Does he have book smarts? No, but this guy has a genius level ability to promote himself. He’s increased his inherited fortune by billions by selling himself (even if he could have don’t better just by putting his money in index funds). His worth is all in his brand.

Even for those of us who see through his lies, you still can’t stop fucking talking about him. People are always fucking talking about him, all the time.

He has gotten half of one of the largest countries in the world to blindly support him.

It makes me cringe to say it, and he is a terrible, terrible person, but to argue this guy isn’t a genius is to ignore reality.