# 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:** 267
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5321 "2026-05-12T15:54:42Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I saw yesterday (honestly I don’t know if it was here, but it really made me laugh), RFK claimed that teenage boys have half the sperm count that men in the 70s had. Something is sapping our precious bodily fluids? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5322 "2026-05-12T16:04:22Z")
Probably vaccines. Or face masks. ---
**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 12, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5323 "2026-05-12T16:18:42Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Something is sapping our precious bodily fluids? That would explain why he has the skin of a prune. ---
**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 12, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5324 "2026-05-12T17:20:36Z")
So this is cool. Trump’s no-bid contract for the renovations to the Reflecting Pool have a built-in profit margin of 20%. 20% of $13.1 million is $2.62 million, which means the profit alone far exceeds the original estimates of $1.8 million for the whole job. And that’s just the profit they’re willing to admit exists. I’m pretty sure they’ll be over-charging for materials and the like, so the skim will be even more than that. > **[Trump melts down after New York Times exposes his corruption](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/12/800037573/whitehouse/trump-melts-down-after-new-york-times-exposes-his-corruption/)** > > President Donald Trump had another online meltdown at six in the morning on Tuesday. This time it was posting a lengthy diatribe complaining about a New York Times report that exposed millions in… ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5325 "2026-05-12T18:11:01Z")
I’m curious what music they’ve produced that sounds “conservative.” Most I’ve heard are basically love songs, or sex guy songs, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5326 "2026-05-12T18:56:07Z")
Yes. See ICE > [@Odesio](#): > > Since Americans pay the tariffs, is that how he views us? ---
**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 12, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5327 "2026-05-12T19:17:16Z")
“I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation.” > **[Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3mlof2b4eqh2b)** > > Trump on Iran War: > > Reporter: What extent are Americans’ financial situation motivating you to make a deal? > > Trump: Not even a little bit. I don't think about Americans’ financial situation “You dumb person!” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mloeojmu2d2y)** > > TRUMP: We have a ballroom that's under budget. It's going up right here. I've doubled the size of it because we obviously need that. > > REPORTER: The price doubled > > TRUMP: I doubled the size of it, you dumb person. You are not a smart person. “As soon as this war is over, which will not be long, you’re gonna see the golden age of America, and you’re seeing it now.” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mloel6g4wo2n)** > > Trump: "As soon as this war is over, which will not be long, you're gonna see the golden age of America, and you're seeing it now" Also, more deranged AI slop; [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cnpe7qvcyjrhm6w7w7e4atur/bafkreidyqxcvfutsssolebgycz2qjkxwg4spjigiivebtzathgbfo67t3a) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cnpe7qvcyjrhm6w7w7e4atur/bafkreidyqxcvfutsssolebgycz2qjkxwg4spjigiivebtzathgbfo67t3a) ---
**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 12, 2026, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5328 "2026-05-12T20:34:27Z")
> 10:15 PM - Accuses Obama of attempting a coup in 2016 10:15 PM - Says Obama worked with CIA to overthrow Trump 10:15 PM - Reposts tweet saying Obama is a “traitor” and that he should be arrested 10:22 PM - Attacks dominion voting systems for 2020 election saying they switched votes 10:22 PM - Says Fulton County, GA had their 2020 fraud exposed (there was none) 10:23 PM - Accuses Obama of personally making $120 million from Obamacare (wtf?) 10:23 PM - Cites quack lawyer Sidney Powell on the 2020 election 10:24 PM - Posts fake JFK Jr account that says Obama wiretapped Trump Tower 10:27 PM - Demands Senator Mark Kelly resign 10:29 PM - Claims neither Biden nor Harris were in charge of the Biden admin 10:29 PM - Attacks Fulton County, GA again 10:29 PM - Posts Fox News clip of Rep Ro Khanna 10:30 PM - Demands Jack Smith be arrested 10:30 PM - Accuses Obama, Clinton, and Comey of treason 10:39 PM - Reposts a tweet from a MAGA account saying they have secret intel proving Clinton and Obama committed crimes 10:39 PM - Reposts a MAGA tweet saying Hillary Clinton should be sent to Haiti 10:40 PM - Says the DOJ is “working hard” to arrest his enemies for treason 10:40 PM - Reposts a tweet attacking his own DOJ and Todd Blanche for no arrests of political enemies 10:40 PM - Posts a TikTok video of people stealing from a convenience store 10:41 PM - Posts a TikTok of someone taking a Door Dash order 10:41 PM - accuses Obama, John Brennan, and Clinton of sedition and treason again 10:42 PM - Posts a video of a man on CCTV footage knocking over food a waiter was carrying 10:47 PM - Calls Obama the “most DEMONIC FORCE” in American politics 10:47 PM - Posts a tweet from Mike Flynn saying 2020 election wasn’t fair 10:49 PM - Attacks Dominion again claiming they stole the 2020 election (it wasn’t) 10:51 PM - Reposts a fake Charlie Kirk account that claimed Obama blocked Hillary Clinton from being prosecuted 10:53 PM - Claims Obama was part of Hillary Clinton’s emails in some way 11:28 PM - Claims a senior Democrat just testified under oath that Senator Adam Schiff leaked classified information 1:13 AM - Attacks the New York Times for reporting on the reflecting pool ---
**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 12, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5329 "2026-05-12T21:10:09Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > He was in the middle of a blink and lost interest. Heh. But seriously, isn’t it a feature of dementia that those affected lose interest in just about…everything? (Since trying to concentrate on activities they might once have enjoyed, just doesn’t work. They interpret that frustration as ‘being bored.’) > [@Horatius](#): > > They’ve dealt with his bullshit every day of their lives, with the expectation that they’ll finally get paid when he finally kicks it. No way do they pull up now, just short of the finish line. If I had the funds available I’d bet on one of the prediction markets that Donald finds a way to disinherit every last one of them. He’ll have set it up by now. And every time he’s with any of them–his wife, his kids, his grandkids–he has this little smile. Knowing what lies ahead for them. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5330 "2026-05-12T21:19:59Z")
How is that a “mental health episode”? A bad idea, full of nutso content, sure. But I don’t see any mental health issues. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5331 "2026-05-12T21:24:23Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Not getting reelected. Yes, but more particularly losing a primary to somebody who is more MAGA than they are. Losing to a DEM, though that fate is rarely on the cards, is much less stigmatised. Post political life is much less comfortable and lucrative if it’s your own party that has ditched you. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5332 "2026-05-12T21:28:58Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > How is that a “mental health episode”? > > A bad idea, full of nutso content, sure. But I don’t see any mental health issues. Did you mean to put a /s down. The man is clearly deranged. If that isn’t a mental health issue, I don’t know what is. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5333 "2026-05-12T21:29:26Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > If I had the funds available I’d bet on one of the prediction markets that Donald finds a way to disinherit every last one of them. His will probably says his entire fortune has to be put towards the costs of an enormous gold mausoleum for himself. Or maybe a giant gold statue. Or both. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5334 "2026-05-12T21:30:30Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > If I had the funds available I’d bet on one of the prediction markets that Donald finds a way to disinherit every last one of them. I hope someone convinces him to give it all to Dumb Friends League. A certain poetic justice that. ---
**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 12, 2026, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5335 "2026-05-12T21:44:07Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > His will probably says his entire fortune has to be put towards the costs of an enormous gold mausoleum for himself. Or maybe a giant gold statue. Or both. Or he’ll convert his entire fortune to diamonds, have them placed on Greenland, and then nuke Greenland. Just to really fuck _everyone_ over. > [@enipla](#): > > I hope someone convinces him to give it all to Dumb Friends League Though the name is certainly appropriate, I see it’s no longer the legal name of that organization (which is now “Humane Colorado”). I guess someone _else_ could now incorporate under the unused name “Dumb Friends League”…maybe the people who’ve served in Donald’s Cabinet over the years…? ---
**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 12, 2026, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5336 "2026-05-12T21:45:52Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > But I don’t see any mental health issues. > **[Sundowning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundowning)** > > Sundowning, or sundown syndrome, prevalent among people with some form of dementia, is characterized by increased confusion and restlessness beginning in the late afternoon and early evening. The term sundowning was coined by nurse Lois K. Evans in 1987 due to the association between the person's increased confusion and the setting of the sun. > For people with sundown syndrome, a multitude of behavioral problems begin to occur and are associated with long-term adverse outcomes. Sundowning seems t... ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5337 "2026-05-12T21:48:04Z")
A “mental health” episode is an acute manifestation of a condition which may or may not be chronic. There’s no question in my mind that Trump has mental health issues (narcissism, plus whatever age-related cognitive decline is happening up there). It’s just that I don’t see making a bunch of stupid social media posts as evidence of these conditions, and I don’t think it does a service to other people who are struggling with mental health issues to just label anything Trump does as a “mental health episode.” I don’t know much about it, so maybe it actually is, but it seems more like it’s just a label designed to further stigmatize Trump’s stupid behaviour. Edit: while I was writing that, Smapti posted the connection. I don’t think this is what Sundowning looks like, but I’ve only ever seen that in old folks who didn’t have social media accounts, so maybe. ---
**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 12, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5338 "2026-05-12T21:55:27Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > But I don’t see any mental health issues. This would not be normal even if he was posting pictures of cute kittens. There is clearly something pathological going on here. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5339 "2026-05-12T22:02:58Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > A “mental health” episode is an acute manifestation of a condition which may or may not be chronic. The man constantly posts bizzare diatribes in the early morning hours. He’s getting no sleep because his ‘demons’ need to be addressed/attacked. He attacks constantly, because somewhere inside, he knows that he can not live up to what others do every day. His only ‘out’ is to attack, disrupt and blame others. He has a mental health issue. ---
**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 12, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5340 "2026-05-12T22:03:00Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > A bad idea, full of nutso content, sure. But I don’t see any mental health issues. C’mon–give me a break! > [@DWMarch](#): > > This would not be normal even if he was posting pictures of cute kittens. This^^^ If he were a 12-year old boy, it would still be really dumb, but yeah, you could put it down to showing off or trying to impress a girl or something.\* But this is the 79-year old PRESIDENT OF THE FUCKING UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! This is not normal, mentally healthy behavior for an adult who is the head of government of a country that used to be a leader in the world. Not. Normal. * * * * * * \* I suppose that could be Donnie’s motivation, too… 🤔 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=266) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=268)