# 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:** 450
**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 24, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9042 "2025-10-24T15:05:08Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > > After months of investigating, the federal prosecutors in Maryland leading the probe have not produced enough evidence to bring charges, these people said. How can they spend “Months” ‘investigating’ this? How many forms could he possibly have filed for a mortgage? Did they think he had some kind of double-secret mortgage hidden somewhere? It seems to me any such ‘investigation’ should have taken minutes, not months. What are they doing all day? Just re-reading the forms in hopes they say something different this time?!? ---
**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:** [October 24, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9043 "2025-10-24T15:05:40Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > absolutely riddled with Russian eavesdropping devices and spy gear. Demolition began immediately.” Oh yeah – you could hide lots of spyware in this obscenity. And the CFSH will have to have at least one in every room! > **[metallic ornament famous american scenic spot - Temu](https://www.temu.com/metallic--ornament-famous-american-scenic-spot-architectural-replica-indoor-outdoor-weather-resistant-home-decor-for-bookshelf-wine-cabinet-desktop-no-electricity-needed-g-601101740344578.html?_oak_mp_inf=EIKK1L2u1ogBGiA1ZjUxOTBlOGZkYTU0YTBlOWI3MmZlZjA1YmZlM2NlOSDVwPG1oTM%3D&top_gallery_url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg.kwcdn.com%2Fproduct%2Ffancy%2F89a37d68-96b3-4d18-8f63-492bdf81da55.jpg&spec_gallery_id=203442746456&refer_page_sn=10009&refer_source=0&freesia_scene=2&_oak_freesia_scene=2&_oak_rec_ext_1=OTcz&_oak_gallery_order=242930873%2C1786586917%2C385788392%2C733056945%2C1536054596&search_query=gold%20architectural%20ornaments&search_key=gold%20architectural%20ornaments&refer_page_el_sn=200049&refer_page_name=search_result&refer_page_id=10009_1761318010552_ffiuw3tx6t&_x_sessn_id=1rmh40e667)** > > metallic ornament famous american scenic spot architectural replica indoor outdoor weather resistant home decor for bookshelf wine cabinet desktop no electricity needed at the lowest price at Temu. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9044 "2025-10-24T15:33:00Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > The Trump administration made several additions to the official White House “Major Events Timeline” on Thursday, including former President **Bill Clinton’s** sex scandal and **Hunter Biden’s** drug addiction. OMG! You have to go check out that page to really understand how deranged it truly is. I’ll give you a snippet. This is really on the White House government website. [![](https://i.imgur.com/0hRQREW.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/0hRQREW.png) ---
**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:** [October 24, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9045 "2025-10-24T15:45:44Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > “This Constitutional amendment is unconstitutional.” > > There. Done. Let’s get lunch. Well, thanks to Senator Turtlehead, they _were_ appointed by the President who when he was running the first time opined that the 14th amendment was unconstitutional. This did not set off any alarm bells in a lot of folks for reasons not clear to me. Aw, who am I trying to kid. They did it to grasp power and/or money. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9046 "2025-10-24T15:46:01Z")
What? Nothing at all on Chester A. Arthur’s bowel movements? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9047 "2025-10-24T17:02:34Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > [The toddler throws another tantrum, this time online on the White House site.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/white-house-adds-bill-clinton-031201392.html) > > > [@](#): > > > > The Trump administration made several additions to the official White House “Major Events Timeline” on Thursday, including former President **Bill Clinton’s** sex scandal and **Hunter Biden’s** drug addiction. > > > > The [timeline](https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/the-white-house/) on the official White House “About page” features standard entries including the rebuilding of the White House following the War of 1812, the addition of the West Wing in 1902, and the addition of the Oval Office in 1909. W T Everloving F!!! I can _almost_ see where Clinton’s _alleged_ trysts could be included in an exhaustive list, because it was an event that happened in the White House Oval Office that had an effect on American history. But this is a listing of _less than 20_ highlights. - White House designed, built - White House re-built after War of 1812 - Addition of South Portico - Addition of North Portico - Addition of West Wing - Addition of Oval Office - Addition of Rose Garden - Addition of East Wing - Total Reconstruction - Addition of Briefing Room - _Bill Clinton Scandal_ - _Muslim Brotherhood Visit_ - Tennis Pavilion - _Cocaine Discovered_ - _Trans Day of Visibility_ - North and South Flagpoles - Rose Garden Renovations - Oval Office Renovations - East Wing Renovations I understand that, to a certain section of the population, hosting Muslims and Trans people is an abomination, but do they belong on a 250-year timeline of less than 20 items? Hell, for that matter, does adding tacky faux-gold highlights count as an Oval Office Renovation? This level of partisanship absolutely sickens me. ---
**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 24, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9048 "2025-10-24T17:49:51Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > This level of partisanship absolutely sickens me. It sickens me too, and I fear that is what they aime for. Decent people being made sick counts as success for them. ---
**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 24, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9049 "2025-10-24T18:38:48Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > White House re-built after War of 1812 Thanks. The above graphic or whatever it is is “Not available in your region.” (UK). - I guess because the British actually captured Washington in 1814 and I am sure they’d have wrecked the South and North Flagpoles too. “Better not let them in, they’ll rip your lungs out Jim” - TR was responsible for the West Wing in 1902. - Signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and how it’s being wrecked as much as the East Wing currently. - 2017: Trump tells the people at Bedminster, NJ “The White House was ‘a real dump.’”. He denied it…but said it. - 2027: A new color for the White House! ---
**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:** [October 24, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9050 "2025-10-24T18:57:18Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > (Of course, it probably _is_ true. A rapid-fire construction project like this, conducted with zero review, approval, or oversight, is almost certainly nefariously contaminated by foreign adversaries. _Especially_ for construction work on the got-damn _White House._ There’s zero chance the Russians, the Chinese, the Israelis, and everybody else under the sun aren’t jockeying to get their people hired onto the work crews. The new ballroom is going to have more microphones than a choir competition.) It wouldn’t even be the first time for something like that. I recall how [in the 1970s the US and USSR built embassies](https://adst.org/2022/09/a-tale-of-two-embassies-microphones-microwaves-and-spyware/) for each other during the detente period, and both filled the resulting building with bugs. The difference being that the USSR found them all and presented them at a press conference, while we never fully figured out where all the spyware was. The place was described as a “three story microphone”. I kind had to admire the sheer ingenuity the Soviets used; I recall reading how there were hidden lines of conductive paint for wiring, and how some of the structural members were installed as antenna. I’d probably have resented it more if we hadn’t tried to do the same thing, just less competently. As it was, I was more amused than anything. ---
**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 24, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9051 "2025-10-24T19:04:30Z")
The Ballroom itself is just where he’ll have his rallies, wind up the MAGA congress, and if the media is allowed in, announce the Perfect News that he’ll be staying, deciding whether or not to have a vote. Name me one Republican who would dare primary him if he announces this by early 2027. It’s the wide-open access these builders will have. Is the Secret Service skilled at watching where everyone goes? No need to bug the ballroom - it’ll be televised. Yet with a big hole in the (current) White House the entirety of it will all be rigged. Just not int he way President Shit Dumper likes to use the word. ---
**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 24, 2025, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9052 "2025-10-24T22:48:18Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > 2027: A new color for the White House! You’re probably right. After getting away with his destructive “remodeling”. I’m sure his next step will be to paint the whole thing gold. ---
**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 24, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9053 "2025-10-24T23:30:36Z")
Or tear down the White House entirely to replace it with something huge, gold, and garish. ---
**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 24, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9054 "2025-10-24T23:39:33Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Unfortunately, it’s way, WAY easier to destroy something than to build it. This applies to the East Wing, trade, alliances, trust, infrastructure, institutional knowledge, etc. etc. The country, the world. > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > The damage done by Trump may never be fully repaired. I said this many times during the First Felonial Era and many times during the current Second Felonial Era: he has done and will continu to do permanent damage to the United States and other countries. > [@bobsmom101](#): > > > [@Cervaise](#): > > > > absolutely riddled with Russian eavesdropping devices and spy gear. Demolition began immediately.” > > Oh yeah – you could hide lots of spyware in this obscenity. And the CFSH will have to have at least one in every room! With this clown the level of secrecy required to trick him is to put up a tripod in front of him with a camera pointed at his face. > [@Coriolanus](#): > > 2027: A new color for the White House! & > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > You’re probably right. After getting away with his destructive “remodeling”. I’m sure his next step will be to paint the whole thing gold. & > [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Or tear down the White House entirely to replace it with something huge, gold, and garish. Orange. > [@Coriolanus](#): > > The Ballroom itself is just where he’ll have his rallies I’m thinking it’ll be more like [this](https://youtu.be/OmBh0WV9V90?si=qDHsEdwu1d_j-u2t) but with two flagpoles. Speaking of which, does anyone happen to know what kind of finial or truck the felon put on top of those two poles? ---
**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:** [October 25, 2025, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9055 "2025-10-25T02:08:25Z")
It’s not really a huge piece of bad news, but more “normal” corruption. The issue is that the drones could well be subpar, and why should Don Jr care, apart from the money he’ll make as a result of his “job”? > **[Trump Jr-linked drone company wins Pentagon contract](https://www.ft.com/content/4cedc140-4a02-4ab6-9f78-93dd8c51aeef)** > > Unusual Machines secures deal as US military accelerates domestic production of unmanned aircraft ---
**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:** [October 25, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9056 "2025-10-25T02:15:54Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Or tear down the White House entirely to replace it with something huge, gold, and garish. With **TRUMP** across the top. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Trump_International_Hotel_Las_Vegas.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Trump_International_Hotel_Las_Vegas.jpg) ---
**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:** [October 25, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9057 "2025-10-25T02:35:36Z")
It should escape no one’s notice that the photo used for the “Muslim Brotherhood Visit” was, I’m pretty sure, old enough to drink when the “Muslim Brotherhood Visit” happened. But why overlook yet another opportunity to other Obama by emphasizing the Muslim part of Obama’s Muslim, radical racist Christian, atheist religious beliefs? ---
**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 25, 2025, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9058 "2025-10-25T02:55:24Z")
[Who would think Marie Antoinette as portrayed in the legend is kinder than the felon’s crew? (Yeah, it’s rhetorical.)](https://www.aol.com/articles/usda-memo-says-not-emergency-220021662.html?guccounter=1) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Agriculture will not use agency contingency funds to pay for food aid benefits set to lapse in November during the federal government shutdown, according to a memo seen by Reuters. > > More than 41 million people are set to lose Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, also known as food stamps, at the end of this month as the shutdown keeps Congress from funding the program. > > Mayors and Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have said the USDA should use $5 billion in contingency funds to partially fund November benefits. The memo said the agency will not draw on the funds because they are “not legally available” to cover the benefits and will reserve them for responding to natural disasters and other emergencies. > > “SNAP contingency funds are only available to supplement regular monthly benefits when amounts have been appropriated for, but are insufficient to cover, benefits. The contingency fund is not available to support FY 2026 regular benefits, because the appropriation for regular benefits no longer exists,” said the memo. > > The memo also said the agency will not use other agency funds for SNAP or reimburse states that fund benefits themselves. Virginia on Thursday declared a state of emergency to free up funds for November benefits. At least Marie said “Let them eat”. [We can thank the Japanese for determining how the felon breathes.](https://www.aol.com/articles/radical-breathing-technique-butt-breathing-115100006.html) > [@](#): > > Breathing through your backside may sound like science fiction, but a Japanese clinical trial recently suggested that one day it might help human beings with lungs that can’t get enough oxygen. > > The study tested whether a specialized liquid called perfluorodecalin could be safely stored in the rectum for an hour. No one was injured, and that alone is telling news. It is the first time that this “enteral ventilation” approach, based on a fish that breathes from its intestines, has been attempted on humans. > > The story starts with a kind of eel fish called a loach. When kept in filth, low-oxygen water, it does something strange—it swallows air and absorbs oxygen in the intestines. That tracks. Fishy, slippery, slimy, filthy, does strange things. [Nothing like having your own private army.](https://www.aol.com/news/pentagon-130-million-donation-anonymous-172837482.html) > [@](#): > > The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of [President Donald Trump](https://www.cnn.com/politics/president-donald-trump-47?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo) toward paying military service members during [the government shutdown](https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/government-shutdown-trump-update-10-24-25?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo), the Defense Department confirmed on Friday. > > “The donation was made on the condition that it be used to offset the cost of Service members’ salaries and benefits,” chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement to CNN, adding that the money was accepted under the department’s “general gift acceptance authority.” > > The move marks a striking departure from government procedure for funding the military, which traditionally relies on public funds appropriated by Congress. And it raised immediate questions about the donor’s identity and motivations for cutting the nine-figure check to the government. > > The $130 million donation is unlikely to make any meaningful impact toward covering salaries of the roughly 1.3 million active duty military troops, netting out to about $100 per service member. Only the felon’s math makes one Benjamin equal to paying the service members. And what’s to worry about here? > [@](#): > > Democrats also raised concerns about its legality, contending that the gift acceptance authority cited by the Pentagon [only permits gifts](https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-09-486r.pdf) for a handful of specific purposes — such as funding military schools, hospitals, cemeteries or to benefit wounded troops or the dependents of those injured or killed in the line of duty. Donations can also face additional, tighter restrictions if they come from foreign governments or organizations. [Remember the Alamo? Another felon fanboy wants to dictate how you dod that.](https://www.aol.com/articles/ceo-alamos-historic-resigned-top-221630063.html) > [@](#): > > The CEO of the nonprofit managing the Alamo resigned after a powerful Republican state official criticized her publicly, suggesting that her views aren’t compatible with the history of the Texas shrine. > > Kate Rogers said in a statement Friday that she had resigned the day before, after Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wrote a letter to the Alamo Trust’s Board of Directors suggesting that she either resign or be removed. Patrick criticized her over an academic paper questioning the GOP-controlled Legislature’s education policies and suggesting she wanted the historic site in Texas [to have a broader focus.](https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-donald-trump-es-george-p-bush-dan-patrick-joe-biden-a2c3043f6228a7969c2598f2c9898128) > > “It was with mixed emotions that I resigned my post as President and CEO at the Alamo Trust yesterday," Rogers said in a statement texted to The Associated Press. "It became evident through recent events that it was time for me to move on.” > > Several trust officials did not immediately respond to email or cellphone messages Friday seeking comment. > > Patrick had posted a letter to the board Thursday on X, calling her paper “shocking.” She wrote it in 2023 for a doctorate in global education from the University of Southern California. Patrick posted a portion online. > > “I believe her judgment is now placed in serious question," Patrick wrote. "She has a totally different view of how the history of the Alamo should be told.” > > It is the latest episode in an ongoing conflict over how the U.S. tells its history. Patrick’s call for Rogers’ ouster follows [President Donald Trump’s pressure](https://apnews.com/article/trump-smithsonian-american-history-slavery-impeachment-fe5b1a41a96e4c99249943c058e15196) to get Smithsonian museums in Washington to put less emphasis on slavery and other darker parts of America’s past. By the way, I do remember the Alamo. It’s the place where a bunch of people died fighting for their right to keep other humans as property. [Secretary of War Crimes gloats about a tenth mass murder under his authority.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/another-us-strike-caribbean-targets-131154620.html) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military is sending an aircraft carrier to the waters off South America, the Pentagon announced Friday, in the latest escalation of [military firepower in a region](https://apnews.com/article/us-military-buildup-caribbean-venezuela-ships-troops-810f6181371f53536c723ea562c5277c) where the Trump administration has unleashed more rapid [strikes in recent days against boats](https://apnews.com/article/trump-boat-strikes-caribbean-military-venezuela-timeline-2dd9d16f4f74d9dfa4aca76d3123678d) it accuses of carrying drugs. > > [Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth](https://apnews.com/hub/pete-hegseth) ordered the USS Gerald R. Ford and its strike group to deploy to the U.S. Southern Command region to “bolster U.S. capacity to detect, monitor, and disrupt illicit actors and activities that compromise the safety and prosperity of the United States," Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said on social media. Here’s where I got that number of mass murders. (Same link) > [@](#): > > Hours before Parnell announced the news, Hegseth said the military had conducted the [10th strike on a suspected drug-running boat](https://apnews.com/article/trump-boat-strikes-caribbean-military-venezuela-timeline-2dd9d16f4f74d9dfa4aca76d3123678d), leaving six people dead and bringing the death count for the attacks that began in early September to at least 43 people. Enquiring minds might be asking where these ships are moving _from_. (Same link) > [@](#): > > The USS Ford, which has five destroyers in its strike group, is now deployed to the Mediterranean Sea. One of its destroyers is in the Arabian Sea and another is in the Red Sea, a person familiar with the operation told The Associated Press. As of Friday, the aircraft carrier was in port in Croatia on the Adriatic Sea. Deploying massive resources like this certainly must show nations unfriendly to the United States that there are now lapses in our defense posture. One might even get the idea the US is preparing to invade Venezuela. ---
**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:** [October 25, 2025, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9059 "2025-10-25T07:59:35Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > By the way, I do remember the Alamo. It’s the place where a bunch of people died fighting for their right to keep other humans as property. The basement is especially nice. ---
**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:** [October 25, 2025, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9060 "2025-10-25T08:02:21Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > “I have a Secret Plan to end the Vietnam War in 1968.” Oh, wait, wrong President. > > I have a few thoughts on term 3+ > > - The USA is in some war and no time for elections or changing horses midstream No US election has ever been cancelled due to war. Not either world war. Not even during our civil war. So “we’re at war so we have to cancel elections” is a bit of a hard sell to Americans. Of course, with this clown show of an administration they might still try it. Might even succeed, but I think this is the least likely alternative you propose. ---
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> [@Broomstick](#): > > So “we’re at war so we have to cancel elections” is a bit of a hard sell to Americans. It’s a hard sell to _reasonably intelligent, reasonably well-informed_ Americans. As we’ve seen, there’s a hard floor of 40% of the population that doesn’t qualify for that description, and that would be easy marks for such an argument. And as we’ve also seen, there aren’t enough of the remaining 60% that are willing to punch the other 40% in the face and tell them to shut the fuck up and go back to hiding under their bridges, so it’s currently the idiot 40% that have seized firm hold of the country’s steering wheel. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=449) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=451)