"Trump is an imbecile with no idea of how a government works." Stephen King That Donald Trump is an imbecile is well known, even by his most devoted admirers, who, in fact, admire him just for that. But what kind of imbecile is he, and how dangerous are his buffoonery and bullshit? To answer these questions is today a metaphysical problem of the first order and an existential urgency not only for the United States, but for the entire world. Well, the philosopher Aaron James, great authority in the burgeoning field of imbecile studies, has visited the dark forest of trumperism in search of the desired answers. And he has found them.