# 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:** 152
**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 7, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3021 "2026-03-07T20:09:55Z")
“In one case we had an interpreter who when she disagreed with what we were saying, she actually changed it. We considered her a foreign minister.” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mgi3whyeym2r)** > > Trump: "In one case we had an interpreter who when she disagreed with what we were saying, she actually changed it. We considered her a foreign minister." “I’m not learning your damn language. I don’t have time.” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mgi3w6i7ud2c)** > > Trump to Latin American leaders: "I'm not learning your damn language. I don't have time." “We use missiles. You want us to use a missile, they’re extremely accurate. Pheum! Right into the living room. That’s the end of that cartel person.” (So I guess we killed those schoolgirls on purpose, then?) > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mgi3pjf72k2e)** > > Trump: "We use missiles. You want us to use a missile, they're extremely accurate. Pheum! Right into the living room. That's the end of that cartel person." “We could use [Scott Bessent] for war every once in a while. You know, sooth. But we don’t really want that type of personality for war.” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mgi3l6fepr2y)** > > Trump praises Bessent and says, "we could use him for war every once in a while. You know, sooth. But we don't really want that type of personality for war." Hey, Marco Rubio, is it OK for me to take bribes in exchange for endorsements? > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mgi3hbxepk2u)** > > Trump: "I guess it would be illegal. Could you imagine? They spend millions and millions on a campaign. They're losing and they beg me for an endorsement. I give it, they win by 30 points. And I get nothing. If I could sell that -- is there a way? Is... ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3022 "2026-03-07T22:04:23Z")
> More than 9,000 attorneys left their federal government jobs in 2025, including more than 500 at the Justice Department, according to data from the OPM. The government filled more than 2,000 of those positions, for a net loss of 7,044 federal lawyers. [https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/trump-launches-attorney-recruiting-effort-after-thousands-exited](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/trump-launches-attorney-recruiting-effort-after-thousands-exited) ---
**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 8, 2026, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3023 "2026-03-08T00:48:52Z")
[The bloodthirsty piece of crap pretends to be military(ish).](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-join-grieving-families-return-125025653.html) > [@](#): > > DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) — [President Donald Trump](https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump) on Saturday joined grieving families at Dover Air Force Base at the dignified transfer for the [six U.S. soldiers](https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-military-deaths-0a3f1532ec1953d51898e5b5e2b625d6) killed in the [war in the Middle East](https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-veterans-military-service-dover-0a150a0cacecb8b5fc6b90cbb2c7baf1). > > The dignified transfer, a ritual that returns the remains of U.S. service members killed in action, is considered one of the most somber duties of any commander in chief. During his first term, Trump said bearing witness to the transfer was [“the toughest thing I have to do”](https://apnews.com/united-states-government-ae37de2f1c6b450ab60ce236c8f04450) as president. > > “It’s a very sad day,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One as he returned to Florida later Saturday afternoon, saying that he was “glad we paid our respects.” He said the relatives of the deceased are “great people, great parents, wives, family” and said that the "parents were so proud.” > > Both Trump and Vice President JD Vance were present for the transfer, as were their spouses. A host of top administration officials were in attendance, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who wrote in a social media post Friday of “an unbreakable spirit to honor their memory and the resolve they embodied"; Attorney General Pam Bondi, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, special envoy Steve Witkoff and Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence. [His “numbers” are tanking.](https://www.aol.com/articles/most-americans-against-trump-u-235430949.html) > [@](#): > > A majority of Americans say they oppose the[U.S. military action in Iran](https://www.usatoday.com/live-story/news/world/2026/03/06/iran-war-us-israel-live-updates/89009295007/)and President [Donald](https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/donald-trump/)[Trump’](https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/donald-trump/)s handling of his now [seven-day-old war](https://www.usatoday.com/news/iran-war/), according to a new [NPR/PBS News/Marist poll](https://www.maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/war-with-iran-march-2026/). > > The poll said 56% of Americans oppose the U.S. operation in Iran and 44% favor it. Additionally, 36% of Americans polled say they approve of the president’s handling of Iran. Among respondents, 55% think Iran represents a minor threat or no threat to the United States. > > The joint poll released March 6 surveyed 1,591 Americans between March 2 and 4, just days after the United States and Israel [began bombing Iran early on Feb. 28](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/no-aborts-good-luck-trump-162034970.html), in a campaign that [killed the nation’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/iran-supreme-leader-ali-khamenei-204754170.html). The joint attacks have also killed dozens of Iran’s top officials, and hit more than 1,250 targets inside the country. What comic book superhero/supervillain is the felon copying with the shield shown [here](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-speak-shield-americas-summit-100430594.html)? And how did the convict talk to other nation’s leaders at the event? > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump joined leaders from over a dozen other countries Saturday morning at a “Shield of the Americas” summit in Doral, Florida, where he boasted of the United States’ military actions and issued warnings against Latin American adversaries. > > The White House claimed the coalition is committed to cooperating with the U.S. in taking on the cartels and securing the American border following the capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. > > President Donald Trump joined leaders from over a dozen other countries Saturday morning at a “Shield of the Americas” summit in Doral, Florida, where he boasted of the United States’ military actions and issued warnings against Latin American adversaries. > > The White House claimed the coalition is committed to cooperating with the U.S. in taking on the cartels and securing the American border following the capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. > > Trump began his remarks talking about the latest developments in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, telling the grouping of Western Hemisphere leaders that “tremendous progress” has been made. > > “It’s been a pretty wild time, but it’s going very well,” Trump said about the military action in Iran. > > The summit also comes as the conflict has resulted in major movements [in the U.S. energy markets](https://abcnews.com/Business/trump-stop-surge-oil-prices-experts-weigh/story?id=130786830). > > “We’re doing something. I built the military and rebuilt it and made it really strong. And my first administration, along with a lot of other things we did, we had a great first term, and now we’re using it, unfortunately, we have to, but you’re seeing how great it is,” the president said. And then he gave them a pointed reminder about what he’s planning in the Americas. > [@](#): > > “As we achieve a historic transformation in Venezuela, we’re also looking forward to the great change that will soon be coming to Cuba,” Trump said. “Cuba’s at the end of the line. They’re very much at the end of the line. They have no money. They have no oil. They have a bad philosophy. They have a bad regime that’s been bad for a long time.” The TL;DR version of that is: > [@](#): > > I just blew up Iran and I’m going to do it to Cuba next. You better do what I say. Got it? [Someone doesn’t understand the concept inherent in the job title.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-white-house-reportedly-blocking-194144725.html) > [@](#): > > The Trump White House is allegedly blocking U.S. intelligence agencies from warning Americans about rising terrorist threats at home, [according to a report](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15622933/White-House-blocks-warning-rising-threat-linked-Iran-war.html) by The Daily Mail. > > The Daily Mail quoted a senior Department of Homeland Security official saying, “The FBI, Homeland Security, and the National Counterterrorism Center were preparing to put out a joint intelligence statement on Friday to state and local authorities alerting them of a heightened threat due to the ongoing war in Iran.” > > The five-page statement is titled, “A Public Safety Awareness Report: Elevated threat in the United States during US-Iran conflict,” according to the report, and detailed “elevated threats by the government of Iran to US military and government personnel and facilities, Jewish and Israeli institutions and their perceived supporters, and Iranian dissidents and other anti-regime activists in the United States.” > > “Homeland Security broke protocol and gave the White House a heads-up about the nationwide bulletin hours before it was set to be released,” the report said, adding, “top Trump officials ordered it placed on ‘hold’. The White House did not deny blocking the terror bulletin in a statement to the Daily Mail.” I know each day is like a century under these idiots, but do you remember way back in the beginning of 2020 when the felon squelched COVID numbers because they made him look bad? It’s deja vu all over again. [~~Ollie~~ Leavitt doesn’t care about Russia’s part in a war.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/leavitt-flamed-crackpot-response-putin-220901556.html) > [@](#): > > The White House was forced to backtrack after Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed that it “does not really matter” that Russia was providing intelligence to Iran to bomb U.S. targets. > > Leavitt’s flippant reply came after she was asked in an interview about a report that Russia was actively helping Iran. > > “We have confirmed reports from U.S. officials that Russia is providing intelligence to Iran to help it target U.S. assets in the region,” Fox News anchor John Roberts told Leavitt. > > “I’m sure this is something that does not please the president whatsoever. Has he spoken to Putin about it?” > > “Whether or not this happened, frankly, it does not really matter,” [replied Leavitt](https://x.com/atrupar/status/2029982276184895712), “because President Trump and the United States military are absolutely decimating the rogue Iranian terrorist regime. It might matter to those who died. [He’s a very cunning linguist!](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-goes-off-interpreter-front-180253442.html) > [@](#): > > President Donald [Trump](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/trump-iran-war-president-apology-gulf-attacks-b2933993.html) launched into a passionate [rant](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/rant) Saturday against a “bad interpreter” in front of [Latin American](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/latin-american) [leaders](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/leaders) during a [summit](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/summit) he hosted in Florida. > > Leaders from a dozen Western Hemisphere nations gathered at[Trump National Doral Miami](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-business-decline-florida-doral-resort-documents-anu-7-17-am-a8916076.html)for the [“Shield of the Americas Summit,”](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/shield-americas-kristi-noem-serve-223703825.html) an event the [White House](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/tehran-israel-iran-donald-trump-saudi-arabia-b2933841.html)described as promoting “freedom, security and prosperity” while strengthening counter‑narcotics cooperation. > > Trump, meeting with several[Latin American](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ecuador-cuba-quito-foreign-ministry-donald-trump-b2933696.html) and [Caribbean](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/portland-washington-astoria-seattle-victoria-b2933781.html) leaders to discuss closer collaboration on security, migration, and fighting drug cartels, said that Secretary of State [Marco Rubio](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/donald-trump-ncaa-iran-condoleezza-rice-marco-rubio-b2933790.html) “has a language advantage” over him, adding, “’Cause I’m not learning your damn language. I don’t have time.” > > He then went into the importance of a “good interpreter,” claiming he can tell the difference between good and bad ones, even though he does not speak their language. > > “I had an interpreter recently that wasn’t good,” he told the room. “Talking to a very strong person from a different part of the world - and I could tell, even though I don’t speak the language - I could tell the interpreter was not good. When you go, ‘uh, uh,’ when I give a long, flowing, beautiful sentence…” Here’s a suggestion for you, you convict. If you want someone to translate what you say from English into another language, perhaps you should try saying it in English instead of your trademark gibberish. ---
**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 8, 2026, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3024 "2026-03-08T02:09:45Z")
A federal judge has ruled that Kari Lake’s appointment to head Voice of America was unlawful and has anulled the layoffs she ordered and all other actions taken by her. > **[Trump pick's actions ruled 'void' as right-wing judge finds she was...](https://www.rawstory.com/kari-lake-2675791348/?utm_source=superhead)** > > A Donald Trump nominee's actions in office were ruled "void" on Saturday after a conservative judge found that she was "illegally elevated."Trump ally Kari Lake was put in charge of the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) by Trump. She soon... ---
**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 8, 2026, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3025 "2026-03-08T05:52:48Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > A federal judge has ruled that Kari Lake’s appointment to head Voice of America was unlawful and has anulled the layoffs she ordered and all other actions taken by her. The damage is already done. The real question is who will return to work after getting unlawfully terminated? ISTM, who am definitely not a lawyer, those terminated have an even better case now than before to pursue financial compensation in the courts for said unlawful termination. What saythe boards’s legal experts? ---
**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:** [March 8, 2026, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3026 "2026-03-08T06:13:17Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > The TL;DR version of that is: > > > [@](#): > > > > I just blew up Iran and I’m going to do it to Cuba next. You better do what I say. Got it? One of the things that I really appreciate about you, @Monty, is that you’re capable of calling a spade a fucking shovel. I agree with your interpretation. Nicely done, and thank you. ---
**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 8, 2026, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3027 "2026-03-08T06:30:44Z")
@Spoons I’m honestly surprised any of the other nation’s reps showed up after the felon touted (get it?) it as a meeting on how they’ll follow America’s leadership. Whatever whiff was there wasn’t one of mutual respect. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2026, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3028 "2026-03-08T06:51:18Z")
“Diplomacy is the art of saying, ‘nice doggie,’ while you’re looking for a larger rock.” ---
**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:** [March 8, 2026, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3029 "2026-03-08T06:53:40Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > @Spoons I’m honestly surprised any of the other nation’s reps showed up after the felon touted (get it?) … Got it in one, thanks. Gosh, I have so much to say on this topic (and others like it) that I could probably write an eight-thousand word essay. So in the interests of saving the hamsters from death by exhaustion, I won’t. But I wanted you to know that I understood you perfectly. Thanks again! ---
**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 8, 2026, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3030 "2026-03-08T08:13:05Z")
[I’m surprised they didn’t shout at him and then shoot him for not obeying.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/dhs-deports-six-old-deaf-004923904.html) > [@](#): > > A six-year-old deaf boy has been deported from the United States with family members - and the [Department of Homeland Security refused to allow him his hearing aid before departure, a lawyer has said.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/outrage-2-month-old-mother-174509009.html) > > The child, his younger brother and mother, Lesly Rodriguez Gutierrez, were detained earlier this week during a routine check-in at Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Intensive Supervision Appearance Program office in San Francisco. The family were asylum seekers from Colombia, and had been living in Hayward, California, for five years. > > Nikolas De Bremaeker, an attorney with Centro Legal de la Raza, said he was given misleading information and was unable to find the family for two days before tracking them down to a [detention center in Arizona. They have since been deported to Colombia.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/heartbreaking-letters-reveal-reality-children-210917639.html) > > De Bremaeker said Gutierrez, who works in childcare, had an order of removal but no criminal record and therefore had a legal right to be notified prior to deportation. > > At a news conference, the attorney said that while the mother and two boys were at the ICE center in San Francisco, a relative had gone to give the six-year-old his hearing aid, which he relies on communicate, but was turned away by officials. I really can’t post more of it, other than this bit: > [@](#): > > It’s inhuman, illegal, and unconstitutional. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2026, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3031 "2026-03-08T09:58:18Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > He’s a very cunning linguist! Here is the original on Xit: > > > Jim Stewartson, Decelerationist 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸 @jimstewartson As a professional interpreter myself I am deeply offended by his tone, attitude, and ignorance. He would be pleased with himself if he knew. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3032 "2026-03-08T14:27:25Z")
In [Heather Cox Richardson’s Substack today](https://substack.com/inbox/post/190257081), she quoted: > In _Need to Know_ , David Rothkopf today called out the madness of the fact world trade and global security is being shattered by a single man. “Not since Adolf Hitler blew his brains out in a bunker beneath the garden of the German Reich Chancellery on April 30, 1945, have the lives of so many people around the world been so buffeted by the psychosis of a single man.” > > Why has Trump launched a war against Iran on a whim, attacked other countries, and upended world trade, Rothkopf asked. **“Because he’s insane. Because he’s venal. Because he’s a malignant narcissist. Because he’s a sociopath. Because he has a fragile ego.** Because those around him exacerbate and play to those traits to advance their own interests. Because CEOs and investors do likewise to fill their coffers. Because to some people, whether he is insane or malevolent or repugnant or not matters less than whether his actions will feather their nests, increase their power. > > … My bold. Sing it, brother!! 🤬 I want to see this kind of strong, no-holds-barred language used in the mainstream media! It’s refreshing and completely accurate. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3033 "2026-03-08T15:29:44Z")
And we wouldn’t be here if the media had been more forthright in the 2010s. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2026, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3034 "2026-03-08T16:22:01Z")
I’d settle for _The Apprentice_ concept getting shitcanned rather than broadcast. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3035 "2026-03-08T16:40:52Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Sing it, brother!! He left out, “Swallowed his bullshit.” There are tens if not hundreds of millions of Americans out there who aren’t getting anything out of voting for him but pwning the libs. I hope they enjoy their $5 gas. ---
**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 8, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3036 "2026-03-08T17:38:27Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > In [Heather Cox Richardson’s Substack today](https://substack.com/inbox/post/190257081), she quoted: > > > In _Need to Know_ , David Rothkopf today called out the madness of the fact world trade and global security is being shattered by a single man. Thanks to Heather’s post, I went to Rothkopf’s site and read the entire post - and subscribed. I urge everyone to read it. It’s long-ish, but worth every single word. Phenomenal. > **[Living in a Time of Lunatics and Monsters](https://davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/living-in-a-time-of-lunatics-and)** > > Let's be honest about the roots, costs and consequences of the Iran War ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3037 "2026-03-08T17:52:03Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > > In [Heather Cox Richardson’s Substack today](https://substack.com/inbox/post/190257081), she quoted: > > > > > In _Need to Know_ , David Rothkopf today called out the madness of the fact world trade and global security is being shattered by a single man. > > Thanks to Heather’s post, I went to Rothkopf’s site and read the entire post - and subscribed. I urge everyone to read it. It’s long-ish, but worth every single word. Phenomenal.. > > [Living in a Time of Lunatics and Monsters](https://davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/living-in-a-time-of-lunatics-and) Very well written piece. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3038 "2026-03-08T18:07:04Z")
The BBC just showed a $20,000 Iranian Drone (basically a delta-winged V2 carrying a warhead compared to the cost at least $250,000 for a Patriot or two, as the first has a non-zero chance of missing and or blowing up a barracks. \ > And no one could see that happening! \ ---
**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 8, 2026, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3039 "2026-03-08T19:04:17Z")
Mad King Donald proclaims that he’s not signing any more legislation for the rest of his presidency unless the SAVE Act (which doesn’t even have 50 votes in the Senate, let alone the 60 needed to break a filibuster) passes. > Great Job by hard working Scott Pressler on Fox & Friends talking about using the Filibuster, or Talking Filibuster, in order to pass THE SAVE AMERICA ACT, an 88% issue with ALL VOTERS. It must be done immediately. It supersedes everything else. MUST GO TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE. I, as President, will not sign other Bills until this is passed, AND NOT THE WATERED DOWN VERSION - GO FOR THE GOLD: MUST SHOW VOTER I.D. & PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP: NO MAIL-IN BALLOTS EXCEPT FOR MILITARY - ILLNESS, DISABILITY, TRAVEL: NO MEN IN WOMEN’S SPORTS: NO TRANSGENDER MUTILIZATION FOR CHILDREN! DO NOT FAIL!!! President DONALD J. TRUMP > **[Truth Social](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116193527873859174)** > > Truth Social is America's "Big Tent" social media platform that encourages an open, free, and honest global conversation without discriminating on the basis of political ideology. He didn’t thank us for our attention to this matter, though, so maybe it doesn’t count. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3040 "2026-03-08T19:19:58Z")
Somebody might want to explain Article I, section 7 (paragraph 2) to him. Never mind. Explanations only work on people with a functioning frontal cortex. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=151) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=153)