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As the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, I am horrified and furious about this news, which falls in line with the DJT administration's deeply ingrained anti-Semitism, sadism, racism and politically driven revenge:
[Reported by Lauren Gambino of The Guardian, 4/29/25]
'Doug Emhoff, the husband of former vice president Kamala Harris, accused the Trump administration of turning one of the worst atrocities in history into a wedge issue, after he and other Joe Biden appointees were removed from the board of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Emhoff, who is Jewish and spoke passionately against the rising tide of antisemitism during his time as the Second Gentleman, said he was informed on Tuesday that he had been removed from the museums council.
Let me be clear: Holocaust remembrance and education should never be politicized. To turn one of the worst atrocities in history into a wedge issue is dangerous and it dishonors the memory of six million Jews murdered by Nazis that this museum was created to preserve, he said.
No divisive political decision will ever shake my commitment to Holocaust remembrance and education or to combatting hate and antisemitism. I will continue to speak out, to educate, and to fight hate in all its formsbecause silence is never an option.
The New York Times reported that the Trump administration also fired Ron Klain, Bidens first chief of staff, Susan Rice, national security adviser to Barack Obama and Bidens top domestic policy adviser, and Tom Perez, the former labor secretary who was a senior advisor to the former president.'
vapor2
(4,055 posts)calimary
(89,253 posts)The next three-and-a-half years are gonna be a mess. Just absolutely cringeworthy.
newdeal2
(4,994 posts)Thats something that also needs to be reigned in, in the future.
maxsolomon
(38,352 posts)Last edited Tue Apr 29, 2025, 06:13 PM - Edit history (1)
Dems will self-rein in and leave MFer's appointees in place.
lastlib
(27,748 posts)I know, autocorrect really sucks......
maxsolomon
(38,352 posts)thanks.
yellow dahlia
(5,114 posts)I did the same thing by accident one time, and happened to be talking about an unbridled sociopath in the workplace. So it seemed like less of an error.
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struggle4progress
(125,642 posts)Bristlecone
(11,033 posts)CountMyVote4Reality
(290 posts)Everything TSF touches dies.
Fil1957
(618 posts)PatSeg
(52,470 posts)even playing golf. It seems that he spends most of his time and energy plotting acts of revenge. That must be very time-consuming.
MIButterfly
(2,262 posts)What a horrible, petty, little man. But then, we all knew that.
The worst part is, there are people who voted for him that knew that, too.
How does Trump have spare time to mess with the Kennedy Center, the Smithsonian, boards of directors, truck drivers getting language tests? Who is behind all of this?
maxsolomon
(38,352 posts)I'm sure they just present a list to him after he gets his makeup and hair organized, and he says sure, fire them all.
NJCher
(42,704 posts)Here's a post I wrote about it:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1321&pid=47254
I'm not at all sure that anyone else is beyond all this. Trump doesn't grasp democracy or how it works. He does not grasp what the job of president is, either.
It's like this: let's say you interview for the job of v.p. of marketing for a company like General Motors. You show up for the job and do whatever you feel like doing. If anyone makes any comments about you not doing your job, you go after them on social media.
That would be how trump does his job.
Maeve
(43,345 posts)Magoo48
(6,708 posts)question everything
(51,815 posts)link
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/29/trump-fires-doug-emhoff-holocaust
As it happens I just received a request to donate to the museum which of course I am responding.
ShazzieB
(22,313 posts)Just imagine Donnie Dimwit saying to himself, "How dare the person who is married to the person who ran against me for potus be allowed to hold such an important position!"
Typed out that way, it sounds even pettier! What a small, defensive, hateful LOSER he is!

MorbidButterflyTat
(4,271 posts)piece of shit.
Lulu KC
(8,672 posts)Mr. Do The Wrong Thing never stops.
twodogsbarking
(17,835 posts)kwolf68
(8,297 posts)Trump that is. What a petty, vile, cruel, petulant piece of horse shit.
Mblaze
(935 posts)Kanye West and Kid Rock.
LudwigPastorius
(14,351 posts)hadEnuf
(3,560 posts)With more power I think it's fair to say nothing is off the table for Trump. Nothing.
He needs to be removed.
I no longer care how.
Hekate
(100,133 posts)bluestarone
(21,566 posts)Every fucking day TSF continues to destroy America.
Paladin
(32,354 posts)Martin Eden
(15,419 posts)Asserts his power to demonstrate that he can.
ananda
(34,566 posts)These actions are nothing short of monstrous and tragic.
maxsolomon
(38,352 posts)they're spending half their time hunting Antisemites at Universities.
Trump wants to erase Biden's Presidency - he goes on about it every fucking day.
Maine Abu El Banat
(3,536 posts)He's just a vindictive prick
displacedvermoter
(4,185 posts)that Trump co-opted to keep him busy and in legal fees. He will be OK.
orleans
(36,722 posts)kissed trump's ass and promised $100 million in pro bono work.
gag
"President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a deal with the law firm that employs former second gentleman Doug Emhoff, which the president said includes the firm, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, agreeing to provide at least $100 million in pro bono legal services throughout his second term.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/01/politics/willkie-farr-gallagher-trump-law-firm-deal/index.html
choie
(6,785 posts)should not have any power of our institutions.
Violet_Crumble
(36,380 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(11,859 posts)GiqueCee
(3,570 posts)... there is no bottom to Trump's cesspool of malice and depravity.
Cha
(317,563 posts)did. The Vicious Vindictive wannabe "king" of America.