# 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:** 160
**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, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3181 "2026-03-12T23:07:32Z")
I wrote that 3 hours and 13 posts ago! > [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Everything is true, and the opposite is true as well, as long as there is money in it for them. I am a genius! A very **[stable](https://schumanchu.eu/html/l/l_00034animal~farm~revisited.html)** one! ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3182 "2026-03-12T23:12:41Z")
To be fair (shudder), he is taking about two different teams. Maybe the women’s team has some younger members his cronies can traffic or something. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3183 "2026-03-12T23:50:24Z")
WTF? Does he mean by “the U.S. will take them,” he’ll take them and ship them to Iran, or Honduras? Sorry, sorry. I’m asking what the dipshit means and that’s an impossible question. “‘Voon,’ said the mattress.” 🙄 ---
**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 13, 2026, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3184 "2026-03-13T00:44:21Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > 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 Trump 8 hours after that: “All Players, Officials, and Fans will be treated like the “STARS” that they are!” [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreih3e5hbk22xudjl7w2333dhwuls625hxofashr5n5n6kje62lsp7m) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreih3e5hbk22xudjl7w2333dhwuls625hxofashr5n5n6kje62lsp7m) ---
**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 13, 2026, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3185 "2026-03-13T00:46:59Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Or rather, no effect. If you want to reach them, if only to discourage them from voting (they’ll never vote for another party), have the ads be a series of food and gasoline prices across his term, alongside a picture of the bombs we’re dropping with their price tags overlaid. That is something they actually care about. No, that’s something they say they care about, but only enough to still blame Clinton/Obama/Biden/Insert Democrat here. > [@Smapti](#): > > Oil prices going up is good! If that’s the case, why, then, has Rip van Simple pulled the cork from the Strategic Oil Reserves to keep the oil prices down? > [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Everything is true, and the opposite is true as well, as long as there is money in it for them. It’s been said before about the felon and his flacks, but it bears repeating: _We are now living in Alice’s looking glass_. > [@scudsucker](#): > > > [@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. Shouldn’t that be either a period (aka full stop) or a semicolon? I can see a comma after the interjection. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > [@scudsucker](#): > > > > Could have used a comma for the subordinate clause > > Commas are woke. Knowing what a subordinate clause is is **extra** woke. What about know what two independent clauses are? What if I’m mistaken? > [@scudsucker](#): > > Acting is a career. It takes discipline, and a huge amount of emotion, empathy and some level of hardship. That can’t be right. Otherwise, Rip van Simple would never have gotten a SAG card. ---
**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 13, 2026, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3186 "2026-03-13T02:09:45Z")
I don’t know where to post this, but follow the link quickly before someone takes the statue down. > # A Statue of Trump and Epstein Re-enacting ‘Titanic’ Pose Appears on National Mall > > The installation is the latest in a series of satirical statues created by an anonymous group of artists called the Secret Handshake. > > [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/us/politics/trump-epstein-statue-titanic-national-mall.html?unlocked\_article\_code=1.S1A.z\_Uu.f8-VWWJeRvbe&smid=url-share](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/us/politics/trump-epstein-statue-titanic-national-mall.html?unlocked_article_code=1.S1A.z_Uu.f8-VWWJeRvbe&smid=url-share) [![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/03/11/multimedia/11trump-news-titanic-statue-wjqv/11trump-news-titanic-statue-wjqv-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp) ](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/03/11/multimedia/11trump-news-titanic-statue-wjqv/11trump-news-titanic-statue-wjqv-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp) > A gold-colored statue inspired by the “Titanic” pose has appeared on the National Mall — but instead of portraying Jack supporting Rose from behind as she pretends to fly, it depicts President Trump and the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. > > A plaque at the statue’s base read: “The tragic love story between Jack and Rose was built on luxurious travel, raucous parties, and secret nude sketches. This monument honors the bond between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, a friendship seemingly built on luxurious travel, raucous parties and secret nude sketches.” > > The statue, which appeared Tuesday and shows Mr. Trump gazing at Mr. Epstein as he held his outstretched arms, is the latest in a series of satirical statues that have appeared in Washington since October 2024, just before the presidential election. > … ---
**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 13, 2026, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3187 "2026-03-13T03:12:23Z")
Too bad we’ve sent a good lot of our defensive bombers to the UK and the Middle East. One or two bombs could take out that satire and Congress at the same time. ---
**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 13, 2026, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3188 "2026-03-13T03:37:33Z")
I already posted that in this thread. ---
**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 13, 2026, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3189 "2026-03-13T06:07:21Z")
[Rip van Simple has a party line call with real leades and it goes as well as you would expect.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/flip-flopping-trump-79-leaves-124115461.html) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump hopped on a video call with other world leaders to loop them in on his war plans but wound up disorienting them instead. > > Sources with knowledge of the president’s conservation with other G7 leaders—an intergovernmental forum that consists of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.K. and the U.S.—[told Axios Thursday](https://www.axios.com/2026/03/12/trump-iran-war-endgame) that Trump came across as “ambiguous and noncommittal” about his administration’s new conflict with Iran. > > “Some participants left thinking he wants to end the war, others felt the complete opposite,” the outlet writes. > > French President Emmanuel Macron, speaking after the call ended, said: “It will be up to the president of the United States to clarify both his final objectives and the pace he intends to give to the operations.” > > Trump launched his ongoing attacks against Iran on Feb. 28. He has since offered four different justifications for the conflict and provided no clear timeline for his campaign. > > While he has already declared victory in the conflict, an unnamed source who spoke to him on Tuesday told Axios he was “enthusiastic” about keeping the war going for another three or four weeks. > > His equivalence on Wednesday’s call was echoed in other comments he made throughout the day. Trump told Axios in the morning the war would end “soon” because “there is practically nothing left” of targets in Iran. > > He later told other reporters, on the way from the White House to a Kentucky rally, that he is, in fact, “not done” and that the U.S. military will be pushing ahead with “more of the same.” > > Trump then said of the conflict during a public address at that rally: “You never like to say too early you won. We won. In the first hour, it was over.” > > Within minutes, he added: “We don’t want to leave early, do we? We gotta finish the job, right?” And what job, exactly, might that be, you traitor? [Now he doesn’t want the “Noble”!](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-claims-no-longer-interested-174947430.html) > [@](#): > > [Donald Trump](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-us-trump-war-oil-prices-israel-qatar-latest-news-b2935224.html) says he is no longer that interested in a Nobel Prize, despite openly campaigning for one throughout much of his second term. > > The president is also unsure how [the ongoing Iran war](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-promises-release-nation-oil-140824211.html) will impact his future chances of getting one. > > Speaking with the _Washington Examiner_, [Trump](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/america-mortal-enemy-hegseth-years-162332974.html) said he had “no idea” if the Iran conflict would “get him over the finish line” with [the Nobel committee](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/nobel-peace-prize-machado-trump-maduro-venezuela-b2898349.html). > > “I don’t know,” he added. “I’m not interested in it.” The convict doth protest too much. [The felon’s mouthpiece really does need Mister Subliminal.](https://www.aol.com/save-act-affect-married-women-144538170.html) > [@](#): > > White House Press Secretary [Karoline Leavitt](https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/politics/2025/12/17/karoline-leavitt-white-house-press-secretary-photos/87809397007/) says there is “zero validity” to concerns that the [SAVE Act](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/save-act-voter-id-law-205101653.html) would make it [harder for married women to vote](https://www.yahoo.com/news/save-act-why-married-women-174419068.html), despite critics of the [bill](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-not-sign-other-160219582.html) arguing otherwise. > > “As far as married women who have changed their name, if they’re already registered to vote, they’re entirely unaffected by the SAVE Act,” Leavitt said during a March 10 White House press briefing. That’s one huge if there, isn’t it? If they’ve already registered to vote, then they’re no longer the felon’s targets. Moving on. > [@](#): > > Leavitt said there is “zero validity” to concerns that the SAVE Act would affect married women trying to vote. But she also acknowledged that the legislation would create extra steps for people who have changed their name — like married women — to prove their citizenship in order to vote. > > “For the small fraction of individuals who have changed their name or their address, they can still register to vote, of course, they just have to go through their state processes to update that documentation,” Leavitt said, adding that Americans are “already doing it every day.” What is she on about “small fraction”? Plenty of women change their surnames the instant they get married. It’s been a tradition in the United States since before the country began. Nice touch, though, on saying those who’ve already registered to vote are fine, but not saying the rest of that out loud. Those married women who haven’t registered to vote yet and those who will marry and change their names are SOL. [Yo, Pete! Yeah, you, the war criminal. You might want to work on keeping your drones secure.](https://www.aol.com/articles/5-000-reward-offered-military-183632679.html) > [@](#): > > Authorities are searching for two people suspected of stealing drones from Fort Campbell in Kentucky. > > The Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division said four Skydio X10D drone systems were last seen Nov. 21 at the 326th Division Engineer building. > > Officials said unknown individuals unlawfully entered the building sometime between Nov. 21 and Nov. 25. Both suspects appeared to be wearing dark clothing and some type of face covering. & > [@](#): > > The Skydio X10D is a small military drone used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. It’s equipped with cameras and sensors that provide real-time aerial imagery. > > A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to a resolution in the case. ---
**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 13, 2026, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3190 "2026-03-13T06:40:57Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > “Some participants left thinking he wants to end the war, others felt the complete opposite,” the outlet writes. > > French President Emmanuel Macron, speaking after the call ended, said: “It will be up to the president of the United States to clarify both his final objectives and the pace he intends to give to the operations.” > > Trump launched his ongoing attacks against Iran on Feb. 28. He has since offered four different justifications for the conflict and provided no clear timeline for his campaign. I don’t think Trump even knows what he’s trying to accomplish or what’s going on. I’d say there’s probably a 50/50 chance at this point that his handlers are just showing him AI-generated Fox News clips of how everything is going awesome. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3191 "2026-03-13T07:40:02Z")
> [@Will Neal DAILY BEAST](#): > > president’s conservation with other G7 leaders sic Que? The Daily Beast is now AI? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3192 "2026-03-13T07:41:12Z")
Nah, that’s just the kind of typo that doesn’t get flagged with a wiggly line. ---
**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 13, 2026, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3193 "2026-03-13T08:14:24Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > his handlers Or, as I call them, his fondlers. ---
**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 13, 2026, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3194 "2026-03-13T09:20:26Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I don’t think Trump even knows what he’s trying to accomplish or what’s going on. Really, I think Trump (and his handlers/sycophants) subscribes to the “Everybody in the world wishes they could move to the United States and be American” philosophy. So when he floated “Canada as the 51st state” nonsense, he was surprised when Canadians outright rejected it. (Hell, in last April’s elections, current Prime Minister Mark Carney ran on a platform of “Never 51,” and he won.) Greenlanders, and their home country Denmark, rejected his “We should have Greenland” claims. He’s said, at times, that he wished the US had more immigration from northern European countries, and he’s surprised that nobody in northern European countries, has any interest in moving to the US. (Let’s see … free college and healthcare in northern Europe, vs. student debt in the tens of thousands and insurance companies that deny a claim if you have a pre-existing condition in the US. Yeah, that’s a no-brainer.) So now that not all Iranians are cheering for him, and they’ve got a new Supreme Leader (“meet the new boss, same as the old boss” ring a bell?), he’s puzzled. “They can be just like us Americans, _and they don’t want to be_?” He has to learn the lessons that Bush II learned when he invaded Iraq, and got involved in Afghanistan: Not everybody wants to be American, nor be governed by a document like the US Constitution. But most importantly, Mr. Trump, _not everybody wants to be American!_ ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3195 "2026-03-13T12:18:08Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > nor be governed by a document like the US Constitution Which is odd since that describes Trump himself. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3196 "2026-03-13T15:30:31Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > 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 Trump: “The US is the largest Oil Producer in the world, by far, so when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money.” If “we” is an oil company, that’s true. If we is somebody who puts gas in their car, we is getting screwed. Big surprise as to who Trump identifies with. ---
**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 13, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3197 "2026-03-13T15:33:59Z")
The old “Who do you mean by **we** _Kemo Sabe_?” ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3198 "2026-03-13T15:55:40Z")
Might mean something, might mean nothing, but they’ve dropped the olive branches from the dime for the anniversary. > **[The U.S. Mint dropped the olive branch from the dime. What does that mean for...](https://fortune.com/2026/03/12/us-mint-drops-olive-branch-dime-peace-war/)** > > The eagle turned to the olive branch to show the nation's preference for peace over war. ---
**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 13, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3199 "2026-03-13T15:56:15Z")
They are really showing who they are aren’t they? ---
**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 13, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3200 "2026-03-13T15:57:34Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > If “we” is an oil company, that’s true. Or the recipient of "campaign contributions”, “gifts”, or “other considerations” from them. But also, it happens the major oil companies do business overseas and chaos is also not great for them as they can’t efficiently take advantage of unexpected price spikes nor effectively shield themselves if prices suddenly fall again if/when things settle down. They’ve all laid off large numbers of staff this last year from all the uncertainty and aren’t going to just hire those folks back without more stability. Even weapons manufacturers are having issues because they can’t easily ramp up munitions productions for a war decided on a whim and one for which nobody has a definitive goal or end date in mind. Basically, it’s screwing everybody, even ones who could have greatly profited had more competent (but still evil) people been in charge. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=159) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=161)