A slumped tin wind-up robot sits on yellow cloth beside a loose key and a small white flag.

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The President must think I'm a third-rate jerk.

— The American President  ·  1995

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker worries that the President holds a low opinion of them, ranking them as a contemptible, mediocre fool. The line is self-lacerating and anxious, a blunt self-put-down voicing fear of being judged harshly by someone important.

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