# 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:** 263
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2026, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5241 "2026-05-10T01:28:46Z")
Did I miss a story where Trump got kicked in the nuts by a butterfly at some point in his life? It would not surprise me if in his childhood, one landed on him and caused him to utterly soil his drawers, resulting in a public shaming and private beating from his father. Because absent that, who has a _vendetta_ against butterflies? ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2026, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5242 "2026-05-10T01:35:00Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > who has a _vendetta_ against butterflies? These guys – fits, doesn’t it? Butterfly Stompers | Yellow Submarine Wiki | Fandom [https://share.google/7CNXv23VODswHh2T0](https://share.google/7CNXv23VODswHh2T0) ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2026, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5243 "2026-05-10T04:23:14Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > Because absent that, who has a _vendetta_ against butterflies? That was absolutely my first thought… “WTF? What has he got against butterflies now?” They’re not traditionally considered pests and most people like seeing them around. They’re like the textbook example of “beauty in nature” along with flowers. What the hell is wrong with him? Was he trying to come up with “Dropping like flies?” and he’s just this fucking stupid? ---
**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:** [May 10, 2026, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5244 "2026-05-10T05:03:56Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > “WTF? What has he got against butterflies now?” > > They’re not traditionally considered pests and most people like seeing them around. They’re like the textbook example of “beauty in nature” along with flowers. What the hell is wrong with him? It sounds like he’s channeling his inner Montgomery Burns. “Ahhh, the beauty of nature…_Smithers!_ Fetch me my flamethrower!” ---
**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 10, 2026, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5245 "2026-05-10T05:07:21Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > who has a _vendetta_ against butterflies? The campers at High Pines? [He’s cavalier and he’s wrong.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/homan-says-sure-ice-officers-194657684.html) > [@](#): > > White House border czar Tom Homan said Thursday he’s “sure” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have detained U.S. citizens, “but we don’t deport them.” > > Homan told reporters outside the White House that U.S. citizens have “nothing to fear.” > > “We deport people that are going to be deportable,” he continued. “We arrest people that will be deportable based on suspicion. Have U.S. citizens ever been shortly detained based on suspicion? I’m sure. I’m sure.” > > If ICE officers determine that someone is “not the guy we’re looking for, you are released,” Homan said before adding, “But we don’t deport U.S. citizens.” [Cancún Cruz explains the swindle.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ted-cruz-says-quiet-part-172224486.html) > [@](#): > > Republican Sen. Ted Cruz suggested the so-called Trump accounts for American children are part of an effort to revamp Social Security, a sensitive political subject long regarded as the “third rail” in U.S. politics. > > Last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act created allowed parents and other authorized individuals to open tax-advantaged savings accounts for any child under 18 with a Social Security number. > > During a [panel discussion at the Milken Institute’s Global Summit](https://www.c-span.org/program/public-affairs-event/national-economic-council-director-and-sencruz-on-economic-growth/678481) on Monday, Cruz pointed out he wrote that part of the legislation, noting that half of Americans don’t own stocks and can’t benefit from decades of compounding growth. > > For 50 years, he added, U.S. conservatives have been trying to mimic Australia’s superannuation program, which requires employers to pay into an employee’s investment fund to be accessed upon retirement as a way to reduce reliance on public pensions. Cruz described a U.S. version as Social Security personal accounts. > > “Here’s the dirty little secret: Trump accounts are Social Security personal accounts,” he said. > > Republicans tried to make changes to Social Security during President George W. Bush’s second term but retreated amid pushback on the politically charged topic. > > Retirees and soon-to-be retirees have long been a potent voting bloc that instill fear in lawmakers, especially those contemplating any adjustments to Social Security and Medicare. > > “How did we get it done this time? Because we gave the money to babies and so the old people didn’t get pissed,” Cruz said. [Rip van Simple loves her country but screw being polite to her or even answering her question.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-blows-off-foreign-reporter-161852360.html) > [@](#): > > President **Donald Trump** blew off a member of the foreign press in mid-question by exclaiming “I love South Korea!” and moving on to the next reporter. > > During the short-lived “Operation Freedom” this week, Trump took a jab at the Republic of Korea in a post claiming Iran attacked one of their ships and suggesting they should “join the mission”: > > > Iran has taken some shots at unrelated Nations with respect to the Ship Movement, PROJECT FREEDOM, including a South Korean Cargo Ship. Perhaps it’s time for South Korea to come and join the mission! We’ve shot down seven small Boats or, as they like to call them, “fast” Boats. It’s all they have left. Other than the South Korean Ship, there has been, at this moment, no damage going through the Strait. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Caine, will have a News Conference tomorrow morning. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP > > The president [took questions](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-insists-know-nothing-report-233631144.html) from reporters on the South Lawn of the White House as he departed for Sterling, Virginia on Friday, during which a South Korean reporter pressed him on the claim. But Trump interrupted her before she could finish: > > > REPORTER: Mr. President, South Korea– You said a Korean ship was attacked by Iran, but Iran has denied this is (INAUDIBLE). Do you share with– > > > > PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I love South Korea! > > The South Korean outlet _Asian Business Daily_ [noted the](https://www.asiae.co.kr/en/article/world-general/2026050911301436757) “off-topic” response: > > > According to reports from AFP and other foreign media on the 8th (local time), President Trump was asked by reporters at the White House in Washington, D.C., “You said a Korean ship was attacked by Iran, but Iran has denied this.” To this, Trump gave an off-topic answer, saying, “I love Korea.” [The liar’s preacher says the liar knows the Bible better than the Pope.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/trump-pastor-claims-president-better-205642341.html) > [@](#): > > One of Donald Trump’s most loyal and long-standing evangelical supporters believes the president knows the Bible better than the leader of the world’s largest organized religion.“It looks like President Trump has a better understanding of what the Bible teaches about the role of government than the pope has,” Pastor Robert Jeffress said on Fox News on Friday, speaking on the topic of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s Thursday meeting with the pontiff. [We’ve joked about it before and now it’s true. This fake administration is now an actual reality show.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/transportation-secretary-sean-duffy-returns-000332641.html) > [@](#): > > Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s new reality show, filmed with his family over the last seven months, has sparked criticism amid high gas prices, in addition to raising ethics questions. > > Duffy said that costs for the five-part series titled “[The Great American Road Trip](https://greatamericanroadtrip.org/),” which will air for free on YouTube ahead of America’s 250th birthday, were paid for by a nonprofit, the Great American Road Trip Inc., and that “zero taxpayer dollars were spent on my family.” He said his family did not receive a salary or production royalties. > > The project’s sponsors, according to its website, include Boeing, Shell, Toyota, United Airlines and Royal Caribbean — all companies that intersect with the Department of Transportation. > > “As everyday Americans struggle with the price of gas and raise concerns about airline safety, the Secretary announces that he spent work time going on a road trip that appears to have been funded by the very industries his agency oversees,” Donald K. Sherman, the president of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said in a statement. > > This show brings Duffy and his wife, Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy, back to their entertainment roots. The pair, who have nine children together, met while filming the MTV reality show “Road Rules: All Stars.” [Rip van Simple gives a vocabulary lesson.](https://www.aol.com/articles/newsom-calls-trump-mental-state-134440564.html) > [@](#): > > California Governor Gavin Newsom took aim at [President Donald Trump’s mental acuity](https://www.aol.com/news/could-pass-cognitive-test-trump-125712330.html) after the president veered into a peculiar aside about the difference between “sea” and “see.” > > Trump made the remark during a [White House Mother’s Day event](https://www.aol.com/news/melania-trump-opens-mother-day-172317555.html) on Wednesday, slipping into the tangent while discussing crime. > > “You see [drug traffic](https://www.aol.com/news/us-military-kills-three-more-085935535.html) coming into our country is way down,” he told a crowd of military mothers gathered in the East Room. “And by sea, by sea, by ocean, by the water.” > > “You know a lot of people say ‘what do you mean by sea?’ Is it see, like vision? No it’s sea, S-E-A,” the 79-year-old president continued. > > Shortly after, Newsom took to X to mock the president and challenge him to a cognitive test, [mimicking the all-caps, combative style](https://www.aol.com/news/trump-finally-responds-gavin-newsom-161650182.html) Trump often uses on Truth Social. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5246 "2026-05-10T22:29:04Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Usually, with Trump, when he says something stupid, I can parse what he’s trying to say, or how he got to where he is in his ranting. > > I got nuthin’ on the butterflies, though. They’re not really known for falling. The butterflies fall when the dogs are fired (“fired like a dog” being a favorite Trump utterance). In solidarity. (Seriously, he likely knows the phrase “_dropping like flies_”—but told whatever staffer brought him a pic of flies dropping into the water that the flies couldn’t be seen clearly enough. So make them _Butterflies_.) ---
**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 10, 2026, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5247 "2026-05-10T23:31:44Z")
Democrats who go on Fox News are driving Trump further off the ledge. > "You could listen to Fox News all day long, absolutelv devour it, but then, when you hear SLEAZEBAGS, like Congressman Ro Khanna, “a wolf in sheep’s clothing,” LIE, LIE, LIE, AND LIE AGAIN, without any pushback, or competent rebuttal from an anchor, in this case, Jacqui Heinrich, the entire Common Sense dialogue that has been going on all day at Fox is completely obliterated! Why would Fox put SCUM like this on, or others, such as Low Rated Bill Maher, who gains “credibility” by constant referral to him as though he were a Liberal source of “Wisdom,’ or very Low IQ Hakeem Jeffries, who considers the Supreme Court “illegitimate,”’ and probably hates our Country. No matter how “Fair and Balanced” the day’s News at Fox may be. the end result is destroved by professional Liars, Conmen, and Liberal, Crooked Politicians. This is why MAGA Republicans, who are actuallv close to 100% of the Party, hate Fox, despite the wonderful contributions made by so many of their great anchors and commentators. Hard to win Elections like this! President DONALD J. TRUMP” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mljkwiaejk23)** > > Trump: “The Sleazebag, Radical Left Ro Khanna should not be allowed on FoxNews unless you have an ‘anchor’ who is capable of disputing his lies, one after another, and closing down his FAKE (Bullshit!) narrative. He is similar, but worse than Hakeem... Note to Dems: everybody goes on Fox! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5248 "2026-05-11T00:13:50Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > The butterflies fall when the dogs are fired (“fired like a dog” being a favorite Trump utterance). > > In solidarity. Hopefully this doesn’t mean that Heart will play for him. (I think that they are another one of those bands who aren’t as conservative as their songs sound, but in this case it isn’t a matter of media literacy like a lot of other cases since their songs are politically neutral except for one that I’ve only heard in concert about soldiers of some sort.) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5249 "2026-05-11T00:44:59Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Note to Dems: everybody goes on Fox! Yes. Dem-bomb Fox. And then of course Fox executives will bristle at the invasion and try to come with a “Our Latest Dem-Dum” segment or something. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5250 "2026-05-11T01:27:37Z")
Ann and Nancy are not fans of the current POTUS. ---
**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 11, 2026, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5251 "2026-05-11T04:57:35Z")
[An actual competent military officer says the felon’s request for a trillion is bonkers.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/sen-mark-kelly-says-pentagons-170928803.html) > [@](#): > > Sen. Mark Kelly says Trump administration $1.5 trillion Defense budget request is “outrageous” 09:17 > > Washington — Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona said Sunday that the Trump administration’s $1.5 trillion budget request for defense spending is “outrageous.” > > “They need to submit a defense budget that makes sense for the moment we’re in,” [Kelly said on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mark-kelly-arizona-demcorat-face-the-nation-transcript-05-10-2026/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17)." > > Last month, the administration released its fiscal year 2027 [budget proposal](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-releases-proposal-blueprint-2027-budget/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17), which serves as a starting point for negotiations with Congress over annual spending. The proposal would mark a 42% increase in defense spending from 2026 levels. > > “When I got to the Senate five and a half years ago, the defense budget was just over $700 billion,” Kelly said. “Now they’re asking for twice as much money — it’s nearly the amount that the rest of the world pays for its defense.” > > Kelly, who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said some of the budget proposal’s components pose serious difficulties. In addition to a pay raise for troops and resupplying critical munitions, the funds would also go toward building a space-based “Golden Dome” missile defense system, among other things. > > “There’s stuff in there, like Golden Dome,” he said. “The physics on that stuff is really, really hard. I’m very confident we’re going to spend a lot of money, we’re going to get a system that doesn’t work.” > > Along with the budget request, the White House is expected to ask Congress for a supplemental spending package to cover the cost of the war with Iran. A Pentagon official said at a congressional hearings late last month that the cost of the war was about [$25 billion](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-war-25-billion-hegseth-congress/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17). But U.S. officials familiar with internal assessments suggested at the time that the Iran war’s price tag could be closer to [$50 billion](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-war-cost-closer-50-billion-us-officials/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17). > > Meanwhile, Kelly expressed concern about the state of the U.S.’ munitions stockpile amid the [war with Iran](https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-trump-us-attacks-qeshm-island-ceasefire/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17), citing Pentagon briefings detailing specific munitions. > > “I think it’s fair to say it’s shocking how deep we have gone into these magazines, because this president got our country into this without a strategic goal, without a plan, without a timeline,” Kelly said. [The felon says Cuba’s a security threat. So, when’s that war going to start?](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-intelligence-gathering-flights-surging-120051590.html) > [@](#): > > US military intelligence-gathering flights are surging off the coast of Cuba, a CNN analysis of publicly available aviation data shows. > > Since February 4, the US Navy and Air Force have conducted at least 25 such flights using manned aircraft and drones, most of them near the country’s two biggest cities, Havana and Santiago de Cuba, and some coming within 40 miles of the coast, according to FlightRadar24. > > Most of the flights were by P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, which are designed for surveillance and reconnaissance, while some were by an RC-135V Rivet Joint, which specializes in signals intelligence gathering. Several MQ-4C Triton high-altitude reconnaissance drones have also been used. > > The flights are notable not only for their proximity to the coast, which puts them well within range of gathering intelligence, but for the suddenness of their appearance – prior to February, such publicly visible flights were exceedingly rare in this area – and for their timing. > > Trump’s public utterances against Cuba hardened noticeably in the weeks just before the surge, with the US president reposting on Truth Social a comment by Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen that Trump would visit a “free Havana” before leaving office. Just a few days after that post, Trump ordered an oil blockade of the island. > > Fast forward to today and Trump is imposing an [expanded sanctions regime](https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2026/05/01/eeuu/trump-amplia-sanciones-cuba-orix) on Cuba and insisting it represents a “threat” to US national security. (Cuban officials meanwhile have dismissed the suggestion their communist-run government poses any danger to the US. They insist they are open to negotiations, though have also vowed to conduct an extended guerrilla war against US forces if attacked.) > > The Pentagon declined to comment on these findings; CNN has also reached out to the Cuban government. And here’s the key. > [@](#): > > Similar patterns, in which ramped-up rhetoric by the Trump administration coincided with an uptick in publicly visible surveillance flights, occurred in the lead-up to US military operations in both Venezuela and Iran. Y’all remember the T1? [Hahahaha!](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/maga-fans-revolt-over-trump-200606650.html) > [@](#): > > The Trump family’s latest moneymaking scheme is coming back to haunt them. > > Trump loyalists are growing heated after months of waiting for their “T1 phone,” despite already paying deposits for the [Trump Mobile](https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/trump-mobile-drops-trashy-phone-161815761.html) device, which was originally scheduled for release in August 2025. Nine months later, there is still no release date listed on the Trump Mobile website, the venture dreamed up by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump—even though [reportedly](https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-mobile-t1-phone-scandal-1795914) almost 600,000 people have already put down a $100 deposit on the phone. > > “Hey, Trump supporter here,” one man said in a [now-viral TikTok video](https://www.tiktok.com/@philiptalksaboutthings/video/7638122514195008782?lang=en&q=trump%20phone%20&t=1778438497740). “This one goes out to Don Jr. and Eric…where the f–k’s my phone? I ordered three, no four gold Trump phones in the summer.” Look at the disclaimer for preordering the trinket. > [@](#): > > What’s more, the site states that pre-ordering the Trump phone “does not guarantee that a Device will be produced or made available for purchase,” according to [Apple Insider.](https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/05/10/trump-mobiles-t1-smartphone-is-still-vaporware) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5252 "2026-05-11T06:23:35Z")
Quoting a TikTok Trumper in the article: > [@Monty](#): > > I ordered three, no four gold Trump phones in the summer. Imagine admitting that out loud. ---
**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 11, 2026, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5253 "2026-05-11T07:24:39Z")
And the new Terms of Service don’t guarantee connection with existing cell phone service. Maybe they’ll sell a super secret communication system for a low, low subscription price if you act right now to secure you place in line to … ---
**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 11, 2026, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5254 "2026-05-11T08:09:19Z")
He’s going off on the Supreme Court tonight. > [@from Truth Social](#): > > …their decision on Tariffs cost the United States 159 Billion Dollars that we have to pay back to enemies, and people, companies, and Countries, that have been ripping us off for years. It’s hardly believable! They could have solved that situation with a “tiny” sentence, “Any money paid by others to the United States does not have to be paid back.” Why wouldn’t they have done so? Let me get this straight. The Supreme Court said that the tariffs were illegally charged but Donnie thinks they should have said “but that’s cool, the U.S. can still keep the money.” He really has no concept of what illegal means. > [@](#): > > …but it’s really OK for them to be loyal to the person that appointed them to “almost” the highest position in the land, that is, a Justice of the United States Supreme Court. No, it’s not. > [@](#): > > I don’t want loyalty, You just said you do. You can see the entire long rant here. (This link is to a site that republishes the “truths”, not to Truth Social.) > **[Donald J. Trump: "I “Love” Justice Neil Gorsuch! He’s a really smart and good...](https://trumpstruth.org/statuses/38325)** > > I “Love” Justice Neil Gorsuch! He’s a really smart and good man, but he voted against me, and our Country, on Tariffs, a devastating move. How do I reconcile this? So bad, and hurtful to our Country. I have, likewise, always liked and respected Amy... ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5255 "2026-05-11T09:50:43Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Quoting Yahoo > > > [@](#): > > > > Meanwhile, Kelly expressed concern about the state of the U.S.’ munitions stockpile amid the [war with Iran](https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-trump-us-attacks-qeshm-island-ceasefire/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17), citing Pentagon briefings detailing specific munitions. > > > > “I think it’s fair to say it’s shocking how deep we have gone into these magazines, because this president got our country into this without a strategic goal, without a plan, without a timeline,” Kelly said. > **[Hegseth calls for Sen. Mark Kelly to be investigated by Pentagon for second...](https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/10/politics/mark-kelly-pete-hegseth-pentagon-investigation)** > > Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday called for Sen. Mark Kelly to be investigated over comments he made about US weapon stockpiles, marking the second time the Pentagon chief has opened a review into the Democratic senator. > [@](#): > > Kelly responded to Hegseth’s post [with a video of the pair](https://x.com/senmarkkelly/status/2053652824760742133?s=46&t=mU55N8ogs7HxOOol76VtFg) at a recent Senate hearing. “We had this conversation in a public hearing a week ago and you said it would take ‘years’ to replenish some of these stockpiles. That’s not classified, it’s a quote from you,” Kelly posted, ---
**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 11, 2026, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5256 "2026-05-11T11:18:45Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > And the new Terms of Service don’t guarantee connection with existing cell phone service. Maybe they’ll sell a super secret communication system for a low, low subscription price if you act right now to secure you place in line to … When you open the box, you’ll find two orange juice cans and some _really_ long string. * * * > [@aurora\_maire](#): > > He really has no concept of what illegal means. He only knows one important thing, namely, that it never applies to him. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5257 "2026-05-11T13:29:06Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > you’ll find two orange juice cans The box says, ‘String not included.’ ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5258 "2026-05-11T14:22:06Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Democrats who go on Fox News are driving Trump further off the ledge. If trump hates Fox News so much, why does he keep poaching their on-air personalities and giving them positions in his administration?? 🤨 ---
**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 11, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5259 "2026-05-11T14:22:33Z")
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**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:** [May 11, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5260 "2026-05-11T14:26:43Z")
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