President Donald Trump attempted to honor the departure of outgoing press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday by making a joke about it.

But considering Trump had made the same quip just days before, many on social media couldn’t help but wonder if he actually meant what he said.

“She decided she loved her children more than she loved Donald Trump. I’m very upset about this,” Trump said while speaking at the White House of Leavitt, who announced earlier this month that she’d be leaving the job. “She has to go home and spend time with her children. That does happen on occasion with some people — when they love their children, and she does.” He then congratulated her on the birth of her second child, “Vivi,” who was born in May.

Trump on Leavitt: She decided she loved her children more than she loved Donald Trump. I'm very upset about this. She has to go home and spend time with her children. That does happen on occasion with some people—when they love their children pic.twitter.com/tQG3eaqwqq

Trump said in a Truth Social post after Leavitt’s announcement that she was leaving so she can “spend more time with her beautiful young children and family, a decision I totally understand and respect!”

If the joke on Monday was a one-off, most people wouldn’t read into it too deeply.

However, Mediaite notes that Trump made the same joke on Friday when he attended a rally for South Carolina Republican Senate candidate Darline Graham.

As a result, many people on social media interpreted the “joke” as a serious sign of the president’s fragile ego.

🚨OMG. What a narcissistic piece of shit. Trump just dunked on Karoline Leavitt for leaving:“She decided she loved her children more than she loved Donald Trump. I’m very upset about this.”Even her newborn has to compete with his fucking ego. pic.twitter.com/wecFF76Xr1

This is, what, at least the third time he’s said this? He wasn’t joking the first time and he’s not joking now. https://t.co/TZ7yEbi4Ol

Trump consistently feels the need to inject his giant-sized ego into speeches and conversations... comments revolve entirely around him and his misguided, self-centered view of his own greatness, which is not aligned with the reality perceived by most observers...  -DW https://t.co/NApcrhJ0UO

The irony is almost unbelievable. https://t.co/uKalYRpEeu

He thinks he’s being funny. Seriously. https://t.co/qWui8vzbyZ

No, not a weirdo at all https://t.co/rd9uLeV25V

Trump is the dad who went to the store to get milk and never returned. https://t.co/pfkwUYyh2t

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