Letter: Perhaps it’s not about stupidity but negotiating

David Brooks’ Monday column is a very learned essay on stupidity and he makes a lot of good arguments about what is stupid. His stretch is assuming that his opinions can be extended to the actions by the new Trump administration. Brooks ignores a basic fact: Donald Trump is a negotiator. His whole life has been one negotiation after another. In retrospect, he has been fairly successful at it.

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