George Conway Brands Trump an 'Angry, Psychopathic, and Psychotic Duck With Nuclear Weapons' Ahead of Midterms
Key Takeaways
- •George Conway described President Trump on X as an "angry, psychopathic, and psychotic duck with nuclear weapons" one week before the midterm elections.
- •Conway's post responded to Michael McFaul, who referenced Edward Luce's comment that Trump would become an "angry duck" rather than a lame duck.
- •Current polling suggests Democrats are likely to capture at least one chamber of Congress, an outcome that could lead to congressional investigations and a potential third impeachment of Trump, who was twice impeached and acquitted during his first term.
- •Conway, who launched the Anti-Psychopath PAC in 2024, said in September that Trump was having "psychotic breaks" and raised alarm over the president's sole authority over the nuclear code.
- •Luce's "angry duck" warning centered less on Trump's mental state than on whether Trump and his GOP allies would accept the midterm results if Republicans lose.
Conservative lawyer George Conway described President Donald Trump as an "angry, psychopathic, and psychotic duck with nuclear weapons" in a post on X, escalating his long-running criticism of the president's mental state ahead of next week's midterm elections.
The remark came in response to a social media post by Michael McFaul, the former U.S. ambassador to Russia, referencing an appearance on MS NOW's Morning Joe alongside Financial Times columnist Edward Luce.
"Was on @Morning_Joe today with @EdwardGLuce when he said that Trump will not become a lame duck, but an 'angry duck.' That image has stuck with me," McFaul wrote.
Conway picked up the description but argued that Luce had not gone far enough in his assessment of the president.
"I'm usually in complete agreement with my friend @EdwardGLuce but feel obliged to offer the emendation that what we will have (already, frankly) in Trump is an angry, psychopathic, and psychotic duck with nuclear weapons," Conway wrote.
The term "lame duck" generally applies to a president left nearly powerless when the opposition party controls Congress and can block or slow down legislative work. Midterm elections, held halfway through a president's four-year term, put every House seat and roughly one-third of Senate seats on the ballot. If current polling holds, a Democratic takeover of either chamber of Congress looks likely a week from now — an outcome that would leave Trump facing congressional investigations and a potential third impeachment. Trump was impeached twice during his first term, with the Senate acquitting him both times.
The post is by no means Conway's first attempt to portray the president as mentally unfit for office. In 2024, the former Republican launched the Anti-Psychopath PAC with the aim of making Trump's mental fitness an issue in that year's election.
During a September appearance on MS Now, Conway said Trump was having "psychotic breaks," responding to a Washington Post report that the president was panicking about a potential GOP wipeout in the midterms. In that interview, Conway voiced alarm over Trump's access to the nuclear code — a power that, as commander in chief, rests with the president alone.
"He's never been in touch with reality to the extent that one would expect; one would want someone with, you know, thousands of nuclear weapons at their disposal to be. But now he's completely losing it," Conway said.
Conway, who was previously married to former Trump White House adviser Kellyanne Conway, has spent many years in the public eye at odds with the president and challenging his behavior.
Luce's "angry duck" warning, for its part, is less about Trump's mental state than about what could come after the midterms — namely, whether Trump and his GOP allies will accept the results if the Republicans lose.
