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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.
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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 -
August 28, 2026
"What is the cure for measles? The cure for measles is chicken soup and Vitamin A, and neither of those things can be patented."
-- RFK Jr. in 2021 in Lancaster, PA, where two people recently died of measles -
August 27, 2026
"She really liked me, I will tell you."
-- Trump, on Dolly Parton -
August 26, 2026
332 million+
-- number of books distributed to children for free by Dolly's Imagination Library over the last 30 years -
August 25, 2026
"It's a country that doesn't have a military... To think that they're going to go to go to war with Donald Trump and actually win that war with the US, I think it's foolish on their part."
-- Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy on Canada, whose soldiers fought in Afghanistan"The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, in that we don't expect to be doing much business with Ontario any longer."
-- Trump"We've recognized from the start that America has changed."
-- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney -
August 24, 2026
"The people of Washington DC, the greater Capitol Region, all love this idea... Everybody I've met has said, 'Please, please, do this again next year!'"
-- Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, on making the DC grand prix an annual event