Doug Emhoff fired from Holocaust Memorial Museum Board by DJT

[Jrose]

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 museum’s 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 forms—because silence is never an option.”

The New York Times reported that the Trump administration also fired Ron Klain, Biden’s first chief of staff, Susan Rice, national security adviser to Barack Obama and Biden’s top domestic policy adviser, and Tom Perez, the former labor secretary who was a senior advisor to the former president.'

[vapor2]

1. Yes, ENDLESS horrifying actions by this man. ENDLESS

[calimary]

25. And a deliberate loss of talent that serves the whole country, NOT JUST the donald.

The next three-and-a-half years are gonna be a mess. Just absolutely cringeworthy.

[newdeal2]

2. There's no reason the president should have control over museums and cultural venues

That’s something that also needs to be reigned in, in the future.

[maxsolomon]

5. It will probably be reined in once another Dem in the WH.

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Dems will self-rein in and leave MFer's appointees in place.

[lastlib]

29. "reined"

I know, autocorrect really sucks......

[maxsolomon]

31. no, i spelled it wrong.

thanks.

[yellow dahlia]

37. But there is a little bit of a "Double entendre" there that works.

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.

[struggle4progress]

3. Expect more speeches from JD, encouraging everyone to stop feeling guilty about mass murder

[Bristlecone]

4. He'll probably appoint Jared and Ivanka

[CountMyVote4Reality]

20. Nope. It will be Kanye.

Everything TSF touches dies.

[Fil1957]

6. The pettiness and vindictiveness knows no bounds...

[PatSeg]

35. I can't figure out how he has time to do anything,

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]

7. Non-vulgar words aren't strong enough to adequately express my disgust.

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.

[ConstanceCee]

9. How?

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]

22. There is a team of plotters and schemers working on the purge of all vestiges of Biden.

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]

23. he has a peculiar idea of what job responsibilities are

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]

30. Project 2025...they write, he signs, then golfs

[Magoo48]

34. He has ever been the dancing bear fronting more organized big money and dangerous agendas.

[question everything]

10. Does he have the authority to do so?

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]

11. Petty and vindictive, as others have said.

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]

12. What a petty

piece of shit.

[Lulu KC]

13. Of course he was

Mr. Do The Wrong Thing never stops.

[twodogsbarking]

14. What took him so long. He is really slipping. Something he would have done day one.

[kwolf68]

15. I hate this man so much

Trump that is. What a petty, vile, cruel, petulant piece of horse shit.

[Mblaze]

16. Replacing them with

Kanye West and Kid Rock.

[LudwigPastorius]

24. Mel Gibson

[hadEnuf]

17. This revenge shit is getting ridiculous.

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]

18. trump is fckng evil to the core

[bluestarone]

19. I so look forward to the final day on earth for TSF

Every fucking day TSF continues to destroy America.

[Paladin]

21. Makes me want to puke. (nt)

[Martin Eden]

26. Petty, Vindictive, gets off on hurting or pissing off others

Asserts his power to demonstrate that he can.

[ananda]

27. The idea is to completely erase Black and Jewish history.

These actions are nothing short of monstrous and tragic.

[maxsolomon]

32. why would they want to erase Jewish history?

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]

28. .

He's just a vindictive prick

[displacedvermoter]

33. Emhoff still has his partnership in his law firm

that Trump co-opted to keep him busy and in legal fees. He will be OK.

[orleans]

36. a month ago i wondered why the hell emhoff didn't resign from the law firm he's at when the firm

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]

38. I'm beginning to think that presidents

should not have any power of our institutions.

[Violet_Crumble]

39. It's slimy and revolting to politicise the Holocaust the way Trump is doing n/t

[NoMoreRepugs]

40. The national embarrassment that is the SlobFather will continue long after he is dead and gone.

[GiqueCee]

41. As I have stated many times...

... there is no bottom to Trump's cesspool of malice and depravity.

[Cha]

42. Of course the current Goebbels Ministry of Propaganda

did. The Vicious Vindictive wannabe "king" of America.