# 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:** 275
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5481 "2026-05-18T15:03:08Z")
> [@billy-jack](#): > > While he may be President, I sincerely doubt that he has gained acceptance by those members of New York’s high society. It is as if he is now to the point of trying to take revenge on the whole country for his failure to be accepted by the social elite. He did hang out with Epstein a lot though. Wasn’t that considered socially elite? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5482 "2026-05-18T16:37:37Z")
This is clearly a fake picture because Trump is taller than the aliens. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5483 "2026-05-18T17:18:41Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > and another corner of the room where the Trump organization is making money off tons of insider information… Quite frankly, I think ALL of the distractions (including RFKJr and Hegseth) are to distract from this. If the news media is reporting on ALL of this, they don’t have time for deep reporting on the insider trading. ---
**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 18, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5484 "2026-05-18T19:19:03Z")
Is it Tuesday already? 'Cause someone’s in the mood for tacos! [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreifhrgjixng3tnunqikliu774ameb5ex7nol3h5uj6fr3vsygux2iu) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreifhrgjixng3tnunqikliu774ameb5ex7nol3h5uj6fr3vsygux2iu) ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5485 "2026-05-18T19:38:36Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > t’s too bad his team of crack lawyers didn’t produce any of that evidence in the 60-odd fraud cases they’d brought before various courts. [Attorney General Lionel Hutz.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgc9mjFlTAk) ---
**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 18, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5486 "2026-05-18T20:00:10Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > What puzzles me is why Trump is still complaining about the 2020 election. To add to the several excellent answers to this already given: Donald needs to keep harping about cheating in 2020 to protect against any and all losses by Republicans **in 2026 and 2028**. That is, he’s selling the idea that _ **no one can ever believe the official, announced results of any election** _. They are ALL “rigged.” Rubles to donuts, Vlad advised him to keep up the ‘2020 was rigged’ talk forever. As an experienced autocrat, Vlad knows how valuable cynicism-in-the-population is to maintaining power. ---
**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 18, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5487 "2026-05-18T20:33:42Z")
Absolutely not written by Trump. There is no way he could remember any of those names on his own. Also, our regularly scheduled attack (I guess they capitalized Military for giggles) on Tuesday. What genius planning! I could have used a “?” instead of “!” after planning ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5488 "2026-05-18T20:47:53Z")
We are now advertising when our regularly scheduled attacks are? Boy, that’s sneaky. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5489 "2026-05-18T20:55:58Z")
Thank goodness all those folks asked him not to attack, no doubt with tears in their eyes. Is there anyone who didn’t 100% expect him to chicken out? He doesn’ t even have the good sense to be embarassed about this very poorly acted out charade. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5490 "2026-05-18T21:05:26Z")
I would think giving away military secrets about planned attacks, is sort of a war crime. Against us. ---
**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 18, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5491 "2026-05-18T21:05:28Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > That is, he’s selling the idea that _ **no one can ever believe the official, announced results of any election** _. You left off part … any election “that is won by Democrats”. The 2024 election was, of course, perfect. ---
**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 18, 2026, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5492 "2026-05-18T21:36:58Z")
Except he definitely won more states than he won. Something, something fake news, wah, wah, wah ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5493 "2026-05-18T22:23:31Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > Thank goodness all those folks asked him not to attack, no doubt with tears in their eyes. Is there anyone who didn’t 100% expect him to chicken out? He doesn’ t even have the good sense to be embarassed about this very poorly acted out charade. He’s already had this cycle over and over and I expect he’ll continue it until his term is over. Lots of Market Manipulation Mondays followed by Taco Tuesdays to come! ---
**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 19, 2026, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5494 "2026-05-19T01:16:16Z")
There was a scheduled attack? I thought time was ticking toward, oh two weeks away. Someone with a more Perfect Brain than Pres. TACO has gifted him a way to unwind the mess he’s gotten in. If Iran was willing to concede nuclear inspection, it’s off the table. The great TACO better be ready with a “pretty please. with sugar and cash on top, open the Strait and let me say strongman things about myself, while you do not offend my bestie in Israel.” ---
**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 19, 2026, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5495 "2026-05-19T02:06:00Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I expect he’ll continue it until his term is over Yeah, right. He’s not going to stop until he croaks. [Liar tried to turn National Mall into a church. Pews were empty.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-humiliated-citizens-fail-flock-053203410.html) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump’s recycled religious video message was broadcast to rows of empty seats at the president’s free event to “rededicate” America to God. > > [Rededicate 250](https://freedom250.org/celebration/rededicate-250-a-national-jubilee-of-prayer-praise-and-thanksgiving) ran for over eight hours on Sunday at Washington’s National Mall. Billed by organizers as a “National Jubilee Of Prayer, Praise and Thanksgiving,” it included worship songs, appearances by religious leaders, and speeches by members of the Trump administration. And where was the liar-in-chief on that particular Sabbath day? > [@](#): > > Trump also only appeared on screen, [as he was attending](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-snubs-big-faith-event-203941358.html) the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia on Sunday. [Reflecting Pool painters subjected to unsafe conditions.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/workers-racing-turn-reflecting-pool-100036841.html) > [@](#): > > Workers renovating one of Washington DC’s most historically symbolic sites in a project ordered by [Donald Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump) may be risking their safety as they race to finish on time for the US’s [250th](https://www.yahoo.com/news/historians-alarmed-trump-seeks-rewrite-110004409.html) [anniversary celebrations](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/freedom-trucks-tour-trump-skewed-120048911.html), a union monitoring the site has warned. > > Trade union scrutiny has focused on the reflecting pool on the US capital’s National Mall – [scene of Martin Luther King’s 1963 “I have a dream speech”](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/U4YDBQco2SE) – after it was drained of water and fenced off from the public to allow contractors the chance to upgrade it by 4 July. I give you [Beltway Bartiromo](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/fox-news-maria-bartiromo-branded-133511820.html). > [@](#): > > Fox News anchor [Maria Bartiromo](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/maria-bartiromo/) faced criticism on Sunday (May 17) after delivering a monologue that prompted some viewers to compare it to North Korean state television. > > According to [RawStory](https://www.rawstory.com/fox-news-2676906371/), Bartiromo opened her weekend show, _Sunday Morning Futures_, by describing it as one of the “leading critical journalists” covering topics such as “the made-up Russia collusion story” and the “coordinated attack on the American people” by Democrats to “hide serious mental incapacitation” of former President Joe Biden. > > Viewers reacted to Bartiromo’s monologue on social media, with journalist Aaron Rupar [writing on BlueSky](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mm2jxryaku23), “Holy s\*\*\*. Get a load of this monologue from Maria Bartiromo. Move over, North Korean state TV.” > > “Maria Bartiromo is shamelessly despicable,” wrote another commenter. > > “”Made-up Russia collusion story”? Deep State spying on Trump? No, Maria, this is not “critical journalism”. It’s lying as an outlet for a convicted felon in the White House. I trust this helps you,” another added. > > “Modern day Tokyo Rose everyone!” [said one X user](https://x.com/EdTNYC820/status/2056351423357473269?s=20), referring to the name given by Allied troops in the South Pacific during World War II to female English-speaking radio broadcasters of Japanese propaganda. ---
**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 19, 2026, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5496 "2026-05-19T02:57:28Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Except he definitely won more states than he won. Something, something fake news, wah, wah, wah Well, duh. He _should_ have carried all fifty states – DC don’t count. It’s too full of them. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5497 "2026-05-19T13:59:45Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > We are now advertising when our regularly scheduled attacks are? Boy, that’s sneaky Seriously. Remember the good ol’ days, when diplomacy and military planning were done quietly? But Trump has never had a “thought” cross his mind that didn’t blurt out his pie-hole. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5498 "2026-05-19T14:09:27Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > open the Strait and let me say strongman things about myself, while you do not offend my bestie in Israel He’s been trying that for a month (well, not directly asking, but apparently somehow _expecting_ that when he says “they gave me all I wanted” nobody will stand up and say “no we did not”.) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5499 "2026-05-19T14:32:24Z")
Congress is a disgrace as well. Well they did tap the brakes on a few things. But they need to drop anchor on him 1.7 billon, is over 1 million dollars for every traitor that attacked congress. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5500 "2026-05-19T15:12:10Z")
OTOH, I’m sure the _entire Biden family_ will receive _yuge_ checks from the fund _without even having to ask!_ :rolleyes: In keeping with the usual theme of “every accusation is actually a confession,” the Bidens – along with Letitia James, James Comey, John Brennan, and so many others are the _true_ victims of a ‘weaponized’ justice system. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=274) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=276)