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'High IQ' Trump is too dumb to know even AI is betting against him

U.S. President Donald Trump smiles during an announcement about “Trump accounts”, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 2, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

The Chatbot Is Not in Charge. The President Is.

A Joke About the Wrong Power

The column presents a comic conversation with ChatGPT about elections, gasoline prices, the Kennedy Center, presidential aide Natalie Harp, artificial intelligence, and Mike Johnson’s obedience to Donald Trump. The exchange is amusing enough, but its political value lies in an accidental confession: the software…

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