Trump's Second Term

[Planigale]

Hegseth decided to blow the unspent billions of Pentagon funding on luxury items instead of returning them to the taxpayer:

Pentagon Should Focus on Defense Priorities, not Lavish Dinners, After Historic $93.4B “Use-It-or-Lose-It” September

Defense officials typically enter the end of each fiscal year with at least one goal in mind: spend the rest of the military’s budget by any means necessary.

open.substack.com

Our super warriors spent $130000 on donuts and $140000 on ice cream machines - just in September 2025.

I liked the

That included a $98,329 Steinway & Sons grand piano for the Air Force chief of staff’s home, a $26,000 violin, and a $21,750 custom handmade flute from the luxury Japanese brand Muramatsu.

 

[Donal]

According to media reports, Donald Trump has been buying $145 Florsheim dress shoes for allies in his inner circle, and people are reportedly “afraid not to wear them.”

Marco Rubio was photographed wearing a pair Trump ordered for him by just guessing his size. They looked noticeably too big.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2031737943669260655

Florsheim? Ill. They glue their shoes.

There's a reason Allen Edmonds makes the President's shoes. I can't imgine trading my Park Avenues for that cheap ◊◊◊◊.

 

[Donal]

That included a $98,329 Steinway & Sons grand piano for the Air Force chief of staff’s home, a $26,000 violin, and a $21,750 custom handmade flute from the luxury Japanese brand Muramatsu.

There's no ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ way that goon has any clue about that sort of thing. He just knows they are fancy. Indulge in conspicuous consumption on your own dime.

 

[Safe-Keeper]

Another incident to file in the 'Imagine if it was Obama' folder.

 

[Donal]

Dimwits lost their minds because he served wagyu beef at a state dinner

 

[Regnad Kcin]

It seems to me perhaps less of a imagine-if-it-was-Obama doing these things, and more of a since you had the nerve to elect a black man we’re gonna do anything we ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ want to and maybe that’ll teach you all a lesson so you won’t make that mistake twice.

Not the Trump and the rest of the crooks wouldn’t have done everything to gain the system in their favor regardless.

 

[Donal]

They don't need reasons, just excuses. And they are hardly bothering with those anymore.

 

[jimbob]

There's no ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ way that goon has any clue about that sort of thing. He just knows they are fancy. Indulge in conspicuous consumption on your own dime.

Exactly. Also, I didn't see DOGE doing anything about that.

 

[johnny karate]

It's really funny that folks could imagine that the guys who fought and won WWII would have anything in common with today's lefties.

The commonalities are basic and readily apparent.

Multiple Trump White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists

The Trump administration has a Nazi problem

The Trump Administration Is Publishing a Stream of Nazi Propaganda

Florida politicians slam Miami young Republican leaders over antisemitic group chat

Politico report uncovers racist, antisemitic messages among young GOP members

 

[johnny karate]

Oh, good grief. You're not fighting fascism at all. Your just calling everyone you disagree a fascist. Lefties have been doing this for a long, long, time.

Multiple Trump White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists

The Trump administration has a Nazi problem

The Trump Administration Is Publishing a Stream of Nazi Propaganda

Florida politicians slam Miami young Republican leaders over antisemitic group chat

Politico report uncovers racist, antisemitic messages among young GOP members

 

[johnny karate]

Just pointing out how vacuous the charge of "fascist" really is.

Multiple Trump White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists

The Trump administration has a Nazi problem

The Trump Administration Is Publishing a Stream of Nazi Propaganda

Florida politicians slam Miami young Republican leaders over antisemitic group chat

Politico report uncovers racist, antisemitic messages among young GOP members

 

[johnny karate]

Not one of those guys was a fascist or Nazi. The ignorance here is mind numbing.

Multiple Trump White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists

The Trump administration has a Nazi problem

The Trump Administration Is Publishing a Stream of Nazi Propaganda

Florida politicians slam Miami young Republican leaders over antisemitic group chat

Politico report uncovers racist, antisemitic messages among young GOP members

 

[P.J. Denyer]

Nobody is denying the president the right to hold opinions you mendacious ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊. They are asking why he's either clueless or lying

Either?

 

[jimbob]

Either?

Boolean OR

 

[P.J. Denyer]

Boolean OR

That makes more sense.

 

[johnny karate]

Answer what? It's your position that those Republicans were fascist/Nazi. You've got the burden of proof. I needn't have to prove a negative.

Multiple Trump White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists

The Trump administration has a Nazi problem

The Trump Administration Is Publishing a Stream of Nazi Propaganda

Florida politicians slam Miami young Republican leaders over antisemitic group chat

Politico report uncovers racist, antisemitic messages among young GOP members

 

[johnny karate]

Obamacare was the most notably fascist thing to occur in my lifetime. The state and the corporation merged and people, for a time, were bound by it. But I'm sure you'll defend that sort of fascism.

Trump voter as masked government thugs terrorize and commit murder in American communities: This piece of legislation enacted into law through a constitutional process is fascism!

 

[johnny karate]

I've never met him and never will. He does/says things that make my eyes roll. But as long as he keeps my taxes low, cuts regulation, gets rid of the DEI nonsense, and appoints conservative judges, he can behave as ridiculous as he wants to. I'd rather have an erratic president who actually delivers than one who seems nice but governs horribly.

Perfect encapsulation of the MAGA mindset: Save me a little money (debatable that's actually happening, by the way) and address my weird culture war grievances and I'm willing to let kids die of preventable diseases, turn a blind eye to a child sex trafficking ring, and let the entire world destabilize through disastrous foreign policy and pointless wars of aggression.

Textbook sociopathy.

 

[AmyStrange]

Perfect encapsulation of the MAGA mindset: Save me a little money (debatable that's actually happening, by the way) and address my weird culture war grievances and I'm willing to let kids die of preventable diseases, turn a blind eye to a child sex trafficking ring, and let the entire world destabilize through disastrous foreign policy and pointless wars of aggression.

Textbook sociopathy.

Yup, me, me, me, and more me, and to hell with everyone else.

 

[Safe-Keeper]

I generally try not to respond to bad-faith arguments, but this classic from Beau of the Fifth Column is always worth a repost.
tl;dw: Dump fits all 14 characteristics of fascism to a tee.


Also, I'm surprised that one of the totally-not-fascists are suddenly arguing that Dump and the GOP are not fascist. I thought they dropped that canard when they abandoned the Fascism Checklist thread long ago. It's like a reverse fringe reset.