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It's crazy to say, but no one with a college degree takes the current president at all seriously.

None of those people with college degrees are running the country or setting environmental policy, though. The man who thinks global warming is a Chinese communist plot is.

It's a dangerous assumption that he thinks that. Arguably, he's just playing a role that's designed to increase net support. That is, he's a classic populist. And so what he gives us is a mirror to contemplate. Plus lots of policy that benefits his real supporters.

> It's a dangerous assumption that he thinks that.

So far all decisions he's taken are in-line with someone that thinks that, which is far more important than divining what he truly believes.

OK. But there's the fact that he did reality TV for years.

There's a saying about the risks of underestimating adversaries. And a clever adversary always acts weaker and crazier than they actually are.

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