# 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:** 247
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4982 "2025-05-21T17:21:14Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > If you hold your phone in your hand and show her the video, will she still get a virus? Yes. Don’t you know? [False claim: 3G, 4G and 5G caused SARS, swine flu and the new coronavirus](https://www.reuters.com/article/world/false-claim-3g-4g-and-5g-caused-sars-swine-flu-and-the-new-coronavirus-idUSKBN21P275/) > Posts on social media claim that 3G was introduced in 2003, the same year as the SARS outbreak, 4G was introduced in 2009, the same year as the swine flu outbreak, and that 5G was introduced in 2020, the same year as the coronavirus outbreak. The claim implies the telephone networks caused these outbreaks, with overlaid text reading: “I dare anyone tell me this is a coincidence”. Connect the dot! ---
**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:** [May 21, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4983 "2025-05-21T17:23:29Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Connect the dot! I did. Still looks like a dot. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4984 "2025-05-21T17:39:37Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Still looks like a dot. A dot could be the first sign of a viral infection! Maybe phonepox. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4985 "2025-05-21T17:45:37Z")
I’ll get the ivermectin and UV lights ready! ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4986 "2025-05-21T17:48:24Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Connect the dot! We have a measles outbreak this year. Did they introduce 6G when I wasn’t looking? ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4987 "2025-05-21T18:37:15Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > I found [this poll](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-analysis-republicans-jan-6-attack/) from the beginning of the year before Trump took office. Thanks. That is mildly reassuring. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Here’s what my Trump cultist friend has to say If you don’t mind my asking, why do you consider such a person to be a friend? Or why do you engage in such conversations with them? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4988 "2025-05-21T18:38:01Z")
Johnny, you call this person your friend? Are they blackmailing you or something? Extortion? Ashli got exactly what she asked for. She is (well was) a traitor that was attacking police and would have eventually attacked members of congress. Her family should not sue the US, her family should be sued for raising such a complete and total idiot. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4989 "2025-05-21T18:57:35Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Or why do you engage in such conversations with them? > [@enipla](#): > > Johnny, you call this person your friend? She’s a Farcebook friend. I met her in the mid-'80s. I think she’s a niece of my best friend’s late stepfather. Or something like that. (Actually, I haven’t talked to my ‘best friend’ in years, since he went over to the dark side.) It’s amusing when she tries to troll me or whatever, and there are other people who get some lulz from our exchanges. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4990 "2025-05-21T19:08:31Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > It’s amusing when she tries to troll me or whatever, and there are other people who get some lulz from our exchanges. OK. I assume FB “friend” is something different from what most people commonly mean by “friend.” For me, life is too short to engage in such exchanges. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4991 "2025-05-21T19:11:27Z")
Yes, difference. A ‘friend’ on facebook is someone you have told Facebook you have a connection with. Your settings allow your posts, photos, etc to be treated differently if somebody is a ‘friend’ or not. E.g., if you don’t have publicly viewable posts, you still usually allow your ‘friends’ to see them. Or you can allow only ‘friends’ to reply to your posts. Etc ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4992 "2025-05-21T19:17:54Z")
20yr Treasuries just broke 5.1%, causing the DJIA to immediately crater 800 points. #Winning! ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4993 "2025-05-21T19:25:28Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Yes, difference. Right. I know that. But if someone says, “I was talking to my friend” - do you make any assumption as to whether this is someone they actually have some relationship and history with? Or do you figure it is just someone you’ve agreed to be linked to on FB? In my communication, if I meant the latter, I think I would call them a FB friend. (Of course, who am I to talk, as I only have 15 or so FB “friends.” Almost all siblings/kids/nieces-nephews, with only a couple who are real life friends.) ---
**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:** [May 21, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4994 "2025-05-21T19:26:20Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Compare this Megachurch philosophy with Jonathan Edwards’ _Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God_, which states the exact opposite of what is being taught today “Your arms are too short to box with God,” is a phrase I haven’t heard in a long time. [![](https://static1.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/the-far-side-god-v-norman.jpg) ](https://static1.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/the-far-side-god-v-norman.jpg) ---
**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:** [May 21, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4995 "2025-05-21T19:31:19Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > In my communication, if I meant the latter, I think I would call them a FB friend. Ah, fair point. I would probably use the same word for both contexts interchangeably, but that’s more reflective of how selectively I use social media than indicative of how loosely I use language. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4996 "2025-05-21T19:31:55Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > I would call them a FB friend. I have done, but I figured everyone knew by now. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4997 "2025-05-21T19:52:38Z")
Somewhat related [Garfunkel and Oates song](https://youtu.be/oy98BU-cf_E?si=GOhxh6A1ulAriuAW). ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4998 "2025-05-21T20:36:17Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I have done, but I figured everyone knew by now. 🤷‍♂️ I’m one of the 3 people on the planet that does not facebook at all. I have to have an account though to my great dissatisfaction. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/4999 "2025-05-21T21:44:20Z")
I’ve never been on Facebook either. When the activities director takes pictures at events around The Home to post on the organization’s FB page, she knows not to include me in any of them. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5000 "2025-05-21T22:11:36Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I’m one of the 3 people on the planet that does not facebook at all > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I’ve never been on Facebook either. I wonder who the third person is? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5001 "2025-05-21T22:15:38Z")
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