# 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:** 182
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3621 "2026-03-26T03:29:01Z")
This is _so_ pathetic. The big baby must be feeling down about his war. Nobody appreciates how great he is at war. So he needs a new shiny gold award to make him feel better. Don’t they realize how this looks? What kind of headspace are you in that you think this is how adults act in the real world? It’s truly mind-blowing. > **[Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3mhwbfv3xqq2w)** > > Mike Johnson: Tonight we have created a new award. We are going to do something we've never done before. We will honor him with a new award. He is the first ever recipient of the America first award. That is this beautiful golden statue here,... ---
**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 26, 2026, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3622 "2026-03-26T03:39:11Z")
[War Criminal Hegseth has some odd, sadistic, ideas about prayer.](https://www.aol.com/articles/pentagon-christian-hegseth-prays-violence-195837225.html) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, hosting his first monthly Christian worship service at the Pentagon since the [Iran war](https://apnews.com/hub/iran) began, prayed Wednesday to have “every round find its mark.” > > “Every month it is fitting to be right here,” he told the gathered civilian employees and uniformed military personnel. “All the more fitting this month, at this moment, given what tens of thousands of Americans are doing right now.” > > He read a prayer he said was first given by a military chaplain to the troops who captured then-President [Nicolás Maduro](https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-maduro-capture-trump-rodriguez-oil-mood-978b680e56f5dad8841793c553f281ba) of Venezuela. > > “Let every round find its mark against the enemies of righteousness and our great nation,” Hegseth prayed during the livestreamed service. “Give them wisdom in every decision, endurance for the trial ahead, unbreakable unity, and overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy.” Unnamed chaplain, of course. I, for one, would love to know who this fictional military chaplain is so he can be booted out of at least the military. These hardon Christians sure do get some orgiastic pleasure out of the violent imagery of the Old Testament, don’t they? > [@](#): > > Hegseth frequently invokes his evangelical faith as head of the armed forces, depicting a Christian nation trying to vanquish its foes with military might. > > “I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and did not turn back till they were consumed,” he read from the Psalms on Wednesday. [The “freedom tomato sauce missiles” will be flying!](https://www.aol.com/news/jack-smith-memo-suggests-trump-142329367.html) > [@](#): > > Former special counsel Jack Smith’s team had evidence that President Donald Trump had classified documents, including materials relevant to business interests, after he left office following his first term, according to a memo the Justice Department gave to Congress. > > The memo, obtained by NBC News, summarizes what prosecutors were working on as of January 2023 related to an investigation of allegations that Trump mishandled classified documents. > > “Trump had in his possession some highly sensitive documents — the type of documents that only presidents and officials with the most sensitive authority have,” the memo said. They included one document that was previously “accessible by only 6? people, including the president.” > > “That document is one we will need,” prosecutors said in the memo. > > Smith’s team also wrote, “Trump had many documents in his possession — so many and in so many different places that it is hard to fathom that he was not aware.” > > The memo said Smith’s team believed Trump may have shown a classified map to other people on a flight to his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, an event that the team says was witnessed by Susie Wiles, now Trump’s chief of staff. [640’s a great batting average, isn’t it?](https://www.aol.com/articles/shock-disbelief-houston-airport-36-124759381.html) > [@](#): > > Travelers at a Houston airport voiced shock and disbelief over seemingly endless [TSA security lines](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tsa-wait-times-6-hours-ice-homeland-security-agents-airports/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17) caused by a severe staffing shortage. > > “This is insane,” one traveler said. “This is the first time I’ve experienced something like this in my entire life,” said another. > > The line at George Bush Intercontinental Airport [snaked](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tsa-lines-houston-george-bush-airport-today/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17) underground, across terminals and even outside as 36% of TSA officers there called out of work amid a [partial government shutdown](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/congress-dhs-shutdown-we-asked-every-lawmaker/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17) that has frozen their paychecks. > > Among those spotted in the security line Wednesday morning was former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr, waiting for two hours and counting. > > Nay Dedrick of Boston said she missed her flight after waiting “6 to 8 hours” on Monday in the long security line in Houston, so she slept at the airport and tried again the next day, finally arriving home Tuesday afternoon. > > “TSA was only two people working,” she told CBS News Boston. “The line started downstairs and went all the way down to the basement, and then it goes all the way back up to the third floor.” [Why is this even legal?](https://www.aol.com/news/doj-pay-ex-trump-adviser-195405972.html) > [@](#): > > The Justice Department has reached an agreement with President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser [Michael Flynn](https://abcnews.com/Politics/president-trump-pardons-michael-flynn-pleaded-guilty-lying/story?id=74405950) to pay him roughly $1.2 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the former general claiming he was politically targeted for prosecution during Trump’s first administration, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News. > > The settlement is well below the $50 million in damages Flynn initially sought when he first filed the lawsuit in 2023, but will still likely fuel questions as to whether Flynn received a favorable outcome due to his continued vocal support for President Trump. > > A federal judge had previously thrown out Flynn’s lawsuit in 2024 following a motion to dismiss the suit filed by the Justice Department during the Biden administration, after ruling that Flynn had failed to meet essential elements showing he was a victim of malicious prosecution. But Flynn’s attorneys sought to revive their case after President Trump returned to office, and the department disclosed in a filing last year that it had been engaged in settlement talks with his legal team. > > A Justice Department spokesperson, in a statement regarding the settlement, said, “Those who instigated the Russia Collusion Hoax and Crossfire Hurricane abused their power to mislead the American people and tarnish the reputations of President Trump and his supporters. Today’s settlement, secured by this Justice Department, is an important step in redressing that historic injustice.” [Now the felon wants to permanently occupy the Moon.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-white-house-moon-post-084222470.html) > [@](#): > > The Trump White House on Tuesday sparked a wave of mockery online after sharing a post about NASA’s plans to return to, and stay on, the Moon. > > NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman wrote: > > > “To return Americans to the Moon, NASA is shifting to an iterative, execution-focused approach – just as we did during Apollo. We are standardizing rocket architecture, embedding NASA expertise across industry, and increasing launch cadence to support sustained lunar operations. We are sending a demand signal for crewed missions beyond Artemis V, with at least two providers capable of bringing astronauts to the surface every 6 months. The goal is not just to reach the Moon, but to stay. America will never give up the Moon again.” > > The White House re-shared the post and highlighted one line: “The goal is not just to reach the Moon, but to stay.” Why not? He’s already diddled the Earth. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3623 "2026-03-26T03:50:40Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > This is _so_ pathetic. The big baby must be feeling down about his war. Nobody appreciates how great he is at war. So he needs a new shiny gold award to make him feel better. Don’t they realize how this looks? What kind of headspace are you in that you think this is how adults act in the real world? It’s truly mind-blowing. This one (and the FIFA Peace Prize) should be Onion headlines. Meanwhile, every time I see an Onion article now I find myself wishing they’d go back to doing satire. For example: > **[White House IT Guy Sends Out Reminder Memo About Child Porn ](https://theonion.com/white-house-it-guy-sends-out-reminder-memo-about-child-porn/)** > > WASHINGTON—Warning administration members that the unauthorized websites were not supposed to be accessed by work computers, White House IT guy Jason Kellerman reportedly sent out a memo Wednesday reminding staff about child porn. “Keep in mind that... ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3624 "2026-03-26T04:40:12Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > America will never give up the Moon again.” When exactly did America “give up” the moon? Does it belong to Trump now? ---
**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 26, 2026, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3625 "2026-03-26T04:53:09Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > When exactly did America “give up” the moon? Unfiltered lunar sunlight has long since bleached the American flags planted onto the Moon white, therefore America implicitly surrendered the Moon many years ago. To the Sun, presumably. The logic is undeniable! ---
**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 26, 2026, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3626 "2026-03-26T05:14:57Z")
He’s going to try to make the Moon the 51st state now, isn’t he? ---
**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 26, 2026, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3627 "2026-03-26T05:34:03Z")
Today, Kristi Noem had her first gig in her new capacity as “ambassador to the Shield of the Americas”, a meeting with the president of Guyana. She brought her unemployed side-piece with her. > **[Mockery as Noem brings alleged lover on work trip after ouster: 'Girl what is...](https://www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-2676621968/)** > > Shortly after former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was announced to have begun her new demotion as U.S. Ambassador to the Shield of the Americas, she was seen attending a meeting with the president of Guyana.However, eagle-eyed observers of... ---
**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 26, 2026, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3628 "2026-03-26T05:50:48Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > 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. You may be right. There’s a bill that passed the Republican majority state senate to [name a freeway](https://www.azfamily.com/2026/02/18/arizona-senate-gop-passes-bill-that-renames-highway-after-charlie-kirk/) after the bastard. It’s working its way through the house now. > “Designating Loop 202 ensures his contribution to civic engagement and public participation won’t be forgotten. Let this name stand as a daily reminder of the importance of promoting American ideals,” [Senate President Warren Petersen](https://www.azleg.gov/senate-member/?legislature=57&legislator=2393), a Republican from Gilbert who sponsored the bill, said in an email. Another bill would have a specialty license plate that would send $17 a year to TPUSA. The article above says it would be a CK memorial plate but the actual bill says it, “Requires ADOT to issue a conservative grassroots network special plate.” Right now the only individual with a specialty plate is Alice Cooper. ---
**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 26, 2026, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3629 "2026-03-26T05:51:52Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > Sometimes I wonder what’s it like inside Trump’s head There is a scene in _Schindler’s List_ that pretty well depicts that experience. ---
**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 26, 2026, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3630 "2026-03-26T06:12:49Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > When exactly did America “give up” the moon? Does it belong to Trump now? Isn’t there some treaty that states that the Moon cannot belong to any country on Earth? I seem to recall that there is, but I cannot remember its name. Not that Trump pays a lot of attention to treaties, but still. ---
**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 26, 2026, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3631 "2026-03-26T07:04:15Z")
Like Rip van Simple cares about treaties. After all, those are laws. ---
**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 26, 2026, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3632 "2026-03-26T07:06:57Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Today, Kristi Noem had her first gig in her new capacity as “ambassador to the Shield of the Americas”, a meeting with the president of Guyana. > > She brought her unemployed side-piece with her. As long he doesn’t look at her with puppy dog eyes, he’ll be okay. ---
**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 26, 2026, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3633 "2026-03-26T07:13:41Z")
Isn’t “Ambassador to the Shield of the Americas” a completely made-up position to a non-existent body? It seems to me a little like, in the days of the USSR, being named “First Commissar to Tractor Factory No. 38,” when there was no commissar of any kind for the tractor factory before. Except in the USSR’s case, there actually _was_ a Tractor Factory No. 38. ---
**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 26, 2026, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3634 "2026-03-26T07:53:34Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Isn’t “Ambassador to the Shield of the Americas” a completely made-up position to a non-existent body? It’s sort of like being appointed Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, or winning the First Annual Montgomery Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3635 "2026-03-26T09:49:55Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Isn’t there some treaty that states that the Moon cannot belong to any country on Earth? I seem to recall that there is, but I cannot remember its name. All I know is that if there is a treaty, I didn’t sign it, so if I get there next it’s mine. ---
**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 26, 2026, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3636 "2026-03-26T09:59:34Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Isn’t there some treaty that states that the Moon cannot belong to any country on Earth? Well, yes, kind of, and no, there isn’t really. It’s a **[short wikiarticle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Treaty)**, in accordance with its relevance: > The Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, better known as the Moon Treaty or Moon Agreement, is a multilateral treaty that turns jurisdiction of all celestial bodies (including the orbits around such bodies) over to the participant countries. Thus, all activities would conform to international law, including the United Nations Charter. > > **It has not been ratified by any state that engages in self-launched human spaceflight** (i.e., the United States, Russia (or its predecessor the Soviet Union), or the People’s Republic of China) since its creation on December 18, 1979, and **thus it has little to no relevancy in international law.** As of May 2024, 17 states are parties to the treaty. Bolding mine. ETA: There is also the **[Outer Space Treaty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty)**, _that_ has been signed by the USA: > Negotiated and drafted under the auspices of the United Nations, it was opened for signature in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union on 27 January 1967, entering into force on 10 October 1967. As of October 2025, 118 countries are parties to the treaty—including all major spacefaring nations—and another 20 are signatories. > > Key provisions of the treaty include prohibiting nuclear weapons in space; **limiting the use of the Moon and all other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes** ; establishing that space shall be freely explored and used by all nations; and **precluding any country from claiming sovereignty over outer space or any celestial body**. Although it forbids establishing military bases, testing weapons and conducting military maneuvers on celestial bodies, the **treaty does not expressly ban all military activities in space, nor the establishment of military space forces or the placement of conventional weapons in space**. Bolding mine again. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3637 "2026-03-26T12:54:04Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > [War Criminal Hegseth has some odd, sadistic, ideas about prayer.](https://www.aol.com/articles/pentagon-christian-hegseth-prays-violence-195837225.html) > > > [@](#): > > > > WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, hosting his first monthly Christian worship service at the Pentagon since the [Iran war](https://apnews.com/hub/iran) began, prayed Wednesday to have “every round find its mark.” > > > > “Every month it is fitting to be right here,” he told the gathered civilian employees and uniformed military personnel. “All the more fitting this month, at this moment, given what tens of thousands of Americans are doing right now.” > > > > He read a prayer he said was first given by a military chaplain to the troops who captured then-President [Nicolás Maduro](https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-maduro-capture-trump-rodriguez-oil-mood-978b680e56f5dad8841793c553f281ba) of Venezuela. > > > > “Let every round find its mark against the enemies of righteousness and our great nation,” Hegseth prayed during the livestreamed service. “Give them wisdom in every decision, endurance for the trial ahead, unbreakable unity, and overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy.” [**The Stranger**](https://americanliterature.com/author/mark-twain/short-story/the-war-prayer): When you have prayed for victory you have prayed for many unmentioned results which follow victory-must follow it, cannot help but follow it. Upon the listening spirit of God the Father fell also the unspoken part of the prayer. He commandeth me to put it into words. Listen! “O Lord our Father, our young patriots, idols of our hearts, go forth to battle-be Thou near them! With them, in spirit, we also go forth from the sweet peace of our beloved firesides to smite the foe. O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead; help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain; help us to lay waste their humble homes with a hurricane of fire; help us to wring the hearts of their unoffending widows with unavailing grief; help us to turn them out roofless with their little children to wander unfriended the wastes of their desolated land in rags and hunger and thirst, sports of the sun flames of summer and the icy winds of winter, broken in spirit, worn with travail, imploring Thee for the refuge of the grave and denied it-for our sakes who adore Thee, Lord, blast their hopes, blight their lives, protract their bitter pilgrimage, make heavy their steps, water their way with their tears, stain the white snow with the blood of their wounded feet! We ask it, in the spirit of love, of Him Who is the Source of Love, and Who is ever-faithful refuge and friend of all that are sore beset and seek His aid with humble and contrite hearts. Amen.” (After a pause) Ye have prayed it; if ye still desire it, speak! The messenger of the Most High waits. **Pete Hegseth** : FUCK YEAH!!! USA USA USA ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3638 "2026-03-26T16:16:46Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Isn’t “Ambassador to the Shield of the Americas” a completely made-up position to a non-existent body? Yes, and yes. The Shield of the Americas did not exist until Trump announced Noem was being moved ~~to a nice farm out in the country~~ to the role. ---
**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 26, 2026, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3639 "2026-03-26T17:40:27Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > War Criminal Hegseth has some odd, sadistic, ideas about prayer. > And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3640 "2026-03-26T18:33:17Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > It’s sort of like being appointed Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, or winning the First Annual Montgomery Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence. Or Viscount St. Austell-in-the-Moor Biggleswade-Brixham. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=181) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=183)