# 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:** 286
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5762 "2025-06-14T23:32:05Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > The bits I’ve seen of the parade – and I’m mostly watching MSNBC, which is not focusing on the parade itself – have been, frankly, boring. I’m away from live TV. Is Fox covering the parade like it’s the most logistically impressive show of military might since D-Day? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5763 "2025-06-14T23:34:44Z")
I’m sure they are, but i’m not willing to take one for the team to confirm. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5764 "2025-06-14T23:35:26Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > They’re all there for _him._ Still, he’s seen other parades, which is where he got the idea. This one is really, really boring. Where’s the pageantry? Where’s the flair? Kim Jong Un must be laughing his ass off. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5765 "2025-06-14T23:37:14Z")
Seriously! We need tympanists on camels, like in Morocco. (Source: watching the movie Patton) ---
**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 14, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5766 "2025-06-14T23:44:48Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > > [@jsc1953](#): > > > > but lots of soldiers in olive drab marching (and casually, rather than crisply). And the occasional armored vehicle. > > > > I hope Trump is bored to tears. > > Why would he be? They’re all there for _him._ Years ago, my father introduced me to a nifty bit of Army slang. A number of retirees would put all their certificates and awards on one dedicated wall in their home. That wall was thus the _“I love me” wall_. The felon now has an _“I love me” parade_. > [@aurora\_maire](#): > > > [@running\_coach](#): > > > > They’re all there for _him._ > > Still, he’s seen other parades, which is where he got the idea. This one is really, really boring. Where’s the pageantry? Where’s the flair? Where’s the goose stepping? ---
**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:** [June 14, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5767 "2025-06-14T23:54:24Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > > [@running\_coach](#): > > > > > [@jsc1953](#): > > > > > > but lots of soldiers in olive drab marching (and casually, rather than crisply). And the occasional armored vehicle. > > > > > > I hope Trump is bored to tears. > > > > Why would he be? They’re all there for _him._ > > Years ago, my father introduced me to a nifty bit of Army slang. A number of retirees would put all their certificates and awards on one dedicated wall in their home. That wall was thus the _“I love me” wall_. The felon now has an _“I love me” parade_. > > Where’s the goose stepping? - Probably in goose shit. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5768 "2025-06-15T00:35:30Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Is Fox covering the parade I just flipped over to Faux. They are of course covering it till the bitter end. Right now some singer who has not aged well is singing, while Trump and his toadies stand on a stage looking incredibly bored. OK, that’s all I can take. My report is done. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5769 "2025-06-15T00:38:56Z")
Anyone know how many people showed up? I’ve heard attendance was miserable but would like to confirm. Meanwhile tbe international press is covering all the protests. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5770 "2025-06-15T00:42:06Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Right now some singer who has not aged well is singing I have since learned this singer was Lee Greenwood. Which is not at all surprising, although he surprisingly did not look well at all. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5771 "2025-06-15T00:47:19Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > I have since learned this singer was Lee Greenwood. Which is not at all surprising, although he surprisingly did not look well at all. Well, he _is_ 82 years old. Life has a way of catching up to a lot of us by that point. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5772 "2025-06-15T01:02:08Z")
Lee Greenwood always sucked. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5773 "2025-06-15T01:16:26Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > He wouldn’t know proper marching if they were walking all over him. Actually, he did attend a military high school and, from reports, excelled in things like marching. And they had spiffier uniforms than camo and OD green. That was 60-some years ago, but likely he remembers that better than lots of newer things. As far as proper marching, only a very small percentage of military people actually march at all after basic training or academy/officer training. So it’s not surprising they aren’t very good at it. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5774 "2025-06-15T01:24:40Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > Anyone know how many people showed up? I’ve heard attendance was miserable but would like to confirm. The anti-Trump Meidastouch just posted this video: [Trump PARADE turns into DISASTER as NO ONE SHOWS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJtnLOky0-Q) They show a pretty empty Mall and half-filled stands along the route as soldiers and tanks are going by. Gavin Newsom’s press office trolled Trump by posting: “THIS IS THE LARGEST PRESIDENTIAL BIRTHDAY PARTY EVER”. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5775 "2025-06-15T01:25:38Z")
I sense malicious compliance… > **[Elisabeth R. Anker (@libankerdc.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/libankerdc.bsky.social/post/3lrm66q2hrk2d)** > > Is the military parade…trolling Trump?? > Legit playing Fortunate Son as they roll on by him 😎 > > \[contains quote post or other embedded content\] ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5776 "2025-06-15T01:38:39Z")
Well gee “come stand in the drizzle to see some tanks and horses” VS “come break windows and shit on floors in the Capitol.” When Hate is the brand, it’s gotta do what it says on the can. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5777 "2025-06-15T01:53:34Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > I sense malicious compliance… Or just plain ignorance about the [song](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortunate_Son)? > It was played at a campaign rally for [Donald Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump). Fogerty found this to be “confounding”[[19]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortunate_Son#cite_note-19) and later issued a [cease and desist order](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cease_and_desist_order), noting that Trump obtained a [draft deferment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_evasion).[[20]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortunate_Son#cite_note-20) ---
**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:** [June 15, 2025, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5778 "2025-06-15T03:32:19Z")
I normally can’t stand to even look at Trump, but I savored every bit of that 90 second clip showing him looking so frikkin miserable. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5779 "2025-06-15T03:36:12Z")
The Meidas Touch vid in this thread, posted above by @dasmoocher and about 13 minutes long, is the first thing I’ve watched of him for, well, a really long time. I watched every minute and his misery was excellent to behold. Loved Gavin Newsom’s press office troll work, too. ---
**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 15, 2025, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5780 "2025-06-15T03:44:26Z")
Yikes. Trump really does look like he’s going to cry. Hegseth looks pretty unhappy, too. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2025, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5781 "2025-06-15T05:02:16Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > Anyone know how many people showed up? I’ve heard attendance was miserable but would like to confirm. If you look at [this page](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-military-parade-protests-live-updates-rcna212332), you get the perade and all the NK events listed together, which is the most pleasing way to look at the day. You have to scroll down a ways to find the video, which has a few shots where you can get an idea what the civilian attendance was. To me, it looks likely that there were at least 8~10k – not “nobody showed up”, but probably not what he was hoping for. The shots that show the soldiers faces show a lot of troops who probably did not want to be there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=285) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=287)