I've read that entire OP three times now....Only at the very end is the name "Trump" mentioned.Trump is neither particularly intelligent nor a good leader. He's a loud, pugilistic nationalist salesman, he found a way to tap into a frustration and rage that had been brewing, and we've seen this before in world history.
It's not at all surprising the hard Right would do everything it can to attack intelligence, education and science -- look at the people it has followed just recently: Dubya, Palin, Trump.
Intelligence, leadership, success, creativity - they're all mutually exclusive qualities. Sometimes they combine with the others, sometimes they don't. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Ya just never know.
I guess you don't need to be a "winger" to have ORANGE MAN BAD! on the brain 24/7.