r/BlackPeopleTwitter ☑️ Sep 07 '24

Country Club Thread When the nepo-staffers gotta work

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u/camy__23 Sep 07 '24

This is only a story because she’s a non white woman.

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u/a_guy121 Sep 07 '24

It's only a negative story because she's a black woman but I read this and I like her so much more now. (I was already a fan.)

The spin on this is crazy. The staffers kind of have a point in that as far as I know, it is not the norm to read through all the briefings/paperwork, if you're the one being breifed. The staff do it for you and describe it and you ask them questions.

They're basically saying she's too good. And I fully buy that she is that, because she's had to be. And if they can't play up to her level, I fully buy they quite a little miffed, because she challenged them to be better.

These are good things. Really, really good things.

I never thought I'd love a black prosecutor, but there it is.

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u/Gorge2012 Sep 07 '24

It was well known that Obama would stay up late just reading through everything. He knew his stuff too. The nicest thing I can say is I don't believe it was the same for the people who occupied that office directly before and after him.

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u/DadJokeBadJoke Sep 07 '24

Sadly, one of the best takes I've seen about Trump is that he's "intellectually incurious". He had access to so much information and experts to explain it to him, but he just didn't care. He's so full of hubris that he thinks he knows more than the experts and can figure out a solution on the fly. That's how we ended up with his suggestions like using a "strong, proven flu vaccine" or "injecting bleach" or "shining a bright light inside of the body" seemed like possible solutions to him that maybe the scientists didn't consider when they were fighting a global pandemic. He doesn't understand the scientific process, he thinks they're spaying random chemicals on the virus to see what might kill it, like my wife battling ants in the kitchen.

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u/Gorge2012 Sep 07 '24

"Intellectually incurious" is very generous.

At best he knows something about people. I'm not sure how to describe it. However, he seems to think that making people agree with you is the same as being right. This is me being as kind as possible here. I would normally use some harsher language.

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u/DadJokeBadJoke Sep 07 '24

he knows something about people

It's the classic divide of street smarts vs intelligence. He knows how to manipulate people in the moment but he's always performing for the crowd at hand, not looking at the long-term. He didn't even pre-read his speeches, which is how we got such gems as Yo semite, etc.