This has to be the funniest title of the year so far besides the one about iguanas falling out of trees in Florida (not funny for the iguanas though)
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Trump: I'm a 'very stable genius'
Trump biographer reviews bombshell book
Trump: I'm a 'very stable genius'
Story highlights
- Trump is responding to claims made in a new book by author Michael Wolff
- CNN has not independently confirmed all of Wolff's assertions
Washington (CNN)President
Donald Trump slammed reports questioning his mental stability in a
series of tweets Saturday morning, writing he's a "very stable genius"
after the publication of an exposé about his first year as President put
the White House into damage-control mode.
"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 ... " Trump
wrote, referring to questions raised about the mental fitness of the former President, who disclosed in 1994 that he had Alzheimer's disease.
"Actually,
throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability
and being, like, really smart," the President continued. "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!"
The remarkable spectacle of
Trump defending his mental stability comes after the President and some
of his top officials spent the last few days countering claims in author
Michael Wolff's new book, "Fire and Fury," about Trump's mental fitness
to serve as President. The book, which went on sale Friday, also paints
the picture of a President who neither knows nor cares about policy and
doesn't seem to perceive the vast responsibilities of his role.
CNN has not independently confirmed all of Wolff's assertions.
Trump's tweets also come after reports surfaced that a dozen lawmakers from the House and Senate received a briefing from Yale psychiatrist Dr. Bandy X. Lee on Capitol Hill in early December about Trump's fitness to be president.
"Lawmakers
were saying they have been very concerned about this, the President's
dangerousness, the dangers that his mental instability poses on the
nation," Lee told CNN in a phone interview Thursday, "They know the
concern is universal among Democrats, but it really depends on
Republicans, they said. Some knew of Republicans that were concerned,
maybe equally concerned, but whether they would act on those concerns
was their worry."
The briefing was
previously reported by Politico. Lee, confirming the December 5 and 6
meeting to CNN, said that the group was evenly mixed, with House and
Senate lawmakers, and included at least one Republican -- a senator,
whom she would not name.
Lee's public comments are highly unusual given protocols from medical professional organizations
-- including the 37,000-member American Psychiatric Association --
banning psychiatrists from diagnosing patients without a formal
examination.
The
White House has taken issue with the claims in Wolff's book since
excerpts of it began to surface online ahead of its publication, with
press secretary Sarah Sanders calling it "complete fantasy" and an
attorney for Trump sending a "cease and desist" threat to the book's
author and publisher.
Trump issued
a scathing statement on his former chief strategist, Steve Bannon,
saying he had "lost his mind" after the book quoted Bannon making
negative remarks about Trump and son Donald Trump Jr.
The
book quoted Bannon as calling a June 2016 meeting between a Russian
lawyer and the President's eldest son, son-in-law Jared Kushner and
then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort "treasonous" and "unpatriotic."
Bannon also reportedly told Wolff: "They're going to crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV."
Trump lit into Bannon in a tweet Friday night, saying he "cried when he got fired and begged for his job."
"Michael
Wolff is a total loser who made up stories in order to sell this really
boring and untruthful book," Trump wrote. "He used Sloppy Steve Bannon,
who cried when he got fired and begged for his job. Now Sloppy Steve
has been dumped like a dog by almost everyone. Too bad!"
Wolff reiterated his belief
that it is becoming a widespread view that Trump is unfit for
presidency, telling BBC Radio in an interview overnight that it's 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," Wolff said in the interview.
"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."
Secretary
of State Rex Tillerson told CNN in an exclusive interview on Friday
he's never questioned Trump's mental fitness, despite reports he once
called Trump a "moron."
"I've never
questioned his mental fitness," Tillerson told CNN's Elise Labott. "I
have no reason to question his mental fitness."
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