# 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:** 271
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5401 "2026-05-15T18:22:31Z")
Paywalled ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5402 "2026-05-15T18:24:44Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I can’t wait for episode 2 to end in 2028. So far it has been a shit show. One star, would not recommend That would make a great t-shirt. **Trump Presidency Part 2, the sequel.** "Unbelievably, it’s worse than Part 1. One Star. Would not recommend. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5403 "2026-05-15T18:32:10Z")
My neighbor has a garden flag that says, “This is the worst sequel ever!” ---
**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 15, 2026, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5404 "2026-05-15T18:44:07Z")
One star is awfully generous. Sounds like a reviewer got bribed or something. Is payola still a thing? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5405 "2026-05-15T19:49:08Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Below the Great Barrier and Waterfall. That map is not accurate. Where is the lake of boiling blood? ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5406 "2026-05-15T21:14:13Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > One star is awfully generous. Sounds like a reviewer got bribed or something. Is payola still a thing? Depending on the scale, one star might be the lowest rating possible. Better to go the Roger Ebert route and refuse to review the movie like he did with _The Human Centipede._ ---
**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 15, 2026, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5407 "2026-05-15T22:27:10Z")
Well, I gjess Jared Polis has decided to end his political career. > **[Imprisoned 2020 Election Denier Tina Peters Granted Clemency By Colorado...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tina-peters-clemency-colorado-elections_n_6a0788b4e4b0a33000e1f17a?p0o)** > > Peters, a prominent 2020 election denier, had been serving a nine-year prison sentence for tampering with voting machines. ---
**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 15, 2026, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5408 "2026-05-15T22:40:51Z")
> [@Fugazi](#): > > **Trump Presidency Part 2, the sequel.** > "Unbelievably, it’s worse than Part 1. One Star. Would not recommend. If only it had gone straight to video instead… ---
**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 15, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5409 "2026-05-15T22:43:41Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > Better to go the Roger Ebert route and refuse to review the movie like he did with _The Human Centipede._ If only we could. Did he watch it before refusing or,like me, did he reject it all together due to the title and poster? ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5410 "2026-05-15T22:56:21Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > If only we could. Did he watch it before refusing or,like me, did he reject it all together due to the title and poster? He watched it and had this to say. > [@Roger Ebert](#): > > I am required to award stars to movies I review. This time, I refuse to do it. The star rating system is unsuited to this film. Is the movie good? Is it bad? Does it matter? It is what it is and occupies a world where the stars don’t shine. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5411 "2026-05-15T22:58:40Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Well, I gjess Jared Polis has decided to end his political career. Well fuck consequences I guess. Even if the governor felt her punishment was too harsh, courts ruled that Peters should be resentenced, so why grant clemency? ---
**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 15, 2026, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5412 "2026-05-15T23:34:59Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > > [@bobot](#): > > > > One star is awfully generous. Sounds like a reviewer got bribed or something. Is payola still a thing? > > Depending on the scale, one star might be the lowest rating possible. You misunderstand. It’s not a rating. It’s an observation. Even the worst show has someone starring in it. Usually there are more than one star. But, just like everything else in the felon’s so-called mind, there is and can only be one star. ---
**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 16, 2026, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5413 "2026-05-16T01:39:13Z")
The Trump phones (strongly resembling a [Chinese phone](https://www.walmart.com/ip/T-Mobile-Revvl-7-Pro-5G-T-Mobile-GSM-256GB-8GB-RAM-Azurite-Blue-6-78-NEW/17682153813?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=922&selectedOfferId=0040D896295F3F0C8F0211C920D29B1E&conditionGroupCode=1&sourceid=dsn_gdn_0c92c416-dbd6-42ec-845c-ecf69af2153d&veh=dsn&wmlspartner=dsn_gdn_0c92c416-dbd6-42ec-845c-ecf69af2153d&cn=0042_fy27_mp_mpa_lo_int_dis_pmax-p13n&wl9=pla&wl11=online&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23148469844&gbraid=0AAAAADmfBIpxc-AxqbOmqPnSWDBnmMhSL&gclid=CjwKCAjw5ZXQBhBdEiwAI5XVWZzaKuUTc1OOi41YXkU1yEJ8xmtgkAsyE3FjqCR608YRI7bYsCCo7RoCA8kQAvD_BwE) that retails for less than $150 at Walmart) may start shipping next week! Why did it take so long you ask? > [@](#): > > “The technology business is more difficult than some may realize as parts must be tested for quality assurances,” CEO Pat O’Brien told CNN in a statement. Who knew technology was so hard? And that products are supposed to work properly. > **[The Trump phone will start shipping following months of delays | CNN Business](https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/14/business/the-trump-phone-will-start-shipping-following-months-of-delays)** > > Nearly a year after Trump Mobile started taking $100 deposits and a few days after its website updated to say delivery was “conditional,” the gold-plated Trump Phone will begin shipping this week, the company announced. ---
**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 16, 2026, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5414 "2026-05-16T02:08:26Z")
[Rip van Simple has a new “perfect” comment.](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-doubles-down-remark-not-003242726.html) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump has doubled down on his remark about [not considering the financial plight of everyday Americans](https://www.aol.com/news/trump-brushes-off-iran-war-184702242.html) when considering foreign policy, saying that what he had said was a “perfect statement.” > > “I’d make it again,” the president replied, when asked about the comments by Fox News’ Bret Baier, in an interview that aired Friday evening [following his two-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-china-xi-jinping-news-live-updates-b2977679.html) > > [Shortly before his departure for Beijing,](https://www.aol.com/news/trump-heads-home-china-meagre-141117133.html) Trump was asked to what extent “Americans’ financial situations” motivated him to strike a [deal with Iran](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-us-war-live-trump-ceasefire-israel-lebanon-strait-of-hormuz-b2977023.html)and open the Strait of Hormuz. “Not even a little bit, I don’t think about the Americans’ financial situation, I don’t think about anybody,” he replied. > > Speaking to Baier, Trump defended the comment, saying that Americans would be facing “short-term pain,” with regard to gas prices, which have more than doubled and remained consistently high since the start of the war in February. > > The current national average price for regular gasoline in the U.S. is about $4.53 per gallon, according to [GasBuddy.](https://fuelinsights.gasbuddy.com/)This is up roughly $0.40 from last month and more than $1.30 higher than the same time last year. [The felon’s next target is Cuba, isn’t it? _ **Bad plan!** _](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/cuba39s-biggest-threat-to-us-is-collapse-says-former-defense-secretary-202823776.html) > [@](#): > > As President Trump [makes threats](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-cuba-action-regime-change/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17) against Cuba, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the biggest risk the Communist-ruled island poses to the U.S. is its potential collapse and a migration crisis to the U.S. > > “The biggest risk is that we end up with another Mariel evacuation from Cuba that has tens of thousands of Cubans heading to the United States out of desperation,” Gates said Friday in an interview with “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” > > Known as the Mariel Boatlift, about 125,000 Cubans sought refuge in the U.S. in 1980, as Cuba’s failing economy led to dissent on the island. The mass exodus strained social services in Florida and led the state and federal governments to declare a state of emergency. > > Gates said Cuba’s involvement in other events, such as providing security for ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, has “impacted” U.S. national security, but questioned whether Cuba poses an “imminent threat” to the U.S. > > “Other than in these, if you will, peripheral ways, I think the main threat is, frankly, is collapse,” he said. [Cruella de Vile’s legacy is criminals.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/more-half-inmates-noem-released-194002323.html) > [@](#): > > Twelve of the 19 people granted early release from prison by former South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem without a customary review by a state board have since been charged with new crimes. > > Nine of them have pleaded guilty to one or more of those charges. > > During her time in office, Noem issued 27 total commutations. Those clemency orders, which can release a person from prison or shorten their sentence to make them eligible for parole, are typically reviewed by the state [Board of Pardons and Paroles](https://boardsandcommissions.sd.gov/Meetings.aspx?BoardID=74) before a governor considers them. > > But with 19 of the commutations she signed, Noem did something no governor had done in roughly two decades since former Gov. Bill Janklow: issue them to inmates who lacked an endorsement from the board. > > Since then, the 12 people who have been accused of new crimes have largely faced drug charges. Seven of the charges were felonies. > > Meanwhile, five of the eight people whose commutations from Noem were screened by the board have since been released. Of those five, one has been charged with a new crime. And my favorite part of this story is: > [@](#): > > It’s unclear how the 19 people who got commutations without the board’s recommendation got their names in front of Noem. [The felon finally admits why he wants what he wants.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-demands-ballroom-china-truth-121205963.html) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump has offered several justifications for his White House ballroom, arguing it would let him eliminate tents on the lawn and create a more secure venue. Now, following his [high‑profile summit in Beijing](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-china-visit-xi-jinping-summit-taiwan-iran-live-updates-b2977048.html), he has added another: if America’s top competitor has an opulent assembly hall, then so should we. > > About three hours after Air Force One left Beijing on Friday, the 79‑year‑old president turned to Truth Social to boast about his construction efforts on his [$400 million event space](https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/trump-reporter-dumb-ballroom-white-house-video-b2975583.html). > > “China has a Ballroom, and so should the U.S.A.!” Trump wrote alongside a photo of him and [Chinese President Xi Jinping](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/trump-xi-china-iran-war-beijing-peace-deal-b2977237.html) outside the Great Hall of the People, a cavernous government complex near Tiananmen Square, where he attended a state banquet. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather my government spend funds on helping the populace instead of copying notorious dictators. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5415 "2026-05-16T05:01:51Z")
I know he wants to build hotels and golf courses, just as Teddy Roosevelt did, yet decided, nah, I am a war hero so I’ll run for Governor of New York. The State Repubs didn’t like him, so pushed McKinley into making him his running mate. And that turned out well. Besides boat-lifts and influx of people with status akin to Puerto Ricans’, have they asked the Bacardi families permission? Bacardi is facing a huge copyright legal challenge over their inferior product “Havana Club” sold to the USA only, and the stuff I can buy in the UK in Waitrose, from Cuba. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5416 "2026-05-16T09:39:35Z")
I seem to recall that Trump cut a lot of funding for cyber defense. Well, I am unsurprised that the consequences are rolling in yet again. And there will be more in the future, of course… > **[Exclusive: Hackers have breached tank readers at US gas stations; officials...](https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/15/politics/iran-hackers-tank-readers-gas-stations)** > > US officials suspect Iranian hackers are behind a series of breaches of systems that monitor the amount of fuel in storage tanks serving gas stations in multiple states, according to multiple sources briefed on the activity. ---
**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 16, 2026, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5417 "2026-05-16T09:59:30Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > And there will be more in the future Assuming there is a future. ---
**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 16, 2026, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5418 "2026-05-16T10:03:17Z")
Can we just call Trump what he is: An idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing? It’s time to call a spade a fucking shovel. Americans, get rid of this jackass. I don’t care what your Constitution says. He sure doesn’t. He is mentally ill, he is unfit to govern, he is too—oh, squirrel! Yeah that. Jesus H. Mahogany Christ and a Half, get rid of this bozo, and don’t give me crap about “impeachment” or “scheduled elections.” Those of us in parliamentary democracies have been able to get rid of our leaders at anytime since forever. Why can’t Americans? 'Nuff said for now. ---
**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 16, 2026, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5419 "2026-05-16T10:25:48Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Those of us in parliamentary democracies have been able to get rid of our leaders at anytime since forever. Why can’t Americans? Even a brief reading of history would indicate that our American cousins have, and have used, means of being rid of their leaders that those of us in parliamentary democracies don’t contemplate. ---
**Author:** ![yendis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ed8c4c/32.png) [@yendis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yendis)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5420 "2026-05-16T12:11:59Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > Even a brief reading of history would indicate that our American cousins have, and have used, means of being rid of their leaders that those of us in parliamentary democracies don’t contemplate More extreme than charging the head of state with treason and chopping his head off? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=270) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=272)