# 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:** 472
**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 8, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9482 "2025-11-08T23:28:54Z")
Even his similes are lazy and stupid. ---
**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 8, 2025, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9483 "2025-11-08T23:35:12Z")
WaPo analysis says Trump was asleep for at least 20 minutes during Thursday’s Oval Office presentation. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/08/trump-sleeping-oval-office/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/08/trump-sleeping-oval-office/) ---
**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 8, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9484 "2025-11-08T23:36:40Z")
BUY THEIR OWN POLICY FROM WHO, TRUMP? FUCKING AQUAMAN?! [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4usmserhjqkvhldgedfjb3jw/bafkreibwag3lvbw7zpaq6y3h47pti66mv6xon2kemd3z3w37uqtd3rksqe@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4usmserhjqkvhldgedfjb3jw/bafkreibwag3lvbw7zpaq6y3h47pti66mv6xon2kemd3z3w37uqtd3rksqe@jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9485 "2025-11-08T23:46:27Z")
So if insurance companies are removed from the equation (Yay!), where would one “buy a policy”? Thanks again, Republicans, for putting one of America’s stupidest people in the highest office in the land. You are clearly all proud patriots. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9486 "2025-11-08T23:53:17Z")
“Sleepy Joe” has been replaced by “Dozing Donny” - now with added dementia. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9487 "2025-11-09T00:37:13Z")
“THE MONEY MUST NOW GO DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE, TAKING THE FAT CAT INSURANCE COMPANIES OUT”… Sounds like tax supported universal healthcare. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9488 "2025-11-09T00:57:33Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > TAKING THE FAT CAT INSURANCE COMPANIES OUT You know what would be even better Donnie? Dump the “fat cat” insurance companies and have the people pay into a system that contracts directly with healthcare providers. You’re almost getting it. ---
**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 9, 2025, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9489 "2025-11-09T01:18:02Z")
We could call it Total Reduction of Unnecessary Medinsurance Practices! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9490 "2025-11-09T01:43:55Z")
Insurance PACs donated close to $14 million to Republicans last cycle. I wonder how they’re feeling now? ---
**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:** [November 9, 2025, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9491 "2025-11-09T01:45:13Z")
Federal immigration agents demand protesters stop leading prayers outside Chicago deportation processing center. > **[Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility](https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/feds-tell-faith-leaders-no-more-prayer-outside-broadview-facility/)** > > In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after faith leaders were denied entry to the building... ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9492 "2025-11-09T02:08:53Z")
I’m starting to think the Right aren’t interested in Freedom at all. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2025, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9493 "2025-11-09T02:16:49Z")
Or religion, for that matter. ---
**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 9, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9494 "2025-11-09T02:19:17Z")
> **[Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding...](https://theonion.com/mike-johnson-my-christian-faith-is-more-about-not-jacking-off-than-feeding-the-poor/)** > > Est. reading time: 1 minute ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9495 "2025-11-09T02:30:58Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Total Reduction of Unnecessary Medinsurance Practices Tax Reallocated to Universal Medical Practices ---
**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:** [November 9, 2025, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9496 "2025-11-09T03:01:06Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > BUY THEIR OWN POLICY FROM WHO, TRUMP? FUCKING AQUAMAN?! I need to see that in AI form from his AI podium. Would he really be shouting? (ETA: err the tweet or truth thing. Isn’t that AI podium working yet?) > [@Smapti](#): > > FUCKING AQUAMAN Don’t give him ideas. The Super Friends, along with the Ambiguously Gay Duo, will be standing behind him in support. SCOTUS: > IT IS ORDERED Article III has some vigor. SCOTUS really does need an army or 10,000 of THE PEOPLE to march with them to the White House. Shit Bomber is losing it. 2/3’rds is (a bit) closer today than yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9497 "2025-11-09T03:56:31Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Insurance PACs donated close to $14 million to Republicans last cycle. I wonder how they’re feeling now? That they should have paid it directly to 45/47? ---
**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 9, 2025, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9498 "2025-11-09T05:23:03Z")
Along with his plan to completely destroy the healthcare industry, Mad King Donald also lso announced today his plan to make home ownership more affordable by having you pay twice as much interest and ensuring that the bank will own your home until well after you die. > **[Housing director confirms administration ‘working on’ 50-year mortgage after...](https://www.aol.com/articles/housing-director-confirms-administration-working-000231822.html)** > > Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte on Saturday said the Trump administration is “working on” a plan to introduce 50-year mortgage terms for home buyers. “Thanks to President Trump, we are indeed working on The 50 year Mortgage... We’re going to reach a point very soon where Republicans figure out that the best way to get their agenda done is to just ignore him. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2025, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9499 "2025-11-09T05:41:17Z")
[“Peaceful tourist” pardoned by the felon, arrested for, of course, for kidnap and sexual assault.](https://www.aol.com/articles/former-jan-6-defendant-arrested-214536874.html) (The **bolding** is mine.)) > [@](#): > > A Donald Trump supporter **who fired off a gun during the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol** was arrested last month on **kidnapping and sexual assault charges** , [according to](https://x.com/CookSheriffIL/status/1986818982985236636) the Cook County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois. > > John Banuelos, 40, who is from Utah but whose sister lives in the Chicago area, was arrested “near 29th Street and Cicero Avenue in Cicero” on Oct. 17, according to the **Cook County Sheriff’s Office**. A warrant for his arrest was issued in Salt Lake County on Oct. 1 on charges of aggravated kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office said. > > Banuelos [was previously identified in an NBC News story](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/arrested-fatal-stabbing-utah-man-told-police-brought-gun-capitol-riot-rcna16351) in February 2022, which revealed him as **the man who shot off a weapon at the Capitol on Jan. 6.** But, wait; there’s more! > [@](#): > > Online “sedition hunters” correctly identified Banuelos, 40, and gave his name to the FBI in February 2021. Months later, on July 4, 2021, Banuelos [stabbed a man —](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/arrested-fatal-stabbing-utah-man-told-police-brought-gun-capitol-riot-rcna16351)[Christopher Thomas Senn —](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/arrested-fatal-stabbing-utah-man-told-police-brought-gun-capitol-riot-rcna16351)[to death](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/arrested-fatal-stabbing-utah-man-told-police-brought-gun-capitol-riot-rcna16351) in Salt Lake City, but was not charged after claiming self-defense. > > According to Salt Lake City police, after he was arrested for the stabbing, Banuelos told cops, “I was in the D.C. riots. You can look me up, OK?” Wow. That’s a whole smörgåsbord of delicious irony, isn’t it? Sadly, someone died because of this idiot. (Your choice as tow which idiot is at fault.) [Trashing the Executive Mansion isn’t good enough for the felon.](https://www.aol.com/articles/president-donald-trump-reportedly-wants-172819983.html) (The **bolding** is mine.) [quote] President [Donald Trump](https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/donald-trump/) wants the new [Washington Commanders](https://sportsdata.usatoday.com/football/nfl/teams/washington-commanders/363) stadium to be named after him, reports [ESPN.com](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46892115/trump-wants-commanders-stadium-named-him). According to the report, the White House has been in contact with the Commanders’ ownership group to express interest in having the new facility named after him. **The proposed $3.7 billion domed stadium will be situated on the same site as the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium** , which served as the team’s home from 1961 to 1996. The Commanders will reportedly cover $2.7 billion of the cost, with the city contributing the remaining $1 billion, while also leasing the stadium to the team. [Tan the Conman to the core!](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-lambasts-nbc-reporter-over-194011423.html) (The **bolding** is mine.) > [@](#): > > President Trump lambasted an NBC News reporter who pointed out discrepancies in this year’s Walmart Thanksgiving meal package Friday as Trump continues to cite it as an example of lower prices under his administration. > > According to [the retail giant’s website](https://www.walmart.com/i/shoppable-lists/Thanksgiving-value-meal/929), this year’s meal serves 10 people for under $4 per person. Last year, Walmart’s holiday meal served eight people for less than $7 per person. > > **But this year’s package also includes fewer items and some of those items will be Walmart’s store brand instead of name brands.** Those details were cited by the reporter before Trump jumped in to declare NBC “fake news.” Remember the movie, _My Big Fat Greek Wedding_? The bride’s father could turn any discussion into a connection with Greece. Take a wild guess what Our Big Fat Dictator turned the discussion of Thanksgiving meal into. (This from the same link, and still my **bolding**.) > [@](#): > > “Mr. President, since you brought up the Walmart Thanksgiving meal, and it is cheaper but it also contains less,” the reporter asked. > > “I haven’t heard that,” Trump interrupted. “Who are you with?” > > “You’re fake news,” the president said when the reporter identified themselves as with the network. > > “NBC’s gone down the tubes with most of the rest of them.” > > The reporter went on to ask Trump why there is a disconnect between the economy he is describing and the concern Americans feel about rising costs. > > **“Well, they feel better about our country right now, other than the shutdown obviously, which is caused by the Democrats. Could be ended by the Democrats in two minutes,” he said.** [It turns out our big fat dictator doesn’t like fat people.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/same-day-fat-jab-launch-155558910.html) > [@](#): > > On the same day that [Donald Trump unveiled plans](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pharma-executive-passes-oval-office-175144264.html) to slash the consumer cost of weight-loss drugs, the president issued a new directive banning obese foreigners or people with diabetes from obtaining visas to visit the United States. > > The new guidelines instruct visa officers to reject applicants who may be eligible for public benefits, as part of the president’s hard-line crackdown on immigration. > > The guidance, which was issued by cable to embassies across the United States and seen by [KFF Health News](https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/viewpoints-trumps-obesity-drug-plan-light-on-details-we-need-a-national-board-to-handle-foodborne-illnesses/), identifies people with [obesity](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-team-negotiating-weight-loss-214940607.html) or diabetes as being a “public charge.” > > The guidance, which was issued by cable to embassies across the United States and seen by [KFF Health News](https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/viewpoints-trumps-obesity-drug-plan-light-on-details-we-need-a-national-board-to-handle-foodborne-illnesses/), identifies people with [obesity](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-team-negotiating-weight-loss-214940607.html) or diabetes as being a “public charge.” I’m assuming “embassies across the United States” is an editing error. [The ongoing commissary shutdown saga.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/military-officials-tell-troops-168-203828495.html) > [@](#): > > Some military leaders are telling their troops to prepare for their on-base commissaries to close by early December if the government shutdown continues. As many as 168 locations at bases across the continental U.S. could be affected. > > But officials with the agency that runs the military-only grocery stores insisted to Task & Purpose this week that the stores will be open through Thanksgiving. > > “Our stores will be open to serve our customers through Thanksgiving,” Kevin Robinson, a spokesperson for the Defense Commissary Agency, or DECA, told Task & Purpose. > > While DECA officials have been planning for the closures since at least last month, military leaders began telling troops this week to plan for December closings. Task & Purpose obtained two emails sent this week by leaders of two large military units that advised troops that DECA is likely to begin cutting back on restocking inventory at the military-only base grocery stores on Nov. 14, with plans to close nearly all stores in the U.S. by Dec. 3. Both emails cited updates the leaders received earlier this week from DECA. So evidently the earlier report of shutdowns stateside were either in error or DECA found some money to prevent it. And, yet again, the military are working without pay. If they cannot afford to buy food that’s discounted, how can they afford to buy food that isn’t? [Puppy Killer doesn’t know what “parts is parts” means.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/kristi-noem-reportedly-authorized-purchase-190122856.html) (The **bolding** is mine.) > [@](#): > > Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem reportedly authorized the purchase of 10 Spirit Airlines planes before she realized that the airlines didn’t own the planes. Also, **none of the planes came with engines.** > > The detail comes from a new report in [The Wall Street Journal on](https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/department-homeland-security-deportation-disfunction-976a0e9b)Friday about the infighting between members of President Donald Trump’s administration over how to increase deportations of immigrants. > > Noem, along with Department of Homeland Security adviser Corey Lewandowski, had recently planned to buy 10 Boeing 737 jets from the budget airline, Spirit Airlines. The plan was to use the jets to deport immigrants that have been snatched off the streets by masked agents [under orders from Trump.](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-ice-raids-60-minutes_n_69080935e4b0ad5446e08047?98j) > > Sources told the Journal that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials had already cautioned the two that buying the planes would be more expensive than just expanding existing flight contracts. **And when officials looked at the proposal, they noticed that Spirit Airlines didn’t actually own the planes, and that none of the planes came with engines.** [Pets are also at risk during the shutdown. Makes sense, given the felon’s renowned attitude towards _dog_.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/families-snap-worry-not-just-120819308.html) > [@](#): > > NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Sarah Lungwitz has fretted over feeding not just her two teenage daughters with SNAP payments disrupted, but her family’s cat and two dogs. > > Help has arrived for now, she says, after an Illinois nonprofit arranged for volunteers to give her a grocery gift card last week to buy food for herself and her pets. It’s among the growing efforts to help struggling pet owners stretch their dollars as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments [go out late](https://apnews.com/article/snap-benefit-november-shutdown-086c15b0818e0cafae85090b34f44ba3) during a [government shutdown that is the longest](https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-longest-trump-republican-senators-democrats-9712df6c11ef19c5df8f18c8a4f7b341) on record. > > “I don’t even make enough money for all my bills let alone groceries,” said Lungwitz, a 46-year-old auto parts store worker who has worried she might have to surrender her cat, Bambi, and two dogs, Spike and Chloe. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2025, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9500 "2025-11-09T06:04:11Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > We’re going to reach a point very soon where Republicans figure out that the best way to get their agenda done is to just ignore him. Problem, is, their base is Trump’s personality cult; a _violent_ personality cult. They are afraid of being primaried or just outright physically attacked if they do that. And they are far too cowardly and unprincipled to risk themselves like that. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9501 "2025-11-09T13:59:03Z")
Dump adminestration - they go low … well, they go lower still. **Two panels on Margraten depicting Black American liberators of the Netherlands have suddenly disappeared. “It’s in line with the Trump administration’s policy.”** > **[Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van...](https://www-nrc-nl.translate.goog/nieuws/2025/11/07/op-margraten-zijn-twee-panelen-over-zwarte-amerikaanse-bevrijders-van-nederland-opeens-weg-past-bij-beleid-van-de-regering-trump-a4911994?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp)** > > Monument: Op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten is het opeens stil geworden rond de zwarte Amerikanen die hielpen Nederland bevrijden. Twee panelen die hun bijdrage herdachten – én wezen op hun strijd tegen racisme binnen het leger – werden... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=471) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=473)