On Monday, the head of U.S. disaster agency FEMA stunned staffers when he mentioned in a briefing that he’d not been aware of any such thing as “hurricane season.” Not exactly an ideal grasp of weather phenomena for the person in charge of America’s emergency management.

Although a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security later claimed the comment was intended as a joke, it didn’t exactly rouse more confidence in his abilities. “I don’t know,” after all, has lately become a go-to line among leaders all throughout the federal government—especially the president himself.

The most egregious “I don’t know” in recent memory was almost certainly Trump’s response when a reporter asked him if the president needs to uphold the U.S. Constitution, something he swore an oath to do, but t

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