DONALD TRUMP: THE PATTER SONGS

This is being described as evidence of a meltdown, but I think it's just Trump at his baseline level of stability and composure -- he's always like this, and always has been. That's an terrible problem for America and the world, but I don't think it's a worse problem than it was three days ago or a year ago.

President Donald Trump slammed reports questioning his mental stability in a series of tweets Saturday morning, writing he's a "very stable genius." ...

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

We probably should be marching in the streets to demand the removal from office of this emotional train wreck, but the House and Senate will be Republican until next January, so no change is possible. Therefore, all we can do is grumble, laugh...

.. and write Gilbert and Sullivan patter songs, an idea that occurred to a lot of us this morning.

I am the very model of a very stable gen - i -us
My insults seem quite infantile, but really are ingen- i - ous
I loathe the fake news media, which really is quite vi - ci -ous
The two scoops that I ate last night were really quite deli - ci - ous

— Steve M. (@nomoremister) January 6, 2018

I am the very model of a stable genius President
I'm fully qualified to be the latest White House resident
And should you have a query
I refer you to my Twitter
It is where I make pronouncements
While I perch upon the shitter

— Norm Wilner (@normwilner) January 6, 2018

Ode to @realDonaldTrump:
I am the very model of a stable genius president;
Eviscerating rights for all my disapproving residents;
I’d push my Big Red Button without even being hesitant;
If Mueller doesn’t catch me then I’ll tweet until my tenure’s spent.

— Christian Piatt (@christianpiatt) January 6, 2018

I am the very model of a Very Stable Genius.
I have a mighty button and no problems with my penius.
I have no time for television, golf, or social media
Since my brain is way way better than the best encyclopedia.

— bob (@huntthesnark) January 6, 2018

I am the very model of a very stable genius
My hands are large and evidence of extra special manliness
I win elections bigly with proportions most historical
And all my subjects love me, though many are deplorable
... https://t.co/4d29OuccPX

— Dan Tappan (@DanTappan) January 6, 2018

I am the very model of a stable genius president
Improvident, incompetent, and wildly overconfident
I'm getting rich destroying the American experiment
Beholden like a puppet to a hostile foreign government

— Alejandro A. Arbona 🇵🇷 (@Alejandrobot) January 6, 2018

I am the very model of a stable, genius President,
Although I tweet and rant and rave at every non-white resident.
I make up figures and rely on staff to generate some stats,
I also make a profit from these beautiful, red MAGA hats;

— Tamara (@thoude) January 6, 2018

May I suggest:
I am the very model of a genius stable president,
I’ve information - all the best- on every single element,
I know the czars of Russia and I hate the way the Media lies,
The massacres in Bowling Green the Fake News will not publicize

— Adam Bradley (@welldrawndog) January 6, 2018

I guess we'll be singing variations of this in our fallout shelters when the bombs drop.



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And on the subject of whether this is a sign of escalating madness, I'd say it's an escalation, but not of madness. This seems relevant:

Trump has not hidden that what thrills him is escalating abusive or horrifying behavior, all in a bid to see how far he can go without people stopping him. “If you’re a star they let you do it."

— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) January 6, 2018

Unpresidential behavior, too.