# 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:** 107
**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:** [January 31, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2121 "2026-01-31T20:56:08Z")
Stephen “Nosferatu” Miller says immigrants are fine as long as they’re slaves. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mlmouohgzbjofidukcp4pxf2/bafkreifm5bub6mgjyfgz5ha3qaphyyjcrowzrnvvfmepxs6ybebhz6dro4@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mlmouohgzbjofidukcp4pxf2/bafkreifm5bub6mgjyfgz5ha3qaphyyjcrowzrnvvfmepxs6ybebhz6dro4@jpeg) ---
**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:** [January 31, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2122 "2026-01-31T20:57:30Z")
bLANCHE REACTS - the only manner this corrupt criminal organization knows - going on the attack. Shortly followed by Blanche attacking the ability of state bars to hold membets accountable… > **[New York State Bar Association Denounces Attack on the Judiciary and Bar...](https://nysba.org/new-york-state-bar-association-denounces-attack-on-the-judiciary-and-bar-associations/)** > > New York State Bar Association President Kathleen Sweet issued the following statement today: “The New York State Bar Association denounces Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche‘s declaration of ‘war’ on the judiciary and bar association disciplinary... ---
**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:** [January 31, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2123 "2026-01-31T21:10:34Z")
Treasury Secretary Howard Lutnick claimed he stopped contact with Epstein in 2005, but arranged a visit to the island in 2012. Another Trump cabinet member that needs to be impeached. > **[Trump commerce secretary Howard Lutnick arranged to visit Epstein island,...](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/30/new-epstein-files-howard-lutnick-island)** > > Newly released documents reveal Lutnick sent email to ‘Jeff’ and floated plan for ‘Sunday evening for dinner’ ---
**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:** [January 31, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2124 "2026-01-31T21:30:11Z")
Mad King Donald decrees that he’ll only send federal forces to “Democrat cities” if they say please. > **[Trump unloads new 'instruction' to Kristi Noem to leave Dem cities alone...](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-ice-2675065656/?utm_source=superhead)** > > Donald Trump on Saturday unleashed a nearly 500-word missive on Truth Social, "instructing" Kristi Noem to back off of Dem cities "unless they ask us for help."Taking to Truth Social, the president wrote, "I have instructed Secretary of Homeland... ---
**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:** [February 1, 2026, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2125 "2026-02-01T00:39:45Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > And Chicago’s downtown NASCAR race, which required a much shorter circuit and lower speeds, still took about a year and a half to pull together. > > Not to mention that IndyCar’s 2026 schedule has already been published. > If this race happens I’ll eat a Firestone tire. > [@OldOlds](#): > > Personally, I’d have chosen a Michelin tire, but you do you. [This past Thursday’s _Andy Capp_ was prescient.](https://www.arcamax.com/thefunnies/andycapp/s-3990388) > [@smithsb](#): > > In shocking news Greg Bovino doesn’t like Jewish people in addition to not liking non-whites. He’s just showing the world the expression "Judeo-Christian\* is pure bunk. [America’s toddler ordered to unjail a real toddler.](https://www.aol.com/articles/judge-orders-us-release-5-202712977.html) (The **bolding** is mine.) > [@](#): > > A [5-year-old boy and his father](https://apnews.com/article/immigration-minnesota-boy-father-detained-342f319fafb766d13afe07f5bcc1f112) must be released by Tuesday from the Texas center where they’ve been held after being detained by immigration officers in Minnesota, a federal judge ordered Saturday in a ruling that harshly criticized the Trump administration’s approach to enforcement. > > Images of Liam Conejo Ramos, wearing a bunny hat and Spider-Man backpack, being surrounded by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers sparked even more outcry about the administration’s [immigration crackdown](https://apnews.com/hub/immigration) in Minnesota. > > U.S. District Judge Fred Biery, who sits in San Antonio and was appointed by former Democratic President Bill Clinton, said in his ruling that **“the case has its genesis in the ill-conceived and incompetently-implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatizing children.”** > > Biery had previously ruled that the boy and his father [could not be removed from the U.S.](https://apnews.com/article/immigration-boy-detained-d8c54f4629bbaec08c97ffd870791e93), at least for now. This is the case I mentioned upthread where the Second Felonial Era’s thugs used the child as bait. [Why not hang a long red tie from it?](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-now-wants-triumphal-arch-180037142.html) > [@](#): > > President [Donald Trump](https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/trump-maga-charlie-kirk-orchestra-painting-video-b2911431.html) reportedly now wants his proposed [“Independence Arch”](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-construction-triumphal-arch-224146884.html) in [Washington, D.C.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/doing-arch-trump-says-plan-092933823.html), to soar 250 feet tall, more than twice the height of the [Lincoln Memorial](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/lincoln-memorial) and towering over the [White House](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/white-house). > > Two people familiar with the matter, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told [_The Washington Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/31/trump-arch-memorial-circle/)that Trump has grown attached to the larger-than-expected scale, viewing it as a[symbol of national pride](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-coveted-arch-primary-145710051.html)ahead of [America’s 250th anniversary](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-orders-indycar-race-dc-190549340.html) of independence this summer. The only thing that article got wrong is stating Rip van Simple views this monstrosity as symbol of national pride. Nope. The only thing he has pride in is himself. [The prime minister of the United Kingdom visits China, so Rip van Simple wants to punish…Canada?](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/panicked-trump-79-ramps-deranged-105518963.html) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump veered into an off-topic rant about Canadian hockey when he was asked about a different ally’s talks with China. > > The 79-year-old president told reporters that Canada’s national sport could be at risk when asked a perfectly ordinary question about a trip to Beijing by the British prime minister. Trump warned that closer ties with China could have far-reaching consequences—for Canada. And here’s something I think should be on every ~~agitator~~ protest banner agains this clown for the rest of his life. (Same link) > [@](#): > > President Xi is a friend of mine Yes, I prefer the president of the United States to have diplomatic intercourse with China, but I certainly don’t want the president to call that dictator a friend. And, not for nothing, but _birds of a feather flock together_. [More winning!](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-justice-departments-misconduct-complaint-224917934.html) > [@](#): > > Jan 31 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court judge has dismissed a judicial misconduct complaint by U.S. Justice Department against a judge who clashed with President Donald ​Trump’s administration over its move to deport several Venezuelans to El Salvador. > > U.S. Attorney General Pam ‌Bondi took the rare step in July of announcing the complaint against Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington, D.C., alleging ‌he made improper comments about Trump during a meeting of the judiciary’s policymaking body, the Judicial Conference. > > Chief U.S. Circuit Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in a newly-released order dated December 19 said the alleged statements, even if true, would not violate judicial ethics rules. I refuse to link to a bunch of Felon’s “News” Network links, but I saw a lot of headlines sourced to them with FNN not using the word _protestors_ now, but instead _agitators_. Finally, I saw this on a numer of social media sites last night and laughed myself silly. > [@](#): > > The _Melania_ movie is so bad if it were shown on an airplane, the audience would still walk out. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2126 "2026-02-01T00:57:20Z")
This man ranted in front of city council for three minutes while wearing a Batman suit. Must-watch. (I can’t get it to embed. The title is “UNSEEN VIDEO: Batman Goes Viral”, etc. on YouTube.) ---
**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:** [February 1, 2026, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2127 "2026-02-01T00:57:27Z")
> [@solost](#): > > The trump admin directed the FBI to pursue what every rational official involved knows is completely fictional bullshit, fired the top official in charge who balked at following this vendetta, and the President is threatening prosecutions of the supposed people in charge of this imaginary crime The investigation into the 2020 election is Donald’s white whale and he’s going to go Terminator on it. “That Terminator is out there, it can’t be bargained with, it can’t be reasoned with, it doesn’t feel pity or remorse or fear, and it absolutely will not stop.” ---
**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 1, 2026, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2128 "2026-02-01T01:24:26Z")
The admin is running out of competent lawyers who are willing to violate professional ethics for them and have resorted to trolling for applications on Twitter. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:s6j27rxb3ic2rxw73ixgqv2p/bafkreib7v3zlzwyd6jjy72bjm2jz2ykz4bp5wfjzfyw6nql3sjii2dbghu@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:s6j27rxb3ic2rxw73ixgqv2p/bafkreib7v3zlzwyd6jjy72bjm2jz2ykz4bp5wfjzfyw6nql3sjii2dbghu@jpeg) ---
**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:** [February 1, 2026, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2129 "2026-02-01T03:29:27Z")
“Now is your chance to do good for our country. But, of course, we’ll can your ass if you so do.” Now _that_ would be an honest advert. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2026, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2130 "2026-02-01T03:34:10Z")
Texas Governor Abbot told the press that the Melanie movie was so bad, even he walked out. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2131 "2026-02-01T04:59:19Z")
Really? Oh, wait. I get it. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2132 "2026-02-01T11:33:40Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > The investigation into the 2020 election is Donald’s white whale and he’s going to go Terminator on it. I’d rather he went Ahab on it, given how that ended. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2133 "2026-02-01T12:20:25Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > He’s just showing the world the expression "Judeo-Christian\* is pure bunk. The whole bullshit of anti-semiticism is super weird. My former wife has a huge, cartoonist style nose (it did not stop me being attracted to her) and she is as English Protestant as they come. One of her best friends, who is a Jew, has quite beautiful natural beauty, but no one could identify her a Jew until they might be invited to Seder (tip: go, if ever invited. You can’t really bring food, because it won’t be kosher, but go.) Meanwhile, a male friend is a devout Jew, having gone so far as visiting Israel to do military service, despite the fact he lives in South Africa and does not need to do so. He has red hair! Not a usual genetic semetic trait. Meanwhile, Christianity has fractured in the USA, with those weird huge televangilist churches, which bear little resemblance to the Bible, let alone Judaism ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2134 "2026-02-01T12:35:48Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > He has red hair! Not a usual genetic semetic trait. Because this is the Dope: not accurate. I believe that outside of populations with Celtic origins, Jews have one of the highest rates off red hair of any ethnic group. Red hair has a long history of being a Jewish stereotype, mostly in Eastern and Southern Europe, but elsewhere as well. Shylock, for instance, is traditionally depicted as a redhead. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2135 "2026-02-01T13:05:08Z")
> [@solost](#): > > And it’s one more toppled pillar of our free and fair election process. Yup, this is prep for the midterms. Threaten to criminally prosecute anyone who doesn’t fudge the figures at Trump’s request. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2136 "2026-02-01T13:05:50Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > > [@scudsucker](#): > > > > He has red hair! Not a usual genetic semetic trait. > > Because this is the Dope: not accurate. Yes, as a red headed Jew, this is a common trait about Ashkenazi Jews. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2137 "2026-02-01T13:47:11Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The admin is running out of competent lawyers who are willing to violate professional ethics for them and have resorted to trolling for applications on Twitter. Wait, these are the competent lawyers? ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2138 "2026-02-01T15:39:00Z")
Today I learned. Most Jewish people I know are classic Ashkenasi, medium tone skin, dark hair. A couple or so have lighter skin. The ones I meet tend to be male with long hair involved in the psychedelic Trance Music industry This guy is very pale-skinned, and a red-head. I do not doubt his heritage at all, I mean, his name is Ma’or and his brother is Tamir - which are not exactly common names outside Israel ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2139 "2026-02-01T15:48:04Z")
I saw a Bluesky post that included a screenshot of this. It was hung on someone’s message to the effect that the DoJ usually has to go through hundreds of highly qualified applicants for each opening. Apparently, the guy’s from Florida. I’m tempted make a horrible pun about election practices from 2000 here, but it might be interpreted as a threat. ---
**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 1, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2140 "2026-02-01T15:48:14Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > Most Jewish people I know are classic Ashkenasi, medium tone skin, dark hair. A couple or so have lighter skin. The red-headed strain tends to stand out among Orthodox men who grow full beards, which can result in a distinctive “Eric the Red” look. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=106) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=108)