Read the first installment, published during Trump’s first term.
United States Department of Agriculture
Ad salmonellam
“Towards salmonella”
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Perfugium profugorum
“Refuge from refugees”
Department of Education
Omnes discipuli reliquuntur
“Every child left behind”
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Silent iures
“The law falls silent”
National Nuclear Security Administration
Quis scientiam requirat?
“Who needs expertise?”
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ad Martem per stultitiam
“To Mars through folly”
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Tempestatum praesagio divinatione
“Weather forecasting through divination”
National Public Radio
Desinite desinite… nolite me vastare!
“Wait, wait… don’t dismantle me!”
The Kennedy Center
Vobis Lapillum cordi futurum speramus
“We hope you like Kid Rock”
Health and Human Services
Polio vobis sit
“Polio be with you”
Food and Drug Administration
Omnes ab ipso periculo colorum artificiorum defendere
“Defending everyone from the real threat of artificial colors”
Department of Defense
Nihil consiliorum occultum tenere
“Keeping no plan secret”
Department of State
Frustra auxilium nostrum quaerant
“May they seek our help in vain”
Department of Government Efficiency
Cur scalpellum adhibeamus cum gladio uti possimus?
“Why use a scalpel when you can use a saw?”
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Caveat emptor
“Buyer beware”
Environmental Protection Agency
Natura denuo ex incendiis oritur
“Through wildfires nature is born anew”
Space Force
Explodere aude
“Dare to explode”
The Smithsonian
De patria nil nisi bonum
“About the country, nothing unless it is good”
The Republican Party
Pareo ergo sum
“I obey, therefore I am”
The United States of America
E tribus ramis unus
“From three branches, one”
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