# 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:** 337
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6782 "2025-07-24T13:56:45Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > I hope it wasn’t a bootleg copy of Adobe. They could could get into serious trouble for that. This brought a grim smile. But given editing metadata is trivial… and they apparently did not do it - yet another incredibly stupid move by the Trump admin. I’m a software dev, I write code and I have no clearance cert of any kind, but even I am aware of this kind of risk. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6783 "2025-07-24T14:05:43Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > [@The Felon in Chief](#): > > > > “We’re gonna get the drug prices down … we’re gonna get them down 1,000%, 600%, 500%, 1,500%.” > > Wow, I’m going to go get prescribed a ton of prescription drugs, because with price drops by 1500% the money will just be rolling in! To give Trump credit, not that I want to do that, I bet someone told him that a drug price could be reduced by a factor of ten, and he parrotted back, “1000%!” It’s still mathematically illiterate, but so was Colbert. Just in different ways. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6784 "2025-07-24T14:53:50Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > He’s like the stupidest auctioneer ever. Yeah, I’d like to go to an art auction where I get paid to take some masterpiece painting off their hands–I think a Van Gogh would look good on the living room wall. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6785 "2025-07-24T15:14:44Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > No, Shipman. You and your university just abdicated autonomy to the felon. “Whattya think I am, a whore?” “We’ve already determined that. Now we’re just negotiating the price.” ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6786 "2025-07-24T15:15:31Z")
“Whores abound, what’s lacking is investors” ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6787 "2025-07-24T15:20:39Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Columbia then agreed to a [series of demands](https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-funding-trump-fa70143c715df8fd4ef337c0e1ccf872) laid out by the Republican administration, including overhauling the university’s student disciplinary process and adopting a new definition of antisemitism. Also, all Columbia students will be required to change their underwear every half hour. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6788 "2025-07-24T15:25:55Z")
I couldn’t find what the old versus the new definition of antisemitism would be. There _could_ be possible combinations of the two that would make sense to ask to be changed, but knowing Trump, the new definition of antisemitism might be “any and all condemnation of Israel, but not anything else, even if it is a Nazi reference, unless you explicitly say 'I am an anti semite” whilst doing so." ---
**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:** [July 24, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6789 "2025-07-24T15:31:32Z")
…and even then, it’s okay if you’re wearing a red ball cap or a white hood. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6790 "2025-07-24T16:08:43Z")
It’s antisemitism if your skin and your target’s hat are black enough. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6791 "2025-07-24T16:26:42Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > Also, all Columbia students will be required to change their underwear every half hour. "..in order to verify this, underwear will be worn on the outside. Furthermore, from now on the official language of Columbia University will be Swedish." ---
**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:** [July 24, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6792 "2025-07-24T17:16:15Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > Also, all Columbia students will be required to change their underwear every half hour. Which will, henceforth, be known as a Q.Q.Switcheroo. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6793 "2025-07-24T17:24:25Z")
Not a BVD Switcheroo? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6794 "2025-07-24T18:40:40Z")
I haven’t watched an episode of South Park in years, but I might have to check this one out! > **['South Park' Airs Deepfake of Naked Donald Trump in Most Ruthless Reaction to...](https://apple.news/AsnFMp5jiRa6j-8bO9xU06g)** > > The satirical animated series, which just secured a $1.5 billion streaming deal with Paramount, kicked off its 27th season on Wednesday by taking some shocking shots at Trump and his recent media lawsuits ---
**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:** [July 24, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6795 "2025-07-24T18:57:31Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Yeah, I’d like to go to an art auction where I get paid to take some masterpiece painting off their hands Then donate it back, and “buy” it again, real-life infinite money glitch! ---
**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:** [July 24, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6796 "2025-07-24T19:08:34Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I haven’t watched an episode of South Park in years Ne neither. (Had the misfortune of SWMBO watching ‘Human Centipede’ with me.) I’ve got _Sermon On The 'Mount_ on right now. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6797 "2025-07-24T19:18:20Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I haven’t watched an episode of South Park in years, but I might have to check this one out! I watched it, and it was hilarious. It starts out with Cartman being upset that NPR has been taken off the air. “It was that funny show where all the Jews and lesbians whine and complain about stuff!” And then Cartman tries to kill himself (and take Butters with him, of course) because woke is dead and everyone can make fun of Jews and gay people now, so he’s not special anymore. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2025, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6798 "2025-07-24T23:41:03Z")
And how do you think the master dealmaker made out with the return of US citizens from imprisonment in Venezuela? [He killed it.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/u-took-convicted-murderer-part-201742689.html) > [@](#): > > ​​The State Department is not commenting on why a man convicted of murdering three people in Madrid was among the 10 U.S. citizens Venezuela released last week as part of a [prisoner exchange](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/men-trump-administration-sent-el-salvadors-cecot-prison-exchanged-pris-rcna219643). > > Dahud Hanid Ortiz, a U.S. veteran who served in Iraq, was convicted in absentia in Spain of killing two Cuban women and an Ecuadorian man in 2016. > > Ortiz, who is a Venezuelan-born U.S. citizen, fled to the South American country after committing the crime. Venezuela’s government [rejected](https://elpais.com/ccaa/2019/05/06/madrid/1557166949_283376.html) Spain’s extradition request because its constitution does not allow the extradition of its citizens. Instead, Ortiz was tried in Venezuela. > > A State Department spokesperson wrote in an emailed statement to NBC News that “the United States had the opportunity to secure the release of all Americans detained in Venezuela, many of whom reported being subjected to torture and other harsh conditions. For privacy reasons, I won’t get into the details of any specific case.” > > The Venezuelan government last week released the 10 Americans, along with Venezuelan political prisoners, in exchange for more than 250 Venezuelan migrants the Trump administration had sent to a notorious megaprison in El Salvador in March. The three-country deal involved the governments of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, Nayib Bukele in El Salvador and President Donald Trump. & > [@](#): > > Ortiz was awarded a Purple Heart and was dishonorably discharged after making a false official statement and larceny, among [other charges](https://app.midpage.ai/document/united-states-v-first-lieutenant-2813222?refG=true). That last link quoted above deserves your perusal also. Quick summary: he was a problem soldier as enlisted, committed fraud to get commissioned, and then committed more fraud to get money from the government. Isn’t this the kind of person the felon is purportedly trying to _send to_ Venezuela? [I think I know what the next three countries for the felon’s concentration camps will be.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/u-issues-not-travel-advisories-202733588.html) > [@](#): > > Summer marks one of the busiest times of the year for international travel, allowing millions of Americans to embark on first-class vacations with their families. > > As the summer season continues on, however, the U.S. State Department has released revised travel warnings for three different countries, advising American civilians against venturing to these respective destinations. > > In particular, Haiti, Iraq and Libya were all outfitted with a Level 4 travel warning – the highest advisory level the State Department uses for their international travel advisories. [Anyone remember freedom of the press? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/trump-white-house-says-view-175236535.html) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump alluded that the next show to be canceled would be ABC’s hit daytime talk show “The View.” The commander-in-chief’s supposed threat comes after co-host Joy Behar said Trump is “jealous” of former President Barack Obama. > > In a statement to Entertainment Weekly, which was in response to Behar’s remarks, Trump said that “The View” would be the next show to be “pulled off the air.” The White House issued the response via White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers, who added that “Joy Behar is an irrelevant loser suffering from a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome” while also claiming that “The View” has “hit the lowest ratings” over the past few years. [Anyone remember the courts are a separate and co-equal branch of government? The felon doesn’t.](https://www.aol.com/trump-signs-order-making-easier-201201310.html) (The **bolding** is mine.) > [@](#): > > _Washington_ — President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order making it easier for cities and states to remove homeless people [from the streets](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-homelessness-response-forced-treatment/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17) and get them treatment elsewhere. > > The president’s order asks Attorney General Pam Bondi to **"reverse judicial precedents and end consent decrees that limit state and local governments’ ability** to commit individuals on the streets who are a risk to themselves or others," according to a White House fact sheet. It also commits federal funding to move people on the streets who are “causing public disorder and that are suffering from serious mental illness or addiction” to “treatment centers, assisted outpatient treatment, or other facilities.” Oh, yeah. And fuck the whole idea of separation of state and federal powers. This is, without a doubt, turning into a raging dictatorship, emphasis on the raging. [Daman, Ivana must’ve taken him to the cleaners.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/homeland-security-urges-americans-report-013311289.html) > [@](#): > > The [Department of Homeland Security](https://www.yahoo.com/news/eyebrow-raising-22-old-named-195117384.html) is encouraging Americans to report abusive ex-partners to immigration officials, touting the case of an individual who went “from domestic abuser to deported loser.” > > The comments, shared in a [post on X](https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1947708478757183898)featuring a link to the [Immigration and Customs Enforcement](https://www.yahoo.com/news/ice-barbie-gets-challenger-ag-203622776.html) tip line, were in response to a previous post from Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier. > > The Florida official, an outspoken backer of [the Trump administration’s](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-administration-pauses-student-loan-211635598.html) immigration agenda and the force behind the state’s now-infamous “[Alligator Alcatraz](https://www.yahoo.com/news/concentration-camp-everything-know-trump-174858578.html)” [migrant detention center](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/brutal-video-reveals-makeshift-ice-170648992.html), described taking a tip about an abusive individual who overstayed their visa and steering the accused toward deportation. > > “We recently got a tip from someone whose abusive ex overstayed a tourism visa. He is now cued up for deportation,” Uthmeier wrote. “If your ex is in this country illegally, please feel free to reach out to our office. We’d be happy to assist.” [See? See? The felon is _saving_ government money!](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/army-reveals-real-cost-trump-232732980.html) > [@](#): > > The controversial [Army parade through Washington](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-military-parade-feared-stuff-025312919.html), D.C., in June that coincided with [Donald Trump](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/doj-told-trump-name-among-192650084.html)’s birthday cost the service branch $30 million, it announced on Wednesday. > > “I can confirm the total for [the Army](https://www.yahoo.com/news/army-reveals-scale-damage-done-130929387.html) festival and parade cost approximately $30 million,” an Army spokesperson [told](https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5416554-army-parade-250th-anniversary/) The Hill. > > The event, marking the 250th anniversary of the Army, was projected to cost between $25 million and $45 million, not accounting for the cost of police and street repairs tied to the event [And finally, the felon gets another smackdown in court.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/federal-judge-tosses-trump-administration-164537329.html) > [@](#): > > A Trump-appointed federal judge tossed a suit brought by the administration in a preemptive move to strip collective bargaining rights from federal employees. > > The Trump administration brought the suit in the one-judge district in Texas shortly after signing an order seeking to [end union rights](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-moves-end-union-014317168.html) at 18 different federal agencies. > > The suit [sought a declaratory judgment](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-turns-one-judge-back-162819944.html) from a Waco, Texas, court that the White House has “the power to rescind or repudiate” collective bargaining agreements across numerous agencies. > > But U.S. District Court Judge Alan Albright [declined to do so](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1172831290/gov.uscourts.txwd.1172831290.72.0.pdf), siding with unions in determining that the plaintiff agencies did not have standing to bring the suit and dismissing the suit. > > “Plaintiffs ask this Court to do something it should not and cannot do: issue a declaratory judgment pre-approving the acts of executive agencies absent a legally cognizable injury-in-fact,” Albright wrote in the Wednesday ruling. > > “This Court is unable to identify a single instance in which a federal court has exercised jurisdiction over agencies seeking a pre-enforcement declaratory judgment approving their desired future course of conduct.” > > Albright further wrote that doing so “could open a Pandora’s Box of encouraging the Executive Branch to seek the Judiciary’s blessing for every Executive Order prior to implementation.” ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6799 "2025-07-25T01:02:52Z")
Okay, **fuck** _ **this** _ **shit.** Trump has signed an executive order looking to criminalize homelessness nationwide and force mentally ill people into long-term institutionilization. > **[ACLU Condemns Trump Executive Order Targeting Disabled and Unhoused People |...](https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-condemns-trump-executive-order-targeting-disabled-and-unhoused-people?fbclid=IwY2xjawLvtR5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHlvIxFr2CmzyxF6giGC2KqDOrI7DOMwZU7384BbxPQnVAVbCysffRSAm-jkA_aem_5Gjozy-yTJB40n-LMRhWXw)** > > WASHINGTON – President Trump signed an executive order today directing states to criminalize unhoused people and institutionalize people with mental... ---
**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:** [July 25, 2025, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6800 "2025-07-25T02:00:37Z")
That is the one I talked about in regards to our country no longer having separation of powers between federal and state governments. Also, remember how one of the pubbies’ favorite presidents increased homelessness? These poor souls might be put in mental care institutes, but that is certainly not going to last. The key word, of course, is _elsewhere_. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6801 "2025-07-25T02:03:37Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > force mentally ill people into long-term institutionilization The good news is that Medicaid will be there for them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=336) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=338)