# 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:** 156
**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 10, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3101 "2026-03-10T16:50:53Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Unless you’re buying alcohol, fire works, ammunition, R-rated movies, pepper spray, bear spray, 0-alcohol beer/beverages, or cough medicine. Wow…it’s like you accidentally downloaded Stephen Miller’s Alexa shopping list…or is it RFK Jr.'s? ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3102 "2026-03-10T17:06:09Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Macy’s and Nordstrom still sell Florsheim men’s shoes but Neiman-Marcus and Bloomingdales do not. Seriously, Donald Trump’s ideas of fashionable brands are decades out of date. Seriously. When I first heard this story I immediately thought of Jack Nicholson’s line in _Chinatown_ (“Goddamn Florsheims”), That movie’s set in the 1930s. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3103 "2026-03-10T17:15:03Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > Frank Zappa mocked LBJ’s infamous brown shoes, or rather he mocked the foofaraw around them. Was that the “Brown shoes don’t make it. Skip school don’t fake it” line? ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3104 "2026-03-10T17:17:23Z")
Yes, that’s it, but I didn’t want to link the song itself, because reasons. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3105 "2026-03-10T17:19:04Z")
Thanks. It’s probably 50 years or more since I’ve heard it, but it’s stuck in my brain for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3106 "2026-03-10T17:27:44Z")
The reference to LBJ was for this, according to _Time_ magazine: > When President Lyndon Johnson once showed up for some morning ceremonial duties in a gray suit and brown shoes, the people traveling with him were immediately alert for a change in the day’s doings. Johnson was fastidious about the trappings of office, and even the slight dissonance of brown and gray hinted a new mood or schedule. Sure enough, L.B.J. jetted off secretly to Viet Nam and a conference with his field commanders. While in flight he changed his gray suit to a rancher’s outfit of twill so that he would look more like a soldier when he reviewed the troops at Cam Ranh Bay. When the Commander in Chief left the plane he was a harmony in brown. ---
**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 10, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3107 "2026-03-10T17:51:42Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > gray suit and brown shoes No exemplar of sartorial splendour, I; but I can see that working if the suit isn’t too dark. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3108 "2026-03-10T20:13:37Z")
Millions of dollars wasted. No-bid contracts to Demento Donny’s backers. Incredibly STUPID idea. All here folks. The only surprise - they weren’t Cybertrucks. The best people. > **[ICE Is 'Hiding' Millions Of Dollars In New Trucks And SUVs As Agents Refuse...](https://www.jalopnik.com/2119795/ice-hiding-millions-new-trucks-suvs/)** > > "We don't want to use these, we can't," officers told the Washington Examiner when the trucks started showing up. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3109 "2026-03-10T21:30:05Z")
ICE : “We prefer to sneak up on people and drag them away under the cover of darkness” ---
**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:** [March 10, 2026, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3110 "2026-03-10T21:46:33Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > No-bid contracts to Demento Donny’s backers. Rick Hendrick. I used to like that guy. Fuck him and every race team he has, stupid trump fucker. Twice in one week - these MAGAfools might make me quit watching racing. And I don’t believe ICE doesn’t want to drive those trucks. The branding should fit right in with their self-image. ---
**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 10, 2026, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3111 "2026-03-10T22:36:36Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > And I don’t believe ICE doesn’t want to drive those trucks. I believe most of them feel more at home in white panel vans. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3112 "2026-03-10T22:39:42Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > The branding should fit right in with their self-image. The problem is… self-image: Tough guy actual image: Big pussy ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3113 "2026-03-10T22:58:15Z")
150 and counting… [https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/many-150-us-troops-wounded-so-far-iran-war-sources-say-2026-03-10/](https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/many-150-us-troops-wounded-so-far-iran-war-sources-say-2026-03-10/) And also mines in the Strait of Hormuz > **[Iran begins laying mines in Strait of Hormuz, sources say | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/10/politics/iran-begins-laying-mines-in-strait-of-hormuz)** > > Iran has begun laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important energy chokepoint that carries about one-fifth of all crude oil, according to two people familiar with US intelligence reporting on the issue. ---
**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 10, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3114 "2026-03-10T23:06:38Z")
Dementia Donny is posting about Canada being a state again. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreiabnjocq2qo7zsjhfxyuzpmchgjk6nlqmbqz6nri5qcx7a3snhz74) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreiabnjocq2qo7zsjhfxyuzpmchgjk6nlqmbqz6nri5qcx7a3snhz74) ---
**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 10, 2026, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3115 "2026-03-10T23:12:17Z")
He is demented, he has dementia, but that is something different: that is malignant trolling. He does not have to overcome his frontotemporal dementia here, it is not an obstacle for him, it is a facilitator. And he is enjoying it. Bonus points if you get upset. ---
**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 10, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3116 "2026-03-10T23:41:53Z")
How would Canada-as-a-single-state work, given it’s bigger in surface area than the entire rest of the country? ---
**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 11, 2026, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3117 "2026-03-11T00:09:28Z")
You’re putting far more thought into this than Trump has, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3118 "2026-03-11T01:24:05Z")
So we’d get two new Democratic senators and … what … 500 new Democratic House members? ---
**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 11, 2026, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3119 "2026-03-11T01:30:00Z")
The size of the House is fixed at 435 unless Congress votes to increase it. Canada’s theoretical delegation would be assigned by removing seats from other states at the next redistricting. Depending on how many states it joined as it would probably have somewhere between 40 and 50 seats, and Canadians would probably insist on each province getting statehood, so you’d be looking at somewhere around 22-28 new senators depending on what happens to the territories. None of this is going to happen anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3120 "2026-03-11T01:43:44Z")
Conquered territories can be ruled by “Governors” too, without actually being admitted as states… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=155) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=157)