RC deWinter@RCdeWinter
When Trump was in Berlin for his first state visit with Angela Merkel he asked the secret of her great success.
Merkel told him you have to have intelligent people around you.
"How do you know if someone is intelligent?" asked Trump.
"Let me demonstrate." She picked up the phone, called Wolfgang Schäuble and asked him a question, "Mr. Schäuble, he’s your father's son but not your brother. Who is it?"
Without hesitation Schäuble answered, “Quite simply, it's me!"
"You see," Merkel told Trump, "this is how I test a person’s intelligence."
Thrilled, when Trump flew home he called Mike Pence and asked him the same question. ”He’s your father's son, but is not your brother. Who is it?"
After much back and forth, Pence said,
“I have no idea, but I’ll try to find out the answer by tomorrow!"
Of course Pence couldn’t figure it out and decided to seek advice from former President Obama, so he called him and said, “Mr. Obama, it's your father's son, but is not your brother. Who is it?"
Obama answered, “Easy, it's me!"
Happy to have found the answer, Pence called Trump and said triumphantly, "I have the answer, it's Barack Obama!"
Trump raged and shouted, "No, you jackass, it's Wolfgang Schäuble!"