# 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:** 142
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2821 "2026-03-01T22:31:26Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > He talks like a guy who has never had to look at his grocery cart and think hard if he should put something back or what other bills he can delay another month. He’s like every other cabinet member who talks about food. They never talk about how the government might work to lower costs. It’s just “raise chickens in your backyard”, or “eat smaller portions”. They don’t know and don’t care how regular American life actually works. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2822 "2026-03-01T22:40:21Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > **Barron Trump should marry Kim Jong Un’s daughter, Kim Ju Ae in order to ensure world peace.** > Or at least someone should make a sitcom of it. And in the meantime, Barron is trending all over the internet: [https://www.instagram.com/p/DVUQnt6DqgL/](https://www.instagram.com/p/DVUQnt6DqgL/) > [@](#): > > “Draft Barron Trump” is currently trending, and someone created a website called “[Draftbarrontrump.com](http://Draftbarrontrump.com)”. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2823 "2026-03-01T23:29:05Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > The so-called ‘cheap cuts’ aren’t so cheap anymore, either. According to the FRED, ground beef us up 22% from Jan 2025 to Jan 2026. I guess if you can’t afford ground beef now, you can use other, cheaper ground up… stuff… ---
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2824 "2026-03-01T23:48:31Z")
The annoying thing about comparisons is, as with what counts as a “basket” for inflation, steak is not chicken leg quarters at $0.79lb, it’s chicken breasts at $2.39lb. Pork is not picnic shoulder at $1.69lb it’s chops at $3.99lb. Yeah, I can get back ribs at $4.99lb but the first “steak” I find is top blade at $9.29lb. The cheap steak of my childhood, chuck, is $12.50lb and real steak cuts are $15 to $35 a pound. I haven’t been able to afford beef for decades. Even when they actually think they’re telling the truth they’re lying. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2825 "2026-03-02T00:10:58Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > According to the FRED, ground beef us up 22% from Jan 2025 to Jan 2026. > > I guess if you can’t afford ground beef now, you can use other, cheaper ground up… stuff… I guess that [makes Dinsdale happy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-more-expensive-to-raise-animals-humanely/956224/16). ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2826 "2026-03-02T00:39:10Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > **Barron Trump should marry Kim Jong Un’s daughter, Kim Ju Ae in order to ensure world peace.** She’s only 14, isn’t she a little too young? Oh wait, we’re talking about a Trump here. She’s a little too old. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2827 "2026-03-02T01:36:59Z")
Well… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qSq7GhMqPTE/maxresdefault.jpg "Eating Raoul (1982) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSq7GhMqPTE) ---
**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:** [March 2, 2026, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2828 "2026-03-02T01:38:00Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I guess that [makes Dinsdale happy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-more-expensive-to-raise-animals-humanely/956224/16). You really know how to hold a grudge. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2026, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2829 "2026-03-02T01:39:41Z")
Hah! I made a reference to that flick a couple of hundred posts above. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2830 "2026-03-02T01:43:56Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > You really know how to hold a grudge. It made a permanent mark on my opinion of him. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2026, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2831 "2026-03-02T02:03:12Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Well… God, I love that movie! I saw it at the Los Angeles Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Society when they couldn’t get the SF film they had scheduled. Since I like cast-iron, I still think of ‘At the store, can you buy a new frying pan? I’m a little squeamish about using the one we use to kill people.’ And then there’s the iconic Piece O’ Pizza sign. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2026, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2832 "2026-03-02T02:14:30Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > And in the meantime, Barron is trending all over the internet: > > [https://www.instagram.com/p/DVUQnt6DqgL/](https://www.instagram.com/p/DVUQnt6DqgL/) > > > [@](#): > > > > “Draft Barron Trump” is currently trending, and someone created a website called “[Draftbarrontrump.com](http://Draftbarrontrump.com)”. I thought the military rejected anyone over 6′8″. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2026, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2833 "2026-03-02T02:22:40Z")
This kind of thing seems to pop up every time there’s a war. “They should force the children of the people who voted for it to fight!” It’s stupid and barbaric. In this country we don’t punish people for the actions of their parents. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2026, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2834 "2026-03-02T02:32:29Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > In this country we don’t punish people for the actions of their parents. Tell that to the citizen children of undocumented immigrants. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2026, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2835 "2026-03-02T02:33:22Z")
In this country we _shouldn’t_ punish people for the actions of their parents. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2026, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2836 "2026-03-02T02:34:22Z")
We shouldn’t force people into bankruptcy for medical debts, but here we are. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2837 "2026-03-02T02:37:44Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > This kind of thing seems to pop up every time there’s a war. “They should force the children of the people who voted for it to fight!” > > It’s stupid and barbaric. In this country we don’t punish people for the actions of their parents. If those sending the children of the working classes to war had something to lose as well, they might not be so willing to put lives in harm’s way. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2026, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2838 "2026-03-02T02:40:59Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > If those sending the children of the working classes to war had something to lose as well, they might not be so willing to put lives in harm’s way. Agreed, but we’ve decided as a society that the draft is no longer useful or desireable, children aren’t proxies for their parents, and I certainly wouldn’t want to be held accountable for my father having been a total dick. (Which he absolutely was, and I don’t doubt that he would’ve been 100% MAGA if he’d lived to see Trump enter the world of politics.) ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2839 "2026-03-02T02:42:24Z")
There are a fuck of a lot of things that _shouldn’t_ be happening in this country that nevertheless _are_ happening. Sending a shitty president’s shitty kid off to fight in a war would be among the least egregious. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2026, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/2840 "2026-03-02T02:54:28Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > There are a fuck of a lot of things that _shouldn’t_ be happening in this country that nevertheless _are_ happening. That doesn’t mean we need to _contribute_ to that state of affairs. I consider this line of thinking morally equivalent to hoping that people get raped in prison. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=141) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=143)