# 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:** 159
**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 12, 2026, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3161 "2026-03-12T19:33:28Z")
I think they’ve been watching the new FBI show, where the heroes have to hand fight the worst baddies ever seen, trained eastern European terrorists and killers, duking it out toe to toe against tough hombres. It takes the might of an ex Army range, a former wall street trader and a 5’6"woman to best them! What would they do without advanced fighting techniques? I guess they’d be the 1960s The F.B.I who as far as I remember, Erskine and company never got in a fight. They didn’t teach Krav Maga at CPA school. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3162 "2026-03-12T19:45:55Z")
You’re all missing the point. FBI personnel are trained in law enforcement. They can’t be expected to do their new job in performative masculinity if they’ve never been taught the performative part ---
**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:** [March 12, 2026, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3163 "2026-03-12T20:07:02Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > if they’ve never been taught the performative part Acting is a career. It takes discipline, and a huge amount of emotion, empathy and some level of hardship. Too hard for these dimwits. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3164 "2026-03-12T20:18:39Z")
Kegsbreath and Doge. ---
**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 12, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3165 "2026-03-12T20:19:38Z")
Oil prices going up is good! You should be proud to be doing your part in making billionaires richer! Thank you for your attention to this matter! DONALD PRESIDENT [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreidnyonnhctpr2f6d4yeldbw5lyfu27uzpmcgqkahrh6vpmjxrhpyi) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreidnyonnhctpr2f6d4yeldbw5lyfu27uzpmcgqkahrh6vpmjxrhpyi) ---
**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 12, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3166 "2026-03-12T20:33:28Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > Quoting the American officials quoted by the BBC: “the US was ‘likely’ to have been responsible, but that it did not intentionally target the school and may have hit the site in error.” > > Does the fact that they did not intentionally target the school make a god-damned bit of difference? They had the ability to assess the risks (i.e. be aware that it was a school in session at the time of the bombing) and they certainly had the ability not to drop bombs An article I read this morning suggested that they may have been relying on bad AI to determine the targets. ---
**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 12, 2026, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3167 "2026-03-12T20:37:46Z")
Next thing they’ll say is it was Anthropic’s mistake and that is the reason they are designating it a supply-chain risk. But they’ll keep on using it when it suits them. Everything is true, and the opposite is true as well, as long as there is money in it for them. ---
**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 12, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3168 "2026-03-12T21:04:28Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > But you’re forgetting the “_RRRWAAARRAAAGGGGGHHHHH!_ _ **WARRIOR!!!** _” part of the training. No no no.“_RRRWAAARRAAAGGGGGHHHHH!_ _ **WARRIOR!!!** _” is Hegseth’s philisophy of government. Patel’s philosophy is “YO CHECK MY DRIP BITCHES I’M A MOTHERFUCKIN’ ROCK STAR”. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3169 "2026-03-12T21:10:15Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > YO CHECK MY DRIP BITCHES I’M A MOTHERFUCKIN’ ROCK STAR I hate the fact that I understand this sentence. Could have used a comma for the subordinate clause… but still, regrettably coherent. ---
**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 12, 2026, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3170 "2026-03-12T21:29:01Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I hate the fact that I understand this sentence. everything but “drip”, but I guess I get the jist. eta looked it up. Not what I thought. I’m not hip to the lingo. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2026, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3171 "2026-03-12T21:32:38Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I’m not hip to the lingo. You need pre-teen children around you. Yo. ---
**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 12, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3172 "2026-03-12T21:34:56Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > everything but “drip” You know, his swag. His steez. His rizz, if you will. ---
**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 12, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3173 "2026-03-12T21:41:50Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > if you will. Must I? 🙂 ---
**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 12, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3174 "2026-03-12T21:42:47Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > Could have used a comma for the subordinate clause Commas are woke. Knowing what a subordinate clause is is **extra** woke. 🧐 ---
**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:** [March 12, 2026, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3175 "2026-03-12T21:45:22Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Knowing what a subordinate clause is is **extra** woke. And this is why I don’t get invited to my children’s birthday parties… ---
**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:** [March 12, 2026, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3176 "2026-03-12T21:57:33Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > Acting is a career. It takes discipline, and a huge amount of emotion, empathy and some level of hardship. Yeah, but a New Hampshire state rep wants to ban theater kids from public life. See the [Stupid Republican Idea of the Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3594) thread (the link puts you near the end of that particular discussion). ---
**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 12, 2026, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3177 "2026-03-12T22:36:07Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I’ve been seeing a lot about this lately. People are annoyred at Trump’s choice of euphemism: > > ## **Trump Dismisses Iranian War As ‘Excursion’ That’s ‘Easier Than We Thought’** Some have speculated that the Donald-handler actually said “INCURSION” and since Donald had never heard that word before, he decided to use “excursion” instead. Never mind that it makes no sense. As for the “too-big shoes” story, a bit more context: > [@](#): > > … The origin story of the shoe-gifting ritual, supplied by Vance, also has a fittingly creepy vibe. It all began, apparently, with Trump staring at people’s feet at a December Oval Office meeting and abruptly telling his heirs apparent, “Marco, JD, you guys have shitty shoes,” then asking for shoe sizes. Vance said he wears a size 13. Rubio said he is an 11.5. And a third, unnamed individual present said 7. Then, Trump reportedly remarked that “You can tell a lot about a man by his shoe size.” Wait: Was that a jab at “Little Marco,” who made a similar [joke](https://x.com/neoavatara/status/2031530060994236661?s=20) about Trump and the size of his, erm, hands during the 2016 presidential campaign? **And why are Rubio’s shoes seemingly oversized? Did he, as some suggested, deliberately overstate his shoe size in that Oval Office huddle**?.. It does seem possible. The smaller the number Rubio might state, the more Donald would mock him for having too small a penis. > **[If the Shoe Fits: Trump and the Florsheim You Can’t Refuse](https://www.thebulwark.com/p/if-the-shoe-fits-trump-cabinet-rubio-florsheim-wingtips)** > > The strangely Soviet odor of the week’s weirdest story. and: > [@](#): > > … And after the piece appeared, people began to notice: Oh, _that’s_ why Marco Rubio and JD Vance keep getting photographed with their feet swimming in outrageously large Oxfords. > > I invite you to consider the constant low-level physical and psychological drain of spending your entire professional life in way-too-big shoes. These middle-aged men, some of the most powerful in the world, are not allowed even to stand or walk normally. The shoes are not very expensive—about $145—but apparently even to order a replacement pair in the correct size would risk an unacceptable breach of courtly etiquette. What if he noticed?? So they clomp around, their posture and gait arrested, their blisters and spinal alignments unimaginable, some non-trivial percentage of their neurons constantly devoted to keeping the damn things on. For them, slavishness to Donald Trump has gone beyond the merely mental; they feel it in their skin, their joints, their bones. … > **[Sing, Goddess, of the Fury of Trump!](https://www.thebulwark.com/p/sing-goddess-of-the-fury-of-trump-iran-war-name-epic-fury-trump-florsheim-shoes-too-big-rubio-vance)** > > The wartime president is focused on footwear. Each piece contains several photos. ---
**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 12, 2026, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3178 "2026-03-12T22:45:34Z")
I _still_ think the best approach is to replace the shoes with the same ones but in the correct size. If Trump notices, they should compliment him for correctly judging their shoe size. ---
**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 12, 2026, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3179 "2026-03-12T22:50:47Z")
That just demonstrates how strong the Trump bamboozle is though. If they allow themselves to believe that the shoes are too big, they are admitting their cult leader is wrong. ---
**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 12, 2026, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3180 "2026-03-12T23:03:46Z")
Trump three days ago: I will grant asylum to the Iranian soccer team Trump today: If the Iranian soccer team comes to America I will murder them [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wufsdxzvzx36d7wppganbvpw/bafkreih52rxrwpc2fg36zris7sde2re6khr7p25scf7wcgy3samtuzrowa) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wufsdxzvzx36d7wppganbvpw/bafkreih52rxrwpc2fg36zris7sde2re6khr7p25scf7wcgy3samtuzrowa) [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreigc7cj3swdrf7svrnubucuzctcrzrgc6hvz5r34on53ydcxlgt7ky) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreigc7cj3swdrf7svrnubucuzctcrzrgc6hvz5r34on53ydcxlgt7ky) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=158) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=160)