# 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:** 161
**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:** [March 19, 2026, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3206 "2026-03-19T02:01:09Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Karoline Leavitt can explain a disaster with the poise of a malfunctioning Roomba. Once again life imitates Idiocracy: Your floor is now clean! Your floor is now clean! Your floor is now clean! ---
**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:** [March 19, 2026, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3207 "2026-03-19T04:40:16Z")
It seems like things are getting a little out of control. Israel acting on their own. Qatar pissed at being targeted. I’m not sure Trump actually wrote this. It’s too close to an admission that his war is not going well. > [@DJT on Truth Social](#): > > Israel, out of anger for what has taken place in the Middle East, has violently lashed out at a major facility known as South Pars Gas Field in Iran. A relatively small section of the whole has been hit. The United States knew nothing about this particular attack, and the country of Qatar was in no way, shape, or form, involved with it, nor did it have any idea that it was going to happen. Unfortunately, Iran did not know this, or any of the pertinent facts pertaining to the South Pars attack, and unjustifiably and unfairly attacked a portion of Qatar’s LNG Gas facility. NO MORE ATTACKS WILL BE MADE BY ISRAEL pertaining to this extremely important and valuable South Pars Field unless Iran unwisely decides to attack a very innocent, in this case, Qatar - In which instance the United States of America, with or without the help or consent of Israel, will massively blow up the entirety of the South Pars Gas Field at an amount of strength and power that Iran has never seen or witnessed before. I do not want to authorize this level of violence and destruction because of the long term implications that it will have on the future of Iran, but if Qatar’s LNG is again attacked, I will not hesitate to do so. Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP ---
**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:** [March 19, 2026, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3208 "2026-03-19T04:53:40Z")
No random capitalization, whole sentences, little to no meaningless meandering. Not only did he not write this, I doubt he could understand it if he tried to read it. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2026, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3209 "2026-03-19T12:06:31Z")
'Zactly. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3210 "2026-03-19T14:13:34Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > No random capitalization, whole sentences, little to no meaningless meandering. Not only did he not write this, I doubt he could understand it if he tried to read it. That’s no more or less than a guess. My guess is that since it wasn’t done in the middle of the night, he got help. But middle of the night posts, that he likely did on his own, often do not show random use of the Caps Lock key. What there’s more evidence for is that the post throws Netanyahu under the bus for doing something Donald approved. [From Axios:](https://www.axios.com/2026/03/19/iran-war-trump-israel-strike-gas) > [@](#): > > - Trump’s remarks were inaccurate, U.S. and Israeli officials said. > - While Qatar didn’t know about the Israeli strike in advance, Trump did, the officials said. > - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump coordinated about the strike Has there ever been an administration that leaks this much? ---
**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:** [March 20, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3211 "2026-03-20T19:01:49Z")
Wow. Just wow. Trump’s already non-existent diplomatic skills get worse: > **[WATCH: 'Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?' Trump says when Japanese...](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/watch-why-didnt-you-tell-me-about-pearl-harbor-trump-says-when-japanese-reporter-asks-why-allies-didnt-know-about-iran-plan)** > > "We didn't tell anybody about it because we wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan?" the president responded while sitting next to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. ---
**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 20, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3212 "2026-03-20T19:09:12Z")
Well, he was born 5 years after the attack, and the Japanese Prime Minister was born _20(!)_ years after it occurred. Those are two pretty ironclad reasons as to why she didn’t tell him. ---
**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 20, 2026, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3213 "2026-03-20T20:07:50Z")
Japan did let their allies know - not the details, but the general direction. The Japanese ambassador informed the Germans four days prior to Dec. 7th that negotiations had reached a deadlock with America and war might be imminent. Trump is not even as trustworthy as Imperial Japan in 1941. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2026, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3214 "2026-03-21T03:31:52Z")
I already posted this link in the Pit, but it bears repeating it here for those who prefer not to go to the Barbecue: > **[They Chose This War](https://marygeddry.com/p/they-chose-this-war)** > > And now they want to use the dead to sanctify that choice while families brace for the fear, grief, and devastation to begin again. The opening paragraph of another savagely brilliant evisceration of this maladministration: > Pete Hegseth stood at that podium and did something so morally rotten, so grotesque, that it deserves to be named plainly. He took the grief of military families, the imagery of flag-draped coffins, the unbearable finality of lives cut short, and he used it as a sales pitch for more war. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3215 "2026-03-21T14:10:21Z")
I don’t know what Japan’s PM thought would be accomplished by meeting up with Trump at the White House, but I’ll bet that she understands now. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3216 "2026-03-21T15:17:14Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Whereas Trump inherited a healthy and growing economy and has done everything possible to cripple it, all for the stupidest of reasons. And he’s also sent out troops to violently clear the streets. Really, he’s making Hoover look pretty good by comparison. One thing even our bad presidents have over Trump is they cared about the United States. Hoover cared about the health of the United States. I’m convinced Trump is, at best, indifferent to the health of the United States as a whole, save for how it affects his image. Trump has no problem hurting the United States when he can profit from it. ---
**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 21, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3217 "2026-03-21T16:11:56Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/BK0u7S7.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/BK0u7S7) ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3218 "2026-03-21T18:00:57Z")
I just found out about this. Work is supposed to start soon, in Amarillo, Texas, on the Donald J. Trump Advanced Energy and Intelligence Campus, which is to include the [Donald J. Trump Generating Plant](https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2516/ML25169A396.pdf): > [@](#): > > The licensed activity proposed under this application is the construction and operation of four Westinghouse AP1000 pressurized water reactors, each designed to deliver 1,100 MWe of gross electrical output. Politico had an article on this yesterday: [Confrontation between billionaire CEO and Lutnick hints at trouble with huge data center project](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/20/confrontation-ceo-and-lutnick-00838496) > [@](#): > > At one point, Lutnick’s security detail decided to intervene and separated the men, according to the witness and the people familiar with the incident. I’m not against nuclear power, but it should be pursued in a calmer way. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2026, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3219 "2026-03-21T18:22:59Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > the Donald J. Trump Advanced Energy and Intelligence Campus An outstanding name, in honor of a guy who has never projected intelligence, and rarely even projects energy these days. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3220 "2026-03-21T18:23:31Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > Donald J. Trump Advanced Energy and Intelligence Campus Why name it after two things he has neither of? (On preview, ninja’d by @kenobi_65 ) ---
**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 21, 2026, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3221 "2026-03-21T20:24:31Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > I’m convinced Trump is, at best, indifferent to the health of the United States as a whole, save for how it affects his image. Well, he’s a malignant narcissist; he cares about himself and hurting other people. The most he cares about the US is because at present it’s an extension of his ego so yes; his image. Most importantly his image of _himself,_ thus for example the constant fantasizing about making the US bigger by conquest. He wants to make sure the US only hurts and never helps, because in his eyes that’s what “winners” do. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2026, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3222 "2026-03-21T22:33:14Z")
The shithead-in-chief keeps searching for the bottom: > **[‘Good, I’m glad he’s dead’: Trump’s insensitive comments about the dead hit a...](https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/21/politics/donald-trump-robert-mueller-insensitive-comments)** > > For years, President Donald Trump has offered crass and insensitive comments about people who died – especially his foes. That reached a new level on Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3223 "2026-03-22T00:36:07Z")
Re last post, is there a single Republican running for reelection who has a problem with what Trump said? I think they will be quicker to criticize the war in Iran than the celebration of Mueller’s death – perhaps because Trump cares more about Mueller than Iran. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2026, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3224 "2026-03-22T05:00:59Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I don’t know what Japan’s PM thought would be accomplished by meeting up with Trump at the White House She was [visiting Bedlam](https://oskardiethelm.omeka.net/exhibits/show/stigma/discounted-persons/bedlam). ---
**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:** [March 22, 2026, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3225 "2026-03-22T11:29:06Z")
She should have poked him with a stick. Incidentally I’ve been to “Bedlam” (in its current location since 1930, obvs). They don’t let you gawp at the patients (fortunately) but they have a fascinating little museum. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774.md?page=160) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774.md?page=162)