After Trump Gave Russia Classified Intel, Roger Stone Offers Multiple Assurances Of The President's Mental State

Stone Says He Has Spoken To Trump Recently And The President Is “Perfectly Sane,” “Sharp As A Tack,” And “A Genius”

Written by Timothy Johnson

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Following The Washington Post’s bombshell report that President Donald Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian officials, longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone offered several reassurances of Trump’s mental state, saying the president is “perfectly sane” and that “he’s not crazy; he’s a genius.”

According to a May 15 report from the Post, “President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week, according to current and former U.S. officials, who said Trump’s disclosures jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State.” The Post’s reporting that Trump shared classified information has been confirmed by The New York Times, BuzzFeed, and Reuters.

Following these reports, Stone appeared in three videos for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars outlet during the evening of May 15, where in each instance he said he had spoken with Trump “recently” before offering assurances about Trump’s mental state. Stone cast the Post story as part of a “major media thrust” to “destabilize” the president and portray him as mentally unfit for office.

Stone has had a relationship with Trump for at least three decades and worked as a paid consultant to his campaign in 2015. He recently began marketing “opportunities” for advertisers based on his access to the president.

In the first video, which was posted to Alex Jones’ YouTube channel, Stone said, “I've spoken to the president in recent days. He is perfectly sane, he is upbeat, he is combative, he has no intention of folding for the globalists, and that I can assure you.”

ROGER STONE: To get back to the main point, this is a major media thrust, an attack on the president to further destabilize him. It is not coincidental that there is a video up today accusing the president of having Alzheimer’s and making the case that he is non compos mentis [not of sound mind]. This is the next big wave that they intend to put out there. Well, I've spoken to the president in recent days. He is perfectly sane, he is upbeat, he is combative, he has no intention to folding for the globalists, and that I can assure you.

Stone and Jones then posted a “clean” second video where both men went through talking points nearly identical to those found in the first video. In this video, Stone said, “I've spoken to the president in recent days. He is the same as he was 40 years ago. He is resilient, he is optimistic, he is upbeat, and he is not going to be undone by the Washington quislings and the establishment stooges around him.” He also accused national security adviser H.R. McMaster of being the source for the Post’s story:

ROGER STONE: It's not incidental that we have a video up now on the Internet claiming that the president is suffering from Alzheimer’s. I predict to you this will be the next wave of fake news -- that the president is ill on the basis of a disease. I've spoken to the president in recent days. He is the same as he was 40 years ago. He is resilient, he is optimistic, he is upbeat, and he is not going to be undone by the Washington quislings and the establishment stooges around him. If you look at it on the basis of motive and you look at everyone who was in the meeting, all fingers point to [H.R.] McMaster -- he’s the only one with the plausible motive. It's not in Reince Priebus' interest. It's not in Rex Tillerson's interest. It's certainly not in the Russians’ interests. The leak came from McMaster.

In a third video, also shot that evening, Stone said, “I've talked to the president fairly recently -- he is sharp as a tack. There is no evidence of any deterioration in his thought process.” Expressing concern that Trump could be removed from office via the 25th Amendment, Stone added, “Look at his record on the economy, look at his appointment to the Supreme Court, look at the way he has the Chinese doing our dirty work in North Korea, and you will see he’s not crazy; he’s a genius”:

ROGER STONE:  Disclaimer right up front. They're going to say that this is a conspiracy theory, but it's the Stone cold truth. They are going to claim that Donald Trump has Alzheimer’s and that it is progressive and that is progressing and that is the source of his “insanity.” I've talked to the president fairly recently -- he is sharp as a tack. There is no evidence of any deterioration in his thought process. This is completely bogus. But under the 25th Amendment, if a majority of the cabinet plus the vice president agree that the president is incapacitated, well then he is removed. And if he seeks to fight the charges, it goes to the U.S. House of Representatives, where erosion among Republicans could destroy the Trump presidency. This is bogus. They could not beat him at the ballot box, so now they seek to remove him by claiming that he's insane. Look at his record on the economy, look at his appointment to the Supreme Court, look at the way he has the Chinese doing our dirty work in North Korea, and you will see he’s not crazy; he’s a genius.