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BumRushDaShow

(171,694 posts)
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 07:31 AM Apr 23

Trump is 'in a bad mood' and ready to start a Cabinet firing spree: GOP senator

Source: Raw Story

April 23, 2026 7:09AM ET


With three Cabinet members ousted by Donald Trump since March 5, a handful of Republican senators are growing anxious for several reasons that the firing hammer is about to drop on more, in part because the president is in a “bad mood” with his administration flailing.

According to a report from Politico’s Jordain Carney, four GOP lawmakers are anticipating a purge in part because the midterms are coming up and, should the GOP lose control of the Senate, confirmation hearings under a Democratic majority would be problematic at best. Add to that, Trump appears to be in a firing mood.

The timeline is becoming critical. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer's departure this week follows Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi out the door — a pattern that has GOP lawmakers reconsidering the Senate's already compressed legislative calendar.

Senate Republicans face an impossible arithmetic. "The number of working days are very limited," Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) said. "You just do the math. It's a very compressed schedule."

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-bad-mood-politico-report/

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Trump is 'in a bad mood' and ready to start a Cabinet firing spree: GOP senator (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Apr 23 OP
Good! Ray Bruns Apr 23 #1
We are on the apprentice. LisaL Apr 23 #2
Well... 2naSalit Apr 23 #3
If we were in Russia, they'd be falling out wndows. LisaL Apr 23 #5
It's just a matter of time before... Wuddles440 Apr 23 #8
Falling down stairs. usonian Apr 23 #22
And you just know that plot... Wuddles440 Apr 23 #25
They'd be piling up on the sidewalk below. mpcamb Apr 23 #18
From the Politico artice: 3 think Lutnick will go, 1 says Gabbard muriel_volestrangler Apr 23 #6
Has he ever been in a good mood? mwmisses4289 Apr 23 #4
He looked pretty happy when he was with Epstein. dem4decades Apr 23 #7
It's probably the only time he looked genuinely happy. sop Apr 23 #27
Pull their replacements from your loyal toadies in the House and Senate, Sir! tanyev Apr 23 #9
Excellent idea! Katcat Apr 23 #20
The fact that he hired incompetent people makes this part of the job easy for him. Baitball Blogger Apr 23 #10
It is very hard to hire and keep multigraincracker Apr 23 #11
Work days next year will INCREASE in both chambers.. ProudMNDemocrat Apr 23 #12
Corporate America has a solution for that Random Boomer Apr 23 #13
New sheriff in town.. BattleRow Apr 23 #14
By the time he gets around to it in earnest DFW Apr 23 #15
Raiding the liquor cabinet. twodogsbarking Apr 23 #16
Spring Cleaning!! Hopefully Ka$h and Hegseth are out by May 1st. And, Karoline stays home after her maternity leave. ChicagoTeamster Apr 23 #17
He should start with himself. nt TBF Apr 23 #19
No Matter Who He Fires MissouriDem47 Apr 23 #21
If he wants to get to the bottom of what caused his "bad mood," City Lights Apr 23 #23
"Whack a Cabinet Member" never looks good. usonian Apr 23 #24
Unsurprisingly, his first targets were the women. RockRaven Apr 23 #26
They put too many l's in "failing" /nt bucolic_frolic Apr 23 #28
Things that make tRump happy: Firing, killing, raping, molesting, taunting, stealing, cheating, destroying Blue Owl Apr 23 #29
"In a town you won't find on any map lives a six-year old boy with terrible powers." - Twilight Zone AnotherMother4Peace Apr 23 #30
Let's all make a list vapor2 Apr 23 #31
Maybe he can just "order" them all to be less incompetent Walleye Apr 23 #32
The only surprising thing is it's taken him this long to get started jmowreader Apr 23 #33
I really can't believe he has waited this long FakeNoose Apr 23 #34
It's Scaramucci Time... lol 😆 Multichromatic Apr 23 #35
Who replaces this 3rd string JV team? Are they going to dress out the band? underpants Apr 23 #36
When you vote for a clown, you get the circus he/she comes with. n/t aggiesal Apr 23 #37
those fired are probably expressing relief LOL Javaman Apr 24 #38

2naSalit

(103,792 posts)
3. Well...
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 07:45 AM
Apr 23

There are still a couple more women to go so...


There's that traitor, gabbard and judge winebox. Sure hope krash patel and kegsbreath are out soon. Another to watch is that ratcliffe fucker, he needs to fall out a window or down a manhole or something.

dem4decades

(14,307 posts)
7. He looked pretty happy when he was with Epstein.
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 07:59 AM
Apr 23

You know, the clip with them both laughing and looking at who knows what.

Baitball Blogger

(52,660 posts)
10. The fact that he hired incompetent people makes this part of the job easy for him.
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 08:23 AM
Apr 23

And it is the best, most beautiful part of the job. "You're fired!" It makes his supporters feel like he's a big powerful macho man.

multigraincracker

(37,956 posts)
11. It is very hard to hire and keep
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 08:31 AM
Apr 23

competent ass kissers. This is going to take a lot of time, like forever.

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,974 posts)
12. Work days next year will INCREASE in both chambers..
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 08:35 AM
Apr 23

Of which the MAGAts three will complain about.

Actually earning their pay will mean that they actually have to WORK for it. Rest assured, Hakeem Jeffries will insist on less vacations and more work on behalf of the American people that they SHOULD be representing. Unlike Mike Johnson, Hakeem Jeffries will be the new Sheriff in town and the rules will be enforced.

Suck it up, Buttercups!

ChicagoTeamster

(1,186 posts)
17. Spring Cleaning!! Hopefully Ka$h and Hegseth are out by May 1st. And, Karoline stays home after her maternity leave.
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 10:08 AM
Apr 23

usonian

(26,356 posts)
24. "Whack a Cabinet Member" never looks good.
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 12:14 PM
Apr 23

But he's on a spree.



Do people care? Or is it just theatrics?

You DO know the reason for his discontent ...

RockRaven

(19,689 posts)
26. Unsurprisingly, his first targets were the women.
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 01:27 PM
Apr 23

Some of the generally worthless DC press could make themselves useful and ask him if he regrets listening to Kegsbreath's advice about the Iran war.

Blue Owl

(59,520 posts)
29. Things that make tRump happy: Firing, killing, raping, molesting, taunting, stealing, cheating, destroying
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 01:40 PM
Apr 23

Did I miss any?

AnotherMother4Peace

(5,177 posts)
30. "In a town you won't find on any map lives a six-year old boy with terrible powers." - Twilight Zone
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 01:47 PM
Apr 23

"It's a Good Life" Everyone must please little Billy Mumy or be "wished" away into the corn field as a toy jack-in-the-box or whatever he deems.

vapor2

(4,822 posts)
31. Let's all make a list
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 01:49 PM
Apr 23

Start with hegsbreath, Patel, rfk jr, tulsi, wine box, blanche..............
please continue fellow du folks

jmowreader

(53,346 posts)
33. The only surprising thing is it's taken him this long to get started
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 02:26 PM
Apr 23

By this point in his last administration he'd fired so many of his Cabinet secretaries the Potomac Electric Power Company had installed a generator head on the revolving door and wired it into the grid.

FakeNoose

(42,191 posts)
34. I really can't believe he has waited this long
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 02:27 PM
Apr 23

In Chump's first term, he was firing staffers almost every week. Now he's well into the 2nd year of his 2nd term, and he's just getting started, but these losers so richly deserve to be fired.

Please start with RFK, Jr. PLEASE!



underpants

(197,030 posts)
36. Who replaces this 3rd string JV team? Are they going to dress out the band?
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 03:05 PM
Apr 23

Start pulling kids from the stands?

(High school football reference)

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