# 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:** 163
**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 21, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3241 "2025-03-21T12:50:47Z")
Well that certainly sounds like a thing you’d need a security clearance - fairly high level too - yet it wouldn’t take much more than a phone call or a courier with Trump’s sig on it. At the very least, announcing plans for possible war on China is incredibly stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3242 "2025-03-21T13:23:51Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > If it weren’t all so deplorably evil and disgustingly malign, you’d almost have to admire the efficiency. One could say it’s almost ruthless. (How do they feel about the Pope?) ---
**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:** [March 21, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3243 "2025-03-21T14:18:12Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > What’s the meaning of “lay traps for troubadours who get killed before they reach Bombay”? Answered in this thread, but I wanted to look up the lyrics and these were the top two returns: > [@Sympathy for the Devil (Rolling Stones) lyrics question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-the-devil-rolling-stones-lyrics-question/57678): > > Rolling Stones fans/experts/historians… We’ve all heard the song a million times, but I actually checked out the lyrics for the first time at my wife’s urging. The Devil is listing off the historical events he has witnessed/participated/presided over and includes: “…I lay traps for troubadours who get killed before they reach Bombay…” I understand the troubadours were French medieval romantic poets/songwriters who had no interest in travel/exploration/searching for riches etc in India at al… > [@What's behind the lyrics to the Rolling Stones' 'Sympathy for the Devil'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-behind-the-lyrics-to-the-rolling-stones-sympathy-for-the-devil/129068): > > Ok, so I understand most of the lyrics. You have mention of Jesus on the cross, and of the execution of the Russian czar and family, and the deaths of the Kennedies. But then you have a line that goes: What does that refer to? > [@What's behind the lyrics to the Rolling Stones' 'Sympathy for the Devil'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-behind-the-lyrics-to-the-rolling-stones-sympathy-for-the-devil/129068/4): > > We’ve been here before: > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=82385](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=82385) > and > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=63168](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=63168) > and > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=21449](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=21449) ---
**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 21, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3244 "2025-03-21T15:47:01Z")
I know a quicker method for splitting posts was recently mentioned, yet I am just after doing it the hard way. > Traveling in a fried-out Kombi > On a hippie trail, head full of zombie No, no. Not that song! And yet another hippie trail I reckon. Off to Cafe Society: [Sympathy for the Devil and some enigmatic lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-the-devil-and-some-enigmatic-lyrics/1015915) ---
**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 21, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3245 "2025-03-21T16:00:14Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > Turns out, they’re way ahead of schedule So far CDC is at just 30% down, so everyone on earth can breath (if they can) a sigh of relief. God bless America You fuckers. What have you done? (Not aimed at Dopers, who mostly agree with left wing views. Aimed at the Trumper who randomly finds this board) ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3246 "2025-03-21T17:11:05Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > Each beer you purchased (including scud) [off-topic] [Googles] Sorghum beer you have to shake up? How does the taste compare to European/American beers and ales? [/off-topic] Also, thanks to the Rolling Stones explanations. Yet one more reason I love the Dope. ---
**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 21, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3247 "2025-03-21T18:49:24Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Sorghum beer you have to shake up? How does the taste compare to European/American beers and ales? Uh… well. It has the consistency of a thin gruel or soup. It is not beer (as in lager/pilsener/ale) in any way. If you can imagine a thin alchoholic porridge, that may be best. It also smells very much like vomit. It is an aquired taste, you need to work on it to enjoy it. It is sold actively fermenting, in (orginally) “scuds” with holes in the lids to allow the CO2 to escape. Now, in a break with tradition, it is sold in 2l plastic bottles which can withstand the fermentation gasses. The very best scud is fresh, served as draught. But three to four day old climbs up the alcohol percentage to around 10 to 12%. It is not as tasty as fresh produce, at around 8% ABV, but… ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3248 "2025-03-21T18:53:22Z")
I’m going to take that as “It’s an acquired taste.” ---
**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 21, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3249 "2025-03-21T19:15:59Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > “It’s an acquired taste.” And not one you really need to aquire, unless you are a Zimbabwean. I mean, I love it, and was delighted when I found a place sellling it here in South Afrrica. Amazing. Anyway, moving on to Mr. Trump. He’s a non-drinker as far as I know, but his choices and decisions (especially this round) remind me of my worst teen drunken exploits. He has no shame. And not even a hangover to help him with that. - i mean… drunkenly white-water rafting while in a plaster cast due to a severely broken leg? Yeah. The Trump admin is even more stupid than I am ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3250 "2025-03-21T19:23:59Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > Anyway, moving on to Mr. Trump. He’s a non-drinker as far as I know He has pretty much always claimed to be a teetotaler, especially after his brother’s alcoholism and alcohol-related death at a young age. ---
**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 21, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3251 "2025-03-21T19:56:38Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > Musk is going to receive a briefing on the Pentagon’s plans for a potential war with China. Elmo says it’s not true and we’re gonna prosecute the guy who leaked this classified information. I.e. it’s true. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:emhyi4kljodgqlusdsopgfgd/bafkreidnx7t7r2xgbaene37eou7vjsxlvfdqw5bzjc7xdjk4m5oqbsymsi@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:emhyi4kljodgqlusdsopgfgd/bafkreidnx7t7r2xgbaene37eou7vjsxlvfdqw5bzjc7xdjk4m5oqbsymsi@jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3252 "2025-03-21T19:58:09Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Elmo says it’s not true and we’re gonna prosecute the guy who leaked this classified information. Does the owner of twitter/x actually post on his competitors’ platforms? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3253 "2025-03-21T20:08:34Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > He has pretty much always claimed to be a teetotaler, especially after his brother’s alcoholism and alcohol-related death at a young age. For ethanol, anyway. There’s strong evidence he’s on other substances. No doubt he’s no shortage of doctors to “prescribe” them. And the White House was known to be awash in drug abuse in the first term, albeit of the quasi-legal kind with Ronny Jackson signing any scrip they wanted filled. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3254 "2025-03-21T20:09:24Z")
It’s not true. Also, we’re going to disappear those who leaked this information. Who didn’t leak anything because it’s not true. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3255 "2025-03-21T20:16:20Z")
This is that free speech absolutism, right? ---
**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 21, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3256 "2025-03-21T20:19:22Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Does the owner of twitter/x actually post on his competitors’ platforms? Eh? That’s a Twitter screenshot. > [@OldOlds](#): > > This is that free speech absolutism, right? To Elmo, free speech means “I get to say n\_\_\_\_\_ as much as I want and nobody is allowed to complain or stop buying my cars”. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3257 "2025-03-21T20:24:18Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Eh? That’s a Twitter screenshot. Oh. Sorry. I clicked on it and it went to a website that started “cdn.bsky.app” which I assumed was bluesky. ---
**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 21, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3258 "2025-03-21T20:24:45Z")
Meanwhile, Trump says that vandalizing a Tesler is punishable by 20 years hard labor in a Salvadorean gulag. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreibpbeebdw7a5gf2afer2szec7toe5hjs5nrb4b3btfqnjo5sqlmri@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreibpbeebdw7a5gf2afer2szec7toe5hjs5nrb4b3btfqnjo5sqlmri@jpeg) ---
**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 21, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3259 "2025-03-21T20:25:10Z")
It’s a twitter screenshot being hosted on Bluesky. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3260 "2025-03-21T20:43:24Z")
Judge rules DOGE must stop rooting through Social Security system on “fishing expedition” for fraud. In response, the acting head says, well, I guess I’ll just shut down the whole fucking thing then. > **[Acting Social Security head consults with Justice Dept. on whether to close...](https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/21/acting-social-security-head-consults-with-justice-dept-on-whether-to-close-agency/82598352007/)** > > Leland Dudek argues that a ruling blocking Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team from access to sensitive taxpayer data could apply to all employees. Cold-turkey cutoff of millions of people’s benefits should go well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=162) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=164)