Jared Kushner found himself the butt of many Twitter jokes after Nikki Haley, outgoing U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, described him as a “hidden genius.”
Haley called Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser “a hidden genius that no one understands” during an Oval Office press conference with the president Tuesday in which she announced her resignation.
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WATCH: While discussing her forthcoming resignation, Amb. Haley lavishes praise on Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. pic.twitter.com/clBt3iSKhK
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 9, 2018
Haley’s bizarre compliment lit up Twitter, with many respondents inevitably comparing it with the president’s bonkers description of himself as “a very stable genius” earlier this year:
Jared Kushner is hiding a lot.
— Philippe Reines (@PhilippeReines) October 9, 2018
Genius is not one of them.
tfw you're a hidden genius that no one understand pic.twitter.com/4QQjEMwdTj
— Liz Charboneau but Spookier than Normal 🦇 (@lizchar) October 9, 2018
Hidden Genius, noted son-in-law of Stable Genius https://t.co/eTIgz70piU
— John Hendrickson (@JohnGHendy) October 9, 2018
Nikki calls Jared a "hidden genius". Real hidden. So hidden you'd think it doesn't exist (it doesn't).
— SKIRT (@talktoskirt) October 9, 2018
Nikki Haley calls Jared Kushner a “hidden genius that no one understands.”
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) October 9, 2018
None of us are smart enough to understand Kushner’s genius.
"Hidden genius."
— RC (@robertsjunk) October 9, 2018
"Stable genius."
Who knew there were these sub-species of genius?
It's not hidden: Jared Kushner is a genius at nepotism. And everyone understands. https://t.co/fCcmLJY9VC
— Andrew Stroehlein (@astroehlein) October 9, 2018
jared kushner's genius hidden like those iraqi wmds
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) October 9, 2018
hidden genius that no one understands pic.twitter.com/esWbYai1Gl
— Ben Philippe (@gohomeben) October 9, 2018
*taps mic* I too, am a hidden genius whom no one understands
— 🎃 Ghoulia Macfarlane 👻 (@juliamacfarlane) October 9, 2018
Is it a compliment to call a public official publicly engaged in public policy a "hidden genius" ?
— Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) October 9, 2018
Nikki Haley says Jared Kushner is a "hidden genius." Ah. That's why we can't see how he brought peace to the Middle East. It's hidden peace.
— Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger) October 9, 2018
A hidden genius no one understands. pic.twitter.com/jqKUzR2jcW
— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) October 9, 2018
“he’s such a hidden genius that nobody understands” pic.twitter.com/vXIqed7rt9
— Matt Mittenthal (@mattmittenthal) October 9, 2018
UN Ambassador Nikki Haley really just claimed that ”Jared Kushner is such a hidden genius."
— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) October 9, 2018
This is just as unbelievable as Donald Trump’s claim that he is a “stable genius”.
This family has NO Genuises!
I forget ... on the genius scale, is the “stable genius” or the “hidden genius” the more geniusey?@realDonaldTrump https://t.co/XtNE8rCNlW
— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) October 10, 2018
So many hidden geniuses and stable geniuses in this administration, I bet all the tell-all books will be called "Genius" instead of "Fear" or "Fire and Fury" or "Absolute Terror" or "Utter Insanity" or "Holy Shit They're All Mad Racist Criminals." https://t.co/Ri6YTsVLte
— Bilge Ebiri (@BilgeEbiri) October 9, 2018
Jared Kushner is a "hidden genius" in the same way I am a hidden 11-foot tall woman skilled at archery and playing the electric ukulele.
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) October 9, 2018
Nikki Haley calls Jared Kushner a “hidden genius that no one understands.”
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) October 9, 2018
None of us are smart enough to understand Kushner’s genius.
Jared is such a hidden genius that it’s almost as if he’s not a genius at all. https://t.co/ePsEkR9HDQ
— Molly Jong☠️Fast (@MollyJongFast) October 9, 2018
Trump is expected to announce Haley’s replacement within the next month. His daughter and adviser, Ivanka Trump ― Kushner’s wife ― has ruled herself out for the role. Trump said she would be “dynamite” in the position.
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