# 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:** 114
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2262 "2025-09-12T14:49:02Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > I’m shocked we didn’t see a curiously limited run of Trump™ Brand Contraceptives. It could just be an empty box: “Just close your eyes and think of Donald Trump.” ---
**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 12, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2263 "2025-09-12T14:50:52Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > It could just be an empty box: They practice the no-rhythm method; just look at how he dances. ---
**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 16, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2264 "2025-09-16T19:50:24Z")
> ### National park to remove photo of enslaved man’s scars > > The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of “corrosive ideology.” From [here](https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/09/15/national-parks-slavery-information-removal/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us). The Right has always been pro-slavery, but they are getting more and more open about it. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2265 "2025-09-17T14:09:29Z")
Think of donald trump?!!? That would be some good birth control. It would put me off sex for rest of my life. Hell, I’m an Atheist, and I’d be tempted to join a convent after that sort of experience. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2266 "2025-09-19T03:50:50Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > The Trump admin is something more akin to a “blue waffle.” Or a yellow TACO. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2267 "2025-09-19T19:20:43Z")
Just another random Factoid of Horror. I heard on the news today that a pediatric clinical trial for children with brain cancer being conducted here in Canada will have to be cancelled. Why? Because it’s inter-linked with the one going on in the US, and the Orange Fuck pulled the funding, so the one in the US is dead along with, I’m sure, many children. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2268 "2025-09-20T07:58:22Z")
> [@](#): > > Think of donald trump?!!? That would be some good birth control. It would put me off sex for rest of my life. Hell, I’m an Atheist, and I’d be tempted to join a convent after that sort of experience. @Sylvanz , thank you. Thank you so much for posting this. My belly has never felt better. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2269 "2025-09-20T14:10:09Z")
[U.S. Attorney Investigating Two Trump Foes Departs Amid Pressure From President](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/us/politics/erik-siebert-comey-letitia-james.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nU8.vnTM.uXSu2D0zlMs6&smid=url-share) > [@](#): > > The U.S. attorney investigating New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, and the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey said he had resigned on Friday, hours after President Trump called for his ouster. > > Erik S. Siebert, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, had recently told senior Justice Department officials that investigators found insufficient evidence to bring charges against Ms. James and had also raised concerns about a potential case against Mr. Comey I guess this explains why they haven’t started arresting people on the Patel enemies list yet. It must be coming. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2270 "2025-09-21T00:42:18Z")
[‘We can’t delay any longer’: Trump urges Bondi to prosecute his rivals](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/20/trump-bondi-truth-social-00574380) > [@](#): > > “We can’t delay any longer,” Trump [posted on Truth Social](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115239044548033727) in a message directed to “Pam.” “JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW!!!” He specifically lamented the lack of criminal charges against Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, three of his most prominent political antagonists. So much for TACO. Is Pam Bondi smart enough to know this would happen when she took the job? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2271 "2025-09-21T01:00:57Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > Is Pam Bondi smart enough to know this would happen when she took the job? No. But the much more important question is: does she have the integrity to assert the essential independence of the DOJ from the demands of the president? To which the answer is also “no”. The only saving grace is that there’s nothing Bondi can do to fulfill the demands of the orange lunatic, which basically amount to “arrest the people I don’t like”. But in these waning days of crumbling American democracy, it may not be long before she can. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2272 "2025-09-21T01:19:07Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > The only saving grace is that there’s nothing Bondi can do to fulfill the demands of the orange lunatic, which basically amount to “arrest the people I don’t like”. Maybe Bondi won’t have to order it, because Donald just nominated someone to do it for her: [Trump says he will nominate his former attorney to lead key prosecutor’s office](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-nominate-former-attorney-lead-key-prosecutors-office/story?id=125775601) The nominee is now, at her own suggestion, [assigned to purging the Smithsonians](https://wapo.st/4mnnT1x) of supposedly woke exhibits, such as the famous photograph of an enslaved man’s mutilated back So I don’t think Trump will have a problem with her. If a U.S. Attorney wants to arrest someone, all they have to do is ask a the Trumpiest Trump-appointed judge, in the district, for a warrant. And then they just deliver the warrant to the nearest U.S. Marshalls office. Right? Or is thre grand jury piece mandatory. . ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2273 "2025-09-21T05:38:40Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > Is Pam Bondi smart enough to know this would happen when she took the job? When she took the job? No. She was idealistic and ready to go on a crusade for justice, starting with the Epstein files she had on her desk. And then she opened them and saw Donald Trump’s name all over them and the cover-up for his part in those numerous crimes became at least partially her responsibility. Now that she has used government resources to cover up sex crimes against children, I would assume she’ll basically do anything immoral, unethical or straight up illegal that is asked of her. But who knows? Maybe some day she’ll be disgusted by Trump groping her or something along those lines and she’ll quit. I wouldn’t count on it though. She’s seen the real Trump and stayed onboard. She’ll do as she is told. ---
**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 21, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2274 "2025-09-21T12:20:23Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > I guess this explains why they haven’t started arresting people on the Patel enemies list yet. It must be coming And while Trump is pushing them to file bullshit charges against everyone who ever crossed him, they’re also doing this: [https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/20/tom-homan-department-of-justice-investigation-00574379](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/20/tom-homan-department-of-justice-investigation-00574379) Killing an investigation into bribery involving one of his people. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2275 "2025-09-21T12:29:29Z")
Ah. I get it. So, _this_ time around, the [**Saturday Night Massacre**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Massacre)’s only victim will be the Rule of Law. Huh. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2276 "2025-09-21T12:43:00Z")
I missed this extraordinary part of yesterday’s extraordinary [Truth Social post](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115239044548033727) when I linked to it before: > [@](#): > > Pam: I have reviewed over 30 statements and posts saying that, essentially, “same old story as last time, all talk, no action. Nothing is being done. What about Comey, Adam “Shifty” Schiff, Leticia??? They’re all guilty as hell, but nothing is going to be done.” 30 statements and posts? Posts? Like this one, except at Truth Social? Do Truth Social posters get away with criticizing the administration? This is not fascism. This is not senility. This is a flailing wannabe dictator. Maybe Trump was just having a one-off bad day. but I see reason for hope when he doesn’t know how to reprimand insufficiently ruthless appointees privately. Will some of these Trump enemies list folks get arrested? Yes. But what then? What if one of them was acquitted? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2277 "2025-09-21T14:21:20Z")
I understand people not wanting to click over to Trump’s little social media platform _for any reason whatsoever,_ but the totality of that particular post is as chilling and horrifying as any other from him that I’ve seen. Can I ‘quote’ the whole thing? Let’s see: > Pam: I have reviewed over 30 statements and posts saying that, essentially, “same old story as last time, all talk, no action. Nothing is being done. What about Comey, Adam “Shifty” Schiff, Leticia??? They’re all guilty as hell, but nothing is going to be done.” Then we almost put in a Democrat supported U.S. Attorney, in Virginia, with a really bad Republican past. A Woke RINO, who was never going to do his job. That’s why two of the worst Dem Senators PUSHED him so hard. He even lied to the media and said he quit, and that we had no case. No, I fired him, and there is a GREAT CASE, and many lawyers, and legal pundits, say so. Lindsey Halligan is a really good lawyer, and likes you, a lot. We can’t delay any longer, it’s killing our reputation and credibility. They impeached me twice, and indicted me (5 times!), OVER NOTHING. JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW!!! President DJT Yep. Looks like I could, after all. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2278 "2025-09-21T16:14:58Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > So, _this_ time around, the [**Saturday Night Massacre**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Massacre)’s only victim will be the Rule of Law. It’s more efficient that way, don’t 'cha see. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2279 "2025-09-21T17:07:19Z")
Elliot Richardson was a friend of mine. Pam Bondi, you’re no Elliot Richardson. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2280 "2025-09-22T03:12:21Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > > [@PhillyGuy](#): > > > > Is Pam Bondi smart enough to know this would happen when she took the job? > > When she took the job? No. She was idealistic and ready to go on a crusade for justice, starting with the Epstein files she had on her desk. And then she opened them and saw Donald Trump’s name all over them and the cover-up for his part in those numerous crimes became at least partially her responsibility. > > Now that she has used government resources to cover up sex crimes against children, I would assume she’ll basically do anything immoral, unethical or straight up illegal that is asked of her. But who knows? Maybe some day she’ll be disgusted by Trump groping her or something along those lines and she’ll quit. I wouldn’t count on it though. She’s seen the real Trump and stayed onboard. She’ll do as she is told. She was never idealistic. Have you forgotten how she first got into Trump’s good graces? She took a $25,000 contribution to her campaign fund from Trump then suddenly decided not to prosecute Trump University in Florida. > **[The Trump Foundation-Pam Bondi scandal - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility...](https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/the-trump-foundation-pam-bondi-scandal/)** > > In March 2016, CREW discovered that the Trump Foundation had broken the law by giving an illegal $25,000 contribution to a political group supporting Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi. This would set off an investigation which would lead... ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2281 "2025-09-22T12:18:37Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > She was never idealistic. Have you forgotten how she first got into Trump’s good graces? She took a $25,000 contribution to her campaign fund from Trump then suddenly decided not to prosecute Trump University in Florida. Yup, she was on the take from the very, very beginning. She’s just like her master. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774.md?page=113) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774.md?page=115)