# 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:** 136
**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 26, 2026, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2701 "2026-02-26T01:53:09Z")
Do they have “puck boys” in hockey like they have ball boys in other sports? Maybe he was there in his role as puck boy. ---
**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 26, 2026, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2702 "2026-02-26T02:10:53Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Of course, he was videotaped chugging beers, so I guess this is his public confession that he drinks on the job. Hegseth must be beside himself with jealousy. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2703 "2026-02-26T02:20:36Z")
Melania will chair a meeting of the United Nations Security Council next week. Because, of course she will. > “Mrs. Trump’s leadership will mark the first time a sitting U.S. First Lady presides over the Security Council as members consider education, technology, peace, and security,” the first lady’s office said in a press release. [https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-state-of-the-union-2026](https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-state-of-the-union-2026) (Scroll down) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2704 "2026-02-26T02:22:55Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Do they have “puck boys” in hockey like they have ball boys in other sports? Maybe he was there in his role as puck boy. If so, the money spent would be worth it if he would just keep the puck in Milan. ---
**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 26, 2026, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2705 "2026-02-26T02:40:39Z")
In the picture at that link, she looks like she’s really looking forward to it. [![](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/ap26056066771323.jpg?c=original&q=w_1280,c_fill/f_avif) ](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/ap26056066771323.jpg?c=original&q=w_1280,c_fill/f_avif) Seriously, this has got to be a joke! ---
**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 26, 2026, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2706 "2026-02-26T03:00:28Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Seriously, this has got to be a joke! Hmph. Movie stars have no business sticking their noses into politics. /s ---
**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 26, 2026, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2707 "2026-02-26T03:14:25Z")
[Felon’s frau’s film flack’s fantasy.](https://www.aol.com/articles/melania-movie-producer-reveals-artists-154231793.html) (The **bolding** is mine.) > [@](#): > > [The movie,](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/melania-trump-arrives-her-documentary-005845067.html) which [exceeded expectations](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/movies/articles/melania-trump-documentary-shocks-box-160427994.html) at the box office [but drew criticism from some](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/movies/articles/melania-trump-movie-reviews-arrive-233703983.html) over potential conflicts of interest, still included highly recognizable tunes. Released theatrically on Jan. 30, “Melania” included tracks like “Gimme Shelter,” “Billie Jean” and [Aretha Franklin’s rendition of “Amazing Grace.”](https://youtu.be/tkke4ctTYf8?si=Fm4i9huSoMJWKL4p&t=1955) > > Beckman revealed, however, that certain songs did not make it off the wish list. > > “There was a song that we wanted to use from Grace Jones; obviously, also a tremendous amount of respect for her,” he told Variety. “She apparently couldn’t get over the political hurdle, **notwithstanding the fact that the film is not a political film**. So that was disappointing, too. It’s disappointing when people put politics so far ahead, and that happened a little bit with the film, for sure.” He goes on to mention a few other artists who refused to play with the toddler. Even a dead artist refused. > [@](#): > > Prince’s music was also ultimately pulled, after his estate voiced concern over being associated with President [Donald Trump](https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/donald-trump/). > > “We were ready to go, and this lawyer that manages the estate was like, ‘Prince would never want his song associated with Donald Trump,’” Beckman said. “And we’re like, ‘But it’s not a Donald Trump film! He comes into the movie once in a while, but this is all about Melania. It’s not political.’ And that guy blocked it. It’s so ridiculous.” [The war on education is now clandestine.](https://www.aol.com/articles/fbi-serving-search-warrants-los-172821455.html) (The **bolding** is mine.) > [@](#): > > LOS ANGELES (AP) — The FBI was serving search warrants Wednesday at the Los Angeles Unified School District’s headquarters and the superintendent’s home. > > Federal officials in Los Angeles served the warrants as part of an ongoing investigation, according to a person familiar with the investigation who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss the probe. **The nature of the investigation and what allegations were being examined was not immediately clear.** > > Ciaran McEvoy, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles, confirmed that court-authorized searches were underway Wednesday. > > The district and the superintendent’s office did not immediately respond to emails and a voicemail requesting comment. > > TV news footage showed agents in FBI shirts and jackets outside [Superintendent Alberto Carvalho’s](https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-miami-florida-los-angeles-a18110abd018f3add118d2d445611896) modest home in the San Pedro neighborhood about 20 miles (32 kilometers) south of downtown LA. There was no visible sign of agents outside the district headquarters as of mid-morning. [The bigot-in-chief resurrects “Go back to where yoyu came from”.](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-says-muslim-lawmakers-sent-191719129.html) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan should be sent “back from where they came” after they [shouted at him during his State of the Union address](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-ilhan-omar-rashida-tlaib-clash-trump-state-of-the-union-rcna259804) to Congress on Tuesday night. > > In [a post on Truth Social](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116132366318011545), the president called the two congresswomen “Low IQ” and said they “should be institutionalized,” describing them as having “the bulging, bloodshot eyes of crazy people, LUNATICS, mentally deranged and sick,” when they shouted during his speech last night. > > “When people can behave like that, and knowing that they are Crooked and Corrupt Politicians, so bad for our Country, we should send them back from where they came — as fast as possible,” Trump wrote. “They can only damage the United States of America, they can do nothing to help it.” Excuse me, but who among you, Representative Omar, and Representave Tlaib has thirty-four felony convictions? And Representative Tlaib is alread where she came from: America. She was born in Michigan. [He wants Robert de Niro to go with them.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-demands-demented-robert-niro-000557768.html) > [@](#): > > Trump also lashed out at American-born actor De Niro, who [called the commander in chief “failing, flailing and desperate”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sfYo3-JTns) during the rival “State of the Swamp” event at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday night. > > Raging, the president wrote, “They should actually get on a boat with Trump Deranged Robert De Niro, another sick and demented person with, I believe, an extremely Low IQ, who has absolutely no idea what he is doing or saying — some of which is seriously CRIMINAL!” Robert De Niro also is American-born. Not that it matters to Rip van Simple. [Bongingo defends Peter’s ~~peter~~ manhood.](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/bongino-loses-standing-pentagon-pete-204839044.html) > [@](#): > > Former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino melted down on his show over a [Daily Beast article](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pentagon-pete-t-stop-posting-202322066.html) that he felt mocked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “manhood.” > > Initially responding to criticism of FBI Director Kash Patel [flying to Italy](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/keystone-kash-gives-bizarre-excuse-015608799.html) and partaking in a [boozy locker room celebration](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/keystone-kash-olympic-bender-ends-193606003.html) after the U.S. men’s hockey team’s gold medal win, an irate Bongino, 51, suggested that those in the media simply do not like seeing men in the administration be men. > > “It’s about attacking every single member of the Trump team that engages in any of this type of behavior that celebrates manhood, testosterone, bravery, courage, strength, any of these attributes you would associate with traditional masculinity; they’ve got to bash all the time,” he said. “Sometimes guys just like sports, wants to drink a beer.” The entire administration has a quite unhealthy fixation on “manhood”. ---
**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 26, 2026, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2708 "2026-02-26T03:35:24Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Melania will chair a meeting of the United Nations Security Council next week. Because, of course she will. Hmmmm. > **[Edith Wilson | Increased role after husband's stroke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Wilson#Increased_role_after_husband's_stroke)** > > Following his attendance at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, Woodrow Wilson returned to the United States to campaign against strong non-interventionist sentiment for the ratification of the peace treaty and of the League of Nations Covenant. However, in October he suffered a stroke that left him bedridden and partially paralyzed. > > Edith Wilson and others in the President's inner circle (including his physician and a few close friends) hid the true extent of the president's illness and disabi... > Edith Wilson and others in the President’s inner circle (including his physician and a few close friends) hid the true extent of the president’s illness and disability from the public. Edith also took over a number of routine duties and details of the executive branch of the government from the onset of Wilson’s illness until he left office almost a year and a half later. From October 1919 to the end of Wilson’s term on March 4, 1921, Edith, acting in a role she later described as a “stewardship”, decided who and which communications and matters of state were important enough to bring to the bedridden president. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2709 "2026-02-26T03:49:06Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Melania will chair a meeting of the United Nations Security Council next week. Because, of course she will. Sorry, I know this is very petty- how is it that she knows seven languages (according to Drumpfuck), has lived in the US for however many years, and still sounds like she just got here? Doesn’t really scream ‘chairwoman’. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2710 "2026-02-26T04:01:23Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > Sorry, I know this is very petty- how is it that she knows seven languages (according to Drumpfuck), has lived in the US for however many years, and still sounds like she just got here? She moved to the U.S. at age 26; most people who move to another country as adults tend to keep their native accents (though it can attenuate with time), unless they actively try to rid themselves of the accent to sound “local.” I suspect that she hasn’t ever felt the need, or the motivation, to do that. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2711 "2026-02-26T04:08:32Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > She moved to the U.S. at age 26; most people who move to another country as adults tend to keep their native accents (though it can attenuate with time), unless they actively try to rid themselves of the accent to sound “local.” I suspect that **she hasn’t ever felt the need, or the motivation, to do that.** I understand / agree about accents being harder to shake as an adult. I guess the part I bolded is the crux of what I was trying to say. ---
**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 26, 2026, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2712 "2026-02-26T04:41:30Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Instead of freaking out and dropping the weapon, I just aimed it safely and let it carry on firing until it was done on its own. Still, it’s a very unnerving thing when it happens. When I was on a pistol team in the navy we were using accurized .45ACPs. Among other things, the sear had been worked and springs adjusted so that the trigger pull had been reduced from a GI-resistant 8 pounds to the 2+ pounds needed for target shooting. Unfortunately this meant that sometimes, releasing the slide would let the hammer drop. SOP for a right-handed shooter was, while pointing down range to use the left thumb to hold the hammer back while using the right to release the slide. One time I forgot and the pistol fired as the slide went home. With shaking hands I cleared the pistol then sat down for a good ten minutes before doing anything else. I never forgot again. > [@scudsucker](#): > > as much as I dislike guns, this thread is really about dislike of Trump, who can’t even find the safety-catch on his mouth. I’ll drop it now. Talkin’ 'bout slam-fire… ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2713 "2026-02-26T05:57:10Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > With shaking hands I cleared the pistol then sat down for a good ten minutes before doing anything else. I never forgot again. I’ll bet not. Tough way to internalize that lesson, but at least no one got hurt. These things do happen! ---
**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 26, 2026, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2714 "2026-02-26T09:39:05Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > And Representative Tlaib is alread where she came from: America. She was born in Michigan. Then she should go back there. And tell them what a petulant toddler the president is. > [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > how is it that she knows seven languages (according to Drumpfuck) She knows _of_ seven languages, certainly. But I’m guessing her fluency is just Slovenian and English. ---
**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 26, 2026, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2715 "2026-02-26T09:40:23Z")
That’s two more than her husband. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2716 "2026-02-26T10:36:05Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > It would be very hard to decline such an invitation. How so? The entire women’s team managed it, with grace and decorum. ---
**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 26, 2026, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2717 "2026-02-26T11:23:07Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > She knows _of_ seven languages, certainly. But I’m guessing her fluency is just Slovenian I’m not sure about the English. I speak (for various rankings of “speak”) a reasonable number, I think 6 or 7\* where I am capable of conversation at a basic level. I do know a large number of insults in each language which, as much as I distain Melania, I would choose to direct to the Idiot In Chief. Fila da Puta, Donald. \* Mozambique and Angola have dialects that are mutually intelligible with continental Portuguese, but it is bit challenging as a non native Portuguese speaker to work out the accents and variations. Brazil was pretty challenging, I started pidgen and sign-language, because their Portuguese is far more pure than mine. ---
**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 26, 2026, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2718 "2026-02-26T11:40:03Z")
Which actually leads me to this idea. Does Donald speak pidgin English? Is this why nobody understands him? Can someone teach him Spanish? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2719 "2026-02-26T11:55:21Z")
This is Kansas state government, not the federal Trump administration, but you can see the connections: # **[Kansas sends letters to trans people demanding immediate surrender of driver’s licenses](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/2/25/2370505/-Kansas-sends-letters-to-trans-people-demanding-immediate-surrender-of-driver-s-licenses)** > **[Erin in the Morning: Kansas sends letters to trans people demanding immediate surrender of driver’s licenses.](https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sends-letters-to-trans-people)** All trans people who got their licenses updated to match their gender identity were notified that their licenses had been suspended and that they would have to surrender their now-invalid identification and get new identification marked with sex assigned at birth. Failure to do so could result in being arrested for driving without valid identification, a felony which carries a sentence of six months in prison. Because of the national drivers’ registry, moving to another state will not resolve the issue, as they would have to lift the suspension — by surrendering their previously-valid identification — to apply for a license in another state. > > This law was rammed through over the governor’s veto. The law was forced into effect immediately, instead of letting it take effect on July 1 and giving people time to react. Kansas already passed laws forcing trans people into prisons according to sex assigned at birth, rather than gender. This law will kill trans people. And that was the point. > **[Kansas sends letters to trans people demanding immediate surrender of...](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/2/25/2370505/-Kansas-sends-letters-to-trans-people-demanding-immediate-surrender-of-driver-s-licenses?utm_campaign=trending)** > > Erin in the Morning: Kansas sends letters to trans people demanding immediate surrender of driver’s licenses. All trans people who got their licenses updated to match their gender identity were notified that their licenses had been suspended and... ---
**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 26, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2720 "2026-02-26T12:25:38Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > Does Donald speak pidgin English? Nah. He speaks 4th grade English. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=135) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=137)