# 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:** 282
**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 24, 2026, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5621 "2026-05-24T02:23:47Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > “Might makes Right” is official policy now. As Iran has shown, might is not all it’s been cracked up to be. So more correctly official policy should now read “I makes Right” ---
**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 24, 2026, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5622 "2026-05-24T02:24:41Z")
Trump to Iran: we surrender, also you can have $25 billion [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xjc7mkotpenvhh6ffewkdpyn/bafkreihv7mqnwgng4v2arho4exkbcvqi2d4oq7muodptkawatjcl2zi4xa) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xjc7mkotpenvhh6ffewkdpyn/bafkreihv7mqnwgng4v2arho4exkbcvqi2d4oq7muodptkawatjcl2zi4xa) ---
**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 24, 2026, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5623 "2026-05-24T04:04:40Z")
Wait a moment. Isn’t it an Arricle of Faith that releasing Iran’s own money to them is, in fact, just giving them money and something any real American president would do. Only that foreign-born Muslim with a name True Blue Americans shudder in fear hearing can even dream of payiing off Iran’s leaders. ---
**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 24, 2026, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5624 "2026-05-24T04:43:58Z")
Yes, but you’re forgetting Articles of Faith 37, 74, and 88; - Trump makes the best deals - No president has ever ended a war before - Everything Trump does is perfect ---
**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 24, 2026, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5625 "2026-05-24T05:07:22Z")
…but there’s noooooooo AOF Six… In the Trump surrenders link above I like the following sentence after the highlighted one: > [@](#): > > It was not clear if the proposal Iranian officials said that they had agreed to was what President Trump was referring to in his post on social media, The disconnects seem to be a major player in this debacle. ---
**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 24, 2026, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5626 "2026-05-24T07:32:39Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > The Department of Justice has officially scrubbed its public website of all historical news releases documenting the criminal prosecution of the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Down the ol’ memory hole. We are drawing ever closer to a boot stamping on a human face – forever. ---
**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 24, 2026, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5627 "2026-05-24T13:54:54Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > The disconnects seem to be a major player in this debacle To be fair, if I were Rubio or anybody at State, I would only be giving Trump the Highlights (for Kids!) summary and kept him out of any of the real decision making until they give him something to sign in a fancy ceremony, which is all he really wants anyway. Still doesn’t explain why most of the press continues to breathlessly report his words like the verbatim truth instead of actually doing, ya know, their job ---
**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 24, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5628 "2026-05-24T15:06:40Z")
Republicspittle Peter Hoekstra just doesn’t seen to get it. (he obtusely can’t, OR, maybe he does, and just doesn’t want to own up to it)(heh - was that a redundancy, there?)… Maybe just stop tariffing us, asshole? Wanted to quote this whole article - my blood’s near boiling. [https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/hoekstra-interview-radio-canada-9.7209252](https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/hoekstra-interview-radio-canada-9.7209252) I’ll just go with this one: > [@](#): > > But does Hoekstra understand the frustration of Canadians who feel they don’t deserve this treatment from their country’s largest trading partner, neighbour and ally? “No,” he fires back instantly. “We put tariffs on everybody in the world.” Riiiiiiiight, so it’s that whole “lots of wrongs make a right” sorta thing. Got it. Asshole. ---
**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 24, 2026, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5629 "2026-05-24T17:10:05Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Still doesn’t explain why most of the press continues to breathlessly report his words like the verbatim truth instead of actually doing, ya know, their job Yes! I’m tearing my hair every time there’s a “breaking” news story that boils down to, “Trump said something.” ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5630 "2026-05-24T17:20:41Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Yes! I’m tearing my hair every time there’s a “breaking” news story that boils down to, “Trump said something.” Usually more like “Trump said something stupid,” which is pretty much the _opposite_ of breaking news. ---
**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 24, 2026, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5631 "2026-05-24T17:33:52Z")
I’ve taken to regarding these Trump omnibus threads as “how has Trump fucked up today” updates. What new and unique way has Trump found to say or do something completely stupid and ignorant yet again? And there HAS to be multiple threads because he has so many truly unique ways of fucking up it literally breaks the rules of the board. Everyday when I come into one of these threads and start reading it feels like one of those scenes in a political thriller where you just see outrageous headlines flashed up on fake newspapers that spin away from the camera indicating the passage of time. I’m waiting for the scene transition where the movie drops back into real time and we start to see actual consequences for the headlines. I hope that made sense. ---
**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 24, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5632 "2026-05-24T17:52:14Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Riiiiiiiight, so it’s that whole “lots of wrongs make a right” sorta thing. Got it. > Asshole. “I’m not prejudiced. I hate everybody.” ---
**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 24, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5633 "2026-05-24T18:37:12Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > And there HAS to be multiple threads because he has so many truly unique ways of fucking up it literally breaks the rules of the board. Had a mild chuckle at that, and so true. > [@DesertDog](#): > > “I’m not prejudiced. I hate everybody.” Almost verbatim what a bigoted, hate-addled moron roommate stated from 25 years ago whenever I brought up protestations of him referring to Arabs as sand n…ers or calling Asians other epithets I won’t share. ---
**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 24, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5634 "2026-05-24T18:45:05Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Still doesn’t explain why most of the press continues to breathlessly report his words like the verbatim truth instead of actually doing, ya know, their job At this point, that _is_ their job. They’ve long since transitioned from doing actual investigative journalism to just repeating what the people they are reporting on say. Many news articles these days are essentially written by some corporation’s PR department, not the reporter parroting it. Trump being an idiot just makes it hard to ignore how little reporters actually do anymore. ---
**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 24, 2026, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5635 "2026-05-24T19:06:56Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Still doesn’t explain why most of the press continues to breathlessly report his words like the verbatim truth instead of actually doing, ya know, their job Also known as “CEO said a thing!” journalism. > **["CEO Said A Thing!" Journalism](https://karlbode.com/ceo-said-a-thing-journalism/)** > > "CEO said a thing!" journalism involves parroting the claims of a business leader or executive with absolutely no context, correction, or challenge whatsoever, no matter how elaborate the delusion. ---
**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 24, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5636 "2026-05-24T19:19:17Z")
“Please let me say I won the war, I’m bored with this one and I wanna bomb Cuba now” [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:q7wmkrvcto52ydwb4uwqzbju/bafkreifypggh2qkqex7zsbf2gzaqte6fzuqlm22yxyduzust5dy2icuw64) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:q7wmkrvcto52ydwb4uwqzbju/bafkreifypggh2qkqex7zsbf2gzaqte6fzuqlm22yxyduzust5dy2icuw64) ---
**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 24, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5637 "2026-05-24T19:31:34Z")
America to Iran: “Please don’t take anything the president says seriously” [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zijtoixjr3msu66tnthvstb7/bafkreihh3ezeak2vdqzvqpw26fzvbnj2mbn5p2dhmbvdlnlexvvnr6rtem) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zijtoixjr3msu66tnthvstb7/bafkreihh3ezeak2vdqzvqpw26fzvbnj2mbn5p2dhmbvdlnlexvvnr6rtem) ---
**Author:** ![billy-jack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@billy-jack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billy-jack)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5638 "2026-05-24T19:39:35Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Still doesn’t explain why most of the press continues to breathlessly report his words like the verbatim truth instead of actually doing, ya know, their job I think that the modern “news” channels do their best to persuade people of a point of view and to rile them up to be political actors. They are just creating irrational fury. The only time I watch the news is if I want to see a news story about a specific event. Like when the local high school sports teams go the semi-finals or the finals. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5639 "2026-05-24T19:49:34Z")
TLDR: We are copying Obama’s deal. ---
**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 24, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/5640 "2026-05-24T19:56:15Z")
Don’t forget click-bait. You gotta keep eyeballs there to keep the advertisers paying you happy. The worst of these are the sites that put up a headline, **MY DOCTOR WAS TERRIFIED WHEN MY BABY WAS BORN** and you have to click through twenty pages with two sentences on each one to find out a pair of forceps were dropped at the wrong moment [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=281) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=283)