Former Republican President Donald Trump patted himself on the back after realizing in front of his MAGA crowd that the words "us" and the "U.S." had the same letters.
Trump, who is the current front-runner for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination while simultaneously facing charges for federal crimes, spoke at a rally on Monday in Derry, New Hampshire when he had his "a-ha" moment about the abbreviation for the United States.
After officially filing as a candidate for New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary, he mentioned French President Emmanuel Macron during a campaign speech.
He told the adoring crowd:
"You know, he's for France. I'm for us. I'm for us."
"You know how you spell 'us' right? You spell it U-S!"
"I just picked that up," he said and asked if he wasn't alone in that endeavor.
"Has anyone ever thought of that be—I just picked that up."
And the crowd went wild.
He continued:
"I'm reading and said us. You know, when you think about it, us, equals U.S."
"If we think of something genius, they will never say it."
You can watch the clip here.
Donald J. Trump.
77-year-old man.
Former President of the United States.
He just realized that the "U.S." in the United States also spells "us." Thinks it's "genius."
When someone accuses President Biden of being senile, show them this.pic.twitter.com/Sj3wTZAKzu
— Really American 🇺🇸 (@ReallyAmerican1) October 23, 2023
The internet seized on a prime opportunity to ruthlessly mock him.
This is like a baby discovering his toes and being amazed
— Brian Brewer (@bbrewerstandup) October 23, 2023
That's an epiphany a 4 year old might have...
— 💙💛🌻Alemap🇺🇸 ⚓✖️ is obnoxious🐦 (@RILabSci) October 23, 2023
In Trump's mind: "It's a beautiful two letter word. The best 2 letter word. I know all of the 2 letter words! Some say I'm the best at two letter words."
— R. Lehman (@rlehman51) October 24, 2023
Yep, he's a genius all right. His grasp of the similarity of 2 letter words and abbreviations is remarkable.
— Rick Burgess (@Rick_Burgess) October 23, 2023
Like I have said before 2nd graders had that figured out. It took him all this time. Let's start voting in the kids, they could do a better job than trump.
— Pamela -Wysox, Pa. (@pam8896) October 23, 2023
It's hilarious when the light bulb goes on like he solved the mystery of the ages
— Dean 🇨🇦 (@DeantheCanuck) October 24, 2023
Just imagine his utter excitement when he discovers it also means Uncle Sam!
— Dr. Mike Davis 🌊 (@FrankMikeDavis1) October 23, 2023
The scary thing is that nobody in that audience had thought of it before, either.
— SnarkTank (@TheSnarkTank99) October 23, 2023
I think he’s really making progress on his stand up routine.
— PD Star (@planningforall) October 23, 2023
But it was hardly the most bizarre part of the speech.
In one of his ramblings, he tried to articulate something about former U.S. Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the words out of his mouth were:
"FDR was a great speaker. He sat. He sat because of the uhhh situat— but he was elegant, beautiful, eloquent, elegant and eloquent..."
This was the same speech as this? https://t.co/clPFb2sdnA
— Machine Pun Kelly 🇺🇦 (@KellyScaletta) October 23, 2023
Prior to his speech on Monday, Trump officially filed as a candidate for New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary.
This wasn't the first time he proclaimed himself as a very smart person.
In 2018, he wrote on X (formerly Twitter):
Actually, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart."
"I went from VERY successful businessman, to top T.V. Star....."
Unfortunately, it doesn't take much convincing for his followers to buy into his touting himself as a "genius."
As one devoted Trump follower once said:
" Donald Trump is a genius."
"That's what the J stands for."
Oh boy.
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