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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.

  • September 07, 2026

    "Ranchers and farmers have always been a number one priority for me... They're a very clean people. They're immaculately clean."
    -- Trump

  • September 06, 2026

    "We're not Europe. I don't think we should necessarily buy into the European model."
    -- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on bike-friendly cities, a month after telling NPR that liberals believe "that everyone should ride a bike to their shoebox-sized apartment to eat crickets and achieve a phony climate agenda."

  • September 05, 2026

    "I wouldn't call it a war. Right now there is no active shooting."
    -- VP JD Vance, asked if the war will end before the midterms

    "I don't think it matters what you call it. What matters is the fact that we've had tremendous success."
    -- Trump

  • August 04, 2026

    "Now that we have it under U.S.A. control, should we change the name Hormuz Strait to TRUMP STRAIT??? Like America itself, it would be 'hotter' than ever before!"
    --Trump

  • September 03, 2026

    "I think anybody running for president or vice president should be forced to take a coganitive [sic] examination. Right? I mean, you get a guy who gets in there -- he's got a good line of crap and he gets in -- and all of a sudden you're stuck with a man who's a moron. This is not good."
    -- Trump

  • September 02, 2026

    "Before I even arrive at the Oval Office, after I win the presidency, I will have the horrible war between Russia and Ukraine settled... I will end that war in one day. It will take 24 hours."
    -- Trump, 2023

  • September 01, 2026

    "The only reason that communities throughout the USA should not want Data Centers is if they want to end up being backwards and poor. If they want to be successful and rich, with far lower taxes and jobs all over the place, let Data Reign."
    -- Trump

  • August 31, 2026

    "I'm not in a hurry. I have no time schedule at all... We are winning very big."
    --Trump, on returning to negotiating table with Iran

  • August 30, 2026

    "The Canadian officials have treated us very badly. They're nasty people."
    -- Trump

    "Maggot Hagerman is a PHONY...an unattractive person both inside and out...She's a stalker, and should be forced to turn over any and all money that she's made through her fake reporting on me."
    -- Trump, on NYT reporter Maggie Haberman

     

  • August 29, 2026

    "They're f*cked. They shot all their weapons; they trashed all their ships; they ran out of their money."
    -- contractor for the U.S. Navy, to the Guardian