Donald Trump, who is currently on the defensive over a new book that paints him as mentally unfit for the office of president, has lashed out in a series of Tweets, touting his credentials and declaring himself to be a “very stable genius”, which is definitely something a very stable person would say and do.
Journalist Michael Wolff was granted extensive access to the White House throughout the first year of the current administration, and his book, Fire And Fury: Inside The Trump White House depicts the commander in chief as narcissistic and inept, and his inner circle as dysfunctional.
In his flurry of Tweets, Trump said that now that now claims of Russian collusion in the 2016 election have proved to be a “total hoax”, his political opponents are “taking out the old Ronald Reagan playbook and screaming mental stability and intelligence.”
He went on to say:
“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 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!”
Ronald Reagan, who was US president between 1981 and 1989, found his ability to do the job questioned, with some observers in the media noting his behaviour becoming increasingly confused and forgetful. Some claimed that he would fail to recognise colleagues and sleep during cabinet meetings.
Reagan was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease in 1994, but his White House doctors strongly denied that he had the disease when he was in office, and said that a fall from a horse in 1989 hastened the onset of his symptoms. He died in 2004.
Michael Wolff himself is sticking by the book, telling a BBC interviewer on Saturday that he believes it may be the tipping point that will bring down the administration. He said:
“I think one of the interesting effects of the book so far is a very clear emperor-has-no-clothes effect. The story that I have told seems to present this presidency in such a way that it says he can’t do his job. Suddenly everywhere people are going ‘oh my God, it’s true, he has no clothes’. That’s the background to the perception and the understanding that will finally end … this presidency.”
He also rejected claims that his book is “untruthful” or that he made up “lies”about the president, saying:
“This is what’s called reporting. This is how you do it. You ask people, you get as close as you can to the event, you interview the people who were privy to the event, you interview other people who were privy to the event, you come to know the circumstance as well as anybody and then you report it.”
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
