# 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:** 258
**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:** [May 5, 2026, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5141 "2026-05-05T00:30:18Z")
[Yep, Killer Kennedy is a birdbrain.](https://www.aol.com/articles/rfk-jr-clutches-live-bird-170418492.html) > [@](#): > > [Robert F. Kennedy Jr.](https://people.com/tag/robert-kennedy/) posted [a photo](https://www.instagram.com/p/DX4_oBdkbCc/) of himself with a bird clenched in his right hand following what he described as a “rescue at Dulles!” > > The bird he is holding in the photo is a European starling, an invasive species in North America. > > Kennedy, 72, did not expand on the nature of the rescue on Sunday, May 3, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The agency that oversees Dulles Airport had no further details to share about the bird’s capture. I believe he’s already named the critter _Lunch_. [May the Farce Be With You!](https://www.aol.com/articles/white-house-posts-photo-trump-183240759.html) > [@](#): > > The White House is celebrating[_Star Wars_](https://ew.com/star-wars-fandom/)Day with an unusual social media post. > > On Monday May 4, which has become known as [_Star Wars_](https://ew.com/gallery/star-wars-day-may-4th-be-you/)[Day](https://ew.com/gallery/star-wars-day-may-4th-be-you/), riffing on the quote “May the Force be with you,” the White House shared an edited image of[President Donald Trump](https://ew.com/person/donald-trump/) as the Mandalorian with Grogu in tow. > > Trump holds an American flag in one hand, that notably has only 11 red and white stripes as opposed to 13. In the other, he holds the Mandalorian helmet — which any fan will tell you that being bare-faced is against the Mandalorian code. > > “In a galaxy that demands strength - America stands ready,” [the White House wrote on X](https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2051321953022042350?s=20). “This is the way. May the 4th be with you.” I do like a bit of the reaction against this. (Same link) > [@](#): > > _Star Wars_ fans spoke out online, seemingly shocked by the photoshopped image. “Using _Star Wars_ quotes to talk about military strength feels a little bit dystopian if we are being honest,” one [user commented on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/DX6_I0Tlvp8/c/18114824653749466/?hl=en). “Please tell me there will be a lawsuit,” [another said of using](https://www.instagram.com/p/DX6_I0Tlvp8/c/18115644334688730/?hl=en)[_Star Wars_](https://www.instagram.com/p/DX6_I0Tlvp8/c/18115644334688730/?hl=en)[’ IP](https://www.instagram.com/p/DX6_I0Tlvp8/c/18115644334688730/?hl=en). > > “This has caused a major disturbance in the force today. Yikes,” [someone else chimed in](https://www.instagram.com/p/DX6_I0Tlvp8/c/17893103601329746/?hl=en), summing up the general feeling online. [Want to study art? No ~~soup~~ loans for you!](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-wants-cut-federal-loans-094900910.html) [quote]Colleges and universities may soon have to give students a blunt warning: some of their [programs might not pay off.](https://fortune.com/2026/01/11/college-grads-admit-degrees-not-financially-worth-it-research-cant-save-for-retirement-or-first-house-drowning-in-debt-student-loans/) Earlier this month, the Department of Education [proposed a new rule](https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-issues-proposed-rule-hold-colleges-and-universities-accountable-low-earning-outcomes) that would cut off [federal student loan](https://fortune.com/2026/03/20/scott-bessent-treasury-department-student-debt-loans-management/) access to college programs whose students earn too little after they graduate. For undergraduate programs, those diploma holders would generally need to earn at least as much as young workers with only a high school degree. For graduate programs, graduates would need to beat a benchmark based on workers with only a bachelor’s degree. In certain cases, programs that fall short could also lose access to Pell Grants. The programs most at risk vary widely and span both traditional four-year colleges and more technical, career-focused institutions. Some are short-term certificate programs, including cosmetology and other vocational training fields. Others are degree programs in areas where graduates often earn less early in their careers, such as music, fine and studio arts, and certain health-related fields. [/quote] [Restaurants now join grocery stores as places the felon and his flacks believe require ID to enter.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/talking-trumps-acting-ags-crazy-061336897.html) > [@](#): > > Acting Attorney General [Todd Blanche](https://www.huffpost.com/topic/todd-blanche) left people scratching their heads on Sunday after cooking up a new defense of voter ID restrictions during a “Meet the Press” interview. > > “Like every time you walk into a restaurant or a club, you have to show your ID. How about you have to show your ID to vote?” he told [Kristen Welker](https://www.huffpost.com/topic/kristen-welker). “That’s not anything that’s crazy. And that’s what we should be talking about.” > > Welker [did not](https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/transcripts/meet-press-may-3-2026-rcna343322) follow up on that. [Do you suppose every time he passes by this photo, he grabs it by the…?](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/president-trump-appears-portrait-jackie-025059714.html) > [@](#): > > During the [royal state visit last week](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a71087340/king-charles-queen-camilla-state-visit-america-2026-photos/), President Trump revealed new decor in the Oval Office. Spotted amid gilded accents, an extravagant display of trophies, and a number of paintings of founding fathers and other male politicians is a small portrait of First Lady Jackie Kennedy. (It can be seen over King Charles’s right shoulder in the above photograph of a bilateral meeting in the Oval.) > > The portrait appears to be to be a scaled down replica of the famous oil on canvas painting of Jackie Kennedy done by artist Aaron Shikler. The original historically hangs in the Vermeil Room at the White House. [After firing all his workmates, of course he has to drag his mate to his work.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/isolated-pentagon-pete-brings-wife-201745670.html) > [@](#): > > Self-styled “Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth has found himself increasingly isolated at the Pentagon and has begun bringing his wife to work with him, a new report says. > > Hegseth, who was grilled by Congress this week over the [eye-wateringly expensive](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pentagon-pete-hearing-descends-chaos-043609631.html) and [opaquely executed war](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-goons-caught-covering-massive-180231771.html) in Iran, has engaged in [a series of high-profile firings](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/insiders-spill-untouchable-pentagon-pete-205535056.html) at the top of the military, drawing the ire of [both Democrats](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/flailing-pentagon-pete-melts-down-112717133.html) and [Republicans](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-petty-troop-withdrawal-freaks-011156822.html), and leaving him short-staffed at the top. > > He appears to be filling the gaps with his third wife, Jennifer Rauchet, a former Fox News producer, who has been spotted around the office, [The Guardian reported](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/03/pentagon-pete-hegseth-us-military). > > “Pentagon staff have been surprised to see him accompanied to official meetings by his wife, Jennifer, a former Fox News producer who frequently sits at the back during such encounters,” the report said. [Cruella de Vile’s replacement can’t explain why de Vile is still squating off the military.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/kristi-noem-replacement-grilled-why-122438631.html) > [@](#): > > [Kristi Noem’s](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/kristi-noem-her-husband-racked-155826754.html)replacement at the Department of Homeland Security is facing new questions over his predecessor’s [controversial living arrangements](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/kristi-noem-continues-live-coast-133221486.html). ​ > > [Noem](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/kristi-noem-blindsided-cross-dressing-190023045.html), who was [ousted as DHS secretary in March](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-fires-kristi-noem-homeland-185001636.html), is reportedly still occupying a[taxpayer-funded U.S. Coast Guard home](https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/kristi-noem-military-house-fired-coast-guard-dhs-b2964483.html) in Washington, D.C.​ > > On May 1, Democratic Representative Robert Garcia sent a [letter](https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/imo/media/doc/20260501garciatodhsrecoastguardquarters1.pdf) to [DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/noem-replacement-draws-outrage-over-210027947.html) over Noem’s continued occupancy of the waterfront property. > > ​“Kristi Noem got fired in March and she is still living rent-free in a government home that belongs to the Coast Guard,” Garcia said in a [statement](https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/ranking-member-robert-garcia-demands-answers-on-noem-living-rent-free-in-taxpayer-funded-home-after-being-fired), accompanying the letter. “The Trump Administration can’t explain why, nor do they seem to care.” ---
**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:** [May 5, 2026, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5142 "2026-05-05T00:38:27Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > An analysis of Trump’s posting habits indicates that he only sleeps about 3 hours a night on average Explains why he nods off during things not important to him like trials, meetings with foreign dignitaries, and daily briefings. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2026, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5143 "2026-05-05T00:57:17Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > > “They did a poll on the war with Iran and they said only 32% of people like it. Well, I don’t like it.” He doesn’t get that the poll is asking people to score **HIM** and **HIS PERFORMANCE**. His utter lack of self-awareness continues to astound. You’d think we’d be used to it by now. 🤦🏽 ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5144 "2026-05-05T00:58:48Z")
Oh, he’s very much aware of himself. It’s other entities that fail to register. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2026, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5145 "2026-05-05T01:06:02Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Oh, he’s very much aware of himself. It’s other entities that fail to register Exactly like every other infant who’s ever existed. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5146 "2026-05-05T04:25:05Z")
Well, he got prevented by the courts for his last attempt to stop air farms. This time if the cite “security concerns” it sounds more important, and may slip through the courts. He never really gives up on his petty vengeance campaigns. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2026, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5147 "2026-05-05T05:04:10Z")
Aren’t those the only kind he has? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5148 "2026-05-05T06:31:00Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “Some people would say that’s a curtain, under that curtain is a window. Outside of that window is the new ballroom. So I said I’ll leave, I’ll get out of here, and if you guys want to see a beautiful structure going up, complex, safe, things that could never happen like happened a week ago, that was a bad situation. You can’t have 1,000 units over the ballroom with an entrance right next to where you are for a lot of reasons, so if you want, we’re going to open that up.” Most of his stream of consciousness ramblings I can kind of almost follow what he is randomly referencing, but what is this “_1,000 units over the ballroom with an entrance right next to where you are_” thing? ---
**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:** [May 5, 2026, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5149 "2026-05-05T06:36:26Z")
I think he was talking about the WHC Dinner, at the Hilton Hotel, where there would have been 1000 hotel rooms above the event ballroom. I don’t know how many rooms above the ballroom there actually are, or about entrances and exits to the room, but he seems to me to be saying that “This is why we need a White House ballroom, because it wouldn’t be a hotel.” What “we’re going to open that up” means, is anybody’s guess. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2026, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5150 "2026-05-05T07:42:47Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > what is this “_1,000 units_ C’mon. You already know the answer to that. 😉 “1,000 units” is “1,000 Trumps”. What else could it be? ---
**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:** [May 5, 2026, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5151 "2026-05-05T17:31:49Z")
Trump held a grip-and-grin presser in the Oval today with a bunch of kids around him. Hoo boy, was he in rare form or what? > **[Aaron Rupar (@aaron.rupar) on Threads](https://www.threads.com/@aaron.rupar/post/DX9oTzkiXvR?xmt=AQF0dHHPc7qqi6mFyf3wFm_g_2QPslc2qZxbWtzKYxqRA97X4EBentZuOYTcCzmjbywhwvCZ&slof=1)** > > Trump, surrounded by kids: "You can have 200,000 people protesting and have five or six people with guns, and when they start shooting them right between the eyes ... a woman dropped dead with a bullet right there." > **[Aaron Rupar (@aaron.rupar) on Threads](https://www.threads.com/@aaron.rupar/post/DX9oF49CU1T?xmt=AQF0fhfFvjHQCwtdG8pb2DPBjvxP1ZGX64exxrwiD-Dc8189jQtZXybUTMmhnp6gEQsv2q2b&slof=1)** > > Trump, surrounded by kids: "When you have transgender mutilization -- don't listen to this, kids -- of your children. For everyone. When you have policies like that, you have to cheat. We shouldn't allow them to cheat." > **[Aaron Rupar (@aaron.rupar) on Threads](https://www.threads.com/@aaron.rupar/post/DX9oBKFCYRT?xmt=AQF07ucYtw-T_W4QQMNjkZ0PrQcQ5qFKmLlDqvJUJL6oDAUleRP09HEhwJgNm4e18yTeYheV&slof=1)** > > Trump to a kid who says he wants to be a weightlifter: "You'll never compete against women in powerlifting. Did you see they had a man powerlifter and he decided to go the opposite direction? Do you think you can take me in a fight?" > **[Aaron Rupar (@aaron.rupar) on Threads](https://www.threads.com/@aaron.rupar/post/DX9jW6pCTx9?xmt=AQF0tRl0i7xHsS6OxMp1xR7dGlS7g0BKP8K7VQ7Zn2h-gxakX2hWSSOQt9bXeBlAbsz_rO0&slof=1)** > > Trump to a group of kids: "We can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon. You might be too young for this. They probably know better than most people. But you can't let a bunch of lunatics have a nuclear weapon. So we just hit records on the Dow." ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5152 "2026-05-05T17:36:26Z")
kennedy and the bird: I totally expected the next pic would be him biting the bird’s head off. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5153 "2026-05-05T17:39:48Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Trump held a grip-and-grin presser in the Oval today with a bunch of kids around him. > > > […] But you can’t let a bunch of lunatics have a nuclear weapon. The evidence shows that you very much can. The poor kids will live with the consequences. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5154 "2026-05-05T17:47:52Z")
It really is no wonder that all of his kids are totally screwed up, and became weird, grifting, greedy sickos, just like dear old dad. I might do drugs too. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5155 "2026-05-05T18:25:48Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Trump held a grip-and-grin presser in the Oval today with a bunch of kids around him. I wonder if there were counselors available to talk the kids down after that session. Like they have when there’s a school shooting or some other tragedy that might leave the kids scarred for life. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5156 "2026-05-05T18:34:17Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I wonder if there were counselors available to talk the kids down after that session. “Mom, what was that stinky old guy talking about?” ---
**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:** [May 5, 2026, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5157 "2026-05-05T20:11:51Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I wonder if there were counselors available to talk the kids down after that session. Like they have when there’s a school shooting or some other tragedy that might leave the kids scarred for life. They were more than likely MAGA kids who hear this type of crap all the time at home. Parents with any sense would never let their kids be there. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2026, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5158 "2026-05-05T21:48:54Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I wonder if there were counselors available to talk the kids down after that session. Like they have when there’s a school shooting or some other tragedy that might leave the kids scarred for life. That would have been woke. You can stop wondering. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2026, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5159 "2026-05-05T22:45:55Z")
I should have labeled that comment as sarcasm. And irony. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2026, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5160 "2026-05-05T22:59:47Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > Here’s the latest effort to try to get out of the mess Trump has made of this war. Project Freedom - a humanitarian excuse for ships to get past the U.S. blockade. …and it’s cancelled. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreido45asllp2yjq3elsdbhma3cqmr4n3cakhc6peh5sjhgxrgueycm) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreido45asllp2yjq3elsdbhma3cqmr4n3cakhc6peh5sjhgxrgueycm) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=257) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=259)