Move over Eric, you’ve lost your only claim to fame.
All those Saturday Night Live skits will look dated. It has been an article of faith – with what seemed like irrefutable evidence at the time – that Eric was “the dumb one.” Of course, of course, the moniker was always followed up by something like “by a hair” or “splitting atoms,” or something to that effect.
But Mary Trump, who has been involved with her cousins since they were young and has had extensive psychological training, thus someone with a professional eye, assures us, it’s Don Junior that holds the prize. According to The Hill: [1]
Appearing on this week’s episode of the “UnPresidented” podcast, Mary Trump, a psychologist who has written a highly-critical book about former President Donald Trump, referred to her cousin Donald Trump Jr. as “weak” and “the stupidest one” in her family.
“Donnie is a deeply unintelligent person. I’ve been asked this, who’s the stupidest one, and it’s him,” Mary Trump said.
“He has no core. He has no ideology,” Trump added, before saying her cousin has an ability to “out-racism anybody, he’ll out-misogyny anybody, he’ll sh00t as many innocent animals as possible to get whatever passes for affection in my family.”
No core, huh? We wonder where he got that gene? Of course, his dad has a core value, it is money and power. But given that dad had those covered, and because firstborn sons always want to please the father, it would seem like a core value for money would ever be enough, it would have no meaning.
There is this tiny tiny tiny tiny part of us that feels a bit bad for Junior. After all, he never really did stand a chance, never got hugged, never got an “I’m so proud of you,” never got “Hey, let’s go to the game!” He didn’t have to turn out quite this bad and there was plenty of therapy available. Still, as a matter of pure stupidity, which has nothing to do with “core” anything except one’s frontal lobe, we trust Mary.
Mary Trump on Don Jr: “Donnie is a deeply unintelligent person. I’ve been asked this: ‘Who’s the stupidest one?’ And it’s him.” pic.twitter.com/rrruOMBrPR [2]
— John Aravosis 🇺🇸🇬🇷🏳️🌈 (@aravosis) September 22, 2021 [3]
Twitter seems to agree:
After the wonderful Mary Trump picked Don Jr. as by far, "the stupidest Trump" in an interview, Lara leapt to her husband's defense, claiming, "If Eric and Don Jr. went head to head, I call it a draw. But why does everything have to be a competition?" pic.twitter.com/aEgaJcjj6D [4]
— Paul Rudnick (@PaulRudnickNY) September 23, 2021 [5]
Maybe Mary Trump is right, Donald Trump Jr. @DonaldJTrumpJr [6] is the DUMBEST Trump kid. 🙄 pic.twitter.com/OLZEiaMqzp [7]
— TheOneAndOnlyRichie 🏳️🌈🇮🇹🇺🇸 (@The1OnlyRichie) September 22, 2021 [8]
"Oh for F's sake, can I be goodest at ANYTHING around here?" pic.twitter.com/UcW7sRZ3UV [9]
— Rob NY (@RobHNY) September 23, 2021 [10]
BREAKING — Mary Trump just said Donald Trump is the “stupidest one” in her family.
RT IF YOU AGREE WITH MARY! 😂 pic.twitter.com/0BgTBaTYqz [11]
— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) September 22, 2021 [12]
BREAKING: Mary Trump declares that Trump Jr. is the “stupidest one” of Trump’s kids, so that’s why he’s willing to “out-misogynist and out-racist anyone” just to get Trump “to love him,” but neither of them “know what love is.” RT IF YOU AGREE WITH MARY TRUMP THAT JR. IS STUPID!
— Occupy Democrats (@OccupyDemocrats) September 22, 2021 [13]