# 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:** 138
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2741 "2026-02-26T20:39:29Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > It’s because the “Weiner–” part of the name suggests hot dogs to us uncultured Americans and the “schnitzel” part suggests “vague gesture in the direction of something German-ish.” ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2742 "2026-02-26T20:55:12Z")
Geeze, people! It’s just a cute name. Next thing they’ll be outrage that you can’t catch a train uptown at a Subway and that there is no such position as Burger King or Dairy Queen. ---
**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, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2743 "2026-02-26T20:56:50Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Next thing they’ll be outrage that you can’t catch a train uptown at a Subway and that there is no such position as Burger King or Dairy Queen. And furthermore, there were _clearly_ more than five guys in that restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2744 "2026-02-26T21:03:46Z")
I always assumed the five guys were the ingredients in the burgers, at least until they started expanding and going through more product. The world of fast food is a dark one. ---
**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, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2745 "2026-02-26T21:04:34Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Next thing they’ll be outrage that you can’t catch a train uptown at a Subway and that there is no such position as Burger King or Dairy Queen. Yer missin’ the point. I can get Burgers at burger King and Dairy products at Dairy Queen. But I can’t get wienerschnitzel at wienerschnitzel. It’s as if I opened a restaurant in Germany called Fresh Rare Steaks that was, say, a vegan restaurant. ---
**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 26, 2026, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2746 "2026-02-26T21:11:59Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > I always assumed the five guys were the ingredients in the burgers The secret sauce? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2747 "2026-02-26T21:14:33Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > It’s as if I opened a restaurant in Germany called Fresh Rare Steaks that was, say, a vegan restaurant. Unless you’re a hipster and the name is ironic. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2748 "2026-02-26T21:43:22Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Melania will chair a meeting of the United Nations Security Council next week. Because, of course she will. Somehow I think Eleanor Roosevelt’s legacy is safe. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2749 "2026-02-26T23:35:01Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > 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)** Basically criminalizing being trans. For no possible reason except pure hatefulness. ---
**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 27, 2026, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2750 "2026-02-27T00:23:47Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > here is no such position as Burger King or Dairy Queen Come to China. One of _Dairy Queen_’s competitors is awesomely named [_Dairy Fairy_](https://chinaessays.substack.com/p/dairy-queen-is-no-match-for-the-dairy). > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > [@Dr.Drake](#): > > > > I always assumed the five guys were the ingredients in the burgers > > The secret sauce? I recall seeing a cartoon years ago showing Colonel Sanders being taken away in handcuffs by the police and a bystander says to another, “They finally found out what was in the secret sauce”. Gahan Wilson’s work peerhaps? I would not be surprised one bit if in the next week Rip van Simple issues an executive order pulling all federal funds from states which do not “give attention to this matter” by copying Kansas. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2751 "2026-02-27T01:06:36Z")
Not content with politicizing the US hockey team’s gold medal, the White House is now releasing deepfake videos of the players insulting Canada. From The Guardian: > US ice hockey star Brady Tkachuk has said he does not appreciate an AI video released by the White House that shows him insulting Canadians. > > Tkachuk played in [the Americans’ victory over Canada](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2026/feb/19/winter-olympics-womens-ice-hockey-final-usa-v-canada-live) at the Winter Olympics on Sunday, which secured the US men their first gold medal since 1980. In the wake of that win, the White House’s TikTok account published video of Tkachuk saying: “They booed our national anthem, so I had to come out and teach those maple syrup eating fuckers a lesson.” > > Tkachuk never said those words and the video, which has had more than 10m views, is labelled as AI-generated. ---
**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 27, 2026, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2752 "2026-02-27T01:18:52Z")
Meanwhile, it would appear that Zohran has once again played Trump like a fiddle. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vlpy6zuqqum5tumv7b6dw5fp/bafkreibzft3akahh3czahh4ljog3buer722tgnjjngzpuumdohndkvxffq@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vlpy6zuqqum5tumv7b6dw5fp/bafkreibzft3akahh3czahh4ljog3buer722tgnjjngzpuumdohndkvxffq@jpeg) [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nx7znvoex7ev3wcxn3tipovm/bafkreigd6ammz6mv4jjfwosqrysjepcdf667oclnx7lc4bcgclp7dmozqi@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nx7znvoex7ev3wcxn3tipovm/bafkreigd6ammz6mv4jjfwosqrysjepcdf667oclnx7lc4bcgclp7dmozqi@jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2753 "2026-02-27T01:39:02Z")
Yeah, the “Let’s Build” is great, since Trump believes his own PR about him being a great builder/developer. Massage his ego and he’ll do anything for you. ---
**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 27, 2026, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2754 "2026-02-27T02:10:49Z")
Canadians eat maple syrup?? No red blooded Trump supporter, not at 2:00 a.m., not in a Waffle House, drunk and chewing… ---
**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 27, 2026, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2755 "2026-02-27T03:21:17Z")
Trump’s election advisor has a plan to federalize the midterm elections: > “The President of the United States may invoke emergency powers in response to an election emergency involving foreign interference, provided certain statutory and procedural requirements are met. The authority to do so primarily derives from the National Emergencies Act (NEA) and the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).” > **[Read the laughable legal memo behind the claim that Trump can declare a...](https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/read-the-laughable-legal-memo-behind-the-claim-that-trump-can-declare-a-national-voting-emergency/)** > > There are “four immediately obvious problems” with this, legal expert Liza Goitein said. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2756 "2026-02-27T03:33:54Z")
I’ve not been to a Waffle House. Do they serve actual maple syrup? ---
**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 27, 2026, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2757 "2026-02-27T03:38:45Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Trump’s election advisor has a plan to federalize the midterm elections …and it’s not a very good one. It won’t hold up any more than when he tried to do this exact same thing last year. > **[Court Blocks Documentary Proof-of-Citizenship Provision in Voting Executive...](https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/court-blocks-documentary-proof-of-citizenship-provision-in-voting-executive-order)** > > Federal court ruled that the U.S. Election Assistance Commission must halt implementation of President Trump’s mandate to require documentary proof of... [https://www.lwv.org/newsroom/press-releases/court-strikes-down-key-part-trumps-unlawful-voting-executive-order](https://www.lwv.org/newsroom/press-releases/court-strikes-down-key-part-trumps-unlawful-voting-executive-order) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2758 "2026-02-27T03:39:13Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Canadians eat maple syrup?? Not nearly as much as Americans think we do. Same goes for poutine, really. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2759 "2026-02-27T03:40:06Z")
Google sez: > Waffle House uses a proprietary, non-maple table syrup, often identified as > > [Blackburn’s syrup](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Blackburn%27s+syrup&ved=2ahUKEwi3t_Oy3_iSAxWgtokEHXK1B0QQgK4QegQIARAC). It is a maple-flavored corn syrup rather than 100% pure maple syrup. You can purchase bottles of this syrup directly through the official [Waffle House Web Store](https://shop.wafflehouse.com/products/classic-bundle) or sometimes ask for extra to-go containers at the restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2760 "2026-02-27T03:56:40Z")
OK, I’ve never had the syrup, but it is not maple syrup, and technically called “pancake syrup” at least at the grocery store. I’m sure maga is proud to eschew that woke Canadian stuff. (even though it probably tastes a 100 times better … or is that 1500 _percent_ better. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=137) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=139)