When George W. Bush was president, one heavily pushed Democratic talking point was that Vice President Dick Cheney really ran the White House. Why? Cuz’ Bush, he be so dumb.
The same meme went mainstream with President Trump very early in his presidency. Having just worshiped at the altar of The Chosen One for eight years, the mainstream media had to let the world know that no one could ever be as smart as Barack Obama — certainly not a crass billionaire reality TV show host from New York.
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