40 years ago, I was in Army Basic Training and the Drill Sergeants yelled at us constantly that we were going to Iran because of the Iran hostages.

Didn't happen, of course, because they were all released when Reagan was elected.

ashame

While "ashame" is a word, it is an action verb, to ashame someone, to make them feel ashamed.

The way POTUS is using it, it should be a shame.

"You're nothing but a pack of cards."