# 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:** 301
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6001 "2026-06-04T14:49:40Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > That description reminds me of the underground facility in _The Andromeda Strain_. Well, that was designed by smart people. SMRT. “Did you know there is an ‘a’ in ‘smart’? Most people don’t know that. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.” Well also, Wildfire had an automatic self destruct that could only be turned off by one person turning a key. Otherwise BOOM. trump or Don jr would probably be the one assigned the key, and they’d forget it, or go golfing, or forget how keys work. Hmmm, losing the White House might be a small price to pay. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6002 "2026-06-04T15:02:28Z")
As I’ve noted before, I suspect that Michael Crichton ripped off his plan for the Wildfire installation from the Ivan Tors movie **Gog** which also featured a secret underground base, made of several levels, where secret scientific research was going on, and which also had a nuclear device that threatens to go off at the end of the movie. So the guys who designed it were the designers of that film > **[Gog (film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gog_(film))** > > Gog is a 1954 independently made American science fiction horror film produced by Ivan Tors, directed by Herbert L. Strock, and starring Richard Egan, Constance Dowling (in her final big-screen role), and Herbert Marshall. Gog was produced by Ivan Tors Productions and was filmed in Natural Vision 3D. The color process is credited to Color Corporation of America. The film was distributed by United Artists in June 1954. > Gog is the third and final feature film in Ivan Tors' "Office of Scientific... ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6003 "2026-06-04T15:03:00Z")
I would trust the entity whom real Christians call Jesus. The self- serving, ugly thing these people seem to worship? Not so much. Fecking bobbleheaded stoat. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6004 "2026-06-04T15:12:55Z")
There’s that, I guess, but first, I’m wondering what Bill Pulte has ever done to be compared to Jesus. Maybe he’s got the water into wine thing going and is a hit at parties ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6005 "2026-06-04T15:18:55Z")
He didn’t do anything to merit the comparison. It’s just another Republican speaking the name in public. They get bonus heaven points or something for doing that. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6006 "2026-06-04T15:42:50Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > What the godfuckingdamn ever-lovin fucking fuck? > What kind of religious argle-bargle response is that?!?!?! Republican = Christian, Democrat = Satan worshiper. That’s been a standard Republican belief for decades. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6007 "2026-06-04T16:29:03Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > I would trust the entity whom real Christians call Jesus. I might trust him to hold my wallet, but I don’t think his background and experience qualifies him for DNI. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6008 "2026-06-04T17:16:04Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Republican = Christian, Democrat = Satan worshiper. That’s been a standard Republican belief for decades. Maybe for radical Republicans. In any event, I don’t imagine that many Democrats would worship Trump. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6009 "2026-06-04T18:10:49Z")
> [@billy-jack](#): > > Maybe for radical Republicans. There aren’t any other sort at this point. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6010 "2026-06-04T18:42:09Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > There aren’t any other sort at this point. There are. They just don’t usually get the air time that Trump and his radical cult gets. Unfortunately, many once Conservative Republicans have been swayed to follow Tump. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6011 "2026-06-04T20:51:56Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > [@Monty](#): > > > > That description reminds me of the underground facility in _The Andromeda Strain_. > > Well, that was designed by smart people. SMRT. “Did you know there is an ‘a’ in ‘smart’? Most people don’t know that. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.” Surely I’m not the only person who, on reading Monty’s initial suggestion, pictured Donald trying to climb the ladder through the facility’s central core, while being hit with lasers…? (Frankly I doubt he has the upper-body strength needed to haul himself up more than one or two rungs.) (Also: interesting, @CalMeacham —I hadn’t heard of _Gog_. I wouldn’t put a bit of IP theft past ol’ Michael Crichton, certainly.) ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6012 "2026-06-04T20:57:37Z")
Even for someone who knows nothing about buildings and pools this statement is so dumb it hurts. [![](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/WHB5TYVZXBLLDHTA634OBZ6O74.jpg?auth=f4dcdfa7eeb2ad14d7ca83df66dd67b413439cb2c6ed44e70bb1d938ef8af5cf&width=1200) ](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/WHB5TYVZXBLLDHTA634OBZ6O74.jpg?auth=f4dcdfa7eeb2ad14d7ca83df66dd67b413439cb2c6ed44e70bb1d938ef8af5cf&width=1200) It has been published in the _[El País](https://elpais.com/internacional/2026-06-04/la-guerra-de-iran-y-el-fondo-milmillonario-para-sus-aliados-minan-el-ascendente-de-trump-sobre-los-republicanos-en-el-congreso.html)_ website, a respectable newspaper. So probably not AI slop. If it is, an one must always assume the worst today, in particular because AI is getting better and better and we still tend to believe “this is too stupid even for President Ineptstein”, my apologies. But we know we give him too much credit: it probably is not AI. He is an idiot. ETA: total height of 829.8 m (2,722 ft, or just over half a mile) > **[Burj Khalifa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa)** > > The Burj Khalifa\[a\] (previously known as Burj Dubai prior to inauguration) is a megatall skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, it is the world's tallest structure, with a total height of 829.8 m (2,722 ft, or just over half a mile) and a roof height (excluding the antenna, but including a 242.6 m spire) of 828 m (2,717 ft). It has also been the tallest building in the world since its topping out in 2009, surpassing Taipei 101, which had held the rec... ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6013 "2026-06-04T21:00:55Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > … **Rubio said the United States is giving white South Africans a privileged immigration pathway because they have a “high likelihood of assimilation.”** … Since it appears that the malAdministration’s goal is to reshape the US along Afrikaner lines, Rubio may well be correct. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6014 "2026-06-04T21:05:47Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > But we know we give him too much credit: it probably is not AI. He is an idiot It’s real. To give him partial credit, it’s actually less blindingly stupid than most of his output. At least he recognizes bigger number is bigger. I wouldn’t have bet he retained that level of numeracy ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6015 "2026-06-04T21:06:58Z")
I’m confused, but we are talking about Trump. Is he saying that the reflecting pool, that already exists, is longer than skyscrapers are tall?? ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6016 "2026-06-04T21:09:43Z")
He is not only saying that----he’s trying to sell the idea that this is **Meaningful** and **Important**. Thank our God that our beloved King is ON TOP of this crucial comparison of the length of a pool to the height of buildings!!! What terrible things might have happened were he NOT on top of it??? (It’s definitely NOT AI-slop—there’s video of him going on and on about it.) ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6017 "2026-06-04T21:10:14Z")
That is how I understand it, yes. He seems to believe than digging a long hole is as difficult as stacking bricks higher and higher on top of each other. Never mind that there is at least one skyscraper that is taller. ETA: And now I see that he is not saying that the pool is longer than the highest building in NY after the twin towers fell. His building, named after him. No, he shows the Empire State Building. He really is a petty moron. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6018 "2026-06-04T21:11:53Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > He is not only saying that----he’s trying to sell the idea that this is **Meaningful** and **Important**. More than that - he’s trying to sell the idea that he should also get credit for the length of the pool, which was built over a century ago, i.e. before he was even born ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2026, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6019 "2026-06-04T21:12:14Z")
Not many people know this, but the Amazon is longer than the height of the Chrysler Building. Thank you for your attention to this matter. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6020 "2026-06-04T21:15:13Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > he’s trying to sell the idea that he should also get credit for the length of the pool, which was built over a century ago, Yeah. That fits. And of course he also wants credit for turning it toilet-bowl blue. _That_ credit he **does** deserve. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=300) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=302)