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TWO DECADES OF WTF

Welcome to the world's largest and most up-to-date collection of insane, tragic, misguided, dishonest, inexplicable, and darkly hilarious comments by public figures. This is where reality comes when it wants its mind blown.

  • February 12, 2026

    "Prime Minister Carney wants to make a deal with China -- which will eat Canada alive...The first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate the Stanley Cup."
    -- Trump

  • February 11, 2026

    "Like most people, I didn't understand any of it...I don't fault that kid for doing the Super Bowl, getting in front of a global audience. I fault the NFL for putting him in that position, and Turning Point for having to come out and have an alternative for people to watch. You know, it's just -- poor kid."
    -- Kid Rock, on Bad Bunny halftime show, viewed by 128M

  • February 09, 2026

    "My stewardship of the Post and my support of its mission, which will remain unswerving, is something I will be most proud of when I'm 90 and reviewing my life."
    -- Jeff Bezos, 2019

    "Democracy Dies with Billionaires."
    -- protesters outside Washington Post headquarters, 2026

  • February 09, 2026

    "You know, they rigged the second election. I had to win it, had to win it. I needed it for my own ego. I would have had a bad ego for the rest of my life. Now I really have a big ego, though."
    -- Trump, at National Prayer Breakfast

  • February 08, 2026

    "I can't watch the new NFL Kickoff. Like many others, I just turn my head. Who has the right to make such a change?"
    -- Trump

  • February 06, 2026

    "My presence was requested by the President."
    -- DNI head Tulsi Gabbard, Monday, on why she participated in FBI search of Georgia election center

    "I don't know."
    -- Trump, Wednesday, asked why Gabbard had been involved

    "She went at Pam [Bondi]'s insistence."
    -- Trump, Thursday

  • February 06, 2026

    "They say, 'Donald Trump is using the Justice Department to get even.' And I don't. But wouldn't I have a right to?"
    -- Trump

  • February 05, 2026

    "I think it's really time for the country to get on to something else... Something that people care about."
    -- Trump, on Epstein files

  • February 04, 2026

    "Trump worst negotiator in human history."
    -- Steve Bannon, in text to Jeffrey Epstein

    "They [China] are playing Go and he can't master Tic-Tac-Toe."
    -- Epstein, in response

  • February 03, 2026

    "The Republicans should say, 'We want to take over. We should take over the voting.'"
    -- Trump, to Dan Bongino