# 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:** 412
**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:** [September 27, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8282 "2025-09-27T00:01:07Z")
> [@rippingtons\_fan](#): > > t is part of a pattern, renaming Army bases for Confederates, resurrecting Confederate memorials and now rewarding the memories of war criminals. Right, it’s called “Making America Great Again.”🤢 ---
**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 27, 2025, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8283 "2025-09-27T02:18:52Z")
[My money’s on the argument was about her not wanting to hold the felon’s dinky hand.](https://www.aol.com/donald-melania-trump-spotted-animated-215243879.html) > [@](#): > > President [Donald Trump](https://people.com/tag/donald-trump/) and first lady [Melania Trump](https://people.com/tag/melania-trump/) appeared to be having a serious conversation when Marine One landed in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday night. > > News cameras [captured the first couple](https://www.tiktok.com/@skynewsarabia/video/7553577919461756216?_r=1&_t=ZP-901muWSD8Zi) seated across from one another on the president’s helicopter as they touched down on the White House South Lawn after their Sept. 23 visit to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. > > In the video, Melania, 55, can be seen shaking her head and gesturing with her hand toward Donald, 79, before he cuts her off with a pointed finger. > > After finishing their conversation, the couple exited the helicopter and walked across the South Lawn hand-in-hand, as the president waved to reporters in passing. [Cruella de Vile’s thugs are just so kind.](https://www.aol.com/ice-officer-relieved-duties-videos-145239933.html) > [@](#): > > A federal immigration officer who was [captured on video](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-plaza-video-detainee-wife-shoved/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17) pushing a woman to the ground outside an immigration court in New York City has been relieved of his duties while an investigation is conducted, the Department of Homeland Security announced Friday. > > In a statement Friday, DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin called the conduct of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer “unacceptable and beneath the men and women of ICE.” > > “Our ICE law enforcement are held to the highest professional standards and this officer is being relieved of current duties as we conduct a full investigation,” McLaughlin added. Highest standards? Yeah, right. Stop watching 1950s cop shows and tune into the news. [There’s one less convicted felon in Washington, Dictatorship of Columbia, at least temporarily.](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-leaves-town-lawmakers-arent-184047815.html) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON – A [government shutdown](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/house-passes-stopgap-funding-bill-150440379.html) is on its way next week, and there’s little reason to believe Republicans and Democrats [will suddenly come together](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/shutdown-deadline-nears-democrats-rare-090228953.html) in the next few days to avoid it. > > For one thing, [President Donald Trump](https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/donald-trump/) left town. He [spent the start of the weekend](https://sports.yahoo.com/article/trump-headed-ryder-cup-many-154959287.html) before the funding deadline at a golf tournament. Lawmakers are largely gone, too, following a weeklong holiday recess. And the House of Representatives [isn’t even scheduled to be back in session](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/senate-votes-against-government-funding-174148265.html) until Oct. 1 – after a shutdown ostensibly begins. > > With Democrats digging in on a series of health care demands, and Republicans refusing to budge, a deal is nowhere in sight. [Starting Wednesday](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/whats-open-closed-federal-government-183107374.html), absent a breakthrough, “essential” government services such as the military and law enforcement will keep working but “non-essential” functions like national parks will close or cut staffing. And how does the fugitive felon feel about the funding fiasco?’ > [@](#): > > “If it has to shut down, it has to shut down,” Trump told reporters Sept. 26 before boarding Air Force One and heading to New York for [the Ryder Cup](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/ryder/2025/09/26/2025-ryder-cup-live-updates-scores-results-standings/86329597007/). And, of course, the aforementioned fugitive felon has put his own thumbprint on the impending implosion for our government. > [@](#): > > Panic, meanwhile, has spread through the federal workforce after the White House [threatened mass layoffs](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-white-house-raises-shutdown-182233658.html) in the event of a shutdown. Typically, the government only temporarily furloughs employees and brings them back once Congress passes another funding bill. [Announcement at the Warp Ten Saloon: “Irony! Irony! Table for Irony, party of hundreds!”](https://www.aol.com/articles/hegseth-surprise-gathering-top-military-184949251.html) > [@](#): > > Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s [surprise gathering of hundreds of generals and admirals](https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/politics/hegseth-generals-surprise-meeting?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo) in Virginia next week is being called so he can describe the administration’s reinvention of the Department of Defense as the “Department of War” and outline new standards for military personnel, according to half a dozen people familiar with the planning. > > “It’s meant to be a show of force of what the new military now looks like under the president,” a White House official told CNN. > > The meeting is expected to resemble “a pep rally” where Hegseth will underscore the importance of the “warrior ethos” and outline a new vision for the US military, said three of the sources. He is expected to discuss new readiness, fitness and grooming standards the officers are expected to adhere to and enforce. > > “It’s about getting the horses into the stable and whipping them into shape,” said a defense official familiar with the planning. “And the guys with the stars on their shoulders make for a better audience from an optics standpoint. This is a showcase for Hegseth to tell them: get on board, or potentially have your career shortened.” > > Hegseth’s team is planning on recording his speech and releasing it publicly later, three of the sources said, and the White House is planning to amplify it, the White House official said. > > As of Friday, there were no plans for Hegseth to make a major national security-related announcement as part of the meeting, all of the sources said, making it even more surprising that he has ordered the officers to attend in person and leave their posts for what will essentially be a major speech. So this has nothing to do with national security, yet hundreds of generals and admirals had to make last minute travel arrangements to show up to get harangued at by a mediocre at best former officer. But, hey, the co-conspirator’s boss had a “great idea” for such an “unpresidented” gathering! > [@](#): > > As of now, there isn’t expected to be a weapons showcase for the officers as President Donald Trump suggested, according to the White House official and one of the sources familiar with the planning. Trump is not currently planning to be involved or attend the meeting on Tuesday, two officials told CNN. There’s still no idea what’s going to happen there. But if I were one of those flag officers, I’d be quite nervous if I were to see 14.5 inch anti-aircraft guns in the vicinity. [And we have a brand new reason to put someone in a super max prison!](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pam-bondi-transfers-people-received-035448968.html) > [@](#): > > Attorney General Pam Bondi [has begun transferring people](https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/1971270273942028679) whose death penalties [were previously commuted](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-commutes-sentences-of-37-people-on-federal-death-row_n_6768a8cbe4b0a0e013ac60a2) by former President Joe Biden to a supermax prison in Colorado known for its [harsh conditions.](https://www.themarshallproject.org/2016/12/05/how-america-s-most-famous-federal-prison-faced-a-dirty-secret) > > “We have begun transferring the monsters Biden commuted to Supermax prisons, where they will spend the rest of their lives in conditions that match their egregious crimes,” [Bondi said in a Thursday post on X](https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/1971270273942028679). > > A transfer this week includes eight of the 37 people who had their death sentences commuted by Biden last year, [according to a Fox News report.](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/exclusive-bondi-transfers-former-death-row-inmates-commuted-biden-supermax-prison)Others who received commutations from Biden ― their sentences were altered to life without parole ― are expected to be transferred in the coming months. > > [Previously, the ACLU](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/a-c-l-u-lawsuit-seeks-to-prevent-transfer-of-former-federally-death-sentenced-prisoners-to-supermax-prison) and other organizations had sued on behalf of some of these individuals to contest such transfers, citing concerns that they were [“unconstitutional” and “vindictive.”](https://ccrjustice.org/sites/default/files/attach/2025/04/2025.04.16%20-%201%20-%20Complaint.pdf) That’s a great plan, isn’t it? Let’s run a prison poorly so we can use it to put people into harsh conditions all because we don’t like the person who lessened their sentence. And why this plan? Oh, you’ll love the reasoning. > [@](#): > > [Last winter, Trump railed against Biden’s commutations](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/26/trump-biden-death-penalty-commuted), though his administration isn’t able to entirely overturn them, [Fox News notes](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/exclusive-bondi-transfers-former-death-row-inmates-commuted-biden-supermax-prison). > > As a result, Trump had sought to convince states to bring new death sentences against people who received clemency, but ran into roadblocks while trying to do so, [HuffPost’s Jessica Schulberg reported](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pam-bondi-meet-victim-family-member-new-death-sentences_n_681d411ee4b02fbba8e7c258). By roadblock, they mean what he wanted to do is illegal. No doubt he’s a fan of “prison justice”. Has anyone been keeping count of the Second Felonial Era/Conalot’s crimes? This definitely belongs in the category of crimes against humanity. [And this isn’t the only think Cruella de Vile is in the news for now.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ice-barbie-accused-rushing-money-165302589.html) > [@](#): > > Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem jump-started a stalled pier project in Naples, Florida, after a major donor called to complain. > > The historic pier was badly damaged by Hurricane Ian in 2022, and frustrated city officials had been trying for months to get disaster assistance funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is overseen by Noem’s Department of Homeland Security, [ProPublica](https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-fema-florida-naples-sinan-gursoy) reported. > > But after donor Sinan Gursoy got involved, Noem quickly expedited more than $11 million to rebuild the pier, which is a couple of miles from a home owned by Noem’s [de facto chief of staff](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/insiders-blame-insane-power-ice-154615373.html) Corey Lewandowski, according to ProPublica. Lewandowski? Where else have I seen that name? > [@](#): > > Noem and Lewandowski have long been rumored to be having an affair, which one official with President Donald Trump’s administration called the “[worst-kept secret](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-officials-address-ice-barbie-164233727.html)” in Washington, D.C. [Halligan shows she doesn’t know words like a lawyer ought to.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-doj-pick-humiliated-embarrassing-060151335.html) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump’s fresh pick as the attorney to indict former FBI Director James Comey has made an embarrassing blunder while trumpeting the news in her first week on the job. > > Trump foe Comey was [charged](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-gets-enemy-indicted-deranged-232404107.html)with making a false statement and obstruction relating to his oral testimony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 30, 2020. At the time, he was heading the investigation into claims of Russian interference in Trump’s 2016 campaign. > > Lindsey Halligan, the former beauty queen who has been the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia since Monday, [issued a statement](https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/federal-grand-jury-indicts-former-fbi-director-false-statements-and-obstruction) on Thursday to announce Comey’s indictment. > > However, the quote attributed to Halligan, who has taken on the new role with [no previous prosecutorial experience](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-appoints-35-old-insurance-160646890.html), contains a major spelling error. > > “The balance of power is a bedrock principal of our democracy,” it reads, rather than “principle.” ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8284 "2025-09-27T13:28:41Z")
I expect trump will issue an EO stating that “principal” and “principle” are now interchangeable, and will threaten Webster’s with legal action. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8285 "2025-09-27T13:57:46Z")
> [@Monty quoting article](#): > > “If it has to shut down, it has to shut down,” Trump told reporters Sept. 26 before boarding Air Force One and heading to New York for [the Ryder Cup](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/ryder/2025/09/26/2025-ryder-cup-live-updates-scores-results-standings/86329597007/). > [@Trump in 2013](#): > > If you say who gets fired, it always has to be the top. Problems start from the top, and they have to get solved from the top, and the president’s the leader… And then there’s this: > [@Monty](#): > > Panic, meanwhile, has spread through the federal workforce after the White House [threatened mass layoffs](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-white-house-raises-shutdown-182233658.html) in the event of a shutdown. Didn’t they already try that with DOGE? I can’t remember; how’d that work out? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8286 "2025-09-27T14:37:20Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > Right, but what I mean is, thess honors were revoked a generation ago, when Republicans still had spines. What prompted this now? Perhaps Kristi Noem called in a favor. I imagine she’d enjoy giving all the Native populations of her state a huge “fuck you.” [https://www.npr.org/2024/05/15/1251493304/most-of-south-dakotas-tribes-have-banned-kristi-noem-from-their-land-heres-why](https://www.npr.org/2024/05/15/1251493304/most-of-south-dakotas-tribes-have-banned-kristi-noem-from-their-land-heres-why) ---
**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 27, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8287 "2025-09-27T15:35:11Z")
> **[Trump says he'll send troops to Portland, Oregon, in latest deployment to US...](https://apnews.com/article/trump-federal-troops-portland-oregon-f8659de72f28289ef22bd924d149a52f)** > > President Donald Trump says he'll send troops to Portland, Oregon, “authorizing Full Force, if necessary” to handle what he is calling “domestic terrorists.” > WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday he will send troops to [Portland, Oregon,](https://apnews.com/article/immigration-ice-protest-portland-oregon-ebc5df5a6b6e6d106dbeaf5af0f339ab) “authorizing Full Force, if necessary” to handle “domestic terrorists” as he expands his controversial deployments to more American cities. > > He made the announcement on social media, writing that he was directing the Department of Defense to “provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland.” > > Trump said the decision was necessary to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, which he described as “under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists.” > > The White House did not immediately respond to a request for details on Trump’s announcement, such as a timeline for the deployment or what troops would be involved… I don’t see him following through. He just has to score MAGA points and stir up liberal outrage by threatening to do it. He gets the benefit at no expense to the US Gummint. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8288 "2025-09-27T15:38:59Z")
> The White House did not immediately respond to a request for details on Trump’s announcement that the United States has declared war on yet another city/state. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8289 "2025-09-27T16:08:03Z")
“War ravaged Portland” Sane Americans, if you’re not holding every Republican voter you know responsible for what’s happening, then you have fumbled the ball. Or, choose your metaphor. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8290 "2025-09-27T16:57:37Z")
How does one do that? I blame them, sure, along with the people who could not be bothered to vote. How do you hold them responsible such that something change? ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8291 "2025-09-27T17:09:09Z")
Does anyone care? To put it into perspective, one day last week over a million people participated in demonstrations and strikes in France. How big are the anti-goverrnment protests in the US? What about Portland, specifically? Anything planned there? ---
**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 27, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8292 "2025-09-27T17:10:08Z")
Who can say with certainty? The major news organizations are complicit in minimizing coverage ---
**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 27, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8293 "2025-09-27T17:10:34Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > How big are the anti-goverrnment protests in the US? Well, it was estimated that the last big one in the US a few months ago was participated in by approx. **SIX MILLION** people. So, there’s that. The next one is Oct 18. Google “No Kings.” ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8294 "2025-09-27T17:12:41Z")
That is good news: I will point out that protests are only one part of “doing something about it”, and are often ignored (if the government can afford to do so), but the momentum/pressure needs to be there. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8295 "2025-09-27T19:04:42Z")
That’s a personal call. I’ve cut some of these fuckers out of my life entirely. Others, like coworkers, I cooperate with at work, but refuse social invitations. Whatever fits in your life; go with your gut. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8296 "2025-09-27T22:42:02Z")
Wait, I’m confused. Portland still exists?? I thought it was burned to the ground in the BLM protests. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8297 "2025-09-27T22:47:16Z")
From the same people that brought you… “Prison isn’t supposed to be comfortable. If you don’t want to end up there, don’t commit crimes.” [He does not get any sunlight. He’s only allowed to buy stamps from the commissary and is drinking water from the sink… This is torture.](https://www.rawstory.com/george-santos-2674024025/) ---
**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:** [September 27, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8298 "2025-09-27T23:31:49Z")
Never mind. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8299 "2025-09-28T01:05:25Z")
I’m guessing the ultimate source for her information is George Santos? Or did our good journalist do some investigation that I missed in that article? ---
**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:** [September 28, 2025, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8300 "2025-09-28T02:37:53Z")
I do notice that it sounds amazingly similar to the complaints that the ICE detainees were making with the exception of complaining about over crowding which would be a difficult claim to make if you are in solitary. ---
**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 28, 2025, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8301 "2025-09-28T02:48:22Z")
Trump issues his enemies list: > The White House released a list of nearly 30 elected officials – all of them Democrats – who the Trump administration said incited violence against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents throughout the U.S. > > Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker were at the top of the list… > **['Unhinged crusade': White House names nearly 30 elected officials as alleged...](https://turnto10.com/news/nation-world/unhinged-crusade-white-house-releases-list-of-nearly-30-alleged-ice-agitators-president-donald-trump-republicans-democrats-walz-newsom-pritzker-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-dallas-texas-shooting)** > > The White House released a list of nearly 30 elected officials they said incited violence against ICE agents throughout the U.S. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=411) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=413)