# 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:** 370
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/7442 "2025-08-18T17:52:18Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > After one of the plants asked a question about mail-in voting, I decided to get up and go defecate. That’s exactly when I turned it off. Mostly nothing but shills in the press gaggle who have been given the questions to ask so that Ol’ Stinkbomb can ramble on nonsensically about how bad his predecessors were. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/7443 "2025-08-18T17:52:25Z")
He lied about every “war” he has stopped, One per month. Joe Biden blah blah blah Mail in ballots? Is that how Biden causes the war? Could that diatribe have been any less relevant? 0.00% illegals have entered the country of late. Zelensky clearly absorbed any coaching he received. I was impressed. i’d vote for him every time that Ukraine sent me a ballot. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/7444 "2025-08-18T17:53:21Z")
If there is so much fraud in voting and in mail-in ballots in particular, how did this shitbird get elected? ---
**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:** [August 18, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/7445 "2025-08-18T17:53:43Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > Could that diatribe have been any less relevant? That exchange was scripted. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/7446 "2025-08-18T18:25:42Z")
I for one like Newsom trolling trump, and wish more Democrats would do it. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/7447 "2025-08-18T18:34:20Z")
Do I understand correctly that any assistance from the USA was selling it to NATO who in turn sold it to Ukraine? How can Putin tolerate that - even if he gets a cut? What are “NATO troops?” Just troops from NATO countries, right? Not like UN Peacekeepers. And Putin expressly forbids them from entering Ukraine? Or else what? I don’t know if Europe is at all inclined at putting boots on the ground, yet i am more sure than ever that if they did the Russians would scatter. There’s your ceasefire. ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/7448 "2025-08-18T18:38:30Z")
The word I think fits best is “enormity,” as in “Sir! Mr President Sir! I am in awe at the enormity of your intellect.” It doesn’t mean what it sounds like. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/7449 "2025-08-18T18:50:06Z")
Yes, that is a good one! What was the title of the song again? ---
**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:** [August 18, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/7450 "2025-08-18T19:03:42Z")
“Algo Personal” (_Something Personal_, as in “I got something personal against those guys”) I love that song, but I wish it wasn’t usually so on point 😔 As in, for example: “Rodeados de protocolo, comitiva y seguridad, viajan de incógnito en autos blindados a sembrar calumnias, a mentir con naturalidad, a colgar en las escuelas su retrato Se gastan más de lo que tienen en coleccionar espías, listas negras y arsenales Resulta bochornoso verles fanfarronear a ver quién es el que la tiene más grande Se arman hasta los dientes en el nombre de la paz, juegan con cosas que no tienen repuesto y la culpa es del otro si algo les sale mal Entre esos tipos y yo hay algo personal” Translating it loses some of its power but here it is: “Surrounded by protocol, entourage, and security, they travel incognito in armored cars, to spread slander, to lie naturally, to hang their portraits in schools. They spend more than they have collecting spies, blacklists, and arsenals. It’s embarrassing to see them bragging about who has it bigger. They arm themselves to the teeth in the name of peace and play with things for which there are no replacement. If something goes wrong they blame others. There’s something personal between those guys and me.” ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/7451 "2025-08-18T19:06:28Z")
Just fuck… Russian tanks are now flying American flags. [https://youtu.be/55s6na7RCf0?t=170](https://youtu.be/55s6na7RCf0?t=170) ---
**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:** [August 18, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/7452 "2025-08-18T19:09:08Z")
I’ve read it’s a captured M113. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/7453 "2025-08-18T19:09:59Z")
You gotta leave it to those Russian bastards: they are second to none at trolling. They know where it hurts. > [@Frodo](#): > > “Algo Personal” Right, that was the song! Had it on the tip of my tongue and I could not remember the title, thanks a lot! ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/7454 "2025-08-18T19:11:54Z")
To be fair, it’s nice that Putin is making it clear to the Ukrainians just which countries they are at war with. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/7455 "2025-08-18T19:12:34Z")
Wikipela always delivers or so mi family members say when asking me obscure questions 😃 ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/7456 "2025-08-18T19:16:04Z")
Yeah, the pics sure look like a M113. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/7457 "2025-08-18T19:23:04Z")
Who had to call Hitler after Yalta? ---
**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:** [August 18, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/7458 "2025-08-18T20:04:40Z")
I like how the Europeans are all thanking Trump every chance they get. Trump doesn’t know what they’re doing. [![](https://desertdemocrat.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/gary-larson-far-side-cartoon-what-we-say-to-dogs-blah-blah-ginger.jpeg) ](https://desertdemocrat.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/gary-larson-far-side-cartoon-what-we-say-to-dogs-blah-blah-ginger.jpeg) ---
**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:** [August 18, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/7459 "2025-08-18T20:10:40Z")
President Trump, **where are the Epstein files?** THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER ---
**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:** [August 18, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/7460 "2025-08-18T20:46:45Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Either he doesn’t know, which is bad enough, or he’s incapable of communicating his thoughts accurately, which is all kinds of horrible Note that the other two quotes have him not just saying he wasn’t in the US but that he was specifically going to Russia which raises… Possibility #3: He wanted to meet with Putin in Russia, but it couldn’t be done securely so rather than argue with him his handlers just told him that this was Russia. > [@Gyrate](#): > > It’s Newsom seated, surrounded by Kid Rock (left), the late Hulk Hogan (back, with unearned halo), and Tucker Carlson (far-far-right). It doesn’t make any sense It was confusing to me as well at first. But if you consider the [source](https://jonmcnaughton.com/legacy-of-hope-24x36-inch-limited-edition-giclee-canvas-print-signed-and-numbered-200/) it was mocking, that had Trump being prayed over by people who in real life would despise everything he represents, the analogy fits. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/7461 "2025-08-18T20:50:34Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > It was confusing to me as well at first given that those three are strongly right wing and so would have no love for Newsom. This is something a lot of folks don’t get. We aren’t the intended audience. Nor is anybody who is already anti-Trump. There is one and only one main target of those posts, and it’s working like a charm against him. If anybody else in that camp wavers due to the social media blitz, even better, but they’re icing, not the cake. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=369) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=371)