# 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:** 289
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5822 "2025-06-15T19:32:35Z")
Nah, I’m Canadian, I don’t think Soros has translated the memo into French to meet local regulations. Is it negotiable? Like, I don’t think $100 to fake participation in a protest is good value - can I ask for more? I’ll have to buy water and sunscreen and maybe get new walking shoes. Are expenses covered? ---
**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 15, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5823 "2025-06-15T19:57:04Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > The shots that show the soldiers faces show a lot of troops who probably did not want to be there. According to my son, none of them really wanted to be there. They’d had three day passes for Flag Fay that had been canceled. It’s the equivalent of having to work over a holiday weekend, but without the overtime or holiday pay. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5824 "2025-06-15T20:49:43Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > 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 memes and reels are starting to show up about the parade…a lot of them comparing “what Trump wanted (North Korea, France) vs what he got”. The parade nobody wanted (except him) turned out to be the best of all possible outcomes: ridiculous. Humiliating. A laughing-stock. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5825 "2025-06-15T21:30:48Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > The parade nobody wanted (except him) turned out to be the best of all possible outcomes: ridiculous. Humiliating. A laughing-stock. Yup elect a clown, expect a circus. A very, very expensive circus. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5826 "2025-06-15T23:46:57Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > I savored every bit of that 90 second clip showing him looking so frikkin miserable. Here’s the link to that 90 seconds that I saved just to rewatch it. [https://youtu.be/TJtnLOky0-Q?t=118](https://youtu.be/TJtnLOky0-Q?t=118) ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5827 "2025-06-15T23:59:00Z")
By the way does anyone actually have any reliable estimates of how many people attended the parade? Most new sources say something like “Much less than the 200,000 anticipated”. But that could be 20,000 or it could be 100,000. I know MeidasTouch says under 10,000 but I don’t trust their numbers. They are fun to watch but they tend to spin images and narratives quite a bit left of the truth. For example it looks to me in that 90 seconds more like he was [falling asleep](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGyreUK8nJU) than crying. ---
**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 16, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5828 "2025-06-16T00:03:54Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > Here’s the link to that 90 seconds that I saved just to rewatch it It really looks to me like he is falling asleep. He jerks his head up once in a while and is obviously not paying attention to that incredibly boring narration. He’s so bored and miserable that he can’t even summon up the energy to pretend to be enjoying it. Sad. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5829 "2025-06-16T00:43:27Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > He’s so bored and miserable At least he wasn’t the only one. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5830 "2025-06-16T00:46:55Z")
What’s not to enjoy? > **[D. Earl Stephens (@dearlstephens.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/dearlstephens.bsky.social/post/3lropmtfonc2l)** > > 😐 ---
**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:** [June 16, 2025, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5831 "2025-06-16T01:01:00Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > It really looks to me like he is falling asleep. He jerks his head up once in a while and is obviously not paying attention to that incredibly boring narration. I’m vaguely recalling something similar during his first administration, pretty much dozing off while attending a public function – Bush the Elder’s funeral maybe? ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5832 "2025-06-16T01:03:35Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > > [@eschereal](#): > > > > The shots that show the soldiers faces show a lot of troops who probably did not want to be there. > > According to my son, none of them really wanted to be there. They’d had three day passes for Flag Fay that had been canceled. … Something my daughter shared with me (sorry, I can’t seem to link to the original): > Former army here. It takes about a week of drill in basic to learn how to march. Once you do, it’s ingrained in you for life. You know how to self-correct if you fall out of step. And if there isn’t a commanding officer leading the march, there’s a designated point person within the ranks to call out a “left-right-left” if they notice disorder in the cadence. So this clusterfuck of a parade leaves me with only one conclusion: this was a silent protest. A Foxtrot-Delta-Tango\*, if you will. \* I have to guess this translates to “Fuck Donald Trump.” ---
**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 16, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5833 "2025-06-16T01:04:58Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > > [@aurora\_maire](#): > > > > He’s so bored and miserable > > At least he wasn’t the only one. Compared to the rest of 'em, Melania looks she’s having a blast. Or she’s blasted. ---
**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 16, 2025, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5834 "2025-06-16T01:14:07Z")
DoD Xweexed a “Happy Flag Day” message [with](https://x.com/DeptofDefense/status/1933947548965781863) this graphic [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GtRIWwYXMAA5CKk?format=jpg&name=medium) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GtRIWwYXMAA5CKk?format=jpg&name=medium) which caught the attention of a few because of a particular image pair to the lower left (note the order of the colors). ---
**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 16, 2025, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5835 "2025-06-16T01:22:27Z")
I’m sorry. Tired & bleery. Someone hasta 'splain it to me. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5836 "2025-06-16T01:26:10Z")
White-Blue-Red horizontal tricolor is the Russian colors. American RWB bunting always has the white in the middle like a Netherlands flag. ---
**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 16, 2025, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5837 "2025-06-16T01:28:20Z")
It also looks like someone is wearing the flag on the right. You can see a bent right “leg”. ---
**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 16, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5838 "2025-06-16T01:30:10Z")
Ohhhhh… Thx. I heard on Meidas Touch that posts and videos are circulating on Russian social media mocking the failed parade. Hehe. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5839 "2025-06-16T01:47:09Z")
Y’know, Trump supposedly got the idea from being at a Bastille Day event back in his first term. But you can’t manufacture _style_ on command overnight. France has been doing that since 1880. And Russia/USSR since the Revolution in one way or another (Revolution Day, May Day, Victory Day). ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5840 "2025-06-16T01:47:22Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > - I have to guess this translates to “Fuck Donald Trump.” It does. Foxtrot Delta Tango was a popular sign yesterday. ---
**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 16, 2025, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5841 "2025-06-16T02:08:50Z")
Also on Saturday. Another country that knows how to put on a military parade. With horses, no less. UK, Trooping the Color Now **that’s** what I’m talkin’ 'bout! [![](https://www.guidelondon.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Horse-Guards-in-Whitehall-2.jpg) ](https://www.guidelondon.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Horse-Guards-in-Whitehall-2.jpg) [![](https://www.londonworld.com/jpim-static/image/2025/06/13/14/38/Trooping-the-Colour-2025-Free-viewing-areas-for-Kings-birthday-celebrations.jpeg?width=1200&enable=upscale) ](https://www.londonworld.com/jpim-static/image/2025/06/13/14/38/Trooping-the-Colour-2025-Free-viewing-areas-for-Kings-birthday-celebrations.jpeg?width=1200&enable=upscale) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=288) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=290)