# 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:** 66
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1302 "2025-04-04T17:03:59Z")
If you were worried about Medicare/aid, have no fear. Respected medical professional and TV talking head Mehmet Oz is here to save us. > **[Mehmet Oz confirmed by US Senate to lead Medicare and Medicaid](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/03/mehmet-oz-confirmation-medicare-medicaid)** > > Former TV pitchman has close relationship with boss RFK Jr but regularly encourages Americans to get vaccinated ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1303 "2025-04-04T18:52:15Z")
> [@solost](#): > > My guess is that with the supposed ‘$40 million’ worth of pro bono legal work, the firm will not exactly be putting their best and brightest on the job, though they’ll be telling trump they are. I doubt Trump will be auditing their time records. And, what the hell is he going to do if they drag their feet for three years or more? ---
**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:** [April 4, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1304 "2025-04-04T19:16:40Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > In other words, ‘BUTTERY MALES!’ Wasn’t that a big feature in _Last Tango in Paris_? ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1305 "2025-04-04T23:12:10Z")
So far, Hitler Hoover, reporting from the golf course, remains defiant on his tariff policy. As fiddles were to Nero, so golf clubs are to trump… > **[Inside Trump’s defiant response to the markets’ tariff meltdown | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/politics/trump-tariffs-markets-blowback/index.html)** > > President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs are facing blowback from all corners – a market sell-off, foreign retaliation, anger from corporate America and skepticism from the Federal Reserve chairman and some allies in Congress. So far, the... > [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > If you were worried about Medicare/aid, have no fear. Respected medical professional and TV talking head Mehmet Oz is here to save us. It seems like the main requirements to have a position in the trump admin are to be a former television personality, have kooky fringe disproven opinions on science-related matters, or in the case of Oz, both. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1306 "2025-04-05T00:16:06Z")
And be really, _really_ good at sucking up. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1307 "2025-04-05T21:09:32Z")
**" Donald Trump blows off dignified transfer of fallen U.S. soldiers for golf events"** [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BofHyJWGf-U/maxresdefault.jpg "Donald Trump blows off dignified transfer of fallen U.S. soldiers for golf events") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BofHyJWGf-U) Five-minute video with Rachel Maddow. Four American soldiers killed in Lithuania. President of that country is present to see the remains transferred to Dover AFB. Lithuanian soldiers and the general public line the street, many in tears, to show respect as four hearses pass by on their way to the airport. Was Donnie at Dover to meet them when they landed? Nah–he was out playing golf. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1308 "2025-04-05T21:16:09Z")
This is why veterans love to vote MAGA. /s ---
**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:** [April 6, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1309 "2025-04-06T00:43:41Z")
Although if he had showed up he probably would have made a rambling grievance-laden speech and insisted on posing next to a coffin with a big grin and a thumbs-up. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1310 "2025-04-06T03:26:56Z")
True that. If I were the dead soldier in question, I would prefer if that fucker didn’t show up and use my death for his photo op to further destroy the country. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1311 "2025-04-07T00:38:13Z")
[The Cabinet Secretary Who Wants His Cookies Freshly Baked](https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/the-cabinet-secretary-who-wants-his-cookies-freshly-baked/ar-AA1CooRG?cvid=031b16e07cb04e379cbb55d2b95a93d2&ei=15) > [@](#): > > On at least one occasion, a political appointee was told to remake the cookies because the batch was subpar, according to three people. > > . . . Two people said political appointees in Burgum’s office have been seen crying because of the demands placed on them. . . . Not exactly a horror – really, I have no sympathy – but I put it here as not worth its own thread. The actual horror is what Department of the Interior political appointees do to the environment when they aren’t baking cookies. Changed your mind about MAGA? Please do. Then resign in protest. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1312 "2025-04-07T21:39:36Z")
This is a new horror. Where’s DOGE when we need them? > **[Trump Plans $92 Million Military Parade—Honoring Himself](https://newrepublic.com/post/193674/trump-military-parade-birthday)** > > Donald Trump is pulling straight from the dictator’s playbook. > Donald Trump may finally get his long-desired military parade through the streets of Washington. > > The Washington City Paper, citing an unnamed D.C. source, reports that the president has chosen June 14, 2025—the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, Flag Day, and coincidentally also his own 79th birthday—as the big day. If it goes ahead, the four-mile procession would go from the Pentagon in Arlington to the White House. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1313 "2025-04-08T11:43:05Z")
Not only will the parade cost us, but, as was pointed out at the time, they’ll have to pay a hefty amount to repair the streets after those military vehicles tear them up. DC streets weren’t designed with this kind of thing in mind. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2025, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1314 "2025-04-08T13:11:41Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > they’ll have to pay a hefty amount to repair the streets Ha-ha-ha! Oh, wait, who are you suggesting will be paying for the repairs? ---
**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:** [April 8, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1315 "2025-04-08T13:12:51Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Oh, wait, who are you suggesting will be paying for the repairs? AIUI, the invoice will be paid by a gentleman named Tou Ekes. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1316 "2025-04-08T13:14:38Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > Not exactly a horror – really, I have no sympathy – but I put it here as not worth its own thread. Ditto-working for a high-level position in DC is hard work, be it Congress or Cabinet (even this one). If you can’t cut it, don’t take the job. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1317 "2025-04-08T23:43:45Z")
Looking at the trump admin through MAGA-shaped glasses. From the Atlantic (gift link) > **[Trumpworld Makes the Case Against Trump](https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/archive/2025/04/maga-republican-tariffs-criticism/682359/?gift=QgO_LHw-skz7EqtMG0lcxqvzpFS_3xwJVYqk1UlSd0c&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social)** > > MAGA supporters are attempting to understand Trump’s catastrophic decision making, while accepting Trump’s infallibility as a given. > Last November, Republican Representative Troy Nehls of Texas [told](https://x.com/highbrow_nobrow/status/1858279438787739860) reporters that “if Donald Trump says tariffs work, tariffs work. Period. Because Donald Trump is really never wrong.” This expression of faith in the great leader is a precept of MAGA-ism. The pigs in _Animal Farm_ had a similar way of thinking: “Comrade Napoleon is always right.” > > Trump’s choice to not just claim that tariffs work but actually implement them and cause a market crash has, however, subjected this faith to its greatest test. And so MAGA world is attempting to understand and even argue over Trump’s catastrophic decision making, while accepting Trump’s infallibility as a given. > > The most devoted Trump acolytes are dutifully insisting that the dismal stock market does not perturb them in the slightest. ‘‘I don’t really care about my 401(k) today. You know why? I believe in this man,” the Fox News host Jeanine Pirro proclaimed on Thursday. “My own retirement account is down too. Don’t care. All-in on the Great Deal. The Golden Age is on the other side,” the One America News Network anchor Jack Posobiec [wrote on X](https://x.com/JackPosobiec/status/1909222225636446405). Some are seeing it a little bit differently. > But some Trumpists, especially those whose net worth has plunged, find themselves unable to profess indifference in the face of calamity. A few days after “Liberation Day,” the MAGA financier Bill Ackman briefly succumbed to despair. “I don’t think this was foreseeable,” he [posted on X](https://x.com/BillAckman/status/1909045713033445547). “I assumed economic rationality would be paramount. My bad.” > > Among the MAGA faithful, this statement amounts to a shocking apostasy. And yet, even so, it was tightly circumscribed. Ackman wrote the entire passage in the passive voice—“this was foreseeable”; “rationality would be paramount”—omitting the need to identify any protagonist behind these disasters. Like so many Trump supporters, especially among the financial elite, he refused to believe that Trump would do the things he’d promised to do, precisely because they were so irrational, without pausing to ask if the very fact that Trump was promising to do crazy things was itself a reason to keep him out of power. Ackman’s little soliloquy ended, fittingly, on a note of personal contrition. The only person he could blame was himself. > > … > > When even these indirect complaints drew pushback, Ackman reaffirmed his unwavering loyalty: “Some have misinterpreted my thoughts on tariffs. I am totally supportive of President @realDonaldTrump using tariffs to eliminate tariffs and unfair trading practices of our trading partners, and to induce more investment and manufacturing in our country.” “_Barkeep, a shot of Kool-aid. And leave the bottle._” ---
**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:** [April 9, 2025, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1318 "2025-04-09T00:45:03Z")
Administered between the eyes, please. With extreme prejudice. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1319 "2025-04-10T01:50:03Z")
Probably should be illegal and is wildly insensitive to those who cannot afford to buy stocks: [Experts, critics raise questions after Trump says ‘this is a great time to buy’ before pausing tariffs](https://www.nbcnews.com/business/markets/trump-tariff-pause-experts-question-timing-trump-social-media-posts-rcna200526) Someone may recall that the charming 1932 song [Let’s Have Another Cup of Coffee](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EaGpAnb3QHk&pp=ygUeTGV0IGhhdmUgYW5vdGhlciBjdXAgb2YgY29mZmVl) has the line “Mr. Herbert Hoover says that now’s the time to buy.” However, I’m fairly certain President Hoover never said that. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1320 "2025-04-10T03:15:55Z")
As expected any criticism of the current administration means harassment: > Attorney representing a student protester detained by federal immigration agents > [NPR talks to Michigan attorney detained by immigration agents : NPR](https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/nx-s1-5357455/attorney-detained-by-immigration-authorities) `//i\\` eta: I couldn’t get the preview to show up, so I added the title ---
**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:** [April 10, 2025, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1321 "2025-04-10T05:49:58Z")
> [https://fixupx.com/whitehouse/status/1910058352278708638?s=46](https://fixupx.com/whitehouse/status/1910058352278708638?s=46) - > > [The White House](https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse) > > [unknown (twitter.com)](https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1910058352278708638?Info=Elon_Musk_is_a_wanker) > > DO NOT RETALIATE AND YOU WILL BE REWARDED Talking like alien invaders from bad sci fi now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774.md?page=65) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774.md?page=67)