Donald Trump Just Called Himself 'A Very Stable Genius'
President Donald Trump hit back at critics who have questioned his mental stability by branding himself a “very stable genius” on Saturday morning.
In a series of tweets, Trump said that throughout his life his “two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart.” He also bragged about going from “VERY successful businessman, to top T.V. Star... to President of the United States (on my first try).”
Now that Russian collusion, after one year of intense study, has proven to be a total hoax on the American public, the Democrats and their lapdogs, the Fake News Mainstream Media, are taking out the old Ronald Reagan playbook and screaming mental stability and intelligence.....
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2018
....Actually, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart. Crooked Hillary Clinton also played these cards very hard and, as everyone knows, went down in flames. I went from VERY successful businessman, to top T.V. Star.....
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2018
....to President of the United States (on my first try). I think that would qualify as not smart, but genius....and a very stable genius at that!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2018
Trump’s comment about his mental stability appeared to reference reporters questioning the president’s “mental fitness” during a White House press briefing this week.
Democratic lawmakers have also previously called for Trump to undergo a psychological evaluation, and Michael Wolff alleges in his new book, Fire and Fury, that White House aides openly question the president’s mental health.
Trump is set to undergo a medical examination with White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson next Friday, although it will likely focus more on his physical health.
Walter Shaub, who quit as head of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics in July, said the tweets themselves “might be enough to lead the board of any corporation to call an emergency meeting on its CEO’s mental status.”
Well, you’ll show ‘em. Nothing says stable like a midnight tweet about “Sloppy Steve” followed by a 7:00 a.m. tweet calling “hoax” on an investigation that has already led to charges against 4 people. Except maybe maniacal laughter. Try some of that too. https://t.co/X7c8LOhR30
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) January 6, 2018
Forget the book. This might be enough to lead the board of any corporation to call an emergency meeting on its CEO’s mental status: “my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart” . . . “not smart, but genius....and a very stable genius at that!”
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) January 6, 2018
Other Twitter users seemed like they couldn’t quite believe the posts:
No but seriously WHY would you put the "like" before "really smart" unless you were writing a comedy bit? It's just so... Zoolander
— very stable genius (@flashboy) January 6, 2018
President Genius pic.twitter.com/2ZxPlkKXcz
— andy lassner (@andylassner) January 6, 2018
"A very stable genius, at that!" is the definition of a self-refuting tweet.
— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) January 6, 2018
Earth... January 6, 2018: The President of the United States says he is “like, really smart” and a “very stable genius.”
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 6, 2018
The President of the United States calling himself a “stable genius” is one for the history books. What a dangerous buffoon. https://t.co/OvvLuOXZUk
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) January 6, 2018
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