# 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:** 23
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/441 "2025-12-10T23:20:55Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > Apparently Comic Sans is one such. I had a look, and it’s true that they’re not exact mirrors, but they seem pretty close to me. Yeah, I just looked, enlarging to see detail—I don’t know, maybe the ‘circle’ part is bigger on the small b than on the small d. It’s unclear. Thanks for the response, though. As you say, maybe they appear more distinct to someone who does have dyslexia. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/442 "2025-12-10T23:26:28Z")
There is any font any way you want, **[hundred thousands](https://www.fontspace.com/)** of them. And if you are still not happy, you can tweak your own or even **[make it from scratch](https://www.fontlab.com/font-editor/fontlab/)**. I am not sure at all about the legibility of the mirror images for b and d or q and p, I have my doubts. Times New Roman is an excellent font for many uses. It was designed for the newspaper The Times (London) and one of the aims was to cram more words in a page keeping the legibility. Calibri is also a very good font. It has no serifs, the letters are more clearly separated (althoug you can adjust kerning in any text programm, so that is not really an argument, but mostly people don’t fiddle with that adjustment and then it is true by default) and I am willing to believe that it marginally improves legibility for a small subsection of society and it doesn’t bother the rest much. It does no harm. **[Here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calibri)** you can read the wikiarticle about Calibri. It ends like this: > In January 2023, the [United States Department of State](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State) retired [Times New Roman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_New_Roman) in favor of Calibri for official communications and documents due to superior readability on a computer screen, and accessibility, since its sans-serif nature would cause fewer problems in the usage of [text-to-speech](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text-to-speech) and [optical character recognition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_character_recognition) tools.[[38]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calibri#cite_note-38)[[39]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calibri#cite_note-39) In December 2025, the State Department switched back to using Times New Roman. In an internal memorandum, [Secretary of State Marco Rubio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Rubio) stated the change was intended to “restore decorum and professionalism to the department’s written work”[[40]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calibri#cite_note-40) and “abolish yet another wasteful [DEIA program](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity,_equity,_and_inclusion)”. The internal memorandum is a non sequitur. And it is not about a font, it is about spite. Fuck Rubio too. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/443 "2025-12-10T23:28:51Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > And if you are still not happy, you can tweak your own or even **[make it from scratch](https://www.fontlab.com/font-editor/fontlab/)**. Yes, I suppose some have created fonts specifically for those who are dealing with dyslexia. It’s an interesting topic. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/444 "2025-12-10T23:30:25Z")
I am am bit of a typography nerd, this makes it personal to me. The ignorance is loathsome, and they are proud of it. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/445 "2025-12-10T23:31:45Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > The ignorance is loathsome, and they are proud of it. A good general descriptor for the Regime, really. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2025, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/446 "2025-12-10T23:53:52Z")
Truly. “Because we can,” is another. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/447 "2025-12-11T01:12:39Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Too bad. Donald needs a war! I don’t think starting one will produce the rah-rah-rally-round-the-flag effect it did for Dubya. Nobody seriously believes “Venezwayler” is a threat to the US. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/448 "2025-12-11T01:32:22Z")
$45 million to the Taliban?! What the hell? > **[Trump admin sending Taliban $45M sparks Republican backlash](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-criticized-funding-taliban-afghanistan-11182133)** > > The funding was reportedly sent in cash on Monday, despite ongoing concerns about the Taliban in Afghanistan. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/449 "2025-12-11T01:54:01Z")
I hate that I laughed. This might be the first ever thing I’ve agreed with Vance about and people taking the statement to literally mean banning those numbers clearly don’t live with pre-teens! My son made a 6-7 Christmas ornament. He spots it everywhere, makes up stupid math riddles to get us to say the numbers, it’s constant and everywhere. I’m ready for the meme to die, already, which probably means it’s here to stay and I’ll be saying it soon. ---
**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)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/450 "2025-12-11T01:55:10Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > which probably means it’s here to stay and I’ll be saying it soon. **6-7.** In other news… [US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-threatens-new-icc-sanctions-unless-court-pledges-not-prosecute-trump-2025-12-10/) > WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, a Trump administration official said, threatening new U.S. sanctions on the court if it did not. > > If the court does not act on this U.S. demand and two others - dropping investigations of Israeli leaders over the Gaza war and formally ending an earlier probe of U.S. troops over their actions in Afghanistan - Washington may penalize more ICC officials and could sanction the court itself, the official said. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/451 "2025-12-11T01:57:31Z")
**4-1** Which is, apparently, also a _thing_ and this tired and annoyed mom just wants to _yeet it into oblivion, no cap_. ---
**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)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/452 "2025-12-11T01:58:33Z")
**10-4.** ---
**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:** [December 11, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/453 "2025-12-11T02:06:08Z")
Gosh, 6-7, 4-1, 10-4? I feel like I’m at the racetrack, looking at the tote board. (Hey, I hit a nice exacta earlier today, so I’m in a racing kind of mood.) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/454 "2025-12-11T02:11:33Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > I’m ready for the meme to die Or as the cool kids say, to **23 skidoo**. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/455 "2025-12-11T02:28:09Z")
Just as long as **88** doesn’t go mainstream. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/456 "2025-12-11T02:39:51Z")
I would absolutely shut that one down. For the rest, while I am annoyed, it’s also pretty funny to just yell back random numbers or to try to do the 6-7 hand motion in the worst, uncool mom kind of way, or to badger him with fake explanations of what I think it means. It’s just part of having kids. I get Rick Rolled a couple of times a week, I join in on commenting about sweats and who’s cooking when he plays Fortnite, I think I’m actually saying “no cap” sarcastically too much and it’s becoming part of my vocabulary. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/457 "2025-12-11T04:08:09Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Just as long as **88** doesn’t go mainstream. So you’d 86 it? ---
**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:** [December 11, 2025, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/458 "2025-12-11T04:22:19Z")
Amusing anecdote; back when I was a manager at a Jack in the Box, one of my shift managers was telling me about an incident the previous night when he had kicked out a belligerent drunk. He meant to tell me he 86ed the guy after the guy had called him a homophobic slur, but forgot the number he meant to say, and told me, and I quote, “He called me a faggot, so I 69ed him”. I was fortunately able to restrain myself from laughing long enough to tell him that I didn’t think that was what he meant to say. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/459 "2025-12-11T04:48:23Z")
I was told there would be no math. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/460 "2025-12-11T05:30:39Z")
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