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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, 2019

    "You know, some of the most dishonest people in media are the so-called fact-checkers."
    -- Trump

    "They're full of crap when the claim [the El Paso border barrier] hasn't made a big difference..."
    -- Trump

  • February 11, 2019

    "No President ever worked harder than me (cleaning up the mess I inherited)...I probably work more hours than almost any past President."
    -- Trump

  • February 10, 2019

    "Today Elizabeth Warren, sometimes referred to by me as Pocahontas, joined the race for President. Will she run as our first Native American presidential candidate?...See you on the campaign TRAIL, Liz!"
    -- Trump

    "Savage!!! Love my President."
    -- Donald Trump Jr.

  • February 09, 2019

    "In your capacity as acting Attorney General, have you ever been asked to approve any request or action to be taken by the special counsel?"
    -- House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerrold Nadler to Matthew Whitaker

    "Mr. Chairman, I see that your five minutes is up."
    -- Whitaker

  • February 08, 2019

    "I wasn't sleeping. I was trying not to scream."

    -- Sen. Debbie Stabenow on having her eyes closed during SOTU
  • February 07, 2019

    Jack Shafer on WaPo Super Bowl ad:

    "Let's imagine Bezos had spent the $10.5 million on reporters instead. He could add 10 to the Post's staff at $100,000 a year for 10 years and still have money left over to buy several tankers filled with coffee and a semi-tractor loaded with donuts."

  • February 06, 2019

    "An economic miracle is taking place in the United States, and the only thing that can stop it are foolish wars, politics, or ridiculous partisan investigations. If there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation. It just doesn't work that way."
    -- Trump

    "If I had not been elected president of the United States we would right now, in my opinion, be in a major war with North Korea."
    -- Trump

  • February 05, 2019

    "I accomplished the military."

    -- Trump
  • February 04, 2019

    "I didn't see the report from the intelligence. When you read it, it's a lot different than it was covered in the news."
    -- Trump

    "Just concluded a great meeting with my Intel team in the Oval Office who told me that what they said on Tuesday at the Senate Hearing was mischaracterized by the media...They said it was fake news... I would suggest you read the COMPLETE testimony from Tuesday."
    -- Trump, on "Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community," Daniel R. Coats, Director of National Intelligence, 29 January 2019

  • February 03, 2019

    "So far this thing's been a total witch hunt. And it doesn't implicate me in any way. There was no collusion. There was no obstruction. There was no nothing."

    -- Trump on Mueller investigation