# The current second Trump administration: a compendium of horrors **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 6, 2024, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774 "2024-11-06T09:17:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 112
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2222 "2025-09-06T07:00:05Z")
Anybody else taking bets on how long before the new head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics gets fired given this month’s job numbers? ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2223 "2025-09-06T08:02:42Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > The human race is doomed. Well, maybe the merkin faction anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2224 "2025-09-06T11:52:26Z")
It’s like Biff Tannen and Randall Flagg had a love child. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2225 "2025-09-06T14:12:06Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > A cage fight is tentatively scheduled for the White House lawn in June 2026. Who’s Trump fighting? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2226 "2025-09-06T17:32:16Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > Who’s Trump fighting? A dead frog. The _live_ frog would win. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2227 "2025-09-06T17:45:27Z")
Nothing disturbing here… > **[Trump threatens Department of War invasion of Chicago in menacing post](https://www.rawstory.com/chicago-2673967223/)** > > President Donald Trump ramped up his threats to enact a federal takeover of Chicago, Illinois on Saturday after sharing an image on social media depicting an AI-generated version of himself standing in front the city’s skyline, with military... ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2228 "2025-09-06T17:51:50Z")
Um… isn’t that a Civil War era hat? Does that mean he’s declaring war on Chicago? ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2229 "2025-09-06T17:56:28Z")
I saw a post on Reddit that indicated Chicago is getting their salt trucks ready to block streets in the event of federal activity. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2230 "2025-09-06T18:02:15Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Um… isn’t that a Civil War era hat? Does that mean he’s declaring war on Chicago? It’s made from a scene from the movie _Apocalypse Now_. One of the Aerial Cavalry Commanders liked to wear that Union Army style hat into battle. Harkening back to the Army’s horse cavalry of the 1800s. Representative clip: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/k26hmRbDQFw/maxresdefault.jpg "The Smell of Napalm In the Morning - Apocalypse Now (4/8) Movie CLIP (1979) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k26hmRbDQFw) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2231 "2025-09-06T18:03:35Z")
It’s a reference to Lt Col Bill Kilgore in _Apocalypse Now_ but the whole thing does suggest he’s declaring war on Chicago. It’s weird how Trump keeps posting pictures of himself in famous films, but at least this time he didn’t go with the main villain, unlike previous comparisons to Darth Vader and Thanos. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2232 "2025-09-06T18:05:25Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Nothing disturbing here… I like his [Biden glasses](https://media.gettyimages.com/id/2096494641/photo/washington-dc-u-s-president-joe-biden-departs-the-white-house-on-march-19-2024-in-washington.jpg?s=612x612&w=gi&k=20&c=3GWCkEy8XAYueIOtqTDvcKqDmkVUqv-l2_tgSdNUpi4=). > [@LSLGuy](#): > > One of the Aerial Cavalry Commanders liked to wear that Union Army style hat into battle. Harkening back to the Army’s horse cavalry of the 1800s. Per my wife, who was a Black Hawk pilot, the attack helicopter pilots tended to wear them. So it’s not just a movie thing. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2233 "2025-09-06T18:10:22Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > > [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > > > So the marketing works, and I felt like puking thinking how many 25-year old men around our country are having this conversation. > > > [@](#): > > > > It’s going to fight to win, not to lose. We’re going to go on offense, not just on defense. Maximum lethality, not tepid legality, violent effect, not politically correct. We’re going to raise up warriors, not just defenders. —Pete Hegseth > > “Maximum lethality…violent effect…raise up warriors.” Yeah, cause what this country needs is more toxic masculinity. To me, the most concerning phrase is “tepid legality.” ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2234 "2025-09-06T21:30:53Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > It’s going to fight to win, not to lose. We’re going to go on offense, not just on defense. Maximum lethality, not tepid legality, violent effect, not politically correct. We’re going to raise up warriors, not just defenders. —Pete Hegseth > > “Maximum lethality…violent effect…raise up warriors.” Yeah, cause what this country needs is more toxic masculinity We should be ostentatiously asking him how many poets he employed to fit all those rhymes in. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2235 "2025-09-06T21:52:22Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > how many poets he employed to fit all those rhymes in. Hogbreath certainly didn’t write that phrase. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2236 "2025-09-06T21:53:40Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > To me, the most concerning phrase is “tepid legality.” Yeah, I guess the Geneva Conventions are right out. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2237 "2025-09-06T22:13:03Z")
He’s going to bring together Democrats, Republicans, gang members and grandma’s to attack the NG. Chicago, will not put up with this shit. He’s unifying the City, against HIM. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2238 "2025-09-07T01:04:09Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > He’s going to bring together Democrats, Republicans, gang members and grandma’s to attack the NG. > > Chicago, will not put up with this . . . Trump’s Truth Social Chipocalypse post today was a real horror: [“‘I love the smell of deportations in the morning…’ Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR,”](https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/09/06/ice-raids-chicago-immigration-saturday-trump) But how is Chicago going to not put up with it? His post is an obvious attempt to provoke violence. And a violent response will prove he was right about the city. Law abiding protests are justified but will not stop anything. P.S. Here’s evidence in today’s news that Chicago will, having no choice, put up with it: [In Chicago, ICE fears turn Mexican parade into a ghost town](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/chicago-ice-fears-turn-mexican-parade-into-ghost-town-2025-09-06/) Trump came to power through elections. Elections are the only way to stop him. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2239 "2025-09-07T01:20:11Z")
Trump has no intention of allowing Democrats to ever regain a majority in Congress. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2240 "2025-09-07T01:56:02Z")
Re last post, Trump rules by decree. That’s a horror I already see. The horror of him getting the Capitol Police to block Democrats from taking their seats is,both speculative and, IMHO, unlikely. And there’s not much reason for Trump to care about party control. He mostly ignores the law, so a Democratic congress will not be a big problem for him. He’d veto almost everything and, in the unlikely event of a veto override, ignore it. He wouldn’t like congressional Democrats investigating his administration, but in the absence of a 2/3 Senate majority for an impeachment conviction, it would just be talk. In the absence of a SCOTUS change of heart, Congress has been neutered. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2241 "2025-09-07T02:02:52Z")
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