# 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:** 303
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2026, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6041 "2026-06-04T22:27:11Z")
Trump cites 1950 law to spend $700 million on coal fired power plants and coal infrastructure. > Trump said the administration will use authority under a Cold War-era national defense law to support 13 coal plants across the country and help build coal plants in Alaska and West Virginia — the first new U.S. coal plants since 2013. The money will also help restart a shuttered coal-fired power plant in Maryland and support construction of a long-delayed coal export terminal in Oakland, California. > **[Trump announces $700 million in new support for struggling coal industry](https://apnews.com/article/trump-coal-mining-power-plant-climate-electricity-0a7126d66de97b10f32eaa39b1af669f)** > > President Donald Trump is again seeking to boost the struggling U.S. coal industry. A plan announced Thursday would spend nearly $700 million to support coal-fired power plants and coal exports. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6042 "2026-06-04T22:30:27Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Now that one isn’t real. > (He didn’t actually post it, I mean.) He did. > **['Happy Pride!' Trump's AI image of himself in tight flag shorts causes a stir](https://www.rawstory.com/peak-maga-trump-roasted-over-football-ai-photo-amid-pride-month/)** > > The internet mocked President Donald Trump for an AI image he reportedly shared of himself wearing a No. 47 football jersey and tight American flag shorts while holding a basketball and surrounded by male cheerleaders.Trump has shared a number of AI... ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6043 "2026-06-04T22:32:19Z")
Alright, Knicks fans, you know what to do. > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mnihzvhtey2z)** > > Trump says he's going to an NBA Finals game at MSG next Monday, and he might be there for Game 4 too ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6044 "2026-06-04T22:36:02Z")
This one is real. I have no idea what it’s supposed to mean and who that is supposed to be. (It won’t preview but the link is safe - does NOT go to Truth Social - it’s a site that copies his tweets.) > **[Donald J. Trump: ""](https://trumpstruth.org/statuses/39096)** ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6045 "2026-06-04T22:41:49Z")
It’s her, [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSlzFPRCjI96RSClAlrSbfeObqZM-jayj0f9A&s) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSlzFPRCjI96RSClAlrSbfeObqZM-jayj0f9A&s) and Trump is filling the Reflecting Pool with liberal tears. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6046 "2026-06-04T22:55:43Z")
> [@bobsmom101](#): > > > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > > And his power will be exclusively focused on rage and revenge. > > Um, Paul? Not " **exclusively."** You left out “and stealing as much cash as he can from the public.” And erecting self-aggrandizing monuments. Which rounds out the trifecta of Spite, Greed and Ego. The motivation behind every one of Trumps actions can be assigned to one or more of those three. ---
**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, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6047 "2026-06-04T22:57:44Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > and Trump is filling the Reflecting Pool with liberal tears. Ah. That’s too subtle, too intelligent a link, for trump to make. The fishbowl helmet? Nope. Someone with a functioning brain made this. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6048 "2026-06-04T22:58:27Z")
The key word there is “reportedly”. It’s not on Truth Social now. And there’s a website that pulls all his tweets and reposts them. It’s not on that site either. Looks like it was just someone on X being funny. > [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > and Trump is filling the Reflecting Pool with liberal tears Ah, thanks. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6049 "2026-06-04T23:02:01Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > Looks like it was just someone on X being funny. So you’re telling me we just need to get Trump to see it so he’ll instinctively retweet it. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6050 "2026-06-05T00:14:02Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > And the Amazon will soon become our cherished 51st state!!1 !!!1!! !!!1 Well, since corporations can now vote in [Delaware](https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/delaware-court-upholds-voting-by-companies-small-towns-election-2026-05-26/) that could happen. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2026, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6051 "2026-06-05T00:19:39Z")
My nethers just spontaneously sealed themselves. I hope I can still pee. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6052 "2026-06-05T01:00:21Z")
Only one of these images from today has been modified. [![](https://i.imgur.com/LwMcj96.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/LwMcj96.jpeg) ---
**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:** [June 5, 2026, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6053 "2026-06-05T01:57:49Z")
That made me chuckle. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2026, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6054 "2026-06-05T03:41:00Z")
Happy pride month! ---
**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:** [June 5, 2026, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6055 "2026-06-05T03:46:01Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Only one of these images from today has been modified. I want to know why the guy beside him is holding his head. Does he fear Trump is about to fall out of his chair or something? Doesn’t he know he’s on camera? ---
**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:** [June 5, 2026, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6056 "2026-06-05T06:13:00Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > 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. I’d be tempted to ask him how deep he thinks half a hole is. > [@Sherrerd](#): > > And of course he also wants credit for turning it toilet-bowl blue. Thank you! That’s exactly what it reminds me of now. Honestly, I’m shocked he didn’t opt for the orange toilet cakes we called toilet bowl cakes “piss balls” when I was in the military–how fitting is that for anything involved with him? > [@Jihi](#): > > Trump: LOOK OVER THERE!!! I usually type _SQUIRREL!_ when he does a stunt like this. > [@billy-jack](#): > > By the way, I ran across someone who was worried that if we had a big drought, the water in the Gulf of Mexico would all evaporate and there would be no more Gulf of Mexico. > > It’s had to imagine anyone that stupid. Where have you been since he descended that escalator? It’s easy to believe every time he opens his yap or xits. > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > [@Smapti](#): > > > > I got nothin’. > > That’s like the gayest thing since the volleyball scene in _Top Gun_. > > Not that there’s anything wrong with that. To us. > > To MAGA? They should be cringing. Not quite likely. I wouldn’t be surprised a whit if the magaflatearthers lined up to kiss that flag right where it is. [And now it’s Mar-a-Lardo of the Flies.](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-treasury-secretary-confirms-threatened-175443000.html) > [@](#): > > President **Donald Trump**'s decision to appoint **Bill Pulte** as acting director of national intelligence is drawing growing criticism from Republicans on Capitol Hill, with Treasury Secretary **Scott Bessent** publicly acknowledging during a recent Senate hearing that he once had a heated confrontation with the Trump loyalist. > > Pulte, who currently leads the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), lacks a traditional national security background and has become a divisive figure among GOP lawmakers. Concerns about his qualifications resurfaced during a Senate Finance Committee hearing when Republican Sen. **Thom Tillis** of North Carolina questioned Bessent about reports of a confrontation between the two men in 2025. > > “I do have one awkward question to ask you real quick and then I want to get to some of the trends and how you’re going to work on them,” Tillis said. “Did you actually tell Pulte you were going to punch him in the face?” > > “No, sir. [I actually said I was going to kick his a\*\*](https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/i-said-i-was-going-to-kick-his-a-scott-bessent-admits-he-threatened-to-beat-up-trumps-controversial-dni-pick/),” Bessent responded with a slight smile. > > “Good. Okay. Good. I share the emotion,” Tillis replied. [Killer Kennedy wants your medical records.](https://www.aol.com/articles/rfk-jr-health-department-seeking-203345000.html) > [@](#): > > The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking access to Americans’ medical records but says the initiative isn’t directed at looking into a link between vaccines and autism. > > In a statement to USA TODAY on June 4, an HHS spokesperson shared that the agency is “strengthening public health surveillance and modernizing data systems to better understand and combat the childhood chronic disease epidemic as part of Secretary (Robert F.) Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again agenda. Americans deserve robust systems to monitor the drivers of chronic illness.” > > The statement comes after [KFF Health News](https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/04/health/medical-records-vaccines-autism) reported Kennedy, the health secretary, is pursuing these records in a quest to research a link between vaccines and autism. The World Health Organization and other reputable health agencies around the world have repeatedly stated that evidence shows [vaccines do not cause autism](https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/11/20/cdc-website-vaccines-autism-rfk/87370319007/). [Fill your left hand with want and the other with crap…](https://www.aol.com/articles/democrats-want-answers-pentagon-gives-181701000.html) > [@](#): > > A group of Democratic lawmakers wants the White House to explain how [a startup in North Carolina, financially backed by a venture capital firm linked to Donald Trump Jr.,](https://www.aol.com/news/trump-administration-putting-millions-minerals-010038561.html) obtained a $620 million loan from the Department of Defense and a $50 million investment from the Department of Commerce. > > In a [letter](https://crow.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/crow-evo.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/crow-warren_letter_to_white_house_re_white_house_intervention_in_trump_jrpentagoncontracts.pdf) to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, sent Tuesday, the five Democratic lawmakers are asking for an explanation of what they say appears to be “an egregious example of Trump administration corruption” [based on recent reporting from](https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-vulcan-deal-white-house)[_ProPublica_](https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-vulcan-deal-white-house)[.](https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-vulcan-deal-white-house) > > Specifically, they want to know whether Peter Navarro, an adviser to President Donald Trump, helped Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth magnet startup, obtain the lucrative loan from the Pentagon. Vulcan Elements is backed by [1789 Capital](https://www.aol.com/news/donald-trump-jr-launches-executive-192230313.html), which [Trump Jr. joined](https://www.aol.com/news/trump-media-set-launch-own-212202613.html)as a partner in 2024. > > “If this report is accurate, it reveals a staggering level of corruption and influence peddling that superseded this process, enriching the President’s son at the expense of U.S. national security and taxpayer dollars,” the Democrats wrote. And I think all of us here know exactly where that shit’s coming from. [The felon’s booking agent is, get this, Jeff Epstein.](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/jon-stewart-exposes-weirdest-part-051205051.html) > [@](#): > > Jon Stewart revealed the strangest detail of President Trump’s constantly-changing Freedom 250 lineup. > > The concert, designed as a 15-day celebration of the United States’ 250th anniversary, is set to feature [C+C Music Factory](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/jimmy-kimmel-roasts-trump-concert-054538558.html), Vanilla Ice, and Flo Rida. The majority of the artists—including Martina McBride, the Commodores, and Young MC—have since [backed out](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/country-star-martina-mcbride-pulls-033255434.html) of the event. > > Stewart on Monday night was startled by the familiar name of the booking agent shared by several musicians performing at the concert. > > CNN [reported](https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/29/entertainment/trump-250th-concert-artists-drop-out-cec) on Sunday that several of the musicians had the same booking agent: [Jeff Epstein](https://uaagency.com/leadership/) of Universal Attractions Agency. > > Stewart shared CNN’s reporting in his Monday monologue and responded incredulously, “What the f—?!” > > Stewart described the reveal as “the weirdest thing about how this concert is coming together.” > > “_Jeff Epstein_ of _Universal Attractions_ is in charge of, forgive me, _recruiting talent_ for a Donald Trump party? That’s what you’re telling me?” Stewart said. > > The _Daily Show_ host continued, “In planning our country’s 250th birthday, somebody had to go into Donald Trump’s office and say, ‘I know just the guy.’” No word yet if Jeff here is narcoleptic or has visited the Hill Street precinct. [Didn’t someone above say the felon’s vanity concert would have Lee Greenwood?](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-makes-official-freedom-250-000056776.html) > [@](#): > > Sorry, Vanilla Ice. The “Freedom 250” concerts scheduled for the National Mall in Washington, D.C. have been officially canceled by President Donald J. Trump, after almost all of the artists bailed. The shows will be replaced, as he previously suggested, with a rally featuring one of his own speeches as the principal attraction. > > The event Trump is promising will not be altogether without music, however. Trump says that he will be introduced by the MAGA movement’s most reliable musical stalwart, '80s country hitmaker Lee Greenwood. And now we know why Rip van Simple wants to screw with the Lincoln Memorial: [Lincoln’s not facing his DC home.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-bizarrely-claims-lincoln-memorial-201443170.html) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump derailed a White House event about “clean coal” to go on a rant [about his ongoing beautification efforts](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-dc-follies-250-ft-121417630.html) in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, marking yet another moment where those efforts have distracted the president from more serious policy discussions. > > A Thursday afternoon event billed as an announcement about a new investment in U.S. coal plants began with Trump immediately launching into a spiel for the assembled White House press about his efforts to overhaul the Lincoln Memorial, complete with a video showing water flowing into the newly repainted Reflection Pool. The president then shifted to his future plans: An idea for a “promenade” to extend down the other side of the building to the Potomac River. > > “We’re doing something that just came up, we have a little breaking news here,” Trump teased. “We’re going to be doing that, it’s a promenade. They want to call it the Trump promenade.” > > His explanation for the planned renovations followed: “At the Lincoln Memorial, the front was supposed to be the back, and the back was supposed to be the front. [The promenade] never got built, because they built two roadways behind it.” Honest Abe faces the Capitol, thus meaning his butt’s towards the White House. [Russian agent man is going to be livid.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/house-poised-pass-ukraine-aid-173404433.html) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Thursday that would aid Ukraine and sanction key segments of the Russian economy, overriding objections from Republican leaders who warned the bill would undermine negotiations designed to achieve a comparable but stronger result. > > The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., seeks to cement U.S. assistance for Ukraine by providing more than $1 billion in security and reconstruction aid. It would make another $8 billion available for Ukraine’s defense through loans. > > The 226-195 vote is a sign of impatience with President Donald Trump’s approach to the war and represents the House’s second major foreign policy break with Trump this week. The day before, the House, for the first time, [approved](https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-powers-vote-house-9aaadea35f9523c818802286a6553536) a war powers resolution aimed at halting [U.S. military action against Iran](https://apnews.com/live/trump-administration-updates-06-03-2026). > > Supporters were able to force action on the Ukraine bill by gathering 218 signatures on a discharge petition, a legislative tool that allows a majority of the House to effectively bypass leadership. [Making Attorneys Get Attorneys is right.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/us--justice-department-john-bolton-144633287.html) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON (AP) — [Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton](https://apnews.com/article/john-bolton-indictment-classified-information-1e21da0591d1195fbf58c0df28d57c9f) has agreed to plead guilty to a single count of retaining classified information under a deal with the Justice Department that could allow him to avoid prison time, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday. > > The deal would resolve a criminal case filed in October that charged Bolton with [18 counts](https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1416406/dl) of either retaining or disseminating classified information, including diary-like notes from his time in government that officials say he shared with family members as he was preparing a memoir about his career. > > Under the agreement, Bolton would also face a $2.25 million fine, said the person, who insisted on anonymity to discuss a deal that had not been made public. Any prison sentence would be capped at five years, but the agreement could also allow him to avoid time behind bars. The punishment will ultimately be up to a judge. [The war on science continues.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/researchers-trump-rule-could-destroy-131752801.html) > [@](#): > > Scientists across multiple disciplines are sounding the alarm after the White House proposed taking greater control over how scientific research gets funded and allowing political appointees to decide whether to approve scientific grants. > > Critics of the proposed rule say it would codify the administration’s attempts to destroy the scientific research enterprise in the US that has led to remarkable discoveries on treating cancer, HIV and rare diseases — as well as understanding weather and climate science and developing artificial intelligence. It could have far-reaching implications on what kinds of research topics get studied in the first place. > > One of the main casualties in OMB’s proposal would be the country’s longstanding scientific peer review process for grantmaking. Peer review has been widely used since the post-World War II research boom, and relies on panels of experts in their fields judging federal funding decisions on the scientific merit of the grant proposals, rather than any politically-motivated criteria. > > The proposed rule would also ban research on diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as gender, and stop federally funded international scientific collaborations. And OMB’s changes could target more than scientific research — applying to other federal grant awards from agencies to state and local governments. > > “This proposal does not just apply to scientific research funding, it applies to other federal awards in all kinds of contexts,” said Stanford Law School professor Lisa Larrimore Ouellette. The Second Felonial Era has a war on everything except, oddly enough, war. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2026, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6057 "2026-06-05T07:05:21Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > the Ivan Tors movie **Gog** I was four when that came out and the only thing I remember was Gog or Magog – I forget which – coming to life and killing someone. Scared the shit out of me. > [@Stratocaster](#): > > Not many people know this, but the Amazon is longer than the height of the Chrysler Building. That goddam Bezos. Oh, wait. Never mind ---
**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:** [June 5, 2026, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6058 "2026-06-05T07:41:16Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > No word yet if Jeff here is narcoleptic or has visited the Hill Street precinct. You’re probably thinking of Vic Hitler; easy to get those confused. > [@Monty](#): > > Honest Abe faces the Capitol, thus meaning his butt’s towards the White House. Actually, no. The main landmarks in D.C. form a cross. The Capital, Washington Monument, and Lincoln Memorial form the long, east-west axis (the National Mall). The White House, Washington Monument, and Jefferson Memorial are the shorter, north-south axis. Abe is facing east, toward the Washington Monument, and far beyond that, the Capital. If he turns his head 45 degrees to the left, he’ll be looking at the White House. The city’s layout was designed by Pierre Charles L’Enfant. I recall hearing once that his original plan had only three primary points of interest, forming an ‘L’ shape. It was expanded so as not to enshrine L’Enfant’s initial in the city plan. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2026, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6059 "2026-06-05T07:45:30Z")
Or I could have just posted a picture. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/National_Mall_map.png) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/National_Mall_map.png) ---
**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:** [June 5, 2026, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6060 "2026-06-05T08:29:29Z")
Damn. I knew that, having grown up in the area. Ah, well. The felon still deserves a good statuary mooning. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=302) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=304)