# 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:** 42
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/821 "2025-01-17T13:52:56Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Maybe if Stark made a special orange Iron Man suit for him with extra-large robotic hands that can easily hold water bottles and Diet Coke cans, and blasters that squirt ketchup, he’d be his bestest friend. Put a hamberder warmer in the palm, and I might be interested. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/822 "2025-01-17T13:53:59Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed\_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreibd3cwjm6wqew6qdemailpqzkct4cwbqf6xsfmx6fexbsjaynt5ky@jpeg](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreibd3cwjm6wqew6qdemailpqzkct4cwbqf6xsfmx6fexbsjaynt5ky@jpeg) Oh what a bit of news. I am howling at the universe. I need to stop taking peeks at politics or I will go mad. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/823 "2025-01-17T14:07:36Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Maybe if Stark made a special orange Iron Man suit for him with extra-large robotic hands that can easily hold water bottles and Diet Coke cans, and blasters that squirt ketchup, he’d be his bestest friend. Wrong comic universe: > **[Condiment King](https://batman.fandom.com/wiki/Condiment_King)** > > The Condiment King is a joke villain created by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini for the Batman: The Animated Series, as a parody of the campy super-villains who Batman fought in the Silver Age of comics and 1966 Batman series. He is a petty criminal who... ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/824 "2025-01-17T14:50:38Z")
Da Fuk? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/825 "2025-01-17T15:59:29Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Wrong comic universe: Oh I’m well aware of Condiment King, I even proposed him as the Batman villain that Trump should be portrayed as when talking about the crooks from the Georgia indictments a couple of years ago. > [@What happens if Trump is indicted in Georgia? (Indicted on August 14, 2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/1041): > > We all know he’s The Condiment King. [[image] ](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/43800469-8db2-4ea8-9c33-507d49c27e72/df3fdde-dd0de26c-4e19-4fed-8c79-31bf20b82535.jpg/v1/fill/w_1600,h_2000,q_75,strp/scapegoat_dc_storyverse___the_condiment_king_by_thescarletmercenary_df3fdde-fullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.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.oTgyVQ7fD9iq-Fp_-ZICgkWpnex45eGjvxT5euNeF0I) We have official testimony of him splashing ketchup on walls after all. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/826 "2025-01-17T19:12:02Z")
Trump seems more like a [Codpiece](https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Codpiece_(New_Earth)) kind of guy. So does Musk, for that matter. [![](https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_small/0/308/255254-116487-codpiece.jpg) ](https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_small/0/308/255254-116487-codpiece.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/827 "2025-01-17T20:32:54Z")
The inauguration will be taking place indoors due to cold weather. No yuuge crowds for Lil’ Donny. > **[Trump inauguration to be moved indoors due to cold](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-inauguration-to-be-moved-indoors-due-to-cold/)** > > Donald Trump said Friday that his inauguration as US president on Monday will be moved indoors due to expected freezing weather."There is an Arctic blast sweeping the Country," Trump wrote on his app Truth Social. "Therefore, I have ordered the... ---
**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:** [January 17, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/828 "2025-01-17T20:37:50Z")
The fix is in He saw there wouldn’t be big crowds, so he preemptively set up the excuse. Everybody knows he would have insisted on having it outdoors (with a personal outdoor heater for himself of course) if he thought for one second he could show off the hordes of people who loved him so much they would stand in freezing weather to listen to his bloviations ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/829 "2025-01-17T21:42:16Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > The fix is in > > He saw there wouldn’t be big crowds, so he preemptively set up the excuse. I 100% believe this. “The crowds would have been gigantic, biggest you’ve ever seen, but they forced us to go into a small area! As always I am the most victimized man in history, you’ve never seen someone so victimized before, and also I am so extremely macho.” ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/830 "2025-01-17T22:40:27Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I 100% believe this. “The crowds would have been gigantic, biggest you’ve ever seen, but they forced us to go into a small area! “They”, of course, being the Democrats with their weather-control machines. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/831 "2025-01-18T04:29:35Z")
And a Two-Fer! He’ll use it as a refutation of Global Warming. _“Look how cold it was. Nobody knows how cold it was…”_ ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/832 "2025-01-18T10:48:14Z")
Folks are asking for refunds on their inauguration tickets after the recent cold-weather changes. It’s cute that they assume the tight (and tiny)-fisted Trump would or could refund them. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2025, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/833 "2025-01-18T11:05:09Z")
The same people that think it’s too cold to hold the inauguration outdoors, want to take over Greenland. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2025, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/834 "2025-01-18T11:07:01Z")
It’s bad enough that we’re effectively powerless to stop these motherfuckers from taking over, do they have to be such _stupid_ motherfuckers as well? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/835 "2025-01-18T16:17:25Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > The same people that think it’s too cold to hold the inauguration outdoors, want to take over Greenland. Greenland isn’t cold, it’s a lush paradise year-round, that’s why it’s green. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/836 "2025-01-18T16:19:45Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > > > The same people that think it’s too cold to hold the inauguration outdoors, want to take over Greenland. > > Greenland isn’t cold, it’s a lush paradise year-round, that’s why it’s green. I thought that was Iceland?/s ---
**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:** [January 18, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/837 "2025-01-18T16:49:04Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > > [@Atamasama](#): > > > > > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > > > > > The same people that think it’s too cold to hold the inauguration outdoors, want to take over Greenland. > > > > Greenland isn’t cold, it’s a lush paradise year-round, that’s why it’s green. > > I thought that was lceland?/s AIUI, the naming of both places was a ruse by Erik the Red, concocted to make Greenland sound like the superior place to settle, so he could reserve the _actual_ pleasanter place for his buddies. Of course, I read that in L.M. Boyd’s column some fifty-five years ago, so use as much salt on it as strikes you as appropriate. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/838 "2025-01-18T16:58:28Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Of course, I read that in L.M. Boyd’s column some fifty-five years ago, so use as much salt on it as strikes you as appropriate. It’s the same story I was taught in school as a child. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/839 "2025-01-18T17:43:16Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > It’s the same story I was taught in school as a child. Same. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/840 "2025-01-18T17:58:08Z")
Same here, which means it’s probably not true. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland) agrees. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=43)