Trump praises his own, and Minnesotans’, “good genes”
Campaign image via Daily Beast, and many other sources
“You have good genes, you know that, right? You have good genes. A lot of it is about the genes, isn’t it, don’t you believe? The racehorse theory. You think we’re so different? You have good genes in Minnesota.” – Donald Trump
“Donald Trump is now openly employing Nazi eugenicist rhetoric in his campaign of fear, hatred and bigotry. This has become a pure battle between good and evil.” – Michael Mann via Twitter. It is hard to disagree
But nothing here that should surprise us. Here’s a compilation of quotations that I first posted back in September 2016:
I have great genes and all that stuff, which I’m a believer in
QUOTE: All men are created equal – that’s not true. When you connect two race horses, you usually end up with a fast horse. Secretariat doesn’t produce slow horses. I have a certain gene. I’m a gene believer. Do you believe in the gene thing? I mean I do. I have great genes and all that stuff, which I’m a believer in.
I have like a very very high aptitude
Trump shows us where his superiority is located (CNN)
Well I think I was born with a drive for success. I was born with a certain intellect. The fact is you have to be born and be blessed with something up there. God help me by giving me a certain brain. It’s this [tapping his head], it’s not my salesmanship. This – you know what that is? I have an Ivy League education [true, just about: he spent his last undergraduate year at Wharton, the business school of the University of Pennslyvania, which is Ivy League], smart guy. I have like a very very high aptitude.
You know I’m proud to have that German blood, there’s no question about it. Great stuff
I mean, like, I’m a smart person. You’re born a fighter, and I’ve seen a lot of people who want to fight but they can’t. Some people cannot genetically handle pressure.
I always said that winning is somewhat, maybe, innate. Maybe it’s just something you have; you have the winning gene. Frankly it would be wonderful if you could develop it, but I’m not so sure you can. You know I’m proud to have that German blood, there’s no question about it. Great stuff.
(We can’t pretend we weren’t told what he is and what he thinks about race. He told us)
Source: Yes I watched him say all this. Video at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-eugenics_us_57ec4cc2e4b024a52d2cc7f9
Posted on September 20, 2020, in Politics and tagged Donald Trump, Michael Mann, Trump genetics, Trump German blood, Trump Minnesota, Trump racism. Bookmark the permalink. 6 Comments.
Primate's Progress 
It’s Lakewoebegon come to life…
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Though with nastier people perhaps…
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And I wonder how many of their children are above average
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My students are always aghast when they read the chapters in Carl Zimmer’s book (She Has Her Mother’s Laugh) about eugenics and feeble-minded people in my genomics course as if they can’t believe people didn’t see it for what it was. Then they get to the latter chapters and realize that the same ideas are still here just packaged differently and there as many takers now as there were then among the public.
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And since his election he has proven that he didn’t pay attention in economics class, or apparently any other, like high school biology.
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Donny’s getting more unhinged as November election approaches. See here:
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/trump-doubles-down-on-exploding-trees-being-the-real-cause-of-california-wildfires-not-heat-or-drought/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=5514&recip_id=340985&list_id=1
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