The difference between W. Bush and Trump is that Bush knows that he isn’t that smart.
I’m not even saying “Heh, heh, Bush was dumb.” I’m not insulting his intelligence in this case. He undoubtedly had some skills other than spending his father’s money, but Bush at least knew he was not the ultimate authority on every topic. Even through numerous instances of corruption and bungling Bush didn’t assume he had to micromanage every piece of the Federal apparatus and only install wild-eyed ideological loyalists to every post and have most of the government run by his kids and former business partners. Bush at least could take advice and delegate. Trump is a meglomaniacal “strong man” who can’t even admit he didn’t know something that isn’t part of his wheel house. If he didn’t know it, it’s because “Nobody knew about this.” except in most cases, everyone knows better.
