This is unfair; the average 10th Grader doesn't know that there WAS a WW I, let alone the name of any president except, maybe, Donald Trump; neither do his parents.
/The impact of our failed education system just revealed itself in this congressional hearing, and it shows how incompetent people have become.
— Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) June 4, 2026
Bessent: "Who was the president during World War I?"
Rep. Chu: "I don't know."
This woman is a FEDERAL LEGISLATOR responsible for… pic.twitter.com/lXaTKAY3BJ
Related: The producers of “The Madness of King George” changed its original title, “The Madness of George III”, because (a) Americans wouldn’t know that George III referred to a king, and (b) “III” would make them think it was a sequel and not go to see it, assuming they had missed "I" and "II”.