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BumRushDaShow

(165,170 posts)
Tue Dec 16, 2025, 07:35 PM Dec 16

'We're all getting fired': Trump Cabinet knew Vanity Fair shoot was a bad idea

Source: Raw Story

December 16, 2025 2:08PM ET


Members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet apparently knew ahead of time that their photo shoot with Vanity Fair was a bad idea, even joking amongst each other that they may lose their jobs over the photo session, Vanity Fair reported Tuesday.

"We’re all going to get fired for this!” one of Trump’s cabinet members said, according to Vanity Fair, shortly after seven of Trump’s top officials filed into a White House room “a bit like nervous schoolchildren.” “Except for me!” Vance apparently quipped in response. “I have 100% job security!”

The Trump administration continues to face fallout from Vanity Fair’s reporting Tuesday, which, in addition to a batch of new photographs of top Trump officials, also included stunning remarks from White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles that criticized Vance and other top White House officials, as well as undercut Trump’s past statements over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

Vanity Fair Editorial Director Mark Guiducci detailed the photo shoot further in his reporting, highlighting the at times awkward atmosphere of the session.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/vanity-fair/?utm_source=superhead

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'We're all getting fired': Trump Cabinet knew Vanity Fair shoot was a bad idea (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Dec 16 OP
If only. There's no one left low enough to replace them. maxsolomon Dec 16 #1
He has a whole RW loonoverse of talk and podcast gasbags to select from BumRushDaShow Dec 16 #2
I suppose that's true. maxsolomon Dec 16 #3
Bannon had briefly worked there during the first term BumRushDaShow Dec 16 #8
But why would any of them want to work for Chump? FakeNoose Dec 16 #5
Everyone who works in there is an "opportunist" BumRushDaShow Dec 16 #9
"places that they want to go" GopherGal Wednesday #33
Yup. sheshe2 Dec 16 #18
This pic that the cult thinks is soooo great? underpants Dec 16 #4
Looks like the promo for a reality show Javaman Dec 16 #6
That's funny. underpants Dec 16 #7
Is it me ... Hope22 Dec 16 #11
Don't know but his suit looks thin (knee). underpants Dec 16 #12
Yes. cachukis Dec 16 #14
Ah, I think you are correct. I was wondering if he was playing with himself. niyad Dec 16 #21
He would if he could remember how!!!😂🤣 Hope22 Wednesday #23
Way too smug, if you ask me. calimary Wednesday #28
Good eye Iris Thursday #34
Thanks... Hope22 Thursday #35
I'd say it was something else he wanted to flash... CTyankee Thursday #37
That has to be one of the most poorly composed professional (?) photographs niyad Dec 16 #19
Stephen Miller looks like a rectal polyp. LudwigPastorius Wednesday #24
"The Ugly Americans". calimary Wednesday #26
She'll be executed for treason! surfered Dec 16 #10
They are such a bunch of total losers. Starstruck by the chance to be in Vanity Fair and totally gave it Martin68 Dec 16 #13
People like Trump -- and those attracted to him -- have NO loyalists, only temporary, opportunistic allies. /nt artemisia1 Dec 16 #17
Isn't that the mag with whom Melania was always trying to get a photoshoot? travelingthrulife Wednesday #31
If not fired... LuvLoogie Dec 16 #15
Getting fired would be a blessing for them PatSeg Dec 16 #16
That's the weird thing. The Post reported this morning that the WH and Trump are still backing her up. Even the people Martin68 Thursday #36
Vance knows he can't be fired, and when Tump is gone, he'll be president. patphil Dec 16 #20
That's the ONLY reason I can think of, to pray for good health for the donald. calimary Wednesday #27
Strange as it seems, me too. patphil Wednesday #30
Everything is a big joke to these clowns. And I'm still trying to figure out Ms Wiles. Marie Marie Dec 16 #22
Thou shalt have no photo-shoot without me. usonian Wednesday #25
I just took another look at that really dreadful picture, and I am more niyad Wednesday #29
No worries...we've got a retirement plan for you starting right after the midterms...it's called federal prison. pecosbob Wednesday #32

maxsolomon

(38,108 posts)
1. If only. There's no one left low enough to replace them.
Tue Dec 16, 2025, 07:49 PM
Dec 16

Mike Lindell, Chief of Staff? Please.

Even MFer is done with that clown.

BumRushDaShow

(165,170 posts)
8. Bannon had briefly worked there during the first term
Tue Dec 16, 2025, 08:28 PM
Dec 16

Loomer is already pulling strings and directing actions "from the outside".

But you do have some who will be showing up in January after losing elections like 45-backed Ciattarelli or who were lame ducks like Youngkin - https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/10/trump-aides-and-allies-float-potential-noem-successors-as-speculation-grows-over-her-tenure-00684001

Youngkin, who is term-limited, has met with Trump immigration officials, according to one former ICE official. In a call with supporters before last month’s election, when Lt. Gov. Winsome Earl-Sears was defeated in a landslide, the Virginia governor praised Trump for cutting “trade deals, peace deals” and for bringing “huge investments back to the United States.”


So there are some...

FakeNoose

(40,005 posts)
5. But why would any of them want to work for Chump?
Tue Dec 16, 2025, 08:16 PM
Dec 16

It wouldn't make them any money and it would ultimately destroy their careers.
Plus they would become immediate targets.

BumRushDaShow

(165,170 posts)
9. Everyone who works in there is an "opportunist"
Tue Dec 16, 2025, 08:32 PM
Dec 16

They don't care about him. IOW, "they don't care what car they get in as long as it takes them places that they want to go".

GopherGal

(2,780 posts)
33. "places that they want to go"
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 05:03 PM
Wednesday

is the MAAGA-sphere. Somehow they don't mind that they're committing the rest of their careers to the RW/Trumpian movement. They don't mind sacrificing any kind of self-respect or esteem from anyone with more than two brain cells as long as they can add a resume credential that will get them an occasional gig on Faux News or one of its imitators. (And maybe a seat next to Stephen Miller on the evacuation plane to Moscow or Dubai or wherever this lot are headed after they run the whole planet into the crapper.)

sheshe2

(95,573 posts)
18. Yup.
Tue Dec 16, 2025, 10:20 PM
Dec 16

He can dig deeper into the looney bin. There is lot's more filth he can dreg up.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Megyn Kelly offered a position.

underpants

(194,588 posts)
12. Don't know but his suit looks thin (knee).
Tue Dec 16, 2025, 09:24 PM
Dec 16

Zoom in on Wiles face. 😳

I don’t know who the two Nazis by the fireplace are.
Pamela Jo giving the trucker mudflap silhouette.

Hope22

(4,420 posts)
23. He would if he could remember how!!!😂🤣
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 12:11 AM
Wednesday

But they can’t resist this kind of disgusting display! Turns my stomach!

Hope22

(4,420 posts)
35. Thanks...
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 08:32 AM
Thursday

I always watch these arrogant fools because more often than not someone is showing their hate. In this case….that guy puts the C in creepy! Take care and stay safe! 🙏🏼💗

niyad

(129,334 posts)
19. That has to be one of the most poorly composed professional (?) photographs
Tue Dec 16, 2025, 10:37 PM
Dec 16

I have ever seen. Unless the intent was to show them looking awful. nosferatu is fingering his dick in a "manspreading" pose. susie looks like the furry thing on her head is in a wind tunnel, and on, and on. Anybody who turned that image in as an assignment in a photgraphy class would have gotten an "f".

Martin68

(26,940 posts)
13. They are such a bunch of total losers. Starstruck by the chance to be in Vanity Fair and totally gave it
Tue Dec 16, 2025, 09:41 PM
Dec 16

all away. Trump wanted loyalists, and got a bunch of exhibitionists.

artemisia1

(1,320 posts)
17. People like Trump -- and those attracted to him -- have NO loyalists, only temporary, opportunistic allies. /nt
Tue Dec 16, 2025, 10:09 PM
Dec 16

travelingthrulife

(4,316 posts)
31. Isn't that the mag with whom Melania was always trying to get a photoshoot?
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 12:14 PM
Wednesday

Even these goons beat her out.

PatSeg

(51,968 posts)
16. Getting fired would be a blessing for them
Tue Dec 16, 2025, 10:07 PM
Dec 16

They may not realize it now, but they'll be grateful later when others DO get run over by a tank.

Martin68

(26,940 posts)
36. That's the weird thing. The Post reported this morning that the WH and Trump are still backing her up. Even the people
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 12:59 PM
Thursday

like Vance that she directly dissed put out positive statements about her. Perhaps Trump is very dependent on her.

patphil

(8,670 posts)
20. Vance knows he can't be fired, and when Tump is gone, he'll be president.
Tue Dec 16, 2025, 10:37 PM
Dec 16

I'm sure that knowledge brightens each and every one of his days.

Marie Marie

(10,841 posts)
22. Everything is a big joke to these clowns. And I'm still trying to figure out Ms Wiles.
Tue Dec 16, 2025, 11:24 PM
Dec 16

Is she really that naive, was this her waving a flag and sounding an alarm, or does she just enjoy gossiping. What was her point in her vivid, unflattering descriptions of the WH insiders. Anybody have any theories? She seems to see what is going on yet shrugs it off like "Oh Well..."

niyad

(129,334 posts)
29. I just took another look at that really dreadful picture, and I am more
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 02:31 AM
Wednesday

convinced than earlier that this was deliberately designed to look bad. A good stylist would not have put susie in that awful green jacket. That colour is not good on her, nor are the shoulder pads, and her blouse does not seem to be closed correctly. And that mess on her head looks like it took a can of spray starch. The less said about the lying mouthpiece and the testosterone bunch, the better. I would like to be able to enjoy my nightcap.

I salute the VF photographers.

pecosbob

(8,297 posts)
32. No worries...we've got a retirement plan for you starting right after the midterms...it's called federal prison.
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 03:27 PM
Wednesday
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