# 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:** 481
**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 18, 2025, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9662 "2025-11-18T11:38:52Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > you were told wrong Oh well, no matter. When I moved out, I tried my best to tri-fold it (it was a big one) and brought it to a VFW post where an old vet, probably WWII, thanked me. I’m in the UK now, and on VE day, which Trump had just renamed “The USA did everything in WWII day”, in the front yard I had some smaller flags mounted on bamboo poles: The union jack a meter in front (correct side up - Trump and only he always does it upside down), The USA flag mounted with the stars in the bottom left as in maritime distress, and the Soviet Hammer & Sickle flag (father in law born in Leningrad siege and his father lost early on). I am not flying Putin’s flag. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9663 "2025-11-18T13:30:40Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > [‘No legitimate justification for this’: Kash Patel’s country musician girlfriend gets FBI protection](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kash-patel-alexis-watkins-protection-fbi-b2866758.html) > [@Coriolanus](#): > > FBI SWAT team? What the bloody fuck? ‘No one’s significant other could sing that poorly!’ ~ William Randolph Hearst ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9664 "2025-11-18T13:52:22Z")
Trump is planning to sell F-35s to the Saudis. He has truly gone senile. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9665 "2025-11-18T14:39:10Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Hey, what do the following mean to you? > > - ROUGH RIDER > - MIDNIGHT HAMMER > - SOUTHERN SPEAR > [@Gyrate](#): > > Mrs Betty Bowers observed that they all sound like models from the latest dildo catalogue. Yeah, I was hearing Det (L&O) Fontana’s voice describes those as part of the “rough trade” of gay sex. Southern Spear is almost _too_ obvious. I think Kegsbreath has issues. ---
**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 18, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9666 "2025-11-18T19:23:50Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Hey, what do the following mean to you? > > - ROUGH RIDER > - MIDNIGHT HAMMER > - SOUTHERN SPEAR - ROUGH TRADE ---
**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:** [November 18, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9667 "2025-11-18T19:31:30Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > MIDNIGHT HAMMER Everybody go to go. ---
**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 18, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9668 "2025-11-18T19:37:44Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Mrs Betty Bowers observed that they all sound like models from the latest dildo catalogue. Or condoms. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9669 "2025-11-18T21:49:57Z")
Never mind. Ninjas. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9670 "2025-11-18T21:51:31Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Trump is planning to sell F-35s to the Saudis. He has truly gone senile. Well, he will have some extras after Canada cancels the remaining F-35 contract, and gets Swedish Grippens instead. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9671 "2025-11-19T00:28:42Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Yeah, I was hearing Det (L&O) Fontana’s voice describes those as part of the “rough trade” of gay sex. Southern Spear is almost _too_ obvious. I think Kegsbreath has issues. No I’m sure its just a coincidence along with his obsession about being surrounded by ranks and ranks young clean shaven muscular white men with no women around. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9672 "2025-11-19T00:42:06Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > And the funniest part of this? It won’t make prices come down. > > We saw it during the pandemic. There were major disruptions to transportation systems, which caused costs to spike. Businesses raised prices to compensate for that, but then never lowered them again once the disruptions went away. They saw that people were still willing to buy at the higher prices, and figured that was what they should be charging all the time. I buy half gallon of (store brand) orange juice every week. A few months ago, I was dismayed to notice that I was paying nearly $5 for it. Last week, I saw that it was $2.98. Way to go, @Smapti ! (He owns Winco.) ---
**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 19, 2025, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9673 "2025-11-19T03:40:47Z")
We now return to _The President’s Brain Is Missing_. “We will be here for three and a quarter years. For the Trump, that’s like an eternity. For somebody else that doesn’t sound long." > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3m5x2owee2d2d)** > > Trump: "We will be here for three and a quarter years. For the Trump, that's like an eternity. For somebody else that doesn't sound long." “Gaza – while it looks a little bit messy, it has for many many years, decades, but it’s getting very close to being perfected.” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3m5x2etac5b2p)** > > Trump: "Gaza -- while it looks a little bit messy, it has for many many years, decades, but it's getting very close to being perfected." “It’s good for your companies, but I’m only interested in the jobs for your count-- I’m not interested in the profits, but I guess the profits are there too.” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3m5x23f4k4j2d)** > > Trump on Saudi investments in the US: "It's good for your companies, but I'm only interested in the jobs for your count-- I'm not interested in the profits, but I guess the profits are there too." “I don’t give a hell where that hand’s been. I grabbed that hand.” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3m5wecvrfj62m)** > > totally normal. nothing to see here. “Palestinians are doing very actually” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3m5wcdozmom2t)** > > Trump: "Palestinians are doing very actually" “The one pilot said, ‘skedaddle!’ And that thing just turned on its side – pppph. And it’s so unbelievable. And that knocked out Iran nuclear capability.” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3m5uftw3jty2d)** > > Trump is ranting barely coherently to McDonald's franchise owners: "The one pilot said, 'skedaddle!' And that thing just turned on its side -- pppph. And it's so unbelievable. And that knocked out Iran nuclear capability." ---
**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 19, 2025, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9674 "2025-11-19T05:07:25Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “We will be here for three and a quarter years. For the Trump, that’s like an eternity. For somebody else that doesn’t sound long." I dunno. For me personally the last ten months has been pretty goddam long. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9675 "2025-11-19T05:36:30Z")
Remember way back 11 months ago when Biden pre-emptively pardoned his family, retired Gen. Mark Milley, Dr. Anthony Fauci, members and staff of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, and Capitol and D.C. Metropolitan Police officers who testified before the committee - and people thought he was over-reacting? ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9676 "2025-11-19T05:41:48Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > I dunno. For me personally the last ten months has been pretty goddam long. An eternity at the very least. And… “The Trump?” I know this was most likely what passes for his mind backfiring, but has he ever referred to himself in the third person before? It’s an affectation that I know some people use, Bob Dole used to do that, but it sounds odd coming from him. How long before the dementia and senility becomes too much to ignore? ---
**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 19, 2025, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9677 "2025-11-19T05:54:04Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > And… “The Trump?” I know this was most likely what passes for his mind backfiring, but has he ever referred to himself in the third person before? All the time, but “the Trump” is a new formulation I haven’t seen before. Usually it’s “Person X knows nothing about Trump” or “Nobody is better at X than Donald Trump” or “THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP!” in all caps in a tweet, and sometimes he writes “Trump” in quotes for emphasis. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/08/17/third-person-in-chief-how-trump-keeps-referring-himself-third-person/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/08/17/third-person-in-chief-how-trump-keeps-referring-himself-third-person/) [https://www.wwlp.com/news/president-donald-trump-in-the-third-person/](https://www.wwlp.com/news/president-donald-trump-in-the-third-person/) ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9678 "2025-11-19T06:05:45Z")
Huh, fair enough, I stand corrected. In my defense, I never noticed this before, but I wouldn’t have pissed on him if he were on fire and that was before he became a festering fascist boil on the body politic. Never watched a single minute of his terrible TV show and I never really liked Twitter even before it became a cess pool. These days I’m much more likely to read summaries of his incoherent ramblings rather than actually listen to them. If that Washington Post article is accurate however it seems like it might be a common thing among those who develop delusions of grandeur. I’m sure an aversion to pronouns isn’t the only thing Trump and Caesar have in common. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2025, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9679 "2025-11-19T06:16:25Z")
I watched all of those videos and, well, OMG! How any you watch any of those and say “yeah, that’s a leader!”? And that video about not fist bumping is surreal. I would’ve guessed it was AI generated. I guess if they are women, he grabs’em by the pussy. But, if they are a murdering crown prince dude, he grabs’em by the hand. ---
**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 19, 2025, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9680 "2025-11-19T06:22:14Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > And that video about not fist bumping is surreal. I would’ve guessed it was AI generated. I guess if they are women, he grabs’em by the pussy. But, if they are a murdering crown prince dude, he grabs’em by the hand. What caught my attention in that one was “I don’t give a hell”. That’s… not a thing people say. Seems like the kind of word substitution that indicates failing cognition, like his ramble about foster care last week. > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3m5jvpb2d6z2m)** > > Trump: "Christians and more, think of this, more than twice as likely foster care they'll adopt the general population. They adopt to it so easily. When they get out, they adopt to it like it's become second nature. It's amazing." ---
**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 19, 2025, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9681 "2025-11-19T07:28:31Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > These days I’m much more likely to read summaries of his incoherent ramblings rather than actually listen to them. Listening to other people read his speeches can be entertaining. > [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=480) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=482)