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turbinetree

(27,559 posts)
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 08:43 PM 23 hrs ago

'He's very angry': Explosive report warns Trump Cabinet purge may just be getting started

By Robert Davis
Published April 2, 2026 8:20 PM ET

President Donald Trump may not be done shaking up his Cabinet after he gave Attorney General Pam Bondi the boot on Thursday, according to a new report.

One administration official "familiar with the dynamics" of the Trump White House told Politico that Trump has also expressed frustration with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, and that both could be removed from the administration imminently. Three people "with knowledge" of the president's thinking confirmed the rumors to Politico as well, according to the report.

“He’s very angry and he’s going to be moving people,” an administration official said.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2676658653/

Angry.................Bullshit...............its all about his ego...............Bondi can now be brought in to answer questions about the Epstein crime while she was the Attorney General of Florida...........and what she did as head of the DOJ...............

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'He's very angry': Explosive report warns Trump Cabinet purge may just be getting started (Original Post) turbinetree 23 hrs ago OP
The crowd under the bus UpInArms 23 hrs ago #1
Good.............November cannot get here fast enough............ turbinetree 23 hrs ago #2
Better shackle-up the back-end of that bus Seinan Sensei 20 hrs ago #46
This message was self-deleted by its author Seinan Sensei 20 hrs ago #47
You're gonna need a bigger bus. Bluetus 20 hrs ago #51
Polling bad ... Must. Blame. Others.... unblock 23 hrs ago #3
One year ago today was "Liberation Day" Trump's tariffs - today, bloodletting underpants 20 hrs ago #48
Push him dweller 23 hrs ago #4
I hope to Dawg whomever has the suitcase is playing hot potato with it. He's very nearly at his bottom n/t Cheezoholic 23 hrs ago #5
When you surround yourself with clowns, you better expect a circus stumpysbear 23 hrs ago #6
Don't be shocked, when you elect a gameshow host mercuryblues 22 hrs ago #24
Blaming his bootlickers instead of himself!! He can fire everyone and he's still left in charge to put more Pisces 23 hrs ago #7
Worse yet, they're having to argue positions in court that are indefensible. paleotn 23 hrs ago #9
They do his bidding and then get blamed for it. Par for the course! Pisces 23 hrs ago #11
.... but too goddamned many 'Democratic' Senators voted to confirm many of those Jack Valentino 22 hrs ago #12
There is no valid reason to vote for any of his nominees FHRRK1 20 hrs ago #55
All happened after his DoJ solicitor got roughed up at SCOTUS yesterday. paleotn 23 hrs ago #8
A massive cerebral one................... turbinetree 23 hrs ago #10
Scorched earth leftstreet 22 hrs ago #16
Good God! There won't be anyone left at FOXNews after he refills his Cabinet. Midnight Writer 22 hrs ago #13
They're already 3rd string JV. Are they going to dress someone from the stands? The band? underpants 21 hrs ago #39
I'd Say, Warm Up The Pets, Except.... ProfessorGAC 10 hrs ago #58
No one on his enemies list in jail, no federal control of elections, pat_k 22 hrs ago #14
I think the fact that he hasn't been able to indict his enemies Buckeyeblue 12 hrs ago #56
"WHY ISN'T EVERYONE THANKING ME FOR ALL I'VE DONE FOR THEM?!?!?!?" durablend 22 hrs ago #15
Nutlick surprises me..... Takket 22 hrs ago #17
Nutlick ... aggiesal 21 hrs ago #27
So the real question is this: angrychair 22 hrs ago #18
Plus they do not want to reveal their lack of character to the world/universe. efhmc 22 hrs ago #21
There's a reason Caesar got stabbed in the back. Et tu brute? n/t aggiesal 21 hrs ago #30
Lutnick should get fired Renew Deal 22 hrs ago #19
Nutlick, Nutlick, Nutlick ... aggiesal 21 hrs ago #32
I'm old enough to remember him saying multigraincracker 22 hrs ago #20
that's all that shitstain has.... RT Atlanta 22 hrs ago #22
"Well, they should show more enthusiasm when licking my boots" struggle4progress 22 hrs ago #23
"Rearranging the deckchairs on the Hindenburg" ThoughtCriminal 21 hrs ago #25
I feel pretty certain Colbert will come out of this WAY ahead Maru Kitteh 21 hrs ago #34
The lesson here is that Mblaze 21 hrs ago #26
Sun Tzu-The Art of War Dread Pirate Roberts 21 hrs ago #28
FANTASTIC. I hope he burns them ALL. Maru Kitteh 21 hrs ago #29
Downfall Parody IronLionZion 21 hrs ago #31
That's sadly hilarious. Here's another one underpants 21 hrs ago #35
"Dude's building a fuhrerbunker under the White House." Wednesdays 21 hrs ago #37
This makes perfect sense! ShazzieB 21 hrs ago #33
Hitler in the bunker orangecrush 21 hrs ago #36
Who's up next? LiberalLovinLug 21 hrs ago #38
Is it just me or am I the only one thinking blue-wave 21 hrs ago #40
LOL, don't threaten us with a good time. And stay angry, FSogol 21 hrs ago #41
Was he like this Nasruddin 21 hrs ago #42
What does a labor secretary in a GOP administration even do? (NM) biocube 21 hrs ago #43
They could 25th Amendment him !!! Inkey 21 hrs ago #44
I'm waiting for JD to fall out a window... Bread and Circuses 20 hrs ago #45
He hasn't trashed our federal government fast enough for his liking. WestMichRad 20 hrs ago #49
Just as chaotic as the first term BeneteauBum 20 hrs ago #50
"I hire only the best people." AverageOldGuy 20 hrs ago #52
Angry? RandySF 20 hrs ago #53
If Trump doesn't offer blanket pardons to these people belpejic 20 hrs ago #54
It's too bad his next firing isnt going to be BlueKota 12 hrs ago #57
"According to the report..." MineralMan 9 hrs ago #59
It's not going to get better until Miller is gone. intheflow 9 hrs ago #60
He can replace everyone in his cabinet and it won't help. City Lights 8 hrs ago #61
He's a mad, mad, mad, mad worm struggle4progress 8 hrs ago #62

Response to UpInArms (Reply #1)

unblock

(56,199 posts)
3. Polling bad ... Must. Blame. Others....
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 08:47 PM
23 hrs ago

I mean he's not wrong that he's got horribly incompetent and unethical people working for him, but that's what he hired for so....

underpants

(196,539 posts)
48. One year ago today was "Liberation Day" Trump's tariffs - today, bloodletting
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 11:35 PM
20 hrs ago

He’s lashing out.

Polls are at “last people at the party” level.
The numbers (economy) are in the tank.
He fired AG Pamela Jo (there’s thankfully only been one Roy Cohn)
Hegseth fired the old school Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George.
—- both will likely be primary scapegoats in specific Trump failures.
He gave a Its all too much completely out of touch rant about daycare vs. war yesterday.
He had 4 legal losses this week

Aaaand he probably personally witnessed another pillar of his 2nd term (with tariffs) crumble yesterday.

It’s not funny. He’s not cornered but it’s coming from all directions including, he knows, the sky falling in….and that scary.



Cheezoholic

(3,722 posts)
5. I hope to Dawg whomever has the suitcase is playing hot potato with it. He's very nearly at his bottom n/t
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 08:50 PM
23 hrs ago

Pisces

(6,251 posts)
7. Blaming his bootlickers instead of himself!! He can fire everyone and he's still left in charge to put more
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 09:00 PM
23 hrs ago

lickspittles in their place. They are all incompetent and unqualified!!!

paleotn

(22,226 posts)
9. Worse yet, they're having to argue positions in court that are indefensible.
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 09:04 PM
23 hrs ago

Swapping AG's ain't gonna change that. Hell, even Perry Mason couldn't get any traction with that massive pile of stupid arguments.

Jack Valentino

(5,045 posts)
12. .... but too goddamned many 'Democratic' Senators voted to confirm many of those
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 09:31 PM
22 hrs ago

Trump cabinet nominees....! WTF was up with THAT ???


Fear, I suppose....

paleotn

(22,226 posts)
8. All happened after his DoJ solicitor got roughed up at SCOTUS yesterday.
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 09:01 PM
23 hrs ago

...the SAVE act is DOA in the Senate, and a bunch of other setbacks. He's being reined in right and left and is apparently not happy about it. Well, replacing the AG and anyone else on the cabinet isn't going to change that. It's just new people with the same impossible tasks. Poor Donnie. He just can't have his way.

Maybe this will finally push him over the edge. Come on cerebral hemorrhage!

underpants

(196,539 posts)
39. They're already 3rd string JV. Are they going to dress someone from the stands? The band?
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 11:05 PM
21 hrs ago

I’m not very abreast in the current stock of blondes on Fox.

Seriously. He’s lashing out. He knows how bad it is and in every direction including the sky falling in. Hegseth fired the Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, as you probably know, but that’s “just” the Iran Disaster. Trump has it coming in from everywhere.

ProfessorGAC

(76,742 posts)
58. I'd Say, Warm Up The Pets, Except....
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 09:25 AM
10 hrs ago

...TFG hates pets.
But, we're clearly at the point where "My dog could do a better job." is a factual statement.

pat_k

(13,393 posts)
14. No one on his enemies list in jail, no federal control of elections,
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 09:47 PM
22 hrs ago

... people still demanding release of remaining Epstein files and explanation of redactions in what was released, ice deported fewer people in 2025 (between 150,000 and 300,000) than Obama's annual average of 400,000. (While Obama's expansion of detention and expedited removal processes we're dodgy on human rights and due process, at least he didn't unleash rampaging thugs that kill and injure).

Poor, poor pitiful felon.

Buckeyeblue

(6,353 posts)
56. I think the fact that he hasn't been able to indict his enemies
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 07:36 AM
12 hrs ago

At this point he wanted several high profile indictments and pending trials. And she hasn't delivered on that.

I also wonder if he is paranoid about the cabinet turning against him?

Takket

(23,718 posts)
17. Nutlick surprises me.....
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 09:54 PM
22 hrs ago

i don't know how he could have his head any farther up drumpf's ass.

Chavez-DeRemer does NOT surprise me though. she is grifting and corrupt as hell but only for herself. you don't steal tribute from the mob. drumpf isn't getting his cut so i think her days are numbered.

angrychair

(12,295 posts)
18. So the real question is this:
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 09:56 PM
22 hrs ago

Are this idiots going to continue to let him treat them like trash or are they going to speak up and tell the truth?

I'm betting they keep licking his boot. Because they will "maybe if I lick faster he will take me back"

aggiesal

(10,816 posts)
32. Nutlick, Nutlick, Nutlick ...
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:39 PM
21 hrs ago

Next time you see his name, I guarantee you'll same Nutlick before you correct yourself.

RT Atlanta

(2,746 posts)
22. that's all that shitstain has....
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:17 PM
22 hrs ago

'anger' and grievance against the world....

he has failed his way to the top and wants to take the rest of us down with him on his way to hell....

fuck him...

I look forward to the day with many of his cabinet and related sycophants are judged by a 'jury of their peers.'

ThoughtCriminal

(14,730 posts)
25. "Rearranging the deckchairs on the Hindenburg"
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:29 PM
21 hrs ago

One of my favorite Stephen Colbert quotes.

The thing, there seems to be a bottomless pit filled with corrupt, un-qualified, sociopaths willing to prove that they can kiss Trump's smelly ass to secure a seat with all the insider-trading the job promises. Pardons guaranteed for the price of giving the fucked-up family a cut of that graft.

Maru Kitteh

(31,772 posts)
34. I feel pretty certain Colbert will come out of this WAY ahead
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:42 PM
21 hrs ago

of where he would have otherwise been, were he simply left alone.

So, “thanks TSF?” may be in order


Mblaze

(1,047 posts)
26. The lesson here is that
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:29 PM
21 hrs ago

If you do exactly what Trump wants you to do, without pointing out his faulty thinking, you are bound to do the wrong thing and eventually fail. Your sycophancy is your downfall.

Dread Pirate Roberts

(2,012 posts)
28. Sun Tzu-The Art of War
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:30 PM
21 hrs ago

When your enemy is choleric of temper-irritate him. Turn up the heat folks, all burners on high!

Wednesdays

(22,624 posts)
37. "Dude's building a fuhrerbunker under the White House."
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:54 PM
21 hrs ago

Maybe he'll go in the bunker with a Walther PPK pistol. Here's hoping.

ShazzieB

(22,612 posts)
33. This makes perfect sense!
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:39 PM
21 hrs ago

Nothing is going his way, and blaming others for his failures is sop for a guy who would rather die than admit his own mistakes. So OF COURSE he is going to look around for people to blame for the mess he's in now.

Unfortunately, he's probably going to pick replacements who are worse than their predecessors, but the process should be entertaining to watch.

blue-wave

(5,156 posts)
40. Is it just me or am I the only one thinking
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 11:06 PM
21 hrs ago

MIDTERMS about this cabinet shuffle/purge? Is he attempting to put in place those with absolute blind obedience? I know, it's a stretch when you consider the history of someone like Bondi. But then consider that Trump was allegedly pissed at Bondi for giving a heads-up to Swalwell about the release of FBI documents. Trump wants absolute obedience. Even the smallest divergence from that is unacceptable to him.

FSogol

(47,626 posts)
41. LOL, don't threaten us with a good time. And stay angry,
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 11:08 PM
21 hrs ago

Let's let arterial plaque work its magic.

Nasruddin

(1,260 posts)
42. Was he like this
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 11:12 PM
21 hrs ago

When he ran his businesses (often into the ground) 25+ years ago?

Is this new behavior, or the same-old?

Bread and Circuses

(2,073 posts)
45. I'm waiting for JD to fall out a window...
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 11:22 PM
20 hrs ago

He’s been in hiding and his statements on Iran are often lukewarm. He doesn’t want to be associated with dead soldiers.

JD should have thought about that when he was being bought by Peter Thiel.

WestMichRad

(3,263 posts)
49. He hasn't trashed our federal government fast enough for his liking.
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 11:36 PM
20 hrs ago

So it must be time to bring in even more incompetents.

I predict Bondi’s “testimony” will be utterly useless. She’ll just attack questioners and provide no substantive answers about anything.

AverageOldGuy

(3,859 posts)
52. "I hire only the best people."
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 11:49 PM
20 hrs ago

In June 2015, far before he took over the Republican Party, Trump told a crowd in South Carolina:

“I know the best people. I know the best managers. I know the best dealmakers. I know people who will make us so strong. I know guys that are so good.”

belpejic

(801 posts)
54. If Trump doesn't offer blanket pardons to these people
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 11:54 PM
20 hrs ago

They are going to face some really negative legal consequences.

MineralMan

(151,281 posts)
59. "According to the report..."
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 10:36 AM
9 hrs ago

What report? There is no link to any report at all at the Rawstory link. So, it talks about a report, but doesn't say who reported it or where.

More unsubstantiated clickbait from RawStory.

It might even be true, but how the Hell can anyone tell?

intheflow

(30,187 posts)
60. It's not going to get better until Miller is gone.
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 10:48 AM
9 hrs ago

But of course even then, it will still be a 100% shit show.

City Lights

(25,843 posts)
61. He can replace everyone in his cabinet and it won't help.
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 12:05 PM
8 hrs ago

He is the problem. Too bad he'll never acknowledge that.

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