Under Trump, the White House Medical Unit was “like the Wild West,” and staffers had easy access to powerful stimulants and sedatives, sources say.
  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
    121·
    10 months ago

    The Trump administration was well known for its chaotic, often-erratic approach to policymaking — and for its atmosphere of paranoia, where staffers regularly spilled their colleagues’ secrets and bureaucratic factions often spent as much energy attacking one another as addressing matters of state. It’s impossible to know how much of that was fueled by the widespread availability of drugs like Xanax and Provigil.

    That reminds me of another government known for paranoia, backstabbing, and drug abuse.

        • The Snark Urge@lemmy.worldEnglish
          12·
          10 months ago

          I’ll say this: Adolf Hitler had his foibles, but at least you know he wouldn’t have needed a YouTube tutorial to blow his own brains out

          Could not even write that with a straight face

          • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
            61·
            10 months ago

            No bone spurs for him, either, he eagerly served in WWI.

            Trump: literally worse than Hitler.

            • Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee
              2·
              10 months ago

              As despicable as Hitler was, at least he passionately believed in something other than himself. Conviction tempered with enough crazy led him to start an ambitious campaign of regional/global domination.

              I can’t confirm Trump’s biggest ambitions, but he certainly appears as if he’s desperate to avoid jail and keep creeping on his own daughter.

    • thefartographer@lemm.ee
      6·
      10 months ago

      Hmmm… I’m trying to guess which government you’re talking about. What connected dots are you seeing that I can Nazi?