# 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:** 188
**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 30, 2026, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3741 "2026-03-30T11:23:36Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “They have to open the Strait of Trump” Did I call it, or what? My post from March 26: > [@How has the disgraced, CONVICTED FELON, former but once again President Trump pissed you off today? (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/4178): > > I’m waiting for Trump to declare that it’s no longer the Strait of Hormuz, but the Strait of Trump. “Who is this guy “Hormuz”, anyway? Why does he deserve to be honored? How many wars did he stop?” ---
**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 30, 2026, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3742 "2026-03-30T11:28:06Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I went with Winchester Mystery House because it has stairs leading nowhere and its construction was ordered by an insane person. Mrs Winchester believed that if she ceased construction on the house, she would die. So continuing to add to it indefinitely was her bid for immortality. It didn’t work out. So there’s hope… ---
**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 30, 2026, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3743 "2026-03-30T11:43:01Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > It’s all over the country; just google things like “Native Americans” + Illegals or “Native Americans” + ICE. This is about ethnic cleansing, not immigration; and Native Americans predictably are one of the groups targeted. > > In ten, twenty years I expect there won’t be anybody left in American territory except white Christians and corpses. Only _certain_ white Christians. We Latter-day Saints will not be among the chosen. ---
**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 30, 2026, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3744 "2026-03-30T12:32:41Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Mrs Winchester believed that if she ceased construction on the house, she would die. So continuing to add to it indefinitely was her bid for immortality. It didn’t work out. So there’s hope… Much as I hate to confront an appealing and whacko story, I have to point out that Joe Nickell and other “paranormal” investigators have debunked this myth, or at least thrown some cold water on it. > The belief that Winchester built her house in its strange, maze-like manner to confuse and keep spirits from harming her and that her sanity was questionable started in the mid-1890s and has grown in scale since her death.[[5]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House#cite_note-Ghostland-5)[[4]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House#cite_note-CaptiveIntro-4)[[14]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House#cite_note-Chronicles-14) The doors and windows that open to nothing, the unusually shallow stairs, the stairs that end in a ceiling, interior barred windows and trap doors in the floor are used to confirm Winchester’s spirituality and poor state of mind.[[14]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House#cite_note-Chronicles-14) According to paranormal investigators Nickell and Ignoffo these house oddities have simple explanations. The barred windows were previously exterior windows blocked off as the house additions grew. The doors and windows that opened to nothing resulted from the 1906 earthquake and the severe damage that happened to the house.[[18]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House#cite_note-CaptiveChapter8-18)[[14]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House#cite_note-Chronicles-14)[[4]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House#cite_note-CaptiveIntro-4) The small steps were built because of Winchester’s declining health.[[10]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House#cite_note-SINickell1-10) The trap doors were constructed in a greenhouse room where excess water could run and be piped to an outdoor garden.[[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House#cite_note-Chronicles-14) > In the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), when it added the Winchester home to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981, they incorrectly stated that the construction lasted 38 years, and reiterated that Winchester believed she must continue building or she would die. HABS also incorrectly listed the purchase date as 1884 when county records state the purchase was not until 1886.[[8]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House#cite_note-CaptivePreface-8) > > There were some articles published against the superstitious slant. In one, an unidentified acquaintance refuted these superstitious accusations, stating that they were nonsense and that Winchester was an unusually sensible woman.[[5]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House#cite_note-Ghostland-5)[[18]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House#cite_note-CaptiveChapter8-18) > **[Winchester Mystery House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House)** > > The Winchester Mystery House is a mansion in San Jose, California, that was once the personal residence of Sarah Winchester, the widow of firearms magnate William Wirt Winchester. The house became a tourist attraction nine months after Winchester's death in 1922. The Victorian and Gothic-style mansion is renowned for its size and its architectural curiosities and for the numerous myths and legends surrounding the structure and its former owner. > Sarah Winchester was born in 1839 in New Haven, ... ---
**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 30, 2026, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3745 "2026-03-30T12:35:19Z")
Trump has his priorities straight: > President [Donald Trump](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/donald-trump) on Sunday night broke out some props as he spoke with reporters on Air Force One about one of his biggest obsessions. > > With the [war in Iran](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/iran-war) passing the one-month mark, the stock market plunging into [correction](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-stocks-fall-oil-prices-rise-wall-street-stumbles-toward-fifth-straight-losing-week_n_69c6889ae4b09f8e005111f2) territory, [gas prices](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/comparing-gas-prices-today-trump-war_n_69c3f2b4e4b0e447525b5916) soaring by $1 a gallon or more over the past month, and the partial [shutdown](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/government-shutdowns-in-the-united-states) of the federal government entering its seventh week, the president showed off oversized renderings of the ballroom he is trying to have built at the White House. > > “This is a view of the columns as they are going to be made, they’re gonna be hand-carved, isn’t that beautiful? Top of the line,” Trump said as he displayed the image below. “They’ll be Corinthian, which is considered the best, most beautiful, by far.” It’s too bad we don’t have Ricardo Montalban to say it anymore : “Rich _Corinthian_ columns!” > **['Out Of Touch With Reality': Trump's Brazen New Rant Leaves Critics 'Sickened'](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-ballroom-props_n_69c9f6dfe4b06be0a308db01?origin=home-latest-news-unit)** > > With the nation at war and facing multiple crises at once, the president spoke about his plans for a giant ballroom -- complete with props. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3746 "2026-03-30T12:37:01Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > [Now the felon wants to yank birthright citizenship from Native Americans.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/looking-limit-birthright-citizenship-trump-090041000.html) > [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Elk v. Wilkins was made moot by the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 I think that they aren’t trying to remove Native American citizenship (even this SCOTUS would slap that down, based on the 1924 law). They are citing it as precedent birth on US soil doesn’t make one a citizen if the parents have another allegiance. I don’t agree, but the argument isn’t without merit (and _stare decisis_ is important to this Court when it supports their and/or Trump’s desired outcome). ---
**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 30, 2026, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3747 "2026-03-30T12:49:17Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Evidently, the program has decided I have a rapper name. It scans my face, then says, “Welcome, ‘Em Cee’ Monty!” Among my list of bad rap names is MC LIX. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3748 "2026-03-30T13:37:52Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > but I’m not as sympathetic towards him as perhaps I should be, and for that I do feel a little sad. It’s a little known fact that one of the reasons the Nazis started using things like gas chambers to kill people was that just shooting them caused a lot of stress for the Nazis doing the shootings. Yeah, it turns out that being a weapons grade asshole is stressful, so no, I’m not sympathetic at all towards these people. Fuck them. ---
**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 30, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3749 "2026-03-30T16:54:35Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Among my list of bad rap names is MC LIX. When I was a little kid, and first reading, I’d see the Roman numerals for the publication date in some of my books, and thought it was someone’s name or something. In the process, I’d amuse my parents when I tried to pronounce MCMLXVI or whatever (“Mick Mil Icks Vee”). ---
**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 30, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3750 "2026-03-30T17:00:28Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Trump is just a fuck-up. This cannot be stated too often. > [@Monty](#): > > Only _certain_ white Christians. We Latter-day Saints will not be among the chosen. [Paging Emo Phillips.](https://youtu.be/l3fAcxcxoZ8) ---
**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 30, 2026, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3751 "2026-03-30T18:02:57Z")
Okay. 👍🏽 ---
**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 30, 2026, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3752 "2026-03-30T18:58:53Z")
Trump’s approval rating has dropped to 33%. > **[First Draft: Are These Trump's Worst Poll Numbers... Ever?](https://zeteo.com/p/are-these-trumps-worst-poll-numbers-first-draft)** > > EXCLUSIVE: A new poll shared with Zeteo shows Trump’s approval rating falling to 33%, and widespread opposition to the war in Iran. Plus, AOC is hitting back against her critics on the left. ---
**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 30, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3753 "2026-03-30T19:13:01Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Trump’s approval rating has dropped to 33%. In one poll, at least. ---
**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 30, 2026, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3754 "2026-03-30T19:24:12Z")
That’s certainly a low point for a single poll. At least for the last while. Nate Silver’s poll aggregate now has Trump at 39.7% approval, 17.4% underwater, lowest of this term. On the economy, he has him at 36.8% approval, again lowest of this term (and trending down) ---
**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 31, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3755 "2026-03-31T02:19:39Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Trump is just a fuck-up. > [@DesertDog](#): > > This cannot be stated too often. 45 was not an unknown quantity when got his 47 with 77 million votes, winning the popular vote and Electoral College. This also cannot be stated too often. ---
**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 31, 2026, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3756 "2026-03-31T02:39:02Z")
Trump is once again posting AI- generated renderings of buildings that will never exist, this time a “Trump Library” comprising a megaskyscraper right near the shore in what I assume is supposed to be Florida, with Air Force One parked in the lobby, golden statues, fighter planes, and a 1:1 replica of the White House, ballroom included. > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3micvu7zlzs2q)** > > having a normal one ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3757 "2026-03-31T02:52:45Z")
I loved the big gold Trump triumphantly raising hand after near assassination portion. Wouldn’t the world be a lot different if that day didn’t go how it went? And I’m strictly talking about how it would’ve gone if assassin wasn’t there, not that he killed him. It is a big deal to his believers. Can I muse if he was assassinated? ---
**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 31, 2026, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3758 "2026-03-31T06:27:21Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > 45 was not an unknown quantity when got his 47 with 77 million votes, winning the popular vote and Electoral College. People voting for him in 2016 I can sort of forgive. He is, after all, a consummate con-man. People voting for him in 2020 do not get that pass. They had four years to figure out what he was and what he’d like to do. That they were indifferent or – worse – enthusiastic makes my gorge rise. People voting for him in 2024, with a plurality his best showing, can go fuck themselves with a rusty hacksaw blade. They had eight years to figure it out, plus J6, plus an additional four years of listening to him whinge bullshit about stolen elections. ---
**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 31, 2026, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3759 "2026-03-31T06:54:14Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Trump is just a fuck-up. And a convicted felon. [And now an actual war criminal.](https://www.aol.com/articles/karoline-leavitt-fires-back-nbc-210027528.html) > [@](#): > > Press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended President Donald Trump’s latest threat to Iran during Monday’s press briefing after NBC [White House](https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/executive/white-house) correspondent Garrett Haake asked if “potential war crimes” were on the table. > > Earlier in the day, Trump posted on Truth Social when he declared a variety of [Iranian targets](https://www.aol.com/news/tanvi-ratna-one-war-trump-190205787.html) would be completely obliterated if the Hormuz Strait is not immediately opened. Haake asked about the message, asking if the president was suggesting hitting civilian infrastructure. > > “The president posted this morning about his threat that on leaving Iran he said, ‘Blowing up and completely obliterating all of their electric generating plants, oil wells, hard island, and possibly all desalination plants,’” Haake said. > > “Under international law, striking civilian infrastructure like that is generally prohibited,” he continued. “Why is the president threatening what would amount to potentially a war crime with the US military? And how do you square that with the administration repeatedly saying that the US does not target civilians?” > > The press secretary quickly responded, “Look, the President has made it quite clear to the Iranian regime at this moment in time, as evidenced by the statement that you just read, that their best move is to make a deal, or else the United States Armed Forces has capabilities beyond their wildest imagination and the president is not afraid to use them.” Typical bully nonsense. _Don’t make me hit you._ In this case, it’s _Don’t make me kill your noncombatants_. [He forgot to rename Tallahassee.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/desantis-signature-trump-airport-renaming-225113459.html) > [@](#): > > TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Travelers in Palm Beach soon will be able to drive down President Donald J. Trump Boulevard to catch a flight at President Donald J. Trump International Airport, all in the shadow of nearby Mar-a-Lago, owned by President Donald J. Trump. > > Gov. Ron DeSantis quietly signed legislation Monday renaming Palm Beach International Airport after the Republican president, carving into law what will eventually be a massive — and costly — rebranding to honor Trump. > > State Republicans fought for the name change during Florida’s regular lawmaking session, contending it would be a fitting way to recognize Trump as the first president who resides in Florida — and who often holds court with world dignitaries at his “winter White House.” Democrats, though, criticized the idea as they oppose Trump’s policies and questioned the potential price of the move, something still undecided by the Legislature. > > Despite DeSantis signing the bill with little fanfare as of Monday evening, Florida Republicans were quick to celebrate. The state GOP [heralded the move](https://x.com/FloridaGOP/status/2038729762542158068) as a “landmark tribute” for the president, while his son, Eric Trump, [thanked Desantis](https://x.com/EricTrump/status/2038733856417747089), Attorney General James Uthmeier, the Florida House and bill sponsor state Rep. Meg Weinberger (R-Palm Beach Gardens) for making it happen. > > Democrats reacted to the new law by again slamming Republicans over the millions of dollars Florida is expected to pour into the newly named airport. I think North Korea hasn’t named as many places after their own idol as today’s pubbies have for the felon. But, hey, today’s [_Wizard of Id_](https://www.arcamax.com/thefunnies/wizardofid/) is on point. [Is taco good or bad for your health; if only there were a competent Surgeon General of the US to ask.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-suggests-getting-ready-throw-123329064.html) (The formatting is from the original.) > [@](#): > > President **Donald Trump** suggested, late Sunday, that he is getting ready to move on from **Casey Means** — his Surgeon General nominee — amid heavy criticism of her qualifications. > > Speaking with reporters on board Air Force One, the president opened the door to pulling Means’s nomination. > > “Are you considering withdrawing Casey Means for Surgeon General and nominating someone else?” A reporter asked. > > “Well, we’re looking at a lot of different things,” Trump said. “I don’t know how she’s doing in the nomination process. I’m more focused on Iran. But, you know, something like that would be possible. We certainly have a lot of great candidates for that job.” > > Earlier Sunday, Dr. **Jerome Adams** — who served as Surgeon General during Trump’s first term — [came out strongly against Means](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-former-surgeon-general-rips-170039199.html) and her credentials. [Speaking with the _Washington Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/03/29/trump-surgeon-general-means-adams/), Adams called out the fact that Means allowed her physician’s license to lapse and opted to become a wellness influencer. > > “The irony would be the nation’s doctor wouldn’t even be in the corps as a doctor,” Adams said. ---
**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 31, 2026, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/3760 "2026-03-31T07:28:53Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > People voting for him in 2016 I can sort of forgive. He is, after all, a consummate con-man. I guess that’s a reasonable if not charitable view to take. It’s not mine. Without the 64mil of 2016 you don’t get the 77mil of 2024. In my view the adherents and boosters of 2016 are the prime enablers of this clusterfuck who gave it credence and _“Let all the poison that lurks in the mud, hatch out”._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=187) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=189)