The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

In the less than three months since Trump’s second inauguration, his golf trips have cost American taxpayers the equivalent of 54 years of presidential salaries.

Good thing he’s fighting the good fight against government waste, though.

Boru

[Rev. Rye]

In the less than three months since Trump’s second inauguration, his golf trips have cost American taxpayers the equivalent of 54 years of presidential salaries.

Good thing he’s fighting the good fight against government waste, though.

Boru

Seriously, the fact that DOGE wasn’t looking into military spending at 8:00 Day One speaks volumes about how little of a shit anyone involved actually gives about a bloated government,

[Rev. Rye]

The First Amendment has been terminated for immigrants.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced it will begin screening immigrants' social media for evidence of antisemitic activity as grounds for denying immigration benefit requests. The screenings will affect people applying for permanent residence status as well as foreigners affiliated with educational institutions. The policy will go into effect immediately.

The announcement comes following the highly publicized arrests and detentions of pro-Palestinian student activists such as Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk, who the government alleges engaged in antisemitic activities. Their lawyers deny the allegations.

In a statement to NPR, Edward Ahmed Mitchell, the national deputy director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said: "The spirit of Joseph McCarthy is alive and well in the Trump administration, which has spent months dishonestly mischaracterizing legitimate criticism of the Israeli government's war crimes in Gaza as antisemitic, pursuing witch hunts into American colleges, and threatening the free speech rights of immigrants."

J-Street, a Washington group which describes itself as pro-Israel, pro-peace and pro-democracy, was quick to disavow the new policy.

"The Trump administration's own appointees have social media accounts riddled with antisemitism, demonstrating how insincere they are in claiming their totalitarian attacks on higher education and immigrants will make Jewish Americans safer and that they are motivated by genuine concern for our wellbeing."

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/g-s1-5914...mitism-dhs

In fairness, this probably wouldn’t be too big of a deal for me if this wasn’t the same administration that thinks statements like “Israel shouldn’t commit genocide on Gazan citizens” is anti-semitism.

[The Architect Of Fate]

Your not allowed to criticize the  fuhrer or his plans of annexation 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/poli...042848007/

Head of Greenland base Vance visited is fired after criticizing the trip and Trump's plans

How dare you not walk in perfect lock step with dear leader

In a  to X, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell wrote alongside a link to the Military.com report, "Actions to undermine the chain of command or to subvert President Trump's agenda will not be tolerated at the Department of Defense."

[HappySkeptic]

Your not allowed to criticize the  fuhrer or his plans of annexation 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/poli...042848007/

Head of Greenland base Vance visited is fired after criticizing the trip and Trump's plans

How dare you not walk in perfect lock step with dear leader

In a  to X, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell wrote alongside a link to the Military.com report, "Actions to undermine the chain of command or to subvert President Trump's agenda will not be tolerated at the Department of Defense."

The President is the head of the military.  Under military rules, he is the King, full stop.  He can order a nuclear strike, the military to take over an Ally.  Nothing is forbidden as long as it happens off U.S. soil.  There is no restraint on this power, except for direct and immediate action by Congress - and that will never happen.

Trump is King as far as the military goes.  Better get used to it.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Your not allowed to criticize the  fuhrer or his plans of annexation 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/poli...042848007/



How dare you not walk in perfect lock step with dear leader

The President is the head of the military.  Under military rules, he is the King, full stop.  He can order a nuclear strike, the military to take over an Ally.  Nothing is forbidden as long as it happens off U.S. soil.  There is no restraint on this power, except for direct and immediate action by Congress - and that will never happen.

Trump is King as far as the military goes.  Better get used to it.

Actually, that’s not the case. AFAIK, military personnel are not required to follow illegal orders, even from the President. In fact, they have a duty to disobey unlawful orders.

Boru

[The Architect Of Fate]

Your not allowed to criticize the  fuhrer or his plans of annexation 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/poli...042848007/



How dare you not walk in perfect lock step with dear leader

The President is the head of the military.  Under military rules, he is the King, full stop.  He can order a nuclear strike, the military to take over an Ally.  Nothing is forbidden as long as it happens off U.S. soil.  There is no restraint on this power, except for direct and immediate action by Congress - and that will never happen.

Trump is King as far as the military goes.  Better get used to it.

Soldiers swear their allegiance to the constitution not the president and they bound by laws that supersede his orders

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

The President is the head of the military.  Under military rules, he is the King, full stop.  He can order a nuclear strike, the military to take over an Ally.  Nothing is forbidden as long as it happens off U.S. soil.  There is no restraint on this power, except for direct and immediate action by Congress - and that will never happen.

Trump is King as far as the military goes.  Better get used to it.

Soldiers swear their allegiance to the constitution not the president and they bound by laws that supersede his orders

Of course, with this particular shitbag in office, what is or is not an ‘unlawful order’ is kind of problematic.

Boru

[The Grand Nudger]

There are magats in the service who are willing to believe that whatever king donald orders is lawful. There's a purge going on there just like everywhere else right now.

[Thumpalumpacus]

The President is the head of the military.  Under military rules, he is the King, full stop.  He can order a nuclear strike, the military to take over an Ally.  Nothing is forbidden as long as it happens off U.S. soil.  There is no restraint on this power, except for direct and immediate action by Congress - and that will never happen.

Trump is King as far as the military goes.  Better get used to it.

Actually, that’s not the case. AFAIK, military personnel are not required to follow illegal orders, even from the President. In fact, they have a duty to disobey unlawful orders.

Boru

Thank you for pointing this out. We had classes in basic training about the Geneva Conventions and our duties and obligations.

It rarely works out well for the objector, to be fair, but we have a positive duty to say "no, that's illegal, I will not do it."