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marble falls

(69,991 posts)
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 10:45 AM Yesterday

'Taking the gloves off': Trump just held the Cabinet meeting from Hell

‘Taking the gloves off’: Trump just held the Cabinet meeting from Hell

By Holly Baxter
December 2, 2025

https://www.inkl.com/glance/news/taking-the-gloves-off-trump-just-held-the-cabinet-meeting-from-hell?first_login=true§ion=personalized

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This was a particularly awkward Cabinet meeting, which opened with almost an hour of Trump meandering about the new ballroom in the White House and whether Melania gets bothered by the construction noise; the “rigged election” of 2020; Joe Biden; the idea that the word “affordability” doesn’t have a definition; Joe Biden; a “very low-IQ congresswoman” he doesn’t like; his physical health, which is apparently impeccable because he “got A’s on everything” during his annual physical; Joe Biden; how he made Ozempic cheaper, or, as he put it, “the fat drug, F-A-T, for fat people”; how he didn’t get the Nobel Prize even though he deserved it more than anybody else in the world; how people “love to correct me even though I’m right about everything”; Joe Biden; how the environmentally friendly Green New Deal was a “scam” because “they talked about global warming and all that crap”; why the green tiles that, yes, Joe Biden chose for a bathroom in the White House weren’t very nice; why the New York Times is a bunch of losers; and, to round it all off, another description of the new ballroom.

They then, in Trump’s words, went “round the room quickly” to give each Cabinet member a two-minute slot in which to detail their “achievements” to the cameras.

There are moments in American politics when the curtain lifts and what’s shown behind is the country’s raw, unfiltered id staring straight into the camera. This meeting was one of those moments: a 55-minute stream-of-consciousness performance from a president who began and ended with décor critiques and featured a pep rally for ocean-based vigilantism in the middle. And of course, it was punctuated with a lot of painful, forced laughter from the people around the table.

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America is being told a story — not a Franklin the Turtle story, but a much more narratively dishonest one — where the president is simultaneously the victim and the hero, the builder of ballrooms and the man who will somehow abolish income tax, a charming uncle and a terrifying specter who demands loyalty at all costs. Here, grievances are policy and insults are ideology.

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https://www.youtube.com/live/pZSd7jn9CSc?si=rF24wCCsLsc_ulLO

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'Taking the gloves off': Trump just held the Cabinet meeting from Hell (Original Post) marble falls Yesterday OP
There should be some sort of compensation when Donnie holds a meeting. chouchou Yesterday #1
If it weren't for his Cabinet being dip wads themselves (Noem thanking him for ending hurricanes), I'd agree. marble falls Yesterday #4
JFC, Noem actually said that? Prof. Toru Tanaka Yesterday #6
Go to the last third of the video where all the the nit wits are claiming their work done and thanking TACO for ... marble falls 19 hrs ago #19
She really did that? MustLoveBeagles 22 hrs ago #12
To be fair, here's a whole YUGE table of North Korean-style bootlickers ... marble falls 19 hrs ago #20
Thanks MustLoveBeagles 19 hrs ago #22
I always try to follow this advice ... marble falls 19 hrs ago #23
Great movie MustLoveBeagles 19 hrs ago #24
One of my favorite movies, I watch it regularly. I truly miss Val Kilmer, too. marble falls 19 hrs ago #25
Only saw the whole movie last year MustLoveBeagles 19 hrs ago #26
I watched it the first time because in the fall in Cedar Rapids Iowa they show any lind of sports ... marble falls 18 hrs ago #27
I can't bear to listen. Exactly how were hurricanes kept away? 3catwoman3 12 hrs ago #32
TACO got got out his Sharpie again. ... marble falls 12 hrs ago #33
Who deserves any payment? Not the ass kissers in the Cabinet, nor the press dem4decades Yesterday #2
Tail Wags The Dog Mr.Bee Yesterday #3
I actually took the time to view some of the video. Excruciatingly painful and embarassing to say the least. Pistol KPN Yesterday #5
I only made it about 6 minutes into Schlump's delusional ramble before I had to quit. ShazzieB 21 hrs ago #15
You are made of sterner stuff than I. Aristus 21 hrs ago #16
I have developed a pretty high tolerance for videos where his descent into dementia is on full display. ShazzieB 20 hrs ago #17
The best word for Trump & ALL RepubliCONs is: popsdenver 20 hrs ago #18
I'm not even going to try. Like Aristus said, 6... 3catwoman3 12 hrs ago #31
Pep Talk gfarber 23 hrs ago #7
If a Democrat rambled like this, the 25th Amendment would be exercised in a heartbeat. Lonestarblue 23 hrs ago #8
And the media would be johnny on the spot MustLoveBeagles 22 hrs ago #13
Further proof white supremacy ain't what it's cracked up to be. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 23 hrs ago #9
The monster is decaying before the world. Karma, baby. Joinfortmill 23 hrs ago #10
At Woodstock they said to stay away from the brown acid, but what about the red acid? twodogsbarking 23 hrs ago #11
In another words another kiss my ass session Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 22 hrs ago #14
I watched it. riverbendviewgal 19 hrs ago #21
He did this shit his first term Cosmocat 17 hrs ago #28
The New York Times are a bunch of losers. BlueTsunami2018 15 hrs ago #29
I hope he ends up like Robert Vesco, shysters the both of them ... marble falls 13 hrs ago #30
TRANSCRIPT-- I hate videos. I hate that ugly face. I hate that wretched voice. usonian 2 hrs ago #34

chouchou

(2,664 posts)
1. There should be some sort of compensation when Donnie holds a meeting.
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 11:06 AM
Yesterday

No..not for Donnie but for the poor bastards that have to listen to scramble nonsense for an hour.
Maybe 10 dollars a minute for the listeners....OK..perhaps times ten would be more fair. )
(Yeah, it's that bad)

marble falls

(69,991 posts)
4. If it weren't for his Cabinet being dip wads themselves (Noem thanking him for ending hurricanes), I'd agree.
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 12:03 PM
Yesterday

marble falls

(69,991 posts)
19. Go to the last third of the video where all the the nit wits are claiming their work done and thanking TACO for ...
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 04:30 PM
19 hrs ago

... for being TACO.

Here's the clip:

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marble falls

(69,991 posts)
20. To be fair, here's a whole YUGE table of North Korean-style bootlickers ...
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 04:32 PM
19 hrs ago
?si=nx4f2AN9odact5rK

marble falls

(69,991 posts)
27. I watched it the first time because in the fall in Cedar Rapids Iowa they show any lind of sports ...
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 06:16 PM
18 hrs ago

... and the Magnificent Seven all the time. The Seven would be shown almost weekly and the only sports that interests me is Women's college basket ball (the only basketball and sports I find interesting because the ego's are in check and it is pure teamwork with no "star" behavior) and Genius was the only thing on the tube that day I knew I didn't hate.

Loved it. And now I see it several times a year.

marble falls

(69,991 posts)
33. TACO got got out his Sharpie again. ...
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 12:07 AM
12 hrs ago
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dem4decades

(13,468 posts)
2. Who deserves any payment? Not the ass kissers in the Cabinet, nor the press
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 11:21 AM
Yesterday

That refuses to demand answers. Nit a fucking one of them.

Mr.Bee

(1,525 posts)
3. Tail Wags The Dog
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 11:48 AM
Yesterday

His book report to them.
They will tell him what to do later.
Like when the cameras are off.

KPN

(17,077 posts)
5. I actually took the time to view some of the video. Excruciatingly painful and embarassing to say the least. Pistol
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 12:18 PM
Yesterday

Pete rose to a junior high level as usual showing why the cartoon moniker is valid. And Luttnick! My God -- his carnival barking almost outdoes Trump! Started watching Bissent who followed but couldn't take it anymore.

Frankly, I can't believe they actually publish these Cabinet meetings on YouTube. It's nothing more than an ass kissing, rah rah, love fest. On the other hand, their pea-brained supporters most likely love the entertainment ... funniest President ever! Oh man, they really hammered Biden and the libs today! Yuk, yuk, yuk -- we own them! Trump da man!

But there is an upside to all of this. The videos are out there and can never be taken back. They are completely in the record for posterity -- and the future will not be kind to any of them, Trump, his goons or his minions. In that I can take vast satisfaction.

ShazzieB

(22,043 posts)
15. I only made it about 6 minutes into Schlump's delusional ramble before I had to quit.
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 02:54 PM
21 hrs ago
"And you know there's this fake narrative that the Democrats talk about, affordability. They just say the word. It doesn't mean anything to anybody. Just say it, affordability."

I'm quite ready to believe that word means nothing to you and your billionaire buddies, you Orange Hellbeast! It must be nice to be able to scoff at a concept that determines whether regular people will be able to feed their families, heat their homes, and do this other word that probably means nothing to to you: SURVIVE. I wouldn't know, because I'm one of those "regular" people, but I'm sure it feels really great.

After that, the lies about how prices on everything under the sun are lower than ever started piling up higher than snow on the side of the road when the plows come through after a blizzard, and I finally just couldn't take any more. I have never loathed this creep more than I do right now, and that's a fact.

The situation we're in, where the president is obviously, blatantly, completely incompetent and all those with the power to do anything about it are going 🙈🙉🙊, is downright surreal. I. Just. Can't.

Aristus

(71,421 posts)
16. You are made of sterner stuff than I.
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 03:04 PM
21 hrs ago

I can't watch that leaky vomit bag for longer than about six seconds.

ShazzieB

(22,043 posts)
17. I have developed a pretty high tolerance for videos where his descent into dementia is on full display.
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 03:49 PM
20 hrs ago

There have been some interesting ones lately, where he is going completely freeform, bouncing from one incogerent ramble to the other, and I can watch those for a while. I find the the word salad to be strangely fascinating, because you never know what he's going to say next. Like the time hs claimed his MIT professor uncle had the unabomber (who went to Harvard, not MIT!) as a student. That was...really something!

In this video, he was reading from notes enough of the time that it quickly turned into a tedious, boring lie fest. That was where I noped out. Heard all that garbage before, not going to sit through it again. Looking at the transcript on YouTube, it looks like there were some crazy segues, but not enough to be worth sitting through all those mind numbing lies!

3catwoman3

(28,344 posts)
31. I'm not even going to try. Like Aristus said, 6...
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 11:56 PM
12 hrs ago

...seconds would be more than enough. My hat is off to you -

gfarber

(168 posts)
7. Pep Talk
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 12:28 PM
23 hrs ago


There once was a meeting so long,
Where décor was the theme of the song.
From a ballroom brand new,
To construction noise, too—
It all felt a bit… less than strong.

Trump circled again and again
From the tiles to election past-ten.
With a Biden or three
Thrown in casually—
A conversational whirlpool pen.

Then he called on the Cabinet crew,
“Two minutes, impress me—go through!”
Though the laughter was tight,
They all played their part right,
As cameras captured the view.

He boasted of health with great glee,
“All A’s—just ask any M.D.!”
From the “fat drug” price drop
To a Nobel non-stop,
He insisted he ranked MVP.

A rally for sea-justice came
In the middle of this sprawling frame.
Like a wave on a shore
It arrived, then no more—
Yet the mood somehow stayed much the same.

He dismissed “all that warming crap”
And the tiles in a White House lav.
“Green? Biden’s design!
Never liked that shade line!”
Thus the meeting stayed slightly off-map.

The Times got a mention quite sour,
“Losers!” he cried from his tower.
The room gave a grin,
Thin and practiced within,
As the monologue rolled by the hour.

When the curtain was lifted aside,
The nation saw id, un-supplied—
A hero-victim tale,
Both the storm and the gale,
With loyalty sworn nationwide.

riverbendviewgal

(4,385 posts)
21. I watched it.
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 04:33 PM
19 hrs ago

It was a very embarrassing shit show. SNL will have a great show this Saturday with fresh ideas based on it.

Cosmocat

(15,321 posts)
28. He did this shit his first term
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 06:30 PM
17 hrs ago

His cabinet meetings were North Korean style ass kissing sessions from day one.

But, somehow our media and everyone outside of our 1/3 of the country normalized his being literally insane and got really hot and bothered by the decent human being and solid Joe Biden aging.

BlueTsunami2018

(4,793 posts)
29. The New York Times are a bunch of losers.
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 08:54 PM
15 hrs ago

Have to agree with him on that.

The rest are a bunch of lunatic ravings.

marble falls

(69,991 posts)
30. I hope he ends up like Robert Vesco, shysters the both of them ...
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 10:58 PM
13 hrs ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Vesco

Robert Lee Vesco (December 4, 1935 – November 23, 2007[1]) was an American criminal financier. After several years of risky investments and dubious credit dealings, Vesco was alleged to have committed securities fraud. He immediately fled the ensuing U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation by living in a number of Central American and Caribbean countries.[2]

Vesco was notorious throughout his life, attempting to buy a Caribbean island from Antigua to create an autonomous country and having a national law in Costa Rica made to protect him from extradition. A 2001 Slate.com article termed Vesco "the undisputed king of the fugitive financiers."[3] After settling in Cuba during 1982, Vesco was charged with drug smuggling in 1989. During the 1990s he was indicted by the Cuban government for "fraud and illicit economic activity" and "acts prejudicial to the economic plans and contracts of the state" in 1996.[4]

Vesco was sentenced to 13 years in jail by Cuba. In November 2007 the New York Times reported that he had died of lung cancer at a hospital in Havana, Cuba, five months before,[1] although it has been suggested that he faked his death.

usonian

(22,848 posts)
34. TRANSCRIPT-- I hate videos. I hate that ugly face. I hate that wretched voice.
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 10:12 AM
2 hrs ago
https://pastebin.com/raw/QApfY8KC

Thank you for my inattention to this antimatter.

You're most welcome!


About videos.

1. Life's too short to slog your way through 2 hours of swill to get a few salient facts.
2. You can't skim videos
3. You can't copy and paste videos
4. You can't quote videos
5. The text, even as a pdf is 160KB on disk, for reference.
6. You can't reasonably random access parts of videos for text of interest.
7. Try summarizing.
8. Transcript creators (online) vary a lot in accuracy, but still win.
9. You don't have to look at puke-worthy faces.
10. You don't have to hear lying mushy con-man timeshare-salesperson voice.
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