# 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:** 46
**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 21, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/901 "2025-01-21T17:26:06Z")
You can rent a catapult for the low price of 99.99 per hour. With an additional $75 gravity fee going up and down. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/902 "2025-01-21T17:31:42Z")
I generally like my gravity going down. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/903 "2025-01-21T18:00:56Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > I generally like my gravity going down. I support Antigra. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/904 "2025-01-21T18:08:50Z")
I especially like my gravity going down, relatively speaking. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/905 "2025-01-21T18:10:53Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > I generally like my gravity going down But if you don’t pay your gravity fee on the way up, you’ll just keep on going up. Then you’ll be on the hook for the “low Earth Orbit” fee. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/906 "2025-01-21T22:51:06Z")
I have no idea where this properly lives, so … here. > **Something I've posted several times before** > > _“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.”_ > > –John Kenneth Galbraith > > Trump – like other RW demagogues – has tremendous appeal to the mouth-breathers, because he tells them that they shouldn’t have to care about less fortunate people, the planet, the environment, or minorities. > > He doesn’t ask them to be ‘better people’ in any way, shape or form, the way that most past Presidents have. He encourages them to be proud of their baser instincts and worst qualities. > > In short, he applauds them for their “religiosity” while simultaneously absolving them from any need to actually be decent human beings. In the Washington DC National Cathedral, today, the Right Rev. Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, gave a sermon that may have been The Most Uncomfortable Non-Judicial Speech that Trump has had to listen to in a very long time. In short, she explained what Jesus actually _would_ do, and essentially exhorted Trump to lean in that direction – y’know: the antithesis of his entire agenda. > **[WATCH: 'Have mercy' on LGBTQ+ communities and immigrants, Episcopal bishop...](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-have-mercy-on-lgbtq-communities-and-immigrants-episcopal-bishop-asks-trump)** > > The Right Rev. Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, ended her sermon with a direct appeal to President Donald Trump. [**Sixteen minute story on YouTube – IMHO, worth watching**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ5OXf2kqdw). After which, Trump told the press that he “didn’t think the prayer service was very good.” [Forthcoming memo to Kash Patel, suggesting another addition to the Enemies List – first of the clergy??] ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/907 "2025-01-22T00:08:39Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > I especially like my gravity going down, relatively speaking. I prefer my specific gravity on the high side, at least in my home brew beer. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/908 "2025-01-22T00:36:16Z")
That’s a different case. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/909 "2025-01-22T00:53:29Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I prefer my specific gravity on the high side, at least in my home brew beer. Hopefully your gravity is still going down when you’re brewing… ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/910 "2025-01-22T01:07:57Z")
Republican Rep. Mike Collins of Georgia suggested on Twitter that Budde should be deported. She was born in New Jersey. ---
**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 22, 2025, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/911 "2025-01-22T01:08:41Z")
Trump, who has previously said that drug dealers should get the death penalty, has pardoned the man who created the world’s biggest online drug market. > **[Trump pardons Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5099334-trump-pardons-ross-ulbricht/amp/)** > > President Trump said Tuesday he had signed a full pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the scandalous online marketplace Silk Road, fulfilling a campaign promise Trump had made to Libertarian v… ---
**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 22, 2025, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/912 "2025-01-22T01:15:53Z")
Do we think this is an unfortunate technical snafu or just blatant foreshadowing? It seems a little too on-the-nose. > **[Constitution page on White House website shows 404 error](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5098790-constitution-white-house-website-donald-trump/amp/)** > > The Constitution page on President Trump’s White House website is showing a 404 error. “Page not found,” the site reads. Under former President Biden’s term, the website highlighted the history beh… ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/913 "2025-01-22T01:18:04Z")
It’s just briefly down. For editing. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/914 "2025-01-22T01:30:48Z")
During Trump’s inauguration speech, he didn’t mention many things such as healthcare, climate change, homelessness, the wealth gap…you know, things that have a major impact to the majority of US citizens. Bernie has something to say: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHH-KI2yk8s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHH-KI2yk8s). ---
**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:** [January 22, 2025, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/915 "2025-01-22T01:41:03Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > After which, Trump told the press that he “didn’t think the prayer service was very good.” Duh. The bishop was not praying to Trump. [Interesting bit of news from Yahoo.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-ice-arrest-people-204630965.html) Trump’s a republican. Republicans want more religion in government. So, how is Trump going to do that? > Trump says ICE can arrest people at churches and schools Remember when he released thousands of terrorists in Afghanistan? Remember when Afghans in very real fear for their lives were approved to enter the United States as refugees? They no longer had to live in fear. Right? [Right?](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-canceling-flights-nearly-1660-afghan-refugees-say-us-2025-01-20/) > WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S., including family members of active-duty U.S. military personnel, are having their flights canceled under President Donald Trump’s order suspending U.S. refugee programs, a U.S. official and a leading refugee resettlement advocate said on Monday. > > The group includes unaccompanied minors awaiting reunification with their families in the U.S. as well as Afghans at risk of Taliban retribution because they fought for the former U.S.-backed Afghan government, said Shawn VanDiver, head of the #AfghanEvac coalition of U.S. veterans and advocacy groups and the U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Explain to me how there is any other point to this besides abject cruelty? > [@ekedolphin](#): > > Republican Rep. Mike Collins of Georgia suggested on Twitter that Budde should be deported. > > She was born in New Jersey. Big whoop. That no longer matters according to Dear Leader Annoying Orange. ---
**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 22, 2025, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/916 "2025-01-22T03:31:28Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Republican Rep. Mike Collins of Georgia suggested on Twitter that Budde should be deported. > > She was born in New Jersey. They wouldn’t be the first American citizen deported as an “illegal”. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/917 "2025-01-22T03:39:50Z")
He also described her sermon as “hate speech”. Yes, saying that LGBT are people too and deserve compassion is hate speech now. Also…aren’t maga faithful against hate speech laws? But they want her deported for her hate speech… Off the chart hypocrisy from day one. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/918 "2025-01-22T04:48:59Z")
They would have wanted to deport Jesus, too. ---
**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 22, 2025, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/919 "2025-01-22T06:31:34Z")
> **[Mark David Chapman Decides To Just Go With It After Receiving January 6 Pardon](https://theonion.com/mark-david-chapman-decides-to-just-go-with-it-after-receiving-january-6-pardon/)** > > BEEKMAN, NY—Upon receiving the news that his name had somehow been included in an executive order granting clemency to nearly 1,600 rioters, Mark David Chapman reportedly decided to just go with it Monday when he was pardoned alongside the Jan. 6... ---
**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 22, 2025, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/920 "2025-01-22T07:07:25Z")
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