I had long wondered whether Trump's apparent mental vacuity was a cunning act to appeal to his benighted base, or just simple mental vacuity. Now we have, maybe, an insider account that managed to leak out through, I have read, three unnamed sources close to the action that Rex Tillerson, in a fit of pique over his boss's upstaging and micromanagement, really referred to Trump as a "moron".

Of course this observation, whether exaggerated or not, has already made its way around the world twice. Hillary was crooked because "everyone said so". Now, Trump is a "moron" because everyone says so, or soon will.

This might resonate with people who shrug at "narcissist" and "sociopath". On the other hand, millions of people aren't concerned with "liar", and maybe "moron" will inspire a little sympathetic reaction among his throng who may themselves have been called that epithet at one time or another.

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