Donald Trump "Very Stable Genius" Twitter Reactions

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This morning, as he is wont to do, President Trump took to Twitter to vent his frustrations of the day. The object of his ire appeared to be a segment on Fox & Friends (we know that he often tweets reactions to this show) that the media questions if he is mentally unfit to perform the duties of the presidency. It's a subject of discussion that runs the gamut from joking to totally serious, depending on who you ask.

Here’s what ‘Fox and Friends’ was discussing about 10 minutes before Trump started his Tweetstorm this morning https://t.co/HE9at4W1xT pic.twitter.com/uOTRm5mgoF
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 6, 2018

But why is this conversation bubbling to the surface now, when it didn't come up during the election? A new book, called Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff, asserts that much of his staff and family have a low opinion of him, with reporting that was confirmed by Axios. Additionally, according to Politico, Dr. Bandy Lee, a psychiatrist at Yale University, recently told several members of Congress that, in her professional opinion, "he’s going to unravel, and we are seeing the signs."

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Trump felt the need to defend his mental and emotional competence. In a series of tweets, he fired off a missive about his intelligence, writing that "my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart... I went from VERY successful businessman, to top T.V. Star.........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!" Okay.

....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

Naturally, Twitter had a field day with the "very stable genius" and "like, really smart" idioms. Thus, we have 2018's first Trump meme.

pic.twitter.com/xAoxt6dq0A
— Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) January 6, 2018

"So, you agree? That you're really smart?"

New York's hottest club is #VeryStableGenius. This club has everything. People staring directly at the Sun during an eclipse, overrated Meryl Streep, wiretaps by Obama, bags of drugs flying over the wall, the gorilla channel and a map of the United Schtates painted on the walls. pic.twitter.com/qL4x7dhXCM
— Dave Matt (@davematt88) January 6, 2018

This tweet gives us flashback to everything Trump-related that we'd like to forget about 2018.

Trump: "I'm a very stable genius"
America: pic.twitter.com/MsUlaBHVXm
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) January 6, 2018

A face we find ourselves making often.

“... and then the guy who let a reporter wander around the White House for weeks said ... wait, hold on ... he called himself a STABLE GENIUS!” pic.twitter.com/rCGZM5G7rb
— shauna (@goldengateblond) January 6, 2018

A photo that never ceases to be necessary.

Stable Genius will be opening for Thoughts and Prayers at Baby's All Right this weekend.
— ilana kaplan (@lanikaps) January 6, 2018

Two phrases that definitely sound like ironic indie band names.

Horse-related memes made their own appearance:

Actual stable genius pic.twitter.com/jMhfwPZRBc
— Tara Murtha (@taramurtha) January 6, 2018

This is a Stable Genius pic.twitter.com/f9XaKYmCDQ
— JEN KIRKMAN (@JenKirkman) January 6, 2018

Only very stable genius we recognize pic.twitter.com/LZfSTmRjxs
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) January 6, 2018

nothing but respect for MY stable genius pic.twitter.com/ETyTywyiC6
— maya kosoff (@mekosoff) January 6, 2018

As your friendly, albeit hopelessly nerdy Victorian enthusiast, I feel obliged to remind the internet of the original “stable genius”: pic.twitter.com/mQEfaVa9nA
— Rachel Vorona Cote (@RVoronaCote) January 6, 2018

What a time to be alive.

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