Mudline August 2, 2026
August 2, 2026
....Tina Brown: "It's sad for Senator Lindsey Graham that the last person he spoke to on this earth was the president who stole his soul."....Graham on Trump, 2015: "Crazy...a jackass...a race-baiting, xenophobic religious bigot...Shouldn't be commander-in-chief...There's only one way to make America great again: tell Donald Trump to go to hell."....Graham on Trump, 2016: "If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed...and we will deserve it."....Graham on Trump, 2026: "Mr. President, you're not far behind God."....Trump on the U.S.: "As you very well know, a short time ago we were a dead country."....WH deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, on asylum seekers: "In every case, they're either criminals, benefit seekers, economic migrants, welfare seekers, etc."....MN Rep. Tom Emmer: "[Somalis] don't assimilate. And if they don't assimilate, then they should go the hell back to where they came from."....Megyn Kelly on TPS being stripped from 400K Syrian and Haitian immigrants: "We know our country is better than yours. That's because we filled it with our work ethic and our culture and our values. You being here only dilutes it for us, those who built and live in it. We don't want you! We don't care if you're offended. Get out! Go home! Go back to fuckin' Haiti!"....Steve Schmidt in response: "This person was the host of presidential debates?"....Steven Beschloss: "Anyone who saw the images of a bloated and stuporous Trump wandering around the meetings of the G7 conference this week...would not be surprised to learn that he's increasingly losing touch with reality."....Trump on G7 members: "The stock market is more brilliant than anybody on this stage, other than me of course."....Knicks fan at victory parade, on Trump: "I f***ing hate him...The revolution starts in NYC...if we bring this energy to these f***ing people that are pedophiles that run this world, like this, we could do anything."....WSJ on Iran deal: "The U.S. had options but Mr. Trump blinked."....Thomas Friedman: "There's a new sheriff in town. Dial 1-800-Ayatollah."....Lawrence O'Donnell on Trump: "The most cowardly lion of all."....Trump on Iran: "They want to make a deal so badly. I just don't know if they're worthy of making it."....Trump on Sen. Bill Cassidy: "A loser."....Trump on Biden: "Four years of incompetence...He might have been sleepy, but boy he could create inflation."....Trump on George Conway: "A Trump Deranged Loser at the highest level. This is a truly unattractive person, both inside and out."....Trump on Democrats: "They're animals...We have to stop this horrible threat of cancer that's permeating our country, called communism."....Trump: "Has anyone ever seen a Happy Dumocrat?"....Trump: "I don't want to have anything to do with Spain. Cut off all trade with Spain, please, including visits, OK? They're hopeless. Bad people."....JD Vance: "If Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12-hour news story. The idea that it would have taken down a presidency is crazy."....former Rep. Donna Edwards on Trump: "Even Richard Nixon knew that he had done something wrong."....TNR's Greg Sargent on Trump: "He thinks corruption is the highest form of winning."....former WH attorney Ty Cobb on Trump's $1.2B cryptocurrency earnings: "We are seeing the greatest onslaught of corruption in the history of mankind in the last 18 months...If they traced every dollar that [Hunter Biden] was accused of ever having, he couldn't ante in the game that Trump is playing...The grift is on. It's stunning."....Fox host Emily Compagno on Senate candidate James Talarico: "A demon in human skin. He doesn't want anybody to eat red meat."....Rep. Seth Magaziner on Great American State Fair: "Because Trump is who he is and only cares about himself and wants to be constantly feeding his own ego, he put together this shitty event that no one is at."....Rep. Mark Pocan: "Everything from algae to bad music. It's Donald Trump, personified, so no one is showing up."....Rep. Yassamin Ansari: "Nobody wants to be associated with the most corrupt president in American history, who has absolutely destroyed this country as he's enriched himself and his family. So it was hilarious and pretty sad to see Fox with the empty background behind them trying to tout this as some sort of success."....Andrew Sullivan on Trump: "More Henry VIII than George Washington. But much, much dumber."....Trump on the nation's highest military award for valor: "As I see my two beautiful sons, I think I'm going to give one to myself, one to them, and we'll have a threesome, OK? I'll give them the Congressional Medal of Honor for something -- for their genius at hunting -- and I'll get one for taking on Russia, Russia, Russia or something."....Andy Borowitz: "Like many Americans, I mourn the sudden passing of Lindsey Graham. I had hoped he would live long enough to be tried for treason."....
