so the question for the ages: how would one define intelligence? Because if one just means being informed and well read about political theory, history, or even the news, then it's probably more direct (and less insulting) to just say so as in: what I mean by that is looking at 3 newspapers a day and closely following the inner workings of the Trump administration. Fair enough, and not everyone will but those who do will be more informed about that for sure.They don't seem to differentiate between assumption of intelligence and actual intelligence. And becoming intelligent might help them learn how to tell apart the two. But I'm sure I'd get called an elitist snob for making that suggestion.
We did that to Japan, only nation that has ever used nuclear weapons. USA! And there might be a limit to how much people care, or they have way more immediate concerns like day to day economic survival (isn't it usually argued that foreign policy is not a big influence on most people's voting decisions? so don't expect it to suddenly become so in that case). But anyway if this happens it would so obviously be ultimately the fault of systems not just Trump ... No one person should ever be allowed to start a nuclear war, I mean duh, if that's actually how it is set up it is a failed system period (truthfully it would seem like a stupid system - the term stupid makes sense there). Now could a bunch of military bigwigs and intelligence types and the president, making nuclear war also make a bad decision? Of course they could. The best and the brightest ...But hey, if we get in a nuclear war with North Korea we'll undoubtedly blow them off the face of the planet many teams over. Those of us who survive can be all proud about how great he made America, chanting "USA! USA! USA!"
And people wondered why folks argued for nuclear disarmament, because we have little assurance that those in charge will actually make the right decision with such powerful weapons, sometimes it seems nuclear war has been avoided more through luck than any great brilliance.