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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 18, 2017

    "He is so overconfident and yet so logically unconvincing that my interpreter friends and I often joke that if we translated his words as they are, we would end up making ourselves sound stupid."
    -- Japanese translator Chikako Tsuruta, who interprets Trump for CNN, ABC, and CBS

  • February 16, 2017

    "The press, honestly, is out of control. The level of dishonesty is out of control."
    -- Trump

    "Our opponents, the media and the whole world will soon see as we begin to take further actions, that the powers of the president to protect our country are very substantial and will not be questioned."
    -- Trump senior policy adviser Stephen Miller

  • February 15, 2017

    "Information is being illegally given to the failing New York Times and Washington Post by the Intelligence community (NSA and FBI?). Just like Russia....Classified information is illegally given out by 'intelligence' like candy...This Russian connection non-sense is merely an attempt to cover-up the many mistakes made in Hillary Clinton's losing campaign."
    -- Trump tweets

  • February 14, 2017

    "The president likes maps."
    -- National Security Council official

  • February 13, 2017

    "If you can't produce peace in the Middle East, nobody can."
    -- Trump shout-out to son-in-law Jared Kushner, at pre-Inaugural dinner

  • February 12, 2017

    "An example of somebody who's done an amazing job and is getting recognized more and more, I notice."
    -- Trump on Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), speaking at launch ceremony for Black History Month

  • February 11, 2017

    "But he's a killer."
    -- Bill O'Reilly on Putin

    "There are a lot of killers. You think our country's so innocent?"
    -- Trump in response

    "One could argue that's the most anti-American statement ever made by the president of the United States, to confuse American values with Putin, who is running a criminal oligarchy, who kills people abroad and at home, who imprisons journalists...It's hard to know what to think about it."
    -- retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey

  • February 10, 2017

    "It's a wonderful line. I own some of it. I'm going to give a free commercial here. Go buy it today, everybody. You can find it online...She's his daughter, and [Nordstrom is] using her...to get to him. I think people could see through that. 'Go buy Ivanka's stuff' is what I would tell you."
    -- Kellyanne Conway pitching Ivanka Trump's clothing line on "Fox and Friends"

  • February 09, 2017

    "I was a good student. I understand things. I comprehend very well, better than I think almost anybody."
    -- Trump

  • February 08, 2017

    "Any negative polls are fake news."
    -- President Trump