# 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:** 185
**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:** [September 20, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3686 "2026-09-20T15:01:45Z")
Because the ignorant bastards running our government would like to prohibit vaccination for ideological / ignorant reasons. If they can’t quite get away with outright prohibition, at least they can defund research, refuse to certify any new vaxes, withdraw the blanket liability shield hoping to enmire the vax manufacturers in endless frivolous lawsuits until they quit making vaccines, and now on top of already having done all the above, they’re now trying to make vaccination as difficult as possible for the ever-shrinking fraction of Americans who can still think and therefore want to live in a vaccinated world. Ignorance coupled to malice is a force that runs a lot of the world. You don’t run your life that way, and neither do I. But vast tracts of the world are ruled by people who do operate that way. We’re fast becoming a member of that dismal club. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3687 "2026-09-20T15:25:04Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > What ever made you think he was clever in the first place? He does (or, at least, historically _did_) have a certain cunning, and a certain strength of personality. As many business failures and business bankruptcies as he had, he still always managed to find people, companies, and banks, which were happy, even eager, to work with him. It also appears that he managed to structure his businesses in such a way that he was always able to walk away from the business failures without him, personally, holding the bag. All of that is not to say that he is particularly _intelligent_, and does not explain his toxic level of Dunning-Krueger, in which he has convinced himself that he is a frickin’ super-genius, is the world’s greatest polyglot, and can, in mere minutes, figure out solutions to problems which have bedeviled actual experts for decades. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3688 "2026-09-20T15:25:27Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Ignorance coupled to malice is a force that runs a lot of the world. You don’t run your life that way, and neither do I. Ignorance of course. But I think fear has a great deal to do with it. They are too afraid to look at facts that they can’t possibly understand. THEY don’t understand it, so it must be bad. Dumb has a b in it. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3689 "2026-09-20T16:14:23Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > taking your child to get vaccinated … costs money, Not an issue in many countries. In the UK it’s free at point of service. There’s still a big number of anti-vaxers. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3690 "2026-09-20T16:23:10Z")
True, and others have critiqued this idea of mine from different directions. I do think that the unpleasantness of taking a toddler to get shots is underrated as a motivator, though of course there are other factors, all of which the Trump administration is accelerating (particularly with regard to science education and the respect for scientific consensus). ---
**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:** [September 20, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3691 "2026-09-20T17:00:24Z")
Trump’s arch will become a sniper’s nest. To shoot whom, one wonders? [![](https://i.ibb.co/0VsZtnxC/AISelect-20260920-122518-Chrome.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/0VsZtnxC/AISelect-20260920-122518-Chrome.jpg) ---
**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:** [September 20, 2026, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3692 "2026-09-20T17:16:49Z")
Gods, we’ve got such a moron for president. Meanwhile, Trump has given us an economic war against… Canada!? And a deadly shooting and explosions war against Iran, and this complete moron wants snipers on an imaginary arch. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3693 "2026-09-20T18:14:07Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Trump’s arch will become a sniper’s nest. To shoot whom, one wonders? No joking. That is an important question. The FAA requirement for illuminating the arch would seem to make it a dangerous spot to be a sniper: [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/us/politics/arch-trump-faa-flame.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ClE.AGdr.zLaiP4G28Q82&smid=url-share) > [@](#): > > In a hazard study released on Friday, the F.A.A. deemed the proposed arch, which would sit along a flight path less than a mile from Ronald Reagan National Airport, safe for air travel provided that Mr. Trump complies with recommended safety measures. > > “The proposed structure should be appropriately marked/lighted with a nonstandard eternal flame and continuously floodlighted by searchlight projectors installed at three or more equidistant points around the base of the structure,” the study said. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3694 "2026-09-20T18:20:25Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Dumb has a b in it. Hmm. Never knew that. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3695 "2026-09-20T18:24:41Z")
Also, “Transgender for Everyone” is…check notes…a Democrat hoax. Recent Trump “truth”: > [@](#): > > Over the years, there have been many Hoaxes, all generated by the Radical Left Dumocrats, for purposes of destroying our Country. RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA, UKRAINE, UKRAINE, UKRAINE, Global Warming, Impeachment Hoax #1, Impeachment Hoax #2, Men in Women’s Sports, Transgender for Everyone, and now, the decimation, or destruction, of AI, commonly known as Artificial Intelligence — And I, as President of the United States, will not stand by and let this happen. It all began with an attack on our Data Centers, until people realized how wealthy and prestigious they were for the Communities in which they were built. Higher Salaries, Lower Taxes, and Safer Streets, was the result, and the crazed Data Center attack has largely failed, so now, in much the same way as they changed the term “Global Warming” to “Climate Change,” in that it covers a much larger “territory” of doubt, they are going straight at AI. We will not in any way hinder or stifle the Growth of this incredible Industry. Rather, we will cherish it, help it, and watch over it, as it grows! However, we will also be looking for BAD, and we can do that, very easily, with our already existing Criminal and Civil Justice System. For this purpose, I am forming the AI Force, much like I did Space Force, which has been a tremendous SUCCESS, in my First Term. To that end, I will be announcing, in the near future, the AI “Czar” — Only High I.Q. individuals need apply! AI is the next Industrial Revolution, or Internet, but will be even larger and more impactful, possibly as much as 25% of our Country’s GDP. We are leading China, and the rest of the World, and I intend to keep it that way! President DONALD J. TRUMP ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3696 "2026-09-20T18:26:52Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Gods, we’ve got such a moron for president. This was in reference to the arch, right? A military justification will reduce the risk of SCOTUS stopping arch construction. Maybe I just sanewashed Trump, but I suspect this was a smart move on his part (once you get past whether it is smart to change a democracy into a dictatorship). ---
**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:** [September 20, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3697 "2026-09-20T18:29:29Z")
That’s in reference to that idiot’s brain. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3698 "2026-09-20T18:49:28Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > Maybe I just sanewashed Trump, but I suspect this was a smart move on his part (once you get past whether it is smart to change a democracy into a dictatorship). You know, I get the whole “successfully lying to and deceiving your opponents or the public in general” or “double dog daring the law to actually function” things demonstrate a certain kind of cunning when you’re likely to get away with it. I think the stumble most of us come across is the ethical/moral judgement first. Following an ethical code and adhering to first principles also requires intelligence and when that recognizable code is violated we have trouble ascribing that to intellect as is generally recognized here on the board specifically. Intelligence and ethical codes can be related. But can also be two separate and distinct things. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2026, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3699 "2026-09-20T20:35:53Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > My theory was always that it _ **was** _ selfish: for a parent, taking your child to get vaccinated is an unpleasant hassle that costs money, even if just a co-pay. What if you could be a hero and take a stand against (whatever) merely by avoiding an unpleasant task? > > The consequences are so far removed from the action that if your child should fall seriously ill or die, you can shift your cognition to blame something else. Certainly not you, you hero. Easiest delusion keeping Hero the Hero: his wife took a Tylenol during pregnancy. It’s HER fault the kid got sick! Slightly more elaborate delusion keeping Hero the Hero: Joe Biden took money from Big Bacteria ensuring that some until-now-not-identified source is what got your kid sick (unto death). Maybe it was the poster paints that Libruls use for their Godless Protest Signs. Or anything else, really. (In short: I think your theory about blame-shifting to excuse a disinclination to take the kid to get vaccinated, makes perfect sense.) ---
**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:** [September 20, 2026, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3700 "2026-09-20T20:40:11Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Because the ignorant bastards running our government would like to prohibit vaccination for ideological / ignorant reasons. For fortune-amassing reasons, too, in many cases (I would guess). After all, if you have millions of kids and adults getting very, very sick, they are going to be open to Miracle Cures. Just corner the market on some rare plant, use the power of the government to declare it the cure, and sit back watching the billions flow in. Chaos brings opportunity, as sociopaths like to remind us. ---
**Author:** ![TeroSunbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terosunbear/32/14748_2.png) [@TeroSunbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeroSunbear)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3701 "2026-09-25T19:58:01Z")
Even vaccines are world wide products. There are no such vaccines made. Once the special US vaccines are made, they have to be tested. That will take the rest of Trump’s term. No measurements of reduced atutism, as RFK Jr demands, will ever be made as the vaccines will never be sold. We will have normal vaccines now to 2029. ---
**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 25, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3702 "2026-09-25T20:16:43Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > provided that Mr. Trump complies with recommended safety measures On this front, there were recent stories that a big part of his falling out with the architect he hired for The Ballroom was that Trump’s preferred designs violated the fire codes. Soooo… ---
**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:** [September 25, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3703 "2026-09-25T21:18:38Z")
Leading to Donald’s “Louis XIV” moment: “I AM the code”… > **[Trump Reportedly Blew Off Safety Codes in White House Ballroom Construction:...](https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-reportedly-blew-off-safety-codes-in-white-house-ballroom-construction-i-am-the-code/)** > > President Donald Trump allegedly scoffed at fire and safety codes in the early stages of the White House ballroom project. ---
**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 25, 2026, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3704 "2026-09-25T21:28:57Z")
Of course, the upside is that this gives the next sane President a legitimate reason to tear down Trump’s Deathtrap. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3705 "2026-09-25T21:38:19Z")
There’s definitely precedent for this specific sort of thing: > **[Donald Trump's fights with fire marshals show why he's dangerous](https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-fire-marshals-crowd-2016-8)** > > If we give Trump the power of the presidency, then he'll do a lot more than rant to reporters when bureaucrats won't bend to his will. > [@](#): > > But the real reason this story matters is what it shows about what Donald Trump would do as president. > > Fire marshals are bureaucrats, charged with enforcing laws that are sometimes inconvenient. If Trump won’t listen to a fire marshal who says that his proposed number of attendees at a rally would violate a fire code, then will he listen to civil servants or military generals who tell him that his proposed actions are illegal? From August 2016, mind you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774.md?page=184) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774.md?page=186)