CNN’s Brian Stelter is the Energizer Bunny of armchair Resistance media amateur psychiatrists when it comes to President Trump. On Sunday, Stelter’s effort to try and make some not-so-subtle diagnoses about Trump’s mental state based on tweets and the president’s apparent favorite cable news net of choice (which of course isn’t CNN) stepped up a notch:
If we were watching this unfold from some other country, we'd question the US president's wellness. "Is the president okay?" pic.twitter.com/9XsHAC9L0f
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 20, 2018
Well, that certainly was something. First things first:
Are you ok Brian? https://t.co/0ptWfhOK4h
— DaveinTexas (@DaveinTexas) August 20, 2018
We’re not so sure, but Stelter sure did prove some points, though perhaps not the ones he was going for.
CNN has become a hybrid of Media Matters and Louise Mensch.https://t.co/NPih9m5QLp
— Jordan Schachtel (@JordanSchachtel) August 20, 2018
Everyone who disagrees with you is insane. Next: why is media trust so low? https://t.co/rbStn7tMKk
— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) August 20, 2018
They just don’t get it.
Please stop asking why everyone hates you.
This is why. ?? https://t.co/CkzCfbfBID
— ?? (@LittleMsOpinion) August 20, 2018
Remember when Stelter was all mad that (iirc) @JamesHasson20 said he was kind of obsessed with questioning POTUS's mental state? https://t.co/HBr3B5OXdj
— The Meturgeman (@DraftRyan2016) August 20, 2018
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1031367222189535232
Again with this, Brian? Certainly some are unwell. https://t.co/c20uqZNOIr
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) August 20, 2018
It certainly shows that some in the media are unwell.
— John Gibson (@jagg3223) August 20, 2018
Eventually, Stelter had heard enough:
He compared Mueller's "gang" to McCarthy, introduced the idea of a "John Dean type 'RAT,'" and claimed that "some members of the media" called to "complain and apologize" for the NYT's scoop about McGahn. He also misspelled the word "counsel" three times. What would you say?
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 20, 2018
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The doctor has spoken!
Brian Stelter, M.D. https://t.co/PGpH7Ity3j
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) August 20, 2018
A responsible psychiatrist, which you are not, does not diagnose a person they haven't met with. Stay in your lane Brian, which is misinforming the public. https://t.co/FzSRO9BrRF
— GOP Pouncer (@Mellecon) August 20, 2018
I put these "symptoms" into Web MD and got nothing https://t.co/CdTDHOM9nN
— Cameron Cruz (@ccruz280) August 20, 2018
But being concerned about a lump body tossed into a van like a sack of potatoes was a wild conspiracy.
— Big Billy (@BaseballPled) August 20, 2018
And Trump hasn’t even been in office anywhere near two years yet. Where’s Stelter going to take his Trump diagnoses from here? Stay tuned!