# 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:** 149
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2966 "2026-02-03T19:22:44Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > So, if The Kennedy Center does get demolished, who is not doing their job in that circumstance? Dosen’t D.C. have a freaking building department that permits this stuff? I was in county government for 33 years. So was my wife. This needs to go through channels. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2967 "2026-02-03T19:27:12Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Dosen’t D.C. have a freaking building department that permits this stuff? Do you mean one that goes beyond “Maybe he shouldn’t have done that, now that you bring it up. We should look into looking into that.”? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2968 "2026-02-03T19:42:31Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Do you mean one that goes beyond “Maybe he shouldn’t have done that, now that you bring it up. We should look into looking into that.”? In the county I worked for. If you tore down a national historic structure, you would get one phone call. Shit, we couldn’t replace steps into the COUNTY courthouse building withought going through the historical society and building department. My Wife and I worked very closely to the Building Dept. He’s looking at demolishing a second one after he disgraced it with his name. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2969 "2026-02-03T19:48:20Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > In the county I worked for. If you tore down a national historic structure, you would get one phone call. Yeah, but if the President is doing it as an “official act”, he has immunity. You know, because the Supreme Court said so. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2970 "2026-02-03T20:13:14Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Shit, we couldn’t replace steps into the COUNTY courthouse building withought going through the historical society and building department. My Wife and I worked very closely to the Building Dept. But that’s for ordinary mortals. When you’re god-emperor rules are beneath you. “So let it be written. So let it be done.” ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2971 "2026-02-03T20:19:59Z")
As with many things he’s done, I’m fairly certain that there are laws or regulations which say he can’t unilaterally do this. Laws aren’t self-enforcing. Even if someone attempts to stop him, it gets thrown into the courts, which may not be motivated to issue injunctions to keep him from acting before things get sorted out. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2026, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2972 "2026-02-03T22:32:49Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Even if someone attempts to stop him, it gets thrown into the courts, This is exactly what Project 2025 promoted. Do the legally questionable (or clearly illegal) thing and let that linger in the court system while you achieve your goals. If or when there is a decision made that it _was_ illegal, oh well, too late now. This evil, un-American approach is working out very well for them. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2973 "2026-02-03T22:57:46Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Looks like Tulsi Gabbard is on a mission from god. Likely it will be the old one-two: 1. Nicolas Maduro confesses that he fully rigged the 2020 US Presidential election, then 2. Tulsi Gabbard chimes in to say she found evidence of _that very thing_, while rooting through the Georgia election records. “God” will be very pleased. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2974 "2026-02-03T23:37:16Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Looks like Tulsi Gabbard is on a mission from god. Just FYI. Tulsi has a whistle blower complaint pending. Something about crime. > [@](#): > > The whistleblower complaint, filed last May by an intelligence community employee, alleged that a highly classified report was deliberately limited in distribution for political reasons. It also alleged that an intelligence agency’s legal office failed to refer a potential crime to the Justice Department, again for political reasons, according to Fox’s letter. > **[Intelligence watchdog shares whistleblower complaint involving Gabbard with...](https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/intelligence-watchdog-sensitive-whistleblower-complaint-congress-monthslong-delay/)** > > The complaint was closed administratively by the intelligence community inspector general's office in June 2025, under prior leadership, watchdog says. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2026, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2975 "2026-02-04T00:55:45Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > > > Even if someone attempts to stop him, it gets thrown into the courts, > > This is exactly what Project 2025 promoted. Do the legally questionable (or clearly illegal) thing and let that linger in the court system while you achieve your goals. If or when there is a decision made that it _was_ illegal, oh well, too late now. This evil, un-American approach is working out very well for them. Not only that, but when it ends up at the Supreme Court, the partisan hacks who have already granted Trump full immunity for “official acts” will much more likely than not side with him on whatever issue is being contested. So if he wants to take a wrecking ball to the Kennedy Center, like he did to the East Wing of the White House, no one can stop him in the current screwed-up system where all checks and balances have disappeared and Congress is nowhere to be found. Indeed, if Trump wanted to take down the Washington Monument and replace it with a gigantic gilded statue of himself, who is there to stop that, either? There would be bleatings in the media, and protests in the streets, but so what? Trump is already calling for **[Republicans to take over the voting process](https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/03/politics/trump-calls-on-republicans-to-nationalize-future-elections)** in states that may be at risk of voting for a Democrat. The Executive Branch is completely out of control, and nobody cares. When I started this thread with predictions of horrors that would happen once the Orange One was inaugurated, I could never have imagined that it could get this bad in a country that supposedly valued democracy and the rule of law. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2026, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2976 "2026-02-04T01:23:36Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Trump is already calling for **[Republicans to take over the voting process](https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/03/politics/trump-calls-on-republicans-to-nationalize-future-elections)** in states Of course this idea has considerable merit … on the singular proviso that this act of gross Federal over-reach extended to **all** the states and districts voting in a national election. End the anachronism. That’s how the rest of the democratic world functions, after all. Not that “worlds best practice” holds much sway stateside. Some of the pedants might claim there is some constitutional impediment to such a sound improvement to the functioning of the republic. Fair squeeze, but if nowt else, the past decade has shown that while it’s a document the collective “you” are inordinately proud of and is highly resistant to amendment, it can really be paid lip service to when convenient or expedient. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2026, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2977 "2026-02-04T02:05:34Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > So if he wants to take a wrecking ball to the Kennedy Center, like he did to the East Wing of the White House… I’m sure this is **exactly** what he is going to do. 1. To punish the elite highbrows - performers as well as audiences - for dissing him. 2. Because he can and no one can keep him from doing it. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2978 "2026-02-04T02:20:25Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > The whistleblower complaint, filed last May by an intelligence community employee, alleged that a highly classified report was deliberately limited in distribution for political reasons. Uh, huh. They are trying to keep Trump out of prison so the grift continues to flow. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2979 "2026-02-04T15:53:48Z")
It’s really hard to decide where to post this baloney anymore. > **[SBA says legal permanent residents will be ineligible for its loan program,...](https://apnews.com/article/green-card-small-business-2e82cf5fad56ceff18f01e74ca2d000c)** > > The Small Business Administration said in a policy note that green card holders won’t be allowed to apply for SBA loans, effective March 1. > NEW YORK (AP) — The Small Business Administration said in a policy note that green card holders won’t be allowed to apply for SBA loans, effective March 1. > > … > > Last year, it tightened a requirement that businesses applying for loans must be 100% owned by U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or lawful permanent residents, up from a 51% standard. > > In December, it issued a policy note that said up to 5% of a business could be non-citizen owned. But the current policy rescinds that, as well as making lawful permanent residents ineligible, too. > > “The Trump SBA is committed to driving economic growth and job creation for American citizens – which is why, effective March 1, the agency will no longer guarantee loans for small businesses owned by foreign nationals,” said SBA spokesperson Maggie Clemmons in an emailed statement. “Across every program, the SBA is ensuring that every taxpayer dollar entrusted to this agency goes to support U.S. job creators and innovators.” > > … > > “The latest decision by SBA fails to recognize that immigrants are twice as likely to start a business as native-born U.S. citizens,” said Small Business Majority CEO John Arensmeyer. > … Well, duh. There’s your reason right there in the last paragraph: those uppity, show-off furrinners start their “businesses” (said in scornful, whiny voice) and have the _bold-as-brass gall_ to make them profitable and successful, _just to make decent (cough,cough) Real Americans ~~look~~ feel lazy and stupid!_ Who the EFF do they think they are?? Can’t let that sort of bullcrap go on anymore! ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2980 "2026-02-05T23:25:05Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I’m sure this is **exactly** what he is going to do. > > 1. To punish the elite highbrows - performers as well as audiences - for dissing him. > 2. Because he can and no one can keep him from doing it. Add: > [@](#): > > 1. Because there’s no grifting opportunity like a “new construction” project. No, not even crypto!!!1!1!! ---
**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:** [February 6, 2026, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2981 "2026-02-06T00:22:37Z")
This would certainly be horrific. > ---
**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:** [February 6, 2026, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2982 "2026-02-06T04:40:09Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Because there’s no grifting opportunity like a “new construction” project. He’s been running that one since _before_ the Atlantic City casinos. It fits like a comfortable, old shoe. ---
**Author:** ![hellasketchy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@hellasketchy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellasketchy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2983 "2026-02-06T12:13:49Z")
I had no idea the Obamas were apes and I thank the President for bringing this to my attention > **[Trump Posts Vile Video of Obamas in Manic Late-Night Rampage](https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-posts-vile-video-of-barack-and-michelle-obama-in-manic-late-night-rampage/)** > > The 79-year-old president spent the night spewing out conspiracy theories. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2984 "2026-02-06T23:36:15Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > He’s been running that one since _before_ the Atlantic City casinos. It fits like a comfortable, old shoe. Yep. It’s a big part of all his “leave monuments to myself” obsession (the cash to be made). ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2985 "2026-02-09T01:24:00Z")
Last week: [Putin humiliates Trump once again](https://www.hindustantimes.com/videos/putin-humiliates-trump-once-again-after-winter-truce-call-unleashes-massive-85-uav-blitz-on-ukraine-101770055734394.html) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump claimed he personally convinced Vladimir Putin to pause attacks on Ukraine during a brutal cold snap. Within hours, Russia launched one of its heaviest drone barrages in weeks: 85 drones, including 55 Shaheds, hammering targets from Donetsk to Kherson. Is Trump’s silence after such humiliations a sign of Epstein-related kompromat? Or is it just that Trump thinks a rightist dictator can do no wrong? Probably the latter. But I have no real idea. It seems strange that Trump has thin skin except when Putin involved. Or does Trump have thick skin when almost any dictator is humiliating him? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774.md?page=148) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774.md?page=150)