# 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:** 197
**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 12, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3981 "2025-04-12T16:20:51Z")
Oh I’m sure they _claim_ to be US-made. Just like Trump _claims_ to be six foot nine and a hundred and eighty pounds. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3982 "2025-04-12T16:36:17Z")
> **[Fact check: Official MAGA hats are made in America; unofficial vendors may...](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/09/08/fact-check-trump-campaigns-official-maga-hats-made-america/5658106002/)** > > Claims that the Trump campaign's trademark red hats are made in China first circulated in 2015. Official hats from the campaign are made in the U.S. > **[Are Trump's 'Made in USA' hats really made in USA?](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/are-trumps-made-in-usa-hats-really-made-in-usa)** > > Donald Trump says he won't stand for it if it turns out some of his hats labeled "Made in USA" actually weren't made entirely in the USA. From the 2016 reports, the official hats _are_ made in the U.S.A. (apparently in Los Angeles)… but the fabric used to make them is imported. This is A: In violation of the ‘Made in the USA’ labelling; and B: Denied by the owner of the factory – in spite of microscopic analysis proving it is not the same fabric called Saxtwill that was used in a hat made in 2015 and is made in Missouri. ---
**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 12, 2025, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3983 "2025-04-12T18:03:09Z")
But note that “unofficial” includes the Trump store in Trump tower ([video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2XQwUsmecQ)). Additionally, I wouldn’t even trust any Trump items with “made in USA” tags. Because, for example, they have claimed that Trump watches and sneakers were made in Wyoming, but the address turns out to be [a strip mall](https://newrepublic.com/post/187289/trumps-swiss-watches-traced-derelict-wyoming-strip-mall). If they really were manufactured in the US, wouldn’t they highlight that? With a real address and even Trump visit? ---
**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 12, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3984 "2025-04-12T20:06:15Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Shouldn’t someone be collecting those wonderful tariffs? If Trump or any of his henchmen _did_ collect do you really think ~~much~~ any of it would reach government coffers? ---
**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 12, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3985 "2025-04-12T20:55:28Z")
For some reason I misread “smartphones” as “saxophones.” ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3986 "2025-04-13T00:58:21Z")
Reminds me of a joke about a Gold-plated Push-Button Toilet. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3987 "2025-04-13T01:30:15Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I believe I read that _official_ MAGA hats sold by **Trump** are made in the U.S.A I believe I must invite you for an exceptional opportunity to invest in radical new US made water crossing technology. You’ll be getting in on the ground floor! ---
**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 13, 2025, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3988 "2025-04-13T02:20:17Z")
[Update on the real live human victim of Trump’s contempt of court.](https://www.aol.com/state-department-reveals-status-man-214136371.html) > [@](#): > > A day after a federal court [sought details](https://abcnews.go.com/US/after-supreme-court-ruling-judge-sets-hearing-maryland/story?id=120703441) on the status of a Maryland man who was deported in error to El Salvador, the State Department told a judge that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is “alive and secure” but still not on American soil. > > “It is my understanding based on official reporting from our Embassy in San Salvador that Abrego Garcia is currently being held in the Terrorism Confinement Center in El Salvador,” said Michael Kozak, a senior bureau official for the State Department, in a declaration submitted on Saturday minutes after the [5 p.m. deadline set](https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/trump-admin-live-updates-securing-trump-3rd-term/?id=120551202&entryId=120727602) by the judge. > > “He is alive and secure in that facility,” Kozak added. “He is detained pursuant to the sovereign, domestic authority of El Salvador.” Take note of the language used in this statement. Trump’s flacks are telling the courts that there’s nothing they can do because El Salvador is an independent country. And what’s the actual felon’s take on Garcia’s plight? > [@](#): > > Later Saturday evening, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social claiming El Salvador President Nayib Bukele “has graciously accepted into his Nation’s custody some of the most violent alien enemies of the World and, in particular, the United States.” > > “These barbarians are now in the sole custody of El Salvador, a proud and sovereign Nation, and their future is up to President B and his Government,” he added. So that’s where the flacks got that talking point from. But, hey, they forgot about this nifty bit: > [@](#): > > Shortly before the government submitted its first status report to the court, attorneys for Abrego Garcia filed a motion for additional relief and cited Trump’s comments. > > “Yesterday, President Trump confirmed that the United States has the power to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s release from prison and return to the United States,” the attorneys for Abrego Garcia wrote. What about the actual felon’s contempt of court? > [@](#): > > On Friday, Trump weighed in on the Supreme Court’s order while talking with reporters, claiming he wasn’t well versed in the case. However, he reiterated his respect for the Supreme Court, which had upheld a lower court’s ruling that the U.S. government should assist in returning Abrego Garcia to the U.S. > > “If the Supreme Court said bring somebody back, I would do that. I respect the Supreme Court,” he said. Yeah, right. Here’s a reminder for you, felon47. > [@](#): > > The Supreme Court had [ordered](https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/trump-admin-live-updates-securing-trump-3rd-term/?id=120551202&entryId=120698619) the U.S. government “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s return to America. Even if this man does get returned to America, an incredibly unliklely occurrence, his life has been destroyed. Do you really think the magaflatearthers are gonig to leave him alone? Yet again, the felon in the White House has put a target on someone and doesn’t care. He minimalizes his own culpabilitity while at the same time leveling false accusations against others. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3989 "2025-04-13T03:05:07Z")
Administration employees are being directed to report instances of anti-christian bias that happened under Joe the President. > **[State department staff told to report colleagues for ‘anti-Christian bias’](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/11/state-department-anti-christian-bias)** > > Department seeks instances of bias, with emphasis on Christianity, that may have occurred under Biden (That is, if’n they can find anybody who worked for the previous administration.) ---
**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 13, 2025, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3990 "2025-04-13T03:14:40Z")
The felon loves him some good nicknames. What would be a good one for him and this latest stunt? Let’s see. How about Surveillance, Tyranny, and Suppression Ideology? No. That’s too unweildly, too many words for the toddler in chief. Let’s rearrange it. **S** urveillance **T** yranny **A** nd **S** uppression **I** deology That’s it! We now have the STASI running the government. I see I’ve made that point before in this thread: [Post #954](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues/1010068/954). ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3991 "2025-04-13T05:23:25Z")
Project 2025’s Christian Nationalism fantasies getting ramped up some more. The playbook is advancing along with speed I find a little concerning\*. \*In the Age of Susan has that word lost some currency? ---
**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 13, 2025, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3992 "2025-04-13T06:22:00Z")
But felon47 said he didn’t know anything at all about _Project 2025_! ---
**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 13, 2025, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3993 "2025-04-13T11:07:26Z")
I posted this nine hours ago. > [@Monty](#): > > Even if this man does get returned to America, an incredibly unliklely occurrence, his life has been destroyed. Do you really think the magaflatearthers are gonig to leave him alone? And just now, I read [this](https://www.yahoo.com/news/mistakenly-deported-man-could-sent-165602792.html). > [@](#): > > Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) suggested the Trump administration could deport the Maryland man mistakenly sent to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador last month to a different country if he’s returned to the U.S. Is there even one republican in our governemnt who know what a court order means, what the law is? ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3994 "2025-04-13T13:59:40Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > And just now, I read [this](https://www.yahoo.com/news/mistakenly-deported-man-could-sent-165602792.html). > > > [@](#): > > > > Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) suggested the Trump administration could deport the Maryland man mistakenly sent to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador last month to a different country if he’s returned to the U.S. Makes you wish that some of these MAGA politicians mistakenly be sent to a foreign prison. Would it change their perspective or would they consider themselves martyrs to the cause? ---
**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 13, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3995 "2025-04-13T14:00:23Z")
They already have the victim mentality perfected. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3996 "2025-04-13T14:05:35Z")
“Hacked”, as in “If it works then we got away with it, and if it doesn’t work, we were hacked? Genius!”. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3997 "2025-04-13T15:49:18Z")
I’m only a 40-year career federal lawyer and administrative law judge, but I simply do not understand a couple of things. FIrst, my understanding was that the deportees were sent to El Salvador to be imprisoned pending some eventual assessment of their status - I thought within 1 year. If that is not the case, couldn’t El Savador do whatever they want with them? Release them/send them somewhere else/kill them? If I am correct, that the US is essentially contracting with El Salvador, how can the administration claim that they are entirely under the control of El Salvador? And I do not know how the admin can send a DAUSA into court with no answer other than that he personally lacks the information to answer the judge’s questions. In what court does the judge not say, “Then get your worthless ass out of here and bring back someone who CAN answer my questions!”? ---
**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 13, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3998 "2025-04-13T20:34:24Z")
Mad King Donald decrees that he has changed his mind about having changed his mind. > **['Nobody is getting off the hook': Trump digs in deeper on tariffs — and...](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-denies-tariff-exception/)** > > Donald Trump on Sunday announced that "there was no tariff exception announced on Friday," declaring, "THOSE DAYS ARE OVER!" > > The President over the weekend took to Truth Social, writing, "NOBODY is getting 'off the hook' for the unfair Trade... ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/3999 "2025-04-13T23:16:50Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Mad King Donald decrees that he has changed his mind about having changed his mind. > > ['Nobody is getting off the hook': Trump digs in deeper on tariffs — and denies 'exception'](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-denies-tariff-exception/). OMG/JFC I think I am going to go mad if I try to keep up with this crap. The chaos is breathtaking at times. ---
**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 13, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4000 "2025-04-13T23:22:15Z")
Here’s what I think happened: Trump wanted the media and the Chinese government to think tariffs of 145% were being applied. But thought a discreet mail could be sent to customs agents to just wave through certain items. Once again though, he was shocked to discover that that’s not how anything works. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=196) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=198)