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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.

  • April 12, 2020

    "The metrics right here [pointing to his head]. That's my metrics. That's all I can do."
    -- Trump, asked what metrics he'll use in deciding when to "re-open" the economy, possibly as early as May 1st

  • April 11, 2020

    "The Wall Street Journal always 'forgets' to mention that the ratings for the White House Press Briefings are 'through the roof' (Monday Night Football, Bachelor Finale, according to the New York Times) and is only way for me to escape the Fake News and get my views across. WSJ is Fake News!"
    -- Trump

  • April 10, 2020

    "What do you have to lose?"
    -- Trump, on taking hydroxychloroquine

    "You could lose your life."
    -- Dr. Patrice Harris, president of the AMA

    "As soon as Trump said something positive about it, the media's been on a jihad to discredit the drug."
    -- Attorney General William Barr

     

  • April 09, 2020

    "This president will always put America first. He will always protect American citizens. We will not see diseases like the coronavirus come here. We will not see terrorism come here. And isn't that refreshing when contrasting it with the awful presidency of President Obama?"
    -- new WH Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, on 2/25, more than a month after the first confirmed COVID-19 case in the U.S.

  • April 08, 2020

    "Everybody's amazed at the job we're doing."
    -- Trump

  • April 07, 2020

    "Can you imagine if Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, 'We'll be right behind you, Connecticut. Good luck building those battleships!'"
    -- WA Gov. Jay Inslee

  • April 05, 2020

    "There will be death."
    -- Trump on the week ahead

  • April 05, 2020

    "Did you know I was number one on Facebook? I just found out I'm number one on Facebook. I thought that was very nice...It represents something."
    -- Trump at recent coronavirus press conference

  • April 04, 2020

    "If this government was preparing for a pandemic, why is it we don't have enough masks? Why is it we don't have enough medical equipment?"
    -- CNN's Jim Acosta

    "You should speak to the people from the previous administration and ask them....because the shelves were empty."
    -- Trump

  • April 03, 2020

    "The states should have been building their stockpiles. We have almost 10,000 in our stockpile...We're a backup. We're not an ordering clerk."
    -- Trump

    "The notion of the federal stockpile was it's supposed to be our stockpile. It's not supposed to be states' stockpiles that they then use."
    -- Jared Kushner