# 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:** 294
**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 17, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5922 "2025-06-17T17:53:58Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Do we have any indication of how Trump feels about his parade’s poor attendance and imprecision in marching? His Nibs is pretty urinated. He blames the soldiers for waving and ‘having a good time.’ He ‘reamed out’ Hegseth because the _The tone was all wrong. Why was the tone wrong? Who staged this?_ > **[Trump “Reamed Out” Pete Hegseth for Disastrous Military Parade](https://newrepublic.com/post/196904/donald-trump-pete-hegseth-disastrous-military-parade)** > > Donald Trump’s much-hyped birthday parade was a huge flop. ---
**Author:** ![RAWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@RAWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWDuke)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5923 "2025-06-17T18:40:54Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Why was the tone wrong? Who staged this? Was this the same people who organized the Four Seasons press conference? Probably not the same people, but they did get the “tone” right! ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5924 "2025-06-17T19:20:24Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > I’m pretty sure that’s not a picture from the parade. Just some photo they found to make Trump feel good. And convince MAGAs that it wasn’t a bust. It would have been pretty funny if they had used a pic of Obama’s inauguration. It’s summer time, so I’m wondering if it’s a 4th of July crowd\*. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > His Nibs is pretty urinated. He blames the soldiers for waving and ‘having a good time.’ He ‘reamed out’ Hegseth because the _The tone was all wrong. Why was the tone wrong? Who staged this?_ I saw one commentator (maybe Michael Wolff) speculate that Trump wanted the parade to project intimidation to the world (and domestically, I’m sure) like the Soviet Union parades of old even though it was “supposed” to be a celebration of the Army’s anniversary. \*[Tourists and locals celebrate July 4 at DC’s vibrant Independence Day Parade](https://www.fox5dc.com/news/tourists-locals-celebrate-july-4th-dcs-vibrant-independence-day-parade) > **WASHINGTON** - D.C.’s Independence Day parade drew hundreds of thousands of spectators who took part in the annual event. > > The parade started at 11:45 a.m. Thursday on Constitution Avenue, stretching about a mile between 7th and 17th Streets NW. Bands, floats, and other performers were among the parade participants. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5925 "2025-06-17T19:43:19Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > All the doomsayers here (and elsewhere) always say the military is 100+% MAGA, supporting everything Dear Leader says. My limited experience with active and recently serving is more like 50-60%. But I have no idea what reality is. My job brings me into routine contact with retired officers from the army and the navy (they are uniquely trained for a sub-part of the field) who are now in their second civilian career. And my experience is they are no more MAGA than the rest of the population. And while I have no such experience with the enlisted folks, the over-representation of minority groups makes me think they aren’t by any means a monolith. As for marching, what he wanted was the N. Korean goosestepping. Which I’m sure they practice constantly, and we do not. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5926 "2025-06-17T21:16:09Z")
In my experience, nobody does malicious compliance better than the military. ---
**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 17, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5927 "2025-06-17T21:49:55Z")
According to the Elder Ottlet, Four Seasons posted that the parede could have been held in their parking lot (apparently they’ve been trolling the Orange Peril ever since the “press conference”). ---
**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 17, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5928 "2025-06-17T23:08:27Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Four Seasons posted that the parede could have been held in their parking lot It could have been held in a tweet. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5929 "2025-06-17T23:31:42Z")
I’m sure Donald will want a puhrade like that for every birthday, now. _“What? That was the Army’s 250th?.. Anyone phoned in McD’s yet?”_ EDIT: Dicsourse! I typed in three periods! For the usual ellipses! EDIT II: keeping that typo ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5930 "2025-06-17T23:32:57Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > His Nibs is pretty urinated. He blames the soldiers for waving and ‘having a good time.’ He ‘reamed out’ Hegseth because the _The tone was all wrong. Why was the tone wrong? Who staged this?_ Oh no. We’re going to have to do this again next year. And it’s going to be worse. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5931 "2025-06-18T00:02:10Z")
Vetted as well as the DOGE basement boys. Where’s ICE? > **['Baseless gossip!' White House attacks report on Trump aide's dubious vetting](https://www.rawstory.com/sergio-gor-2672386323/)** > > The Trump administration official tasked with vetting thousands of staffers hasn't been fully vetted himself, according to three insiders.Three administration sources told the New York Post that Sergio Gor, the director of presidential personnel, has... - The Trump administration official tasked with vetting thousands of staffers hasn’t been fully vetted himself, according to three insiders. - The 38-year-old Gor claims to be from Malta, although an official there could not confirm that he was even when provided with an exact birthdate, and **Gor declined to tell the outlet where he was born, except specifying it wasn’t Russia.** bolding mine ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5932 "2025-06-18T00:10:48Z")
I’m guessing you’re single. 😉 ---
**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 18, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5933 "2025-06-18T00:22:24Z")
[The failing felon’s latest grift is already off to yet another failing failure.](https://www.aol.com/trump-mobile-pulls-coverage-map-160658726.html) > [@](#): > > (Reuters) -Just hours into Trump Mobile’s Monday launch touting American-made smartphones, the venture pulled its coverage map after sharp-eyed users noticed a curious detail: the body of water south of Texas was labeled as the Gulf of Mexico instead of the Trump-preferred name, Gulf of America. > > The name of the international body of water has been a hot-button issue after President Donald Trump signed an executive order early in his second term, renaming it the Gulf of America, a name other countries reject. He has since barred the Associated Press news agency from certain White House events, triggering a lawsuit, as AP continues to use the international name, Gulf of Mexico. > > The Trump family licensed its name to the U.S. mobile service, the latest venture aiming to cash in on the president’s political and cultural influence. A Reuters review of the website’s code shows Trump Mobile appears to have used T-Mobile’s network data for its coverage map. The telecom operator’s coverage map labels the body of water as the Gulf of Mexico. > > The map stirred up chatter across social media before being removed, with numerous users posting screenshots of the old map. As of late morning on Tuesday, a link to Trump Mobile’s coverage map returned an error, saying the page could not be found. I know this is being discussed in another thread, but it still fits here: [The felon in time of tragedy shows humanity, compassion, and concern. OF COURSE NOT! He goes on a tirade.](https://www.aol.com/trump-says-wont-call-minnesota-114745339.html) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON (AP) — President [Donald Trump](https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump) on Tuesday ruled out calling Minnesota Gov. [Tim Walz](https://apnews.com/hub/tim-walz) after [the targeted shootings of two state lawmakers](https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-lawmakers-shooting-dozens-targeted-d3d7866c09765fac088e6418e49ad811), saying that to do so would “waste time.” > > A spokesperson for Walz said the governor wishes Trump “would be a President for all Americans.” > > One lawmaker and her husband were killed, and the second legislator and his wife sustained serious injuries in the shootings early Saturday. A suspect surrendered to police on Sunday. > > The Republican president spoke to reporters early Tuesday aboard Air Force One as he flew back to Washington after [abruptly leaving an international summit](https://apnews.com/article/trump-g7-carney-canada-trade-iran-75c17fffe96c9031d8ebb22af923d86c) in Canada because of rising tensions in the Middle East between [Israel and Iran](https://apnews.com/article/israel-iran-missile-attacks-nuclear-news-tehran-trump-06-17-2025-3f08988b5e8fd375645967b6e22916f3). Asked if he had called Walz yet, Trump said the Democratic governor is “slick” and “whacked out” and, “I’m not calling him.” & > [@](#): > > “I don’t really call him. He’s slick — he appointed this guy to a position," Trump said. "I think the governor of Minnesota is so whacked out. I’m not calling him. why would I call him? > > “I could call him and say, ‘Hi, how you doing?’” Trump continued. “The guy doesn’t have a clue. He’s a, he’s a mess. So, you know, I could be nice and call him but why waste time?” I posted this comment on that article: _What do you know? Trump got one right finally. Yes, Trump; you are, in fact, a waste of time._ ---
**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 18, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5934 "2025-06-18T02:29:33Z")
The “Appeal to Heaven” flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week. > **[Far-Right ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Flag Seen at January 6 Riot Flown Above...](https://www.wired.com/story/far-right-appeal-to-heaven-flag-sba-government-agency-dc/)** > > The “Appeal to Heaven” flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week. ---
**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 18, 2025, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5935 "2025-06-18T02:31:54Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > The “Appeal to Heaven” flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week. That is absolutely unconstitutional. But what isn’t with the felon and his co-conspirators in office? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5936 "2025-06-18T03:55:21Z")
It’s a historic American flag that, before a few years ago, signaled no conservative message whatsoever. I remember it being pictured on a U.S. postage stamp and on Boy Scout pins back in the day. Although I deeply regret the pro-Trump, pro-Jan. 6 rioter, Alitoesque stink with which it is now imbued, it is not “absolutely unconstitutional.” ---
**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 18, 2025, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5937 "2025-06-18T04:44:19Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > but in front of the reviewing stand? That’s a definite no-go. It’s not like there were any real dignitaries up there. ---
**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 18, 2025, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5938 "2025-06-18T05:16:01Z")
[One of the felon’s co-conspirators has finally been found in contempt of court.](https://www.aol.com/news/judge-finds-florida-attorney-general-235138211.html) (Yes, I include DeSantis as one of them.) > [@](#): > > A federal judge found Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier in civil contempt Tuesday after he snubbed a court order in a high-profile [immigration case](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/trumps-presence-looms-large-florida-gop-passes-immigration-deal-weeks-rcna192081) and then boasted about it in interviews. > > U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams wrote that Uthmeier offered “a series of implausible interpretations of the language he used” to argue he was complying with the order and that those interpretations were not believable. > > “Litigants cannot change the plain meaning of words as it suits them, especially when conveying a court’s clear and unambiguous order,” [Williams wrote](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.686918/gov.uscourts.flsd.686918.96.0.pdf), ordering Uthmeier to file biweekly reports showing he’s complying with her order or risk further court actions. [Didn’t the felon brag about getting us out of wars?](https://www.aol.com/pentagon-sends-warplanes-aircraft-carrier-161312580.html) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON – The Pentagon has shifted warplanes and an aircraft carrier to the Middle East as [the conflict between Israel and Iran](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-urges-everyone-tehran-evacuate-003913716.html) continues to rage, but the moves have been defensive in nature as the U.S. observes rather than participates in [Israel’s punishing air campaign](https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/06/16/israel-iran-nuclear-sites-map-before-after/84226882007/), according to U.S. officials. > > The moves by the U.S. military have been made with an eye toward protecting American troops stationed in the Middle East, a senior Defense official said. There are about 40,000 U.S. service members there. > > “We are postured defensively in the region to be strong, in pursuit of a peace deal,” Defense Secretary [Pete Hegseth](https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/pete-hegseth/) [told](https://x.com/DODResponse/status/1934774185420570688) Fox News in a June 16 interview. > > The Pentagon has not been involved in Israel’s offensive strikes on Israel, according to a second U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly. Iran has been warned that any strike on U.S. troops will be met with a strong response. That official characterized the movement of additional forces to the region as a show of force. > > There have been indications that U.S. troops have been targeted at times by Iran but no attacks have followed, the official said. [But, hey, let’s send more troops to Los Angeles.](https://www.aol.com/2-000-more-national-guard-012700734.html) (The **bolding** and _italicizing_ are mine.) > [@](#): > > Another 2,000 California National Guard troops are being deployed to the Los Angeles area, the Defense Department announced Tuesday. It comes amid the Trump administration’s ongoing immigration crackdown in the region, which has sparked a series of at times contentious protests in downtown L.A. over the past few weeks. > > U.S. Northern Command said in a statement that the troops were being activated under the Title 10 law, which President Trump previously invoked when he first announced on June 7 that he [was deploying National Guard troops](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/los-angeles-immigration-protests-surprise-ice-operation/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17) to L.A. in response to the demonstrations. > > The soldiers will “support the protection of federal functions, personnel, and property in the greater Los Angeles area,” USNORTHCOM said in a statement. > > USNORTHCOM later updated its statement to reflect that the 2,000 National Guard troops set to be activated [had already been](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-mobilizing-2000-more-national-guard-troops-for-los-angeles-protests/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17) announced last week and were not in addition to those numbers. They will join about 2,100 National Guard soldiers and [700 Marines](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marines-high-alert-deploy-los-angeles-ice-protests/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17) who are already deployed in L.A. > > **The decision to activate them was at the direction of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, officials said. _USNORTHCOM did not elaborate on what prompted Hegseth to expand the troop count in L.A_.** [Former interpreter for the US Army arrested at asylum hearing](https://www.yahoo.com/news/ice-detains-u-army-interpreter-164420726.html) > [@](#): > > ICE agents arrested a former interpreter for the U.S. Army after he attended his asylum hearing in San Diego. > > The man, who reportedly risked his life to aid American troops in Afghanistan for three years, was placed in handcuffs by a pair of immigration officers who concealed their faces with neck gaiters. > > His arrest was captured on camera, with the agents moving to cuff him as soon as he walked out of a hearing on the fourth floor of a downtown courthouse, the [_Times of San Diego_](https://timesofsandiego.com/military/2025/06/12/afghani-who-aided-u-s-army-detained-by-ice-in-san-diego-immigration-court/) reported\*.\* > > “Yeah, get him,” one agent says to another. “Take him. Go ahead, take him.” > > The former interpreter appeared shocked by what was playing out. > > “I came here to make a better life,” the man pleaded in the clip. “I didn’t know that this would happen… I worked with the U.S. military. I worked in a very dangerous part of Afghanistan with the U.S. military.” > > Attorney Brian McGoldrick asked that his client’s name be kept anonymous because he will likely face persecution by the Taliban if he is ultimately deported to Afghanistan. McGoldrick told the _Times_ that the man was a translator for American troops but also assisted the U.S. Army logistically on the ground in a war zone. Robin Williams had a line in one episode of _Mork and Mindy_: "No, I mean Catch 44; it’s like Catch 22, but twice as bad.\* The felon has now created Catch 47. He’s intnetionally creating revoked status for people who are lawfully in the United States. Then the magaflatearthers are frothing at the mouth, orgiastically calling for severe punishment for those people. [And how does Papa Putin thank the felon when said felon brags about how close they are?](https://www.yahoo.com/news/putin-humiliates-trump-massive-strike-102431214.html) Yep. He kills a bunch of innocent people, _including an American citizen_. > [@](#): > > An American citizen was among 15 people killed in Russian strikes on Kyiv overnight, hours after President Trump bragged about his relationship with Vladimir Putin. > > President Donald Trump urged world leaders at the G7 summit in Canada on Monday to allow Russia [back into the major power grouping](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-whines-bff-putin-isn-180816977.html), from which it was expelled in 2014 after its invasion of Ukrainian Crimea. > > Hours later, Putin launched what was [reportedly](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/06/17/ukraine-russia-kyiv-missile-drone-strikes/) the most lethal attack on the Ukrainian capital so far this year. Around 175 drones, 14 cruise missiles, and at least two ballistic missiles struck residential areas in and around the city overnight, Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, wrote on [Telegram](https://t.me/tkachenkotymur/1307). [Anyone remember asbestos? The felon must like it!](https://www.yahoo.com/news/cancer-causing-asbestos-regulated-decades-175151876.html) (The **bolding** is mine. > [@](#): > > [The Environmental Protection Agency](https://www.yahoo.com/news/epa-warns-more-1-100-173933692.html) is reconsidering a ban on the [last type of asbestos still used in the U.S. -](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/epa-ap-united-states-washington-americans-b2514478.html)a mineral that has been tied to cancer and heavily regulated for decades. > > **Now, the Trump administration is looking at reconsidering a Biden-era rule that eliminated the last kind of asbestos allowed in the U.S.** > > “EPA leadership has reviewed the Asbestos Rule and now intends to reconsider the Rule through notice-and-comment rule-making,” the EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention Deputy Assistant Administrator Lynn Ann Dekleva said. The part I **bolded** above is the only relevant fact for this herd of incompetents. Biden was for the ban; therefore, the ban is bad. How bad is it? It’s Biden bad! [The felon’s foot still fits in his big mouth.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-family-magaphones-already-hit-133919162.html) > [@](#): > > A new line of smartphones,[produced by the Trump Organization for “real Americans,”](https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/donald-trump-mobile-smartphone-t1-b2770948.html) may have already hit a snag – it is almost impossible for them to be [made in the U.S](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/work-donald-trump-keir-starmer-network-rail-government-b2771371.html). > > The MAGAphones are a self-branded [smartphone](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/smartphone) and mobile service, though experts have pointed out that to reach the advertised price point of $499, some (if not the majority) of the component parts will likely have to be manufactured abroad – at least initially. Explain something to me. How does one manage to trip over one’s own dinky dick while having one’s foot constantly and continuously in one’s own mouth? [The “I love Me” parade the felon threw is over but it still managed to kill someone.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/truck-carrying-tank-trump-parade-225833425.html) > [@](#): > > A truck hauling an Army tank from President Donald Trump’s [sparsely attended military parade](https://www.yahoo.com/news/rain-forces-trump-rush-79th-011734912.html) fatally struck a woman in Washington, D.C. on Monday night. > > The accident occurred when an M1 Abrams tank that had participated in Saturday’s parade was being transported from a staging area next to the Lincoln Memorial to a rail yard in Maryland as part of a larger convoy, [_USA Today_](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/17/army-tank-kills-dc-pedestrian-birthday-parade/84246151007/) reported, citing an internal Army document. > > The woman was reportedly alone when she died. No military personnel were involved in the accident and the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department found no evidence of criminal intent or negligence on the part of the truck driver in a preliminary investigation, according to _USA Today_ . ---
**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 18, 2025, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5939 "2025-06-18T06:32:46Z")
Cats and dogs living together - mass hysteria! Ok. Just two of the worst people you know fighting. > ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5940 "2025-06-18T07:08:42Z")
Married 27 years next week. We’re both veterans. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/5941 "2025-06-18T07:52:24Z")
Is there an American politician with a more singularly repellent vibe than Ted Cruz? I’m not saying Trump and his ilk aren’t also off-putting, but Cruz is repulsive and stomach-churning on another level. He’s like a cerambycid larva rolled in dog hair. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=293) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=295)