# 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:** 115
**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 22, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2282 "2025-09-22T17:09:28Z")
She went on to play a _huge_ role in propagating The Big Lie about the 2020 election, too. She handily met the usual Trump “blood in, blood out” standard: > **[Senate Confirms Pam Bondi As Attorney General](https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/pam-bondi-trumps-attorney-general-pick-refuses-to-say-who-won-2020-election/)** > > Read more here. Not sure where she is on the “raging substance abuse” and “domestic violence/marital infidelity/criminal sexual assault” stuff, though. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2283 "2025-09-26T00:18:56Z")
WaPo tonight: [Former FBI director James B. Comey was indicted Thursday on allegations he lied to Congress, two people familiar with the matter said, following an extraordinary demand from President Donald Trump for the Justice Department to prosecute a man he has long considered a political foe.](https://wapo.st/42JFtFZ) > [@](#): > > Bondi, in a social media post Thursday after the indictment against Comey was returned, wrote: “No one is above the law.” > > “Today’s indictment reflects this Department of Justice’s commitment to holding those who abuse positions of power accountable for misleading the American people,” she said. “We will follow the facts in this case.” This is the least of the horrors here, but shouldn’t a grand jury indictment remain secret until there is an arrest? Could Comey now theoretically flee? But I’m sure he will not. ---
**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 26, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2284 "2025-09-26T00:33:38Z")
Trump just doubled the price of 70% of name brand prescription drugs. > **[Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/carlquintanilla.bsky.social/post/3lzp55xdcvc2m)** > > The doves who were celebrating a “lack of tariff pass-through inflation” probably thought we were already done. 🤡 ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2285 "2025-09-26T00:36:15Z")
Perhaps the concept of minimizing prejudicial pretrial publicity is hopelessly out of date, but for those like me who continue to see it as a horror, I draw your attention to a [Truth Social post tonight from the U.S. President](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115267513846352215): > [@](#): > > One of the worst human beings this Country has ever been exposed to is James Comey, the former Corrupt Head of the FBI. Today he was indicted by a Grand Jury on two felony counts for various illegal and unlawful acts. He has been so bad for our Country, for so long, and is now at the beginning of being held responsible for his crimes against our Nation. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2286 "2025-09-26T00:50:49Z")
It used to be that a statement like that was grounds for a mistrial. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2287 "2025-09-26T00:51:20Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Trump just doubled the price of 70% of name brand prescription drugs. From your link: > [@](#): > > Starting October 1st, 2025, we will be imposing a 100% Tariff on any branded or patented Pharmaceutical Product, unless a Company IS BUILDING their Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plant in America. “IS BUILDING” will be defined as, “breaking ground” and/or “under construction.” There will, therefore, be no Tariff on these Pharmaceutical Products if construction has started. This reminded me of how Donald Trump, in his career as one of America’s finest builders, creatively dealt with such requirements. This is from a book I recommend, and that Trump is currently trying to suppress with a lawsuit, [Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created The Illusion of Success](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Loser_(book)): > [@](#): > > Before leaving, Rose told Donald that his board of directors would want to see with their own eyes that construction was underway, evidence that this young builder could make this happen. Donald kept the truth to himself. He did not have things underway because he did not have the money. He directed his construction supervisor to hire every piece of earth-moving machinery he could find. The day the Holiday Inn board visited, dozens of bulldozers and backhoes pointlessly pushed mounds of earth around the 2.6-acre site in an elaborate ruse with no purpose other than to fool his new business partner. ---
**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 26, 2025, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2288 "2025-09-26T02:30:31Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > One of the worst human beings this Country has ever been exposed to is James Comey, the former Corrupt Head of the FBI. (this is Trump being quoted, not @PhillyGuy but as I understand it we can’t change things in quote boxes) I agree that Comey is a terrible human being for putting us in the worst timeline but you’d think Trump would remember him a little more fondly. I would also like to crap on Trump for describing a pair of things as “various”. You can’t count to two, Trump?! Enumerating two items is too hard for you? When one of your unlucky servants is pushing your shoes onto your cankled feet, do you describe those items as various shoes? As a further aside, isn’t it interesting that the one and only aspect of law that Trump actually seems to respect is the statute of limitations? That’s why this had to drop right now. Comey was about to get away with it forever… like Trump has done numerous times by now. Trump can’t do away with that legal protection, he might still need it. ---
**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 26, 2025, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2289 "2025-09-26T06:25:36Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > I agree that Comey is a terrible human being for putting us in the worst timeline but you’d think Trump would remember him a little more fondly. Nah, Trump is allergic to gratitude; he routinely screws over people who support or assist him. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2290 "2025-09-26T13:52:28Z")
[Trump’s Ballroom Will Dwarf the White House, Ugly Renderings Show](https://newrepublic.com/post/200922/architecture-renderings-trump-white-house-ballroom) > [@](#): > > Recent [renderings](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-white-house-ballroom-renderings-construction-details/) obtained by CBS News show that the ballroom—which Trump has been obsessing over for some time now—shows a gaudy, gold-tinged, 90,000-square foot building that looks like it came straight from the Gilded Age. The White House is only 50,000 square feet. Other stories say the executive mansion is 55,000 square feet, but look at the graphic. The Capitol-style front staircase is, pace the thread title, a horror. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2291 "2025-09-26T14:01:25Z")
Good. Every time someone bitches about the economy, I’m gonna point to that ballroom. ---
**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 26, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2292 "2025-09-26T14:06:43Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > This reminded me of how Donald Trump, in his career as one of America’s finest builders, creatively dealt with such requirements. Ha! When I heard that on the news yesterday, my immediate thought was that companies could rent an industrial warehouse and put a PHARMACEUTICAL FACTORY sign on it. ‘See? There it is! We’re in the process of getting the machinery!’ ---
**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 26, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2293 "2025-09-26T14:34:57Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > and put a PHARMACEUTICAL FACTORY sign on it But you’ll have to write is as “FARM-A-SOOT-I-CAL FACTORY” so Mr. Phonics Didn’t Quite Work For Me could read it. God forbid they tell him they’re making acetaminophen there. ---
**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 26, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2294 "2025-09-26T15:37:57Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Good. Every time someone bitches about the economy, I’m gonna point to that ballroom. I’m gonna point to the [$20 billion he’s sending to Argentina](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bessent-says-us-negotiating-20-124122527.html). ---
**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 26, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2295 "2025-09-26T16:00:08Z")
I guess the next step is to bulldoze the White House and put in a golf course. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2296 "2025-09-26T18:37:50Z")
And none of this suggests that he thinks he’ll be moving out in 40 months. ---
**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 26, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2297 "2025-09-26T19:22:37Z")
The lunatic Trumpist ambassador to Canada speaks, threatens to cancel the US customs and immigration pre-clearance that’s been in effect at international Canadian airports for the last 73 years:: > The U.S. ambassador to Canada said Washington may need to reassess airport pre-clearance as part of an at-times tense exchange during a forum with Canadian business leaders on Thursday. > > The United States has been conducting pre-clearance “under various arrangements” at airports in Canada since 1952. It allows passengers to clear U.S. customs in Canada, so that when they arrive in the U.S. they can avoid waiting in long international lineups. > > Addressing the Global Business Forum in Banff, Alta., Pete Hoekstra said pre-clearance locations in Canada are experiencing declining numbers. > > “Matter of fact, the numbers are down. We’re not sure we can make the numbers work anymore … pre-clearance is something that is done at the expense of the U.S. government. We paid for it,” he said. Hoekstra doesn’t seem interested in why “the numbers are down”. They’re down because Canadians are now largely disinclined to visit and spend their tourist dollars in the hostile insane asylum that the US has become, and possibly risk detention and deportation to God knows where if ICE doesn’t like their face. There was one horror story recently of a Canadian citizen (a white woman) entering the US from Mexico who was detained for several weeks for no clear reason, which she found so traumatizing that it gave her PTSD. If Hoekstra is really concerned about dwindling Canadian tourism, he should be blaming his boss, the Orange Peril who runs the place. As for “we paid for it”, are you really that stupid? Of course the US government pays for customs and immigration. They pay for it regardless of where it’s located. If they didn’t pay for it in terms of pre-clearance in Canada, they’d have to pay for it in terms of extra staff and extra facilities at US airports or face major congestion. It’s actually the Canadian government that’s paying the real costs, because pre-clearance requires airports to be segregated into non-cleared and secure pre-cleared areas. which is a major headache and expense. Hoekstra is perfectly following the playbook of his orange master – create a big problem, and then blame everyone else for it. ---
**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 26, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2298 "2025-09-26T19:43:26Z")
Just noticed that I forgot the link to the above story. **[It’s from CBC News](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/us-ambassador-airport-pre-clearance-1.7644088).** ---
**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 26, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2299 "2025-09-26T19:53:56Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Hoekstra doesn’t seem interested in why “the numbers are down”. They’re down because Canadians are now largely disinclined to visit and spend their tourist dollars in the hostile insane asylum that the US has become, and possibly risk detention and deportation to God knows where if ICE doesn’t like their face. And eliminating the pre-clearance areas will only exacerbate this issue. If I’m at the US customs area in a Canadian airport, they guy starts acting all Trumpy, making outrageous demands, I can just tell him to go fuck himself, and walk out, and go home. You can’t do that if you’re already in the US, they’ll have full legal and physical control over you. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2300 "2025-09-26T19:54:01Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > It’s actually the Canadian government that’s paying the real costs, because pre-clearance requires airports to be segregated into non-cleared and secure pre-cleared areas. which is a major headache and expense. Hell, Calgary built a brand-new terminal, just for US-bound, pre-cleared flights. Pretty sure that the cost of that outweighs whatever the US is paying to operate Calgary’s pre-clearance personnel. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2301 "2025-09-26T20:11:45Z")
_How it started_: “From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land. From this day forward, it’s going to be only America first, America first. Every decision on **trade** , on taxes, on immigration, on foreign affairs will be made to benefit American workers and American families”. -2017 Inaugural Address _How it’s working out_: [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jyxwd6sq74rce52uv7kvgbhi/bafkreihgqo24buz5r3mphiu7flbn7t2ts2aooxzxcdrtuneoztfei5gsne@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jyxwd6sq74rce52uv7kvgbhi/bafkreihgqo24buz5r3mphiu7flbn7t2ts2aooxzxcdrtuneoztfei5gsne@jpeg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774.md?page=114) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774.md?page=116)