--- ---  # Trump Said 'I Think I Am a Great Moral Leader' and the Internet Took It From There by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Nov 7, 2018 8:27 PM UTC  US President Donald J. Trump speaks at a press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Nov. 7, 2018. US President Donald J. Trump speaks at a press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Nov. 7, 2018.ERIK S LESSER—EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Nov 7, 2018 8:27 PM UTC Joke tweets are rolling in after Trump spoke of his leadership skills and patriotism. “I think I am a great moral leader and I love our country,” he said during a White House news conference on Wednesday after the [2018 midterm elections](http://time.com/5447972/donald-trump-midterm-elections-results-reaction/). He was responding to a reporter who questioned him about the rise in [instances of anti-Semitic hate crimes](http://time.com/5438424/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-anti-semitism/) under his presidency. But Trump’s statement [elicited jabs](http://time.com/5126189/donald-trump-state-union-clapping/) from some who felt differently, tweeting as much in the form of untrue declarations of their own. Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Patton Oswalt were among the fast and furious responders. “I think I can breathe underwater with my gills,” the _Veep_ actor shared. “I think I have six pack abs,” the comedian said. See below for a sampling of the responses from celebrities and average citizens alike. > [](https://twitter.com/OfficialJLD/status/1060249084823367680) > [](https://twitter.com/pattonoswalt/status/1060248364262993920) > [](https://twitter.com/W7VOA/status/1060230920043720705) > [](https://twitter.com/ysankar1/status/1060248703385055233) > [](https://twitter.com/beschlossdc/status/1060230850451828743) > [](https://twitter.com/LLeighMartin/status/1060259347358343169) > [](https://twitter.com/jennarae120/status/1060254629349462024) > [](https://twitter.com/kathelizmac/status/1060254027949264896) > [](https://twitter.com/ChorizoDFW/status/1060273775625863175) Trump Gets Mocked for Saying I Think I Am a Great Moral Leader ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5448224/trump-moral-leader-jokes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5448224/trump-moral-leader-jokes/"},"headline":"Trump Said 'I Think I Am a Great Moral Leader' and the Internet Took It From There","datePublished":"2018-11-07T20:27:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:55:54.131Z","description":"President Donald Trump said \"I think I am a great moral leader, and people quickly had some fun with that statement.","url":"https://time.com/5448224/trump-moral-leader-jokes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf532567ef935504f/69893e82b21a9c6eac4ff687/trump-press-conference-midterm-elections-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf532567ef935504f/69893e82b21a9c6eac4ff687/trump-press-conference-midterm-elections-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"trump-press-conference-midterm-elections-2018","caption":"US President Donald J. Trump hosts post election press conference, Washington, USA - 07 Nov 2018","creditText":"ERIK S LESSER—EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5448224/trump-moral-leader-jokes/","name":"Trump Said 'I Think I Am a Great Moral Leader' and the Internet Took It From There"}}]}] ```