REALLY let this one sink in. "...the country is at war and the president is leaving DC this afternoon for..."

[Miles Archer]

Aaron Rupar

‪@atrupar.com‬
the country is at war and the president is leaving DC this afternoon for a weekend at his private club in Florida that he'll spend with his paying customers
10:13 AM · Mar 13, 2026

the country is at war and the president is leaving DC this afternoon for a weekend at his private club in Florida that he'll spend with his paying customers

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-03-13T14:13:40.318Z

[nitpicked]

1. Including a dinner with MAGA Inc. members

https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/topic/calendar/

[FakeNoose]

2. How is this weekend different from any other?

[Grim Chieftain]

3. While would be "suckers and losers" die for his war of choice

If there was any justice in this world (which I doubt) the orange felon would stroke out on the first hole of his MAGA Largo golf course.

[haele]

4. Beware the Ides of March.

Just quoting.

[BaronChocula]

28. If only it was knives in the back

instead of lips on the ass.

[paleotn]

29. Hmmm....

Given that we now have a very pissed off Iran. A nation state, with significant nation state power and capabilities. And Mar-a-lardo isn't known for its security. The US security apparatus can only do so much with a moron who insists on being very hard to secure.

[Justice matters.]

33. Well, the actual "inflated" secret-service apparatus around his mold hide is huge

and costs double, or triple the bundle it would if orange $atan would stay in DC.

Of course he's not paying a dime for the extra expenses... that's what the national debt is for for Republicans.

[paleotn]

38. Security risk probably scales exponentially, so that may not be enough SS.

Not only is the Iranian regime pissed as hell, they're facing a real, existential threat. People tend to do crazy shit when they feel they've got nothing to lose. That's the problem with ultimatums. They don't give either side much room to maneuver. That's very dangerous.

[allegorical oracle]

39. Especially as Palm Beach is a barrier island -- about 18 miles long and no wider at

any point than about 3/4 of a mile. It originally sat next to Lake Worth on the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, but the lake was transformed into an inland waterway. So that means the Coast Guard must patrol both the waterway and the Atlantic sides of the island.

History of Palm Beach -- the island, not the city, is interesting. According to my copy of Roosevelt's WPA (Works Projects Administration) guidebook to Florida -- Palm Beach "has no Negro settlement, and Negroes are not allowed on the streets after dark, unless actively employed in the city."

It is a rarified atmosphere. Only for the fittest-of-the-fit like Donald J. Trump.

[ShazzieB]

43. It's an outrage that so much of the people's money is being spent on the Orange Hellbeast's security at Mar-a-Lago.

And that's on top of what this stupid, pointless war is costing. What a slap in the face for all the Americans who are struggling to pay their suddenly inflated health care premiums and/or trying to make do with reduced SNAP benefits ... especially the kids who will have to go to school hungry because of the latter.

The profound, unadulterated evil of that monster is like nothing I've ever seen before in my entire life. 👿

[flashman13]

5. Will he be dancing? He is such a wonderful dancer. Better than Astaire!

[PuraVidaDreamin]

27. Most people say...

more dripping sarc.

[GentryDixon]

37. With tears in their eyes. 😂

[niyad]

6. In other news, water is wet.

[Initech]

7. Even worse - the country is in a war that he started!

And his shitty propaganda channel is blaming the victims.

[littlemissmartypants]

8. He really should be less predictable and...

Does anyone know what the "weekend "excursions" current tally might be? WE THE PEOPLE need an updated cost assessment.

[ananda]

13. You could measure it in dollars or crypto.

Bam

[ScratchCat]

9. Actually, the country is not at war

Donald Trump and Benjamin Nuttyyahoo are illegally attacking a sovereign country as a distraction to their crimes and a complicit US military is following unlawful, un-Constitutional orders when legal authorization has not been given by Congress. What we are witnessing - the assassination and kidnapping of leaders of sovereign countries and the bombing of infrastructure - doesn't remotely fall under "Limited military action" as authorized by TWPA.

Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth and the generals who obeyed commands to launch missiles which destroyed a school are guilty of war crimes and must be held accountable for these unlawful acts.

The god damned media is engaged in a mind fuck of US viewers with agit-prop nonsense and have completely abandoned the discussion of the fact that what Trump is doing is unlawful and un-Constitutional.

But the country is not actually at war.

[Ford_Prefect]

10. Says who he thinks the war is for, yes?

[BigmanPigman]

11. Maybe Iran will take care of tRump

while he is in FL. They threatened to do so last week.

[xuplate]

12. Mission accomplished

He got what he wanted—now he will try to invoke war powers to stop the mid-terms.

[Vinca]

14. Well, I sure hope there aren't any dignified transfers to interrupt his golf game.

[calimary]

41. Meh, he'd probably just videotape something that the networks can play

so he doesn’t actually have to step away from his precious golf game.

[Norbert]

15. Cardio-Vascular disease, please work your magic.

[irisblue]

16. .

[dflprincess]

21. As tempting it is to applaud that

I don't want to think about how Trump's government would retaliate & the rally 'round the flag crap we'd be bombarded with.

[peggysue2]

17. Agent Orange is . . .

PINO:

President In Name Only

Yes, he can declare senseless war, exact damage and humiliation on his perceived enemies and turn the country upside down (for now) BUT . . .

He is acting in his own self-interest, greed and demented appetites. He has no sense of public service, likely sees all those who do as suckers and losers. He is the end product of gross inequality, hubris, arrogance and the worship of wealth and celebrityhood.

His only call to service is to his "paying customers." It's all he knows and cares about. Do his paying customers care about the man? No. Because they are of the same ilk. They care only about what they can wring from his shriveled carcass. Same goes for all those working for him kissing his piggy toes and ass. They've been drawn to the darkness and refuse to escape.

This moment will end. When it does, beyond the celebration, there will be retribution, searing screams for justice.

Because what this man and his Flying Monkey Brigade have done, here and throughout the world, is obscene. They know it which is why they're desperate to hang onto power.

They know what they've done. They know what's coming.

[slightlv]

42. Oh, how I agree!

This moment will end. When it does, beyond the celebration, there will be retribution, searing screams for justice.

What an exceptionally beautiful, intelligent sentence. And I will be among the loudest of those searing screams for justice!

[Baitball Blogger]

18. They voted for this.

[ForeGoneLegsBirne]

19. We DEFINITELY Don't Need THAT Imagine a MAGA Procession...

...an errant line drive would be the more merciful outcome.

[dflprincess]

22. They'd blame Iraq for the line drive nt

[Sneederbunk]

20. His way of working on affordability.

[gfarber]

23. Wartime Golf Trips

Last edited Sun Mar 15, 2026, 11:34 AM - Edit history (1)

There once was a Chief from D.C.,
In a war thick as bad LSD.
While the briefings screamed “FIRE!”
He said, “Gas up the flyer—
There’s a members-only tee time for me.”

The Situation Room buzzed like a hive,
With colonels on caffeine till five.
But the Boss hit the jet,
With a donor-list set,
To a club where the martinis survive.

The pundits were pale in the press,
Maps bleeding with arrows and stress.
But the Prez took a swing
At the whole bloody thing—
Said the greens in the south were “the best.”

In D.C. the alarms rang like sin,
War briefings stacked up to the chin.
Yet the motorcade roared,
To the runway it soared—
“Charge the members to watch me win.”

There once was a weekend escape,
While the nation chewed fear like a grape.
He’d shake hands with the rich,
On a sun-blasted pitch,
Where the cocktails come tall as the drapes.

So the war room kept grinding its gears,
Full of whispers and satellite fears.
But the Boss chased the sun,
With the paying-guest fun,
And a driver that rang in their ears.

https://buymeacoffee.com/gfarber

[Ilsa]

25. Fantastic! Absolutely fan-fucking-tastic! nt

[BidenRocks]

24. Who painted a bulls eye on the roof?

JD? Was that you?

[Rob H.]

26. Will he be doing his trademark double invisible handjob dance while he's there? Inquiring minds want to know!

[LiberalArkie]

30. Am I too nasty for chanting "IRAN. IRAN, IRAN"

[Justice matters.]

35. Here: (Flock Of Seagulls I Ran)

[Goonch]

31. ;-{)....

[RANDYWILDMAN]

32. The grifting will continue until moral improves

[Justice matters.]

34. orange $atan is a war-criminal conman.

[CaptainTruth]

36. His political career is dedicated to his paying customers...

...rich donors, so this is par for his vile course.

[Jbraybarten]

40. when isn't he there? Tent fort time I guess.

[OldBaldy1701E]

44. Really?

The orange gibbon and his entourage will be in one place along with plenty of the reasons why we are in this situation in the first place?

Anyone paying attention to this?

Because they should be.