'This is nuts!' CNN astounded watching Trump's Cabinet take 'sycophancy to new heights'
Daniel Hampton
August 26, 2025
RAW STORY
(Screengrab via CNN)
CNN anchor Erin Burnett expressed astonishment Tuesday evening, watching President Donald Trump's Cabinet members reach "new heights" for sycophancy.
Trump's cabinet held a meeting that lasted over three hours on Tuesday, which was fully open to the press. Each cabinet member contributed remarks about their departments and the administration's achievements.
But for Burnett, the spectacle took "sycophancy to a whole new level."
" Trump spent much of that time basking in praise from his deputies," she told viewers of her show "OutFront."
Burnett then played a lengthy montage of Cabinet members fawning over Trump.
"It’s an honor to do this job under the president’s leadership," said Vice President JD Vance.
"You are the single finest candidate since the Nobel Peace — this Nobel award was ever talked about," said special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff.
"Thank you for your leadership, for your boldness, for your clarity, for common sense," gushed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
"This is just such a great opportunity, really, to recognize your leadership," said Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's director of national intelligence.
"It’s pretty great to celebrate Labor Day with a builder who loves labor," said Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
"You have saved this country by making it the best place in the world to do business again," lauded Scott Bessent, the Treasury secretary.
"You are really the transformational president of the American worker, along with the American flag and President Roosevelt," Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Trump's Labor secretary, said.
Burnett deadpanned, "Apparently, he even saved college football," referring to praise from Brooke Rollins, the Agriculture secretary.
Democratic strategist David Axelrod, chief strategist and senior advisor to former President Barack Obama's campaigns, joked that the Cabinet members must spend their time between meetings pondering how to become "even more obsequious as they compete with each other for the president’s favor."
"Look, this wasn’t a cabinet meeting. This was a reality show called 'Who Can Kiss the Boss’s Butt?' And they just go around the room competing!" he said.
He later concluded the meeting wasn't normal — "This is nuts!"
Former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson laughed as she shared her favorite summation of the event.
"The best headline I saw, though, is, it was it was longer than 'The Godfather.' That one just got me," she said.
Watch the supercut below or at this link.
Daniel Hampton
August 26, 2025
RAW STORY
(Screengrab via CNN)
CNN anchor Erin Burnett expressed astonishment Tuesday evening, watching President Donald Trump's Cabinet members reach "new heights" for sycophancy.
Trump's cabinet held a meeting that lasted over three hours on Tuesday, which was fully open to the press. Each cabinet member contributed remarks about their departments and the administration's achievements.
But for Burnett, the spectacle took "sycophancy to a whole new level."
" Trump spent much of that time basking in praise from his deputies," she told viewers of her show "OutFront."
Burnett then played a lengthy montage of Cabinet members fawning over Trump.
"It’s an honor to do this job under the president’s leadership," said Vice President JD Vance.
"You are the single finest candidate since the Nobel Peace — this Nobel award was ever talked about," said special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff.
"Thank you for your leadership, for your boldness, for your clarity, for common sense," gushed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
"This is just such a great opportunity, really, to recognize your leadership," said Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's director of national intelligence.
"It’s pretty great to celebrate Labor Day with a builder who loves labor," said Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
"You have saved this country by making it the best place in the world to do business again," lauded Scott Bessent, the Treasury secretary.
"You are really the transformational president of the American worker, along with the American flag and President Roosevelt," Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Trump's Labor secretary, said.
Burnett deadpanned, "Apparently, he even saved college football," referring to praise from Brooke Rollins, the Agriculture secretary.
Democratic strategist David Axelrod, chief strategist and senior advisor to former President Barack Obama's campaigns, joked that the Cabinet members must spend their time between meetings pondering how to become "even more obsequious as they compete with each other for the president’s favor."
"Look, this wasn’t a cabinet meeting. This was a reality show called 'Who Can Kiss the Boss’s Butt?' And they just go around the room competing!" he said.
He later concluded the meeting wasn't normal — "This is nuts!"
Former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson laughed as she shared her favorite summation of the event.
"The best headline I saw, though, is, it was it was longer than 'The Godfather.' That one just got me," she said.
Watch the supercut below or at this link.
NYT's Maggie Haberman floored as Trump Cabinet gets 'endurance test' to 'praise him'
Robert Davis
August 26, 2025
CNN screenshot
The Trump administration's cabinet meeting on Tuesday amounted to a display of personal affection toward the president, according to one analyst.
Maggie Haberman, a journalist at The New York Times who has written a book about President Donald Trump, joined CNN's Kaitlan Collins on "The Source" on Tuesday to discuss the meeting. At the meeting, cabinet secretaries heaped praise on Trump in front of the cameras, which caught Haberman's attention.
"What I heard is an endurance test of who could praise President Trump more," Haberman said.
"Generally, what you heard is a competition to tell Trump that he had saved the country more, and they started trying to one-up each other," Haberman added.
Another striking moment of the meeting was its "remarkable duration," Haberman said.
"I assume that a lot of those people, including the President of the United States, had other things to do that were not doing this, when it was not purely about the agency's work," Haberman said. "The lead point was to praise him."
Trump also repeated a false story about Maryland's Democratic Governor Wes Moore praising Trump during a walking tour of Baltimore.
"He says things that are not true quite often, we all know this," Haberman said. "We've gotten to see many examples over the course of three hours during the cabinet meeting today, but he often says this about people who are in opposition to him in any way, which is that they said something, or asked something, or they praised him, so it's not really a surprise."
Watch the entire clip below or by clicking here.
Robert Davis
August 26, 2025
RAW STORY
CNN screenshot
The Trump administration's cabinet meeting on Tuesday amounted to a display of personal affection toward the president, according to one analyst.
Maggie Haberman, a journalist at The New York Times who has written a book about President Donald Trump, joined CNN's Kaitlan Collins on "The Source" on Tuesday to discuss the meeting. At the meeting, cabinet secretaries heaped praise on Trump in front of the cameras, which caught Haberman's attention.
"What I heard is an endurance test of who could praise President Trump more," Haberman said.
"Generally, what you heard is a competition to tell Trump that he had saved the country more, and they started trying to one-up each other," Haberman added.
Another striking moment of the meeting was its "remarkable duration," Haberman said.
"I assume that a lot of those people, including the President of the United States, had other things to do that were not doing this, when it was not purely about the agency's work," Haberman said. "The lead point was to praise him."
Trump also repeated a false story about Maryland's Democratic Governor Wes Moore praising Trump during a walking tour of Baltimore.
"He says things that are not true quite often, we all know this," Haberman said. "We've gotten to see many examples over the course of three hours during the cabinet meeting today, but he often says this about people who are in opposition to him in any way, which is that they said something, or asked something, or they praised him, so it's not really a surprise."
Watch the entire clip below or by clicking here.
'North Korea is blushing': Cabinet official stuns with show of 'abject servility'
Ailia Zehra,
Ailia Zehra,
Alternet
August 26, 2025
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez‑DeRemer. (Official photo)
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez‑DeRemer is facing backlash over her "sycophantic" remarks made to President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
“Mr. President, I invite you to see your big beautiful face on a banner in front of the Department of Labor because you are really the transformational president of the American worker," she said, while referencing a new banner unveiled at her department's headquarters.
The massive banner was unveiled on the Department of Labor headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Monday morning. It features Trump’s second inaugural portrait, the “America 250” logo, and the slogan “American Workers First.” It spans three stories of the building’s windows and sits beside an American flag and a portrait of Theodore Roosevelt bearing the same motto.
This is not the first federal building to host such a display. In May, a similarly styled banner appeared on the Department of Agriculture building, pairing Trump’s image with one of Abraham Lincoln. That installation drew comparisons to authoritarian propaganda.
Officials defended the Labor Department banner as a celebration of labor progress under the administration. But political figures and analysts immediately criticized it.
Critics pointed to historical examples of authoritarian regimes that used citizens’ imagery on public buildings as propaganda, and compared the banner to autocratic displays.
Meanwhile, social media users were quick to post tongue-in-cheek reactions to the labor secretary's Tuesday remarks.
MSNBC commentator Michael Cohen [not Trump's former attorney] wrote on the social platform X: "This is so sickeningly un-American."
Writer Slava Malamud said: "I can't even... I feel like we've just joyfully whistled past the Banana Republic Station and right into the Absurdistan Terminus."
"Spiro's Ghost," an account describing itself as "politically moderated," wrote: "North Korea is blushing at this s-- --."
Journalist Euan MacDonald wrote: "Abject servility to a cult leader. America has fallen so very low, so very quickly. Pathetic."
Writer Michael Freeman said: "I don't know how you can say things like this and go home at the end of the day and feel good about yourself."
Watch the video below or at this link.
August 26, 2025
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez‑DeRemer. (Official photo)
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez‑DeRemer is facing backlash over her "sycophantic" remarks made to President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
“Mr. President, I invite you to see your big beautiful face on a banner in front of the Department of Labor because you are really the transformational president of the American worker," she said, while referencing a new banner unveiled at her department's headquarters.
The massive banner was unveiled on the Department of Labor headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Monday morning. It features Trump’s second inaugural portrait, the “America 250” logo, and the slogan “American Workers First.” It spans three stories of the building’s windows and sits beside an American flag and a portrait of Theodore Roosevelt bearing the same motto.
This is not the first federal building to host such a display. In May, a similarly styled banner appeared on the Department of Agriculture building, pairing Trump’s image with one of Abraham Lincoln. That installation drew comparisons to authoritarian propaganda.
Officials defended the Labor Department banner as a celebration of labor progress under the administration. But political figures and analysts immediately criticized it.
Critics pointed to historical examples of authoritarian regimes that used citizens’ imagery on public buildings as propaganda, and compared the banner to autocratic displays.
Meanwhile, social media users were quick to post tongue-in-cheek reactions to the labor secretary's Tuesday remarks.
MSNBC commentator Michael Cohen [not Trump's former attorney] wrote on the social platform X: "This is so sickeningly un-American."
Writer Slava Malamud said: "I can't even... I feel like we've just joyfully whistled past the Banana Republic Station and right into the Absurdistan Terminus."
"Spiro's Ghost," an account describing itself as "politically moderated," wrote: "North Korea is blushing at this s-- --."
Journalist Euan MacDonald wrote: "Abject servility to a cult leader. America has fallen so very low, so very quickly. Pathetic."
Writer Michael Freeman said: "I don't know how you can say things like this and go home at the end of the day and feel good about yourself."
Watch the video below or at this link.
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