# The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 11, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068 "2024-11-11T06:19:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 102
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2021 "2025-02-16T02:57:43Z")
> **[US goverment seeks to rehire recently fired nuclear workers](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g3nrx1dq5o)** > > It is having problems contacting people who were fired in Trump's blitz to shrink the federal workforce. Oh this is reassuring. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2022 "2025-02-16T03:21:03Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > > [@Monty](#): > > > > And speaking of Musk, his bigotry and his being married to a brown person really don’t surprise me all that much. > > Musk isn’t married to any person these days. Right. I meant Vance. But, hey, the entire admin is just waiting for their sheets to come back from the cleaners, right? It’s too easy to get one confused with the other. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2023 "2025-02-16T04:19:01Z")
I can’t wait to see the lame justification for [this stupidity](https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-website-posts-classified-information-215218305.html). (The link goes to _Yahoo_.) > [Elon Musk](https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/elon-musk/)’s much-touted new website for the Department of Government Efficiency posted classified government information, setting off alarm bells in the intelligence community. > > The website, which launched Wednesday, publishes federal personnel data, including employee headcounts and budget details. > > Although a note at the bottom of the site says that its workforce data exclude information about certain agencies—military and intelligence organizations, for instance—_HuffPost_ [reported](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-doge-posts-classified-data_n_67ae646de4b0513a8d767112) that classified employment data is, in fact, visible. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2024 "2025-02-16T05:58:34Z")
[![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:lvx6ctj2xkeka6mys5bvndo3/bafkreie47qvezvwywck6d3bk7y4lur4b5ycmyyoxvw3v7zk4dxgfolgfmu@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:lvx6ctj2xkeka6mys5bvndo3/bafkreie47qvezvwywck6d3bk7y4lur4b5ycmyyoxvw3v7zk4dxgfolgfmu@jpeg) Good job, Elon. Now Motel 6 has the Bomb. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2025 "2025-02-16T06:54:55Z")
Hey, I’ve stayed there. Motel 6 _is_ the bomb. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2026 "2025-02-16T07:14:06Z")
Look on the bright side — if layoffs in the various nuclear-weapon-management functions are leaving warheads undefended, that could be a convenient shortcut for Canada to become the newest member in the A-bomb club. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2027 "2025-02-16T07:59:05Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > He sees it on Mercator maps and thinks it’s yuuuuuge and full of prime real estate. Pretty much. If you combined Canada, Greenland and the US into one giant country, it would be the biggest country in the world. That’s Trump’s logic in a nutshell right there. He wants to make the US into the world’s biggest country. Nothing more to it than that. Edit: > [@Smapti](#): > > Good job, Elon. Now Motel 6 has the Bomb. They have the opportunity to do the _funniest_ thing. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2028 "2025-02-16T11:53:51Z")
I just saw this [YouTube video](https://youtu.be/kEz6Mcmsj9o?si=ZXrQ2MEZK1XVEN-H) titled _Yankee, Go Home!_ ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2029 "2025-02-16T14:18:15Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Good job, Elon. Now Motel 6 has the Bomb. We’ll leave the light on for ya’. Well … more of a _glow,_ really, and – apropos of nothing – oddly mushroom-shaped. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2030 "2025-02-16T14:35:36Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Now Motel 6 has the Bomb. i’ve ~~stollen~~ stolen this. > [@Monty](#): > > I just saw this [YouTube video](https://youtu.be/kEz6Mcmsj9o?si=ZXrQ2MEZK1XVEN-H) titled _Yankee, Go Home!_ I like the map. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2031 "2025-02-16T15:23:11Z")
Can we get the Canadians to take over the USA and add us as another province instead of the other way around? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2032 "2025-02-16T15:41:35Z")
Hear, hear! At least the West Coast and Hawaii. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2033 "2025-02-16T15:51:09Z")
Gotta include Texas or I’m not playing. Hey, we’re on the Gulf of ~~America~~ Mexico-- great beaches on the South Texas coast. Spend winters here without leaving your own country-- win-win! > **[Visit Port Aransas & Mustang Island—a treasured destination](https://www.portaransas.org/)** > > The original island life destination, Port Aransas and Mustang Island have 18 miles of wide, sandy beaches—everything you seek for the perfect island escape. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2034 "2025-02-16T16:54:10Z")
I’m in a group thread that I can’t get out of. Its mostly Trumpers and while the thread usually has nothing to do with politics, the posts that are political are all about owning the libs, Trump as savior etc. I usually just ignore the posts. That said, one recent juvenile post calls for a response. I recall a doctored photo of Musk bending a smiling Trump over the Resolute desk with the clear implication that Elon was “having his way” with the Donald. I can’t find it anywhere. Did I just imagine this or can someone link me to the image? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2035 "2025-02-16T17:27:17Z")
🤢 If you find it, please have the decency to enclose it in spoiler tags. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2036 "2025-02-16T17:30:27Z")
I don’t see that one here, but there are a few good ones: > **[Elon Musk is 'US President' and not Trump in the meme world: Check the best...](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/elon-musk-is-us-president-and-not-trump-in-the-meme-world-check-the-best-ones-here/articleshow/116541716.cms?from=mdr)** > > Elon Musk or Donald Trump? Who is really running the country? Musks five-word critique of a bipartisan budget deal—"This bill should not pass"—has Democrats accusing him of wielding presidential power. Many GOP lawmakers have also referred to Musk as... ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2037 "2025-02-16T18:59:33Z")
There **are** some good ones there! If you go to the link, there are two right at the top, but keep scrolling-scrolling-scrolling down to find more. (Past the bazillion ads.) I like this one. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GfKI1paWYAAzL4L?format=jpg&name=900x900) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GfKI1paWYAAzL4L?format=jpg&name=900x900) ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2038 "2025-02-16T22:47:13Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I just want him to have an unbelievably noisy and aromatic expulsion of his bowels on national TV, followed by a stroke. I don’t really care if he dies. This is not-unlikely. It’s good to have wishes that have a realistic chance of coming true! > [@Monty](#): > > I cracked her up with this comment. > > > You know it’s really Musk running the show, right? What he really meant to do was name that body of water _Gulf of Orania_. I thought I was fairly well-informed about our Almost President, but I did need to look that up. Whites only! What a surprise! > [@Ellecram](#): > > Oh this is reassuring. Anyone giving odds on the USA being a colony of China by 2035? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2039 "2025-02-17T00:24:35Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Anyone giving odds on the USA being a colony of China by 2035? Zero, with all the nuclear weapons it has. It’s much more likely that it will get in a nuclear war with China by then. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2040 "2025-02-17T00:47:36Z")
Sounds like a good opening statement for the defense. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=101) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=103)