# 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:** 154
**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 28, 2026, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3066 "2026-02-28T22:53:34Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Roadkill is even cheaper. Expect a push for eating worms and insects. All that protein, at a “very very affordable” price!!1!!! ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2026, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3067 "2026-02-28T23:04:39Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Expect a push for eating worms and insects. Wait wasn‘t THAT what all the woke snowflakes were going to force us to do after eliminating cattle ranching under the pretext of the (pick: climate/cholesterol/mad-cow/PETA) hoax? ---
**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 28, 2026, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3068 "2026-02-28T23:28:18Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Wait wasn‘t THAT what all the woke snowflakes were going to force us to do after eliminating cattle ranching under the pretext of the (pick: climate/cholesterol/mad-cow/PETA) hoax? Yes. But MAGA are perfectly capable of believing that ‘eating worms and insects’ is BOTH **a Plot by Lefties** _and_ **What Dear Leader Wants.** ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3069 "2026-03-01T16:18:16Z")
Kennedy will soon be going full N. Korea and getting citizens to eat boiled grass. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3070 "2026-03-01T19:51:39Z")
When there is no grass to be found, we’ll eat sand. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3071 "2026-03-01T20:06:15Z")
And we’ll _like_ it! ---
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3072 "2026-03-01T20:38:51Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > When there is no grass to be found, we’ll eat sand. My money is on dryer lint. Better availability. More filling. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3073 "2026-03-01T23:19:07Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > When there is no grass to be found, we’ll eat sand. The immortal line-reading of Mr. Sidney Dawson! But: RFK Jr. has no conscience of any kind. If it keeps him in power he’ll spout any and all absurdities about how hungry Americans can deal with their hunger…eating sand not excepted. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3074 "2026-03-02T07:29:53Z")
I don’t think it’s about power for him - I think he’s a genuine fanatic. Not that fanatics have any more of a conscience, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3075 "2026-03-02T07:39:21Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > When there is no grass to be found, we’ll eat sand. [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQZTgHYYIEVFKl31OvMDWz3SdDVxmy9bImFYQ&s) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQZTgHYYIEVFKl31OvMDWz3SdDVxmy9bImFYQ&s) ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3076 "2026-03-02T15:54:50Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I don’t think it’s about power for him - I think he’s a genuine fanatic. And he happens to be perfect for the MAGAs to have in that post because as a true fanatic he _ **is** _ committed to tear down the whole establishment just because it is the establishment. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2026, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3077 "2026-03-03T09:08:33Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > Is this nutbar implying that women are getting bc pills from somewhere other than a doctor? Very late response, but here in the “shithole countries” - Zimbabwe and South Africa, birth control tablets are OTC, because, why not? The only time to see an actual doctor is perhaps to discuss side affects, and possibly to get a recommendation on a different brand. I’m male, and I have simply walked into a pharmacy and asked for my girlfriend’s preferred brand. They are subsidized, so very cheap. Or she (or I) could go to a reproductive health clinic and get them free. We get free condoms… everywhere, even in jail. The more I learn about the USA, the more it is appalling to me. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3078 "2026-03-03T14:31:49Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > The more I learn about the USA, the more it is appalling to me. Remember: The American Revolution was started by a bunch of Rich White Men who didn’t want to pay taxes. 😉 😛 ---
**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:** [March 3, 2026, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3079 "2026-03-03T16:39:48Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Remember: The American Revolution was started by a bunch of Rich White Men who didn’t want to pay taxes. 😉 😛 Many of whom held slaves. “All men are created equal”, but some can own others and women don’t even rate a mention. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2026, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3080 "2026-03-04T12:39:55Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > The more I learn about the USA, the more it is appalling to me. As an American who moved away, I will echo this, except that I wonder why I had to leave to learn about my own country, and I’m equally appalled with myself for having failed to do the proper due diligence while I was there. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3081 "2026-03-04T13:40:55Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > > The American Revolution was started by a bunch of Rich White Men who didn’t want to pay taxes. 😉 😛 > > Many of whom held slaves. “All men are created equal”, but some can own others and women don’t even rate a mention. Which is why I once asked, and was not convinced by the answers, “Did we _really_ have a _Revolution_ or did we just have a _War of Independence_ but called it a revolution because we ended with a republic?” > [@Cervaise](#): > > I wonder why I had to leave to learn about my own country, and I’m equally appalled with myself for having failed to do the proper due diligence while I was there It’s not really that exceptional for countries to promote an officialized, glossed-over version of their own history and geography, believing the point should be to inculcate unconditional loyalty. But in the US scenario it does at times look like it’s suspicious of anyone bothering with anything beyond the fourth-grade version. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3082 "2026-03-04T15:54:25Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > it does at times look like it’s suspicious of anyone bothering with anything beyond the fourth-grade version. Occasional target of anti-woke politicians hot topic of discussion in the UK > **['Old school and old-fashioned': historians turn their fire on Gove](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/feb/16/historians-gove-curriculum?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other)** > > Proposed curriculum – with major focus on 'island story' – judged as overly Anglocentric, highly prescriptive and quite dull ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3083 "2026-03-04T20:45:47Z")
All your base are belong to Trump [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3mrseAJPlH4/maxresdefault.jpg "Trump Declares ALL FOREIGN MILITARY BASES BELONG TO HIM") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mrseAJPlH4) ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3084 "2026-03-04T21:22:00Z")
It makes more sense if you remember that the US colonies began as a business venture. The Virginia Company sold shares to investors and then hired a bunch of schmucks, err, colonists, to do the hard and dangerous work of founding settlements in unknown lands. “Freedom” and “religious freedom” was the lure that got them there (as it so often is). It has ALWAYS been about money over people. We have had some flashes of brilliance or benevolence here and there but the ultimate reverence for cash has been with us from the beginning and is part of the foundation of our society. The one thing we could take a lot of pride in was our science and medicine - we led the world there. Not in making sure the average Joe could enjoy the fruits of that science and medicine without bankruptcy, no, but we were among the best in history in those fields. And now we have morons that the Dark Ages would be ashamed of tearing it all down just because. I hate RFK Jr as much or more than Trump, to be honest. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3085 "2026-03-05T18:12:42Z")
Sorry, don’t know if this has already been discussed. But I just saw an online pop-up saying “Pete Hegseth says war could last 8 weeks”. [![](https://scontent-ord5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/648147569_976346661737739_2460690027993290763_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=13d280&_nc_ohc=tdVI1_QF7TMQ7kNvwFZYSFf&_nc_oc=AdmIOEzafivRoWI4ZYYA07ES3jX3vgFQc6reqbilaYTJOj3liEg4xByL0VIWIJTBInhLOVi_KXC3ugHuHCLYqGW6&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-1.xx&_nc_gid=CbRYArtKStOpNZWmgeoz2Q&_nc_ss=8&oh=00_Afyv64QoovhY3UEyJ3XwTarzQbBJtIXFhyzPnV2OmBAvgw&oe=69AFA7D9) ](https://scontent-ord5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/648147569_976346661737739_2460690027993290763_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=13d280&_nc_ohc=tdVI1_QF7TMQ7kNvwFZYSFf&_nc_oc=AdmIOEzafivRoWI4ZYYA07ES3jX3vgFQc6reqbilaYTJOj3liEg4xByL0VIWIJTBInhLOVi_KXC3ugHuHCLYqGW6&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-1.xx&_nc_gid=CbRYArtKStOpNZWmgeoz2Q&_nc_ss=8&oh=00_Afyv64QoovhY3UEyJ3XwTarzQbBJtIXFhyzPnV2OmBAvgw&oe=69AFA7D9) I figured this must be a parody site. But I checked and their other stuff didn’t seem like parodies. So I checked further and found out this was real. Here’s his actual quote: “You can say four weeks, but it could be six, it could be eight, it could be three.” [cite](https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/israel-iran-war-iran-war-could-last-8-weeks-pete-hegseth-says-us-cant-stop-everything-11169974) Eight weeks? At most? For a little perspective, the war in Iraq lasted eight years. The war in Afghanistan lasted twenty years. I think Hegseth would have been more honest if he had said eight weeks was the maximum amount of time they figured they could hold Trump’s attention on the war. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774.md?page=153) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774.md?page=155)