You are on to something... his ego is a real monster.
We need a running List of these continuing
#StupidTrumpStatementsToGetAttention
-starting with all the variations of
"51st state / Governor of." ->SO inane.

Here he accepts Trump Paradox Award as
the world's only
totally
𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝘽𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙚