Opinion | Trump Is Not Dumb

“I hear lots of people describe Trump as dumb. I believe that’s simply completely unsuitable. He’s in some ways diabolically shrewd. And one component of his diabolical shrewdness is that he picks on targets that it’s laborious to mobilize individuals to defend — undocumented immigrants, prime instance. Right here’s one other one: How many individuals are going to go within the streets to chant, “Palms off Harvard! Palms off Skadden, Arps!” No one goes to do this as a result of he’s choosing on in these main academic and authorized establishments, some establishments which might be really fairly not widespread, particularly along with his base. And so he’s superb at choosing targets.