Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) responded on Saturday to President Trump
Donald John TrumpHouse Democrat slams Donald Trump Jr. for ‘serious case of amnesia’ after testimony Skier Lindsey Vonn: I don’t want to represent Trump at Olympics Poll: 4 in 10 Republicans think senior Trump advisers had improper dealings with Russia MORE's claim that he's a "very stable genius," arguing that people who are, in fact, genius don't feel the need to boast about it.
"Human experience tells us that people who are geniuses don't go around saying they are geniuses," Lieu wrote on Twitter. "Same also applies to people who are very stable."
Human experience tells us that people who are geniuses don't go around saying they are geniuses. Same also applies to people who are very stable.
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) January 6, 2018
By the way, @realDonaldTrump also ran for President in 2000. Another day, another series of bizarre tweets & lies from #stablegenius https://t.co/ngZ4hc7l5u
In another tweet, Lieu shared an exchange he had with his son, in which his child points out that Lieu sounds "mental" and "weird" when he asserts that he is "stable" and "really smart" – a reference to Trump's claim.
"Me: I want to let you know I'm very stable.
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) January 6, 2018
Our son Austin: That sounds weird.
Me: I also want to let you know I'm like, really smart.
Austin: You seem mental today."
A child points out again that the Emperor has no clothes.#stablegenius https://t.co/gWimBlrwIv
In a series of tweets on Saturday, Trump lashed out at critics who have raised questions about his mental health, saying that he's not only "really smart," but a "very stable genius."
"Actually, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart,” he wrote in one tweet.
The tweet came after the release of a new book, "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" by New York media writer Michael Wolff, which includes provocative and unflattering claims about the president, including doubts among Trump’s senior aides about his mental fitness for office.