# The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues (Part 1)

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**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")\
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John Bolton, former security advisor of the chickenhawk president, got his home raided by the FBI. He had lost his security clearance before, due to angering his former boss. Revenge, pure and simple. And mean spirited. And petty:

> The first Trump administration had [unsuccessfully sought to block](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/20/john-bolton-judge-donald-trump-book) the publication of a Bolton book that it said contained classified information.
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> After a judge ruled, in June 2020, that the book could be published, Trump said Bolton “must pay a very big price for this, as others have before him”.

If you thought this image was Mar-a-Lago  
[![](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/71b9cdbf6a0ec55fb54cd6769334d629ce45c04c/0_0_8256_5504/master/8256.jpg?width=1140&dpr=2&s=none&crop=none) ](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/71b9cdbf6a0ec55fb54cd6769334d629ce45c04c/0_0_8256_5504/master/8256.jpg?width=1140&dpr=2&s=none&crop=none)  
and this statement

> The [FBI](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/fbi) director, Kash Patel, posted a cryptic message on X on Friday morning, saying: “NO ONE is above the law… @FBI agents on mission.”

was grounds for rejoicing, think again:

> **[FBI raids home of John Bolton, Trump’s ex-national security adviser](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/22/fbi-raids-john-bolton-house)**
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> Bolton’s home allegedly part of investigation into classified documents as FBI director warns ‘no one is above law’

And to add insult to offence:

> JD Vance, the US vice-president, reposted Patel’s message, as did Dan Bongino, the deputy director of the FBI. Bongino [added](https://x.com/FBIDDBongino/status/1958850735321264287): “Public corruption will not be tolerated.”

They have no shame. Don’s disgusting despicable deplorables.

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