Another press event, another sexist meltdown

Monday August 17, 2026

With the non-deal, non-ceasefire with Iran ending today, and Trump having no clue how to extricate the US from his idiotic quagmire there, Trump, like the toddler he is, is lashing out. As we full well know, besides his heroes Putin, Xi, and Kim Jong-Un, anyone is a potential target, and with friends like Trump, no one needs enemies that’s for sure. This morning’s target was longtime US ally Oman, which has been attempting to serve as a mediator between the US and Iran and is, justifiably, looking out for itself and figuring out how to coexist with Iran once Trump, inevitably, turns tail and leaves the Middle East to deal with the mess he made.

In a call this morning with one of his Fox toadies, Trey Yingst, the New York Times reports, Trump thundered that “if Oman gets in the way” of his harebrained nonplan for the Strait, “we’ll bomb the shit out of them.” Good Lord. You gotta keep asking yourself: how on earth did we get to the point where the “president” of the United States talks like this? JFC what a nightmare. He also said of the war/skirmish/little excursion that was supposed to be wrapped up in 4 weeks and has now stretched to a half a year that he was “not in a hurry” to make a deal with Iran.

Later, Trump, with bags under his eyes the size of Samsonites - for his only public appearance of the day – meets with reporters in the Oval Office. He’s got 16-year-old Ryder Williams - a California lifeguard who dramatically saved a child in Santa Cruz last month - in the hostage chair. It goes sideways fast as Trump congratulates the mom of the good looking blond white kid for “good genetics.” (Oy vey.) You have to wonder whether he would have been saying that if the hero lifeguard had been a black or brown kid but, of course, if that had been the case he or she wouldn’t have been invited to the White House in the first place. I mean, duh.

The appearance was a total train wreck. It takes him about 5 minutes to start pissing and moaning about his White House ruinification project, lying that “the whole place was a mess” when he came back and that “they” (presumably the voices in his head) “have been trying to build a ballroom for 150 years.” He says the ballroom will “protect all of DC.” Huh? First, it was the White House grounds, now the whole city? Soon this thing is going to be like an iron shield for the entire east coast.

The ballroom, you’ll recall, was also on Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff’s mind this weekend when, criticizing the president for screwing up Iran and everything else, he said Trump “would rather build his ballroom and travel with Natalie Harp” than “do his job as president.” Gosh, I’m swooning here just remembering it.

CNN reporter Kristen Holmes – who was busy today – asked Trump what he thought of Ossoff’s comments. Trump replied, “You mean Pee Wee Herman?” Damn, that’s all he’s got??? He avoids the Harp reference and starts prattling on about how he had to fix the White House because it was “disgraceful.”

There was a lot of disgraceful to go around today. Let’s see. Trump doubled down on his shameful decision to cut back on joint military exercises with South Korea since its president, Lee Jae Myung, hurt his fee-fees. He says, preposterously, that shitting on South Korea and cutting back military exercises with them is actually making the area “much safer” because “Kim Jong-Un has always treated me with such respect.” No, it’s not you – this doesn’t make a lick of sense.

On that inconvenient war in the Middle East, Trump lies for the millionth time that Iran “wants to make a deal, but they’re not going to make the kind of deal that I think is necessary.” (Later, Trump’s son-in-law - and wouldn’t it be nice to have a real diplomatic corps like a grown-up country??? – tells Fox that Iran “is engaging in a very strong way and that is quite positive but we are not there yet” and the “president doesn’t want to rush to a deal.” HAHAHAHAHAHAHA)

Then there was the matter of the USS Lincoln, where, as been reported for weeks now, sailors are in crisis because of the absurdly long deployment and the wretched conditions onboard. When asked if there is enough food on the ship, Trump pulls out his go-to: “Yeah. That was a CNN fake report.” (He’s such a little babyman. Every election he loses is rigged; every critical story is fake.)

On cue, he pulls a fake “sir” story out of his ass, recounting a fake conversation he had over the weekend with some dude who just so happened to be a retired admiral. LOLOL The guy allegedly told Trump: “I’ve been on ships that are out there much longer than that, sir. (Sir!!!! He forgot the tears in his eyes though.) And I know people on the Lincoln, they say it’s beautifully maintained and beautifully taken care of.’ And other people went out and they found out that to be true.” Wheeeee!!!!!

So there was all that lunacy but the cherry on the shit sandwich was yet another sexist meltdown at a female reporter, in this case CNN’s Kristen Holmes. She asked him about the Ossoff quote, about North Korea, and about the Lincoln. Inevitably, when she was trying to do a follow-up, he blew.

“Be quiet! Be quiet! Be quiet! You’re a fake reporter and you report fake news.”

Holmes tries to persist and he snaps “Quiet, quiet! You’re very disrespectful in front of this young man.” He turns to the blond kid with the good genetics and says “Don’t you find her disrespectful?” (the kid looks like he’s about to hurl) then continues ranting at Holmes: “You’re a loud boisterous person. You’re fake news. Be quiet. Be quiet. You’re a fake reporter and you report fake news.” It’s so nauseating.

CNN tonight issued a statement calling Holmes “one of the most respected and accomplished journalists covering the White House” who did her job by asking Trump a “tough, relevant and newsworthy question,” adding that “Public officials are free to challenge reporting they disagree with, but personal attacks on journalists for asking questions are beneath the office and inconsistent with the principles of a free press. We stand firmly behind Kristen and reject these attacks in the strongest possible terms."

And there it is: a strongly worded statement! That should do the trick!!! The reporters need to all walk out when he pulls this shit or it’s never going to stop.

Extra Credit:

The White House is really, really chapped about the Natalie Harp chatter and their flop sweat is showing.

Repellent knuckle-dragging White House Communications Director Steven Cheung was up and at ‘em first thing this morning, posting: “Jon Jackoff has to be the biggest cuck loser in politics. Instead of denigrating hard working people serving their country, Jon should look deep into his soul and ask himself why he's a miserable person who hates this country. It's because he's a radical, extremist Dumocrat.” Steven Cheung doesn’t seem like a jolly guy does he?

Another White House spokesliar, Davis Ingle, piled on with this: “Jon Ossoff is a cringeworthy, feminine theatre kid cosplaying as Barack Obama. Nobody gives a shit what this lightweight loser says.” Damn! Can you imagine how they would react if it was about something they actually gave a shit about???!!!

As always, it got more horrific.

The official White House rapid response account, Rapid Response 47, posted that Kristen Holmes “is a disgraceful, humiliating embarrassment to her alleged profession. The president hosts a hero lifeguard in the Oval Office and she uses it as an opportunity to take a cheap shot about one of President Trump's staffers. These scumbags are the lowest of the low.” Seems like they’ve hit a nerve huh? Let’s get someone to ask Trump whether Natalie Harp is involved in the Epstein files cover-up and his orange head my spontaneously combust.

Just in case that wasn’t venal enough, Rapid Response 47 piled on in a post to Holmes: “Someday, your children will come across your disgusting and inhumane question. They will be sickened and embarrassed to have a parent be so callous and vindictive. It’s quite troubling.” This is really sick stuff. It may warrant another strongly worded letter.

Thanks so much for reading and stay safe and healthy everyone!!! Remember we are not the crazy ones!!!