Twitter Has a Field Day Ripping Trump’s ‘Stable Genius’ Tweet: ‘That’s Not Normal’

President Trump defended his mental fitness today in a tweetstorm calling himself a "very stable genius," and Twitter had a field day: If a friend wrote me to assure me that he was a “ very stable genius” it would be cause for concern— Anthony Bourdain (@Bourdain) January 6, 2018 Hello... I'm a Stable genius— Fred Delicious (@Fred_Delicious) January 6, 2018 Surprised there isn’t a “very stable genius” shirt available for me to buy yet.— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) January 6, 2018 BREAKING..... My new band will be called "Stable Genius" with opening group "First Try" at the Pantages! A JesusTakeTheWheel production. ?— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) January 6, 2018 Nothing but respect for my stable genius pic.twitter.com/fDIIE9PbbC— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) January 6, 2018 One hint that a public figure may be mentally unstable: He feels obliged in an emotional tweet to defend his mental stability and even describe himself as a "very stable genius." No, that's not normal. https://t.co/ZPg8OQsiLy— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) January 6, 2018 “I am a genius…and a very stable genius at that!” sounds like something Costanza would shout as he gets kicked out of a petting zoo— Jason O. Gilbert (@gilbertjasono) January 6, 2018 Who else out there is also a very stable genius? Just trying to get a rough head count so I know what we're working with.— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) January 6, 2018 * opens LinkedIn and adds “very stable genius” to bio *— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) January 6, 2018 Excited to ask members of Congress on Monday if they too believe the President is "a stable genius."— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) January 6, 2018 The only true stable genius has to be Mr. Ed., who talks in more complex sentences than the current occupier of the Whitehouse.— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) January 6, 2018 Has any true genius ever been “very stable”?— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) January 6, 2018 None of our tweets making jokes about it are even close to as funny as the phrase “and a very stable genius at that!”— Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) January 6, 2018 Since we’re all confessing things today, I want everyone to know that I, too, am a VERY stable genius.— Matt Pearce ? (@mattdpearce) January 6, 2018 I clicked and rechecked to confirm … not a parody account https://t.co/8RmKX9VBZA— David Frum (@davidfrum) January 6, 2018 Definitely not, like, mental or anything. https://t.co/thfuvSciJT— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) January 6, 2018 It’s crazy that people thought the “gorilla channel” story was real https://t.co/pABwqPkdEI— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) January 6, 2018 is this from Zoolander https://t.co/1j3dMg4XPS— maura "are jack and biz nazis?" quint (@behindyourback) January 6, 2018 There's a word that means "given to talking about oneself; vain; boastful; opinionated." https://t.co/PfHw7FsJU2#Trump #StableGenius https://t.co/4rW1L5lqqg— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) January 6, 2018 As an educator, I would expect a comment like this from children... on the school yard, but an adult, and worse, the President of the United States https://t.co/I20ugDBy4D— Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten) January 6, 2018 An enterprising reporter should contact MENSA’s Very Stable Genius Subcommittee and fact check this tweet. https://t.co/caTbOJ3TYN— Eli Lake (@EliLake) January 6, 2018 Very Stable Genius was my Thomas Dolby cover band.— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 6, 2018 If you have to tell people you're a stable genius, then you're not a stable genius.— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) January 6, 2018 Very stable genius. pic.twitter.com/xy1PCU7CeF— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) January 6, 2018 I will sleep much better tonight and stop worrying about the bomb now that POTUS has assured us he is a stable genius. Phew.— Tom Peters (@tom_peters) January 6, 2018 I am the very model of a genius stable PresidentI've information vegetable, animal, and mineralI know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historicalFrom Bowling Green to Waterloo, in order categorical— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) January 6, 2018 -- -- Follow Josh Feldman on Twitter: @feldmaniac