# 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:** 141
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2801 "2025-03-09T06:04:10Z")
Don’t you need eggs to make cake? ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2802 "2025-03-09T06:30:16Z")
There are [eggless cake recipes](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=eggless+cake) out there but they don’t look like they rise very high. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2803 "2025-03-09T09:41:06Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Yeah, no. I immediately see the problem with that Some [cake doesn’t need eggs](https://cakesbymk.com/recipe/moist-eggless-vanilla-cake/). But I way prefer the richness egg brings to the party. I’ll make a celebratory eggless cake on 6 Jan 2028. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2804 "2025-03-09T10:50:00Z")
I hear you can even make cookies with no eggs. Tool even wrote a song about it, in a style that the current administration would surely love. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2805 "2025-03-09T14:23:00Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > but they don’t look like they rise very high. Just like trump approval ratings. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2806 "2025-03-09T14:23:11Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I’ll make a celebratory eggless cake on 6 Jan 2028. You mean 2029. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2807 "2025-03-09T16:28:45Z")
🎶Anticipation, anticipation it’s making me wait 🎶 ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2808 "2025-03-09T17:50:54Z")
Despite being about trump, it’s not a catsup cake! ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2809 "2025-03-09T18:38:50Z")
Oh, hell no. If I’d want a Trump song another Simon tune fits much better. You can pick from several stanzas. _Well you’re where you should be all the time_ _And when you’re not, you’re with some underworld spy_ _Or the wife of a close friend, wife of a close friend and_ _You’re so vain_ _You probably think this song is about you_ _You’re so vain (so vain)_ _I bet you think this song is about you_ _Don’t you don’t you, don’t you, don’t you now_ ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2810 "2025-03-09T19:24:42Z")
And one to me from.Tom Barrety (R-MI). ---
**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:** [March 9, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2811 "2025-03-09T21:02:29Z")
Remember when Trump demanded that Obama be inpeached for letting one person with Ebola fly into the US in medical isolation for treatment? Good times. Anyway, every single person who was at Dulles this Wednesday afternoon has been exposed to measles. > **[Measles exposure warning issued for Washington Dulles Airport: What to know](https://www.newsweek.com/measles-exposure-warning-issued-washington-dulles-airport-2041910)** > > Maryland's Department of Health confirmed a case of measles and has issued advice and guidance for those who may have been exposed. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2812 "2025-03-09T21:19:59Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Despite being about trump, it’s not a catsup cake! …but it could be. > **[Great Canadian Heinz Ketchup Cake](https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/217814/great-canadian-heinz-ketchup-cake/)** > > This two-layer ketchup cake topped with cream cheese frosting resembles a red velvet cake but is made with everyone's favorite condiment — Heinz ketchup! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2813 "2025-03-10T01:29:55Z")
Amazing that his last term ended, and his 2nd term begins, with an epidemic. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2814 "2025-03-10T02:18:06Z")
I don’t know, he _does_ seem to be the kind of ruler whose reign is heralded by plague and pestilence. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2815 "2025-03-10T02:52:04Z")
I wonder if those two dudes he likes from the Bible talked about that. On the thread topic, [here is something interesting](https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/03/04/armys-use-of-soldier-food-allowances-spurs-bipartisan-inquiry-congress.html?ESRC=dod_250307.nl&utm_medium=email&utm_source=dod&utm_campaign=20250307): > [@](#): > > A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pressing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for answers on the [Army](https://www.military.com/army)’s handling of meal funds as questions mount over the apparent misallocation of tens of millions of dollars intended to feed soldiers. > > The scrutiny follows a [Military.com investigation](https://www.military.com/daily-news/investigations-and-features/2025/02/14/over-151-million-taken-soldiers-paychecks-food-costs-spent-elsewhere-army.html) revealing that the Army cannot account for more than $151 million deducted from troops’ paychecks – funds meant to cover meals. On Tuesday, 21 lawmakers penned a letter to Hegseth on the matter and about concerns over access to nutritious food. As is [this](https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/02/28/dan-caines-nomination-trump-family-business-connection-fellow-classmates-concerns.html?ESRC=dod_250307.nl&utm_medium=email&utm_source=dod&utm_campaign=20250307), also on [Military.com](http://Military.com): > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump’s choice last week to nominate Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine as his pick to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff marks uncharted territory for the military. > > Caine, a retired three-star [Air Force](https://www.military.com/air-force) general, does not meet the legal requirements to serve as the nation’s top military officer because, unlike his predecessor Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown, he never served as the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the head of a service branch, or the commander of a unified or specified combatant command. > > A waiver will need to be granted for Caine to serve in the position, but other issues also loom. The military general’s relationship to Trump and business ties to his family are raising concerns about his appointment, ethics experts told [Military.com](http://Military.com), and former classmates of the officer fear the precarious position their colleague may be put in by the president. I said _interesting_ because neither is _surprising_. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2816 "2025-03-10T10:25:39Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > I don’t know, he _does_ seem to be the kind of ruler whose reign is heralded by plague and pestilence. It’s what you get when people [turn away from God and worship a golden idol instead](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%2032&version=NIV). ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2817 "2025-03-10T15:11:42Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > President Donald Trump’s choice last week to nominate Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine as his pick to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff marks uncharted territory for the military. Glad they did away with the DEI hires and are going back to meritocracy, aka, white guy. Shut the fuck up about DEI if you are going to hire people that do not even meet the job minimums. That isn’t meritocracy. That is the opposite of that! ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2818 "2025-03-10T15:15:56Z")
It is only getting **[better, and better, and better](https://www.whitehouse.gov/remarks/2025/02/remarks-by-president-trump-before-cabinet-meeting/#:~:text=much%20more%20than%20100%20percent)**: > THE PRESIDENT: Scott, that was a very good job you did. You’ve done that before, haven’t you? (Laughter.) Wow. > So, Scott Turner is a terrific young guy. He’s heading up HUD, and he’s going to make us all very proud, right? > > SECRETARY TURNER: Thank you, Mr. President. Yes, sir. > > THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Great job. > > In just over one month, illegal border crossings have plummeted by numbers that nobody has actually ever seen before. _ **It’s much more than 100 percent.** _ > > And we’ve unleashed American energy at levels that will soon be reported, but we think we’re going to get it going very quickly. We have incredible people on the energy front. > > I think we have really great people on every front. I’ll let you know if they’re not good, but I think they really are. That is the official White House webpage, if it has not been hacked. It is sinking below Xitter level! Unbelievable: > SECRETARY TURNER: Thank you, Mr. President. Let’s pray. > > Father, we thank you for this awesome privilege, Father, to be in your presence. God, thank you that you’ve allowed us to see this day. The Bible says that your mercies are new every morning. And, Father God, we give you the glory and the honor. Thank you, God, for President Trump, Father, for appointing us. Father God, thank you for anointing us to do this job. Father, we pray you’ll give the president and the vice president wisdom, Father God, as they lead. > > Father, I pray for all of my colleagues that are here around the table and in this room. Lord God, we pray that we would lead with a righteous clarity, Father God, and as we serve the people of this country and every perspective agency, every job that we have, Father, we would humble ourselves before you that we would lead in a manner that you’ve called us to lead and to serve. > > Father, the Bible says the blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. But, Father, we today honor you. And in your rightful place, Father, thank you for giving us this opportunity to restore faith in this country and be a blessing to the people of America. And, Lord God, today in our meeting, we pray that you will be glorified in our conversation. > > In Jesus’ name, amen. > > PARTICIPANTS: Amen. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2819 "2025-03-10T16:35:01Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > > In just over one month, illegal border crossings have plummeted by numbers that nobody has actually ever seen before. _ **It’s much more than 100 percent.** _ In fact, people are fleeing to Mexico and parts south **who never even lived there before**! ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/2820 "2025-03-10T16:41:16Z")
We are coming up on two weeks since Trump essentially promised lower egg prices. At the time, I thought he’d make a “deal” with Keir Starmer to buy the UK’s nice happy-chicken eggs in exchange for chlorinated or franken-chickens. I guess that “deal” was a no-go. Grand, that would just cause egg prices here to go up and American style chickens are banned in the EU and UK anyways. His 100 day honeymoon is nearing its end. Soon “Old Joe” won’t be the cause of _everything_. All I’ve seen from across this beautiful ocean is a crackdown on immigration, tariffs and tin-pot dictator Executive Orders that apparently cannot be challenged. And a fucking measles epidemic? Not even a novel virus to blame on China? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=140) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=142)