He's really a "low IQ" person.
For 35 years I tested intelligence in the public schools. Believe me, there are many more than just one form of intelligence! A lot of individuals have very unusual skills that are just perplexing (for example, some individuals with autism can look at a building and then retire to a different location and create an accurate drawing of that building, down to the number of bricks as well as the mortar lines). Not all of them have the kind of intelligence we view as normal, but there are cognitive processes involved in all forms of intelligence.
Examples of common "Intelligences":
Verbal Intelligence
Performance Intelligence (non-verbal, all visual)
Simultaneous Intelligence
Sequential Intelligence
a few other examples of other more commonly recognized intelligence forms:
"Musical" (have you ever known anyone who could pick up an unfamiliar instrument for the first time and easily get it to create music?)
"Culinary" (ever known someone who instinctively knew what ingredients to put together?)
"Botanical" Ever seen anyone who could determine how to grow a plant just by touching it?)
I really think that our POTUS may have some sort of autistic features...the self-absorbtion is a key feature, as well as a very regimented, non-traditional style of communication and socialization. Ever heard anyone else who expressed and
really believed that it was OK for a man to just walk up to a beauty contestant and put his fingers between her legs? That's a sign of social self-absorbtion because Trump doesn't see anything wrong with it.
On the other hand, Trump does have many of those "savant" characteristics (like the example of the individual who could draw buildings from memory). He may well instinctively understand financial issues...most savants have quite significant knowledge of an issue, and can be very accomplished at solitary tasks...they just don't know how to share it with others. Trump knows a lot about finances (although with all the financial legal issues he faces he might not be as accomplished at that as some people...me included...give him credit for).
He's a very "odd" President...some like that unconventionality, some of us find it disturbing. I'd probably fall in the last group, as I seem to have certain standards/expectations for our political leadership and I don't seem to see him honoring those expectations.
Others, of course, will cherish each and every one of those "disturbing" actions. To each his own.
Just don't misinterpret a lot of his actions as "low IQ". They're intentional.
Cheers!
Doug
