# 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:** 36
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/702 "2025-02-08T01:29:49Z")
Remember that seen in _Being John Malkovich_ where Malkovich goes inside his own head and everyone has his face and everything said is “Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich”? That must be what it is like inside Trump’s head. [![](https://i.imgur.com/Y7feSc1.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/Y7feSc1.jpeg) Also, he’s revoked Biden’s security clearance: > **[Trump says he is revoking Biden's security clearance](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-revoking-bidens-security-clearance/)** > > The president said he was taking the action because Biden did the same to him in 2021. ---
**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 8, 2025, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/703 "2025-02-08T01:34:20Z")
> The president said he was taking the action because Biden did the same to him in 2021. “Trump confirms that he has the mind of a six-year-old, finally ending all doubt.” ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/704 "2025-02-08T02:19:07Z")
And they’re saying the racist part out loud. > U.S. State Department hire Darren Beattie wrote on X: “Competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work. Unfortunately, our entire national ideology is predicated on coddling the feelings of women and minorities, and demoralizing competent white men.” Snopes rates it as « correct attribution ». > Beattie was [formerly](https://newrepublic.com/post/191056/trump-former-staffer-white-nationalist-event-job) a speechwriter during the first Trump administration and will be appointed to the role of undersecretary for public diplomacy and public affairs. > **[Trump appointee said 'competent white men' must be in charge for 'things to...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-trump-appointee-said-200100703.html)** > > Darren Beattie, a former Trump speechwriter, will be joining the U.S. State Department. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/705 "2025-02-08T02:20:31Z")
This entire admin is affirmative action for mediocre white dudes who are insecure in their masculinity. ---
**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 8, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/706 "2025-02-08T02:24:09Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > And they’re saying the racist part out loud. Good. I predicted that the Orange Felon would be so out of control that he’d be removed from office either by impeachment or by the power of the 25th Amendment. It will soon be up to Congress to choose between the Orange Felon or American democracy. You can’t have both. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/707 "2025-02-08T02:29:30Z")
What makes you think the current GOP would choose democracy? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/708 "2025-02-08T02:32:29Z")
Trump doesn’t hate _all_ immigrants. > **[Trump orders U.S. to prioritize refugee resettlement of South Africans of...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-orders-u-s-refugee-resettlement-of-afrikaners/)** > > President Trump directed officials to prioritize the resettlement of Afrikaners in South Africa through the U.S. refugee program, which he suspended on his first day in office. ---
**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 8, 2025, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/709 "2025-02-08T02:46:32Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Trump doesn’t hate _all_ immigrants. I wonder how much that cost Elon? Or maybe Elon threatened to withhold money. Jeez. Who knew quid pro quo could be so complicated? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/710 "2025-02-08T02:50:26Z")
Hear the émigré from south of the border? Just mention the SS officer in your family’s history and Trump will welcome you with open arms! ---
**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:** [February 8, 2025, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/711 "2025-02-08T03:01:56Z")
[![](https://i.imgflip.com/6cd9yr.jpg) ](https://i.imgflip.com/6cd9yr.jpg) ---
**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 8, 2025, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/712 "2025-02-08T06:13:15Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > It will soon be up to Congress to choose between the Orange Felon or American democracy. You can’t have both. > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > What makes you think the current GOP would choose democracy? It’s pretty clear the choice has _already_ been made. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/713 "2025-02-08T06:41:46Z")
To be fair USAID did fund some questionable things such as a program called BeBest by someone named Melania something and paid tens of thousands of dollars for recording equipment for one Ivanka T. Good to see taxpayers won’t be funding these deep state projects anymore. Meanwhile, I was at my dentist the other day and he agreed with me that RFK Jr getting confirmed would be great for his business so not sure where the ADA opposition comes from. Don’t dentists want to make money? Removing fluoride from water guarantees them more income for a patient’s entire lifetime. And speaking of Kennedys, Caroline Kennedy has to be livid about Trump taking over the Kennedy Center. I can’t think of anyone less interested in the arts and culture. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/714 "2025-02-08T06:59:15Z")
The Kennedy Center responds to Trump’s proclamation. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:ejihld4sywvvqwe67cdkn4jq/bafkreicvavgssmo6yl6kg4rmmto7njbpzb3turhnxvarav7nuxlvx7snbm@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:ejihld4sywvvqwe67cdkn4jq/bafkreicvavgssmo6yl6kg4rmmto7njbpzb3turhnxvarav7nuxlvx7snbm@jpeg) Maybe if we’re lucky this one will slip his mind, like the “freedom cities” with flying cars and zero laws, and the “National Sculpture Garden of American Heroes”, and moving the Air Force Academy to Alabama, and forcing schools to have the principal be elected by the students’ parents, and rounding up all the homeless people into tent cities, and banning online content moderation but also banning pornography, and… ---
**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:** [February 8, 2025, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/715 "2025-02-08T08:40:12Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > This entire admin is affirmative action for mediocre white dudes who are insecure in their masculinity. Untrue. I’ve yet to see any that have risen so high as to achieve mediocrity. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/716 "2025-02-08T18:55:32Z")
And over in the DOT, they are now stopping EV charging station installs funded by the former administration. Sec of Transportation/Reality TV show cast member Duffy has vowed to stop the radical Green New Deal that drives up the cost of vehicles. Who cares about climate change? Not them. It’s all fake news. [https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5132717-trump-administration-suspends-electric-vehicle-charging-network/](https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5132717-trump-administration-suspends-electric-vehicle-charging-network/) [https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/sean-duffy-sworn-secretary-us-department-transportation-and-takes-immediate-action](https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/sean-duffy-sworn-secretary-us-department-transportation-and-takes-immediate-action) ---
**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 8, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/717 "2025-02-08T18:58:45Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > he doubled down on it, insisting that this was “a common expression in Scotland!” His girlfriend in Canada told him. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/718 "2025-02-09T00:53:25Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > And over in the DOT, they are now stopping EV charging station installs funded by the former administration. Just like how one of the first things Reagan did was have the solar panels removed from the White House. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/719 "2025-02-09T14:26:17Z")
The Musk purges are getting close to the “authoritarian nightmare.” Musk is more effective at taking stabs here and there. See which judges oppose Trump. Impeach and purge them all. In 4 years, nothing left of democracy. GOP will do nothing to stop Trump. There is no McCain left. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/720 "2025-02-09T16:41:05Z")
GOP doesn’t have the 2/3 majority in the Senate to remove a judge. But President MuskTrump can always tell their worshipers to “rid them of this troublesome priest”. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/721 "2025-02-10T00:45:52Z")
25 percent tariff on all imported steel and aluminum incoming. [https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/trump-says-he-will-announce-25-steel-aluminum-tariffs-monday-2025-02-09/](https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/trump-says-he-will-announce-25-steel-aluminum-tariffs-monday-2025-02-09/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774.md?page=35) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774.md?page=37)