Whenever President Trump tweets as much (and as randomly) as he did Saturday morning, most of Twitter tends to target the dumber entries for ridicule — like when he claimed credit for there being no commercial aviation failures in 2017. Trump’s claims regarding his “mental stability,” which he insists is just fine since he’s a “very stable genius,” were no different. As soon as the three-tweet string began trending on social media, everyone — from television anchors and political pundits, to lay tweeters and would-be trolls — jumped in to make their jokes count.
From Jake Tapper’s adept use of a GIF of Fredo’s breakdown from The Godfather: Part II to a number of Mister Ed jokes playing on Trump’s use of “stable,” the social media platform was rife with reactions to Trump’s tweetstorm. The president’s “stable genius” quote was even converted into the hashtag #stablegenius, though it’s use was by no means a requirement as “really smart” and other choice phrases from the tweets also went viral. Saturday’s rant offered plenty of material for Twitter comedians to work with.
However, while many of the results were predictably connected to calls for impeachment and the use of the 25th Amendment, some of the better posts were actually quite good.
I’m smart! pic.twitter.com/G8WxhCwUCj
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 6, 2018
the stable genius president still doesn't know how to thread his tweets
— anne t donahue (@annetdonahue) January 6, 2018
Very Stable Genius is my favorite Green Day album, right after Nimrod and American Idiot
— Charlotte Wilder (@TheWilderThings) January 6, 2018
Love that Trump declares himself a genius. One of the more common characteristics of geniuses is that they don’t feel the need to tell everyone about it.
— Prof Paul Bernal (@PaulbernalUK) January 6, 2018
— Charles Bramesco (@intothecrevasse) January 6, 2018
— Noel Murray (@NoelMu) January 6, 2018
Nothing but respect for my stable genius pic.twitter.com/fDIIE9PbbC
— Christopher Ingraham🦗 (@_cingraham) January 6, 2018
"Very stable genius" was my Tinder bio, but I guess I have to change it now?
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) January 6, 2018
(Next week, Oval Office) The president makes a paper airplane out of the infrastructure bill, throws it at Mike Pence's head while screaming "touchdown!" and celebrates by taking a bite of a golfball.
LINDSEY GRAHAM: "The president is a true genius."
— Matt Negrin, HOST OF HARDBALL AT 7PM ON MSNBC (@MattNegrin) January 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/TVMcGee/status/949642398568779776
I have not lost my mind!, he shouted into a handheld device at 7 am on a Saturday
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) January 6, 2018
The most prescient movie of recent years is 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE. We are all locked up with a bellicose, delusional tyrant.
— Keith Phipps (@kphipps3000) January 6, 2018
— Chris Zois (@cc_zois) January 6, 2018
#stablegenius pic.twitter.com/bzVvaVzFne
— Steve King (@steveking_) January 6, 2018
Every time I start thinking I'm getting really good at trolling Twitter, the president of the United States shows up on here and shatters the backboard showing me how much I still have to learn.
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) January 6, 2018