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It might sound shocking, but I would suggest that whether he can read is beside the point. Hasn’t he said outright that briefings are too boring? So even if he’s a great reader, the best, it’s for naught if he can’t be bothered to read the important stuff anyway, or listen to experts give him the skinny.
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I don’t find this shocking at all, and I think it’s the real point. He might be illiterate, have a serious disability that prevents him from reading, literate at a very low level, need glasses and refuse to wear them, or just be too bored to read documents he signs his name to. But let’s think of it this way: imagine that 6 years into his presidency Obama had been in an accident that left him blind. You’d have a president who couldn’t read what he was signing (I’m assuming Obama doesn’t already read braille).
Would that stop Obama from functioning as president? Hell no. He’d use screen reading software, he’d have people read things to him, he’d have a sighted guide everywhere he went. There’s a massive staff available to support the president. Having a support person or two or three be with you every waking moment of the day to help you adjust to blindness is completely within the realm of the realistic for the President of the United States of America.
The point isn’t whether Trump can read. The point is that because of some combination of lack of ability, lack of interest, and lack of humility, he doesn’t read the orders and doesn’t ask for help that would be immediately provided.
Any condition I can think of which would render a president literally unable to understand an executive order they sign is a condition under which the 25th amendment should be invoked.
