# 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:** 195
**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:** [April 11, 2025, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3941 "2025-04-11T02:22:55Z")
Maybe even get a headache from furrowing her brow so hard. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3942 "2025-04-11T03:53:14Z")
I’m extremely relieved that it was a 9-0 decision. I shouldn’t be in the position to have to feel relieved about that, but here we are. ETA- I suspect Clarence will be sleeping on the couch tonight - I’m picturing him pulling out a sofa bed, but I guess there are issues so clearly unconstitutional even he can’t contrive a way around them. ---
**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 11, 2025, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3943 "2025-04-11T04:11:05Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > ETA- I suspect Clarence will be sleeping on the couch tonight - I’m picturing him pulling out a sofa bed, but I guess there are issues so clearly unconstitutional even he can’t contrive a way around them. Thomas’ patron has joined the resistance. > **[Rightwing group backed by Koch and Leo sues to stop Trump tariffs](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/07/trump-tariffs-lawsuit)** > > New Civil Liberties Alliance says president’s invocation of emergency powers to impose tariffs is unlawful ---
**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 11, 2025, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3944 "2025-04-11T07:18:11Z")
They’re getting hit in the pocketbook. No surprise here. ---
**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 11, 2025, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3945 "2025-04-11T09:30:38Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > A fun read: Never in the field of market economics was so much lost by so many due to so few. > [@scabpicker](#): > > Ehh, might as well make it Taninacanman. A man, a tan, a concept of a plan… ---
**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 11, 2025, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3946 "2025-04-11T09:37:44Z")
Pemmican! (Dusty, dry meat held together with copious amounts of fat stuffed into a poly-cotton blend sack.) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3947 "2025-04-11T12:04:44Z")
Don’t forget all the makeup and whatever the fuck that is on the top of his head. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3948 "2025-04-11T14:20:37Z")
The best way to start your day/Is with orange ass-kissing! You need that vitamin T! > **[Trump’s ‘F\*\*king Gross’ Cabinet Meeting Has Critics Cringing So Hard](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-cabinet-meeting-mocked_n_67f8b004e4b0f27aea9ecd36)** > > People on social media likened it to North Korea. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3949 "2025-04-11T19:13:38Z")
So apparently the SSA is going to exclusively use Twitter (I am not calling it X) for its official announcements. [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5245029-social-security-administration-social-platform-x-releases/](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5245029-social-security-administration-social-platform-x-releases/) But how can this be legal? Beyond the obvious graft, it’s forcing people to have access to a service not all will have. Never mind that I don’t use Twitter because I think social media is dumb, but I don’t want to even think about trying to get my 82 year old father (who is on SS) to use it. It seems to me that requiring one particular form of communication, that has costs and equipment requirements associated with it can’t be allowed, can it? (And yeah, obviously an effort to prop up Twitter) ---
**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 11, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3950 "2025-04-11T19:56:55Z")
Baghdad Bob levels of reality denial at work here. > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lmkkpkilbe27)** > > REPORTER: President Trump looks healthier than ever before. I'm sure everybody in this room could agree. Is he working out with Bobby Kennedy and is he eating less McDonald's? > > LEAVITT: I can confirm the president is in very good shape [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xx3sv7ltlclxgginusn6keu4/bafkreigdsxmhcodcw3iyoztdzymtidfev3y4z3nso6hb6bznor4ib7vqbq@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xx3sv7ltlclxgginusn6keu4/bafkreigdsxmhcodcw3iyoztdzymtidfev3y4z3nso6hb6bznor4ib7vqbq@jpeg) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3951 "2025-04-11T20:00:24Z")
He looks like he’s standing in confusion about which end of the Sizzler salad bar to start at. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3952 "2025-04-11T20:29:22Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > As a Brit, I really, really, really, reallllllyyy wish Starmer would have the balls to just tell the colossal cockwomble to fuck right off, but sadly can’t see it happening. Same. I’ve been appalled (but not surprised) by the short-sighted wishful thinking of some politicians and media basically saying “If we suck up to Trump, maybe we’ll get lower tariffs than other places, and then everyone will build factories here, and there’ll be flowers and lollipops and…” Yeah that all makes sense. …were it not for: 1. The tariff situation is changing on a daily basis 2. MAGA has held the UK, along with the rest of europe, in utter contempt, privately and publicly 3. Even American leaders with a brain, led the UK on, with promises of a trade deal…the “special relationship” is bullshit 4. Trump has shown repeatedly, that his word is his ass, and his contracts may as well be signed with disappearing ink on used toilet paper. ---
**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 11, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3953 "2025-04-11T20:31:39Z")
Is that a recent picture. I try not to ever look at him, whether he is stationary or in motion, but I understood that he was actually losing weight. Some were noting that sudden weight loss can be a harbinger of dire health problems. (I know, _don’t tease_, amirite?). ---
**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:** [April 11, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3954 "2025-04-11T20:36:53Z")
I feel like I’ve seen that picture before, too. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3955 "2025-04-11T20:50:31Z")
Yeah, that pic’s been memed quite a bit. It isn’t new. ---
**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 11, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3956 "2025-04-11T20:52:19Z")
Every time that pic gets memed Trumps pants get a little closer to his armpits. ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3957 "2025-04-11T21:01:43Z")
I was going to say that that picture looks like it has been altered to raise his slacks up high. ---
**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 11, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3958 "2025-04-11T21:03:36Z")
Hey, so … that Trump extortion thing is coming along nicely: > **[Trump says 5 more law firms will provide $600 million total in free legal...](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/trump-law-firms-pro-bono-work.html)** > > Trump said all five firms also agreed not to "engage in illegal DEI discrimination and preferences" and commit to "Merit-Based Hiring" as part of the deals. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3959 "2025-04-11T21:09:00Z")
Jesus fucking Christ. I’ve used a law firm to make sure my will was correct. That’s it. Anyone that needs 600 mil covered in legal fees may have a skeleton or 400 in the closet. I hope they charge him 100 million and hour and show him the door. ---
**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 11, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3960 "2025-04-11T21:35:35Z")
Vance, Space Force commander, and Hegseth continue goose-stepping into the past. Was the commander a woman??? Of course!!! **DEI DEI DEI** > **[Commander of US base in Greenland fired for email critical of Vance visit](https://abcnews.go.com/International/commander-us-base-greenland-fired-email-critical-vance/story?id=120705531)** > > The commander of the Pituffik Space Base in Greenland recently visited by Vice President JD Vance was removed from command on Thursday due to a "loss of confidence." [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=194) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=196)