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Why would I ever want Zuckerberg as president? Why would I want any of these intelligent, but unqualified people as president? Trump has about the same qualif

by aanm1988 10y ago

Why would I ever want Zuckerberg as president? Why would I want any of these intelligent, but unqualified people as president? Trump has about the same qualifications. Look at that so far.

3825 10y ago
(I'm not trying to be partisan here even though it might appear to be) I don't think it is possible for anyone to have the kind of broad and deep qualifications to be POTUS at any age, much less thirty five. This is one job which effectively requires on the job training and (I imagine) lots of delegating. Sorry if this sounds partisan. It isn't my intention. I'm not saying this as anything in defense of or in opposition to the incumbent. I'm just making a general comment.
- jfoutz 10y ago
  Governors of large states are about as close as you can get, i think. They lack the military, intelligence and a lot of foreign policy experience though. I pretty much agree - OJT is intrinsically part of the deal.
- jasonjayr 10y ago
  Of course, it's a unique job. However, it does require a certain bit of humility, something that I think our current POTUS knows nothing about.
- lostlogin 10y ago
  > This is one job which effectively requires on the job training and (I imagine) lots of delegating. Do you mean that it should require that? It certainly didn't last year. I lack your 'fair and balanced' approach.
xapata 10y ago
As far as I can tell, Trump lacks intelligence. I'd rather have a Gates or Buffet presidency. They've at least shown to care about philanthropy a bit. Trump has his foundation, but it mostly seems to do stuff like pay his legal fees and buy portraits of himself.
- imron 10y ago
  > Trump lacks intelligence I keep seeing people say this, but I'm not sure it's true. He took a loan of a few million from his father and turned it in to a billion dollar empire. It's difficult to do that without some measure of intelligence. He almost lost that billion dollar empire in '94, but recovered and built it back up again in to a billion dollar empire. It's more difficult to do that without some intelligence. He also out-played all his Republican opponents in the primaries and then Hillary in the general election. It's even more difficult to do that without some intelligence. I remember all the pundits talking about Trump's strategy to win the election and how he didn't have ground game, and it was stupid to be doing all those rallies and campaigning in the states he was campaigning in, and yet it was that very strategy that won him the election. And all those outrage inducing comments and tweets that keep him in the media spotlight and earned him some $2 billion in free advertising.. If Trump is not intelligent, what does it say when Trump seemingly always manages to outsmart his opponents? How many times does it have to happen before you can no longer dismiss it as dumb luck?
  - gorbachev 10y ago
    > He took a loan of a few million from his father and turned it in to a billion dollar empire. http://fortune.com/2015/08/20/donald-trump-index-funds/ http://fortune.com/2015/08/20/donald-trump-index-funds/ What kind of business genius does it take to lag S&P 500 that badly? If he had done absolutely nothing with his dad's money, except park it in an index fund, he'd be 4 times richer. The article linked also compares the investment performance of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. You can see quite a big difference.
    - imron 10y ago
      > If he had done absolutely nothing with his dad's money, except park it in an index fund, he'd be 4 times richer. That's actually not correct. He says he got a $1,000,000 loan in 1975. The Fortune article picks a time 13 years after his first loan, and coincidentally at the start of a bull market. I'm not sure how that comparison is valid. See a more thorough analysis here: https://dqydj.com/donald-trump-beat-sp-500-index-funds/ https://dqydj.com/donald-trump-beat-sp-500-index-funds/ Which indicates that if you count from when he started, he did beat the market.
ams6110 10y ago
Obama had minimal qualifications, himself.
- JshWright 10y ago
  Other than being a senator, a lawyer, and a constitutional scholar, you mean?
- lostlogin 10y ago
  Have you compared his to others who have had the job? What did they have that he lacked? Don't get me wrong, I don't like the guy, but his qualifications seem alright.

Why would I ever want Zuckerberg as president? Why would I want any of these intelligent, but unqualified people as president? Trump has about the same qualifications. Look at that so far.

3825 10y ago

(I'm not trying to be partisan here even though it might appear to be) I don't think it is possible for anyone to have the kind of broad and deep qualifications to be POTUS at any age, much less thirty five. This is one job which effectively requires on the job training and (I imagine) lots of delegating. Sorry if this sounds partisan. It isn't my intention. I'm not saying this as anything in defense of or in opposition to the incumbent. I'm just making a general comment.

jfoutz 10y ago
Governors of large states are about as close as you can get, i think. They lack the military, intelligence and a lot of foreign policy experience though. I pretty much agree - OJT is intrinsically part of the deal.
jasonjayr 10y ago
Of course, it's a unique job. However, it does require a certain bit of humility, something that I think our current POTUS knows nothing about.
lostlogin 10y ago
> This is one job which effectively requires on the job training and (I imagine) lots of delegating. Do you mean that it should require that? It certainly didn't last year. I lack your 'fair and balanced' approach.

xapata 10y ago

As far as I can tell, Trump lacks intelligence. I'd rather have a Gates or Buffet presidency. They've at least shown to care about philanthropy a bit. Trump has his foundation, but it mostly seems to do stuff like pay his legal fees and buy portraits of himself.

imron 10y ago
> Trump lacks intelligence I keep seeing people say this, but I'm not sure it's true. He took a loan of a few million from his father and turned it in to a billion dollar empire. It's difficult to do that without some measure of intelligence. He almost lost that billion dollar empire in '94, but recovered and built it back up again in to a billion dollar empire. It's more difficult to do that without some intelligence. He also out-played all his Republican opponents in the primaries and then Hillary in the general election. It's even more difficult to do that without some intelligence. I remember all the pundits talking about Trump's strategy to win the election and how he didn't have ground game, and it was stupid to be doing all those rallies and campaigning in the states he was campaigning in, and yet it was that very strategy that won him the election. And all those outrage inducing comments and tweets that keep him in the media spotlight and earned him some $2 billion in free advertising.. If Trump is not intelligent, what does it say when Trump seemingly always manages to outsmart his opponents? How many times does it have to happen before you can no longer dismiss it as dumb luck?
- gorbachev 10y ago
  > He took a loan of a few million from his father and turned it in to a billion dollar empire. http://fortune.com/2015/08/20/donald-trump-index-funds/ http://fortune.com/2015/08/20/donald-trump-index-funds/ What kind of business genius does it take to lag S&P 500 that badly? If he had done absolutely nothing with his dad's money, except park it in an index fund, he'd be 4 times richer. The article linked also compares the investment performance of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. You can see quite a big difference.
  - imron 10y ago
    > If he had done absolutely nothing with his dad's money, except park it in an index fund, he'd be 4 times richer. That's actually not correct. He says he got a $1,000,000 loan in 1975. The Fortune article picks a time 13 years after his first loan, and coincidentally at the start of a bull market. I'm not sure how that comparison is valid. See a more thorough analysis here: https://dqydj.com/donald-trump-beat-sp-500-index-funds/ https://dqydj.com/donald-trump-beat-sp-500-index-funds/ Which indicates that if you count from when he started, he did beat the market.

ams6110 10y ago

Obama had minimal qualifications, himself.

JshWright 10y ago
Other than being a senator, a lawyer, and a constitutional scholar, you mean?
lostlogin 10y ago
Have you compared his to others who have had the job? What did they have that he lacked? Don't get me wrong, I don't like the guy, but his qualifications seem alright.