A political scientist caused confusion when he made up a Trump quote. The president noticed.

President Trump again called for libel laws to be changed after a prominent political scientist and think tank leader made up a quote and attributed it to Trump.

Ian Bremmer, the president of the Eurasia Group and a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, tweeted a quote he attributed to Trump on Sunday afternoon.

“President Trump in Tokyo: ‘Kim Jong Un is smarter and would make a better President than Sleepy Joe Biden,’ ” Bremmer tweeted.

The tweet, styled as a direct quote, was shared by some people who did not verify it. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) and CNN contributor Ana Navarro-Cárdenas shared it, according to the Washington Examiner.

“People think they can say anything and get away with it,” Trump tweeted Monday morning. “Really, the libel laws should be changed to hold Fake News Media accountable!”

Bremmer initially defended the tweet, writing that he believed it was both obviously ludicrous “and yet kinda plausible.”

“Especially on twitter, where people automatically support whatever political position they have. That’s the point,” he wrote.

But he apologized Monday as media coverage grew, saying he had made the quote in jest.

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