Opinion: We need to stop giving Trump a pass on his ignorance
President Trump at the White House on March 20. By Brian Klaas Brian Klaas DemocracyPost contributor Email Bio Follow DemocracyPost contributor March 27 at 2:43 PM On Tuesday, President Trump tweeted that “the Republican Party will become the Party of Healthcare!” There’s just one big problem: Trump has no clue how the health-care system actually works.
That bizarre attempted explanation left just about everyone scratching their head and asking an incredible question: Does the president of the United States know how health insurance works? And what planet do you have to be on to believe that a year of private health insurance costs roughly the same as three cups of coffee from Starbucks?
It’s not just health care either. We have plenty of evidence that the president is ignorant about basic facts even in relation to his core priorities. He thinks NATO members pledged to pay 2 percent of their gross domestic product into some sort of fund — like a centralized military piggy bank — when, in fact, they pledged to spend that proportion on domestic defense spending.
Instead, Trump gets questions that are asked in such a way that allow him to wiggle out of it. He’s a deflection artist. If you ask “President Trump, what are your thoughts on immigration?” he goes straight to his favorite, tired talking points. That allows him to avoid the disturbing reality staring us in the face: The president doesn’t have a clue about core aspects of his job. And it is the responsibility of the media to make that clear to the American public.
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