# The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [December 1, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298 "2025-12-01T20:32:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 102
**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:** [January 28, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2021 "2026-01-28T19:23:23Z")
[Maxwell Smart voice:] _“Missed it by that much!”_ ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2022 "2026-01-28T19:39:10Z")
How much does being a paid agitator pay? Where do I sign up? Is it enough so I can quit my job and just be a full time hater? As much as it pains me to say it, paid agitators would technically be jobs he created… ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2023 "2026-01-28T19:45:17Z")
“Everything I’ve done, I’ve done at the direction of the president and Stephen.” Kristi Noem This is one of the few times I’ve actually taken a statement from any member of the Trump administration at face value. I believe her. It doesn’t exonerate her, but I believe her. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2026, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2024 "2026-01-28T19:47:08Z")
It’s starting to feel like time to put little ol’ Nuremberg, Pennsylvania on the map! > **[Nuremberg, Pennsylvania](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg,_Pennsylvania)** > > Nuremberg is a census-designated place (CDP) that is located in Schuylkill and Luzerne counties, Pennsylvania, United States. Nuremberg was previously known as New London. The population was 434 at the time of the 2010 census. > A post office has been in operation in Nuremberg since 1886. The community is served by Hazleton Area School District. > Nuremberg is located at 40°56′18″N 76°10′10″W / 40.93833°N 76.16944°W / 40.93833; -76.16944 (40.938375, -76.169506). Y’know: “…following orders” and all that crap. ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2025 "2026-01-28T19:53:26Z")
Don’t think it has anything todo with Ai but could be agitprop 🍿 The photo is clearly concocted …so what - the content is what counts if it has validity. 🍿 ---
**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:** [January 28, 2026, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2026 "2026-01-28T19:57:25Z")
Amusingly, it’s a pretty conservative town from what I hear. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2027 "2026-01-28T19:58:53Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > “Everything I’ve done, I’ve done at the direction of the president and Stephen.” Kristi Noem > > This is one of the few times I’ve actually taken a statement from any member of the Trump administration at face value. I believe her. It doesn’t exonerate her, but I believe her. “Ve ver only followink orders!” Ya see, this is what happens when you hire mindless sycophants. I’m sure what she was told was “Harass blue states”; no one told her that maybe she should actually have her shock troops trained and vetted for sanity. This was OK to them, until it wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2028 "2026-01-28T20:06:47Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > of the president and Stephen Re: Stephen Miller—does he hold any elected post, or have Congressional vetting, is he merely a staff member hired ad hoc by Trump? I don’t know what the process is for getting a job at this level ([White House Deputy Chief of Staff - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Deputy_Chief_of_Staff)). ---
**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:** [January 28, 2026, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2029 "2026-01-28T20:10:05Z")
> [@MacDoc](#): > > so what - the content is what counts if it has validity I mean….there’s that whole “battling ignorance” thing we like to engage in. Objective facts and truth still have to mean something. The ends can’t be used to justify any and all means. Just letting falsehoods slide because the sentiment is “close enough” and “on our side” should be anathema to people who value democracy and an educated populace. Else, we’re just advocating for replacing one set of assholes with different assholes who (un)coincidentally look more like us. ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2030 "2026-01-28T20:12:43Z")
Do you want to hop off the soapbox and point out the inaccuracies of the **content**. I’m skeptical …you are preaching. ☕ ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2031 "2026-01-28T20:14:08Z")
Yes it does, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2032 "2026-01-28T20:17:18Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > Re: Stephen Miller—does he hold any elected post, or have Congressional vetting, is he merely a staff member hired ad hoc by Trump? The latter. It doesn’t require senatorial consent. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2033 "2026-01-28T20:25:28Z")
> [@MacDoc](#): > > …you are preaching. ☕ Yes, I am. It’s the pit, that’s allowed here. Was there a point to this? As for content, what verification or validity is there for any of the stuff said behind closed doors? There’s a lot made of an unnamed source plus inferences based on things that happened later. The public stuff? Sure, plenty of verification of those. Things said in the alleged closed door meeting? Nothing. Could it have happened that way? Sure. Is there any non-sketchy evidence of it? Nope. It’s an outrage video designed to drum up YouTube money from gullible people looking to get their next endorphin hit. “Like and Subscribe", indeed. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2034 "2026-01-28T20:27:47Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > I believe her. It doesn’t exonerate her, but I believe her. Oh, I believe that she was told to do all this stuff. I also believe that she wanted to do this stuff, which is why when she was told to do it, she did it with such glee. It’s like a joke I sometimes make: If you want to have an obedient cat, order it to do what it is about to do anyways. ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2035 "2026-01-28T20:31:59Z")
Well at the very least you acknowledge the preaching. Regardlessof it being “allowed” ….it is entirely yawn worthy. The rest remains in question as you have only vague pejoratives about the **primary** motive being clicks. I’ll wait and see. 🍿 ---
**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:** [January 28, 2026, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2036 "2026-01-28T20:46:04Z")
> [@MacDoc](#): > > the content is what counts if it has validity. “If” is carrying a lot of weight there. I’d say it is simply click-bait. There is a huge amount of it around now. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2026, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2037 "2026-01-28T22:01:42Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > I also believe that she wanted to do this stuff, which is why when she was told to do it, she did it with such glee. “Hey, if she’ll shoot her own puppy, she’s just the person we’re looking for!” ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2038 "2026-01-28T23:07:37Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > I’m glad this is the pit ‘cause: does Emma Stone have a manicured rat? If so, how does one manicure a rat; does a pet grooming service do this? I guess it depends on the rat. Granted, in different regions, that life form might not be called a ‘rat’. Still… [![](https://www.vidavetcare.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/234/2022/04/chihuahua-dog-breed-info.jpeg) ](https://www.vidavetcare.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/234/2022/04/chihuahua-dog-breed-info.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2039 "2026-01-28T23:44:27Z")
It’s as if OJ Simpson not only vowed to find the real killer, but actively kicked down the doors of innocent people pretending to actually do it… > A spokeswoman for the county confirmed agents were looking for information about 2020, when Trump lost to Joe Biden. > **[FBI searches elections office in Fulton County, Georgia](https://www.ms.now/news/fbi-searching-elections-office-in-fulton-county-georgia)** > > The county dominated by Atlanta has long been a focus of President Donald Trump’s bogus claims about 2020 election fraud. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2040 "2026-01-29T00:09:38Z")
> [@solost](#): > > A spokeswoman for the county confirmed agents were looking for information about 2020, when Trump lost to Joe Biden. (This quote isn’t from @solost, but rather from the link within their post.) I just saw this on NBC News. I’m confused…what’s their endgame here? Are they going to count all the paper ballots that they’ve seized? Or trying to prove that some ballots have been destroyed? Or is this just theater? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=101) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=103)