# The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues (Part 2)

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3201 "2026-03-13T16:05:55Z")

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> [@Great\_Antibob](#):
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> 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.

You’re just talking about _this_ (ie, Iran) war, though, right? Big monied interests, donors, and lobbyists – I would wager – keep whispering things like “Cuba,” “Greenland,” and “Canada” into Trump’s “see clear through to the other ear” ear.

But, yeah. Generally, Trump is celebrating a textbook Republican redistribution of wealth.

Upward.

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**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)\
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> [@Monty](#):
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> His equivalence on Wednesday’s call

Equivalence with what? Or did the writer mean ‘equivocation’?

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**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, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3203 "2026-03-13T16:09:49Z")

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> [@DavidNRockies](#):
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> Big monied interests, donors, and lobbyists – I would wager – keep whispering things like “Cuba,” “Greenland,” and “Canada” into Trump’s “see clear through to the other ear” ear.

You mean Stephen Miller? He’s reportedly the main driver behind most of it.

The thing about the big monied interests is … they also like some measure of predictability.

They don’t mind secrecy, especially keeping the general public in the dark, but they also like to know how things will stand over the next year, especially the ones that have significant physical infrastructure that requires longer lead-up times. Lower tax burden? Fewer regulatory hurdles? Yeah, they love those. Global instability and sudden outbreaks of war? They’re not so keen on those.

While they may still make money, they make more when they know what’s coming. And Trump was never a planner. Even less so now that he’s clearly declining mentally. When he sets off on a war with basically a month (or less) of notice and even less planning all around, that doesn’t serve anybody’s (in the US, anyway) interests but his own.

Example: there’s not enough missiles? And Lockheed Martin can’t make more quickly enough? Ok, how about we just suddenly [move some from South Korea](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgmlk8dlekgo)? Not like we have interests in East Asia, right?

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**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)\
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> [@Monty](#):
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> Or, as I call them, his fondlers

Where’d I put that brain bleach?

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Apparently no one in this administration thought that Iran would block the Strait of Hormuz but now they’re trying to deal with the (entirely to be expected) resulting issues. Trump said, “These ships should go through the Strait of Hormuz, and show some guts. There’s nothing to be afraid of. They have no navy. We sunk all their ships.” My understanding is that Iran still has the Shahed drones, so they may still have something to be afraid of. Note that some tankers have been sunk with loss of life. Meanwhile, the Secretary of Defense said, in effect, relax. “We have been dealing with it, and don’t need to worry about it.”

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**Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3206 "2026-03-13T22:12:40Z")

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Grandpa acknowledges that the insane story about him buying ill-fitting cheap shoes for his Cabinet members is true.

> **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mgxozpild22q)**
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> KILMEADE: Is it true you're telling your whole cabinet to wear the same shoes, these Florsheim shoes?
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> TRUMP: When they tell me they have a problem, I say, 'let me get you a pair of shoes.' It seems to work out well. Now they look all spiffy & nice....

[![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F0ITft4WIAExBsS?format=jpg&name=medium) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F0ITft4WIAExBsS?format=jpg&name=medium)

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**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 13, 2026, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3207 "2026-03-13T22:24:06Z")

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To me, the weird thing is his apparent belief that had he not acted, Cabinet members would be walking around in sneakers (with a suit in the White House?) “Sneakers are wonderful, but I don’t want my Cabinet members wearing sneakers.”

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**Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3208 "2026-03-13T22:31:01Z")

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> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> Apparently no one in this administration thought that Iran would block the Strait of Hormuz but now they’re trying to deal with the (entirely to be expected) resulting issues. Trump said, “These ships should go through the Strait of Hormuz, and show some guts.

You first, Donald! Have yourself flown to a ship near the Strait and sail right through it! _ **SHOW THE WORLD THE WAY!!!** _

Or would you rather urge everyone ELSE to put **themselves** in danger?..oh, you would? Well, never mind, then.

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**Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3209 "2026-03-13T23:24:04Z")

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My dad used to say, “We? You got a turd in your pocket?”

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> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> walking around in sneakers (with a suit in the White House?)

Like Ben Stein when he was a speechwriter for Nixon?

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**Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3211 "2026-03-14T00:36:53Z")

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trump may not “lose” in Iran yet there is going to be a cost in lives.

[USS Tripoli, 31st MEU Heading to the Middle East](https://news.usni.org/2026/03/13/uss-tripoli-31st-meu-heading-to-the-middle-east)

3,200 marines.

Do they deploy as Marines typically do?

TWICE now trump has declared victory or “really close”!

Plenty of blame. Hegseth is blamee #1.

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**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 14, 2026, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3212 "2026-03-14T00:45:07Z")

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[Someone’s eager for the death of the free press.](https://www.aol.com/articles/pentagon-chief-says-hes-eager-161639969.html)

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> WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth on Friday said he was eager to see Trump ally and Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison take over CNN, as he ‌criticized the U.S. news media’s coverage of the Iran war.
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> “The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, ‌the better,” said Hegseth, a former Fox News show host and combat veteran, referring to Paramount’s $110 billion deal to acquire CNN-parent Warner Bros.
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> On the ​war’s 14th day, Hegseth criticized CNN’s reporting on the impact of Iran’s disruption of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping passage, which has driven oil prices sharply higher and shaken the stock market. Reuters/Ipsos polling has shown little public support for the war, which Americans fear will drive gasoline prices higher.
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> The Pentagon has restricted press access under Hegseth, imposing policies ‌that have led about 30 major news ⁠organizations, including Fox, the Washington Post and Reuters, to give up their credentials, with defense officials inviting in new outlets.

&

> [@](#):
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> David Ellison, son of billionaire Larry Ellison, has deep ties ​to ​President Donald Trump’s administration and is leading Paramount’s Warner Bros takeover. ​Ellison took over Paramount after acquiring broadcaster CBS ‌News in 2025 as part of its merger with Skydance Media.
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> The Trump administration must approve the Paramount-Warner Bros deal, and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission chair this month signaled the agency would not block

[Stuperman now has a CAPE!](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-administration-outlines-4-step-154546179.html) (The **bolding** is mine.)

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> The Trump administration this week outlined a four-step tariff refund process that could be ready for companies to begin using by later this spring.
> 
> The plans were included [in a court filing](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cit.19346/gov.uscourts.cit.19346.39.0_1.pdf) to the US Court of International Trade from Brandon Lord, the executive director of the US Customs and Border Protection’s trade policy department.
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> The four steps — a claim portal, a “mass processing” step, a review of refund findings, and a final step where “the refunds will be sent electronically to the designated bank account” — are currently being built, with the components 40% to 80% complete, Lord said.
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> **The name of the system will be the Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (CAPE) portal.** In the six-page filing, Lord expressed hope that the web-based platform will be able to process most refund requests in this “first phase of development” before more functionality is later added for more complicated scenarios.

Yo, stuperman. Here’s an idea. Cancel the tariffs and that way you don’t have to waste funds on refunding them.

[There’s a new head for the ~~Kennedy and Trump~~  ~~er, Trump and Kennedy~~ Trump Center.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-replaces-head-troubled-kennedy-212956824.html)

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> US President Donald Trump announced Friday the replacement of the head of the Kennedy Center, the storied Washington arts venue he renamed after himself then closed for two years for refurbishment.
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> Richard Grenell, an ally and former ambassador from Trump’s first term, oversaw major changes at the center to clear out what the Republican leader called “woke” ideology.
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> “Ric Grenell has done an excellent job in helping to coordinate various elements of the Center during the transition period, and I want to thank him for the outstanding work he has done,” Trump said on his Truth Social platform.
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> Grenell will be replaced by Matt Floca, the current vice president of facilities at the center, whose official biography says he has a background in construction management and real estate.

Highly qualified! Only the best!

[Apparently the veep salary doesn’t go as far as it used to.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/vances-tip-waitstaff-tacky-trinket-021605064.html)

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> Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha left waitstaff with a quirky keepsake after dining at an upscale D.C. restaurant on Wednesday night.
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> As the war with Iran raged on, the Vances stepped out for a dinner with friends at Divino, an Italian restaurant just steps from their vice presidential mansion in D.C.
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> The vice president, 41, ordered a filet mignon as his main course, restaurant owner Luca Giovannini told [TMZ](https://www.tmz.com/2026/03/12/jd-usha-vance-eat-at-washington-dc-restaurant/), while the table also enjoyed short rib pappardelle, tagliatelle bolognese, housemade focaccia, tiramisu, chocolate mousse, and more.
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> Giovannini told the Daily Beast that Vance’s filet mignon ran about $40 on Wednesday night, and that the Vances ordered water and a few mocktails for drinks.
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> On their way out, Usha, 40, presented six commemorative second lady coins to staff.
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> According to photos provided by Giovannini, the coins bear the inscription “Second Lady Usha Vance” and showcase the six-bedroom, 9,150-square-foot vice presidential mansion.

[Speaking of trinkets…](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-smugly-accepts-another-medal-232203669.html) (The **bolding** is mine.)

> [@](#):
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> President Donald Trump has happily accepted a shiny new medal to add to his collection of awards he didn’t win.
> 
> The president was given the Order of Ikkos by Olympic bobsledder Kaillie Humphries, speaking at an event to mark Women’s History Month.
> 
> **The Order of Ikkos was created in 2008 and is presented by Team USA medal-winning athletes to a coach, mentor, or other person whom they consider instrumental to their success.** It is named after Ikkos of Tarentum, an ancient Greek coach known for his ability to guide athletes to gold.

And why did she give him the award. You better sit down for this (but make sure it’s not in a sled). (Again, the **bolding** is mine.)

> [@](#):
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> “I’m so honored to present this, my Order of Ikkos medal to you Donald Trump,” Humphries said emotionally, turning to the president.
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> “Wow,” Trump could be heard saying as the crowd cheered in response.
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> “I knew I liked her,” Trump told the room, smiling and straightening his suit jacket.
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> “So we only get one, but I want to recognize the support and impact you had on women’s sports throughout the Olympic movement, **specifically standing up to keep biological women in women’s sports, to keep the field of play safe and allow for fair competition** ,” Humphries said.

This is how far gone the cult is, [Rip van Simple admits he slept through the planning meeting for his war](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-79-admits-falling-asleep-085556950.html).

> [@](#):
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> Donald Trump has admitted falling asleep during a planning meeting for his [war on Iran](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/peace-president-trump-bombs-iran-073114728.html).
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> [At a a rally](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJXiCvLvLWA) Wednesday in Kentucky, the 79-year-old president told how he was nodding off as officials and generals discussed the codename that would be used for the conflict, which has so far cost the lives of seven American service members.
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> “They gave me a list of names to choose. ‘Sir, you could pick the name you’d like, sir.’ I said ‘The name of what?’ ‘The name of the attack on Iran, sir,’” Trump told the crowd.
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> “And they gave me, like, 20 names, and I’m like, falling asleep. I didn’t like any of them. Then I see ‘Epic Fury.’ I said, ‘I like that name. I like that name.’”

And they don’t care.

[The felon’s rah-rah-rag wants to know: “WTF did you and your sounder say?”](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-favorite-newspaper-begs-aides-112646020.html)

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> The conservative New York Post has given Donald Trump’s team a failing grade for its confusing messaging on the war with Iran.
> 
> The [editorial board](https://nypost.com/2026/03/11/opinion/team-trump-needs-to-start-lifting-the-fog-of-the-iran-war-for-the-us-public/?utm_source=www.status.news&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=king-s-morning-reign&_bhlid=513ae11b841fcf9e4e4c00b2647fd22ad2db7fe4) of the Murdoch-owned Post, which Trump has previously described as his favorite newspaper and has traditionally steered clear of criticizing the president, blasted top administration officials for failing to provide a “regular, clear, concrete sense” of how the multibillion-dollar conflict is unfolding.
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> The paper took particular aim at [Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth,](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pentagon-pete-tame-press-corps-155015245.html)who it said should be front and center in providing updates instead of having an “allergic reaction” to the media’s reporting on U.S. servicemembers who have [already been killed](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/slain-soldiers-families-speak-pentagon-173746540.html) since the war began on Feb. 28.
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> “Team Trump provided solid briefings in the first weekend of the war, but then dropped the ball,” the Post editorial board wrote.
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> “Beyond the occasional in-depth presentation by Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, it’s as if the administration expects the public to think the occasional high-gloss social-media video is enough.”
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> Along with Hegseth, the paper said Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and other top Pentagon officials should step up and provide more detailed updates beyond Trump’s “emphatic headline statements.”

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He really said this with a straight face.

> <https://x.com/osinttechnical/status/2032433800072790251?s=46&t=hICOYYyCHuimCJQWftVfBQ>

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**Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3214 "2026-03-14T02:44:32Z")

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Hegseth has what in a poker is a “tell” face when he’s lying or covering something up.

Trump has a better “of course you’ll double or triple your money” from his days running shoddy casinos in Atlantic City. People generally believe him. Almost over, they’ve got hardly anything. “tt’s over when my bones feel it”.

> "Yeah, but that true coat!

- Jerry from Fargo

He’s probably headed to one of his golf courses. Yet in reality, this is a President “waist deep in the big muddy” as Pete Seeger said about another President and another war.

This is going to get much worse. There is no “before it gets better”. Sure, blame it on Hegseth and generals, yet the MAGA’s voted in a fool for a commander-in-chief. There’s no way to even declare a small-v “victory” and exit, if that’s okay with Israel. If not, push on!

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> [@Coriolanus](#):
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> This is going to get much worse. There is no “before it gets better”..

Such a devastating but accurate statement.

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**Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3216 "2026-03-14T02:54:15Z")

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> [@Coriolanus](#):
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> Hegseth has what in a poker is a “tell” face when he’s lying or covering something up.

The most unavoidable clue is that his lips are moving.

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**Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3217 "2026-03-14T03:39:10Z")

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> [@Coriolanus](#):
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> People generally believe him.

Huh? When I was growing up in the 1960s/1970s, everyone (well, everyone with a brain) already knew what a liar he was then.

> [@gnoitall](#):
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> The most unavoidable clue is that his lips are moving.

That applies to the entire mal/misadministration.

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**Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3218 "2026-03-14T04:01:54Z")

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Whenever you think he’s hit rock bottom, he gets out a jackhammer…

> **[Trump fundraising email uses photo from soldiers’ dignified transfer and...](https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/13/politics/trump-fundraise-email-soldier)**
>
> A political fundraising email from President Donald Trump’s political action committee has a provocative pitch.

> A [fundraising email](https://politicalemails.org/messages/2167888) from President Donald Trump’s political action committee has a provocative pitch: using an image from Saturday’s [dignified transfer](https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/07/politics/dignified-transfer-us-service-members-iran-war) honoring six fallen US soldiers, it promises access to the president’s “private national security briefings.”…

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**Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3219 "2026-03-14T04:27:37Z")

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And the cult will respons with, “The dead heroes would have been proud of this!”

I’m afraid to look at any comments online to see (if) I’m correct.

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**Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3220 "2026-03-14T04:49:17Z")

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> [@Monty](#):
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> I’m afraid to look at any comments online to see (if) I’m correct.

Nancy Mace is going with “this is what they signed up for”.

> **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mgxa4yeu5g2z)**
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> Rep. Nancy Mace on 13 US troops killed fighting Iran: "Well, America's sons and daughters have signed up to give the ultimate sacrifice"

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