# 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:** 125
**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 15, 2026, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2481 "2026-02-15T00:20:42Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > “The Dow is over $50,000.” ~ Pam Bondi Good news people! The Dow closed today at 49,500.93. That means we can start asking Bondi about the Epstein files, and she will be compelled to answer. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2026, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2482 "2026-02-15T02:10:08Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > The thing is, I doubt you’ll find a strong correlation between passports and Trump voting. Obtaining a new first-time passport for the sake of upcoming voting is the problem. The passport requirement hurts married women who’ve changed their names. Women are more likely to vote democratic (56%). It took me 7 months to get a passport due to name hassles (and hours of time off work). Also, please see this post from the thread dedicated to the proposal. > [@Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act - End of Democracy or Its Savior?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safeguard-american-voter-eligibility-save-act-end-of-democracy-or-its-savior/1014253/103): > > And there are lots and lots of these kinds of stories, showing how Republicans are using voter ID not as a means of insuring clean elections but in order to slant likely participation. > > Here’s something from the ACLU ten years ago noting that the Republicans have been closing DMV offices in a targeted fashion based on voter leanings. If you’re a Black voter in a Democratic district, you have to travel for an hour or more to get to an office. But if you’re in one of the GOP’s favored areas, you’ve got much easier access. All the GOP needs to do is close passport offices in blue areas. Mission accomplished. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2026, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2483 "2026-02-15T03:02:04Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > All the GOP needs to do is close passport offices in blue areas. Mission accomplished.. Like this? > **[Nonprofit libraries ordered by State Department to stop processing passport...](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/nonprofit-libraries-ordered-by-state-department-to-stop-processing-passport-applications)** > > The agency, which regulates U.S. passports, began issuing cease and desist orders to not-for-profit libraries in late fall, informing them they were no longer authorized to participate in the Passport Acceptance Facility program as of Friday. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2026, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2484 "2026-02-15T05:16:15Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Like this? Yes, exactly, I was answering a post that was responding to another post referring to this very thing. Thank you for adding a link to what we were referring to. > [@The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2467): > > The news about stopping libraries from processing passports is pretty disturbing since Republicans are trying to make passports required for voting. It’s almost as though there’s a coordinated effort to prevent people from voting. But that can’t possibly be. ---
**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 15, 2026, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2485 "2026-02-15T12:56:13Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > “eliminating both the Obama-era 2009 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Endangerment Finding and all subsequent federal GHG emission standards for all vehicles and engines of model years 2012 to 2027 and beyond.” So, check me if I’m wrong, but don’t lots of other countries have standards for engine emissions? If any US manufacturer actually went through with rolling back their engine emissions to the 2012 standards, wouldn’t that make them virtually unsellable outside the US? Or will they increase their costs by setting up separate US and non-US engine lines? Or, most likely, will they just ignore this, and keep building the cars they’re currently building? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2486 "2026-02-15T15:21:49Z")
On the other hand, if other countries move to EV much faster, leaving us with the majority of the ICE market, then those other markets standards wouldn’t matter. (I actually think we should be doing the complete opposite of this. Neither eliminating emission standards nor moving arbitrarily to EV only. We should have strict and quickly growing missions standards, without any loopholes, but also without mandating an EV. Moving one person from an unneeded huge monster truck to a new Prius saves as much gas as moving at least 2 people from a Prius to electric. Possibly 4 if the truck is an old but still huge model that doesn’t even get 20 mpg and the Prius is a plug in hybrid.) ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2487 "2026-02-15T16:27:54Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > We should have strict and quickly growing missions standards Missions to where? Europe, Africa, to spread good will? 😜 Yeah, I know, it was probably auto-incorrect that struck, and made me laugh `//i\\` ---
**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 16, 2026, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2488 "2026-02-16T02:11:44Z")
[![](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/q_60,fl_lossy,dpr_3,h_84,w_100,c_scale,f_avif/v200/979422df-7ff7-47ab-909c-8b3042c0c107) ](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/q_60,fl_lossy,dpr_3,h_84,w_100,c_scale,f_avif/v200/979422df-7ff7-47ab-909c-8b3042c0c107) (and she still pulled the wrong cards multiple times) ---
**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 16, 2026, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2489 "2026-02-16T02:29:03Z")
[Real health experts want Killer Kennedy to quit.](https://www.aol.com/articles/health-care-group-wants-rfk-234659037.html) (The **bolding** is mine.) > [@](#): > > Health and Human Services Secretary [Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s](https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/robert-f-kennedy-jr/) shocking admission that he [snorted “cocaine off toilet seats”](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/rfk-jr-admits-snorting-cocaine-001621932.html) amid his [past struggle with drug addiction](https://www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-says-overcoming-heroin-204743292.html) has led to detractors calling for his resignation, including a prominent health care advocacy group. > > Protect Our Care, a nonprofit advocating for better and more affordable health care, [issued a statement](https://www.protectourcare.org/rfk-jr-i-used-to-snort-cocaine-off-of-toilet-seats/) following Kennedy’s confession on comedian Theo Von’s podcast “[This Past Weekend](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp8z-IaUmD0),” which aired on Feb. 12. > > **“With his statement today that ‘I’m not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats,’ Trump HHS Secretary [Robert F. Kennedy Jr.](https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/robert-f-kennedy-jr/) continues to lay bare why he is the most dangerous, in over his head, ill-suited person ever to lead such an important federal agency that has life-and-death power,” the statement reads.** > > President of Protect Our Care Brad Woodhouse addressed Kennedy’s remark with a one-word statement: “Resign.” [The felon forces hundreds of uniformed military to violate the law.](https://www.aol.com/news/trump-giving-campaign-style-speeches-192231669.html) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump held a campaign-style rally on Friday at Fort Bragg, an [active Army base](https://time.com/7321940/hegseth-trump-generals-meeting/) in North Carolina, urging troops to vote for Republicans and criticizing Democrats. > > Trump entered the base to Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA” and ended the event with the Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.” He shared the stage with Michael Whatley, a former Republican National Committee chairman and Senate candidate, while touting his military spending plans and celebrating his restoration of the [Fort Bragg name](https://time.com/7293047/trump-announces-7-military-bases-reverting-back-to-names-honoring-confederates/). > > The rally took place before an audience of uniformed service members. > > “You have to vote for us,” Trump told the troops Friday, highlighting his move to restore the Fort Bragg name after Congress directed the Pentagon to rename bases named after Confederate officers. Trump’s administration renamed the installation after Pfc. Ronald L. Bragg instead of Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg. > > “If we don’t win the midterms, they’ll take it off again,” Trump said. “They’ll take it off again. You can’t let that happen.” You have to love the response from the ~~captives~~ audience, though. > [@](#): > > A majority of the uniformed service members [reportedly](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/13/trump-rally-gop-fort-bragg/) listened without visible reaction, aside from lifting their phones to record photos and videos. [And not to be outdone, the felon’s frau had this nonsense for the troops.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/melania-delivers-nonsensical-message-valentine-045627842.html) > [@](#): > > First lady Melania Trump used a military visit to North Carolina to deliver a rambling message linking love letters to patriotism. > > At Fort Bragg and Pope Army Airfield on Friday, Melania addressed troops and their families, telling them she had a holiday greeting for service members around the globe. > > “To our great armed forces of the United States stationed all over the world, I have a nostalgia-filled message: Happy Valentine’s Day,” she said. Why did she say nostalgia? Who knows? But this “history lesson” is news to me. > [@](#): > > “Love letters have symbolized the union of patriotism and family devotion among our soldiers for 250 years,” she said. > > “The harmony of love of country and love of family is what makes us uniquely American.” Did you send a Valentine’s Day card or letter to anyone? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2489))_ [Hey, Melania. Here’s a greeat example of a Valentine’s Day patriotic letter for you.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/york-journalist-spills-daily-beast-015930480.html) (This is the entire blurb beneath the video linked.) > [@](#): > > A love letter from “Secret Admirer Donald J. Trump” begging for forgiveness and cash was sent to a woman whom the president was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming. E. Jean Carroll, a former Elle magazine columnist, shared the unsolicited Valentine’s Day communication she received from the Trump team’s fundraising department on Saturday. “I sent you a LOVE LETTER but I haven’t heard back. It’s Valentine’s Day E Jean!” the email reads. “I love you, and I was pretty sure you loved me back! Is everything Okay?” In other words: _It’s her fault he raped her_. [The duffer just got sued over golf.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-administration-sued-taking-over-022654302.html) > [@](#): > > A pair of golf enthusiasts have sued the [Trump administration over a plan to overhaul a public golf course](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-sets-sights-next-renovation-180627173.html) in Washington D.C. to make way for a new “world-class” green, championed by the president. > > Dave Roberts and Alex Dickson, who are bringing the lawsuit, say the Interior Department has overlooked important health reviews when moving forward with the project that would see East Potomac Golf Links remade, [_The Washington Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/14/dc-public-golf-course-trump-lawsuit/)reports. > > [Trump, who is an avid golfer,](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-spent-almost-third-presidency-224657644.html) has begun moves to take control of Potomac Golf Links and other public courses, arguing that they are in need of significant refurbishment. [If he can’t chuck the constitution outright, he’ll do it piecemeal.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/homeland-security-reportedly-sent-hundreds-223000658.html) > [@](#): > > The Department of Homeland Security has been increasing pressure on tech companies to identify the owners of social media accounts that criticize Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), [according to The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/dhs-anti-ice-social-media.html). > > This echoes other recent reporting, with [Bloomberg pointing to five cases](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-01-28/dhs-tried-novel-argument-to-compel-meta-to-provide-user-data) in which Homeland Security [sought to identify the owners of anonymous Instagram accounts](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/homeland-security-is-trying-to-force-tech-companies-to-hand-over-data-about-trump-critics/), with the department withdrawing its subpoenas after the owners sued. And a [Washington Post story](https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/02/03/homeland-security-administrative-subpoena/) described Homeland Security’s growing use of administrative subpoenas — which do not require the approval of a judge — to target Americans. > > Now the NYT says a practice that was previously used sparingly has become increasingly common in recent months, with the department sending hundreds of these subpoenas to Google, Reddit, Discord, and Meta. The subpoenas reportedly focused on accounts that did not have a real name attached and either criticized ICE or described the location of ICE agents. Right. Who cares aout that whole freedom of speech thing? [Free and fair elections, provided you’re approved by the felon’s flock to vote.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-dhs-chief-noem-brags-193717899.html) > [@](#): > > Homeland Security Secretary **Kristi Noem** said President **Donald Trump’s** administration is working hard to “make sure we have the right people voting” heading into the 2026 midterms. > > Noem made the comment during a press conference in Arizona on Friday. She praised the administration for cracking down on voter fraud, while also ripping Arizona for not doing a good enough job on its elections and also backing new legislation that calls for proof of U.S. citizenship to vote. > > The secretary said elections are one of the “critical infrastructure responsibilities” that fall on her and the DHS. > > Noem said: > > > I would say that many people believe that [elections] may be one of the most important things — that we need to make sure we trust, is reliable, and that when it gets to Election Day, that we’ve been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country through the days that we have. [And] knowing that people can trust it. I suppose we should be thankful Cruella de Vile at least admits the dictator’s plan. [I’ll let Hillary Clinton sum it up.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/betrayed-west-hillary-clinton-scolds-192540905.html) (The **bolding** in the third paragraph is mine.) > [@](#): > > **Hillary Clinton** fumed President **Donald Trump** is “modeling” himself after Russian authoritarian **Vladimir Putin** and has “betrayed the West” since returning to the White House in an acid-tongued rant in Germany. > > The ex-secretary of state went off on Trump at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday — and her rant was so intense that one of her fellow panelists had to joke about it. Clinton doubled down by saying he needed to take a “hard look” at the damage Trump is doing to the Europe-USA relationship; more on that in a moment. > > **“He has betrayed the west, he’s betrayed human values, he’s betrayed the NATO charter, the Atlantic charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights** ,” Clinton started off saying about Trump. > > She then accused Trump of wanting “unaccountable power,” before saying “none of us in this room — including all of us on this panel — would choose to live under a regime that is so unaccountable, that it could act with impunity the way Putin does, except that’s who Trump is modeling himself after.” ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2490 "2026-02-16T12:28:19Z")
She is right. Every word. She was right about the deplorables too. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2491 "2026-02-16T14:20:05Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > So, check me if I’m wrong, but don’t lots of other countries have standards for engine emissions? If any US manufacturer actually went through with rolling back their engine emissions to the 2012 standards, wouldn’t that make them virtually unsellable outside the US? > > Or will they increase their costs by setting up separate US and non-US engine lines? > > Or, most likely, will they just ignore this, and keep building the cars they’re currently building? Emission levels are calculated on the average per vehicle sold. So, GM offsets Cadillac Escelades with Chevy Equinox EV. Lowering the emissions standards has two benefits to the business in the US: 1. they don’t have to subsidize the EV costs to help reach the overall milage goals 2. IF THE STANDARDS ARE RETROSPECTIVELY ROLLED BACK, they don’t have to pay penalties on years where they missed the goal I think that second one is the one they’re really looking forward to. ---
**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 16, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2492 "2026-02-16T14:32:36Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > Lowering the emissions standards has two benefits to the business in the US: Yes, but neither of those points helps them with selling cars outside the US. That was what I was asking. These changes, if the manufacturers actually take advantage of them, will turn the US car market into its own little ghetto. Cars made in other countries, meeting those other countries’ guidelines, would still be legal to sell in the US\*, but US-made cars won’t be legal anywhere else. \*Until Trump throws a fit, and passes a law _requiring_ cars to emit _more_ CO2, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2493 "2026-02-16T14:37:32Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > [I’ll let Hillary Clinton sum it up.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/betrayed-west-hillary-clinton-scolds-192540905.html) The deputy prime minister of the Czech Republic said what Mr. Potato Head is doing ‘was simply a “reaction” to “some policies that really went too far” for “regular people.”’ When Clinton asked for examples, he said, ‘the “woke revolution” and cancel culture.’ Both are things the Reich cannot define. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2494 "2026-02-16T15:05:25Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > The deputy prime minister of the Czech Republic said what Mr. Potato Head is doing ‘was simply a “reaction” to “some policies that really went too far” for “regular people.”’ When Clinton asked for examples, he said, ‘the “woke revolution” and cancel culture.’ Note : this is directed to the the deputy prime minister of the Czech Republic, not you @Johnny_L.A Uhummm. “Woke” is accepting who others are. What they are. They are not you. Woke means that if your boat is sinking, stop drilling holes in it you fools. “Cancel Culture” is calling assholes and idiots assholes and idiots. Simple really. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2495 "2026-02-16T15:06:50Z")
(from Monty’s link, not Monty…) > [@Monty](#): > > Clinton doubled down by saying he needed to take a “hard look” at the damage Trump is doing to the Europe-USA relationship; more on that in a moment. He? who is “he” here? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2496 "2026-02-16T15:15:42Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > He? who is “he” here? Petr Macinka, the deputy prime minister of the Czech Republic. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2497 "2026-02-16T15:22:25Z")
Thanks for that! I couldn’t parse it. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2498 "2026-02-16T18:27:31Z")
My point is that this change does not effect the _manufacturing_ policies, only the financials of what happens inside the US. What happens in Canada or Europe or wherever doesn’t change. GM isn’t going to make individual models less fuel efficient, they’re going to sell more of the less-efficient models. ---
**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 16, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2499 "2026-02-16T18:34:28Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > “Cancel Culture” is calling assholes and idiots assholes and idiots. I have defined “cancel culture” as: Person: “Hey, this guy is an asshole - look what he did!” Other people: “Yes, we agree he’s an asshole and won’t buy his products.” Asshole: “You’re cancelling me! The government should make it mandatory to buy my products!” ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2500 "2026-02-16T22:06:19Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Removing Slavery exhibits from Philadelphia Independence National Park. Erasing history. In a withering opinion Monday, Judge Cynthia Rufe invoked George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984,” saying the administration had attacked the concept of truth itself as it sought to erase details of America’s legacy of slavery. [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/16/judge-orders-restoration-philadelphia-slavery-exhibits-00783293](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/16/judge-orders-restoration-philadelphia-slavery-exhibits-00783293) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=124) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=126)