# 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:** 492
**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 25, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9882 "2025-11-25T19:27:51Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I love that ad. I wonder when Trump will be demanding that someone breed “petite lap giraffes” for him. Me too. I always loved the ending with the little giraffe. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9883 "2025-11-25T20:15:36Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Meritocracy = Male Dominance Male, white, and claiming to be heterosexual. ---
**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 25, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9884 "2025-11-25T20:19:35Z")
“Secretary Kennedy has formally certified that these are the first ever MAHA turkeys. They could be fat, but they’re still MAHA. They’ve been fattened on a steady diet of grass, beef, to allow the smoothies and all the other things they have been eating for this occasion." > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3m6htzirwad2h)** > > Trump: "Despite their size, Secretary Kennedy has formally certified that these are the first ever MAHA turkeys. They could be fat, but they're still MAHA. They've been fattened on a steady diet of grass, beef, to allow the smoothies and all the... ---
**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 25, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9885 "2025-11-25T20:24:32Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Unsurprisingly, not taking into account the opinions of the Palestinians didn’t lead to a great success. Who knew governmentin’ was so hard. > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Meritocracy = Male Dominance Androtocracy. ---
**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 25, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9886 "2025-11-25T20:56:44Z")
Rush Hour 4 is being made because Mad King Donald demands it. > **[Rush Hour 4 in the works at Paramount after reports of Trump intervening](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/nov/25/rush-hour-4-paramount-trump)** > > Brett Ratner, accused of sexual misconduct by several women, will bring his hit franchise back to the big screen ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9887 "2025-11-25T21:01:36Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “Secretary Kennedy has formally certified that these are the first ever MAHA turkeys. They could be fat, but they’re still MAHA. They’ve been fattened on a steady diet of grass, beef, **to allow the smoothies** and all the other things they have been eating for this occasion." AI is not only epically idiotic on this subject, but has Donald’s back, besides: > [@](#): > > The phrase “to allow the smoothies” is a likely typo or mishearing of the phrase “to allow the **smoothie s** ” which, in the context of the provided search results, appears to be a misunderstanding of a speech by the president. The president was actually referring to the turkeys having been “fattened on a steady diet of grass[-fed] beef, to allow the **smooth-s** and all of the other things that they’ve been eating for this occasion”. The “smoothies” is not a literal food item for the turkeys, but rather a misinterpretation of the words “smooth-s” or similar sounding words, likely meaning things that are easy for the turkeys to eat. > > - The phrase is likely a mishearing of the word “smooth-s”. > - The president was likely referring to the turkeys eating things that were easy for them to eat, such as grain or other food products. … That’s what Google Search spits out when “to allow the smoothies” is input. (My bolding in the first quote in this post.) Thank all that’s holy that what Donald ACTUALLY said was “to allow the smooth-s”…that makes SO much more sense!!! !!! !!! !!! !!! What a relief to learn that Donald’s reputation for coherence is intact! ---
**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 25, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9888 "2025-11-25T21:06:06Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > > Meritocracy = Male Dominance > > Androtocracy. Stealing. ---
**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 25, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9889 "2025-11-25T21:08:24Z")
Needless to say, you have to have a dick _and_ pass the paper bag test. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9890 "2025-11-25T21:12:29Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > It’s just too bad that the video vets didn’t recite that sentence. Then watch Trump declare them traitors. Yes, that would have been tough for the Fox News folks to do pretend-outrage about. In other news: _ **it turns out that Donald doesn’t read what he posts:** _ [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u44je2xqdeb33u3rmy4457yg/bafkreic3wayo7x52iir5rhsae5dwygpk6fqcokikh2ynhg6xgmqelooanu@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u44je2xqdeb33u3rmy4457yg/bafkreic3wayo7x52iir5rhsae5dwygpk6fqcokikh2ynhg6xgmqelooanu@jpeg) ---
**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 25, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9891 "2025-11-25T21:22:53Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > In other news: _ **it turns out that Donald doesn’t read what he posts:** _ I believe that could accurately be amended to read: “…it turns out that Donald doesn’t read.” Period. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9892 "2025-11-25T21:27:47Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > “…it turns out that Donald doesn’t read.” Period. A candid assessment of his ability to read may have to await his departure from the scene. Supposedly he needs reading glasses but refuses to use them—the vanity is plausible, but the low-IQ seems a more likely explanation. The Turkey-Pardoning speech could be a case in point for either theory. Some believe that what he was _supposed_ to read was “they’ve been fattened on a steady diet of grass-fed-beef-tallow smoothies\*”, NOT what he did say (“They’ve been fattened on a steady diet of grass, beef, to allow the smoothies…”). . . \*“Mr. Lethal” RFK Jr.'s idea of healthy eating, needless to say. ---
**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 25, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9893 "2025-11-25T21:33:25Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > > [@needscoffee](#): > > > > It’s just too bad that the video vets didn’t recite that sentence. Then watch Trump declare them traitors. > > Yes, that would have been tough for the Fox News folks to do pretend-outrage about. > > In other news: _ **it turns out that Donald doesn’t read what he posts:** _ He literally posted the West Point Plaque stating “should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law”??? Astonishing. Not astonishing. Unbelievable. Believable. I can’t tell up from down anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9894 "2025-11-25T21:40:37Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > He literally posted the West Point Plaque stating “should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law”??? Astonishing. … He clearly did not understand the meaning of what’s written on that plaque, if he read it. Very likely his thought process was in the ballpark of _‘here is an old, historic sign that expresses MY majesty and MY law because it’s American History which belongs to ME so I will post it to emphasize MY being The Law’_…something along those lines. And none of his minions understood the words on the sign either, or else they didn’t think it worthwhile to explain it to him (so he’d take down the post). He’s a profoundly stupid man. Canny and sly about his own advantage, often, but basically IQ-challenged. (More so now than 20 years ago, of course.) ---
**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 25, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9895 "2025-11-25T22:19:29Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > That’s what Google Search spits out when “to allow the smoothies” is input. (My bolding in the first quote in this post.) That AI-generated explanation makes no sense. The theory going around is that the teleprompter said “beef tallow smoothies”, but since Trump is an idiot, he was unfamiliar with the word “tallow” and processed it as “to allow”, then ad-libbed the rest of the sentence, a la the time he mangled “they manned the ramparts” into “they manned the air, they rammed the manparts, they took over the airports and did everything they had to do”. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9896 "2025-11-25T23:05:05Z")
I’m childishly amused that the DHS Chief Security Officer (acting),is named Iwona B. Horyn. No, it’s probably not pronounced the way I think. ---
**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 25, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9897 "2025-11-25T23:28:38Z")
Turkeys go apeshit for smooth food. ---
**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 25, 2025, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9898 "2025-11-25T23:34:27Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > steady diet of grass-fed-beef-tallow smoothies That sounds tast… Wait, is he saying the gruel these Turkeys were force fed was like a simulation of free-range Turkeys with mown-grass and chopped up cow parts distributed, only the Turkeys were in cages and had no choice? > [@Railer13](#): > > boy-friendly spaces This seems like something Hegseth knows well. ---
**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 25, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9899 "2025-11-25T23:40:44Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > Wait, is he saying the gruel these Turkeys were force fed was like a simulation of free-range Turkeys with mown-grass and chopped up cow parts distributed, only the Turkeys were in cages and had no choice? I’m gonna guess that Mad King Donald demanded the bigliest most tremendous turkeys anyone’s ever seen and RFK found a farmer willing to foie gras them up. ---
**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 26, 2025, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9900 "2025-11-26T01:11:12Z")
Peace plan? WHAT peace plan? I didn’t have a peace plan! > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3m6imeju6d22d)** > > Trump on his administration's initial Russia-friendly peace plan: "That was not a plan. It was a concept." ---
**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 26, 2025, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/9901 "2025-11-26T01:42:41Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > [quoted by Railer13] > the group once known as the Boy Scouts is no longer a meritocracy I don’t recall the boyscouts ever being a meritocracy. The pretty much take all comers so it isn’t as if including girls meant some boys got left out. What a bunch of idiots. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=491) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=493)