# 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:** 126
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2501 "2026-02-16T22:54:16Z")
How very Epsteinian… I mean Goldsteinian of her. ---
**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 17, 2026, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2502 "2026-02-17T02:09:24Z")
[We really are in a different world now. MTG is telling trumpeters “insensitive clowns”.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/former-trump-ally-sounds-alarm-092921431.html) > [@](#): > > [Marjorie Taylor Greene](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/marjorie-taylor-greene) has called supporters of President [Donald Trump](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/donald-trump) “insensitive clowns” over their mockery of the victims of [Jeffrey Epstein](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/jeffrey-epstein), warning that it will cost their party in the [midterms](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/midterms). > > “All of you [MAGA](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/maga) influencers and the rest mocking the seriousness of women who were trafficked and raped as teenagers and young women look like cult fools,” Greene, 51, [wrote on X](https://x.com/FmrRepMTG/status/2023083086834004465) (Twitter) Sunday, without citing any specific example of the ridicule that had offended her. > > “Good luck trying to get women to vote for Republicans in the [midterms](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/midterms) you insensitive clowns. The Republican Party already has a woman voting problem. > > “Keep mocking those of us who take rape and pedophilia seriously and demand accountability for corruption.” [My hypocrisy detector just went into a spin at lightspeed.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-loses-over-boondoggle-unhinged-194600184.html) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump has embarked on a wild Presidents’ Day rant to blast America’s most urgent infrastructure project as as a “boondoggle” and swat down claims about renaming yet another facility after him. > > In a lengthy social media tirade on Monday, Trump warned that the Gateway project — the long-planned rail expansion between New York and New Jersey — would spiral beyond its current $16 billion price tag and said that “under no circumstances” would his administration pay for any cost overruns. > > Days after his administration agreed to a judge’s orders to release funding for the project, Trump took to Truth Social to describe it as a waste. > > “I am opposed to the future boondoggle known as ‘Gateway,’ in New York/New Jersey, because it will cost many BILLIONS OF DOLLARS more than projected or anticipated, much like Gavin Newscum’s “Railroad” to nowhere, which is many times over budget, with no end in sight, and could financially obliterate what is left, after Newscum, of the California Economy," he wrote. But, of course, the boondoggle of his ridiculous no end in sight construction of his vanity projects is just peachy keen. [Weaponized justice system targets Texas school districts.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/attorney-general-paxton-launches-investigations-193347443.html) > [@](#): > > Texas Attorney General [Ken Paxton](https://directory.texastribune.org/ken-paxton/) [has launched investigations](https://www.oag.state.tx.us/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-investigates-three-independent-school-districts-facilitating-student) into three school districts over student protests against immigration enforcement, alleging that school officials failed to ensure student safety and minimize classroom disruptions. > > The move, announced Monday, targets North East Independent School District in San Antonio, Dallas Independent School District and Manor Independent School District, following a [similar inquiry](https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-demands-documents-part-investigation-austin-isd-facilitating-student) into the Austin Independent School District. Paxton said his office is also examining claims that administrators and faculty helped organize the demonstrations. > > “I will not allow Texas schools to become breeding grounds for the radical Left’s open borders agenda,” Paxton said in a statement. “Let this serve as a warning to any public school official or employee who unlawfully facilitates student participation in protests targeting our heroic law enforcement officers: my office will use every legal tool available to hold you accountable.” Isn’t how the schools run supposed to be a state issue without interference from the feds, at least according to the felon and his so-called administration? But, of course, the real reason they’re freaking out over this is the incredble display of civics awareness by the students. [At least one Republican in Congress is fed up with the felon’s corruption.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/republican-joins-dems-constitutional-amendment-213311781.html) > [@](#): > > Rep. **Don Bacon** (R-NE) signed on Monday to co-sponsor a Democrat-led bill to amend the U.S. Constitution to give Congress oversight of presidential pardons, a measure aimed at pushing back at President **Donald Trump’s** highly controversial use of the presidential pardon power. > > The bill was introduced by Rep. **Johnny Olszewski** (D-MD) last December and would allow for a minimum of 20 House members and five senators to call for congressional review of a pardon, which would lead to a 60-day deadline for Congress to nullify that pardon with a two-thirds majority vote – similar to a veto override. > > Olszewski announced his bill, the Pardon Integrity Act, in a floor speech listing off some of Trump’s most controversial pardons, including a blanket pardon for all January 6th rioters – including those who violently attacked police officers. > > “None of us should accept it as normal practice that a president, any president, used their executive pardon power to absolve convicted drug kingpins, those found guilty of violently attacking law enforcement officers, and even a money laundering crypto magnate with ties to the president’s family business,” Olszewski said in his speech, adding: > > > Yet, this is exactly what President Trump did. On his first day back in office, President Trump pardoned 1,500 people involved in the January 6th attack on the Capitol. Since then, he’s pardoned or commuted the sentences of nearly 90 others. Just recently, he added former Honduran president **Juan Orlando Hernandez** to that list. Hernandez was serving a 45-year prison sentence for conspiring to smuggle more than 400 tons or 4.5 billion doses of cocaine into the US. Hernandez was also convicted of accepting bribes from violent drug cartel members to fuel his political career, shielding them from prosecution in exchange for their bribes > > Olszewski announced [Bacon](https://www.mediaite.com/tag/don-bacon/) joining his bill, writing, “The Constitution does not give any president the authority to place themselves above the law. I’m proud to have Congressman Bacon join this effort, because safeguarding democracy and upholding justice should never be a partisan issue. When the pardon power is abused to protect criminals and political allies, Congress has a responsibility to act.” ---
**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 18, 2026, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2503 "2026-02-18T02:11:53Z")
[What a grift! First use your political office to have things named after you…](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-family-business-files-trademark-172427236.html) > [@](#): > > NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump family company has filed to trademark the use of the president’s name on airports but says it doesn’t plan on charging a fee — at least for a proposed renaming of one near his Florida home. > > Applications filed by the Trump Organization with the federal trademark office are seeking exclusive rights to use the president’s name on airports and dozens of related things found there, from buses shuttling passengers to umbrellas and travel bags to flight suits. The filings come amid debate in Florida over a state bill to name the Palm Beach airport after Trump and a dispute over [funding](https://apnews.com/article/trump-gateway-new-york-new-jersey-tunnel-d0ebf5a8b54a0729d4621cd1bcb5be95) of a tunnel between New York and New Jersey that is tied up with proposals that both it and Dulles International Airport in Virginia bear his name. > > The Trump Organization said that the applications were triggered by the Florida bill and that it didn’t seek any profit — only protection against “bad actors” given that the Trump name is the “most infringed trademark in the world.” I think I finally figured out why my late father liked Rip van Simple so much. Dad was the easiest man in the world to find a gift for. All you needed to do was get the tackiest thing in the shop. [And Rip van Simple is tackying up a few of the Air Force’s planes.](https://www.aol.com/articles/u-air-force-vip-fleet-191847053.html) > [@](#): > > The Kennedy-era paint colors on the exterior of aircraft in the U.S. Air Force presidential and VIP fleet are being replaced with a new design in President Trump’s preferred palette. The new colors will appear on planes including the [donated Qatari jet](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/qatar-jet-trump-air-force-one-preparations/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17) and two planes Boeing is converting to serve as Air Force One, sources told CBS News. > > Some of the blue and white aircraft are already being repainted in dark navy blue, deep red and gold as they come in for scheduled due repairs and maintenance, the officials said. > > The classic robin’s egg blue color scheme of the current fleet dates back to the Kennedy administration. > > The new red, dark blue and white paint job is being required for Air Force One jets as well as others in the executive fleet, including the new 747-8i from Qatar and C-32 aircraft, an Air Force spokesperson said. The Armed Forces Network used to air a “spot” basically telling all the servicemembers not to be afraid to tell higher-ups something they don’t want to hear. [Yeah, right.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fox-jen-griffin-reports-pete-152524568.html) > [@](#): > > There is a climate of “fear, uncertainty, and unwillingness to speak up” growing among military brass after [Secretary of Defense](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/illinois-chicago-sue-block-national-000657860.html) [**Pete Hegseth**](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/no-more-beardos-hegseth-only-030437557.html) forced out a top army officer, according to a report by Fox News chief national security correspondent **Jennifer** **Griffin**. > > According to Griffin’s [report](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/scoop-hegseth-orders-removal-army-public-affairs-chief-amid-broader-pentagon-purge), the ousted officer is Army Col. **Dave Butler** , who was serving as Chief of Army Public Affairs and chief advisor to Army Secretary **Dan Driscoll**. > > Driscoll is currently in Geneva, Switzerland as part of the Ukraine negotiating team, and Hegseth demanded that he fire Butler last Thursday, Griffin reported. The Army Secretary is viewed as a “close ally” to Vice President **JD Vance** , having attended Yale Law School with him, and “resisted Hegseth’s pressure to fire Butler for months because of his ongoing contributions to the transformation of the Army,” Griffin wrote, reporting how Butler was actually on a list to be _promoted_, not fired: > > > Butler served as the head of public affairs for the Joint Chiefs when Gen. Mark Milley was chairman, and was slated to receive his first star. His name appeared for two years in a row on an Army list of 34 officers selected for promotion. > > > > That list has been held up by Hegseth for nearly four months because he reportedly has concerns about four to five officers selected by the Army board, but by law he cannot remove them from the list. Butler volunteered to take his name off the promotion list if it would help unlock the other promotions, according to an Army official. _The rest of the article highlights the general’s resume._ Do you know what the [USCG’s missions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missions_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard) are? [Evidently it’s time to update that page.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/kristi-noem-told-coast-guard-151057055.html) > [@](#): > > Less than a week after the _Wall Street Journal_ [published](https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/chaos-kristi-noem-homeland-security-f095ac95?st=QMaJo9&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink) an exclusive about how Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem allegedly threw a [first-class tantrum](https://www.jezebel.com/the-knives-come-out-for-kristi-noem-and-corey-lewandowski) over a misplaced blanket and consequently almost cost a Coast Guard pilot his job, more of the military branch’s members have spoken out to discuss how much she sucks. > > At least two U.S. officials, a Coast Guard official, and a former Coast Guard official [told NBC News on Tuesday](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/noems-use-coast-guard-resources-strains-relationship-military-branch-s-rcna258904) that Noem’s relationship with the military branch is becoming increasingly strained, especially as she continues to abuse the agency to fulfill her anti-immigration agenda. (The Coast Guard is the only army branch overseen by the Department of Homeland Security.) “You never know what’s going to happen,” one of the sources said, adding that morale among troops is “terrible.” Per the outlet: > > > Noem’s leadership at DHS has created a specific split in the Coast Guard. Many rank-and-file members are motivated by her approach, in which she showcases their work by joining them on operations and visiting their ships. Some more senior officials, however, see that approach as taking away from the Coast Guard’s traditional missions. > > > > The dynamic with more senior officials has only worsened in recent months as Noem oversaw a tenfold increase in the use of the Coast Guard’s aircraft for immigrant deportations, which has strained its limited resources, the sources said. The increase was captured in [data](https://humanrightsfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ICE-Flight-Monitor-US-Immigration-Enforcement-Flights-Report_Dec2025.pdf) compiled by ICE Flight Monitor, a nonprofit group that tracks deportation flights. > > Sources said tensions began pretty much [immediately](https://www.jezebel.com/we-are-living-in-the-stupidest-possible-time-to-be-alive) after she became DHS Secretary, when she reportedly tried to divert resources from an ongoing search-and-rescue mission for a 23-year-old Coast Guard seaman, Bryan Lee. In January 2025, Lee fell off a ship in the Pacific Ocean and had been missing for days when his fellow Coast Guard members used a C-130 aircraft to find him. But Noem allegedly pushed to have the aircraft reassigned to her so-called “Alien Expulsion Operations,” according to NBC News, so it could transport migrants across states. According to sources, Coast Guard leadership managed to find an alternative aircraft so the search could continue. Lee was ultimately never found. > > “The primary mission was search and rescue,” one of the sources told NBC. “Now the No. 1 stated mission of the Coast Guard is border security—that is a cultural change that the culture hasn’t quite caught up to.” [Aw, she gave him a prized possession and his response?](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-snubs-nobel-winner-gifted-042625058.html) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump sang the praises of acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez during a Monday press gaggle aboard Air Force One, inadvertently snubbing the woman who gave him her Nobel Peace Prize. > > Trump was asked by CNN’s [Alejandra Jaramillo](https://x.com/AlejandraJMillo/status/2023580837116043506) about comments Rodríguez made to [NBC last week](https://www.nbcnews.com/world/venezuela/maduro-legitimate-president-venezuela-delcy-rodriguez-interview-trump-rcna258687) in which she asserted Nicolás Maduro’s innocence and said he remained the legitimate president of Venezuela. > > “I can tell you President Nicolás Maduro is the legitimate president. I will tell you this as a lawyer, that I am. Both President Maduro and Cilia Flores, the first lady, are both innocent,” Rodríguez told [Meet the Press’s Kristen Welker](https://www.nbcnews.com/world/venezuela/maduro-legitimate-president-venezuela-delcy-rodriguez-interview-trump-rcna258687). > > In response, the president said that Rodríguez—who was Nicolás Maduro‘s vice president and who has led the country since [a military raid](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-captured-president-wild-071755374.html) that saw Maduro captured and flown to the U.S. to face trial—was doing a very good job. > > “I think we have a great relationship,” Trump said, adding, “I think she probably has to say that. I think politically, maybe she has to say that,” in reference to claiming Maduro is the legitimate president. > > ”She’s doing a great job and I fully understand that statement.” And the kicker! > [@](#): > > Trump’s praise for Rodríguez could come as a shock to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who went out of her way to gift the president with the Nobel Peace Prize medal she won for her role in opposing Maduro’s government. ---
**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 18, 2026, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2504 "2026-02-18T02:34:16Z")
“Maria who? Never heard of her. Fake news! I won the thing on my own! Waaaaah! No fair!” 😖 ---
**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 18, 2026, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2505 "2026-02-18T02:43:23Z")
He got what he wanted from her, so now he doesn’t need to even know her name. Just ask “Melanie” about that. ---
**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 18, 2026, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2506 "2026-02-18T20:48:36Z")
You have GOT to see this video posted by RFK/HHS: > **[Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yasharali) on Threads](https://www.threads.com/@yasharali/post/DU6Pg_DkkSF?xmt=AQF0cespBiXnY3QUXvFEahqPYld43igEOHZb2oYFlvgmA69vV_VhGXqfooMLnkqd_q8Oiig&slof=1)** > > Folks, if I had to watch it so do you. > > RFK Jr and Kid Rock Just two guys working out together, bare-chested in a wood-paneled porn set, playing some hard-core pickleball, showing off muscles to each other, and sharing a moment together drinking a tall glass of whole milk in a hot tub while wearing tight jeans. RFK asking impatiently “Where’s kid?” Bob Ritchie laughing coyly into the camera whilst his lips glisten from the creamy milk treat. The only thing missing is them sharing a line of blow off a urinal rim. And RFK jumping into a bath tub in his tight jeans is giving definite never-nude vibes. Maybe it’s to hide the track marks. ---
**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 18, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2507 "2026-02-18T20:53:45Z")
Shouldn’t it be raw milk? And no, I’m not going to watch it. ---
**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 18, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2508 "2026-02-18T20:54:24Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Shouldn’t it be raw milk? I think the maga/maha crew are too stupid to know there’s a difference. Eta: the video clearly shows they’re drinking _whole_ milk by way of the word “whole” on the bottom of the screen, made to look like it’s a white creamy, drippy substance. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2509 "2026-02-18T21:59:32Z")
I hope we’re all aware that [drinking milk has become a symbol of White supremacy](https://www.uowoajournals.org/asj/article/275/galley/273/download/). ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2510 "2026-02-18T22:28:33Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > The only thing missing is them sharing a well-lubricated fist. ---
**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 18, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2511 "2026-02-18T22:43:35Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > well-lubricated fist. I’m just going to assume this was the exercise bike they were using until I see otherwise. > **[https://i.redd.it/wglavvf3gr561.jpg](https://i.redd.it/wglavvf3gr561.jpg)** ---
**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 18, 2026, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2512 "2026-02-18T22:48:37Z")
So when we say clusterfuck we mean fist fuck? Gee, English is a difficult language. ---
**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 18, 2026, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2513 "2026-02-18T22:54:17Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > hope we’re all aware that [drinking milk has become a symbol of White supremacy](https://www.uowoajournals.org/asj/article/275/galley/273/download/) I thought “1%-ers” meant something else entirely. ---
**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 18, 2026, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2514 "2026-02-18T23:03:11Z")
“Herschel Walker, speaking about loyal. How good a football player was Herschel? Now he’s ambassador to the Bahamas. I don’t know. Bahamas. Bermuda. Is he Bahamas? Whatever. It’s a nice place.” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mf5wuynryg2s)** > > Trump: "Herschel Walker, speaking about loyal. How good a football player was Herschel? Now he's ambassador to the Bahamas. I don't know. Bahamas. Bermuda. Is he Bahamas? Whatever. It's a nice place." “Sometimes we have to force ourselves upon them because they’re so bad.” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mf5xpo4lvd22)** > > Trump: "Frankly, if these radical left lunatic Democrats would come and say, 'Please, help us, please,' we'd stop crimes all over the place. Sometimes we have to force ourselves upon them because they're so bad." “Atlanta. Atlanta. We could take care of Atlanta. I’ll tell you what, you oughta get them to call me. We could take care of Atlanta so fast. They don’t want to call. Don’t forget – we move people out.” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mf5xsqwul222)** > > Trump muses about sending troops into Georgia: "Atlanta. Atlanta. We could take care of Atlanta. I'll tell you what, you oughta get them to call me. We could take care of Atlanta so fast. They don't want to call. Don't forget -- we move people out." “Do we love Nicki Minaj? She was here a couple of weeks ago. So beautiful. Her skin so beautiful. I said, ‘Nicki, so beautiful.’ Her nails, her nails they’re like that long. I said, ‘Nicki, are they real?’ She said she didn’t want to get into that.” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mf5wsagmxh2i)** > > Trump: "Do we love Nicki Minaj? She was here a couple of weeks ago. So beautiful. Her skin so beautiful. I said, 'Nicki, so beautiful.' Her nails, her nails they're like that long. I said, 'Nicki, are they real?' She said she didn't want to get into... ---
**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 18, 2026, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2515 "2026-02-18T23:10:38Z")
Some day there will be a serious tome; The Collected Wisdom and Quotes of Donald J. Trump. ---
**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 18, 2026, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2516 "2026-02-18T23:35:15Z")
> # Journalists Arrested in Cameroon While Reporting on Trump’s Secretive Deportation Program > > An Associated Press reporter was hit and held with three other journalists and a lawyer, two detainees said, while at a center for migrants secretively deported from the United States. > > [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/world/africa/cameroon-journalists-arrested-deportees.html?unlocked\_article\_code=1.NFA.Ncmp.5XiCTCVYbxwW&smid=url-share](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/world/africa/cameroon-journalists-arrested-deportees.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NFA.Ncmp.5XiCTCVYbxwW&smid=url-share) Gift link. > Four journalists investigating a secretive Trump administration effort to deport migrants to the African nation of Cameroon were detained on Tuesday, according to two of the people detained. > > The journalists, along with a lawyer representing most of 15 detained migrants, were seized by the police at a state-run compound in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, where they were interviewing the deportees. > > The New York Times [reported](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/world/africa/us-secret-deportation-cameroon.html) on Saturday that the compound was a detention center for African migrants who were recently deported from the United States by the Department of Homeland Security. > > None of the deportees are Cameroonian citizens. **And almost all had received protection from American courts** , which banned the government from sending them back to their home countries, where they would most likely face persecution, according to government documents obtained by The Times and interviews with their lawyers. > > The five people detained on Tuesday were taken to the judicial police headquarters, where the journalists were separated and interrogated, according to Joseph Awah Fru, the lawyer supporting the deportees, and Randy Joe Sa’ah, a freelance journalist who regularly works for the BBC and was one of the detainees. > > The three other journalists — a reporter, a photojournalist and a videographer — were based in Cameroon and working on assignment for The Associated Press. The A.P. said that, according to its understanding, the reporter was slapped but “did not sustain serious injury.” > > Some of the journalists, Mr. Fru and Mr. Sa’ah said, were kept in a cell for hours. The two men said the A.P. reporter appeared to have been beaten up and had told them the police had attacked him. > > All of the five were later freed. Before the journalists were released, the police confiscated their phones, cameras and laptops, saying the journalists had captured sensitive government information, according to Mr. Fru and Mr. Sa’ah. It was unclear if any had been charged. > … My bold. “And almost all had received protection from American courts…” Fat lot of good that did them. ---
**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 18, 2026, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2517 "2026-02-18T23:51:07Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “Herschel Walker, speaking about loyal. How good a football player was Herschel? Now he’s ambassador to the Bahamas. I don’t know. Bahamas. Bermuda. Is he Bahamas? Whatever. It’s a nice place.” > > [@atrupar.com on Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mf5wuynryg2s) A Black History Month speech spent proving you’re not a racist by ticking off a list of black celebrities that are loyal to you is…an interesting choice. ---
**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 19, 2026, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2518 "2026-02-19T00:01:04Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Some day there will be a serious tome; > The Collected Wisdom and Quotes of Donald J. Trump. And it will be in the fiction section. > [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > A Black History Month speech spent proving you’re not a racist by ticking off a list of black celebrities that are loyal to you is…an interesting choice. Reminds me of _There’s good ~ and there’s bad ~_. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2519 "2026-02-19T00:48:11Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > > [@smithsb](#): > > > > Some day there will be a serious tome; > > The Collected Wisdom and Quotes of Donald J. Trump. > > And it will be in the fiction section. Or perhaps in the Psychiatry section. As an example of clinical psychosis. ---
**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 19, 2026, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2520 "2026-02-19T01:10:28Z")
Two weeks ago: Trump didn’t post that racist video of the Obamas, some staffer must have done it Today: Everything posted to realdonaldtrump is 100% direct from Trump’s brain to your eyes > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mf5rmlhek323)** > > Q: The president just said on Truth Social it would be a 'big mistake' for UK to hold over control of Diego Garcia, but the State Dept said the US supports that handover > > LEAVITT: The post should be taken as administration policy. When you see it on... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=125) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=127)