He is not a smart man, but his cluelessness and incoherence is a product of his mental illness, not stupidity.

He only believes the fantasies of his unrivaled brilliance and power constructed by his malignant narcissism and psychopathic cruelty.

If he does "it" -- whatever "it" may be -- it is destined to be wildly successful (the most successful "it" in the history of the planet).

He only hears what he wants to hear. Occasionally, he is talked down from this or that impulse, but once he makes a decision, it is the most brilliant and best decision ever made.

Any information that didn't support that -- any cautions or doubt -- leading up to the decision, are completely blocked out. As is any blowback. Criticism is all "fake" because his eggshell ego would crumble in a heap if any doubt about his own power and brilliance were allowed to sneak through.

It is his mental illness, not his stupidity that makes him incapable of seeing the shit show the world is seeing. He actually believes the delusion that all "problems" that might arise from this or that action will be solved with a snap of his fingers. He is just that brilliant and powerful.

And when his brilliant "solutions" fail, it's not his fault. It is the fault of others who failed to stumble over each other to kiss his feet (tears in their eyes) in recognition of his brilliant "moves."

"Because I just don't know enough about that."

This is the guy who claims to know more than all the generals and to know more about anything than anyone else.

Within the malignant narcissism and psychopathy lurk the lessons taught by Roy Cohn (link)

Dead bodies walking would be quite impressive, but doing it without feet is so much more remarkable.

He looked like he felt really down. So disappointing to see a nation fighting back without collapsing like Venezuela. Bullies are so amazed when they take on a strong target instead of a weak one.

but dead ones, walking with no legs?... seems a little unplausible...

I learned that from "The Haunting of Hill House."

I mean duh.

"I just don't know enough about it." (then WHY say anything?)

that this was all allowed to be normalized somehow. In normal times, Congress would be convening to remove him. Or he would be facing immense pressure to resign. But instead it’s just a Monday.

I knew that any program called “The Walking Dead” had to be a work of fiction. Trump just confirmed it.