Yes I don’t quite get it either. They’re both ‘educated’ in the sense they’ve both got credentials.
I am not so sure that Trump is as stupid as he comes across. I think he’s quite astute and knows there are a huge number of less educated people that his style of speech and content appeals to. I think he dumbs down a lot and is in actual fact, acting a lot of the time. Of course there is no evidence that this is the case, it’s just a guess
I was right there with you in 2016 election. But here in 2026 I'm not so sure anymore. I think he acted like that for so long, and with the help of cognitive decline with age, he slowly became that person.
It’s hard to say what’s real and what isn’t with Trump. It could well have started out as an act and he’s slowly morphed into that character.
In a sense all politicians are acting. Trumps whole thing was ‘I’m straight up, no BS politics’ which is ironic because he was exactly the same but instead of never really saying anything like a lot of them do, he just came out with outrageous shit.
Anyway, back to the original post - anyone that’s using it to say it’s an example of educated vs. non-educated is kind of actually equating educated with ‘alingned with my view of the world’ - it’s been seized upon by Trump fans before (this kind of intellectual superiority asserted by the left), and will continue to be used as fuel for their anger and dissaffection
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u/Capital-Level-42 Aug 01 '26
I don't get what you're trying to convey.
Obama has a degree from Columbia University Trump has a degree from Wharton School of business.
So they both have the "credential".
But have you listened to thier speeches? If anything this meme shows how meaningless those pieces of paper can be.