Hubris, Pride & Temper
2016
2016-02-16 After Pope Francis criticized Trump’s wall rhetoric, Trump said the Pope would “wish and pray” for his presidency.
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-35607597
2018
2018-07-15 After a group of rescuers rejected Elon Musk’s mini sub to help rescue children from a cave, Elon Musk lashed out and called their leader a pedo on social media.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50695593
2022
2022-08-13 Dan Bongino spread anti-FBI rhetoric and conspiracy claims on his podcast.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwd2qrn1e2o
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6310851062112
2024
2024-03-16 Trump said during a campaign rally in Vandalia Ohio, “If I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a blood bath for the whole – that’s going to be the least of it. It’s going to be a blood bath for the country. That’ll be the least of it. But they’re not going to sell those cars”.
https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/us-news/2024/03/17/65f6f8c946163f0d418b456a.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-bloodbath-loses-election-2024-rcna143746
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/16/trump-bloodbath-biden-november-00147453
2024-05-02 Lauren Boebert unsuccessfully tried to tear down a Palestinian flag during a protest at George Washington University.
2025 September
2025-09-08 Scott Bessent reportedly threatened Bill Pulte during a MAGA dinner.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/09/08/scott-bessent-bill-pulte-blowup-00549956
2025-09-30 Pete Hegseth gathered military leaders in Quantico to listen to his anti-DEI and FAFO rhetoric while he promoted his book.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-petes-cringey-fafo-threat-met-with-awkward-silence/
2025 October
2025-10-07 Pam Bondi deflected Senate questions with combative rhetoric.
2025-10-29 Katie Miller accused critics of antisemitism, threatened citizenship consequences for opponents, attacked Piers Morgan, and claimed that a Mamdani victory would harm New York.
2025-10-31 Nancy Mace reportedly berated TSA staff during an airport incident.
https://x.com/NancyMace/status/1984313972741276012
https://x.com/NancyMace/status/1984360363404771839
2025 November
2025-11-04 Nancy Mace defended her airport confrontation in a video, “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 threatened to sue Charleston Airport for defamation.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5591640-congresswoman-mace-defends-airport-behavior/
https://x.com/NancyMace/status/1986059636642906580
2025-11-29 Trump declared Venezuelan airspace should be closed 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 Katie Miller defended Nick Fuentes on CNN saying Nick Fuentes was a “Hitler admirer”, not an anti-Semite.
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 Leaked audio captured Karoline Leavitt threatening CBS with lawsuits over interview edits. 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 reportedly tried to fire a Coast Guard pilot after an incident involving a forgotten blanket
https://people.com/coast-guard-pilot-fired-after-kristi-noem-blanket-left-behind-report-11906222
2026 March
2026-03-08 Hegseth refused to rule out ground troops in Iran during a 60 Minutes interview. The interviewer asked, “Will there be boots on the ground in Iran”. Hegseth replied, “I wouldn’t tell you that if we did”, and, “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 Trump requested an addition $200B for his elective war in Iran, claiming it, “would be over soon”. Meanwhile hundreds of TSA workers quit their jobs due to no pay while Trump ensured DHS received their paychecks. For contrast, the war in Iraq cost $815B over the course of 13 years. Fast-forward, the US entered a deal with Iran in June to give them $300B for reconstruction.
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
https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-us-pentagon-972ec1bd956a2c3633e6ab7fff389791
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/19/hegseth-iran-war-budget.html
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/19/politics/iran-war-cost-republicans-congress
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/19/congress-braces-for-200b-iran-war-request-00835914
2026-03-26 After slamming down Democrat attempts to pass a bill asking to fund TSA, Trump said he would issue an emergency order to ensure TSA employees were paid during the government 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”.
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
https://x.com/mb_ghalibaf/status/2040823145251090462
2026-04-09 Pam Bondi refused to comply with a subpoena requiring testimony about the Epstein investigation because she was no longer serving as Attorney General.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5821724-pam-bondi-oversight-deposition-epstein-files/
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/08/politics/pam-bondi-epstein-deposition-justice-department
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bondi-deposition-subpoena-house-oversight-committee-epstein/
https://www.ms.now/news/bondi-epstein-deposition-house-oversight-contempt
2026-04-23 Trump urged FIFA to replace Iran in the World Cup with Italy.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cy813gy08v2o
[https://www.espn.com/soccer/story//id/48571163/italy-replacing-iran-world-cup-not-appropriate-sports-minister](https://www.espn.com/soccer/story//id/48571163/italy-replacing-iran-world-cup-not-appropriate-sports-minister)
2026-04-26 Trump canceled peace-talk travel involving Pakistan and Iran.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cd7j1g94d1lt
2026-04-29 Trump posted an AI image of himself holding an assault rifle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYypemF9ULo
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-gun-iran-peace-deal-11891398
https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/trump-machine-gun-post-threatens-blow-up-iran-966354-20260429
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/donald-trump-gun-picture-iran-37085084