# 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:** 185
**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:** [April 4, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3741 "2025-04-04T20:21:57Z")
> **[Ken Jennings (@kenjennings.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/kenjennings.bsky.social/post/3llyljrx6w222)** > > Look, for over a year, one brave Cassandra was warning you that massive tariffs were coming and that they’d wreak havoc on the economy. But no one listened to Donald Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3742 "2025-04-04T20:29:36Z")
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ordered Trump-appointed FEMA chief to take a lie detector test to track down leakers. [https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/04/fema-chief-given-lie-detector-test-after-leak-of-private-meeting-politico-00272302](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/04/fema-chief-given-lie-detector-test-after-leak-of-private-meeting-politico-00272302) ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3743 "2025-04-04T21:02:46Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > HANK TOUGH! New character in _“[Threat Level Mignight](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1817007/)”_? ---
**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:** [April 4, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3744 "2025-04-04T21:08:49Z")
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**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:** [April 4, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3745 "2025-04-04T21:09:37Z")
No honor among thieves. From the article: > “Under Secretary Noem’s leadership, DHS is unapologetic about its efforts to root out leakers that undermine national security. We are agnostic about your standing, tenure, political appointment or status as a career civil servant — we will track down leakers and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law,” Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin wrote. May I introduce you to Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth?? His Espionage Act violations are – quite literally – a matter of public record. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2025, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3746 "2025-04-04T21:34:22Z")
[No matter what else you can say about Trump, at leaast he has his priorities in order.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-picks-golf-dinner-over-033719743.html) > [@](#): > > Rather than attend the dignified transfer of the bodies of four U.S. Army soldiers [who died](https://www.thedailybeast.com/four-us-soldiers-dead-after-going-missing-in-lithuania/) on a training mission in Lithuania, [Donald Trump](https://thedailybeast.com/keyword/donald-j-trump) [flew to](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-jets-off-watch-golf-152722841.html) Florida to watch a Saudi-funded LIV golf tournament at his own course and later join a dinner reception there, NBC News [reported](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-tariffs-china-doge-musk-immigration-live-updates-rcna199420/rcrd76210?canonicalCard=true). They’re in the wrong order, of course. I do like this sttaement from Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence: > [@](#): > > We bid farewell to the fallen U.S. soldiers with respect and gratitude. Because, as we have said many times, they are our soldiers too. In this moment of tragedy, we stood together. It is a testament to the strength of unity even in the darkest times. The truth of this statement is shown, as the article liked above puts it ( **bolding** mine): > [@](#): > > The four were [honored](https://www.yahoo.com/news/lithuania-holds-ceremony-u-soldiers-155731078.html) earlier Thursday during a dignified departure ceremony in Lithuania, **with the country’s president, Gitanas Nausėda, in attendance**. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3747 "2025-04-04T23:01:10Z")
Dementia Donny retweets a post that says he’s crashing the economy on purpose. > **['How do you negotiate with this?' Rage as Trump suggests he's crashing market...](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-economy-2671675757/)** > > President Donald Trump left Washington on Thursday to fly back to Mar-a-Lago for the weekend. By Friday morning, the stock market was in freefall for a second day in a row. From his Truth Social page, Trump posted a video from a person going by the... ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3748 "2025-04-04T23:07:58Z")
On CNBC Trump replied that this was like an intervention, and it would cause normal pain at the beginning, but he said that markets will boom, and 6 trillion dollars will come later to the US economy… The latest reports point out that the markets lost 6 trillion already in the last days. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2025, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3749 "2025-04-04T23:34:29Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > 6 trillion dollars will come later to the US economy I honestly believe this will be the case. Of course, it will be after the United States dollar becomes worse than the Zimbabwe dollar thanks to him. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2025, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3750 "2025-04-04T23:41:12Z")
The Trump-negotiated sale of Tiktok has been cancelled. Three guesses why! [https://www.reuters.com/technology/tiktok-deal-put-hold-after-china-indicated-it-would-reject-deal-over-tariffs-say-2025-04-04/](https://www.reuters.com/technology/tiktok-deal-put-hold-after-china-indicated-it-would-reject-deal-over-tariffs-say-2025-04-04/) ---
**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:** [April 5, 2025, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3751 "2025-04-05T00:20:32Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The Trump-negotiated sale of Tiktok has been cancelled. > > Three guesses why! No one has any sympathy for how hard Trump is working. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MqerEUI6cfg/hqdefault.jpg "Prince Humperdinck is Swamped (The Princess Bride)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqerEUI6cfg) ---
**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:** [April 5, 2025, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3752 "2025-04-05T00:29:00Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > On CNBC Trump replied that this was like an intervention, and it would cause normal pain at the beginning but in the long term it will cause abnormal pain. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3753 "2025-04-05T00:47:01Z")
‘In the long term, all the useless eaters will be dead and a golden age will commence!’ Captain - Golgafrinchan Ark Fleet Ship A ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3754 "2025-04-05T17:12:22Z")
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**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:** [April 5, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3755 "2025-04-05T19:54:57Z")
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**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:** [April 5, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3756 "2025-04-05T20:53:11Z")
Hey, the WSJ buttered their bread. Now they can lie in it. ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3757 "2025-04-05T22:52:54Z")
I had to make it bigger to check what that word was. ‘Fueled’. It looked like something else on my phone. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2025, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3758 "2025-04-06T04:52:25Z")
Ditto on a laptop. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2025, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3759 "2025-04-06T05:21:15Z")
Trump is now underwater even in the Rasmussen poll. > **[Trump approval rating goes negative with Republican pollster for first time](https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls-2055795)** > > Several polls have shown the president's approval rating on the decline in recent days. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3760 "2025-04-06T23:56:35Z")
Only Trump can get people to watch the stock market futures on a Sunday night. tldr: Dow futures for Monday down another 1500 points. > **[Dow futures fall 1,500 points Sunday as Trump tariff market collapse worsens:...](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/06/stock-market-today-live-updates.html?__source=androidappshare)** > > Trump posted on Saturday to Truth Social for people to "hang tough" and that this was an "economic revolution." [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=184) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=186)