# 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:** 217
**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 29, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4381 "2025-04-29T12:56:38Z")
Well, it’s comforting to know that, amidst all the crises of the trade war, trying to surrender Ukraine to Russia, the impending collapse of the US trucking industry as international shipping slows down, and the prospect of bare shelves being touted by the largest retailers in the US, Trump is taking time to address the really pressing issues of the day. That being, the NFL draft. > **[White House spin reaches new level of stupid](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/28/2319286/-White-House-spin-reaches-new-level-of-stupid?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_8&pm_medium=web)** > > The White House press briefings continue to be a cloud of misinformation and distraction as Fox News’ Steve Doocy and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt ran some interference on Monday for President Donald Trump and his dismal first 100... > As Trump [publicly melted down](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/28/2319239/-Trump-is-melting-down-over-his-dismal-approval-rating?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_1&pm_medium=web) over his [abysmal approval ratings](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/23/2318311/-Surprise-Trump-s-job-approval-is-in-the-toilet), Leavitt and Doocy decided to spin Trump’s supposed influence over last week’s National Football League draft. On Friday, Trump attacked NFL owners in a [Truth Social post](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114400583767375750) for failing to draft Shedeur Sanders, the college quarterback and son of Hall of Fame football player Deion Sanders, in the first round. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4382 "2025-04-29T13:16:18Z")
I will admit it’s heartening to see he’s as knowledgeable about NFL talent evaluation as he is about everything else. ---
**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 29, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4383 "2025-04-29T13:51:46Z")
A new Executive Order requiring all truck drivers to demonstrate proficiency in the English Language: [**Trump executive order requires truck drivers to speak English [The Hill]**](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5271893-trump-executive-order-truck-drivers-speak-english/) > [@](#): > > “They should be able to read and understand traffic signs, communicate with traffic safety, border patrol, agricultural checkpoints, and cargo weight-limit station officers,” the order said. “Drivers need to provide feedback to their employers and customers and receive related directions in English.” > > “This is common sense.” > > Under the order, a driver must be able to read and speak English “sufficiently to converse with the general public” to operate a commercial vehicle in the U.S. IOW, a gentle nudge to self-deport. The public safety issues represented by low-wage hires in the trucking industry are, IMHO, attributable to greedy or disreputable company owners who fail to adequately maintain their fleet. This should dovetail nicely with the reduction in inbound cargo out of China – fewer drivers to take the freight the last mile. Inflationary? Nahhhhh. Just common sense. Or maybe this will help Elon make further inroads into autonomous over-the-road trucking. ---
**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 29, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4384 "2025-04-29T14:08:33Z")
I look forward to the complaints from American born truck drivers that are illiterate. ---
**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 29, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4385 "2025-04-29T14:20:42Z")
I believe that makes _two_ cohorts, then, for the “never thought the leopard would eat _my_ face” BINGO card. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4386 "2025-04-29T14:22:00Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > I remember decades ago when prepping for a circuit court argument, my boss told me that if a judge asks a yes/no question, the FIRST words out of my mouth had better be yes or no. If you want to qualify the response or introduce some subtleties, do so AFTER first answering yes or no. My experience since is that far too many lawyers have never learned (or have rejected) that simple advice. Fascinating - for real. ---
**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 29, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4387 "2025-04-29T14:31:07Z")
Here’s a good one: > **[White House blasts Amazon over tariff cost report: 'Hostile and political act'](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/29/white-house-blasts-amazon-over-tariff-cost-report-hostile-and-political-act.html)** > > Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has cozied up to President Donald Trump since the Republican won a second White House term. > [@](#): > > The White House on Tuesday slammed Amazon for reportedly planning to display the cost of President Donald Trump’s tariffs next to the total price of products on its site. > > “This is hostile and political act by Amazon,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters. > > “Why didn’t Amazon do this when the Biden administration hiked inflation to the highest level in 40 years?” Leavitt asked. I could explain it to her, but not in any way that she or the MAGAs could ever possibly understand. ---
**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 29, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4388 "2025-04-29T14:33:33Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > My experience since is that far too many lawyers have never learned (or have rejected) that simple advice. Sadly, watching _My Cousin Vinnie_ is not a requirement for passing the bar. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xnVP4cr9X0U/hqdefault.jpg "My Cousin Vinny - How do your clients plead?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnVP4cr9X0U) ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4389 "2025-04-29T14:51:14Z")
Someone named J.L. in Los Angeles (Electoral-vote name) did a parody of Billy Joel’s _We Didn’t Start the Fire_ titled _Trump is a Dumpster Fire_ and posted it to Youtube: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bf8aI8-zvrE/maxresdefault.jpg "Trump Is A Dumpster Fire - The First 100 DAYS of Trump 2.0") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf8aI8-zvrE&t=283s/) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4390 "2025-04-29T14:53:48Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > A new Executive Order requiring all truck drivers to demonstrate proficiency in the English Language: trump overreach, governing by executive order, clueless brain dead dumfuk, fuck trump and all that… but the quality of truck drivers has markedly decreased over the last couple decades. And hiring non-english speakers is actually a part of it. Companies willing to hire anyone that knows what a steering wheel is and which end of the truck is the front and not much else is the truly larger problem. There is too much freight and not enough drivers. That’s the fact. And deporting those willing to take the job isn’t going to help. Real MAGAmericans don’t want the job, because there are too many driver regulations. Silly things, like passing a physical, getting enough rest, knowing not to overload the truck, not being high while driving, knowing traffic rules, and knowing how high your trailer is compared to the overpass are just too much for Joe SIxpack. [![](https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/66f4846/2147483647/strip/true/crop/960x540+0+271/resize/1280x720!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3a%2F73%2Fa01fb54d48c1b14f4e61c92f8553%2Ftt.jpg) ](https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/66f4846/2147483647/strip/true/crop/960x540+0+271/resize/1280x720!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3a%2F73%2Fa01fb54d48c1b14f4e61c92f8553%2Ftt.jpg) ---
**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 29, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4391 "2025-04-29T14:59:53Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > AIUI, Trump, in his typical idiocy, never stopped to consider how much WORK these tariffs would be for Customs. Thanks for the laugh. “Consider”? Right. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4392 "2025-04-29T15:17:33Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > A new Executive Order requiring all truck drivers to demonstrate proficiency in the English Language: I doubt any of them are _less_ proficient than Trump. > [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > I look forward to the complaints from American born truck drivers that are illiterate. To be fair, they were _born_ illterate. /facetious ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4393 "2025-04-29T15:17:37Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > There is too much freight and not enough drivers. The tariffs will fix that problem. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4394 "2025-04-29T15:43:40Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > The tariffs will fix that problem. Indeed. I think the effect is already being seen. We like to watch the Flagstaff rail cam. Flagstaff is on a main east-west train corridor (Chicago-LA) and they must get a 100 car double-stack container train a least 3 times an hour. That’s a lot of stuff going somewhere! We’re waiting to see if there is a drop off. This morning we saw a single-stack train go through. now that could be normal ebb and flow of traffic, or it could be the new status quo. We’ll see what we see in a month. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7xdHH9KMSVk/maxresdefault.jpg "Flagstaff, Arizona, USA | Virtual Railfan LIVE !") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xdHH9KMSVk) ---
**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 29, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4395 "2025-04-29T15:46:39Z")
My understanding is that the younger Sanders is very arrogant and entitledl, so of course Trump feels a kinship. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4396 "2025-04-29T15:55:18Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Real MAGAmericans don’t want the job, because there are too many driver regulations. Silly things, like passing a physical, getting enough rest, knowing not to overload the truck, not being high while driving, knowing traffic rules, and knowing how high your trailer is compared to the overpass are just too much for Joe SIxpack. Yeah. Two hallmarks of MAGA types are a complete disregard for rules of any sort, and of the welfare of everyone else. And in all fairness to the freight companies in their position I wouldn’t trust people like that with my truck or cargo either, even if they’d take the job. It’d be a tossup if they smashed the truck or stole the cargo. These are not reliable nor trustworthy people. They are much like Trump that way. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4397 "2025-04-29T15:57:42Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > eal MAGAmericans don’t want the job, because there are too many driver regulations. Silly things, like passing a physical, getting enough rest, knowing not to overload the truck, not being high while driving, knowing traffic rules, and knowing how high your trailer is compared to the overpass are just too much for Joe SIxpack. My cousin is a MAGAmerican truck driver. Even before Trump, he was complaining about NAFTA and Mexican truck drivers. The specific complaint was that they would work for less than American wages and undercut him, but there was also a lot of FOMO about the Spanish conversation and banter he would hear on the job, when similar conversation and banter wasn’t offered to him. I have never even seen his truck, so I don’t know about the specifics of passing a physical etc., but I know my cousin—I suspect he’s using Trump’s exact methodology to bluff his way through as much of this as he can, but taking every last second of rest he’s entitled to. In other words, I think our roads are safer with any random truck driver who has no English than they are with my cousin. (And that’s aside from his prison record.) ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4398 "2025-04-29T16:02:11Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Here’s a good one: > > [White House blasts 'hostile' Amazon over tariff cost report; retailer scraps idea](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/29/white-house-blasts-amazon-over-tariff-cost-report-hostile-and-political-act.html) > > > [@](#): > > > > The White House on Tuesday slammed Amazon for reportedly planning to display the cost of President Donald Trump’s tariffs next to the total price of products on its site. > > > > “This is hostile and political act by Amazon,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters. > > > > “Why didn’t Amazon do this when the Biden administration hiked inflation to the highest level in 40 years?” Leavitt asked. > > I could explain it to her, but not in any way that she or the MAGAs could ever possibly understand. I note that nobody is complaining that Amazon (and every other retailer - it’s a legal requirement) breaks out sales tax as a separate line item. Trump and his ilk seem very resistant to the idea that a tariff is a federal sales tax. ---
**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 29, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4399 "2025-04-29T16:05:50Z")
> [@](#): > > “Why didn’t Amazon do this when the Biden administration hiked inflation to the highest level in 40 years?” Leavitt asked. “When did Biden hike inflation?” the reality unchallenged asked. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4400 "2025-04-29T16:09:52Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > Trump and his ilk seem very resistant to the idea that a tariff is a federal sales tax. Trump doesn’t _want_ it to be true, so it _isn’t_ true… But reality yet again fails to change just because he’s stubborn. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=216) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=218)