Trump: “Smart people don’t like me”

At a private event filmed at Bedminster Golf Club, Donald Trump said smart people don’t like him.

The president took a swipe at his critics but seemingly revealed his thoughts on his supporters in the process.trib.al/mQ769pC

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A mocking statement, but one that some believe reveals his perception of his supporters.

A viral video at Bedminster Golf Club

In a video widely relayed on social networks, we see Donald Trump, microphone in hand, addressing a small group of people gathered around him.

The scene was filmed on September 13, at his Bedminster Golf Club in New Jersey, according to several sources.

While Trump was addressing the assassination of Charlie Kirk, which occurred a few days earlier, as well as the suspect, it was nevertheless these words that caught the eye.

A revealing statement?

This statement, obviously made in a mocking tone, triggered laughter in the room.

Yet some observers saw it as a revealing remark, likely to reflect what Trump really thinks of his own supporters, especially as he has in the past expressed ambivalent views on the education or intelligence of his electorate, most notably in 2016, when he declared:

“I like the poorly educated .”

Trump’s latest comments are part of a long list of controversial outbursts, often calculated to provoke, confuse or polarize opinion.