The once and future idiot king

Why liberals should hope a smarter Republican beats Trump in the presidential primaries

Donald Trump.
(Image credit: Illustrated | Getty Images, iStock, Apologies to Gary Larson)

Donald Trump is many things, but he is first and foremost a moron.

This doesn't mean he isn't other things as well — malicious, cruel, greedy, self-obsessed, unusually adept at demagoguery. But above all else, he is an imbecile who led an administration dominated by imbeciles. If he manages to get himself elected president again in 2024, the executive branch of the government in the most powerful nation on Earth will once more be led by half-wits and dopes.

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Damon Linker

Damon Linker is a senior correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is also a former contributing editor at The New Republic and the author of The Theocons and The Religious Test.