Trump interrupts a Cabinet meeting dealing with the Iran war and rising prices to talk Sharpies

[groundloop]

Source: AP News

During a Cabinet meeting Thursday that discussed the war in Iran, record-long security lines at many of the nation’s top airports, rising oil prices and skittish stock markets, the president interjected by holding up a custom-made black and gold Sharpie and offering a long story about how his preferred marker came to be a White House fixture.

“See this pen right here?” Trump said at the start of a roughly five-minute, on-and-off diatribe on the Sharpie. “This pen is an interesting example.”

It was one of several lengthy asides the president made during the meeting that sometimes felt especially jarring given how many more important things his top advisers could have been discussing.

The president offered the winding tale as an example of how his business sense can lead to better, cheaper outcomes in federal spending. He was also seeking to drive home his broader, long-standing criticism that renovations to the Federal Reserve building in Washington are too expensive.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-cabinet-sharpie-pen-iran-war-153a483dc7fcb6c110c69a47481287ae

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This piece of orange dementia is truly unbelievable, you just can't make this shit up.

BUT.......What About the tRump-Epstein Files?

[BaronChocula]

1. THIS is what needs to be covered

Fast and furious. As our peeps in Congress take to repeatedly referring to him as an idiot (TY Sen. Gallego) and deranged, no one should be letting up on that narrative that reflects a very obvious reality. He needs to be decommissioned.

[Baitball Blogger]

12. I bet that man wanted to use that pen to widen the Strait of Hormuz.

[jls4561]

2. How many surrogate penises does that guy need?

[BumRushDaShow]

3. He did similar in the middle of a meeting with oil executives

getting up and staring out the window at the "ballroom" construction and rambling on about it.

When that sort of thing started happening to Raygun during his 2nd term, Nancy kept him tightly controlled and out of the spotlight.

[twodogsbarking]

4. Then he showed them a shit stain that looked just like him.

Wait for it.

[IcyPeas]

5. Oh yeah, the Epstein Files. Note they have pretty much disappeared from the news.

Trump has normalized sexual abuse, rape, pedophilia and perhaps worse.

[chowder66]

6. Our guy is completely demented so let's use everything we observe about him against Biden and others.

[MW67]

7. To much

Realty being discussed, that always triggers his bs instinct ,

[Aviation Pro]

8. He's pulling a Gigante

When is the child raping bag of fuck going to show up in a bathrobe?

[popsdenver]

9. Don't forget who is really bringing this

The Republicans in the U.S. Senate........The Republicans in the U.S. House.....The Republicans on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Without all of them in lockstep since Jan 2016, he wouldn't be wear he, (and the Republican Party) are today.

Those three could take him out in one day, if they weren't all behind what he and the 2025 group are doing and have done.....

Those three entities are sooooo stupid, they don't even realize there is NO Legislative Branch, and NO Judicial Branch of government in a Dictatorship/Tyranny............and they all are just now beginning to realize that THEY created this Frankenstein's Monster and he is out of their control...........

[hibbing]

10. "several lengthy asides"

Talk about sane washing.

[BattleRow]

11. Oh the irony of someone ,clearly not the sharpest,pontificating about sharpies

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

13. He's sniffed too may Sharpies

[Xipe Totec]

14. Not the sharpest crayon in the box. nt

[LetMyPeopleVote]

15. MaddowBlog-Trump shares a conversation with Sharpie maker that apparently never occurred

As a rule, when the president talks about imaginary conversations, his descriptions are vague. Occasionally, he slips up.

Look, I realize this framing is trite, but for all of the obsessive focus on Biden’s age and mental acuity, he never went around sharing the details of imaginary conversations that he claimed to be having in the here and now.

Trump, meanwhile, does it all the time.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-03-30T17:59:37.440Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-shares-a-conversation-with-sharpie-maker-that-apparently-never-occurred

Partway through the meeting, the Republican took several minutes to talk about his appreciation for, of all things, Sharpie pens. The Associated Press reported:

During a Cabinet meeting Thursday that discussed the war in Iran, record-long security lines at many of the nation’s top airports, rising oil prices and skittish stock markets, the president interjected by holding up a custom-made black and gold Sharpie and offering a long story about how his preferred marker came to be a White House fixture.

‘See this pen right here?’ Trump said at the start of a roughly five-minute, on-and-off diatribe on the Sharpie. ‘This pen is an interesting example.’

What followed was a lengthy and detailed description of a conversation the president claimed to have had with the company that makes the pens.

Trump: "See, this pen right here. This pen is an interesting example. It's the same thing. So this pen is very inexpensive. But it writes well. I like it. But I can't have the pen the way it was. You know what it is. I don't want to give too much publicity but they do treat me well. Sharpie."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-03-26T15:34:25.401Z

.....The day after the Cabinet meeting, The Washington Post reported, “The company that makes the permanent markers said the exchange never happened. … Presented with a transcript of Trump’s account, a spokesperson for Sharpie maker Newell Brands said it did not occur.” When the Post asked the White House to clarify who the president had spoken to and when, it received no response.

Trump already had a “Sharpiegate” mess in his first term, and the sequel is about as absurd.

But what troubles me about this is the familiarity of the circumstances. As a rule, when the president talks about imaginary conversations, he sticks to vague descriptions that make fact-checking difficult.....

I realize this framing is trite, but for all of the obsessive focus on Joe Biden’s age and mental acuity during his term, the Democratic president never went around sharing the details of fictional conversations that he said he was having in the here and now. Trump, meanwhile, does it all the time.