# 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:** 183
**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:** [August 24, 2026, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3646 "2026-08-24T21:22:52Z")
I guess Donnie will still be allowed to vote by mail if he wants to? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2026, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3647 "2026-08-24T22:04:59Z")
Republicans will be allowed to vote by mail. Registered Democrats will not be allowed to vote by mail. See how that works? ---
**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:** [August 24, 2026, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3648 "2026-08-24T22:31:59Z")
Or be targeted in some way, a knock on the door… ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3649 "2026-08-25T18:17:28Z")
[Donald Trump, today, on Truth Social:](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117156395248393739) > [@](#): > > Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un, of North Korea, I was not happy with the fact that the United States had, long ago, agreed to participate in Joint Military Exercises with South Korea. These exercises are not only costly, with much of these costs paid for by the United States of America (as usual!), but send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile, to a Country that, as long as Donald J. Trump has been President, has been unthreatening and respectful. [Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang Times, September 21, 2017:](https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1506060030-23063273/kim-jong-un-releases-a-statement/) > [@](#): > > Whatever Trump might have expected, he will face results beyond his expectation. I will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged US dotard with fire. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3650 "2026-08-25T23:03:00Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > …tame the mentally deranged US dotard… (Kim Jong Un quote) I like the cut of this guy’s jib! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3651 "2026-08-26T01:19:14Z")
Commie. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2026, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3652 "2026-08-26T09:02:01Z")
“Jucheist”, technically. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2026, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3653 "2026-08-26T13:34:31Z")
If you think carefully there’s not much daylight between Juche & MAGA. Both have the same Prime Directives: economic autarky plus hereditary dictatorship. With a side order of absolute disregard for anyone not in the ruling clique. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3654 "2026-09-07T00:30:34Z")
I stopped posting here not because new horrors stopped, but because of new horrors burn out. However, even if intended to pull the chain of people like me, this Trump Truth Social tweet cannot be ignored: [Nuclear Explosions Graphic](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117225735398739896) ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3655 "2026-09-07T14:47:23Z")
More of a normal, by Trump standards, everyday horror, is the Space Force uniform proposal Trump released yesterday: [Truth Social: “INSPIRED BY THE DISCIPLINE AND FUNCTIONALITY OF THE STARSHIP TROOPER UNIFORM”](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117225350305412391) [Orlando Sentinel: Trump posts Space Force uniforms derived from fascist-inspired ‘Starship Troopers’ outfits](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/09/07/trump-posts-space-force-uniforms-derived-from-fascist-inspired-starship-troopers-movie/) > [@](#): > > Paul Verhoeven, the Dutch director of the 1995 film based on Robert Heinlein’s 1959 novel about a space military fighting giant bugs, said his movie was about “fascists who aren’t aware of their fascism.” > > “I borrowed from the films of Leni Riefenstahl to show that these soldiers were like something out of Nazi propaganda,” [he wrote in the Guardian in 2018](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/jan/22/how-we-made-starship-troopers-paul-verhoeven-nazis-leni-riefenstahl). “I even put one in an SS uniform. But no one noticed.'” FWIW, the insignia embody the principle of rank inflation. O-7, previously a one star brigadier general, is promoted to having a four star lapel. I guess this is another chain pulling. Or do we think it’s serious? ---
**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:** [September 7, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3656 "2026-09-07T15:03:20Z")
As long as he’s playing on a computer, he’s not actually doing something worse in practical reality. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3657 "2026-09-07T16:51:05Z")
Agree, plus even his supporters may notice this is infantile, unimportant bullshit. Post more, Donnie! ---
**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:** [September 7, 2026, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3658 "2026-09-07T16:57:47Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > even his supporters may notice this is infantile, unimportant bullshit. Not my pet Trump cultist. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3659 "2026-09-07T20:15:41Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > FWIW, the insignia embody the principle of rank inflation. O-7, previously a one star brigadier general, is promoted to having a four star lapel. > > I guess this is another chain pulling. Or do we think it’s serious? Do you really think Trump has any idea what any insignia actually mean? He sees “More Stars”, and only focuses on the “more”. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3660 "2026-09-08T00:18:03Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Do you really think Trump has any idea what any insignia actually mean? Yes. He thought the post was good enough for government work, and approved it. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3661 "2026-09-09T00:33:55Z")
Quick and guess what Trump means by MGGA: [MGGA!!! President DJT](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117238047671794766) ---
**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:** [September 9, 2026, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3662 "2026-09-09T02:04:33Z")
Probably sounded better in the original German. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2026, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3663 "2026-09-09T02:44:35Z")
Nothing celebrates workers like an AI video of a robotic assembly line making a Sharpie and engraving Trump’s signature on it. White House with its finger on the pulse! > ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3664 "2026-09-10T11:36:16Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > Quick and guess what Trump means by MGGA: [“All I want is a little peace in the world”?](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086450/quotes/?item=qt0243256&ref_=ext_shr_lnk) ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3665 "2026-09-11T22:00:48Z")
New low? > [@](#): > > Please raise your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States that loves us so much he can’t even breathe that I will go out with my family, my friends, I will do it any way — I don’t care if I’m registered or not, I’m going to try and cheat like hell, like they do. [Donald J. Trump, September 10, 2026](https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-closing-remarks-rnc-convention-dallas-september-10-2026/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774.md?page=182) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774.md?page=184)