Firefighter at Notre-Dame, engineer at Boeing and 20 other things Trump knows "more than anyone in the world"
The president who defines himself as "a very stable genius" not only "knows" about some things, but "no one knows" more than him about a large number of subjects
It has been a very intense 24 hours for Donald Trump. He has had to apply his knowledge to a number of very complex problems and give (unsolicited) advice to those affected. "Perhaps," he suggested as Notre-Dame Cathedral burned, "seaplanes could be used to put it out." It would have been quite a scene: the planes loading water from the Seine between bridge and bridge and refining their aim to hit a 5,400-liter shot against the universal jewel of the Gothic. "Perhaps".
Planes must have been on Trump's mind today, because he, too, has found a magical solution for a troubled American company. Boeing has fallen 11% on the stock market in just over a month after two planes of its flagship model have fallen, but Trump has a solution: “if I were Boeing I would FIX the Boeing 737 MAX, I would add some improvements , and I would RENAME the plane.” The brilliant idea is yours and the capital letters too. How could these highly paid executives not have thought of something so obvious as to FIX the problem and RENAME the plane? The best part is when he then asks himself, full of irony, "but what can I know?".
"What can I know?" is a question Trump has never asked himself without irony. Today he has become a firefighter and an aeronautical engineer, but in the past he has had many other specialties. The president who has repeatedly described himself as "a very stable genius" has a long list of superlative abilities. Not only does he "know" about some things, but "nobody knows" more than he does about a large number of subjects. There is already someone who keeps the account.
Trump said in 1999 that no one knew more "about party financing" and by 2012 he had also become "the one who knew the most about television audiences." When he presented his candidacy in 2015 he already knew "more about ISIS than the generals" and knew the power of social networks "better than anyone else". Although the latter was probably true, or has turned out to be.
During the primaries he presented himself as the one who knew about the courts "more than any other human on the face of the earth", but also as the highest authority in lawsuits because he was "the king of lawsuits". Banking, Wall Street, foreign visas, international trade, government, renewable energies, taxes, debt, money... All of this "better than anyone else". And before the presidential election he had also achieved world leadership in knowledge on borders, the economy, technology and his future opposition, the Democrats.
Since he became president he has added to this list being the one who knows the most about construction (as a good promoter) and of course the economy, about which he knows more than the central bank. He has also become an expert in unmanned aircraft (“I know more than anyone about drones”). Perhaps at Notre-Dame they would have been more helpful than the planes, but if Trump has not proposed them, it will be for a reason. Not surprisingly, it is almost certain that no one knows better than him what to do in such a situation.
