Donald Trump mocked after calling someone ‘very average mentally person’ in bizarre rant
Donald Trump has been getting a lot of attention lately for what he said at the NATO Summit in the Netherlands, and not all of it has been positive. While attending the 2025 NATO meeting where world leaders came together to discuss strengthening the alliance — Trump took a jab at Jerome Powell, the head of the U.S. Federal Reserve.
During a press conference, Trump called Powell a “very average mentally person” and said he believed Powell had a “low IQ” and was “very stupid.” His comments were meant to criticize Powell’s performance, especially regarding interest rate decisions. Trump has been unhappy with Powell for years, particularly when the Federal Reserve didn’t move fast enough to cut interest rates during his presidency.
Ironically, Trump is the one who first nominated Powell for the job in 2017. Despite that, he’s continued to publicly insult him, even though President Joe Biden later gave Powell another four-year term that’s supposed to last until 2026.
When asked if he had plans to replace Powell if he returned to office, Trump said he already had three or four possible candidates in mind. He added that Powell’s term would be ending “pretty soon fortunately,” and called him “terrible” once again.
But Trump’s strange choice of words — calling someone “a average mentally person” — drew more attention than the insult itself. Many people online mocked Trump for his poor grammar, pointing out the irony of criticizing someone else’s intelligence while struggling with basic sentence structure.
Political commentator Brian Krassenstein joked that Trump’s comment sounded like something a confused school kid might say during a book report. He even compared it to someone tripping over their own shoelaces while trying to make fun of how someone else walks.
Others joined in online, pointing out that Trump’s phrase “a average mentally person” wasn’t even a typo it was just bad grammar. Critics said the whole moment was typical Trump: full of insults, lacking self-awareness, and loaded with projection.
Even Republicans who oppose Trump spoke out, saying that his attack on Powell was more about his own insecurities than any real criticism.
Overall, what was meant to be a sharp jab at Jerome Powell ended up turning into another example of Trump being mocked online — not for what he said, but for how he said it.
