurt him quite a bit in 2020.
That said, my guess is that his idea of closing the border is not letting immigrants in, but that he'll be more than happy to keep letting imported/exported goods flow.
He's more likely to line up the Marines along the border and order them to shoot on sight than to cut off all imports from Latin America.