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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSuccinctly, Donald Trump is the embodiment and the epitome of The Peter Principle.
You keep getting promoted until you attain your ultimate status of incompetence.
I read the book years ago, and last night, it hit me. The premise has been proved.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle
https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/publications/peter-principle-theory-decline
2naSalit
(104,681 posts)He's never really been competent at anything.
no_hypocrisy
(55,684 posts)2naSalit
(104,681 posts)More like an inverted Peter principle where he continuously fails upward and expresses a higher level of incompetence with each promotion.
agingdem
(9,044 posts)Every bankruptcy was followed by an infusion of cash his father Fred before he succumbed to Alzheimers, foreign money, dirty money, dark money, or a friend (Mark Burnett/The Apprentice) handing him a lifeline
randr
(12,665 posts)Hugin
(38,099 posts)The Petered Out Principle.
PCIntern
(28,782 posts)Celebrity status here in America does not correlate with intellect, humanity, or Godliness. It does correlate with looks, cosmetics, moderate depravity, inherited money, last name recognition, and notoriety. (Its important to know the dictionary definition of this last category. Its surprising to hear some well-respected individuals get it wrong).