Trump is on a calling-other-people-stupid roll.

Trump on Tuesday accused Britain of “an act of great stupidity” for agreeing to end British sovereignty over the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, in a blow to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s attempts to cultivate the president.

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In a post on Truth Social on Tuesday morning, Mr. Trump abruptly reversed that position and argued that the decision strengthened the case for the United States to acquire Greenland.

“Shockingly, our “brilliant” NATO Ally, the United Kingdom, is currently planning to give away the Island of Diego Garcia, the site of a vital U.S. Military Base, to Mauritius, and to do so FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER,” he wrote.

He added: “The UK giving away extremely important land is an act of GREAT STUPIDITY, and is another in a very long line of National Security reasons why Greenland has to be acquired.”

It’s odd/funny/bizarre that he does that, when stupidity is such a conspicuous and large aspect of what he is and does and is known for. Maybe that’s why he does it – if he calls other people stupid then that makes him not stupid himself. Stupid of him to think that.

It’s a taboo word, of course. I’m violating the taboo whenever I call him stupid, which I do often, despite knowing it’s taboo. It’s taboo for good reasons, but at the same time, it’s a very important part of what’s so wrong about Trump that he is so weak in the intellect yet feels entirely qualified for the job he has. To put it crudely (and tabooly) he’s stupid enough to think he’s not stupid.