# 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:** 467
**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:** [November 6, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9382 "2025-11-06T16:34:19Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/tpu2rel.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/tpu2rel.jpeg) ---
**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:** [November 6, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9383 "2025-11-06T16:43:18Z")
> [@robby](#): > > > [@Monty](#): > > > > _Five fingers thrust in a circle_ should be appropriate.\* > > > > _Please tell me that doesn’t date me. If you’re curious, think about a gesture that exression describes._ > > I have no idea what you are referring to. A zero? Or an a\*\*hole? Yeah, I have no idea what he’s talking about either. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9384 "2025-11-06T17:39:48Z")
Puh-_leeeese_ tell me this is an AI joke. 😵‍💫 ---
**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:** [November 6, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9385 "2025-11-06T17:44:42Z")
This is now on the official White House page. America. Is. A. Joke. > **[mysafespace](https://www.whitehouse.gov/mysafespace/)** > > We're Democrats in the House and Senate. We love DEI, transgender for everyone, healthcare for illegals and shutting down the government! We couldn't care less if our military gets paid or Americans' safety. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9386 "2025-11-06T17:48:46Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Puh-_leeeese_ tell me this is an AI joke. 😵‍💫 Nope. The text is new, but apparently the walk has been there at least a month. I don’t remember reading about that. It has portraits or photos of all the past presidents, except Biden where they have a framed photo of an auto-pen. Really. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9387 "2025-11-06T17:54:29Z")
This seems newsworthy (that a thirteen-year-old has clearly hacked government websites), and yet I see nothing about it in the press. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9388 "2025-11-06T17:59:35Z")
Yeah, Biden stutters or stumbles going down some stairs, and it’s analyzed and pooh-poohed across the media universe for weeks ad nauseum. But this embarrassing-ass racist bullshit on the official White House website? Not a fucking peep. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9389 "2025-11-06T18:58:26Z")
[quote=“Cervaise, post:9374, topic:1010068, full:true”] If these are from a Chinese supplier, there’s a 100% chance they have tiny embedded microphones. [/quote] I seem to recall an, um, _event_ a while back in which the Mossad arranged a delivery of bespoke pagers to some influential Palestinians. Hmmm ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9390 "2025-11-06T19:04:47Z")
Lebanese. But yes. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9391 "2025-11-06T19:30:18Z")
Thanks, the memory unit in my brain is fading fast.😝 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9392 "2025-11-06T19:52:39Z")
> [@bobsmom101](#): > > I seem to recall an, um, _event_ a while back in which the Mossad arranged a delivery of bespoke pagers to some influential Palestinians. Hmmm No. If you’re looking for a close parallel, it’d be Leon Theremin’s “Thing” built into the Great Seal of the United States in the US Embassy in Moscow: > **The Thing** , also known as **the Great Seal bug** , was one of the first [covert listening devices](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covert_listening_device "Covert listening device") (or “bugs”) to use passive techniques to transmit an audio signal. It was concealed inside a gift given by the [Soviet Union](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union "Soviet Union") to [W. Averell Harriman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Averell_Harriman "W. Averell Harriman"), the [United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_the_Soviet_Union "United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union"), on August 4, 1945. Because it was passive, needing electromagnetic energy from an outside source to become energized and active, it is considered a predecessor of radio-frequency identification ([RFID](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFID "RFID")) technology.[[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device)#cite_note-1) > **[The Thing (listening device)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device))** > > The Thing, also known as the Great Seal bug, was one of the first covert listening devices (or "bugs") to use passive techniques to transmit an audio signal. It was concealed inside a gift given by the Soviet Union to W. Averell Harriman, the United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union, on August 4, 1945. Because it was passive, needing electromagnetic energy from an outside source to become energized and active, it is considered a predecessor of radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology.... ---
**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:** [November 6, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9393 "2025-11-06T20:17:33Z")
Trump lackey collapses in the Oval Office during a presentation and requires medical attention. RFK takes off running, while Trump’s response is to stand up and stare into the camera as if to say “PAY ATTENTION TO ME”. > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3m4y45wvoyn2p)** > > holy shit -- one of Trump's toadies just passed out and the White House event is brought to an abrupt end [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:a7zm6ubda4okw5vfv2rdcn3p/bafkreifdsgkws63p2qct7xcn3sdag5mba62hugwzpuf7yxhjz2vugmupja@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:a7zm6ubda4okw5vfv2rdcn3p/bafkreifdsgkws63p2qct7xcn3sdag5mba62hugwzpuf7yxhjz2vugmupja@jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9394 "2025-11-06T20:27:18Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > RFK takes off running, while Trump’s response is to stand up and stare into the camera as if to say “PAY ATTENTION TO ME”. I can’t really fault Trump on this. Dr. Oz was attending to the guy, and there wasn’t any point in crowding him. Besides – would YOU want medical attention from _Trump_? ---
**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:** [November 6, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9395 "2025-11-06T20:35:05Z")
It’s expecting way too much at this point but he could have expressed some normal hyoo-man concern rather than standing around looking irked that his moment was stolen ---
**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:** [November 6, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9396 "2025-11-06T20:39:07Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Trump lackey collapses in the Oval Office during a presentation and requires medical attention. From what I’ve been reading on the interwebs, it was probably due to the smell that Trump exudes. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9397 "2025-11-06T20:46:11Z")
Makes me almost sympatise with the toadie. Almost. Serves them both right. Completely on caracter, remember **[this](https://www.indy100.com/news/donald-trump-howard-stern-interview-turned-away-disgust-80-year-old-man-bleeding-death-maralago-8230696)**? > So what happens is, this guy falls off right on his face, hits his head, and I thought he died. And you know what I did? I said, ‘Oh my God, that’s disgusting,’ and I turned away. > I couldn’t, you know, he was right in front of me and I turned away. I didn’t want to touch him… he’s bleeding all over the place, I felt terrible. > You know, beautiful marble floor, didn’t look like it. It changed colour. Became very red. > I was saying, ‘Get that blood cleaned up! It’s disgusting!’ The next day, I forgot to call [the man] to say he’s OK. His own words. 🙄 2018. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9398 "2025-11-06T20:46:49Z")
> [@robby](#): > > > [@Monty](#): > > > > _Five fingers thrust in a circle_ should be appropriate.\* > > > > _Please tell me that doesn’t date me. If you’re curious, think about a gesture that exression describes._ > > I have no idea what you are referring to. A zero? Or an a\*\*hole? My guess is the ‘wanker(s)’ gesture, but that could be my Britishness coming through. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9399 "2025-11-06T20:47:31Z")
He probably had to stand there for two hours before his… excellency arrived. I’d go for the floor too. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9400 "2025-11-06T20:57:15Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > But this embarrassing-ass racist bullshit on the official White House website? Not a fucking peep. They might mention something if he goes [full King Zog](https://youtu.be/PGUScPSLWeo). Might. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9401 "2025-11-06T21:05:08Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > My guess is the ‘wanker(s)’ gesture OK, that makes sense. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=466) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=468)