“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”

Q: You said you would end the Ukraine war in 24 hours. You've now been in office for 5 months. Why have you not been able to end the Ukraine war?

TRUMP: Because it's more difficult than people would have any idea. pic.twitter.com/2brrxI8AmP

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 25, 2025

Actually, the McCloskey quote is too kind. Trump is just all ego defense mechanism.

And living proof that democracy can really screw the pooch if it tries hard enough.