# 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:** 138
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2746 "2025-12-24T15:00:03Z")
He created a job for someone to rip all that absolute crap out. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2747 "2025-12-24T15:49:19Z")
Just to compare. Here it was under Obama. [![](https://i.ibb.co/NgZxW8nH/IMG-2141.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/NgZxW8nH/IMG-2141.jpg) > **[Obama re-styles Oval Office](https://tucson.com/news/national/obama-re-styles-oval-office/article_fbffc297-fb81-509c-824f-3457538f862e.html)** > > WASHINGTON - Congressional opponents, stubborn diplomats or wary heads of state, beware: The new Oval Office sofas look so comfy, you just might be lulled into a few reckless compromises. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2748 "2025-12-24T16:37:31Z")
Thanks for posting that! Whoa–what a contrast. Obama had so much _class_… Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2749 "2025-12-24T17:04:34Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Thanks for posting that! Whoa–what a contrast. Just to underscore how ridiculous Trump is, here is how it looked in 1981, under Republican Ronald Reagan. [![](https://i.ibb.co/fYgHqYYr/IMG-2144.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/fYgHqYYr/IMG-2144.jpg) ---
**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:** [December 24, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2750 "2025-12-24T17:15:23Z")
How it looked through history since Taft [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/H3xC5GXdK64/hqdefault.jpg "The Oval Office Through the Years | (1909 - 2021) Oval Office Decor Evolution") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3xC5GXdK64) ---
**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:** [December 24, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2751 "2025-12-24T17:48:26Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > He created a job for someone to rip all that absolute crap out. Somehow, I get the feeling that among the first things the next President says will be, “Somebody get all this shit out of here.” ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2752 "2025-12-24T17:48:51Z")
So different tastes, but all with restrained good taste, and now the Oval Bordello. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2753 "2025-12-24T18:39:29Z")
Oval Bordello, Pedo in Chief. It all adds up as the CTers would say. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![betonbill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@betonbill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betonbill)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2754 "2025-12-24T18:54:03Z")
Is gold leaf salvageable? Given the current price of gold, if it’s worth anything maybe it could help pay for the renovation of the office back to where it was before. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2755 "2025-12-24T19:14:53Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > So different tastes That aint ‘taste’ not even close. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2756 "2025-12-24T19:17:11Z")
The key thing about gold leaf is that gold can be made into an exceedingly thin layer and still look just like gold. Such that an ounce of gold worth ~4K dollars can cover a huge amount of surface. All the cost is in the labor to apply or remove it. None of which labor can be sold to recoup expenses. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2757 "2025-12-24T19:37:59Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > How it looked through history since Taft Really interesting–thanks! ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2758 "2025-12-25T14:40:29Z")
Trump got on Truth Social early Christmas morning and posted dozens – I think hundreds of tweets AKA truths. Maybe thousands. In any event, more than even I can get thorough. Most are posted twice. Most are re-tweets, but “throw her out,” her being Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota), he wrote himself. That is, unless he delegated Steven Cheung, but I doubt Cheung was working at 1 AM on Christmas. Or maybe he was? I checked Gemini and ChatGPT for Cheung’s religion, but neither knows. Examples of the Christmas spirit: Prosecute Barack Hussein Obama. 75 percent of Somalis are on full welfare,(whatever that is). Post after post after post on alleged 2020 election fraud in Georgia. I feel we Pennsylvanians were left out, but maybe I didn’t read down far enough. I ---
**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:** [December 25, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2759 "2025-12-25T15:28:15Z")
Reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw a couple months ago: > Are we great yet? > 'Cuz I just feel embarrassed. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2760 "2025-12-26T01:19:35Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > The key thing about gold leaf is that gold can be made into an exceedingly thin layer and still look just like gold. Such that an ounce of gold worth ~4K dollars can cover a huge amount of surface. It comes in different thicknesses and purities. The one I mathed is from sheets of 22k gold weighing 19 grams per 1,000 3.375x3.375 inch sheets. Which comes to around 130 square feet per ounce of gold. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2761 "2025-12-26T01:38:20Z")
This Truth Christmas tweet, on Truth Social ([quoted here from the Raw Story web site](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2674829511/)), deserves to be the dictionary example for the cliché “trying to have it both ways”: > [@](#): > > Merry Christmas to all, including the many Sleazebags who loved Jeffrey Epstein, gave him bundles of money, went to his Island, attended his parties, and thought he was the greatest guy on earth, only to ‘drop him like a dog’ when things got too HOT, falsely claimed they had nothing to do with him, didn’t know him, said he was a disgusting person, and then blame, of course, President Donald J. Trump, who was actually the only one who did drop Epstein, and long before it became fashionable to do so, So dropping a friend when things get HOT is disgraceful, unless you drop your friend at first sign they are in trouble, which is apparently wonderful. Now, there is a way to spin this as Trump quickly doing the more-or-less right thing. I don’t believe that. But anyone who thinks Trump is an idiot, or suffering from dementia, may want to ponder this tweet. Although I suspect someone helped Trump write this, the idea was probably his, and he was sensible enough to accept edits. The tweet finishes up: > [@](#): > > But sadly, that’s the way it is in the World of Corrupt Democrat Politics!!! Enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2762 "2025-12-26T04:23:57Z")
> [@](#): > > Enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas Does that mean he won’t be president next year? ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2763 "2025-12-26T04:42:04Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > Enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas > > Does that mean he won’t be president next year? That is a positive perspective. To me it has an ominous twist. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2764 "2025-12-26T06:41:45Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > What I can see are a whole lot of vessels _not_ involved in any way with drug smuggling being stopped, searched, or simply blown out of the water by a bunch of private people My suspicion is that these “private people” will be genteel pirates, whose only motivation is to politely confiscate the illicit substances… … and promptly sell them for massive proft back home. What could go wrong? ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2765 "2025-12-26T06:46:08Z")
> [@MikeF](#): > > Trump turns our to be a naval engineer! Is there no end to this man’s talents? To be fair, the man is a leading expert of the pros and cons of steam driven vs electric catapaults on aircraft carriers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774.md?page=137) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774.md?page=139)