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BumRushDaShow

(170,963 posts)
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 07:31 AM Thursday

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

2naSalit

(103,522 posts)
3. Well...
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 07:45 AM
Thursday

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

(14,199 posts)
7. He looked pretty happy when he was with Epstein.
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 07:59 AM
Thursday

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

Baitball Blogger

(52,546 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
Thursday

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

(37,847 posts)
11. It is very hard to hire and keep
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 08:31 AM
Thursday

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

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,966 posts)
12. Work days next year will INCREASE in both chambers..
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 08:35 AM
Thursday

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

(1,115 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
Thursday

City Lights

(25,945 posts)
23. If he wants to get to the bottom of what caused his "bad mood,"
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 11:55 AM
Thursday

he should fire himself first!

usonian

(26,015 posts)
24. "Whack a Cabinet Member" never looks good.
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 12:14 PM
Thursday

But he's on a spree.



Do people care? Or is it just theatrics?

You DO know the reason for his discontent ...

RockRaven

(19,587 posts)
26. Unsurprisingly, his first targets were the women.
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 01:27 PM
Thursday

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

(59,385 posts)
29. Things that make tRump happy: Firing, killing, raping, molesting, taunting, stealing, cheating, destroying
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 01:40 PM
Thursday

Did I miss any?

AnotherMother4Peace

(5,166 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
Thursday

"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

(4,716 posts)
31. Let's all make a list
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 01:49 PM
Thursday

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

jmowreader

(53,295 posts)
33. The only surprising thing is it's taken him this long to get started
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 02:26 PM
Thursday

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

(42,015 posts)
34. I really can't believe he has waited this long
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 02:27 PM
Thursday

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

(196,874 posts)
36. Who replaces this 3rd string JV team? Are they going to dress out the band?
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 03:05 PM
Thursday

Start pulling kids from the stands?

(High school football reference)

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