# 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:** 109
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2161 "2026-02-02T17:27:27Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > > [@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. Yep, I’m another one. Although I’m pretty sure the red comes from my Catholic German grandfather. Or maybe as a recessive in the Catholic Irish branches of the family tree. Because despite the Jews tending to keep to themselves there has always been gene-exchange with others. Sometimes voluntary, sometimes not. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2162 "2026-02-02T18:24:34Z")
I don’t know whether this belongs in the Clusterfuck thread or in the Schadenfreude thread, **[but](https://www.myobesityteam.com/resources/glp-1-drugs-and-diarrhea-why-it-happens-and-how-to-stop-it)**: > Some people taking glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists — a type of medication used to support weight loss and manage type 2 diabetes — experience gastrointestinal (GI) side effects, including diarrhea. This is one of the most common side effects of GLP-1 medications, along with nausea, vomiting, and stomach discomfort or abdominal pain. May he enjoy those side effects all at once! ---
**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 2, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2163 "2026-02-02T18:42:20Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Don’t know if it’s his fart, but I would suspect so. Oh man, now I’m tempted to become, let’s say, a Fart Assassin. 1. Get invited to the White House. 2. Eat a lot of gas-producing foods 3. Time the fart perfectly 4. Act like nothing happened. Like [Kicking Bishop Brennan Up The Arse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kicking_Bishop_Brennan_Up_the_Arse). ---
**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:** [February 2, 2026, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2164 "2026-02-02T20:10:58Z")
Onto matters that don’t involve our “president’s” incontinence: There’s a whistleblower complaint against Tulsi Gabbard so sensitive that it’s locked in a safe, references a federal agency besides hers, hasn’t been shared with anyone in Congress since it was filed eight months ago, and could cause “grave damage to national security.” > **[Tulsi Gabbard faces classified whistleblower complaint—"grave danger"](https://www.newsweek.com/tulsi-gabbard-dni-whistleblower-complaint-congress-11453594)** > > A months-long hold up has prevented the complaint from being presented to Congress. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2026, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2165 "2026-02-02T21:01:37Z")
Collusion with the Russians? ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2166 "2026-02-02T22:01:04Z")
Pee tapes? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2167 "2026-02-02T22:06:30Z")
Federally supported municipal bonds to pay for forced busing of Soviet communists to come into your homes to kill your puppies! ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2168 "2026-02-02T22:35:44Z")
This could be considered schadenfreude, but cornered rats are a clusterfuck too. [Trump insiders fear ‘ending up in the hoosegow’ as ‘confused’ president falters](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2675058660/) > With the president addled and confused, they are the ones calling the shots now. And they know that if he goes, they go down too. So they’re trying everything. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2169 "2026-02-02T23:30:09Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > May he enjoy those side effects all at once! Isn’t there a myth or urban legend about if you sneeze, cough, and fart all at once you explode or something? ---
**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:** [February 2, 2026, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2170 "2026-02-02T23:33:20Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > you explode or something? I said _may he enjoy those side effects all at once_, I did not say I wanted to be around when it happens. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2171 "2026-02-02T23:55:11Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nW-NiGp1gys/maxresdefault.jpg "Galaxy Quest (7/9) Movie CLIP - Beaming Up a Pig Lizard (1999) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW-NiGp1gys&t=93s) ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2172 "2026-02-02T23:59:00Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Isn’t there a myth or urban legend about if you sneeze, cough, and fart all at once you explode or something? You take a screenshot. ---
**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 3, 2026, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2173 "2026-02-03T02:36:49Z")
Trump says he’s not going to tear down yhe Kennedy Center, so he’s going to tear down the Kennedy Center. WATCH: Trump says he’s not ripping down the Kennedy Center, ‘we’re using the structure’ to renovate | PBS News [WATCH: Trump says he's not ripping down the Kennedy Center, 'we're using the structure' to renovate | PBS News](https://share.google/2C2sqtiZDIgiK2qF3) ---
**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 3, 2026, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2174 "2026-02-03T02:58:35Z")
Federal judge halts Kristi Noem’s attempt to deport legal Haitian immigrants and says she’s a racist. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreibseafaz2alyw7z2wcopu7uht4x26giiuqqov5cznw34rhdgqub7u@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreibseafaz2alyw7z2wcopu7uht4x26giiuqqov5cznw34rhdgqub7u@jpeg) [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:a5fwvpvub5e7mxaebuxn3tuu/bafkreieikxtcbcvzgx5fuo2vzzgkamarklnxhetm4qzduscdpwa6txdrpy@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:a5fwvpvub5e7mxaebuxn3tuu/bafkreieikxtcbcvzgx5fuo2vzzgkamarklnxhetm4qzduscdpwa6txdrpy@jpeg) [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreiby4kblhdfzb4vxqhtnywschkkcaqj6k5jwdxy2axxrhtp5b2fkeq@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreiby4kblhdfzb4vxqhtnywschkkcaqj6k5jwdxy2axxrhtp5b2fkeq@jpeg) [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreiacuknox7yw4ocf7iu4pzdrzghddvm2imigxwg6gslx22culm4jcq@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreiacuknox7yw4ocf7iu4pzdrzghddvm2imigxwg6gslx22culm4jcq@jpeg) [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreic3o52kk4ta6xfrfamz32aff2wb5lr6ujjvsdkebs7nxa46mdach4@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreic3o52kk4ta6xfrfamz32aff2wb5lr6ujjvsdkebs7nxa46mdach4@jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2175 "2026-02-03T04:06:22Z")
Not sure where the best thread for this is but Turning Point has finally announced their all star lineup for the alternative Super Bowl halftime show. And the lineup is: Kid Rock Brantley Gilbert Lee Brice Gabby Barrett I’ll be honest, I had to look them up. The last three are apparently country singers with the last one finishing third on American Idol. Apparently they couldn’t get Carrie Underwood. I think I know why they wouldn’t want Nicki Minaj although I suspect she would have been willing to perform. ( I’m assuming that she is either doing all this either to get permanent resident status and avoid being deported or she is legitimately mentally ill a la Kanye). ---
**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 3, 2026, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2176 "2026-02-03T04:11:41Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > ( I’m assuming that she is either doing all this either to get permanent resident status and avoid being deported or she is legitimately mentally ill a la Kanye). That or she wants pardons for her rapist husband and pedophile brother. > **[The Latest Updates in the Sexual Assault Case Against Nicki Minaj's Husband](https://www.okayplayer.com/the-latest-updates-in-the-sexual-assault-case-against-nicki-minajs-husband/617657)** > > The key players, details, and developments in the sexual assault case against Nicki Minaj's husband, Kenneth Petty. > **[Nicki Minaj's brother sentenced to 25 years to life](https://www.ksat.com/news/2020/01/27/nicki-minajs-brother-sentenced-to-25-years-to-life/)** > > The brother of rapper Nicki Minaj was sentenced Monday to 25 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl at his Long Island home. ---
**Author:** ![doomtastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@doomtastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doomtastic)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2177 "2026-02-03T04:28:36Z")
> President Donald Trump on Monday called on Republicans to “take over” and “nationalize” voting as he continued to make false claims about the electoral process in the U.S. with the 2026 midterm elections on the horizon. [https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-urges-republicans-nationalize-voting/story?id=129793658](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-urges-republicans-nationalize-voting/story?id=129793658) Remember when we had a constitution and Presidents swore to uphold it? ---
**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 3, 2026, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2178 "2026-02-03T04:52:46Z")
[Rumplethinskin is back at it.](https://www.aol.com/news/trump-threatens-sue-trevor-noah-135739003.html) (The **bolding** is mine.) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump is threatening to sue Trevor Noah over a joke at last night’s Grammy Awards, saying in an overnight post on Truth Social that the comedian’s crack claiming he visited Jeffrey Epstein’s island was “false and defamatory.” > > Noah, who hosted the awards show, had poked at Trump’s relationship with the late sex offender and the president’s ambitions for the United States to take over Greenland. > > “That is a Grammy that every artist wants almost as much as Trump wants Greenland,” Noah said. “Which makes sense, I mean, because Epstein’s island is gone, he needs a new one to hang out on with Bill Clinton.” > > In the post on [Truth Social](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115999513470647838), Trump said that he has never visited Epstein’s island, “nor anywhere close, and until tonight’s false and defamatory statement, have never been accused of being there, not even by the Fake News Media.” Epstein had also [previously denied](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/epstein-emails-trump-bill-clinton-prince-andrew-what-documents-say-rcna243526) that former President Bill Clinton had ever visited his island. > > **“Noah, a total loser, better get his facts straight, and get them straight fast,” the post continued. “It looks like I’ll be sending my lawyers to sue this poor, pathetic, talentless, dope of an M.C., and suing him for plenty$.”** What say ye, ye actual legal experts here? I’m thinking, as a non-lawyer, there’s no case here. [Maybe he’s just jealous.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-reportedly-bombed-speech-closed-201603089.html) > [@](#): > > President **Donald Trump’s** jokes at an elite closed-door Washington, D.C., event bombed so badly that “the room fell silent repeatedly,” _The Washington Post_ [reported Sunday](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/01/trump-alfalfa-club-dinner/). > > The awkwardness happened Saturday night at the Alfalfa Club dinner, an invitation-only event for some 200 of the rich and powerful who gather together each year on Confederate Gen. **Robert E. Lee’s** birthday. > > According to _The Post_, it was the first time Trump addressed the club, “speaking before a room whose membership includes such foes as JPMorgan Chase CEO **Jamie Dimon** (whose bank he is suing), **David Rubenstein** (whom he fired as head of the Kennedy Center) and **Jerome H. Powell** (the outgoing Fed chairman whose role he is investigating).” > > An anonymous source told _The Post_ that some of Trump’s jokes “landed with a thud, and the room fell silent repeatedly.” And check out these “jokes” of his! > [@](#): > > Trump began his remarks by declaring, “So many people in the room I hate. Most of you I like,” Trump said, before adding, “Who in the hell thought this was going to happen?” > > Trump then warned the crowd that he might “cut the speech short” so he could watch “the invasion of Greenland,” before revealing that he was just joking. > > “We’re not going to invade Greenland. We’re going to buy it,” Trump said, according to the report. “It’s never been my intention to make Greenland the 51st state. I want to make Canada the 51st state. Greenland will be the 52nd state. Venezuela can be 53rd.” And I hope you’re sitting down for this one. > [@](#): > > He described calling Sen. **Elizabeth Warren** (D-Massachusetts) “Pocahontas” in reference to her claims of Native American heritage. She was supposed to be at the dinner, he said, “but couldn’t find her reservation.” [But, hey, good luck with that suit, especially in light of this recent relevation.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fbi-source-claimed-trump-visited-192251713.html) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump reportedly visited Jeffrey Epstein shortly before he first announced he was running for president in 2015, and remained “very close” with the convicted child sex offender after his election, a confidential source alleged to the FBI. > > The [classified memo](https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01683874.pdf), dated Dec. 13, 2017, is part of the Justice Department’s latest Epstein files dump, comprising millions of pages of FBI reports, emails, videos, and images. > > In the report, a confidential source who met in person with FBI agents on Nov. 27, 2017, alleged that Epstein was “very close to current President Donald Trump” and that, in the spring of 2015, Trump “had just been to Epstein’s property for lunch.” [And the grift is on!](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-claims-cut-himself-blank-150543011.html) > [@](#): > > President Donald J. Trump has claimed that he has the right to funnel as much taxpayer money into his own accounts as he likes. > > When asked by a reporter on Saturday evening what it was like to be on both sides of a lawsuit, Trump, 79, responded that “no one would care” if he awarded himself taxpayer funds for his own hand-selected “charities.” > > As a private citizen and as president, Trump has launched multiple lawsuits against the U.S. government. He is now in charge of them and is seeking damages of more than $10 billion. [Every circus needs a carousel.](https://www.aol.com/articles/ed-martin-removed-role-weaponization-205917875.html) (The **bolding** is mine.) > [@](#): > > Ed Martin has been removed from his role as the head of Attorney General Pam Bondi’s [Weaponization Working Group](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/attorney-general-pam-bondi-review-trump-prosecutions-sanctuary-cities/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17), multiple sources told CBS News. > > Martin, a close ally to President Trump, was tapped to lead the working group after he [failed to garner enough support](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-ed-martin-us-attorney-nomination-withdrawn/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17) from the Republican-controlled Senate to win confirmation as D.C.'s U.S. attorney, largely due to **his history of political advocacy in supporting the rioters who [stormed the U.S. Capitol](https://www.cbsnews.com/feature/assault-on-the-us-capitol/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17) on Jan. 6, 2021**. > > Martin was also named [pardon attorney](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-pardon-attorney-discussed-pardoning-final-jan-6-stewart-rhodes/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17) — an advisory role to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche that entails reviewing clemency applications and making recommendations. Later, he was separately deputized as a special assistant U.S. attorney who was tasked with helping to investigate mortgage fraud cases involving public officials. > > He remains on staff as pardon attorney, according to a Justice Department spokesperson. [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/02/politics/ed-martin-to-leave-justice-department?ftag=YHF4eb9d17) first reported Martin’s removal as weaponization czar. > > Behind the scenes, Martin was involved in the mortgage-related investigations into Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff of California, New York Attorney General Letitica James and Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook, sources familiar told CBS News, though his exact role remains unclear. > > All of those probes were initially referred to the Justice Department by William Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and a staunch Trump ally. [I thought there was no punting in real football.](https://www.aol.com/articles/fifa-president-gianni-infantino-defends-183310587.html) > [@](#): > > FIFA president Gianni Infantino has defended his organization’s controversial decision to [award Donald Trump its inaugural Peace Prize](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/05/trump-fifa-peace-prize/87589592007/). (The **bolding** is mine.) > > The U.S. president was presented the award at the 2026 World Cup draw in December, just one month after FIFA announced the creation of the prize. > > Though he conceded there had been a “strong reaction” to Trump winning the award, Infantino insisted the prize was deserved. > > **“Whatever we can do to help peace in the world, we should be doing it, and for this reason, for some time we were thinking about (whether) we should do something to reward people who do something,” he said in an [interview with Sky News.](https://news.sky.com/story/fifa-president-sorry-for-british-football-fan-remarks-and-criticises-football-bans-and-boycotts-13502326)** > > **The FIFA president, who has a close relationship with Trump, said that “objectively, he deserves it.”** Someone needs to learn the definition of certain words, such as [objectively](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/objectively) [He’s freaking out again when told something’s too big.](https://www.aol.com/news/white-house-fires-back-critics-192637131.html) > [@](#): > > The White House is hitting back against those who are worried that President [Donald Trump](https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/donald-trump)’s reported plans for a new triumphal arch inspired by the Arc de Triomphe in Paris are too large and would obfuscate the Washington skyline. > > The Washington Post reported Saturday that Trump is considering installing a [250-foot Independence Arch](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-triumphal-arch-monument-construction-begin-within-2-months-dc-report) to commemorate America’s 250th birthday overlooking the Potomac River between Arlington National Cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial. The Post story quoted an expert who claimed that the arch would obstruct the view of nearby monuments. > > “The ‘experts’ who think it’s ‘too big’ are used to living with things being small,” [White House communications director](https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/executive/white-house) Steven Cheung said in a social media post Sunday night. The clown-in-chief should be used to living with such things. [Yet another dictator stunt is in the works.](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-urges-republicans-over-nationalize-004824570.html) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump on Monday called on Republicans to “take over” and “nationalize” voting as he continued to make false claims about the electoral process in the U.S. with the 2026 midterm elections on the horizon. > > Trump made the comments [in an interview](https://rumble.com/v756t38-im-back-ep.-2443-02022026.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp_a) with former FBI Director Dan Bongino, who resigned from his post in December and returned to podcasting. > > Trump alleged noncitizen voting was improperly influencing election outcomes, though [experts insist such instances are incredibly rare and already illegal](https://abcnews.go.com/US/election-fact-check-noncitizens-vote-instances-vanishingly-rare/story?id=115025674), and told Bongino it was “amazing that the Republicans aren’t tougher on it.” > > “The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over,’” Trump said. “We should take over the voting … in at least many, 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that are so crooked and they’re counting votes.” [Felon’s Former Number one Fan-Girl sees the light!](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-maga-014309891.html) > [@](#): > > Former Georgia Rep. [Marjorie Taylor Greene](https://people.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-7509064) called out one-time ally President [Donald Trump](https://people.com/tag/donald-trump/) for abandoning the core promises behind his Make America Great Again campaign. > > “MAGA is, I think, people are realizing, it was all a lie,” she [told YouTube host Kim Iversen](https://archive.ph/o/RekqG/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FTgfo7fsqc) on Wednesday, Jan. 28. “It was a big lie for the people.” > > Greene, 51, claimed the Trump administration is focused on serving “big, big donors,” including foreign countries. “And if they’re donating to all these things, those are the people that get the special favors, they get the government contracts, they get the pardons or somebody they love or one of their friends gets a pardon," she said. > > Greene also dismissed those who argue that Trump’s actions are driven by those in his inner circle. > > “People always think, ‘Oh, it’s his staff.’ They want to blame everyone around him,” she said. “There may be a point where people have to come to grips with this is Donald Trump.” It was him, and it was his staff, and it was also you, MTG. [Looks like ICE officer didn’t follow use of force protocol.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/officers-killed-renee-good-appear-231707708.html) > [@](#): > > The federal agents led by an ICE officer who surrounded and fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis last month appear to have violated the agency’s policies regarding the use of force during nearly every step of the encounter, according to internal documents obtained by HuffPost. > > The ICE Firearms and Use of Force Directive states that it “serves as the authoritative guidance” for Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. It outlines requirements on how to handle fleeing subjects, including those who are in a vehicle; how to properly handle firearms in close proximity to people; guidelines for deescalation; and what actions agents should take before resorting to deadly force\*\*.\*\* > > “ICE employees are expected to be familiar with the contents of this Handbook and required to take appropriate action to comply with policies and procedures established herein,” it says. “Violation of the policies and procedures contained in this Handbook may be grounds for disciplinary action or other appropriate action.” > > Video of the encounter shows three officers approaching Good’s vehicle, and at least two of them instructing her to get out. Good is sitting in the driver’s seat, while her wife stands beside the vehicle. The federal agents bark commands at Good to “get out of the \*\*\*\*\*\*\* car”; one reaches inside the driver’s side window and attempts to unlock the door. ICE officer Jonathan Ross comes from around the passenger side to stand in front of the vehicle. Good appears to try to maneuver away from the officers and drive away. > > Ross, who is recording on his cellphone with one hand and holding his gun in the other, then shoots at Good at least three times. He refers to her as a “\*\*\*\*\*\*\* \*\*\*\*\*” after shooting her in the head. > > The handbook states that only one officer should be giving orders at a time to avoid confusion, and that officers should have a “professional, courteous demeanor” and a “positive attitude” on approach. Officers are instructed to give commands in a “professional, firm voice” and use “instructions that are simple, easy to understand and repeated as necessary.” You have to read the rest of the article. It’s just too mush outright malarkey to post. My keyboard would revolt. ---
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> [@Monty](#): > > The awkwardness happened Saturday night at the Alfalfa Club dinner, an invitation-only event for some 200 of the rich and powerful who gather together each year on Confederate Gen. **Robert E. Lee’s** birthday. > > According to _The Post_, it was the first time Trump addressed the club, “speaking before a room whose membership includes such foes as JPMorgan Chase CEO **Jamie Dimon** (whose bank he is suing), **David Rubenstein** (whom he fired as head of the Kennedy Center) and **Jerome H. Powell** (the outgoing Fed chairman whose role he is investigating).” I feel like this is kind of burying the lede that a bunch of rich and influential people in government and finance are white supremacists who throw a private party on Lee’s birthday. ---
**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 3, 2026, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2180 "2026-02-03T05:43:00Z")
I used to live uphill from [Robert E. Lee Highway in Arlington, Virginia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Highway). That stretch of road no longer carries the name of that traitor, but rather of [John Mercer Langston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mercer_Langston), the first Black elected to Congress from Virginia, and is now called _Langston Boulevard_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=108) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=110)