# 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:** 405
**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:** [September 21, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8142 "2025-09-21T02:02:09Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I haven’t seen _Fast Times At Ridgemont High_, either. Nor I. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8143 "2025-09-21T02:14:22Z")
I lived it. Fer sure. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8144 "2025-09-21T02:26:07Z")
Since surely no one goes hungry anymore since Trump took office, Trump has canceled the annual hunger survey. > **[After cuts to food stamps, Trump administration ends government's annual...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/cuts-food-stamps-trump-administration-220107764.html)** > > The Trump administration is ending the federal government's annual report on hunger in America, stating that it had become “overly politicized” and “rife with inaccuracies.” The decision comes two and a half months after President Donald Trump... ---
**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:** [September 21, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8145 "2025-09-21T02:44:00Z")
That’s what he wanted to do with COVID, after all. If you don’t test, the numbers don’t go up. If you don’t check who is going hungry, the number of hungry don’t go up. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2025, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8146 "2025-09-21T02:45:44Z")
He might be right this time. But only if the hungry people die off fast enough. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2025, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8147 "2025-09-21T10:16:15Z")
[The felon is confused.](https://www.aol.com/articles/white-house-names-acting-u-224755280.html) > [@](#): > > President Trump said Saturday that he would be nominating senior White House aide Lindsey Halligan to serve as the top federal prosecutor for the Virginia office that was thrown into turmoil [when its U.S. attorney, Erik Siebert, abruptly left](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/acting-us-attorney-virginia-letitia-james/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17) on Friday. > > In a social media post just after he departed the White House for an event at Mount Vernon, Mr. Trump [wrote he would be](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115239306164275142?ftag=YHF4eb9d17) nominating Halligan as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, writing that she “will be Fair, Smart, and will provide, desperately needed, JUSTICE FOR ALL!” > > Mr. Trump’s selection of Halligan came just hours after another conservative lawyer, Mary “Maggie” Cleary, said in an email to staff that was obtained by CBS News that she had been named acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. > > “While this appointment was unexpected, I am humbled to be joining your ranks,” Cleary told employees in the email. “The Eastern District of Virginia has a distinguished legacy upon which we will build.” > > CBS News has reached out to the White House for clarification on whether Cleary or Halligan will be leading the Eastern District of Virginia while Halligan’s Senate nomination process plays out. [And he’s going to deport someone he shouldn’t again.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-appeals-court-orders-deportation-175650649.html) > [@](#): > > The imprisoned journalist Mario Guevara is facing imminent deportation after an immigration appeals court closed the case and ordered his removal. > > Lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) say the El Salvador native could be put on a plane at any moment, despite an immigration judge’s initial order to grant his release on bond and a clear legal path to residency. His attorney said they were filing an emergency petition seeking relief. > > Local police in suburban Atlanta arrested Guevara at a “No Kings Day” protest in June on charges of failing to disperse and standing in the roadway. While those charges, and other unrelated traffic charges laid later, were dropped almost immediately, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) has held him in detention while seeking his deportation. The Committee to Protect Journalists noted that his detention and potential deportation was a result of his reporting on immigration and he had been detained in direct retaliation for his reporting. > > Guevara has been in the US for more than 20 years. While his petition for asylum was rejected in 2012, his deportation was administratively closed in an appeal, and he has both a work permit and a pending application for a green card, his attorney Giovanni Diaz said. [The real king ordered his staff to treat the dictator like a king.](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/king-charles-order-donald-trump-111812732.html) > [@](#): > > Rob Shuter [#ShuterScoop](https://robshuter.substack.com/i/173889425/exclusive-king-charles-told-court-to-treat-trump-like-a-king-for-a-day) exclusively learned that about the staff’s reaction to King Charles’ instructions for President Donald Trump’s state visit. The monarch had reportedly urged aides to treat their guest “like a king for a day” in a special gesture. A source claimed that he knew how much “Trump loves the optics,” including the extravagant “carriages, the trumpets, the red carpets.” > > Therefore, the king seemingly ensured the president enjoyed the full royal experience. The insider alleged that he had ordered his staff to make the politician “feel like he’s king for a day,” reasoning that it was “the best way to keep him happy.” Moreover, the crown bearer’s move was apparently strategic and logical, rather than sentimental. [The felon’s war on education is chasing Americans out of the country.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/u-students-turn-international-colleges-140010100.html) > [@](#): > > Genevieve Smith spent her summer compiling an application to study at a university in the Netherlands – a vague goal now solidified, she says, due to rising costs and political turmoil in the U.S. The California-based student spent two years studying at Santa Rosa Junior College after graduating high school, all the while plotting her next steps to complete her higher education. > > At the top of her list was affordability. The 19-year-old said she had initially considered attending UC Santa Cruz, but after reviewing the costs and not exactly knowing what she wanted to do, she decided to live at home, study and save money. After the 2024 election, she said, she began to worry about her safety and that of her friends in the U.S. > > She decided to leap. Smith searched for four-year colleges abroad and then, after narrowing her career focus to international law, she decided to study in Europe. She said she’s preparing applications for programs in Leiden University at The Hague and Utrecht University in Utrecht. > > “I feel as though going overseas, I can make a bigger difference,” she said, adding that she wants to use an international perspective as a lawyer to combat future potential harms. > > Political landscape shifts interest in colleges abroad > > Smith joins a growing number of American students applying to colleges in Europe, the United Kingdom, Asia and beyond amid rising costs and political turmoil at U.S. universities. > > Data collected by the International Institute of Education show a steady rise in U.S. students studying abroad over the past five years – from about 50,000 students in 2019 to more than 90,000 in 2024, the last year their numbers were available. > > The rise can be attributed mostly to costs, experts say, but also to the political landscape. Campuses across the country have been rocked by protests. Thousands of international student visas have [been canceled](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/student-visas-revoked-state-department/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17), and universities and the Trump administration have been embroiled in litigation. [Seth Meyers is not cowering to the felon.](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/seth-meyers-takes-trump-president-214115120.html) > [@](#): > > [Seth Meyers](https://ew.com/person/seth-meyers/) isn’t letting [Donald Trump](https://ew.com/person/donald-trump)’s calls for his firing faze him. > > During the [_Late Night_](https://ew.com/late-night-with-seth-meyers/) host’s Thursday episode, Meyers addressed Trump’s continued attacks on him via social media, as well as [Jimmy Kimmel](https://ew.com/person/jimmy-kimmel/)’s recent [indefinite suspension from ABC](https://ew.com/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-live-from-air-indefinitely-charlie-kirk-comments-11812433). > > “Donald Trump is on his way back from a trip to the United Kingdom, where he was met with protests, while back here at home, his administration is pursuing a crackdown on free speech,” Meyers began his monologue. > > Jokingly pretending to cave to the Trump administration’s crackdown on free speech, Meyers quipped, "And completely unrelated — I just want to say before we get started here that I’ve always admired and respected Mr. Trump. I’ve always believed he was a visionary, an innovator, a great president, an even better golfer. > > “And if you’ve ever seen me say anything negative about him, that’s just AI,” the comedian joked. “I have been told there are some clips of me on the internet making jokes about him from a few years back. Those are obviously deepfakes. I mean, come on, does that look like me? That’s clearly teen Sheldon.” > > Meyers proved that his sharp critique of the Trump administration won’t change out of fear of retaliation with his signature “Closer Look” segment, during which the former _Saturday Night Live_ cast member declared, “Trump promised to end government censorship and bring back free speech and he’s doing the opposite.” > > Meyers took a more serious tone when addressing Kimmel’s suspension — which began on Wednesday following pressure from FCC chair Brendan Carr and [ABC affiliate groups](https://ew.com/sinclair-demands-jimmy-kimmel-stay-off-air-until-he-apologizes-pays-charlie-kirk-family-11813316) who objected to the comedian’s comments about conservative pundit Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer, Tyler Robinson. > > “It is a privilege and an honor to call Jimmy Kimmel my friend,” Meyers began. “In the same way that it’s a privilege and honor to do this show every night. I wake up every day, I count my blessings that I live in a country that at least purports to value freedom of speech.” And finally, [the felon fucking tells the truth for once](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/donald-trump-wishes-air-force-194218473.html). > [@](#): > > President [Donald Trump](https://people.com/tag/donald-trump/) lobbed a thinly veiled insult at a group of reporters during their transatlantic flight. > > On Thursday, Sept. 18, the president addressed journalists on Air Force One while returning to Washington, D.C., after his state visit in the United Kingdom. > > He concluded his remarks by telling reporters he hoped they’d have a safe flight back to the United States — because safe travels for them meant safe travels for him. > > “Fly safely. You know why I say that? Because I’m on the flight,” Trump, 79, said. “Otherwise I wouldn’t care.” ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8148 "2025-09-21T10:48:41Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > “Otherwise I wouldn’t care.” Some day soon somebody with nothing to lose is going to do something epic. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8149 "2025-09-21T12:24:20Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > And there is a brief Jamie Lee Curtis topless scene that is inspiring. Umm. Yes, that’s a nice way to put it. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > P.S. There are plenty of places on the interwebs that will explain the monetary mechanics of the ending. If you understand it the first time you see the movie, you are a better/smarter person than I am. Yeah. I actually traded commodities for a short period. It’s scary as hell. You can lose MORE than you invest. Also went to CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade). You can overlook the trading floor. It’s crazy. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2025, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8150 "2025-09-21T12:34:30Z")
Is he inviting Venezuela to send its own cops to the US, to roam about trying to find and capture every Venezuelan who is in the US illegally? I’m sure that would go down well with the MAGA types. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2025, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8151 "2025-09-21T12:37:03Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > > the Department of Labor around $6,000 Oh, someone there is going to get fired for being insufficiently patriotic! You have to make sure your banner cost more than the last guy’s banner, that’s just common sense! ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8152 "2025-09-21T12:54:00Z")
Blatant acts like this one (Homan’s bribery and the ensuing cover up) really make me nervous. The criminality of this administration is going to make it loathe to surrender power in elections to come, power that keeps many of the key players out of prison. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8153 "2025-09-21T13:52:46Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Fuck me! He’s openly stating he wants to put troops close to China to attack China’s nuclear weapons facilities. You think the People’s Liberation Army gets bent out of shape when foreign troops simply sail through seas China claims? Wait until there are American soldiers in a neighboring country, said soldiers _whose fucking declared purpose in being there is to fucking attack China_. You don’t think it’s a _bit_ heavy-handed to deny Donald Trump his very own personal [**Cuban Missile Crisis**](https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/cuban-missile-crisis)? ---
**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:** [September 21, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8154 "2025-09-21T15:52:05Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > I think Trump is now off the ramp into complete dementia: Those truthies obviously weren’t written by trumpie because they didn’t end with, _“Thank you for your attention to this matter.”_ 🧐 ---
**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:** [September 21, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8155 "2025-09-21T16:39:24Z")
Obviously planted by the Deep State. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8156 "2025-09-21T18:49:05Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > “Fly safely. You know why I say that? Because I’m on the flight,” Trump, 79, said. “Otherwise I wouldn’t care.” Following his wife’s lead like a good cuck. [![](https://images.sbs.com.au/dims4/default/91b78ce/2147483647/strip/true/crop/800x450+0+56/resize/1280x720!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsbs-au-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdrupal%2Fnews%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fu%2Fs%2FUS_Immigration_Jacket_4-3_14278562_1870508_20180622080646f7422f0-b8c8-4627-bbdc-dc67e875a864.jpg_sd_800x600.jpg) ](https://images.sbs.com.au/dims4/default/91b78ce/2147483647/strip/true/crop/800x450+0+56/resize/1280x720!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsbs-au-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdrupal%2Fnews%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fu%2Fs%2FUS_Immigration_Jacket_4-3_14278562_1870508_20180622080646f7422f0-b8c8-4627-bbdc-dc67e875a864.jpg_sd_800x600.jpg) > [@Monty](#): > > Wait until there are American soldiers in a neighboring country, said soldiers _whose fucking declared purpose in being there is to fucking attack China_. “Speak loudly then chicken out.” Somehow it hasn’t the same ring. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2025, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8157 "2025-09-21T19:13:58Z")
Trump is laying the groundwork to use ICE to steal the midterms. > **[The 2026 Election Hinges On 1 Case That Could Get In Trump’s Way](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-military-elections_n_68cd8f15e4b02387cfebf6c0)** > > Trump’s legal arguments in a case challenging his deployment of troops to U.S. cities could disable laws banning the military from interfering in elections. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8158 "2025-09-21T19:35:27Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I’ve suggest it before and I still believe the following is the best response to the felon’s bullshit during press conferences. > > _If he refuses to answer one reporter’s question and tries to move onto another reporter, that next reporter should simply repeat the question. Each and every report he moves onto without answering that question should do nothing but repeat the question._ That would be great, if the press corps wasn’t stacked with right-wing bootlickers. He knows damn well the next question will be along the lines of “Mr. Trump, how did you get to be such a stable genius?” ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8159 "2025-09-21T22:52:30Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Is he inviting Venezuela to send its own cops to the US, to roam about trying to find and capture every Venezuelan who is in the US illegally? I’m sure that would go down well with the MAGA types. More likely he’s demanding the impossible, for Venezuela to somehow revolve all unauthorized Venezuelans from the US _without_ sending anyone to do so. Either under some conspiracy theory that they all work for the government of Venezuela, or just as an excuse to bash Venezuela when they fail to magically suck all those people back across the border without crossing it themselves. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8160 "2025-09-21T23:06:00Z")
Trump administration will officially link autism to Tylenol use during pregnancy. > **[Trump administration reportedly plans to link autism to Tylenol use during...](https://www-cnbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/09/21/trump-admin-reportedly-set-to-link-autism-to-tylenol-use-in-pregnancy.html?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17584956100335&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2025%2F09%2F21%2Ftrump-admin-reportedly-set-to-link-autism-to-tylenol-use-in-pregnancy.html)** > > Federal health officials also are expected to highlight leucovorin as a potential autism treatment, according to The Washington Post. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8161 "2025-09-21T23:20:33Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Trump administration will officially link autism to Tylenol use during pregnancy. That’s nice. Too bad science doesn’t care.How many people will be hurt before they figure that out? Will they even figure that out? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=404) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=406)