# 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:** 443
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8902 "2025-10-19T23:46:26Z")
I want the concert-type t-shirt that has the peace events and dates on the back. Totally bootlegged, of course. Provide your own sharpie to cross off Israel/Gaza, yet feel free to sketch in peace-like things to come. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8903 "2025-10-20T00:08:01Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > Trump also posted this today(30 sec). Trump 2028 counting up to Trump 90000 then it overflows to EEEEE then Trump 4EVA. `855h01 E` So he’s prepping the MAGA congress and SCOTUS. He’ll keep running. Of course he just means 2028 and “who’s with me or against me” and the next step is to do a post showing there won’t be any elections in 2028. “Everyone who matters likes that, right?” And he somehow solved the 19 January 2038 bug. It’s no bother. Elon’s boys have probabably already fixed it. It’s either zero or a non-zero chance of being something of a bother on that date. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8904 "2025-10-20T02:25:15Z")
[Apparently the Secret Service hasn’t fired its competent people.](https://www.aol.com/news/secret-discovers-hunting-stand-direct-183008243.html) > [@](#): > > The U.S. Secret Service on Thursday discovered a suspicious hunting stand near Palm Beach International Airport with a direct sight line to where President Donald Trump exits Air Force One, the agency confirmed to NBC News on Sunday. > > The FBI is now leading an investigation into the discovery, Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesperson for the Secret Service, said in a statement. > > “The U.S. Secret Service is working closely with the FBI and our law enforcement partners in Palm Beach County. During advance security preparations prior to the Palm Beach arrival, which included the use of technology and comprehensive physical sweeps, our teams identified items of interest near Palm Beach International Airport,” Guglielmi said. [Pete and Donny are really getting into this war criminal stint.](https://www.aol.com/news/us-conducts-another-strike-boat-155250918.html) > [@](#): > > Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Sunday that the US conducted a strike Friday on a boat that American intelligence officials believed was involved in illegal drug trafficking in the Caribbean. > > Hegseth wrote in a [post on X](https://x.com/SecWar/status/1979930208472912048) that the vessel was affiliated with a Colombian terrorist organization and had “substantial amounts of narcotics” on board. He said the three men on the boat were all killed and no US forces were harmed. > > This is the seventh known strike in a series of recent attacks by the US military on vessels that the Trump administration says are involved in drug trafficking. It comes days after another strike on an alleged drug boat that CNN reported appeared to be the first time an attack did not kill everyone on board. President Donald Trump said Saturday the survivors of that strike were released to [their home countries](https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/18/politics/caribbean-boat-strike-survivors?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo) of Ecuador and Colombia. And buckle up for this comment from War Criminal Hegseth. > [@](#): > > “These cartels are the Al Qaeda of the Western Hemisphere, using violence, murder and terrorism to impose their will, threaten our national security and poison our people,” Hegseth wrote Sunday. “The United States military will treat these organizations like the terrorists they are—they will be hunted, and killed, just like Al Qaeda.” No, you moron. They are not ideology driven. They’re simply criminals. And if you have evidence against these particular people you’ve killed, then capture them and try them. Don’t just go around killing people willy nilly. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8905 "2025-10-20T02:29:16Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Don’t just go around killing people willy nilly. They are practicing for the upcoming strikes on Chicago, Portland, LA, New York and San Francisco. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2025, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8906 "2025-10-20T02:32:47Z")
Indubitably. I’ve already mentioend the Second Civil War has already started and the felon and his crew started it, their enemies being the American people. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8907 "2025-10-20T06:18:10Z")
Well yeah, genocide. It’s been the plan all Along to get rid of the Palestinians one way or another. It’s going nicely and messily so far. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2025, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8908 "2025-10-20T06:42:19Z")
Don’t think the felon is only interested in committing genocide there nor only agains the Palestinians. He’s certainly hell-bent on removing Hispanics from the United States. And once he’s gotten rid of the Palestinians, he’ll continue to further his financers’ interest in getting rid of Jews in that land. They do not do what they do for Israel or Jewis out of any love whatsoever for Jewish people. And don’t think he’s going to go quietly into the night on January 20, 2029. We are dealing with Nehemiah Scudder in more ways than one right now. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8909 "2025-10-20T15:13:48Z")
All sadly true. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8910 "2025-10-20T16:07:32Z")
And in the latest news on Trump’s support for Lawn Order, he apparently decided that snitches should get stitches. > On a similar note, the Washington Post[reported more sordid details](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/10/19/rubio-el-salvador-prison-bukele-ms13-informants/) of Trump’s actions with El Salvador’s leader President Nayib Bukele on Sunday. > > The paper revealed that Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered up nine MS-13 gang members in U.S. custody to Bukele in exchange for the ability to send deported migrants to El Salvador’s[notorious CECOT prison](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/22/2328799/-Freeing-Widmer-An-aunt-s-journey-to-El-Salvador-s-notorious-CECOT-prison) for holding. **The prisoners being offered up were informants and part of an ongoing FBI investigation into possible ties between MS-13 and Bukele."** > **[US accused of murder in latest sign of faltering global ties](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/10/20/2349495/-US-accused-of-murder-in-latest-sign-of-faltering-global-ties?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_1&pm_medium=web)** > > President Donald Trump’s mismanagement of America led millions of people to take to the streets in “No Kings” protests over the weekend, and now new information is surfacing showing that Trump ... ---
**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:** [October 20, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8911 "2025-10-20T17:30:27Z")
What do they mean accused of murder? They’ve been openly murdering people at sea for a while now. These peopole were criminals before taking office; they are criminals now; and there’s exactly zero indication they will refrain from committing more crimes. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8912 "2025-10-20T20:49:56Z")
Trump appoints self-described Nazi to Special Counsel office: > Paul Ingrassia, 30, sent messages that included racial slurs, an admission that he has a “Nazi streak,” and a claim that Martin Luther King Jr. Day should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell,” Politico reported on Monday. > **[Leaked Texts Reveal Trump Nominee Bragged About ‘Nazi Streak’](https://www.thedailybeast.com/leaked-texts-reveal-trump-nominee-bragged-about-nazi-streak/)** > > Trump’s pick for Special Counsel said that Martin Luther King Jr. Day should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell.” ---
**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:** [October 20, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8913 "2025-10-20T21:02:36Z")
I won’t comment on an asshole being an asshole and the _Über-Arschloch_ nominating him to whatever, but my curiosity is picked with this seventh circle thing. Why the seventh? Doesn’t he know there are nine? Some sort of superstition? Stupidity? BTW: People are thrown to hell, not commemoration days. Aw, never mind. The internet speaks: > ### Seventh Circle of Hell: Violence > > This is the first circle to be further segmented into sub-circles or rings. There are three of them—the outer, middle, and inner rings—housing different types of violent criminals. The first are those who were violent against people and property, such as [Attila the Hun](https://www.thoughtco.com/timeline-attila-the-hun-195739). Centaurs guard this outer ring and shoot its inhabitants with arrows. The middle ring consists of those who commit violence against themselves, such as suicide. These sinners are perpetually eaten by [harpies](https://www.thoughtco.com/name-of-half-man-half-beast-120536). > > Finally, the inner ring is made up of blasphemers, or those who are violent against God and nature. One of these sinners is Brunetto Latini, a sodomite, who was Dante’s mentor. (Dante speaks kindly to him.) The usurers are also here, as are those who blasphemed not just against God but also the gods, such as Capaneus, who blasphemed against [Zeus](https://www.thoughtco.com/profile-of-the-greek-god-zeus-111915). Nothing there that looks relevant to MLK, he was not a violent criminal, was he? So again: why the seventh circle for a _date on the calendar_ commemorating him? ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8914 "2025-10-20T21:11:31Z")
Don’t overthink it. This dope just thinks that’s the worst circle, based on nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8915 "2025-10-21T00:40:27Z")
I’m shocked that Trump nominated someone with a “Nazi streak” only because a streak is waaaaaayyy too little. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8916 "2025-10-21T01:01:03Z")
He thought it was Nazi steak. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8917 "2025-10-21T01:05:23Z")
More ketchup, stat! ---
**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:** [October 21, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8918 "2025-10-21T01:09:05Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Trump appoints self-described Nazi to Special Counsel office: “Good people on both sides,” right? I can almost believe there are good people (not really, but bear with me) on that particular side. What bugs me the most, though, is the _particular people_ the felon-in-chief is declaring to be the good people on that side. > [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > my curiosity is picked with this seventh circle thing I believe you meant _piqued_. Anyway, here’s my theory on why he used that term. There’s a line in the New Testament about being caught up to the seventh heaven and he just believes Hell is just like it. After all, if he’s really the religious Christian the Republican officeholders and their supporters pretend to be, then he must realize he’s going to Hell and he wants it to be just like Heaven! > [@Stratocaster](#): > > Don’t overthink it. This dope just thinks that’s the worst circle, based on nothing. Well, yeah. But my overthinking was fun! ---
**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:** [October 21, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8919 "2025-10-21T01:16:16Z")
Well, at least I correctly put St Charlie of Jirk in the 8th circle, with the deceivers and false prophets (like Mussolini, thanks, Niven!) But I don’t have a nazi streak. Or a nazi steak. I’m afraid to ask what kind of meat that is. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8920 "2025-10-21T01:33:49Z")
nm accidental post ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/8921 "2025-10-21T03:20:40Z")
As parts of the East Wing are demolished, although Trump promised it wouldn’t be touched, the message couldn’t be more obvious if he whipped out his trumplet and pissed on the rubble. [Demolition of the White House’s East Wing facade starts for Trump’s ballroom project](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/demolition-white-house-east-wing-starts-trumps-ballroom-project-rcna238754) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=442) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=444)