A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0
27 October 2025

A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0

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If the first term of Donald Trump provoked anxiety over the fate of objective knowledge, the second has led to claims we live in a world-historical age of stupid, accelerated by big tech. But might there be a way out? By William Davies. Read by Dan Starkey. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod