George Conway, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway’s husband, gave another scathing evaluation of President Trump’s mental state Saturday evening.
The president criticized the New York Times on Twitter, accusing the outlet of false reporting on immigration to make him look bad. He then jumped to the 2016 election, claiming the Times “had to beg” for forgiveness from subscribers for its campaign coverage, apologized to him, and then moved on to “even worse, really corrupt reporting.”
In response, Mother Jones journalist David Corn tweeted, “Once again, does he know he’s lying? Probably, right?” Conway replied to Corn, saying Trump’s mind is a mess.
Once again, does he know he’s lying? Probably, right? https://t.co/cn0IgW8m0L
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) April 14, 2019
“Lies, half-truths, exaggerations, distortions, misrcollections [sic], ignorant misconceptions, wishful thinking, things that randomly pop into his mind that he thinks sound good at any particular moment, random babble—all of [these] things swirl around in his head in an endless jumble,” Conway tweeted. “What’s true and what’s not—and what’s consistent with what he’s said previously and what’s not—really doesn’t matter to him. He finds no shame in being caught in a lie, so why should he distinguish truth from falsity in his own mind?”
What’s true and what’s not—and what’s consistent with what he’s said previously and what’s not—really doesn’t matter to him. He finds no shame in being caught in a lie, so why should he distinguish truth from falsity in his own mind?
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) April 14, 2019
Trump had criticized the Times for its reporting on his desire to have illegal immigrants sent to sanctuary cities — places that have policies preventing them from cooperating with federal officials on immigration.
Maggie Haberman, the White House correspondent for the New York Times, noted that despite the criticism, a follow-up tweet from Trump appeared to confirm the reporting.
Moments ago, POTUS claimed NYT reporting that he wants to put undocumented immigrants in sanctuary cities was false. But > https://t.co/EseNevxyaW
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 14, 2019
Conway replied: “Anything involving the use of brain cells is not his strong suit.”
Conway also reacted to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un commenting on how he didn’t think Trump administration was prepared for his second summit with Trump in Vietnam earlier this year. “It’s amazing to think that we’ve reached a point where it’s difficult to say who has more credibility—the President of the United States or the Supreme Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,” Conway said.
It’s amazing to think that we’ve reached a point where it’s difficult to say who has more credibility—the President of the United States or the Supreme Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. https://t.co/eRdFDDxwVt
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) April 14, 2019
Conway, a conservative lawyer who is a vocal critic of Trump, ensnared headlines last month when he repeatedly questioned the president’s mental health.
Responding to a frenzy of tweets from the president on a variety of subjects, ranging from the possibility of a federal investigation into “Saturday Night Live” to criticizing the late Sen. John McCain, Conway said, “His condition is getting worse.”
Conway then suggested Trump has narcissistic personality disorder and antisocial personality disorder by tweeting out their respective pages from the fifth edition Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders by the American Psychiatric Association.
The president reacted to Conway’s tweet-critiques with umbrage.
“George Conway, often referred to as Mr. Kellyanne Conway by those who know him, is VERY jealous of his wife’s success & angry that I, with her help, didn’t give him the job he so desperately wanted. I barely know him but just take a look, a stone cold LOSER & husband from hell!” Trump tweeted last month. Although Trump and his associates have suggested George Conway was either fired, quit, or rejected from a job at the Justice Department, he claims that he turned down a position at the agency heading the civil division because of Trump’s attacks on agency leaders and the firing of FBI Director James Comey in May 2017.
The pointed tweet from Trump came just after Conway told the Washington Post he attacks the president on Twitter so he doesn’t “end up screaming” at his wife. He later called Trump the “worst kind of dumb.”
Meanwhile, Kellyanne Conway defended her boss.
“He left it alone for months out of respect for me,” Kellyanne told Politico last month. “But you think he shouldn’t respond when somebody, a non-medical professional accuses him of having a mental disorder? You think he should just take that sitting down?”
“Don’t play psychiatrist any more than George should be,” she added. “You’re not a psychiatrist and he’s not, respectfully.”
Trump, 72, received good health news after his annual physical in February. “While the reports and recommendations are still being finalized, I am happy to announce the President of the United States is in very good health and I anticipate he will remain so for the duration of his Presidency, and beyond,” a statement from White House doctor Sean Conley said.
