# 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:** 180
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3581 "2026-03-25T05:26:01Z")
Goddammit. ---
**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 25, 2026, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3582 "2026-03-25T05:47:00Z")
[Jesus.](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-tells-republicans-pass-controversial-190239938.html) > [@](#): > > [President Donald Trump](https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/donald-trump/) has encouraged congressional Republicans to work through the upcoming Easter holiday to pass the [controversial SAVE Act voting bill](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/whats-save-act-voters-impacted-203438285.html) that has [held up the passage of a new Homeland Security budget,](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/senates-bitter-save-act-fight-202430772.html) saying they should push the bill through “for Jesus.” > > Trump told Republicans during a roundtable in Memphis, Tennessee, on Monday, March 23, that any budget proposal to fund DHS, [which has been shut down since Feb. 13](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/know-dhs-shutdown-could-affect-163505108.html) when Senate Democrats and Republicans came to an impasse over immigration enforcement, would also have to include voting provisions. > > “Voter ID is part of homeland security and proof of citizenship is part of homeland security, so I think it should be welded in, I think it should be together, you should vote together,” he said. > > Several proposals to [fund the Transportation Security Administration](https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2026/03/11/tsa-agents-pay-dhs-shutdown/89104398007/) (TSA) and address large-scale disruptions at airports [have failed to pass,](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2026/03/22/when-is-next-vote-to-end-government-shutdown-2026/89260936007/) as Democrats continue to press for major reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the fatal shootings of [Alex Pretti](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fbi-wont-share-evidence-related-193817370.html) and [Renee Good](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/completely-surreal-renee-nicole-goods-231418348.html) in Minnesota in January, and [Republicans vote against bills that don’t concede to voter ID changes.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/airports-chaos-trump-says-no-201235126.html) > > Lawmakers are due to [take a two-week Easter recess](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/deal-fund-dhs-including-tsa-162138199.html) starting on March 28. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said last week, however, that if no DHS deal is reached, the Senate can be expected to cancel its recess. Trump seemed to echo this assertion in his March 23 statements. > > “You don’t have to take a fast vote. Don’t worry about Easter, going home. In fact, make this one for Jesus. Make this one for Jesus, that’s what I tell them,” he said. “SAVE for Jesus” is a new one on me. Wow. [Killer Kennedy wants kids to put down that ~~microwave~~ cellphone.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/rfk-jr-touts-strict-rule-202911404.html) > [@](#): > > Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called on fellow parents to join him in enforcing a strict rule on cellphone use—to keep kids from getting “microwaved.” > > The health secretary, 72, found a fresh opportunity to make eyebrow-raising claims in an hourlong sitdown on [_The Bossticks_ podcast](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRAxhv_x78A) released Monday. > > Kennedy, a longtime anti-vaccine crusader whose appointment to the helm of the Health Department drew backlash, cited [a study from the 1990s](https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/sites/default/files/ntp/about_ntp/trpanel/2018/march/publiccomm/carlo20180312.pdf) in claiming that children’s brains “don’t return to normal for at least 12 hours” when they use their phones for as little as 10 minutes. > > “I mean, it’s frightening when you start reading it,” he told hosts Lauryn and Michael Bosstick. “What I tell parents is—and what I do with my kids is—I don’t let them put the cell phone next to their head, ever. Put it on speaker.” [He ain’t wrong; he’s just my traitor.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/5d-chess-trump-insider-says-144525797.html) > [@](#): > > Prominent MAGA podcaster Steve Bannon on Monday said the deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents [across airports](https://travel.yahoo.com/news/articles/travel-mayhem-across-u-ice-192732708.html)could serve as a “test case” for the 2026 midterm elections. > > The former White House strategist lauded [President Donald Trump’s](https://www.nj.com/topic/donald-trump/)[controversial order](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ice-airports-trump-blamed-chaos-180629421.html) to position ICE officers at [some major U.S. airports](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-sends-critics-spiraling-brutal-165806492.html)during a partial government shutdown that has disrupted air travel nationwide. > > Bannon then suggested this was a precursor to placing federal officers at polling stations for the Nov. 3 midterms. > > “It’s brilliant. This is another 5D chess move from President Trump,” Bannon said on his “[War Room](https://rumble.com/v77iii8-episode-5238-markets-shift-as-talks-with-iran-begin.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp_a)” podcast. > > “And I want the mainstream media’s head to blowup today,” he added. “We can use what’s happening with ICE helping out at the airports as a test run, a test case to really perfect ICE’s involvement in the 2026 midterm elections.” > > Bannon’s podcast guest, conservative lawyer and president of the [Article III Project](https://www.article3project.org/) Mike Davis, agreed that ICE should have a significant presence on election day. > > “I think we should have ICE agents at the polling places,” Davis told Bannon. “If you’re an illegal alien you can’t vote. It’s a federal crime. And if you’re an American citizen you should be happy that ICE is there.” > > “Exactly. Pick ‘em out of line starting today, and maybe the lines will get shorter,” Bannon replied. He ain’t wrong about it being a dry run. He is wrong to say it’s a good thing. Damn traitors. [Let’s tacky ~~up~~ down the place even more.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-next-tacky-white-house-015822261.html) > [@](#): > > Construction began on Monday for yet another gaudy addition to the historic White House’s exterior, courtesy of President Donald Trump. > > The Tennessee flagstone currently in place for the West Wing Colonnade walkway, which connects the Oval Office to the executive residence, is being replaced with black granite, according to [The New York Post](https://nypost.com/2026/03/23/us-news/trumps-latest-white-house-renovations-include-new-path-to-west-wing/). > > The outlet reported that the National Park Service will send the old flagstone pavers to a nursery for safekeeping and future use. > > The walkway, also called the 45-second commute, runs along the “Presidential Walk of Fame” installed by Trump to take jabs at his predecessors, particularly former President Joe Biden. [“No, {whack} Daddy! {Whack} No! {Whack}” This excites me more than it hurts you!"](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/no-daddy-no-trumps-dhs-093322244.html) > [@](#): > > Soon-to-be [Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/markwayne-mullin-dhs-secretary_n_69c1b220e4b04cdc2d77c1b1) boasted about spanking his children as a form of discipline in a video that has resurfaced as he was confirmed to replace Kristi Noem. > > Mullin, [a father of six](https://people.com/what-to-know-about-markwayne-mullin-family-11920471) and former MMA fighter, made the comments during an October 2023 meeting of the City Elders, [a group he said aims to get “Godly people”](https://baptistnews.com/article/markwayne-mullin-has-ties-to-oklahoma-theistic-group/) elected to school boards, city councils and other positions. > > He also recalled threatening his daughter’s boyfriend, whom he described as a “good kid,” saying to him: “If I ever see you kiss her in front of me, I’m dragging your face across the asphalt.” > > “And that’s a true story; I told him that,” Mullin added. The convicted felon has replaced the puppy killer with the child beater. Let’s focus on this part of his braggadocio. > [@](#): > > He also recalled one daughter pleading, “No, Daddy. No, Daddy. No, Daddy! No! I’m sorry, Daddy. I’m sorry, Dad,” saying she would “get madder and madder and she just couldn’t bring herself to even bend over for me to bust her butt and I was like, ‘Hun, you got like two seconds or you going to get two instead of one.’” She’d be “mad for like a day,” he claimed. Dollars to donuts he might have been a bit hardon her. ---
**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 25, 2026, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3583 "2026-03-25T09:36:50Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > A Cherub, presumably. You mean these guys? [![](https://preview.redd.it/drew-some-angels-inspired-by-ezekiels-vision-of-gods-throne-v0-utih9rrtptx71.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=6e05f12033239522d42f90cac220197266f47709) ](https://preview.redd.it/drew-some-angels-inspired-by-ezekiels-vision-of-gods-throne-v0-utih9rrtptx71.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=6e05f12033239522d42f90cac220197266f47709) [![](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/1*Zl0NbUdmWZMZ5B6dy_sYKg.jpeg) ](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/1*Zl0NbUdmWZMZ5B6dy_sYKg.jpeg) [![](https://www.grunge.com/img/gallery/what-the-bible-says-about-cherubs/biblical-descriptions-of-cherubs-1696608399.webp) ](https://www.grunge.com/img/gallery/what-the-bible-says-about-cherubs/biblical-descriptions-of-cherubs-1696608399.webp) [![](https://www.biblicallyaccurate.org/articles/cherubim.png) ](https://www.biblicallyaccurate.org/articles/cherubim.png) > The cherubim appeared to have the form of a human hand under their wings. I looked, and there were four wheels beside the cherubim, one beside each cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like gleaming beryl. And as for their appearance, the four looked alike, something like a wheel within a wheel. When they moved, they moved in any of the four directions without veering as they moved; but in whatever direction the front wheel faced, the others followed without veering as they moved. Their entire body, their rims, their spokes, their wings, and the wheels—the wheels of the four of them—were full of eyes all around. As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing “the wheelwork.” Each one had four faces: the first face was that of the cherub, the second face was that of a human being, the third that of a lion, and the fourth that of an eagle. -Ezekiel 10:8-14 Not sure they’re Donald’s type. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3584 "2026-03-25T12:12:25Z")
One thing that Dante Alighieri failed to tell us about Hell is that the line to be judged for your sins by King Minos runs through George Bush airport in Houston. > I do not know where Heaven is, but I have seen Hell. It turns out Hell is in Texas, which is something that many of us had long suspected. > > Specifically, it is in Houston. Also not a surprise. > > But more specifically, Hell is inside the George Bush International Airport. > > Ah: We found it. Hell is an hours-long “security line” snaking through a never-ending, undecorated corridor, a dirty-white and dirty-black and dirty-blue liminal space with a drop ceiling. Hell is carrying your luggage along, an inch at a time, staring at the backs of hundreds of other damned souls all carrying their own luggage, all looking at the backs of hundreds of other damned souls doing the same. Oh, yes – in Hell, you have to carry your own luggage. And they don’t allow casters on them. > Over bad speakers, Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA” plays. It plays forever. It never ends. > > On sparsely placed monitors, former Homeland Security Kristi Noem drones on mostly unintelligibly, squeezing the words out of her reconstructed mouth. She is no longer in charge, but there is no newer video to play, and the monitors would not play it if there was. Noem, uncanny, lives inside the boxes now. Her soul, her visage, that sneer of cold command—they are trapped inside the boxes, forever. She drones on about immigrants. She reminds you that you may carry only a certain amount of toothpaste through the checkpoint, and no more than that. You will spend eternity with only that much toothpaste: use it sparingly, and wisely. > > Periodically, small packs of ICE agents wander by. Their job is guns. They are there to watch, and to have guns. They do not know the rules about toothpaste, and will not answer your questions. They do not know how to interpret x-ray images. They do not know whether Puerto Rico is American or foreign soil, and do not care. They are just there to watch you, and to have guns. They look satisfied. > > he real security agents—if there are security agents—are not paid. They may not exist. They may be a figment of Hell’s collective imagination, a story passed from soul to soul, like tales of witches. Because there is no end to the hallway, and there is no security checkpoint. > > The hallway extends from the George Bush International Airport in Houston, Texas, to eternity. > > Always the same Lee Greenwood song. > > Always Kristi Noem, droning on about the greatness of your nation. > > Always the men with guns milling about. Read the whole thing. It’s worth it > **[Hell is the George Bush International Airport](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/3/24/2374612/-Hell-is-the-George-Bush-International-Airport?utm_campaign=trending)** > > I do not know where Heaven is, but I have seen Hell. It turns out Hell is in Texas, which is something that many of us had long suspected. Specifically, it is in Houston. Also not a surprise. But more specifically, Hell is inside the George Bush... ---
**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 25, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3585 "2026-03-25T13:07:11Z")
Oh, boy… George Bush International Airport? In Tex-Ass? One thing is sure: should the powers that be ever name something after me I hope it is not an airport. I have occasionally suggested that garbage dumps should be named after Farth Pestilentus. You have given me a better idea. Name airports after him. All airports! ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3586 "2026-03-25T14:09:02Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > the West Wing Colonnade walkway, which connects the Oval Office to the executive residence, is being replaced with black granite, according to [The New York Post](https://nypost.com/2026/03/23/us-news/trumps-latest-white-house-renovations-include-new-path-to-west-wing/). Oooh! Ooooh! Is it very highly polished?? Is it really REALLY slippery? Do It Do ItDo It! ---
**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 25, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3587 "2026-03-25T14:45:58Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > In Tex-Ass? The One-star state. That’s a brilliant piece. I envision it like a cross between _Defending Your Life_ and _Brazil_ with a bit of _The Rapture_ and Niven’s “Inferno”. So it goes. So it goes. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3588 "2026-03-25T14:52:00Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > When asked for comment, Hegseth began frothing at the mouth and responded “WARRRRRRRRRR! BLOOD DEATH GORE DESTRUCTION KILL MURDER!!!” What is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, hear the lamentation of their women. ---
**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 25, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3589 "2026-03-25T15:00:56Z")
> # In Trump’s war messaging, veterans see something new — and disturbing > > _Service members and families who lost loved ones say the Trump team’s memes and jokes trivialize combat and sacrifice. Trump aides say the backlash sends views soaring._ > > [https://wapo.st/4bvzfyu](https://wapo.st/4bvzfyu) > When the retired U.S. Army colonel Joe Buccino first saw White House posts mixing Iran war footage with clips from cartoons and video games, he felt something he had rarely experienced from American military messaging: disgust. > > The 27-year veteran of four tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, a former spokesman for U.S. Central Command, had seen firsthand the sacrifices the nation’s service members made in combat. He had closely followed the reports of the [13 Americans killed](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/20/us-israel-iran-goals-trump-netanyahu/) and [more than 200 injured](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/16/us-troops-wounded-iran/) in the U.S. and Israeli campaign in Iran. > > But President Donald Trump’s top communications team, he said, had decided to treat the international conflict like a big joke. Veterans who were already questioning the war’s strategy and endgame, he added, were unnerved to find the nation’s highest office posting pop-music-scored clips of missile strikes, mixed with footage from Call of Duty and “SpongeBob SquarePants.” > … Just what you’d expect from the administration of the jerk who mocked John McCain for spending time in a POW camp, ridiculed Gold Star families, and called the people buried in military cemeteries “losers.” Damn, I hate this S.O.B. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3590 "2026-03-25T15:15:57Z")
I would have asked the retired colonel how he’s voted the last few times, and how he plans to vote next time. ---
**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 25, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3591 "2026-03-25T16:26:37Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > One thing is sure: should the powers that be ever name something after me I hope it is not an airport. One of the smaller things I am thankful for is that the international airport in Phoenix is not named after a ~~dead politician~~ statesman but rather, the evocative [Sky Harbor](https://www.skyharbor.com/). ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3592 "2026-03-25T16:27:44Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Or lying. I doubt anyone from Iran would send him any “present” except the sort that ticks mysteriously. Maybe the Iranians said, “When we _do_ negotiate, you’d better have your lawyer present.” (My feeble attempt at alluding to one of my favorite jokes.) ---
**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 25, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3593 "2026-03-25T16:32:54Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Oh, boy… George Bush International Airport? In Tex-Ass? One thing is sure: should the powers that be ever name something after me I hope it is not an airport. Named for George H. W. Bush, who I respect far more than his son, George W. Bush. I think because of the existing airport named for the father, there will be no push to name one after the son. ---
**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 25, 2026, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3594 "2026-03-25T17:25:53Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > the international airport in Phoenix is not named after a ~~dead politician~~ statesman but rather, Just you wait! I’m sure there is a move afoot to rename it the Charlie Kirk International (as long as you’re coming from the good countries.) Airport. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3595 "2026-03-25T18:20:55Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Oh, boy… George Bush International Airport? Actually, it’s [George Bush **Intercontinental** Airpor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bush_Intercontinental_Airport)t. When I was a kid growing up in Houston, it was called Houston Intercontinental Airport (Intercontinental for short), which is what I still call it (along with everyone in my family). ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3596 "2026-03-25T18:41:27Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Maybe the Iranians said, “When we _do_ negotiate, you’d better have your lawyer present.” _Both_ lawyers. I recall it coming up in an article years ago that it was standard practice to have two lawyers instead of one meet with him, so they can testify in each other’s behalf as to what really happened if needed. Because he’s just that untrustworthy, even to his own lawyers. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3597 "2026-03-25T18:47:14Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > The convicted felon has replaced the puppy killer with the child beater. But at least he hasn’t raped any children. (That we know of, I guess.) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3598 "2026-03-25T18:49:05Z")
Wondering this: When Hegseth does get fired (and he will at some point), does he go back to Fox News? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3599 "2026-03-25T18:56:59Z")
He’ll pair up with Bannon or some other trator. ---
**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 25, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3600 "2026-03-25T19:17:00Z")
The Army is raising the maximum enlistment age to 42, which is a totally normal thing to do when you have an unlimited supply of the world’s most lethal warfighters, you’ve completely obliterated all your enemies, and you’ve stopped eight wars. > **[Army ups max enlistment age to 42](https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2026-03-24/army-raises-enlistment-age-42-21170859.html)** > > The update brings the Army in line with the Air Force, Space Force and Coast Guard, which all accept recruits up to 42. The Navy accepts recruits up to 41 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=179) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=181)