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Given what Cohn (in a long line of others) has said about Trump not reading anything, do we think Trump is functionally illiterate?

Posted by TWuG Mar 7 '18, 07:53

Functional illiteracy is reading and writing skills that are inadequate "to manage daily living and employment tasks that require reading skills beyond a basic level".

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I think he is now. His powers of concentration have clearly atrophied. He needs talking points when meeting with people. -- nm - Remlik Mar 7, 07:58 12
- All politicians need talking points - they have too much information coming in, and it's a basic way to focus on the key messages. - Roger More Mar 7, 08:13 1
  - correct. they need talking points, and I can see your point on the im... -- nm - Remlik Mar 7, 08:59
- Which is also why he goes with the last thing he heard. -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 08:11 9
  - And why he's so susceptible to the shiny new object. - Strongbad Mar 7, 08:14 8
    - yup -- nm - Remlik Mar 7, 08:59
    - And forgets all the fails he has. - Spawn Mar 7, 08:18 6
      - Makes one wonder just how stingy his parents were with approval. Dude is pathological in needing to be liked. -- nm - TWuG Mar 7, 08:21
      - Of course he does. - Strongbad Mar 7, 08:20 4
        
        And if the Democrats insist on going more progressive and run Kamala Harris, they're going to be right. -- nm* - jnine Mar 7, 08:54 3
        
        maybe, but it will be the Bernie Bros and the like who want to burn it all down because 'both parties suck' that will cause 45 to stay in office. -- nm - Remlik Mar 7, 09:00 2
        
        re-elected ...from prison? [puppyheadtilt] -- nm -- mud Feb 14 '18, 11:22 -- nm - mud Mar 7, 09:09 1
        
        The Rep control Congress and the courts. He isn't going to prison. -- nm - jnine Mar 7, 09:15
No, just terminally incurious, with the attention span of a hummingbird. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 7, 07:57
I think he can probably read just fine. I just think he's super lazy. -- nm - Diva Mar 7, 07:55 2
- this -- nm - decline Mar 7, 07:58
- yep. (and zero ability to focus.) -- nm* - Andie Mar 7, 07:56
Pretty sure he's read speeches from a teleprompter. -- nm - mara Mar 7, 07:55 5
- Being able to recite words by sight is different than reading for understanding. -- nm - znufrii Mar 7, 09:04
- I hear you. -- nm - Mop Mar 7, 08:32
- I'd call that "basic level". His speeches are at a 4th Grade level. -- nm - TWuG Mar 7, 07:58 2
  - Eh. I think if you can read this, you're not functionally illiterate. -- (link) - mara Mar 7, 08:15 1
    - I liken it to my father. At this point in his life he can absolutely read. If you put something in front of him, he can read it just fine. But he - pmb Mar 7, 08:27

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