# 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:** 88
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1742 "2025-06-06T12:30:09Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > No one cares what a programmer looks like. It’s kinda nice. Nerds are no longer made fun of. We are feared. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1743 "2025-06-06T15:15:28Z")
Well, that was about 40 years ago, and a lot has changed since then. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1744 "2025-06-06T23:05:00Z")
Those of you who might be concerned about this recent addition to the Trump intelligence team (so to speak) will be reassured that a former hire in a similar position has gotten himself into trouble. Why would he pick Germany of all places to offer info? I know we’re not popular, but a weird choice. > **[US intelligence employee arrested for alleged double-dealing of classified info](https://cyberscoop.com/dia-employee-arrested-nathan-vilas-laatsch/)** > > The 28-year-old, who’d been employed by the Defense Intelligence Agency since 2019, specialized in insider threats and had top secret security clearance, officials said. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2025, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1745 "2025-06-07T10:39:31Z")
If you thought Wormbrain’s tenure at Health couldn’t get any more psychotic… > **[Anti-vaccine quack hired by RFK Jr. has started work at the health department](https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/06/anti-vaccine-quack-hired-by-rfk-jr-has-started-work-at-the-health-department/)** > > David Geier was previously disciplined for practicing medicine without a license. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2025, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1746 "2025-06-07T12:58:05Z")
Why is it still called the “Health” department when its purpose is clearly the opposite? Time for some realistic re-branding. How about “the Department of Disease, Death, and Inhumane Services”? I think it’s now a toss-up as to which is going to hit the US next: an economic depression due to the Orange Peril, a nationwide epidemic due to Worm-brain, or a terrorist attack due to random kids and a Russian stooge being put in charge of national security. Such fun times! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1747 "2025-06-07T13:34:39Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I think it’s now a toss-up as to which is going to hit the US next: an economic depression due to the Orange Peril, a nationwide epidemic due to Worm-brain, or a terrorist attack due to random kids and a Russian stooge being put in charge of national security. Such fun times! Probably all happen at once. The rest of the world will give us the finger. We deserve it. Well half the country deserves it. Congress won’t do it’s job. SCOTUS won’t do it’s job (calling bribes a tip or gratuity??? Seriously???). ---
**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:** [June 7, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1748 "2025-06-07T16:19:05Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Why is it still called the “Health” department when its purpose is clearly the opposite? The same reason you call the “Fire” department when your house is burning down? ---
**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:** [June 7, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1749 "2025-06-07T17:42:31Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Probably all happen at once. The rest of the world will give us the finger Biological terrorist attack that causes the economy to collapse when everyone else in the world bans travel to or from the US. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1750 "2025-06-07T19:51:41Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Why is it still called the “Health” department when its purpose is clearly the opposite? Time for some realistic re-branding. How about “the Department of Disease, Death, and Inhumane Services”? Complete with a new slogan: “Disease is Wellness!” ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1751 "2025-06-07T21:08:54Z")
> **[Have Trump’s pardons wiped out $1 billion in debts?](https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/jun/06/liz-oyer/donald-trump-pardons-wipe-out-billion-debts/)** > > A former Justice Department official responsible for pardons who was fired earlier this year says President Donald Trump’s pardons “have wiped out over $1 billion in debts owed by wealthy Americans.” That's plausible. _Former Justice Department pardon attorney Liz Oyer cited 24 pardons President Donald Trump issued, along with fines and restitution she said the convicted people owed before their pardons erased their financial obligations. She cited $1.3 billion in total forgiven payments._ \*\* The single biggest amount — about $676 million — was what prosecutors sought, but had not been formally approved by a judge prior to the pardon’s issuance, making the dollar figure uncertain. It could have been that much, but a judge could have increased or decreased it.\* ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1752 "2025-06-07T21:12:31Z")
> **[ICE agents mistakenly detain U.S. marshal in Arizona](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ice-mistakenly-detain-us-marshal-rcna211599)** > > The deputy marshal was detained because he "fit the general description of a subject being sought by ICE," according to the U.S. Marshals Service. _A U.S. marshal was mistakenly detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Arizona, officials said Friday._ _The deputy marshal was briefly detained in the lobby of a federal building in Tucson because he “fit the general description of a subject being sought by ICE,” according to a statement from a U.S. Marshals Service spokesperson shared with NBC News on Friday. It is not clear when the incident took place._ ---
**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:** [June 7, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1753 "2025-06-07T21:16:00Z")
If the marshal lives in Arizona, I’m guessing he has a really deep tan, amirite? Easy mistake. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1754 "2025-06-07T21:16:39Z")
Oh sure, maybe even Hispanic. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1755 "2025-06-07T21:20:11Z")
His-tan-ic panic ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1756 "2025-06-07T21:35:25Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > maybe even Hispanic Of the sort with a notable Native heritage. Damn, it’s just reversion to the nasty habits and mentality that has given US police a bad rep: stop anyone of even remotely the ethnicity of the Person(s) of Interest: “_For sure_ **any** ‘_One Of **Those** People_’ has **got** to be up to no good, have an outstanding warrant or be in possesion of drugs or an illegal weapon or be undocumented.” Too often “fits the general description” smells of an excuse you have to take on faith but that you suspect the LEO pulled out of his fundament. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1757 "2025-06-09T00:27:48Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > _All of Dear Leader’s orders and ideas are brilliant! I couldn’t possibly single out one. I love and worship all of them._ ~~Anthony~~ Donald came around the corner of the house. He didn’t look at them, but continued on down through the carefully kept garden–all the gardens in Peaksville were carefully kept, very carefully kept–and went past the rusting, useless hulk that had been the Fremont family car, and went smoothly over the fence and out into the cornfield. “Isn’t this a lovely day!” said Mom, a little loudly, as they went toward the back door. Aunt Amy fanned herself. “A beautiful day, dear. Just _fine_!” ---
**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:** [June 11, 2025, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1758 "2025-06-11T18:03:47Z")
Trump has a new vision for FEMA – the Federal Emergency Management Agency that provides critical aid in natural disasters like hurricanes. He’s going to dismantle it. It’s already been hobbled by DOGE staff cuts and the resignations of demoralized staffers, but no worries – he’s just going to get rid of it altogether. > **[Trump says he plans to phase out FEMA after 2025 hurricane season | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/11/politics/fema-hurricane-season-phase-out-trump)** > > President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he plans to phase out the Federal Emergency Management Agency after this year’s hurricane season, offering the clearest timeline yet for his administration’s long-term plans to dismantle the disaster relief... ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1759 "2025-06-11T18:20:11Z")
Don will withhold all funding to blue states, but it will be interesting the next time a disaster hits a red state. Frankly, not one of the 50 states probably has the infrastructure in place to deal with the immediate aftermath of a major disaster. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1760 "2025-06-11T18:24:11Z")
[Bragg Soldiers Who Cheered Trump’s Political Attacks While in Uniform Were Checked for Allegiance, Appearance](https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/06/11/bragg-soldiers-who-cheered-trumps-political-attacks-while-uniform-were-checked-allegiance-appearance.html) My link is to a good news web site that does real independent reporting, [www.miliatry.com](http://www.miliatry.com). > [@](#): > > One unit-level message bluntly saying: “No fat soldiers.” > > “If soldiers have political views that are in opposition to the current administration and they don’t want to be in the audience then they need to speak with their leadership and get swapped out,” another note to troops said. . . . > > “What I think is so remarkable about Bragg is that it’s really a breakdown on the military side,” Risa Brooks, an [expert of civil-military relations at Marquette University](https://www.marquette.edu/political-science/directory/risa-brooks.php), told [Military.com](http://Military.com). > > “It shows it’s possible – that the military’s professional ethics could fail,” she said. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/1761 "2025-06-11T18:27:13Z")
I was in emergency management at the local & state level for years. The entire premise is the feds provide the money, the states provide the management, and the locals provide the manpower. Augmented in large scale emegencies by the state National Guard then Federal troops. No state can afford a big disaster event unless the Feds step in with their bottomless wallet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774.md?page=87) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774.md?page=89)