GodlessCommieThe oligarchy will whitewash him for public consumption
zabadohWhat Newsom’s office posted is called a “backhanded compliment” aka an insult disguised as praise.
In this case, Dubya (George HW Bush) was generally perceived to be a dumb guy: Freezing in front of kindergartners when receiving news of 9/11, using malapropisms such as the double negative “misunderestimated”, the whole “Mission Accomplished” staged scene on a carrier that turned out to be very premature announcement, in 2003, of the end of the Iraq War, which actually ended with US troop withdrawal in 2011.
Newsom’s Office is saying that Trump is dumber than Dubya, which is quite an accomplishment. (see what I did there?)
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It’s not a backhanded compliment. That’s like saying that the Harris campaign welcoming the Cheneys into the fold during her campaign was a backhanded compliment
Something about birds of a feather
fallaciousBasisYes. It is.
There have been only 2 republican presidents in the millenium. It’s a backhand comment calling Trump dumb.
Captain AggravatedSmartest in a field of two is just second dumbest.