# 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:** 499
**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 30, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/10022 "2025-11-30T13:46:04Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > triggers a “Phrasing!” alert. Ewwwww! What’s the safe word? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/10023 "2025-11-30T16:37:56Z")
And yet he chose to post a photo of Trump that looks like he’s in mid-snore. _That’s_ the best shot he could get? ---
**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 30, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/10024 "2025-11-30T18:21:58Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > And yet he chose to post a photo of Trump that looks like he’s in mid-snore It’s not clear that Cardone posted that pic. They’re two separate images. ---
**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 30, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/10025 "2025-11-30T22:42:53Z")
The photo was from the press pool, not Cardone. ---
**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 30, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/10026 "2025-11-30T22:50:39Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Just to note that Cardone’s tweet all on its own triggers a “Phrasing!” alert. It might also annoy Donald. Why mention “for any age,” since that clearly is intended to remind readers of how very, very old Donald is? ---
**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 30, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/10027 "2025-11-30T23:16:06Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The photo was from the press pool, not Cardone If you do a reverse image search, you can see the photo uncropped. It doesn’t look like a press pool pic. I’m a bit skeptical that it’s a current photo. It sure looks like some of his older, fatter pics. But I can’t find anything indicating it’s not current. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2025, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/10028 "2025-12-01T00:29:12Z")
[An internal fight has broken out in the GOP over whether President Donald Trump is healthy — and who could lead the Republican party after him.](https://www.rawstory.com/it-s-just-so-silly-internal-gop-fights-breaking-out-over-trump-being-weak/) ---
**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:** [December 1, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/10029 "2025-12-01T00:44:24Z")
Trump knows nothing about Pete Hegseth. > **['Throwing Hegseth under the bus?' Trump statement on 'second strike' raises...](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-hegseth-second-strike/)** > > President Donald Trump seemingly distanced himself from the latest controversy surrounding Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.The self-styled secretary of war reportedly ordered a second missile strike on two alleged smugglers who survived an attack on a... ---
**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:** [December 1, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/10030 "2025-12-01T00:47:53Z")
I gotta say he looks like a good, hard nap away from the funeral home. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/10031 "2025-12-01T00:48:07Z")
Trump told reporters today that he’d release the results of the MRI which was conducted on him in October, which he still says was “perfect.” He also claims to not know what part of his body was scanned. > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would release the results of his MRI test that he received in October. > > “If you want to have it released, I’ll release it,” the president said during an exchange with reporters as he traveled back to Washington from Florida. > > He said the results of the MRI were “perfect.” > [@](#): > > Trump added Sunday that he has “no idea” on what part of his body he got the MRI. > > “It was just an MRI,” he said. “What part of the body? It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and I aced it.” > **[Trump says he'll release MRI results; he doesn't know what part of his body...](https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-mri-physical-white-house-0c66f2f9fca865d842ee94329a210a42)** > > President Donald Trump says he'll release the results of his MRI test that he received in October. During an exchange with reporters as he traveled back to Washington from Florida on Sunday, he said: “If you want to have it released, I’ll release... ---
**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:** [December 1, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/10032 "2025-12-01T00:48:12Z")
From the link provided by @Smapti > [@](#): > > “I don’t know that that happened and Pete said he did not want them, even know what people were talking about, so we’ll look in –we’ll look into it,” Trump told reporters. “But no, I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal, it was fine, and if there were two people around, but Pete said that didn’t happen. I have great confidence.” And this is what passes for oration today? WTF does this word salad mean? Wait, it’s not a word salad. It’s the output of a word garbage disposal. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/10033 "2025-12-01T01:05:50Z")
Also a shitty storyline about transporting drugs to the US. That boat was no where near the US. Couldn’t have reached the US without multiple refueling stops. Had way too many people for a drug run. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/10034 "2025-12-01T02:12:42Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Had way too many people for a drug run. Maybe they were hiding the drugs inside the fish they caught. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2025, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/10035 "2025-12-01T02:32:48Z")
So what is the procedure for referring someone for prosecution by the International Criminal Court? Does it have to be a state actor, someone representing their government? ---
**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:** [December 1, 2025, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/10036 "2025-12-01T03:08:39Z")
The US isn’t a member of the ICC and does not recognize the ICC having jurisdiction over US citizens. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2025, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/10037 "2025-12-01T05:27:27Z")
@Smapti Doesn’t Venezuela recognize it? Hey, it woudln’t bother me if the felon and his co-conspirators had to hide somewhere. The more countries refusing their entry, the better. [And War Criminal Hegseth’s response to the latest fiasco is, “Sure did”.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/hegseth-declines-report-boat-survivors-221324570.html) > [@](#): > > Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth responded to a report that he ordered the military to kill all passengers aboard a boat suspected of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea in September. > > According to [The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/28/hegseth-kill-them-all-survivors-boat-strike/), the Sept. 2 boat strike initially left two survivors clinging to the boat. The Post alleges Adm. Mitch Bradley, head of Special Operations Command, then ordered a second strike in order to comply with Hegseth’s orders and to ensure the survivors couldn’t call on other traffickers to retrieve them and their cargo. > > In a post on X on Friday, Hegseth said the strikes were intended to be “lethal, kinetic strikes.” > > “Our current operations in the Caribbean are lawful under both U.S. and international law, with all actions in compliance with the law of armed conflict—and approved by the best military and civilian lawyers, up and down the chain of command,” Hegseth said. The best lawyers according to whom, your idol, the convicted felon? [The felon tries his hand at writing a country song.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-fires-off-bizarre-post-201145817.html) > [@](#): > > President **Donald Trump** fired off an endorsement for MAGA Republican **Matt Van Epps** (R) in a Tennessee congressional race Sunday by making some bizarre claims about the Democratic opponent. > > **Aftyn Behn** (D) currently serves as a state representative for the Nashville area, and is running in a special election against Van Epps to replace Rep. **Mark Green** (R). The race is being closely watched nationwide since it has the potential to flip a red seat blue. > > [Trump posted to Truth Social,](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115640171509477265) “I am asking all America First Patriots in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District, who haven’t voted yet, to please GET OUT AND VOTE on Election Day, Tuesday, December 2nd, for a phenomenal Candidate, Matt Van Epps. Matt is fighting against a woman who hates Christianity, will take away your guns, wants Open Borders, Transgender for everybody, men in women’s sports, and openly disdains Country music.” [Pete’s Press Corps performs obeisance to senior Department of Defense personnel.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pentagon-pete-invites-cherry-picked-195220311.html) > [@](#): > > The Department of Defense is set to welcome its new gaggle of press loyalists with a meet-and-greet and access to senior DOD personnel. > > The new [MAGA press corps](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pentagon-pete-unveils-maga-press-203027742.html) will pick up their press badges and interact with senior Pentagon officials at a three-day fair running Dec. 1-3. They will also be part of a rare Pete Hegseth press scrum. One attendee, Laura Loomer, said the festivities are dubbed “New Media Week.” Ah, yes. It’s a New Media Week, a _Brave_ New Media Week. [Seriously, by this point, the only reason the cheater-in-chief is pardoning people is because they did it better than he did.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/convicted-fraudster-trump-79-frees-143607497.html) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump sprung a fellow convicted fraudster from prison this week after the man had served less than two weeks of a seven-year sentence for a $1.6 billion Ponzi scheme. > > David Gentile first reported to prison on Nov. 14 following his sentencing in May for using funds controlled by his company GPB Capital to scam around 10,000 investors over a period of several years, [the _New York Times_ reports](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/us/politics/trump-david-gentile-commutation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5E8.Kq5Y.ug1H9xUE1V1s&smid=url-share). > > He was freed Wednesday, after just 12 days behind bars. > > In securing Gentile’s conviction last August, prosecutors had cited victim statements from more than 1,000 “hardworking, everyday people”—among them veterans, farmers, teachers and nurses—who’d lost money as a result of his crimes. Or maybe he’s just flipping a coin. > [@](#): > > It is unclear why the president chose to commute Gentile’s sentence, or why the latter fraudster’s co-defendant in the case, Jeffry Schneider, remains behind bars. Have you wondered why the felon pardoned Juan Orlando Hernandez? [His response to that very question will muddle your mind.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-grilled-pardoning-ex-honduran-233214797.html) > [@](#): > > President **Donald Trump** was grilled about his decision to pardon former president of Honduras and convicted drug trafficker **Juan Orlando Hernandez** on Sunday while simultaneously boasting about his efforts to crack down on drug trafficking. > > During a [Q&A](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSMcTTiRam8) with reporters on Air Force One, Trump was asked by a reporter about his decision to [pardon](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-ll-pardon-ex-223948298.html) Hernandez, who was sentenced to 45 years in prison for drug trafficking and weapons charges in June last year. > > “You have made so clear how you want to keep drugs out of the U.S. Can you explain more about why you would pardon a notorious drug trafficker?” questioned the reporter. Now, that’s a great question, but not clear enough for the felon. > [@](#): > > After Trump replied, “Well, I don’t know who you’re talking about,” the reporter specified, “Juan Orlando Hernandez.” Now that we’ve discovered the felon just maybe thinks he’s pardoned more than one notorious drug trafficker, he launches into what passes for an answer to his gelatinous mind. > [@](#): > > “Well I was told– I was asked by Honduras, many of the people of Honduras, they said it was a Biden setup,” responded Trump. “I don’t mean Biden– look, Biden didn’t know he was alive, but it was the people that surround the Resolute Desk, surround Biden when he was there, which was about very little time, and the people of Honduras really thought he was set up and it was a terrible thing.” > > Trump continued, “He was the president of the country and they basically said he was a drug dealer because he was the president of the country, and they said it was a Biden administration setup, and I looked at the facts and I agree with them.” > > Asked, “What evidence can you share that he was set up?” the president replied, “Well, you take a look. I mean, they could say that you take any country you want, if somebody sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president and put him in jail for the rest of his life.” > > “I will be granting a Full and Complete Pardon to Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez who has been, according to many people that I greatly respect, treated very harshly and unfairly,” announced Trump in a Truth Social [post](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115629406693931908) last week. “CONGRATULATIONS TO JUAN ORLANDO HERNANDEZ ON YOUR UPCOMING PARDON.” Why does this look like he’s laying groundwork to declare his own innocence in the murders at sea? [I’m thinking it’s not the Afghanis believing in witchcraft here.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-shares-post-seal-team-215500770.html) > [@](#): > > President **Donald Trump** shared a post from **Robert O’Neill** , the Navy Seal Team 6 member credited with killing **Osama bin Laden** , saying Afghans would “chop your head off” if they saw a coffee machine because they would believe you are a “witch.” > > The president shared the post on Truth Social on Saturday, a day after O’Neill posted it to X. > > “If you’ve never been to Afghanistan, you wouldn’t understand. If you showed these people a Nespresso machine and gave them free coffee, they would assume you were a witch and chop your head off… But let’s bring ’em in!,” [O’Neill wrote](https://x.com/mchooyah/status/1994410388901843150?s=20). > > Trump endorsed the take a few days after an Afghan national shot two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. [And O’Neill? Yeah, he’s all kinds of trustworthy.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._O'Neill#Civilian_life) (I’ve left the footnotes in.) > [@](#): > > After separating from the US Navy, O’Neill began working as a [motivational speaker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivational_speaker).[[10]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._O'Neill#cite_note-2014-11-14_CBS-10) In 2015, he became a contributor to the [cable news](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_cable_news) channel [Fox News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News),[[9]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._O'Neill#cite_note-2015-03-12_Fox_News-9) though had left the company by August 2021, instead appearing on competitor [Newsmax TV](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsmax_TV) that October.[[21]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._O'Neill#cite_note-2021-10-07_Mediaite-21) O’Neill has also published two books: > > - _The Operator_. [Simon & Schuster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_%26_Schuster). 2017. [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781501145032](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781501145032).[[22]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._O'Neill#cite_note-S&S_Operator-22) > - With [Meyer, Dakota](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Meyer) (1 March 2022). _The Way Forward_. [HarperCollins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HarperCollins).[[23]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._O'Neill#cite_note-2021-09-22_T&P-23) > > A fan of the [Washington Redskins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Redskins),[[4]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._O'Neill#cite_note-2013-02-11_Esquire-4) O’Neill was able to meet the team[[24]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._O'Neill#cite_note-2014-11-16_TMZ-24) a week after his claim of shooting bin Laden was publicized in 2014.[[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._O'Neill#cite_note-2014-11-07_People-2) > > In 2016, O’Neill was charged in Montana with [driving under the influence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_under_the_influence); prosecutors dropped the charges.[[25]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._O'Neill#cite_note-2023-08-25_Dallas_Morning_News-25) > > On 23 August 2023, O’Neill was arrested in [Frisco, Texas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisco,_Texas), on “a Class A misdemeanor charge of [assault](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault) causing bodily injury and a Class C misdemeanor charge of [public intoxication](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_intoxication)” after allegedly assaulting a hotel security guard. He was booked into the [Collin County](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collin_County,_Texas) jail, and released on a [bond](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bail_bond) of $3,500 (equivalent to $3,612 in 2024).[[25]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._O'Neill#cite_note-2023-08-25_Dallas_Morning_News-25) In August 2024, O’Neill sued the security guard—Johnny Loomis—for [defamation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation), saying the 2023 claims were fabricated; he also filed suit against [Omni Hotels & Resorts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omni_Hotels_%26_Resorts) for negligence, saying they hired a guard who “lacked adequate qualifications.”[[18]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._O'Neill#cite_note-2024-09-06_Dallas_Morning_News-18) > > In December 2023, O’Neill held a small share of the [Armed Forces Brewing Company](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_Brewing_Company&action=edit&redlink=1) in [Norfolk, Virginia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia), and served as its [brand ambassador](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_ambassador). His previous comments about Joshua Kelley, and his legal trouble in Frisco, prompted public opposition to a proposed brewery a few miles from [Naval Station Norfolk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Station_Norfolk); the [planning commission](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planning_and_zoning_commission) voted four-to-two against recommending the brewery permit. The company removed O’Neill as the company’s director of military services and “toned down O’Neill’s public-facing role.”[[26]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._O'Neill#cite_note-2023-12-10_AP-26) > > On November 4, 2024, O’Neill was criticized online for his sexually charged reply to a [tweet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweet_(social_media)) by [Harry Sisson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Sisson_(influencer)) publicizing five young men’s vote for [Kamala Harris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris) in the [2024 United States presidential election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election). To the original tweet stating that “real men support Harris”, O’Neill replied: “You’re not men. You’re boys. If there was no social media, you would be my [concubines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concubinage).” He followed up, saying, “These liberal, pussy ‘males’ will never defend you. I got you .. they don’t.”[[27]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._O'Neill#cite_note-2024-11-04_Huffington_Post-27) [The felon’s updated the White House webpage for a very dictatorial stunt.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-unveils-media-offender-week-043904270.html) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump isn’t just content this week with[personally demeaning female journalists](https://deadline.com/2025/11/trump-female-reporter-insult-ugly-1236629637/), POTUS has now decided to make his war on the so-called “enemy of the people” online official with[a new White House website page](https://www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/?cst). > > Amidst [the tragic shooting of two West Virginia National Guard members in DC](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/national-guardsmen-shot-dc-dead-205900706.html) on November 26 and a flurry of Truth Social posts and more attacks on Joe Biden’s legacy Friday from the ex-_Apprentice_ host, the Executive Branch launched a digital pummeling of “the Media Offender of the Week.” Promising to chronicle a “record of the media’s false and misleading stories > flagged by The White House,” the page also offers a detailed “Hall of Shame” going back months. It also urges vistors to “Scroll for the Truth.” [And Cruell de Vile joins in with the “Sure did!” chorus.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/noem-confirms-she-approved-deportation-154840030.html) > [@](#): > > Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday confirmed that [she instructed](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/doj-noem-made-final-call-145959110.html) the federal government to carry out the deportation and transferring of Venezuelan detainees to El Salvador despite [a court order](https://www.yahoo.com/news/boasberg-moves-hold-trump-administration-162751802.html) halting the flights. > > “The decisions that are made on deportations, where flights go, and when they go are my decision at the Department of Homeland Security,” Noem told NBC’s Kristen Welker on “[Meet the Press](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/noem-deportation-operation-decisions-flights-el-salvador-rcna246531).” “And we will continue to do the right thing and ensure that dangerous criminals are removed.” > > The Department of Justice (DOJ) last week indicated in court filings that Noem directed officials to continue deportations to a Salvadoran megaprison amid [an ongoing review](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/judge-boasberg-revive-contempt-proceedings-220119243.html) of whether the Trump administration could be held in contempt after defying a judge’s [oral order](https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-blocks-trump-administration-implementing-002006667.html) seeking the return of more than 100 Venezuelan detainees to the U.S. ---
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> [@from Monty's link](#): > > It is unclear why the president chose to commute Gentile’s sentence, or why the latter fraudster’s co-defendant in the case, Jeffry Schneider, remains behind bars. Is it? One clearly came up with enough cash or crypto. One clearly didn’t. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2025, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/10039 "2025-12-01T06:23:33Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > you can see the photo uncropped The uncropped photo is even more pathetic. It’s obviously at his golf course and he still feels the need to have a name plate on his table. He is so deeply insecure that he thinks he needs to be identified in his own establishment. That’s just pitiful. [![](https://unstuckpolitics.com/uploads/default/original/3X/3/8/387faff7209768022bc520cb3cb363e4553c7982.jpeg) ](https://unstuckpolitics.com/uploads/default/original/3X/3/8/387faff7209768022bc520cb3cb363e4553c7982.jpeg) ---
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> [@Monty](#): > > They will also be part of a rare Pete Hegseth press scrum. One attendee, Laura Loomer, said the festivities are dubbed “New Media Week.” I read that press scrum part as press **scum**. I think that fits better. `//i\\` ---
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> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > He is so deeply insecure that he thinks he needs to be identified in his own establishment. Between this and the gaudy golden sign outside the Oval Office and the “presidential walk of fame”, I’m inclined to believe that he needs visual cues to remind him of who he is and where he is and that he’s the president. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=498) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=500)