# 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:** 273
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5502 "2025-06-05T19:59:53Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > ETA: But I agree on “King Neptune”. He is not even a king, like Trump, just a sad little god, like Elmo. His trident is not even gilded. Or, Ulmo (for the Middle Earth fans). ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5503 "2025-06-05T20:05:44Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Or, Ulmo (for the Middle Earth fans). Haha, nice. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5504 "2025-06-05T20:12:43Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Didn’t we already know that? This guy can’t even Drama Queen correctly. “Bomb”? Try “Dud”. Exactly. This is not news. Trump’s Epstein connection has been known for years. It has been on the news. We have already seen the clip of Trump praising Epstein while noting his particular taste for young women. We have already seen Trump saying yes in rapid succession to releasing JFK files, UFO files etc. but you can hear the record scratch noise when he is asked about the Epstein files. We already know Epstein himself thought Trump was a creep! And aside from Epstein we have plenty of testimony around Trump’s pageants, where he would walk around backstage looking at naked teenagers because he could. We have seen Trump declaring that he grabs women by the pussy. We have seen him lose lawsuits for doing just that. So now you’ve gone ahead and called Trump a pedophile and he hasn’t crumbled into dust, nor will he. So now what? What else is left after that? How do you continue the fight after your dropped your “nuke” and your opponent shrugged it off? ---
**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:** [June 5, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5505 "2025-06-05T20:19:24Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > So now you’ve gone ahead and called Trump a pedophile and he hasn’t crumbled into dust, nor will he. So now what? What else is left after that? How do you continue the fight after your dropped your “nuke” and your opponent shrugged it off? It’s one of those things that doesn’t make sense on any level. Elmo is trying to make it look like he’s got some “insider information” on this, that us plebeians don’t have. Okay, fine, but then, how did he get it? Did Trump authorize Elmo to look at the files? “Hey, Elmo, check out what I did to this kid! Ain’t that cool?” Seems unlikely. Or did someone else leak it to Elmo? Well, then, why not leak it to everybody? You don’t take down Trump with backroom rumors, we’ve seen him shrug off too much to ever think that will work. We’re into “dead girl or live boy” territory, here. Or is Elmo just bullshitting? Most likely case, but again, does he really think unsupported bullshit is going to hurt _Donald Fucking Trump?!?_ The man wallows in bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5506 "2025-06-05T20:21:22Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > It’s one of those things that doesn’t make sense on any level. Elmo is trying to make it look like he’s got some “insider information” on this, that us plebeians don’t have. Okay, fine, but then, how did he get it? Did Trump authorize Elmo to look at the files? “Hey, Elmo, check out what I did to this kid! Ain’t that cool?” Seems unlikely. Does it? I can see Trump bragging about this to his new best friend. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2025, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5507 "2025-06-05T20:26:45Z")
I think you’re applying too much logic. Musk is using the same logic as people who see a poorly-put-together conspiracy video on YouTube and think they’ve discovered amazing new information. He’s not trying to make it look like he’s got insider information. He probably thinks he has **found** insider information, in a tweet or a video or someplace else on the world wide web that somehow nobody else has paid attention to. As for “will it hurt Trump,” he probably just assumes that other people couldn’t get to him, but he, with the Power of Elon, can. In otherwords, delusional idiot. The only degree to which he’s correct is that the media is reporting breathlessly on the feud, while the same ideas were ignored when expressed by the original crackpots. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5508 "2025-06-05T20:47:12Z")
As I said in the other thread: > [@Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter - now the Pit edition (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2389): > > He’s no different than some kid on the playground telling another kid that his mom is sleeping with all of the teachers at the school. I doubt Elon actually has anything. The accusation isn’t remarkable. It’s nothing new. There were assumptions that Trump would be on the list for years now. What’s remarkable is how vicious this is getting between Trump and Elon, and we’ll see what effect this has on MAGA. Elon seemed to be embraced so fully by that cult for a while. Not to mention, I think Elon was a bridge between Trump and a lot of the “techbro” crowd, including the crypto frat guys. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5509 "2025-06-05T20:50:32Z")
AIUI, we’ve known for a long time that Trump had a relationship with Epstein, flew on the plane, etc. What we don’t know is what additional information regarding Trump may or may not be in those files. Things like credible accusations, circumstantial evidence of wrongdoing, etc. It’s also not impossible that through his time at DOGE, Elon got access to the files somehow, whether through an acquaintance or other means. I’m not saying any of this is the case, I’m saying we can hope that it’s the case. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5510 "2025-06-05T20:55:20Z")
I guess? Hanging on the words of a total junkie with a long history of his own lies and malfeasance seems like a recipe for disappointment, though. It’s not like there’s a shortage of bad shit Trump has done that everybody accepts in a de facto sense. His supporters don’t care and it doesn’t change the minds of his detractors. If there’s some kind of large middle group of unconvinced people you’re hoping for or that this will kick off some sort of criminal proceedings, I’ve got some bridges lying around… ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5511 "2025-06-05T20:58:10Z")
Tesla falling 15% is one thing; Trump Media falling 8% is another. I have not seen it remarked so far, but is nice too. Not unheard of for such a volatile stock, but a start nonetheless. Let’s go TACO! I am not going to search, but I hope some of ~~$~~ trumpfs cryptoscams are falling too in all their 4 Chess Dimensions of Doomphrrrrtt! 🥳 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5512 "2025-06-05T21:06:30Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > There is no “King Neptune”, and the equator is just an artificial construct. The water doesn’t doesn’t know the difference! I wouldn’t say the equator is artificial. It is halfway between the poles, the sun is directly overhead on the equinox, etc. I did a trip on a civilian sailing ship. I didn’t cross the equator while on board, but the ship does hold a version of the ceremony when they do. It’s toned way down from some of the excesses I’ve heard about from years gone by. There were some other traditions that were observed during my time, like taking our knives off when eating in the salon. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5513 "2025-06-05T21:45:38Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Of course, they also used to say “no dames on ships”, and they got over that one. This is no longer acceptable, but your post reminded me of it. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2lCaIZE7Wuo/hqdefault.jpg "Fernwood 2Night - There's no one here but Men") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lCaIZE7Wuo&t=40s) ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5514 "2025-06-05T23:19:35Z")
We’re gonna need a bigger popcorn bowl to last this out Probably a more comfortable chair as well ---
**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:** [June 5, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5515 "2025-06-05T23:24:46Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Sorry, I promise this is the last. Trump is responding… Ummm… trumpy is saying that Biden hired Elon?? 🤦🏽 ---
**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:** [June 5, 2025, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5516 "2025-06-05T23:27:28Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > This is no longer acceptable, but your post reminded me of it. And you reminded me if SNL, onboard the Raging Queen: Capt Ned: Now, men, I run a mans’ ship. I will run it in a manful and **masculine** way! I will tolerate no men under my command who act in such a way so as to discredit their manhood and manliness! Do I make myself clear? ---
**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:** [June 5, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5517 "2025-06-05T23:46:36Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > It’s one of those things that doesn’t make sense on any level. Elmo is trying to make it look like he’s got some “insider information” on this, that us plebeians don’t have. Okay, fine, but then, how did he get it? Did Trump authorize Elmo to look at the files? “Hey, Elmo, check out what I did to this kid! Ain’t that cool?” Seems unlikely. > > Or did someone else leak it to Elmo? Well, then, why not leak it to everybody? You don’t take down Trump with backroom rumors, we’ve seen him shrug off too much to ever think that will work. We’re into “dead girl or live boy” territory, here. > > Or is Elmo just bullshitting? Most likely case, but again, does he really think unsupported bullshit is going to hurt _Donald Fucking Trump?!?_ The man wallows in bullshit. I think it’s a bit of malicious trolling intended to trigger the QANON crowd, who are already expressing deep dissatisfaction with the administration, because they were expecting the mass arrests of satanic Democrats and the truth about Epstein’s murder — that why they voted for Trump, after all. And he hasn’t delivered and there’s been a lot of speculation as to why the Trump Adminstration is aiding the Deep State in suppressing the TRUTH. Musk is just trying to fuel that fire. Now anyone that paid attention should know that Trump’s name appeared in the Epstein files, but no in a context that was particularly incriminating. IIRC….his name was in an address book. I love to be wrong, but I don’t think there’s anything there. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5518 "2025-06-06T00:15:17Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Ummm… trumpy is saying that Biden hired Elon?? 🤦🏽 No, he was referring to “government subsidies and contracts”. (I chose not to replicate his insane capitalization.) I’m sure that there were such things for one or more of his businesses during the Biden administration (and probably predating it). Now, “billions and billions of dollars” is probably false, and Trump is ignoring the fact that there should be an actual _reason_ for canceling those things. But it _does_ boil down to chicken-baby once again flailing to find a reason to blame Biden for every little thing. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2025, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5519 "2025-06-06T05:26:55Z")
Remember how his supporters say the felon will run the government like he runs a business? [Let’s check out how one of his businesses is running.](https://www.aol.com/expired-milk-missing-soap-trumps-182323740.html) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON – A recent inspection found more than a dozen health code violations at [President Donald Trump](https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/donald-trump/)’s ritzy New Jersey golf club. > > Raw meat was improperly refrigerated. Milk was spoiled. Handwashing areas were missing soap. And the person in charge failed to “demonstrate knowledge of food safety,” according to an [inspection report](https://inspections.myhealthdepartment.com/scdoh/print/?task=getPrintable&path=scdoh&pKey=5C72183E-518B-4352-8DD0-04991008E733,5C72183E-518B-4352-8DD0-04991008E733) on May 6. > > The inspector gave the club unusually low marks (32 out of 100) compared with other restaurants in the area that month, [records show](https://inspections.myhealthdepartment.com/scdoh/). The club earned a C rating and was ordered to fix all its health code violations and pay a reinspection fee, which is standard practice. > > That reinspection, which was conducted on June 4, [yielded far better results](https://inspections.myhealthdepartment.com/scdoh/print/?task=getPrintable&path=scdoh&pKey=FD1DA1CC-05A6-4F44-B231-AE8F01B122EB,FD1DA1CC-05A6-4F44-B231-AE8F01B122EB). Though there were still problems with some cleaning supplies, the inspector’s second pass earned the club a B rating (86 out of 100). This next part is my favorite. > [@](#): > > The Somerset County Health Department’s initial May inspection showed that the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster had violated 18 regulations. > > None of the club’s employees had obtained a “food manager level certification,” according to the report. State law requires the person in charge at certain types of restaurants to be certified as a “food protection manager.” So unqualified and incompetent people in charge. Does that ring a bell? [The mushroom hardon against Greenland continues.](https://www.aol.com/pentagon-change-military-oversight-greenland-140016009.html) > [@](#): > > ILULISSAT, Greenland − The Pentagon is planning to put its military oversight of Greenland under U.S. Northern Command, according to a report, a largely symbolic gesture that comes as President [Donald Trump](https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/donald-trump/) continues to press for the world’s largest island to break from Denmark. > > [Greenland](https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/03/06/donald-trump-greenland-options/81593582007/) is currently the purview of U.S. European Command, which is headquartered in Germany. U.S. Northern Command is in charge of defending the U.S. homeland and the shift more closely aligns with Trump’s pledge to take control of the Danish territory. Here’s a fun one! [Attorney General Pam Bondi is accused of “serious professional misconduct”](https://www.yahoo.com/news/bondi-accused-serious-professional-misconduct-231513404.html) > [@](#): > > Attorney General Pam Bondi is accused of “serious professional misconduct” in a Florida Bar complaint, the Miami Herald [has reported](https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article307770070.html). > > Bondi’s record as the head of the Justice Department is being slammed by close to 70 law professors, attorneys and former Florida Supreme Court justices via a Florida Bar ethics complaint filed Thursday, according to the Herald. > > In the complaint, the group alleges that Bondi has breached ethical duties in her current role and that “serious professional misconduct that threatens the rule of law and the administration of justice” has been carried out by the attorney general, the Herald reported. & > [@](#): > > Bondi is also stated in the complaint to have “sought to compel Department of Justice lawyers to violate their ethical obligations under the guise of ‘zealous advocacy,’” according to the Herald. [Fascinating! Evidently the felon-in-chief has some influence on Victoria’s Secret’s choice of models, according to Faux host.](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/fox-news-jesse-watters-claims-122847003.html) > [@](#): > > [Fox News](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/fox-news) host [Jesse Watters](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/jesse-watters) claimed that America’s swimsuit models were obese during the four years of [Joe Biden](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/joe-biden)’s presidency. & > [@](#): > > From there, Watters began to riff: “Remember back in the Biden era, all of the swimsuit models were obese. This is a good change. This is a healthy change of pace.” Yep. It’s a full on cult. [Bannon wants the felon to deport Musk.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/bannon-musk-deported-country-immediately-221539088.html) > [@](#): > > MAGA insider and former White House adviser Steve Bannon called on President Trump to investigate Elon Musk’s immigration status and deport the South African tech billionaire after [the bitter implosion](https://www.yahoo.com/news/live-updates-musk-retaliates-against-221933708.html) of the president’s relationship with Musk on Thursday. > > “They should initiate a formal investigation of his immigration status because I am of the strong belief that he is an illegal alien, and he should be deported from the country immediately,” Bannon, a [frequent critic](https://www.yahoo.com/news/bannon-musk-putting-own-interests-202929876.html) of Musk, [told The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/05/us/trump-elon-musk/47c632bb-5c43-5719-8a53-99ee76e56222?smid=url-share) on Thursday. & > [@](#): > > The Washington Post [reported last year](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/26/elon-musk-immigration-status/) that Musk worked in the country illegally before gaining citizenship, prompting questions from Bannon and others about whether Musk’s citizenship is legal. > > Bannon also noted Musk’s [reported drug usage](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/elon-musk-drugs-children-trump.html) as potential ammo for prompting his deportation. The New York Times reported last week that Musk’s alleged use of ketamine and other substances on the campaign trail sparked concerns in Trump circles, but Musk [denied the claims](https://www.yahoo.com/news/musk-slams-york-times-report-191107312.html). > > “The drug thing is going to be investigated,” Bannon said. [Elizabeth Warren Says Trump ‘Approved’ The Largest Meat Company In World To Be Listed On NYSE Ignoring Corruption And Bribery History, Demands Answers](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elizabeth-warren-says-trump-approved-203552305.html) > [@](#): > > Sen. **Elizabeth Warren** (D-Mass.) is once again calling out corruption in the Trump Administration, following a questionable decision made by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. > > **What Happened:** On Monday, Warren shared a video on X questioning the SEC’s recent approval of Brazilian meat processing company **JBS SA’s** (OTC:[JBSAY](https://www.benzinga.com/stock/JBSAY#OTC?utm_campaign=partner_feed&utm_source=yahooFinance&utm_medium=partner_feed&utm_content=real_estate&nid=45781358)) listing on the New York Stock Exchange, despite its history of corruption, price fixing, and safety violations. > > “JBS and its subsidiaries have been fined hundreds of millions of dollars for bribery, for price fixing, for safety violations, you name it,” Warren said. > > She then highlighted the company’s connection with the Trump administration, bringing attention to the fact that JBS’ subsidiary, Pilgrim’s Pride, contributed $5 million to President **Donald Trump’s** inauguration fund, the single-largest donation. [It turns out there’s another sneaky bit in the Big Bullshit Bill.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-big-beautiful-bill-secretly-173000880.html) > [@](#): > > The House-passed budget reconciliation bill contains a troubling provision so dangerous and corrosive to the integrity of the federal government that it demands immediate scrutiny and swift rejection by the Senate. > > Buried in more than 1,000 pages of legislative text is Section 90002, a provision that strikes at the heart of the professional, nonpartisan civil service. It proposes a 9.4 percent salary surcharge on newly hired federal employees who wish to retain their civil service protections, ostensibly to pay for their retirement benefits. > > Those who cannot afford this effective tax on the rights that federal employees currently enjoy would be forced into permanent at-will employment. Although they would then qualify for a lower retirement deduction of 4.4 percent, as purely at-will employees they could be fired at any time, for any reason — or for no reason at all — with no legal recourse. > > This is not just bad policy — it is a direct attack on more than 140 years of bipartisan civil service tradition. [So much cruelty!](https://www.yahoo.com/news/immigration-courts-dismissing-cases-venezuelan-091330489.html) > [@](#): > > The immigration cases of some of the Venezuelan migrants who were deported to El Salvador [under the Alien Enemies Act](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/timeline-trump-administrations-race-deport-hundreds-alleged-gang/story?id=119860136) in March have been dismissed, their attorneys said, raising concern from advocates and lawyers who say the move is a violation of due process. > > For more than two months, John Dutton, a Houston-based immigration attorney, fought to keep one of his client’s immigration case open. Henrry Albornoz Quintero, who was detained in Dallas in January after showing up to a routine check-in with [Immigration](https://abcnews.go.com/alerts/immigration) and Customs Enforcement, was deported to the notorious CECOT prison in El Salvador in March. > > After Quintero was deported, Dutton continued to show up to his client’s immigration hearings where he says the government attorneys declined to answer questions about his client and pushed for dismissal. Quintero’s case was dismissed “due to a lack of jurisdiction,” Dutton said. > > “There’s just nothing [the judge] could do,” Dutton said. “Henrry is not here because the president shipped him out of the country. What’s an immigration judge going to do to stop that?” & > [@](#): > > Michelle Brane, the executive director of the immigration support group Together and Free, told ABC News that her team has tracked at least 15 immigration cases of migrants who were sent to CECOT that were recently dismissed. Some of the cases include active pending asylum applications. [Y’all remember “Good people on both sides”, don’t you? I now call your attention to “D-Day was not a great day”.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues/1010068/5518) > [@](#): > > President [Donald Trump](https://people.com/tag/donald-trump/) made a verbal stumble when meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House, calling D-Day “not a great day” on live TV. The chancellor quickly corrected him. > > “May I remind you that we are having June 6th tomorrow,” Merz, 69, initially said as they discussed the war in Ukraine, which began when Russia invaded the smaller country in February 2022, with no provocation. The chancellor drew similarities between Russia’s invasion and World War II, in which the United States played a major role in ending the war. > > “This is D-Day anniversary when the Americans once ended the war in Europe,” he continued, referencing the invasion of Normandy in 1944, which helped usher in the Allies’ victory months later. “And I think this is in your hands, specifically, in ours.” > > “That was not a pleasant day for you?” interrupted Trump, 78, before turning to the cameras and adding, “This was not a great day.” > > “Well, in the long run, Mr. President, this was the liberation of my country from Nazi dictatorship,” Merz responded of D-Day. My humble request to foreign leaders: Please stop meeting with this clown. [Garcia’s lawyers can seek sanctions against the felon’s administration.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-rules-abrego-garcias-lawyers-181307070.html) > [@](#): > > The judge overseeing the case of wrongly deported [Kilmar Abrego Garcia](https://abcnews.go.com/US/timeline-wrongful-deportation-kilmar-abrego-garcia-el-salvador/story?id=120803843) on Wednesday granted a request from his attorneys to file a motion seeking sanctions against the government for failing to comply with discovery requests. > > U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis in April ordered the Trump administration to [provide discovery evidence](https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-administration-digs-case-wrongly-deported-maryland-man/story?id=120822855) showing the process by which Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported to his native El Salvador despite him being issued a 2019 court order barring his deportation to his home country due to the fear of persecution. > > Wednesday’s order from Xinis comes after Abrego Garcia’s attorneys said in a court filing that some of the discovery productions by the government include “highly redacted internal messages” and other materials that were classified as “Confidential or Attorney’s Eyes Only” – without a motion to designate the items as being under seal. This entire case is going on becaused the felon is upset his fellow fuckups fucked up. They’re punishing a man for their own mistakes. And being the narcissist he is, the felon cannot let being shown failing slide, especially to some foreigner. [Planning a birthday party for your child? Hey, ICE will come in handy!](https://www.yahoo.com/news/ice-invaded-child-birthday-party-202222223.html) > [@](#): > > In March, the Trump administration raided what they called a Tren de Arauga gang gathering in Texas, arresting dozens of people at five in the morning. > > Two months later, _The Texas Tribune_ [reports](https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/04/texas-immigration-raid-hays-county-austin-venezuelan-gang/) that none of the people they arrested had any gang ties or even criminal records, and that the “Tren de Aragua gathering” they busted was in fact a birthday party. Forty-seven people were arrested in total, including nine children, although it’s unclear if every person taken in was at the birthday party. > > The ICE agents and Texas police who raided the birthday party even went so far as to attack the families with flash grenades, scaring them and their children. I forgot to mention some pyrotechniques might be fun, too. I wanted to post more, but my Internet connection is more theoretical than practical at the moment. This should be enough to hold you until the next scum report. ---
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> [@Monty](#): > > Fascinating! Evidently the felon-in-chief has some influence on Victoria’s Secret’s choice of models, according to Faux host. My mistake. 'Twas _Sports illustrated_. Had it been _Victoria’s Secret_, Watters would’ve had a full-on melt-down since the latter have an openly Trans model. ---
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UPDATE! [Judge issues order halting deportation of Colorado antisemitic attack suspect’s family](https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-judge-issues-order-stopping-204030832.html) > [@](#): > > A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a halt to the deportation of the family of the [Egyptian man charged after an antisemitic attack](https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/03/us/boulder-attack-suspect-family-detained?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo) in Boulder, Colorado – a day after the White House said the family’s deportation was imminent. > > Judge Gordon P. Gallagher of the US District Court in Colorado directed the federal government to stop the deportation proceedings of [Mohamed Soliman](https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/02/us/boulder-colorado-antisemitic-attack-mohamed-soliman-invs?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo)’s wife and five children. They were [taken into ICE custody](https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/03/us/boulder-attack-suspect-family-detained?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo) Tuesday. > > “Defendants SHALL NOT REMOVE,” Soliman’s wife and her five children from the District of Colorado or the United States “unless or until this Court or the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit vacates this order,” Gallagher wrote in his order. > > Gallagher further stated, “Moreover, the Court finds that deportation without process could work irreparable harm and an order must (be) issue(d) without notice due to the urgency this situation presents.” You’ll remember the only reason the suspect’s wife and children are without visas is because the Secon Felonial Era revoked them after the attack in Boulder. You should note the wording of this judge’s order prohibiting the removal of the wife and children even from the court’s district. You should also note one of the children whom the 2FE is purportedly (in 2FE’s own words) investigating to see how much they knew in advance of the attack is only four years old. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=272) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=274)