President Donald Trump has sparked widespread reaction on social media after making two notable statements within days of each other. First, he told attendees at a private gala that “smart people don’t like me,” and then, in a separate video discussing drug pricing, he declared that “we’ve got a lot of stupid people in this country running things.”
The first comment came during a Hope Through Education gala at Trump’s Bedminster, New Jersey golf club on September 13. Video footage shared by Republican strategist Nicole Kiprilov showed Trump saying, “Smart people don’t like me, you know? And they don’t like what we talk about.” The crowd could be heard chuckling at the remark, which Trump made while discussing Tyler Robinson, the suspect in the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
