# 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:** 240
**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:** [April 19, 2026, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4781 "2026-04-19T12:52:51Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Jeremy Hanson, our Canadian astronaut, responded in halting French, but really. I’m a little tired of everything in Canada having to be in French. The Guardian has a very different take on that answer: they find it great. Read for yourself: > **[Canadian astronaut’s bon mots help heal wounds from French language row](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/19/artemis-astronaut-jeremy-hansen-french-canada)** > > Jeremy Hansen praised for speaking French in space after Air Canada chief’s linguistic snub exposed tensions and drew rebuke from PM ETA: Is it funny or dumb that what the astronaut said was not a _bon mot_? ---
**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:** [April 19, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4782 "2026-04-19T14:07:38Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > ETA: Is it funny or dumb that what the astronaut said was not a _bon mot_? Maybe a bit of both. But, dammit, even Canada’s linguistic gaffes are classier than America’s. We get stupidity like the “Ch~ in the Armor” headline a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4783 "2026-04-19T14:58:17Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > In fact, I remember spending a weekend with a family in Quebec as sort of a half-assed exchange program, and they didn’t speak English at all. That was a trip. Luckily, it was two for two thing, and the other person I was there with from my school spoke passable French, otherwise I may as well had been on Mars. You would have eventually learned French well enough to report to the police that you were being used as slave labor to produce wine. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/79BjxQh6Xp0/maxresdefault.jpg "Bart Speaks French | S01E11 - Crepes of Wrath | The Simpsons Scene") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79BjxQh6Xp0) ---
**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:** [April 19, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4784 "2026-04-19T15:44:43Z")
I like that you use the word _ **gaffe** _ here, which is French. And the best gaffe is **[Gaston Lagaffe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston_(comics)#Gaston_Lagaffe)**, of course (by **[André Franquin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Franquin)**, a genius). But enough of this _[haute-Jacques](http://misscecilou.m.i.pic.centerblog.net/4e330b72.gif)_! ---
**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:** [April 19, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4785 "2026-04-19T15:47:44Z")
Someone mentioned above an acquaintance who says they voted for the felon to be their president, not their pastor. [Guess what.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-read-bible-verse-oval-040155417.html) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump will participate in a public Bible reading this week as the administration continues to integrate religion, particularly Christianity, into official business. > > “On April 21, President Trump is scheduled to read Scripture via video message from the Oval Office during the 6 p.m. EST hour,” a press release from organizers reads. The event is called “America Reads The Bible.” > > Trump’s participation in the [weeklong reading](https://www.americareadsthebible.com/about) is particularly notable given his recent [feud with Pope Leo](https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/17/americas/trump-pope-us-vatican-iran-war-intl?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo) over the Iran conflict and the backlash he received earlier this week for posting – and then deleting – an [AI-generated image depicting himself as Jesus.](https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/13/politics/trump-jesus-post-pope-feud?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo) > > In the video message, Trump, according to organizers, will read a passage from 2 Chronicles 7:11-22, which includes the frequently quoted verse 14: “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” I’m surprised he’s not reading a note from those two guys from Corinth, that town upstate from the Big Apple. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4786 "2026-04-19T17:23:26Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > This doesn’t make sense even using Kegsbreath-logic. Why would “the Jews” promulgate a story that would lead to the US populace clamoring to bring the troops home? Bigot-reasoning typically works backward. The Jews are at fault because they are the Jews, so you blame the Jews first _then_ figure out a reason why they’d do it. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2026, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4787 "2026-04-19T17:36:17Z")
Although there is practically no doubt that Kegsbreath is an anti-Semite, the reference in particular is to the Pharisees, which were sect of Jews that appear as antagonists in Gospels and characterized as hypocritical. So the phrase in particular is to mean essentially fake news that is against real Christian worship of Trump. > [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > I like that you use the word _ **gaffe** _ here, which is French. And the best gaffe is **[Gaston Lagaffe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston_(comics)#Gaston_Lagaffe)**, of course (by **[André Franquin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Franquin)**, a genius). I loved reading these as a kid and I have two of the albums here at home. I was not expecting to see a reference to it on here. `//i\\` ---
**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:** [April 19, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4788 "2026-04-19T21:10:15Z")
> [@icon](#): > > Although there is practically no doubt that Kegsbreath is an anti-Semite, the reference in particular is to the Pharisees, which were sect of Jews that appear as antagonists in Gospels and characterized as hypocritical. The thing is, the Pharisees were also the thelogical forebears of _all modern Jews_. Rabbinic Judaism is descended from the Pharisees. Using the term as an insult is inherently antisemitic. > **[Pharisees](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharisees)** > > The Pharisees (/ˈfærəsiːz/; Hebrew: פְּרוּשִׁים, romanized: Pərūšīm, lit. 'separated ones') were a Jewish social movement and school of thought in the Levant during the time of Second Temple Judaism. Following the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD, Pharisaic beliefs became the foundational, liturgical, and ritualistic basis for Rabbinic Judaism. Although the group no longer exists, their traditions are of great importance for the manifold Jewish religious movements. > Conflicts between Pha... > [@DesertDog](#): > > Why would “the Jews” promulgate a story that would lead to the US populace clamoring to bring the troops home? Same thing it always is in these conspiracy theories - “the Jews” are villainous schemers who hate Jesus Christ and want Christianity and “the west” to fail. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4789 "2026-04-19T21:24:37Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I grew up in northern Maine, right on the border with New Brunswick, very close to Quebec. I had friends in New Brunswick, that I met while skiing, who could barely speak English … so she wasn’t completely in left field. My brother-in-law is from Maine, and when he and my sister moved there for a few years, they visited his two aged aunts – who only spoke French. They lived in Presque Isle, also very close to the New Brunswick border. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4790 "2026-04-20T01:15:52Z")
Vance’s endorsement in the UK Premier League, Arsenal, lost to Manchester City. So they (Man City) are 3 points behind with a game in hand. So they’ll need some help to keep Vance’s picks/choices/nominees as a string of losses. I hope he chooses the Yankees to win it all. Both he and trump are radioactive to those running in the mid-terms. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4791 "2026-04-20T01:19:26Z")
Kash Patel announces the FBI will start making arrests linked to the rigged 2020 presidential election. > “I can announce on your show that we’ve got all the information we need,” said Patel. “We’re working with our prosecutors, the Department of Justice, and the Attorney General Todd Blanche, and we are going to be making arrests, and it’s coming – and I promise you, it’s coming soon.” > > Patel went on to say that he was “never going to let this go” because “they tried to thwart our elections and rigged the entire system.” > **[FBI Director says arrests ‘coming soon’ on 2020 rigged election conspiracy](https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/fbi-director-says-arrests-coming-soon-on-2020-rigged-election-conspiracy/)** > > FBI Director Kash Patel: "We have the information that backs President Trump's claim.” ---
**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:** [April 20, 2026, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4792 "2026-04-20T01:23:19Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Kash Patel announces the FBI will start making arrests linked to the rigged 2020 presidential election. Sounds like someone’s worried about getting fired and is trying to placate President Grandpa. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4793 "2026-04-20T01:24:29Z")
I want to see election riggers arrested. It’s the only way to keep trump integrity in 2026 and rigging 2020 means he automatically gets another term. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4794 "2026-04-20T01:35:48Z")
If Trump won in 2020, that means his second term ended in 2024. He can’t serve a third term, so he’d have to resign. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4795 "2026-04-20T01:36:43Z")
Ruh Roh! Sounds like you’re right: From the Independant: [White House ‘discussing’ FBI chief Patel’s future after bombshell report](https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/kash-patel-fbi-alcohol-the-atlantic-b2960412.html) - White House officials are reportedly discussing potential successors for FBI Director Kash Patel following a bombshell report by _The Atlantic._ - The report, authored by journalist Sarah Fitzpatrick, alleges that Patel exhibits excessive drinking and paranoid behaviour, causing alarm among agency officials. - Patel has vehemently denied the allegations, characterising the article as a “hit piece” and “fake news,” and has threatened legal action against _The Atlantic_ and Fitzpatrick. - Fitzpatrick has affirmed her reporting, stating she stands “by every word” and that her publication has “excellent attorneys”. - Despite the allegations, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt praised Patel’s leadership, crediting him and President Trump for a significant drop in crime rates. So the election riggers remain free. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2026, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4796 "2026-04-20T02:22:52Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > “I can announce on your show that we’ve got all the information we need,” said Patel. The problem with that statement is that it’s actually true. They don’t need and will ignore any information which contradicts their planned course of action. > [@Coriolanus](#): > > I want to see election riggers arrested. It’s the only way to keep trump integrity in 2026 and rigging 2020 means he automatically gets another term. First, the felon’s been elected twice and inaugurated twice. He’s constitutionally unable to run for office for a third term no matter what his puppets in congress and other supporters want to happen. Second, I’d dearly love to see him go the Big House (not his ballroom behemoth) for the rest of his life. If election rigging is the one that takes him down, then I’ll have to be satisfied with that even if it’s not a life sentence. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4797 "2026-04-20T04:00:31Z")
Perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4798 "2026-04-20T04:05:28Z")
Glad I’m not the only one thinking this 😵‍💫 after reading some of them. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4799 "2026-04-20T04:15:30Z")
If this dust is supposed to be keeping him awake, I think he needs a _lot_ more of it. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4800 "2026-04-20T04:34:32Z")
Sadly the bastard is far more likely to endorse Argentina than any other country (Except the U.S.) in the World Cup, thanks to our ass-licking president. We’ll have to find a way to absorb and redirect all that “mufa” if he does. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=239) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=241)