Hubris, Pride & Temper
2016
2016-02-16 After the Pope condemned Trump for “building walls…not bridges”, Trump ranted the Pope would “wish and pray” that he (Trump) becomes president.
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-35607597
2022
2022-08-13 During his podcast “Unfiltered with Dan Bongino” Bongino made unfounded claims about the FBI, called liberals dip wads, brought up the Hunter Biden laptop, accused Comey of FBI entrapment and corruption, denounced the Mar-a-Lago classified document investigation as the “final straw” and spewed general vitriol.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwd2qrn1e2o
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6310851062112
2024
2024-05-02 During a peaceful protest at George Washington University, Boebert tried to rip a Palestinian flag down from a statue, failed, and then demanded the crowd to take it down.
2025 September
2025-09-08 During a MAGA-only dinner party Scott Bessent threatened to punch Bill Pulte for “trash talking”.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/09/08/scott-bessent-bill-pulte-blowup-00549956
2025-09-30 Pete Hegseth summoned every military leader in the world to Quantico to discuss military appearance, promote his book, patronize anyone still supporting DEI, and tout the MAGA “FAFO” adage.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-petes-cringey-fafo-threat-met-with-awkward-silence/
2025 October
2025-10-07 (more hubris than petulance) Pam Bondi sat before the Senate Judiciary committee and deflected every single question with prepared counterattacks and snarky hubris.
2025-10-29 Katie Miller had a meltdown on the Piers Morgan show, made several meritless accusations of antisemitism, and threatened to take away citizenship from her critics. She also attacked Piers Morgan, claimed if Mamdani wins then New York will fall, and inadvertently brought up 9/11 (for context, 9/11 and terrorism is frequently brought up on X posts to troll Mamdani and his supporters).
2025-10-31 Nancy Mace reportedly had a meltdown at Charleston International Airport and berated TSA officers. Some news outlets have provided the official report on their websites.
https://x.com/NancyMace/status/1984313972741276012
https://x.com/NancyMace/status/1984360363404771839
2025 November
2025-11-04 Nancy Mace released a video of herself explaining her airport tantrum. In the video she said, “if you’re not man enough to take my feedback – my constructive feedback for you not doing your job ‘ then what are you gonna do when Al Qaeda shows up at the airport”.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQo1Fd3DhcN/
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQt1jhLE2qF/
2025-11-05 Nancy Mace posted a threat on social media that she would sue Charleston Airport for defamation. For context, this is in reference to when she was dropped off at the airport and nobody was there to greet her. According to some news outlets, part of the mix up was that she was allegedly late to the pickup point and she showed up in a different vehicle than originally planned.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5591640-congresswoman-mace-defends-airport-behavior/
https://x.com/NancyMace/status/1986059636642906580
2025-11-29 Trump declared the Venezuelan airspace should be closed via Truth Social, even though he does not have the authority to close another country’s airspace.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c741mpdyw9no
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/29/world/video/stavridis-venezuela-airspace-digvid
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115633041089714842
2025-11-29 While on the Abby Phillips show, an interview with Stephen Miller’s wife Katie Miller ended up in a shouting match when the host called Nick Fuentes an anti-Semite. Katie Miller corrected the host by saying, “A Hitler admirer. Nick Fuentes is actually a Hitler admirer”, and the interview descended from there.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/katie-miller-straight-asks-abby-162554472.html
2025 December
2025-12-18 (context) Dan Bongino announced he would plan to move on from the FBI in the new year. He could talk tough and say vicious and threatening things on his show, but then he only lasted 9 months under the Trump administration. Maybe he had a change of heart – maybe he’s not as tough as he boasts.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgj0p5yl92o
2026 January
2026-01-12 After a 13-minute interview with CBS anchor Tony Dokoupil, leaked audio of Karoline Leavitt recorded her saying to CBS news after an interview, “He said, ‘Make sure you guys don’t cut the tape, make sure the interview is out in full.’ He said if it’s not out in full we’ll sue your ass off”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdYqrbZt6FM&list=WL&index=1
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/18/white-house-press-secretary-cbs-trump-interview
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/business/media/cbs-news-trump-interview.html
2026 February
2026-02-13 Corey Lewandowski and Kristi Noem fired a Coast Guard pilot after she left her blanket on the plane and the pilot forgot to return it to her.
https://people.com/coast-guard-pilot-fired-after-kristi-noem-blanket-left-behind-report-11906222
2026 March
2026-03-08 During an interview on 60 Minutes, Pete Hegseth answered the question “Will there be boots on the ground in Iran”. He smirked and said, “I wouldn’t tell you that if we did.” The interviewer said the only reason he asked was because earlier in the week Hegseth said there would not be boots on the ground and he wanted to know if that was still the answer., Pete Hegseth responded, “Yes, but we reserve the right and we would be completely unwise if we did not reserve the right to take any particular option, whether it included boots on the ground or no boots on the ground”.
2026-03-17 Hundreds of TSA workers quit due to no pay over the second government shutdown. This time the government shutdown happened after DHS executed Alex Pretti. Democrats demanded that one of hte six remaining funding bills for DHS be stripped, as well as requesting a code of conduct for officers and unmasking - none of which the GOP would concede to. Unlike the last shutdown, the Trump Administration did not hold SNAP benefits as leverage this time. However, during this shutdown airlines were asking passengers to donate gift cards so employees could survive. According to online sources, the Trump Administration continued to pay the salaries of select DHS agents patrolling our streets for immigration crackdown and were asking for $200B to fund the war in Iran which they said wasn’t a war and would be “over soon”.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tsa-absences-double-shutdown-300-quit-airport-security-lines/
https://www.businessinsider.com/tsa-agents-quit-partial-government-shutdown-airport-delays-2026-3
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/only-partial-payday-coming-up-for-most-dhs-employees
2026-03-19 During Senator Markwayne Mullin’s confirmation hearing before being appointed the new head of DHS, Rand Paul confronted Mullin about a past comment where he said he understood why Paul was assaulted and suffered rib fractures.
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/18/rand-paul-mullin-dhs-hearing-senate
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5789478-rand-paul-markwayne-mullin-dhs/
2026-03-21 Trump threatened to send ICE agents to airports starting Monday March 23rd if Democrats didn’t agree to fund DHS ICE agents. Trump wrote on Truth Social, “…ICE agents to the Airports where they will do Security like no one has ever seen before, including the immediate arrest of all illegal Immigrants who have come into our Country, with heavy emphasis on those from Somalia…”. The Washington Post in their article wrote, “Border czar Tom Homan said ICE agents will be at airports to help TSA agents…”.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116267892671497457
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObltrGAQQS8&list=WL&index=8
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/airport-delays-dhs-funding/
2026-03-26 Trump posted on social media he planned to sign an emergency Executive Order to get TSA agents paid during the second government shutdown. This came after Democrats made multiple attempts to pass a bill asking for the same thing and Trump initially responded by sending ICE agents to the airports where they did not offer help and instead stood around playing on their phones. Keeping in mind, ICE agents not wearing masks or body cameras was why we had the shutdown in the first place, and the GOP refused to allow those guardrails while they continued to fund agents during the shutdown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETT5qkzk9Lo&list=WL&index=10
https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-hell-sign-order-directing-dhs-pay-tsa/story?id=131441186
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-order-tsa-pay-as-dhs-shutdown-drags-on/
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/26/trump-tsa-shutdown-dhs.html
2026 April
2026-04-05 Trump wrote on TruthSocial, “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP”. Several leaders responded with backlash, condemning the unhinged post.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6GRMdn8ZD4&list=WL&index=3&t=59s
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/05/nx-s1-5774368/iran-war-updates
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/05/trump-iran-threats-politician-reactions
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg0q6wdzp1o
https://time.com/article/2026/04/05/trump-power-plants-iran-hormuz/
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116351998782539414