Trump bizarrely tweets his favorite ‘A Very Stable Genius!’ Thank You’ boast with no context, leaving people puzzled
- President Donald Trump started his weekend tweeting to an unknown admirer
- The president’s tweet Saturday quotes someone saying ‘A Very Stable Genius!’
- Trump adds ‘Thank you,’ even though he himself previously said the same words
President Donald Trump seemed to be quoting someone in a tweet Saturday morning, when he wrote, ‘A Very Stable Genius! Thank You.’
The evidence suggests he may have been thanking himself.
The president started off his morning with the random quote, expressing gratitude for whoever was bestowing him with such flattery.
But it was Trump who uttered the same words back in January 2018, when journalist Michael Wolff came out with his bestselling book, ‘Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.’
President Donald Trump started off his Saturday morning with a random tweet quoting someone saying, ‘A Very Stable Genius! Thank You.’ The evidence suggests he may have been thanking himself
President Trump’s January 2018 tweet above responds to questions over his mental state in a book
President Trump responding to a a journalist’s question at a NATO conference in July 2018 tsaid he was ‘a very stable genius,’ referencing a similar comment he made in a tweet from January of that year
The tome offered so-called ‘fly-on-the-wall,’ unflattering observations of the president that called into question his mental state.
In response, he tweeted that his two greatest assets were ‘mental stability and being, like, really smart.’
He pointed out that he went from ‘VERY successful businessman’ to ‘top TV Star’ of the reality TV show, ‘The Apprentice,’ 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!’
Then his words rang familiar again in response to a question during a NATO summit press conference in July of that same year.
A Croatian journalist told the president that his ‘message’ was understood, but asked whether he would be ‘tweeting differently’ once he boarded Air Force One.
‘No, that’s other people that do that. I don’t. I’m very consistent,’ he answered back. ‘I’m a very stable genius.’
Some social media users lashed out at the President after his bizarre 8.44am Saturday tweet.
‘What’s wrong with you?’ tweeted back Holly Figueroa O’Reilly, who has written op-eds for the Washington Post and Guardian.
The tweet drew just as many words of support.
Holly Figueroa O’Reilly, who has written op-eds for the Washington Post and the Guardian, responds to President Trump’s Saturday morning tweet
Trump supporter Lori Hendry further complimented the president after his Saturday morning tweet
‘President Trump is a very stable genius indeed. And the best president ever,’ tweeted Lori Hendry. ‘We love you President Trump!’
Trump is spending the weekend at the White House in Washington DC, and on Saturday morning took his motorcade to Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia.
Trump planned to have dinner Saturday with the parents of an American college student Otto Warmbier who died in 2017 shortly after being freed from captivity in North Korea.
An administration official said Trump was to host the parents of Warmbier, who was convicted of trying to steal a propaganda poster while in the North Korea capital and spent 17 months in prison. He died at age 22 just days after being returned to the United States in a vegetative state.
Trump’s ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, was expected to join the dinner. Officials say he is among the 15 candidates Trump is considering to replace ousted national security adviser John Bolton.