Sunday Afternoon Updates: Trump's Munitions Meltdown – 7/26/26
While the President posts memes from the golf course, the U.S. military is quietly running out of ammunition
Hi all, Ben here. It’s Sunday, and there is a lot to get through. First, a thank you to all the kind comments on my morning message earlier. That really is my favorite post on the week. And thanks again to all of you who continue to tell me that you preordered the book I wrote with my brothers, WTF America. If you haven’t yet, consider preordering your copy today. Now let’s jump in.
Here’s what we’re tracking today:
Trump shuts down the White House to press again, heads to his Virginia golf club for the day
Trump posts AI-generated images mocking CNN’s Kaitlan Collins and Bruce Springsteen
Another tanker reportedly hits a mine in the Strait of Hormuz
The Jazan refinery fire in Saudi Arabia is still burning, two days after the Houthi strike
New reporting shows the U.S. has burned through roughly a third of its precision munitions stockpile
Trump quietly pauses strikes on Iran after 13 straight nights of bombing
Iran suspends its retaliatory strikes in response, but warns any resumption widens the war
Ukraine reportedly strikes an Iranian vessel supplying Russia in the Caspian Sea, effectively merging the two wars
Zelenskyy says Russia is actively helping Iran target U.S. troops, Trump says Putin told him otherwise and he believes him
Netanyahu hits the U.S. airwaves to attack NY Mayor Mamdani and set up a Tuesday meeting with Trump
New U.S. intelligence suggests Iran’s supreme leader’s son is more determined to build a nuclear weapon than his father was
Lloyd’s of London pulls war insurance for Saudi-linked cargo in the Red Sea
Back home, the administration pushes to rename Penn Station, kill the filibuster, and sell a rosy story on paychecks
Karoline Leavitt hits the briefing room to blame Biden for everything, again
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Alright, let’s get into it.
Trump Memes as the World Burns
Donald Trump is spending Sunday hiding from the press and posting garbage on Truth Social. So yes, a normal Sunday for him. The White House was closed to reporters again this morning, and Trump bolted for Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia. The press pool didn’t even see him get out of the car.
But before he teed off, he found time to post an AI-generated image of Kaitlan Collins’ face on the body of transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, holding Bud Light cans. This is a callback to a supposed “joke” Trump tried to make at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, one that landed with total silence in the room. Nobody laughed then. He’s still trying to make it land now. It’s just as pathetic the second time.
He also posted a cartoon of Bruce Springsteen wearing a shirt that says “I’m stupid,” standing next to signage mocking his tour, alongside a caricature of Chris Christie, who Trump is mocking for his weight, cheering him on.
While he’s doing that, the wheels are coming off somewhere much more serious, and I don’t think most Americans have any idea how bad it actually is. So let me bring you the receipts.
