# 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:** 248
**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:** [April 26, 2026, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4941 "2026-04-26T01:14:54Z")
“Shots fired” My bold below > [@The current second Trump administration: a compendium of horrors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/3463): > > > From NYTimes > > > > # Live Updates: Trump Rushed Out of Dinner Amid Reports of Shots Fired > > > > Secret Service officers at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, where Trump was set to speak, rushed the president out. > > > > President Trump was rushed out of the White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday night after several loud bangs were heard, and the Secret Service officers with guns drawn sprinted through the aisles to reach the president. > > > > According to the White House press pool, a group of reporters who travel with the president, **a member of the Secret Service shouted, “Shots fired.”** There was no sign the president was hit. > > > > Guests were about five minutes into the dinner hour when a commotion could be heard toward the back of the ballroom. Security officials then sprinted through the aisles toward the stage where the president was seated. Gasps were heard and then hundreds of attendees dropped under their seats at their tables. > > > > Security officials with weapons drawn emerged on the dais as the president and the first lady, Melania Trump, were quickly escorted out. > > Not a gift link: > [https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/25/us/trump-correspondents-dinner-shooting?searchResultPosition=1#heres-the-latest](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/25/us/trump-correspondents-dinner-shooting?searchResultPosition=1#heres-the-latest) ---
**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 26, 2026, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4942 "2026-04-26T01:16:17Z")
“Reports” of shots fired. If someone actually got a firearm into the WHCD then the Secret Service is more incompetent than I thought. I’m more inclined to believe they staged the whole thing to avoid letting him embarass himself on live TV while he’s sundowning. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2026, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4943 "2026-04-26T01:24:50Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I’m more inclined to believe they staged the whole thing to avoid letting him embarass himself on live TV while he’s sundowning. That would not surprise me. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2026, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4944 "2026-04-26T01:28:27Z")
Nor me. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2026, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4945 "2026-04-26T01:28:50Z")
Man, the Parallax Corporation is losing its touch… ---
**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:** [April 26, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4946 "2026-04-26T01:56:06Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > If someone actually got a firearm into the WHCD then the Secret Service is more incompetent than I thought. Reports are still coming in, but what I had heard on MSNow is that eyewitnesses (journalists who were at the event) were saying that they thought the shots were being fired from outside the ballroom itself, at the metal detectors. From AP coverage: > [@](#): > > Authorities said the incident occurred outside the ballroom where Trump and other guests were seated. > **[Live updates: Trump uninjured after security incident at White House...](https://apnews.com/live/trump-shooting-correspondents-dinner)** > > President Donald Trump is uninjured after being evacuated following a shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. ---
**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 26, 2026, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4947 "2026-04-26T02:04:12Z")
_My apologies for not creating a WHC dinner thread as I intended. For the past week, VPNs around the world evidently have been iffy at best. Owing to my locale, such a thinng is required to keep up with news. And, yes, that’s why I haven’t posted in this thread for the past week._ ---
**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:** [April 26, 2026, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4948 "2026-04-26T02:25:58Z")
No problem. We certainly already have plenty of threads to cover every time Donnie blows his nose. Tonight will turn out to be a tempest in a teapot. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4949 "2026-04-26T02:27:30Z")
@Monty, you do such an amazing job of keeping us updated regularly on what’s going on with this clusterfuck. Please don’t beat yourself up over what you _can’t_ get done. 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 26, 2026, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4950 "2026-04-26T02:35:05Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I’m more inclined to believe they staged the whole thing to avoid letting him embarass himself on live TV while he’s sundowning. This was my very first thought. He was going to completely shit the bed. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4951 "2026-04-26T02:59:44Z")
While a pile of steaming bullshit. Bullets just seem to conveniently fly around Trump right when he needs a PR boost. Now all we’re gonna hear about is how much he needs the world class security of a WH ballroom because he’s in so much fucking danger. What a fucking nutsack. ---
**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 26, 2026, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4952 "2026-04-26T03:12:45Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Now all we’re gonna hear about is how much he needs the world class security of a WH ballroom because he’s in so much fucking danger Hot dog, we have a wiener! > ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4953 "2026-04-26T03:17:51Z")
It’s almost like someone scripted the whole thing. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2026, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4954 "2026-04-26T03:21:06Z")
I’m just surprised he did not have a ketchup packet at the ready to slap on his other ear. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4955 "2026-04-26T03:27:55Z")
So here’s the alleged shooter [![](https://wgme.com/resources/media2/16x9/1170/986/0x110/90/343af08d-9cee-4622-b8d2-ef5ee9ea44db-SuspectapprehendedinshootingatWhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinnerApril252026TrumpsTruthSocial.jpg) ](https://wgme.com/resources/media2/16x9/1170/986/0x110/90/343af08d-9cee-4622-b8d2-ef5ee9ea44db-SuspectapprehendedinshootingatWhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinnerApril252026TrumpsTruthSocial.jpg) You’re telling me a shirtless man with a gun can get access to a hotel when the president, vice president, secstate and secdef are present, while we’re at war with Iran? Come on, this is such a fucking joke ---
**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:** [April 26, 2026, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4956 "2026-04-26T03:41:50Z")
Watchig Trump giving his speech I could see that he was loving every moment of it, and loved the opportunity to talk about how great he is and how much he needs his ballroom/secret headquarters finished so that this won’t happen again. They were all so ready to go into action and seemed ready for this, so it’s very hard for me to believe that this wasn’t some kind of set-up. If it isn’t, Trump is the master of taking advantage of the unexpected situation. It’s easier to believe that this was pre-arranged. They’re too damned sure the shooter is a “lone wolf”, and no one else is involved, and the situation is completely taken care of. Mix that in with this being the first Correspondent’s dinner he’s attended in years (and he knew attention would be on this event), and it’s very hard not to be suspicious. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4957 "2026-04-26T03:43:15Z")
I look forward to seeing evidence of actual live ammo being fired, like a bullet hole in a wall. Call me Doubting Thomas, I guess. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2026, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4958 "2026-04-26T04:16:58Z")
Careful what you wish for, the suspect appears to still be bullet hole 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 26, 2026, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4959 "2026-04-26T04:19:54Z")
Okay, the real question, or should I say, The REAL!!! & ABSOLUTELY NOT FAKE NEWS!!! QUESTION is: Did this happen before Rip van Simple started his planned "humor’ routine? ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/4960 "2026-04-26T04:20:30Z")
Ok, Trump. Go through the proper channels to get your ballroom built. It shouldn’t be a problem since you control all three branches of government, right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=247) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=249)