# 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:** 85
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/1681 "2025-02-07T15:31:29Z")
I agree with this, by the way. I’ve read many times over the years that the offices keep close tally of how the calls to their offices go, and it really does motivate them. Now, the fact that they all fear being primaried more than they fear being complicit is a problem, but you know, Muck’s 400 billion dollars have rights too. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/1682 "2025-02-07T15:34:47Z")
It isn’t the 931 number listed here? > **[Office Locations | Representative Ogles](https://ogles.house.gov/contact/offices)** ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/1683 "2025-02-07T15:39:57Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I can’t keep up with the stupidity of this clusterfuck now. [Has this been mentioned on this site yet?](https://www.yahoo.com/news/cia-sets-off-security-crisis-204618974.html) [I posted about it above!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues/1010068/1646) This shit is moving faster than shit through a goose. It’s easy to miss some shit. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/1684 "2025-02-07T15:49:49Z")
It’s not a local number for me. I call from my landline (I work in telecom - you bet your ass I still have one of these.), so they see a 615 area code. I figure if I use my cell phone, they’d be more likely to dismiss the 919 area code. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/1685 "2025-02-07T17:50:58Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Deliberately misspelling “Venezuela” is insufficient in signaling whether to apply Poe’s Law. Deliberately? Are you suggesting something of a pun on venerable? He’d have used caps or something for that, wouldn’t he? And not capping SAD is worrisome. I may not be a doctor, yet I play one on person, woman, man, camera, TV - yet from my far-enough away POV he seems, let’s just say “less cognitive” than before. I could see the same sort of thing with Reagan in his latter second term, certainly I saw it in Biden. Trump’s story about his cognitive test in July 2020 was to make the point that he’s still there. The same guy we’d hear wanted one-page daily summaries of everything in the world and whose brain would go ‘la la la’ if over-taxed. Here’s what he said after it: > Trump went on to explain the test, saying that after several questions, the doctor returned to the list of words, asking Trump to repeat them. “And you go, ‘person, woman, man, camera, TV.’ They say, ‘That’s amazing. How did you do that?’ ‘I do it because I have like a good memory? Because I’m cognitively there.’” Clearly this is one of his people approach him and say “Sir, (you are the greatest)” anecdotes. It’s always “Sir” and here he’s saying that doctors were amazed that he remembered something like the example or instructions. This is the so-called Montreal Cognitive Assessment, the test Trump is referring to, and a typical answer is “Face, velvet, church, daisy, red.” I cannot imagine doctors (other than his own) being “amazed” unless he’d just recited Pi to 300 digits as well. I don’t know how fat his fingers are, or if I’m missing some clever pun or intended insult, he could not find the Z? There is clearly less “there” there than four years ago. ETA: I’ll readily admit if I’ve fallen for Poe’s Law ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/1686 "2025-02-07T18:58:42Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > I cannot imagine doctors (other than his own) being “amazed” unless he’d just recited Pi to 300 digits as well. I’d be surprised if Trump could recite pi to five digits. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/1687 "2025-02-07T19:14:08Z")
I would honestly be shocked if he started with ‘3’ and not a 5 minute rambling spiel trying to stall while his aides desperately signal with 3 fingers while he totally misses their cues. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/1688 "2025-02-07T19:33:54Z")
“Five…” “Three, sir!” ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/1689 "2025-02-07T19:42:19Z")
Does Trump know what is favorite color is? I’ll go with White. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/1690 "2025-02-07T19:46:49Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > “Five…” > “Three, sir!” “Hush, Harriet! That’s a sure way to get him killed!” ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/1691 "2025-02-07T20:02:51Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > I would honestly be shocked if he started with ‘3’ and not a 5 minute rambling spiel trying to stall while his aides desperately signal with 3 fingers while he totally misses their cues. Recite Pi? I like pi, but I have chefs for that. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/1692 "2025-02-07T20:36:50Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > I cannot imagine doctors (other than his own) being “amazed” unless he’d just recited Pi to 300 digits as well. Alternately, Trump’s doctors are just constantly patronizing him because they know stroking his ego is the only way to get him to follow directions, and he’s too stupid to distinguish flattery from genuine praise. “Wow, sir! I’ve never seen ANYONE memorize that many words before! You’re so smart and your father can’t possibly have been ashamed of you!” ---
**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:** [February 7, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/1693 "2025-02-07T20:51:18Z")
He’s starting to back down on the Jyna tariffs now. > **[Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the...](https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/amendment-to-duties-addressing-the-synthetic-opioid-supply-chain-in-the-peoples-republic-of-china/)** > > By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency ---
**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:** [February 7, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/1694 "2025-02-07T20:55:42Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > I cannot imagine doctors (other than his own) being “amazed” “Sir, I am amazed, considering you tried pushing a door marked Pull and then angrily blamed an intern for it and demanded they rehang the door, that you have an IQ above 10.” ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/1695 "2025-02-07T21:02:30Z")
[![](https://i.redd.it/pn6l8vlvse6d1.jpeg) ](https://i.redd.it/pn6l8vlvse6d1.jpeg) ---
**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:** [February 7, 2025, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/1696 "2025-02-07T23:25:01Z")
Who’s ready for the First Annual Donald J. Trump Award For Outstanding Achievement In The Field Of Excellence? [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4usmserhjqkvhldgedfjb3jw/bafkreie5qn4xka3qrxqnc5sii2xhm4urtey4t47tqap6eislwkbukzyapq@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4usmserhjqkvhldgedfjb3jw/bafkreie5qn4xka3qrxqnc5sii2xhm4urtey4t47tqap6eislwkbukzyapq@jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/1697 "2025-02-07T23:33:47Z")
“And must reflect the brtightest STARS on its stage from acros the nation.” Cool, so: Scotty Baio James Woods Kid Rock (_ideal_ Kennedy Center performer) Elon Gretzky Roseanne Joe Exotic ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/1698 "2025-02-07T23:46:34Z")
God, I can’t _wait_ for 4 years when a rational Democrat takes office and we get to witness the Great Undoing; rolling back all the stupid bullshit of the Trump years. With chairman of the Kennedy Center just being the latest and most egregious example. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/1699 "2025-02-08T00:08:08Z")
Hm. There doesn’t seem to be any evidence whatsoever that Democrats, LGBTQ people, books, or drag queens, are hurting kids. You know what actually DOES hurt children? Guns, any number of organized religions, Gym Jordan, Matt Gaetz, and the Boy Scouts of America – institutions much beloved by Conservatives. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/1700 "2025-02-08T00:14:19Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > There doesn’t seem to be any evidence whatsoever that Democrats, LGBTQ people, books, or drag queens, are hurting kids. > > You know what actually DOES hurt children? People who accuse the former of hurting kids? > **[Conservative film critic who called child trafficking movie a 'call to...](https://www.dailydot.com/debug/aaron-gleason-child-molestation-sound-of-freedom/)** > > Aaron Gleason is currently out on bail. > [@](#): > > In 2023, Aaron Craig Gleason wrote a review for the conservative publication the Federalist about The Sound of Freedom, an indie hit and a favorite among right-wing circles. > > “The children are by far the best and worst part of this film,” wrote Gleason. “It’s about the children—lost, invisible children who suffer in the depths of hell every single day. While the rich and powerful try to indoctrinate us with critical race theory and other ideological moralisms, true victims suffer in literal cages and chains.” > > The headline of the piece deemed the movie a “call to action.” > > Gleason’s words (and actions) are raising eyebrows now, after he was arrested on Jan. 28 for molesting a victim under the age of 12, according to Okaloosa, Florida jail records. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=84) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=86)