# 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:** 170
**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 26, 2025, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3431 "2025-03-26T11:31:26Z")
It seems like years ago, but it’s just a touch over two weeks ago since I received that asinine response from Loudermilk the Traitor. Every time I sit down to compose a counter-response to it, there’s a virtual tsunami of more asinine things the current mis/mal-administration is doing and I have to start over. The first weekend of April is a 3-day weekend for me so I’m hoping I can buckle down and get a comprensive rebuttal to said traitor. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3436 "2025-03-26T14:21:58Z")
> [@The specific clusterfuck of discussing war plans over Signal, a consumer cellphone app](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-specific-clusterfuck-of-discussing-war-plans-over-signal-a-consumer-cellphone-app/1016157/54): > > Leon Skum Creative! I like that. ---
**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 26, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3437 "2025-03-26T14:25:26Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Creative! I like that. I didn’t make it up. Someone on Facebook did. I hope you can see the post here. > **[Fearful Conservative](https://www.facebook.com/FearfulConservativeToo/posts/leon-skum-has-a-new-nickname/492541490570985/)** > > Leon Skum has a new nickname. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3438 "2025-03-26T15:05:51Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > It has just come to my attention via train Reddit that several of Amtrak’s short-haul commuter lines are going dark effective immediately because there’s been a nationwide recall of the Horizon passenger cars that comprise most of the fleet. Nothing at all under “Amtrak News” or “Amtrak Recall” about this. What am I missing here? Just added: Found this [Amtrak Pulls ‘Horizon’ Cars From Service After Discovering Corrosion - Railfan & Railroad Magazine](https://railfan.com/amtrak-pulls-horizon-cars-from-service-after-discovering-corrosion/) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3439 "2025-03-26T15:26:54Z")
Isn’t that strange? The news is only reported in this one magazine, and I can’t find the mentioned Amtrak press release anywhere. Nevermind-more news here…but still no press release: [Amtrak sidelines Horizon car fleet, leading to widespread cancellations - Trains](https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/amtrak-sidelines-horizon-car-fleet-leading-to-widespread-cancellations/) ---
**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:** [March 26, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3446 "2025-03-26T20:17:18Z")
[didn’t see this one via a keyword search] From the annals of “Everything is going according to plan …” > **[IRS braces for $500bn drop in revenue as taxpayers skip filings in wake of...](https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/irs-doge-cuts-tax-filing-b2719911.html)** > > Individuals were ‘wagering that auditors will not examine their accounts’ amid DOGE’s plans to downsize the IRS by nearly 20 percent ahead of tax filing season > Treasury Department and IRS officials are predicting a decrease of more than 10 percent in tax receipts by the April 15 deadline in comparison to 2024 filings, which would amount to more than $500 billion in lost revenue, according to the Post. The newspaper said it spoke with officials who shared nonpublic IRS data. > IRS officials reportedly tried to warn the incoming Trump administration about DOGE’s planned staffing cuts in January. “Aggressive reductions to budget and personnel capacity risk backlogs, delays, reduced receipts, and diminished capacity to build next generation digital capabilities,” a presentation seen by the Post given by tax officials to Trump’s incoming Treasury Department team said. Remember: - _Feature,_ not _bug_ - Deficits don’t matter to Republicans ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3447 "2025-03-26T21:03:40Z")
With Miller’s permission, I have moved all the posts about chatting with a reporter over Signal about war plans to their own pit thread. > [@The specific clusterfuck of discussing war plans over Signal, a consumer cellphone app](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-specific-clusterfuck-of-discussing-war-plans-over-signal-a-consumer-cellphone-app/1016157): > > I feel like this specific incident deserves its own pit thread. With Miller’s permission, I have moved all the threads from the general “clusterfuck” thread to this one. Hopefully, I did it fairly cleanly. My apologies for mistakes. ---
**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 26, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3448 "2025-03-26T21:08:03Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Deficits don’t matter to Republicans Sure it does. Why do you think they want to [transfer income](https://itep.org/the-bottom-40-percent-have-gotten-poorer-so-why-are-tax-cuts-focused-at-the-top/) from the bottom 40% to the top 5%? ---
**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 26, 2025, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3449 "2025-03-26T22:23:14Z")
There’s a certain irony in a fascist regime that can’t even make the trains run on time. ---
**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 27, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3450 "2025-03-27T01:21:40Z")
Der Spiegel says it has Hegseth’s Gmail password. > **[Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security...](https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/hegseth-waltz-gabbard-private-data-and-passwords-of-senior-u-s-security-officials-found-online-a-14221f90-e5c2-48e5-bc63-10b705521fb7)** > > Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including mobile phone numbers, is freely accessible on the... ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3451 "2025-03-27T03:28:19Z")
I saw that they found people’s personal phone numbers and email addresses. And that they found “some passwords”. But the cite i read was vague, and very much did not say the email passwords were found. ---
**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 27, 2025, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3452 "2025-03-27T03:43:35Z")
[The extreme punishment fetishist gets a guided tour of CECOT.](https://www.aol.com/homeland-security-secretary-noem-visits-041209614.html) > [@](#): > > TECOLUCA, El Salvador (AP) — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary [Kristi Noem](https://apnews.com/hub/kristi-noem) on Wednesday visited [the high-security El Salvador prison](https://apnews.com/article/el-salvador-trump-prison-immigrants-4ab3fc3c0474efb308084604b61f8a37) where Venezuelans who the Trump administration alleges are gang members have been held since their removal from the United States. The tour included two crowded cell blocks, the armory and an isolation unit. > > Noem’s trip to the prison — where inmates are packed into cells and never allowed outside — comes as the Trump administration seeks to show it is deporting people it describes as the “worst of the worst.” No word if any animals were harmed in the conducting of this guided tour. But there certainly is proof that many humans have been harmed and denied their rights in this criminal act by the Firxt Felon. And this sadistic piece of work is delighting in it. [Hey, let’s talk about reparations. That should be good for a debate.](https://www.aol.com/news/trump-weighs-compensation-jan-6-153216675.html) > [@](#): > > President Trump is considering financial compensation for pardoned defendants prosecuted in connection with [the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot](https://nypost.com/2025/01/20/us-news/donald-trump-issues-broad-pardons-for-jan-6-defendants/)— and promised he would “look into” the death of Ashli Babbitt, who was shot by a Capitol Police officer in the chaos of that day. > > The president [told Newsmax in a Tuesday night interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juc1WQnOgYI) there has been “talk” about paying the hundreds of his supporters who were charged with storming the Capitol in a haphazard attempt to overturn the 2020 election results. > > “A lot of the people that are in the government now talk about it because a lot of the people in government really like that group of people,” Trump said. > > “I took care of them. I said I was going to and I did,” he said. ---
**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 27, 2025, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3453 "2025-03-27T04:16:59Z")
What the hey, it’s the grift that keeps on grifting. More news of the 2nd Felonial Era. [The kind of winning the Firxt Felon is famous for keeps on keeping on.](https://www.aol.com/appeals-court-wont-halt-order-201255700.html) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court refused Wednesday to lift an order barring the Trump administration from deporting [Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador](https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-el-salvador-immigration-dd4f61999f85c4dd8bcaba7d4fc7c9af) under an 18th century wartime law. > > A [split three-judge panel](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.41844/gov.uscourts.cadc.41844.01208724047.0_3.pdf) of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit wouldn’t block a March 15 order temporarily prohibiting deportations under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. [More tariffs Firxt Felon47 doesn’t understand are in effect and he says it’s forever.](https://www.aol.com/trump-announce-auto-tariffs-white-173014126.html) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was placing 25% [tariffs on auto imports](https://apnews.com/article/tariffs-trump-economy-imports-inflation-62d52742c0bb0a5b8304755c6ee9af4d), a move the White House claims would foster [domestic manufacturing](https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariff-justifications-50f0b4416234e63c7136eaa5c5f96759) but could also put a financial squeeze on automakers that depend on global supply chains. > > “This will continue to spur growth,” Trump told reporters. “We’ll effectively be charging a 25% tariff.” > > The tariffs, which the White House expects to raise $100 billion in revenue annually, could be complicated as even [U.S. automakers](https://apnews.com/hub/auto-industry) source their components from around the world. The tax hike starting in April means automakers could face higher costs and lower sales, though Trump argues that the tariffs will lead to more factories opening in the United States and the end of what he judges to be a “ridiculous” supply chain in which auto parts and finished vehicles are manufactured across the United States, Canada and Mexico. ---
**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 27, 2025, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3454 "2025-03-27T04:36:31Z")
“We’re gonna have tremendous goodies in the bag for women too. The women, between the fertilization and all the other things we’re talking about, it’s gonna be great. Fertilization. I’m still very proud of it, I don’t care. I’ll be known as the fertilization president and that’s okay.” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3llclkqz7rc2o)** > > Trump: "We're gonna have tremendous goodies in the bag for women too. The women, between the fertilization and all the other things we're talking about, it's gonna be great. Fertilization. I'm still very proud of it, I don't care. I'll be known as... “Something happened. If you go back 20 years, autism, think of it – one in 20,000 children. Think of that. One autism. You see it all over. One in 20,000 children. Now it’s one in 36 children. Now, what the hell is that all about? There’s something out there and we gotta find it.” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3llckz47m432s)** > > Trump: "Something happened. If you go back 20 years, autism, think of it -- one in 20,000 children. Think of that. One autism. You see it all over. One in 20,000 children. Now it's one in 36 children. Now, what the hell is that all about? There's... REPORTER: Do you think tariffs are gonna be good for Tesla? TRUMP: Good for who? R: Tesla TRUMP: Ahhh. Well, he has a fantastic – Tesla – I think they may ahh – it could be a net neutral or it could be good > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3llcqzaazbk2q)** > > REPORTER: Do you think tariffs are gonna be good for Tesla? > > TRUMP: Good for who? > > R: Tesla > > TRUMP: Ahhh. Well, he has a fantastic -- Tesla -- I think they may ahh -- it could be a net neutral or it could be good “We’re opening up our coals mines again … we don’t like the wind because we think it ruins the landscapes, the plains. It ruins them … it looks horrible in the oceans.” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3llcq7aslkv2w)** > > Trump: "We're opening up our coals mines again ... we don't like the wind because we think it ruins the landscapes, the plains. It ruins them ... it looks horrible in the oceans." “A woman, by the way, the head of homeland, is doing – Kristi – is doing a great job.” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3llcl7zhmz72q)** > > Trump: "A woman, by the way, the head of homeland, is doing -- Kristi -- is doing a great job." “We got a lot of votes because of Hannibal Lecter.” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3llcl6sk4hg2r)** > > Trump: "We got a lot of votes because of Hannibal Lecter." “On day one we’re ending the inflation nightmare that Joe Biden created and caused.” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3llcl4jj3ir22)** > > Trump seems to get confused while looking at his notes: "But on day one we're ending the inflation nightmare that Joe Biden created and caused." > > > (He's been president for more than two months.) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3455 "2025-03-27T11:18:13Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “We’re opening up our coals mines again … we don’t like the wind because we think it ruins the landscapes, the plains. It ruins them … it looks horrible in the oceans.” The dumb fuck, is, of course wrong again. This is just so maddening. Windmills are proof of humans ability to overcome. To innovate. To solve problems. And frankly they are beautiful. Coal mines, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3456 "2025-03-27T11:20:07Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > This is just so maddening. Windmills are proof of humans ability to overcome. To innovate. To solve problems. And frankly they are beautiful. I enjoy asking to my MAGA relatives if they know what state has the most wind power (they never know) and pointing out to them that it’s Texas, that liberal bastion. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3457 "2025-03-27T11:29:51Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > I enjoy asking to my MAGA relatives if they know what state has the most wind power (they never know) and pointing out to them that it’s Texas, that liberal bastion. Yeah, but that’s a manly MAGA wind, not some sissy California librul breeze. ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3458 "2025-03-27T11:44:40Z")
Windmills do not work that way!! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zrTDKcnSH94/hqdefault.jpg "Futurama - Windmills Do Not Work That Way!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrTDKcnSH94) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3459 "2025-03-27T11:52:30Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > There’s a certain irony in a fascist regime that can’t even make the trains run on time. As Bergen Evans, the Proto-Cecil, remarked in a footnote in one of his books, Mussolini did NOT make the trains run on time, despite that being the saying. He’d been in Mussolini’s Italy, and knew from personal experience. So Mussolini (or his supporters) lied about it. Imagine that. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3460 "2025-03-27T12:10:30Z")
A side question (to which I don’t really need an answer)-I wonder if Putin borrowed the “shirtless manly picture” idea from Mussolini. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=169) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=171)