(09-05-2023, 04:37 PM)harm_less Wrote:(09-05-2023, 03:22 PM)dken31 Wrote: And is there really a "massive contrast in intellects" between the two? There is clearly a massive contrast in personalities but they both strike me as being slightly above average, and yet not astonishingly bright. My guess is that they'd both be in the 120s. Obviously that is hugely speculative but what exactly did Ardern do to suggest that she was exceptionally intelligent? Love him or hate him, Trump managed to get himself elected Potus. Love her or hate her, Ardern was able to become prime minister; neither achievement is to be poo-pooed, but also neither achievement has being a genius as a prerequisite.Ardern could pull detailed information on the likes of budgets and items of legislation from front of mind, and absolutely mopped the floor with numerous opposition members, particularly Luxon, on many occasions.
Trump struggled to read tele-prompts successfully and has commented on the likes of Putin, Kim Jong Un and Xi Jinping favourably. In his basic behaviour he portrays himself as a BS artist.
Hmmm at times she could. Other times she would blow it, like not knowing what GDP is or what the second Article of the Treaty is. She would also often resort to her fallback "I reject the premise of that question. " she also had a tendency to waffle inanly and when interviewers tried to get answers would often cut back that she hadn't finished.