# 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:** 131
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2025, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2606 "2025-11-16T02:48:39Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > It looks like Trump has had to back off a bit on tariffs. Somebody reminded Trump he was from New York City and would therefore have to pay a tariff every time he visited Texas? ---
**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:** [November 16, 2025, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2607 "2025-11-16T03:44:01Z")
He’s already forgotten about that. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2025, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2608 "2025-11-16T04:52:24Z")
Once again Trump demonstrates his impeccable (impeachable) taste in buildings and decor. > **[Preservationists Sue Trump To Stop His Latest Redecorating Project](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/preservationists-sue-trump-stop-latest-192114323.html)** > > President Donald Trump's latest building redecoration project has prompted preservationists to take legal action, according to The Washington Post. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2025, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2609 "2025-11-16T05:03:19Z")
Trump should be sued just for what he’s done to the Oval Office. A formerly impressive and beautiful room, it’s now as gaudy and tasteless as his chintzy apartment in Trump Tower. His complete lack of any sense of taste in anything is downright comical, but it’s tragic when he’s messing with historic national treasures. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2025, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2610 "2025-11-16T05:22:44Z")
You wanna talk tragic, wait until you hear about his plans for the Lincoln Memorial! Since the demise of the penny he wants to redesign the entire thing and brand it the “Trump Unity Monument”. I promise. I have this on very good authority. (Lincoln was such a loser. He got assassinated and then removed from his only coin. The $5 bill is next. But who?) The plaques with famous Lincoln speeches like the Gettysburg address will be replaced with excerpts from Trump’s beautiful speeches about “winning,” “making America great,” and “peace through strength.” There will be a new towering bronze figure of Trump standing in a power pose, hand raised in a wave, hair meticulously detailed. The reflecting pool has been transformed. Instead of reflecting water, Trump has replaced part of it with **Trump-branded gold tiles** , glinting in the sun. It could happen! /JudyTenuta And Micro Johnson would undoubtedly be there for the ribbon cutting. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2611 "2025-11-16T14:32:42Z")
Are you kidding? I hope you are kidding. I can’t tell. It sounds so on-brand. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2612 "2025-11-16T15:03:39Z")
“Legal action”?!? OH NO! NOT **LEGAL** action!! 😱 Well, that will have Donnie quaking in his boots. 😏 And it will surely put a stop to whatever mischief he had in mind. WHEW! ---
**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:** [November 16, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2613 "2025-11-16T17:03:33Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Trump should be sued just for what he’s done to the Oval Office. A formerly impressive and beautiful room, it’s now as gaudy and tasteless as his chintzy apartment in Trump Tower. While this pisses me off, along with tearing down the east wing of the White House to replace it with a larger-than-Costco ballroom, those can be fixed. His politicizing the DOJ, his SCOTUS appointees – with help – embracing the unitary executive and scotching **stare decisis** along with institutionalizing racism (again!) and wiping his ass with the Constitution in general, not so much. Let us keep our eye on the ball. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2614 "2025-11-16T18:12:56Z")
This a compendium of horrors. It’s possible to be outraged at more than one thing at a time. When it comes to outrage, I’m a multi-tasker. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2615 "2025-11-16T19:08:00Z")
When it comes to horrors DT is a multi-tasker. You are made for each other. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2025, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2616 "2025-11-16T22:45:03Z")
Ewww. I don’t like that thought much. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2617 "2025-11-20T18:50:52Z")
Trump wants my congresswoman to be executed: > **[Trump says Democrats' video message to military is 'seditious behavior'...](https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-democrats-video-message-to-military-seditious-punishable-by-death/3853922/)** > > President Trump on Thursday accused half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition “punishable by DEATH.” ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2618 "2025-11-20T22:27:06Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > Trump wants my congresswoman to be executed: Mine too (I assume from your username you’re referring to Chrissy Houlahan). In my case, Ellisa Slotkin. It’s absolutely sickening that trump can get away with saying something so outrageous and dangerous with probably no lasting repercussions to him whatsoever. Slotkin is by orders of magnitude a better and more patriotic American than the _actual_ traitor in the White House. As, I’m sure, are the other 5 members of Congress trump has also condemned to death. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2619 "2025-11-20T23:33:38Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Mine too (I assume from your username you’re referring to Chrissy Houlahan). Yes. We moved to the distant suburb/agricultural town of Kennett Square, which is in Houlahan’s district, a few years ago. So I am now only a semi-PhillyGuy. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2620 "2025-11-21T01:37:55Z")
> [@solost](#): > > It’s absolutely sickening that trump can get away with saying something so outrageous and dangerous with probably no lasting repercussions to him whatsoever. The other thing that is absurd here is that Trump didn’t need to say this. Every single person in the military from the freshest private to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs should all agree that they do not follow illegal orders. Why would they want to put anyone to death for reminding them of that? I guess Trump is trying to say that all of his orders are legal so telling the military to disobey “illegal” ones means disobeying legal ones. But even that wouldn’t be punishable by death. If a civilian goes up to a soldier and says “you shouldn’t follow that order” and the soldier then refuses to follow the order, I’m pretty sure the military doesn’t care about the civilian’s involvement. They certainly don’t execute civilians for this. Trump seems extra touchy lately. He needs to relax. He should just take off to a tropical island somewhere with some girls, take his mind off of things for a bit. I bet it would do him a lot of good. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2621 "2025-11-21T07:07:55Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > He should just take off to a tropical island somewhere with some girls, take his mind off of things for a bit. I see what you did there (or at least, I assume it was intentional!) ---
**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:** [November 21, 2025, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2622 "2025-11-21T07:26:55Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > Trump wants my congresswoman to be executed: And my Senator. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2623 "2025-11-21T12:57:07Z")
Commended to everyone’s attention: > **[aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?](https://youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-tired-of-feeling-insane)** > > Behold! I have had a thought. A somewhat disorganized but wonderfully heartfelt essay about what it’s like to be living inside an accelerating compendium of multifarious horror. The preceding thread is the catalog of said horror. This essay is a primal scream in response. (Minor warning, heavy on the UK political references. Just skip through and absorb the vibe.) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2624 "2025-11-21T18:10:07Z")
It is rather disjointed. The USA is in a war zone of our own making, and we don’t even realize it. Trump wants to kill members of the Congress and CIA because they did a PSA as a reminder that, “You must not follow illegal orders, and you duty is to defend the constitution”. Every day gets more and more Orwellian. I wondered about how to defend our family if the MAGA morons take it to the streets. They have seen everything that this administration is (racist, bigoted assholes). They applaud it. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2625 "2025-11-21T20:21:07Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > > [@PhillyGuy](#): > > > > Trump wants my congresswoman to be executed: > > And my Senator. Whose wife was nearly executed by a RWNJ fifteen years ago. > [@PhillyGuy](#): > > We moved to the distant suburb/agricultural town of Kennett Square Mmmmm…mushrooms… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774.md?page=130) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774.md?page=132)