# 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:** 414
**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 29, 2025, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8322 "2025-09-29T02:18:50Z")
[Did you ever wonder what real leaders think of the felon?](https://www.aol.com/articles/eyes-donald-trump-actions-seen-132244305.html) > [@](#): > > UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Regardless of political perspective, no one could argue that the presidency of [Donald Trump](https://www.yahoo.com/people/donald-trump/) — and his second term so far in particular — has been anything less than consequential, not only for the United States but for the world. > > That hasn’t gone unremarked-upon at the U.N. General Assembly’s meeting of world leaders, [to whom Trump spoke Tuesday](https://apnews.com/article/united-nations-unga-trump-global-feb243ecb979d53317dfb1cad9968038). In marquee speeches and other settings, many of them have mentioned Trump and his policies, be it obliquely or directly. > > Here’s a sampling of quotes by leaders and luminaries from around the world this past week at the United Nations talking about Trump and his administration — positive, negative and in between. Here’s my favorite one. > [@](#): > > “We have a third cause of the current wars, which is more immediate. That is the obsessive zeal of the new Trump administration to give the United States back its position as a hegemonic power, at the cost of the liberal system, free trade, globalization, and to cause pain and death. For what? To take ownership over natural resources, to take control over commodities for the benefit of an imperial system, and to subordinate the majority of countries for their insatiable thirst for privilege and wealth, and to try to maintain a unipolar order at any cost.” > > — Bolivian President Luis Arce in his General Assembly speech Nah, maybe this one is. > [@](#): > > “Was it really necessary to bomb unarmed, poor young people in the Caribbean? The anti-drug policy is not meant to stop cocaine that is coming to the United States. The anti-drug policy is to dominate the peoples of the South as a whole… And there should be criminal cases against those officials of the United States for doing this, including the the utmost official, President Trump, who allowed the shooting of missiles against these young people who were simply trying to escape poverty.” > > — Colombian President Gustavo Petro in [his General Assembly speech](https://apnews.com/article/un-general-assembly-drug-policy-trump-petro-0be2f43499aa3da36d388a8ad14652e8) [The felon’s rewriting retirement rules so you–yes, you!–can invest in his crypt. Cryptocurrency, that is.](https://www.aol.com/finance/trump-executive-order-could-dramatically-174500108.html) > [@](#): > > New rules are expanding what Americans can hold in their 401(k)s and other tax-advantaged retirement accounts. > > An executive order signed by President Donald Trump has opened the door for certain “alternative assets” — like private credit, private equity, and even cryptocurrencies — to be included in their portfolios. [1] > > Proponents say this shift “democratizes” access to investment opportunities traditionally reserved for institutions and the wealthy. Critics, however, warn that these assets carry complex risks that may not be properly understood by the average investor. [January 6 is going to end up being more investigated than Christ’s birth.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/house-republicans-plan-rewrite-history-110000108.html) > [@](#): > > A new House panel will re-investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack with an eye toward recasting the narrative about the events in Washington that day. > > It’s the latest sign that the deadly riot remains a wound on Congress that might never fully heal amid ferocious partisan sparring. Retribution, not reconciliation, appears to be the prime motivation behind the new probe, with the Republicans behind it still bitter over the work of the panel’s previous iteration, which was largely led by Democrats and concluded President Donald Trump was singularly to blame for the violence inflicted by his supporters. > > One GOP member of the new panel, Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins, did not rule out questioning members of the prior committee. Surely, there’s some rational reason for this? > [@](#): > > “They were not invested in actual investigative work anyway,” said Higgins, who has pushed an unfounded theory that FBI agents helped coordinate the events at the Capitol. “That thing was never legitimate. It was always biased. And therefore, if we question them, it may be with the angle of having them implicate themselves in lies that they presented as truth.” Nope. Nothing rational whatsoever. [Oh, your Honor, you poor hopeful soul.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/judge-reviewed-comey-indictment-confused-011100593.html) > [@](#): > > U.S. Magistrate Judge Lindsey Vaala expressed confusion and surprise at some points during the seven-minute court session when a federal grand jury impaneled in Alexandria, Virginia, [returned the indictment](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-fbi-director-james-comey-indicted-trump-doj/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17) of former FBI Director James Comey Thursday night. > > According to a transcript of the proceedings obtained by CBS News, Judge Vaala asked the newly named interim U.S. Attorney [Lindsey Halligan](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lindsey-halligan-trumps-former-defense-lawyer-sworn-in-as-interim-us-attorney/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17) — a former Trump personal lawyer — why there were two versions of the indictment. > > A majority of the grand jury that reviewed the Comey matter [voted not to charge him](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/comey-trump-grand-jury-2-criminal-counts-rejects-a-third-heres-what-they-say/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17) with one of the three counts presented by prosecutors, according to a form that was signed by the grand jury’s foreperson and filed in court. He was indicted on two other counts — making false statements to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding — after 14 of 23 jurors voted in favor of them, the foreperson told the judge. > > But two versions of the indictment were published on the case docket: one with the dropped third count, and one without. The transcript reveals why this occurred. > > “So this has never happened before. I’ve been handed two documents that are in the Mr. Comey case that are inconsistent with one another,” Vaala said to Halligan. “There seems to be a discrepancy. They’re both signed by the (grand jury) foreperson.” > > And she noted that one document did not clearly indicate what the grand jury had decided. > > “The one that says it’s a failure to concur in an indictment, it doesn’t say with respect to one count,” Vaala said. “It looks like they failed to concur across all three counts, so I’m a little confused as to why I was handed two things with the same case number that are inconsistent.” It’s because anyone and everyone connected with Conalot is incompetent. [And the war against Ukraine still hasn’t stopped.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/nato-fighter-jets-scrambled-poland-074738400.html) > [@](#): > > NATO fighter jets were scrambled and air defense units put on alert in the early hours of Sunday in response to a major Russian drone and missile strike on Ukraine, the Polish Operational Command said in posts to X. > > “Due to the activity of the Russian Federation’s long-range aviation, which is carrying out strikes on the territory of Ukraine, Polish and allied aviation has begun operating in our airspace,” the command said in a statement. > > “On-duty fighter pairs have been scrambled, and ground-based air defense systems as well as radar reconnaissance have reached a state of highest readiness,” the post added. > > “These actions are of a preventive nature and are aimed at securing the airspace and protecting citizens, especially in areas adjacent to the threatened regions,” it said. Remember folks: _Every day is the fist day of the rest of the dictatorship_. ---
**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 29, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8323 "2025-09-29T02:24:59Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > Remember back in the 90’s when fucking minors was legal? Maybe it was just a Florida thing. I think it was a rich person thing. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8324 "2025-09-29T02:29:54Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Remember folks: _Every day is the fist day of the rest of the dictatorship_. Was “fist” deliberate or serendipity? ---
**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 29, 2025, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8325 "2025-09-29T03:02:37Z")
Serendipity. I’m just plain tired and it was a typo. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2025, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8326 "2025-09-29T06:59:57Z")
Rats, I thought you were talking about the [Stark Fist of Removal](https://subgenius.fandom.com/wiki/Stark_Fist_of_Removal). (Come to think of it, the entire malAdministration bears more than a passing resemblance to a SubGenius “devival.”) ---
**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:** [September 29, 2025, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8327 "2025-09-29T07:21:24Z")
I’ll bet that every leader who comes into the Oval Office tells him that he should put more of his quality gold in there!!! While sniggering to themselves. > [@DJT](#): > > Some of the highest quality 24 Karat Gold used in the Oval Office and Cabinet Room of the White House. Foreign Leaders, and everyone else, “freak out” when they see the quality and beauty. Best Oval Office ever, in terms of success and look!!! President DJT [https://1a-1791.com/video/fwe2/a5/s8/2/y/6/c/m/y6cmz.caa.mp4?b=1&u=ummtf](https://1a-1791.com/video/fwe2/a5/s8/2/y/6/c/m/y6cmz.caa.mp4?b=1&u=ummtf) ---
**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 29, 2025, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8328 "2025-09-29T08:17:22Z")
[At a cabinet meeting Bondi strokes the felon’s (wait for it!) ego.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pam-bondi-trashed-creepy-way-222513831.html) > [@](#): > > Attorney General Pam Bondi attended Donald Trump’s [marathon Cabinet meeting](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-wants-executions-anybody-kills-205557688.html) on Tuesday and, like other members of the president’s team, praised him effusively when it came time to give her prepared remarks. > > But Bondi leaned back into an old habit as she did so: using the title “president” as if it was Trump’s first name. > > As the president turned to Bondi in the three-hour-plus public meeting Tuesday afternoon, Bondi responded: “Thank you, President.” That’s not _Mister President_, but just _President_. And what did other co-conspirators there do? More stroking. > [@](#): > > The odd and almost childlike manner of using the president’s title alone to address him directly was particularly noticeable given the amount of time each member of Trump’s Cabinet spent praising and buttering up Trump during their respective moments in front of the cameras. These meetings are never for work. They’re just for slathering on the bullshit. [Looks like election rigging is not on the ballot in North Carolina.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/lara-trump-drops-political-bombshell-164123541.html) > [@](#): > > Lara Trump is no longer her father-in-law’s choice to run for Senate in North Carolina. > > The former co-chair of the Republican National Committee dropped the surprise announcement Thursday morning in a statement on X. > > “After much consideration and heartfelt discussions with my family, friends, and supporters, I have decided not to pursue the United States Senate seat in North Carolina at this time,” she said. “I look forward to the future, wherever that leads. Let’s hope it leads to prison. [It seems perhaps the Secret Service shouldn’t let the felon drive even a golf cart.](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/trump-79-rests-golf-cart-220339249.html) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump has been spotted breaking a basic rule of golf etiquette by driving his cart on the green. > > The 79-year-old president hit the links Saturday with his 18-year-old granddaughter Kai, who shared videos from the day in an [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/DPJwPIRlSos/?img_index=8) post captioned, “Golfing with Grandpa 🫶” > > It appears Trump chose to minimize the time spent walking by riding his cart onto the putting green—a cardinal golf faux pas. In one clip, he can be seen watching Kai hole a putt while lounging in his cart before driving off across the delicate grass. In a second he appears to be distracted, sitting in the parked cart facing away from his granddaughter. When I was a child, I learned to love golf from my dad who had my brothers and me take lessons. I joined the Army and still enjoyed the sport. Then I went into the Navy and the atmosphere ruined it for me, what with the worst managers in history kissing up to their commanding officers on the links. Then I learned how much of an environmental disaster the courses are. And now? What we have is a disaster on a disaster. [The felon has the numbers, the best numbers, the numbers pulled out of his diaper.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-bizarre-claim-274-fbi-123522860.html) > [@](#): > > A [bizarre new claim](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-goes-conspiracy-bender-j6-173501158.html) from President **Donald Trump** about FBI agents being in the crowd “prior to” the Jan. 6 riot was promptly knocked down by his own FBI director. > > Trump made the claim in [a post to Truth Social](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115277207989888806) on Saturday afternoon — as part of an attack against former FBI Director **Christopher Wray**. The president accused Wray of “LYING” by denying that FBI agents were in the crowd “just prior to, and during” the riot at the Capitol. > > “It was just revealed that the FBI had secretly placed, against all Rules, Regulations, Protocols, and Standards, 274 FBI Agents into the Crowd just prior to, and during, the January 6th Hoax,” Trump wrote. “This is different from what Director Christopher Wray stated, over and over again! That’s right, as it now turns out, FBI Agents were at, and in, the January 6th Protest, probably acting as Agitators and Insurrectionists, but certainly not as ‘Law Enforcement Officials.'” [Hey! Let’s check out the felon’s real numbers.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/president-donald-trumps-current-approval-120159989.html) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump’s [approval ratings](https://www.yahoo.com/news/president-donald-trumps-current-approval-130305465.html) continue dipping in most polls following a week marked by controversial health claims, legal pressure against political opponents, and escalating partisan rhetoric. On Monday, [Trump publicly called for investigations of political opponents](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/21/trump-pressures-bondi-investigations-schiff-comey-james/86277375007/), including Adam Schiff, James Comey and Letitia James, accusing them of misconduct and calling for criminal charges. The move drew criticism from legal experts and Democratic leaders, who warned it could further politicize the Justice Department. & > [@](#): > > Here are the latest approval ratings released about Trump’s administration: > > - [Real Clear Polling](https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/approval/donald-trump/approval-rating)’s average of polls from Sept. 12-25 shows a 45.3% approval and 52.5% disapproval rate. > > - According to the most recent [Gallup poll](https://news.gallup.com/poll/203198/presidential-approval-ratings-donald-trump.aspx), Trump’s job approval rating was at 40%. > > - A [Reuters/Ipsos poll](https://www.reuters.com/data/trumps-approval-rating-2025-01-21/) from Sept. 19-21 reported that 41% of those surveyed gave him a favorable approval rating of his performance in office and 58% gave an unfavorable rating. > > - [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html)daily average of polls showed a 43% approval and 54% disapproval as of Sept. 26. > > - A poll from the [Associated Press and NORC](https://apnews.com/projects/polling-tracker/) showed 39% approve and 60% disapprove of Trump. > > - [The Economist](https://www.economist.com/interactive/trump-approval-tracker) shows that 39% of people are favorable of Trump and 56% are unfavorable of him, according to the latest update from Sept. 26. > > - [Rasmussen Reports](https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/trump_approval_index_history_second_term#google_vignette) poll from Sept. 26 showed 49% approval and 50% disapproval of Trump. > > - The [American Research Group](https://americanresearchgroup.com/economy/) poll from Sept. 22 showed 37% approve and 58% disapprove. Why the approval rates aren’t all at 0% is beyond my ken. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2025, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8329 "2025-09-29T08:23:45Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > I’ll bet that every leader who comes into the Oval Office tells him that he should put more of his quality gold in there!!! While sniggering to themselves. And while carrying a shiny gold “#1 Bestest President!” trophy full of listening devices. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2025, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8330 "2025-09-29T12:46:51Z")
My Facebook page is blowing up with amusing Portland posts. I think there are something like a dozen people who have staked out the ICE office on any given day. Hardly a war. But make no mistake: things can escalate there, just like anywhere else. Demonstrations tend to be very well attended and pretty rowdy, so Trump provokes the citizenry at his own peril. ---
**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 29, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8331 "2025-09-29T15:12:28Z")
I would like to see ICE confronted by a marching band playing the national anthem. Let’s get video of them acting fascist to the Star Spangled Banner. ---
**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 29, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8332 "2025-09-29T15:12:41Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Why the approval rates aren’t all at 0% is beyond my ken. At least 30% of Americans are MAGA fascist, so I would expect approval ratings of 30% to 33%. Too high by far, but there are a lot of American racists and other fascists. ---
**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 29, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8333 "2025-09-29T15:19:58Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > I’ll bet that every leader who comes into the Oval Office tells him that he should put more of his quality gold in there!!! Does “Quality gold” usually come (poorly) wrapped in plastic like that? And why would you show it looking like such crap, if it did? Doesn’t the White House have someone on staff to unwrap crap? ---
**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 29, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8334 "2025-09-29T15:23:25Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > > It appears Trump chose to minimize the time spent walking by riding his cart onto the putting green—a cardinal golf faux pas. This behaviour by Trump has been known for years. Particularly when he’s on one of his own courses, because he has the “I own it, I can do what I want!” attitude. So what if it fucks up the greens? Fixing that is someone else’s problem. ---
**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 29, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8335 "2025-09-29T15:33:41Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > I’ll bet that every leader who comes into the Oval Office tells him that he should put more of his quality gold in there!!! While sniggering to themselves. Interesting that gilding the OvalO happened right when Big Lots was going out of business. Coincidence? 🤔 ---
**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:** [September 29, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8336 "2025-09-29T15:55:04Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Doesn’t the White House have someone on staff to unwrap crap? And the lightning is crap too, and maroon is a bad colour to display ~~guilt~~ gild and they are not even showing the rug! It really does not tie the room together. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8337 "2025-09-29T18:14:18Z")
I _wish_ the decor of the Oval Office was the worst thing we had to discuss about the Trump administration ---
**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 29, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8338 "2025-09-29T18:52:11Z")
No kidding. If he were just an okay president, but a decent, caring, human being, I wouldn’t care if he spray painted the whole inside of the oval office black and decorated it with tarantulas. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8339 "2025-09-29T18:59:34Z")
The battle of Portland concluded over the weekend (for those of you suffering from NFL hangover). It was combined with a book club meeting, and ICE was allotted an extra six months to finish sounding out the words in the first chapter. ---
**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 29, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8340 "2025-09-29T19:33:29Z")
I assume the meeting was held at Women & Women First? **[https://youtu.be/mW73v3TXPFM](https://youtu.be/mW73v3TXPFM "Share link")** ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8341 "2025-09-29T20:11:52Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > If he were just an okay president, but a decent, caring, human being, I wouldn’t care if he spray painted the whole inside of the oval office black and decorated it with tarantulas. Well… being an arachnophobe I would care but probably not complain, just simply avoid visiting until the next do-over of the interior. It’s not like I get invitations to go there anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=413) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=415)