# 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:** 259
**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, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5161 "2026-05-05T23:12:40Z")
Marco Rubio in the WH press room: Hey Iran, chickity-check yo self before you wreck yo self. > **[Aaron Rupar (@aaron.rupar) on Threads](https://www.threads.com/@aaron.rupar/post/DX-FxxBif7a?xmt=AQF0KVIAyhFIqQeIwmmR6vCbQBdaxra8b4-Sj_etgLf8b7HzK94LFXHcMqGMI3hcbs73f90&slof=1)** > > Rubio: "They should check themselves before they wreck themselves" ---
**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, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5162 "2026-05-05T23:23:26Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > …and it’s cancelled. Cancelled? Are you sure? I try too understand it and my head spins: “Campaign against the Country of Iran”? He is fighting the country, with capital C, not the regime? Wow. Bad propaganda, but astonishingly honest. “Great Progress has been made toward a Complete and Final Agreement with Representatives of Iran”?!? Not the country? The representatives? The ones he has not killed, I guess. Yet. He will try. “Project Freedom (The Movement of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz) will be paused” Eeerr… what? If the movement of ships is paused, the blockade is in force, right? What the fuck does he mean? Never mind the erratic capitalization. Pronouns, Adjectives, Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, everything can be capitalized. But not always. Done like with a salt shaker. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2026, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5163 "2026-05-05T23:30:36Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > 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. Hasn’t Tiffany managed to more or less extract herself from the family quagmire? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5164 "2026-05-06T04:21:56Z")
No, there’s every indication she’s still a spoiled rich kid likely with some atrocious personal beliefs and behaviors (I mean…how could she not with those parents?) but was at least smart enough not to deliberately seek attention like her sister and older brothers. Basically, at least smart enough not to trade on the family name _too_ much. Barron apparently the same, with his mother helping keep him mostly out of the public eye, at least until he hit college. ---
**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 6, 2026, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5165 "2026-05-06T05:40:59Z")
[FDA is fighinting COVID science.](https://www.aol.com/news/fda-blocked-publication-covid-shingles-212057465.html) > [@](#): > > The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) withdrew the publication of studies that tracked the safety of the COVID-19 and shingles vaccines. > > "The studies were withdrawn because the authors drew broad conclusions that were not supported by the underlying data,” a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) told ABC News. “The FDA acted to protect the integrity of its scientific process and ensure that any work associated with the agency meets its high standards.” > > Both before and since taking office, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has widely sown doubt in the safety and efficacy of several vaccines. > > During a December 2021 Louisiana House of Representatives meeting discussing a proposal to require schoolchildren to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, Kennedy falsely called the vaccine the “deadliest vaccine ever made.” > > During his confirmation hearings last year, Kennedy claimed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approved COVID-19 vaccines “without any scientific basis.” > > However, COVID vaccines are [among the most studied vaccines in history](https://abcnews.com/Politics/fact-checking-rfk-jrs-claims-vaccines-pesticides-confirmation/story?id=118224419), with large clinical studies showing the health benefits far exceed any potential risks. > > Additionally, health officials say COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective following clinical trials that involved tens of thousands of people, and have since [helped save millions of lives](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9537923/). Every day this disaster of a government creates a new way for people to die. The only question I have now is: _Who’s the accessory to murder here, Killer Kennedy or Rip van Simple?_ [Cinco de Mayo, you say? Let’s have some fresh racism!](https://www.aol.com/articles/white-house-cinco-mayo-post-221731413.html) > [@](#): > > [Donald Trump](https://www.aol.com/news/trump-off-campus-dentist-visit-155940538.html)’s administration continue to troll top Democrats, this time with a Cinco de Mayo post, but it backfired when Senate Minority Leader [Chuck Schumer](https://www.aol.com/news/step-off-chuck-democrats-stunningly-182122272.html) clapped back with a meme of the president and the late convicted sex offender [Jeffrey Epstein](https://www.aol.com/news/federal-prosecutors-back-release-jeffrey-120920900.html). > > The White House[shared](https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2051678505805496589) an AI-generated image of Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries Tuesday wearing sombreros and drinking margaritas with a sign that read, “I love illegal immigrants.” > > “Happy Cinco de Mayo to all who celebrate!” the White House captioned the image in a post on X. > > Cinco de Mayo, or the “fifth of May,” originated as a celebration of Mexican forces’ victory over the French army in the 19th century. While it is still observed in Mexico as a historical event, Americans in the U.S. often mark it as a time to drink, eat Mexican food and enjoy music from mariachi bands. > > In a follow-up [post](https://x.com/SenSchumer/status/2051687812877963498), Schumer wished the White House a “Happy Cinco de Mayo,” accompanied by a real photo of Trump and Epstein from decades ago when they ran in the same social circles. The photo had been modified to add sombreros to their heads. [Rip van Simple wants a congressman impeached.](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-calls-hakeem-jeffries-impeachment-151229567.html) > [@](#): > > President [Donald Trump](https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/trump/) called on Republicans to impeach House Minority Leader [Hakeem Jeffries](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/04/29/donald-trump-democrats-political-rhetoric-shooting-whca-dinner/89840659007/), but is that even possible? > > “Hakeem Jeffries, a Low IQ individual, said our Supreme Court is ‘illegitimate.’ After saying such a thing, isn’t he subject to Impeachment? I got impeached for A PERFECT PHONE CALL. Where are you Republicans? Why not get it started? They’ll be doing this to me!” Trump said in a [May 3 Truth Social post](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116513086831283231). Jeffries’ comment about the Supreme Court was made at a press conference on April 29 ruling that limited the [Voting Rights Act](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/04/29/supreme-court-ruling-voting-rights-act/84383560007/). > > Jeffries responded to the post by [writing on X](https://x.com/RepJeffries/status/2051085761236103315), “Jeffries Derangement Syndrome,” an apparent nod to “Trump derangement syndrome,” which Trump allies often use to describe his critics. > > It is possible for members of Congress to be removed by their colleagues, but it isn’t through impeachment. [Duffer-in-chief soiled the soil.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/toxic-discovery-made-trump-white-141123676.html) > [@](#): > > The Trump administration dumped “a cocktail” of toxic waste on a public golf course, and damning tests reveal that the soil is poisoned. > > The earth at East Potomac Golf Links in Washington, where the administration deposited truckloads of debris from the demolition of the White House East Wing, has tested positive for lead, chromium, and other toxic metals, according to data released by the National Park Service. > > The dump site sits near the Jefferson Memorial, where generations of Washingtonians have played golf at rates as low as $42 for 18 holes on weekdays. > > The Interior Department insists the soil is safe. “The soil was tested multiple times by multiple parties, and this project passed all standards set by law,” said spokeswoman Katie Martin. “This thorough process was followed to ensure the transfer was safe for the public.” > > Scientists are less reassured, telling [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/climate/east-potomac-golf-debris-toxic.html) that the contamination could be potentially dangerous. “There’s no safe level of exposure to lead; it’s one of the most toxic elements we know of,” said Joseph Allen, a professor of exposure assessment science at Harvard. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5166 "2026-05-06T16:20:31Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Complete and Final Agreement with Representatives of Iran Who in their right mind would ever think that any agreement would ever be “complete” and “final”? No matter what the treaty says, there’s always a chance that someone in the future will decide to withdraw from it, or just ignore it entirely. The only way you’d ever get a “final” solution to Iran trying to get nuclear weapons would be to completely eliminate all fissionable materials on the face of the Earth, and even that would only be “final” until we start mining asteroids. ---
**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 6, 2026, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5167 "2026-05-06T17:16:33Z")
I guess he was thinking (yeah, I know…) of the colloquially so called **[Iran nuclear deal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_nuclear_deal)**, which is officially the **Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action** ( **JCPOA** ). He just wanted to sound better (of course! Jealousy is a powerful motivator) than Obama (whose complete name is actually Hussein, and he was not born here, worst president ever, except Sleepy Joe, who was even worse, despite being the right colour) and he still can´t spell comprehensive, Hell! he is not even sure what that word means, so that was the result. If I had to guess, I’d say he wrote that around two or three in the morning. ETA: He probably also thinks that the resulting acronym CaFAwRoI sounds cool. The fool! ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5168 "2026-05-06T17:20:24Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Who in their right mind would ever think that any agreement would ever be “complete” and “final”? There’s not a lot of “mind” left, and there’s scant evidence it was ever “right”. And even if there was, it would have recognized the total lack of credibility with any foreign officials due to a decades long history of reneging on virtually every agreement he’s ever made, regardless of what other people in the future might do. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2026, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5169 "2026-05-06T17:25:17Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > There’s not a lot of “mind” left, and there’s scant evidence it was ever “right”. See, I wasn’t thinking about Trump himself, but all the idiots who will be parroting this line in the future, completely ignoring the point that the fundamental reason he’s at war with Iran now is that Trump himself decided to trash the last treaty. Do they really think the Trump Treaty To Topple Terrorists Taking Nukes (sextuple-T-Nukes for short) will be so fantastic that no one else in the rest of History would ever dare to challenge it? ---
**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 6, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5170 "2026-05-06T17:51:57Z")
… Yes? I don’t think it’s _all_ an act. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5171 "2026-05-06T18:31:53Z")
He just got rid of another thing that Obama did that was pretty good. All because… well we know why. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2026, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5172 "2026-05-06T21:27:03Z")
Kash Patel gives away personalized bottles of bourbon with his name and title on them. > **[Kash Patel’s Personalized Bourbon Stash](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/05/kash-patel-fbi-bourbon/687066/?gift=_rmiG048tHyymVydqk9Qbk1l8mE9B8GZz65-W7hvarA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share)** > > The FBI director has been leaving an unusual calling card. ---
**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 6, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5173 "2026-05-06T21:33:29Z")
I cannot WAIT for discovery in his Atlantic lawsuit. ---
**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 6, 2026, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5174 "2026-05-06T22:06:05Z")
“I didn’t do a decent thing and how dare you say I did!” I agree, dishonest reporting. Who would believe that you think of anyone besides yourself? > [@Truth Social](#): > > Jonathan Karl, of ABC Fake News, made a statement that I called him early in the morning, the day after the assassination attempt, to ask whether or not HE was OK. No, this was a hit on ME, not HIM, and I didn’t make such a call, why would I do that? He called me, but I didn’t take his call — He just confirmed that to me when he called again. I would say that’s very dishonest reporting. He’s trying to make himself look important but, I’m not surprised, because it comes from ABC Fake News! President DONALD J. TRUMP ---
**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:** [May 6, 2026, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5175 "2026-05-06T22:50:22Z")
Graft, grift, and dirty dog double insider dealing. The hallmarks of this administration. > _ **At 3:40 AM ET today, nearly 10,000 contracts worth of crude oil shorts were taken without any major news.** _ > > _ **This is equivalent to ~$920 million in notional value, an unusually large trade for 3:40 AM ET.** _ > > _ **At 4:50 AM ET, just 70 minutes later, Axios reported that the US is “close” to a “memorandum of understanding” to end the Iran War.** _ > > _ **By 7:00 AM ET, oil prices had fallen over -12% with these crude oil shorts gaining approximately +$125 million."** _ > **[Online sleuths are raising more red flags around suspiciously timed Iran-war...](https://www.businessinsider.com/oil-us-iran-peace-war-news-latest-short-markets-2026-5)** > > Some investing pros flagged well-timed trading in the oil market ahead of the latest reports of a US-Iran peace deal. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5176 "2026-05-06T22:54:20Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Kash Patel gives away personalized bottles of bourbon with his name and title on them. > > [Kash Patel’s Personalized Bourbon Stash - The Atlantic](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/05/kash-patel-fbi-bourbon/687066/?gift=_rmiG048tHyymVydqk9Qbk1l8mE9B8GZz65-W7hvarA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share) 5 years from now, one of these bottles will show up on _Pawn Stars_. The seller will ask for $10,000, and Rick will look at him and say, “Best I can do is eighty bucks.” ---
**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 7, 2026, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5177 "2026-05-07T01:09:10Z")
Eight-eight is the correct number. ---
**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 7, 2026, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5178 "2026-05-07T01:19:19Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Cancelled? Are you sure? Turns out KSA won’t let Trump use their bases and airspace for staging attacks on Iran, and also the admin didn’t consult with ANY of our Gulf allies before Trump announced this plan completely on his own. Masterful gambit, sir. > **[Trump’s abrupt U-turn on a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz came after...](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trumps-abrupt-u-turn-plan-re-open-strait-hormuz-came-backlash-allies-rcna343845)** > > Saudi Arabia, a key Gulf ally, suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation, sources say. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2026, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5179 "2026-05-07T01:59:01Z")
> Some investing pros flagged well-timed trading in the oil market ahead of the latest reports of a US-Iran peace deal. This should not really take a genius investigator to figure out. There are records of who bought the short contracts before the major news dropped. It’s going to be obvious. If there are no quick investigations followed by arrests and prosecutions we will KNOW that the fix is in. ---
**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 7, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5180 "2026-05-07T02:00:49Z")
[Japan night club in Mexico City has joined the tariff fight!](https://www.aol.com/articles/mexican-nightclub-charges-americans-300-142502301.html) > [@](#): > > A nightclub in [Mexico City](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/mexico-city) has announced it will charge American s a $300 cover charge to compensate for the years of insults its country has suffered from President [Donald Trump](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/donald-trump). > > The Japan nightclub announced the fee in a post on Instagram that [read](https://www.instagram.com/p/DXxXTVhAZnS/): “It’s not that ‘we charge gringos more’ it’s that we offer discounts to people that need it. > > “The cover charge is 5,000 pesos. Citizens of the USA don’t get a discount.” > > The post went on to explain that tourists from any other country who show up will get a 93 percent discount, Mexicans and Latin Americans will get 95 percent off, and students and teachers will receive a 97 percent concession, meaning they will pay just 150 pesos to enter, equivalent to $8.69. > > Federico Crespo, the venue’s owner, [told](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/mexico-nightclub-cover-charge-us-citizens)[_The Guardian_](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/mexico-nightclub-cover-charge-us-citizens): “This is a response to a year of insults directed at us – as a country – by the United States. It’s very much a response to the many attacks against Mexico from Trump.” [Only some FBI agents are uncomfortable with violating the constitution.](https://www.aol.com/articles/fbi-agents-deeply-concerned-being-180817983.html) > [@](#): > > Some [FBI](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/fbi) agents are uncomfortable with their reported new investigative assignment: to hunt down the leakers who made bureau Director [Kash Patel](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/kash-patel) look bad, according to a report. > > The FBI may be undertaking a [criminal investigation](https://www.aol.com/news/trump-former-counterterrorism-chief-joe-032105037.html) into both a leaker and a journalist who produced a damning story about Patel, according to a new report. > > According to two anonymous sources who spoke to [MS NOW](https://www.ms.now/news/fbi-investigating-leaks-to-journalist-who-wrote-explosive-article-on-kash-patel-sources), it is unusual for a leak investigation to follow the release of non-classified information and for such an investigation to focus on information given to a reporter. > > _The Atlantic’s_ Sarah Fitzpatrick [wrote a story](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/kash-patel-fbi-director-drinking-absences/686839/) that painted an [unflattering image of Patel as a leader](https://www.aol.com/news/maga-lawmaker-dismisses-kash-patel-084110190.html). The piece examined Patel’s behavior, from claims that he’s been misusing bureau resources — such as using the FBI jet to fly to his girlfriend’s concert or to see the U.S. men’s hockey team play in the Olympics — to more troubling allegations that he becomes so drunk that he can’t be roused by his team. > > Fitzpatrick’s story cited two dozen anonymous sources. Immediately after it was published,[Patel claimed the accusations were untrue and sued](https://www.aol.com/news/kash-patel-contradicts-own-250m-144746254.html)[_The Atlantic_](https://www.aol.com/news/kash-patel-contradicts-own-250m-144746254.html)and Fitzpatrick for $250 million in a defamation lawsuit. [Isn’t knowing exposing one’s child to this clown abuse?](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/donald-trump-seemingly-mocks-young-080021861.html) > [@](#): > > **Donald Trump** is reportedly drawing attention after commenting on a young girl’s height and volleyball dreams during an Oval Office exchange with her. The brief conversation was a part of a White House [event](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/donald-trump-shows-off-golf-062831606.html) on May 5, related to the return of the Presidential Physical Fitness Award, which Trump revived as part of an attempt to bring back a school fitness test. There, many children and athletes joined him at the ceremony. But the whole exchange later turned into a bigger debate on how he spoke to a child about her sports goals. > > The exchange began when Donald Trump asked the young girl what sport she played, and later quipped about her height as she answered, “I play volleyball, and then in the summer I’m trying to get into soccer.” [Trump](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/donald-trump-backed-candidates-dominate-063134170.html) then asked, “And with your height, do you smash the ball, the volleyball. Do you get up high? Can you jump high?” When the girl answered, “Not very,” Trump told her, “Soccer might be better.” The president then added, “I’m just looking, I think she’d be a great soccer player,” telling the little one, “That’s good. Good luck, OK?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=258) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=260)