‘Flooding the Zone’ Backfires as Trump Forgets What He Was Distracting From to Begin With

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump Administration’s “flooding the zone” strategy hit an unexpected snag this week after the president reportedly forgot what he was supposed to be distracting the public from in the first place.

The plan, designed to overload news cycles with an unrelenting barrage of executive orders, Twitter feuds, and semi-coherent annexation schemes, appeared to short-circuit Monday when Trump wandered off message during a press conference.

“We’re doing so many things—beautiful things, wild things, executive orders, infrastructure, Greenland, tariffs on Italy’s shoes,” Trump said, gesturing in every direction at once. “But also… wait, what was the bad thing again? Was it Jared? I think it was Jared…”

Behind the scenes, aides are reportedly scrambling to identify what the White House was originally trying to bury, with one official admitting, “It’s either the USAID thing, or the Elon meeting, or maybe something with Hungary? Honestly, we lost the thread two executive orders ago.”

Critics say the strategy may be losing steam. “If you flood the zone long enough, even your own team forgets what the zone was,” said one former national security advisor, requesting anonymity from inside a CVS where he now works.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt tried to downplay concerns. “This administration is focused on delivering results—whether you understand them or not,” she said, before pivoting to a slideshow titled 10 Ways Greenland Wants This.