# 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:** 316
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6301 "2026-06-15T00:12:24Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > > [@Smapti](#): > > > > I’m seeing the hashtag #ObamaAppreciationDay going around on Bluesky. > > According to Daily Kos, it started in 2020 as an anti-Trump movement on then-Twitter. (I suppose it’s heavily discouraged now, on X.) Here’s a picture from BlueSky: [![](https://i.imgur.com/9CCp9A9.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/9CCp9A9.jpeg) Damn! What a good-looking family. ---
**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 15, 2026, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6302 "2026-06-15T00:13:27Z")
Trump: I hereby authorize the immediate opening of the Strait of Hormuz Trump 1 hour later: The Strait will open on Friday Trump on Friday, probably: The Strait will open in two weeks [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreicnrt7kmk3pde5icivhviby3q2btrahpmir3na6u65bc4pxzwsr2q) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreicnrt7kmk3pde5icivhviby3q2btrahpmir3na6u65bc4pxzwsr2q) [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreiemnfuckbdoisonpcrk22lylfmctsv3gxfoi52xzz3ijvhpgry5si) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreiemnfuckbdoisonpcrk22lylfmctsv3gxfoi52xzz3ijvhpgry5si) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6303 "2026-06-15T00:13:32Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Damn! What a good-looking family. One wonders if Barack wore the tan suit as an intentional troll. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6304 "2026-06-15T00:19:44Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Also, lower-IQ people often find team sports to be confusing and hard to follow. One-on-one sports (boxing; wrestling; mixed martial arts, etc.) are easier for their minds to grasp. An alternative view from Slate: > **[It Was Everyone’s Sport. Then MAGA Hijacked It. It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way.](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/06/ufc-freedom-250-trump-white-house-lawn.html)** > > For a sport that's closely connected with the current administration, it sure has a lot of diversity, equity, and inclusion. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6305 "2026-06-15T00:34:45Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > The one on the Washington Monument is offline and the one covering the White House is sporadically on and off. Holy smokes that is a big flag! And IIRC it’s one of two? Mine is a lot smaller and the stars are on the bottom. So are all the fun and festivities going on behind the WH and tomorrow we’ll see AI fit, muscular trump deftly cutting his cake and blowing out the candles like a typhoon? He was always a loser. Now he’s lost a war and his ear is pinned to Netanyahu. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6306 "2026-06-15T00:57:42Z")
BBC: \* US senator ‘somewhat concerned’ by Iran’s interpretation of agreement. That’s Markowsky language, yet this is Lindsey? > US Senator Lindsey Graham says that while he is “pleased” that a memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran has been agreed, he is “somewhat concerned” that “Iran’s view of the agreement seems different than what the American negotiating team is claiming”. “A memorandum of understanding…?” Even though this is the Pit, please forgive my “What. The. Bloody. Fuck?” ---
**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 15, 2026, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6307 "2026-06-15T01:37:33Z")
MOUs are the bedrock of all peace plans. Nothing like a “contract” that isn’t legally binding and relies on both parties adhering to it. With these two parties, I’m positive lasting peace and goodwill is in our future. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6308 "2026-06-15T01:43:44Z")
Nah, never-mind. That was brilliant sarcasm. MOU’s rule! ---
**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 15, 2026, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6309 "2026-06-15T02:30:29Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > The whitehouse is blaming the weather channel for the bad weather. I think it’s high time someone releases a weather app and titles it _Sharpie_. > [@Smapti](#): > > Trump: I hereby authorize the immediate opening of the Strait of Hormuz > > Trump 1 hour later: The Strait will open on Friday > > Trump on Friday, probably: The Strait will open in two weeks That can’t be correct. The post clearly says toll free. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6310 "2026-06-15T02:51:29Z")
We’re ‘engaged to be engaged.’ He moved the goalpost and declared victory. Who’s shocked? Anybody? Anybody?? Bueller?? ---
**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 15, 2026, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6311 "2026-06-15T03:44:45Z")
Does a promise ring not mean anything to anyone anymore? ---
**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 15, 2026, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6312 "2026-06-15T03:53:13Z")
[Yep, there was protest at America’s Tackiest Fawning.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/reeks-corruption-protesters-rally-trump-215430934.html) > [@](#): > > Dozens of people stood across the entrance gates to the Ellipse, the park south of the [White House](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/washington-dc), on Sunday afternoon, holding protest signs and chanting as the president prepared to host seven mixed martial arts fights on the lawn. > > Thousands of fight fans streamed past the protesters into the sprawling public viewing area that the [Trump administration](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration) and the Ultimate Fighting Championship ([UFC](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/ufc)), which is [hosting the fights](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/seven-fights-south-lawn-trump-090010805.html), erected steps from the White House. The cage fights, marketed as a celebration of the country’s “fighting spirit” ahead of its 250th anniversary, are being held on Donald Trump’s [80th birthday](https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/14/donald-trump-turns-80-faces-foe-father-time). > > Protesters held a large puppet cage of oversized figures of Trump and his cabinet members, a piece of street theater that drew looks from tourists and boos from UFC spectators. > > “This reeks of corruption – way too much corruption,” said Susan Douglas, an organizer with Third Act Virginia, the progressive pro-democracy grassroots organization that organized the demonstration. “Let’s face it,” she added. “It’s for Trump’s birthday and has nothing to do with the founding of our country.” & > [@](#): > > Protesters said that they opposed the event for a variety of reasons, including that Trump holds significant stock in TKO, the UFC’s parent company, and that that event commercializes federal park lands. Others opposed the inherently violent nature of the event, claiming that a cage fight was inappropriate for federal property, especially as the US continues to fight wars abroad. [Just because the felon is paranoid doesn’t mean, hehehehehe, he’s not being spied upon, hehehehehe.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/explosive-book-trump-sparks-alarm-165334460.html) > [@](#): > > A shocking [new report in Axios](https://www.axios.com/2026/06/14/trump-situation-room-tapes-haberman-swan-regime-change) claims that top White House officials believe that leaks in the West Wing now penetrate the president’s inner circle of advisers, who may have provided _New York Times_ reporters with recordings of secure conversations inside the Situation Room. > > The report, [published on Sunday,](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-ufc-fight-live-updates-b2995187.html) paints a picture of a freakout going on behind the scenes at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., where top administration officials are bracing for the release later this month of _Regime Change_, the latest book from two of the most well-sourced reporters in Washington, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan. > > According to Axios, officials now believe secret recordings were made of conversations between Trump’s top aides in the Situation Room, which would represent a serious breach of security protocol and, if the fears were to be founded, would represent the first known case of unauthorized recordings from that room, one of the most secure places on Earth, let alone that they were leaked to the media. > > “We’re afraid some of our most sensitive conversations were being recorded,” an administration source told Axios. “And we have no idea which ones.” Hehehehehe. [The petulant orange clown just might kill off FISA.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-wont-back-fisa-renewal-200104128.html) (The formatting is from the linked article.) > [@](#): > > President Trump is demanding Congress attach his sweeping voting overhaul to legislation renewing a key [U.S. surveillance authority](https://www.axios.com/2026/06/11/fisa-reauthorization-bill-pulte-trump-johnson#utm_source=yahoo_finance&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=subs-partner-yahoo-finance-AI). > > **Why it matters:** Section 702 of the [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act](https://www.axios.com/2026/04/13/white-house-fisa-reauthorization-mike-johnson#utm_source=yahoo_finance&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=subs-partner-yahoo-finance-AI) is among the government’s most contested surveillance authorities, long opposed by privacy advocates and supported by security hawks. Its fate now hinges on Trump’s unrelated demands for [a voting bill](https://www.axios.com/2026/02/10/save-america-act-trump-voter-id#utm_source=yahoo_finance&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=subs-partner-yahoo-finance-AI). > > * * * > > **Driving the news:** In a Truth Social posts Sunday, Trump tied renewal of Section 702 to the [SAVE America Act](https://www.axios.com/2026/03/17/save-act-house-convervatives-revolt-anna-paulina-luna#utm_source=yahoo_finance&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=subs-partner-yahoo-finance-AI), his stalled bill requiring proof of citizenship to register and photo ID to cast a ballot. > > - “I’m against FISA if it doesn’t come with The Save America Act (Full version!) firmly attached to it,” [Trump](https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump#utm_source=yahoo_finance&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=subs-partner-yahoo-finance-AI) wrote in [one post](https://truthsocial.com/%40realDonaldTrump/posts/116749841607391318). [What a deal, what a threat, what a disaster!](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-casually-drops-ultimate-threat-012649656.html) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump raised the chilling specter of an “ultimate alternative” if the current deal he says is pending with Iran fails to materialize. > > The president, 79, appeared to imply a nuclear attack against Iran in a [Truth Social post](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116743808155352167) on Saturday, after claiming the deal to end the war will be signed Sunday. His post was also critical of former President Barack Obama. > > “The Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow, and immediately after it is signed, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN TO ALL,” Trump wrote. > > “Hopefully this process will all work out quickly, easily and smoothly,” the president posted Sunday on Truth Social. “If it doesn’t, we have the ultimate alternative, hopefully never to be used again,” he added. Why do I doubt he doesn’t want to drop a nuclear bomb? [I bet you thought the Kennedy Center saga was over. _You fool!_](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/kennedy-center-establish-endowment-trumps-000559207.html) > [@](#): > > The Kennedy Center is establishing a new endowment in President Trump’s name to support previously existing private endowments and its $257 million in federal funding. > > The fund was created at a Thursday meeting of the performing arts center’s board of trustees, with the members voting unanimously to acknowledge the president’s contributions to the center by all legal means. The Kennedy Center’s board is chaired by Mr. Trump and largely made up of his allies. And let’s check out the nonsense they spew to support this. > [@](#): > > “We remain fully compliant with the court’s directive while we evaluate legal options regarding the Board’s unanimous vote,” said Roma Davari, Vice President of Public Relations at the Kennedy Center. “The establishment of the Trump Kennedy Center Fund is intended to recognize President Donald J. Trump’s significant contributions and dedication to America’s premier cultural center, while furthering our founding mission like never before.” > > A Kennedy Center official told CBS News that the Trump Kennedy Center Fund is “a landmark commitment to securing the future of the nation’s preeminent performing arts institution and its enduring legacy of artistic excellence.” A source with knowledge of the plans for the endowment suggested it will focus on the “physical disrepair” of the building, an element the current board feels has been neglected in the past. What contribution? Tacky ain’t excellence. And anyway, he didn’t put his fest(ering) at the Center. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6313 "2026-06-15T04:34:57Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > “A memorandum of understanding…?” Concept of a Plan… Outline of a Hypothesis… You know… Bullshit! ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6314 "2026-06-15T04:56:09Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > According to Axios, officials now believe secret recordings were made of conversations between Trump’s top aides in the Situation Room, which would represent a serious breach of security protocol and, if the fears were to be founded, would represent the first known case of unauthorized recordings from that room, one of the most secure places on Earth, let alone that they were leaked to the media. > > “We’re afraid some of our most sensitive conversations were being recorded,” an administration source told Axios. “And we have no idea which ones.” Molly Jong-Fast and Rick Wilson were [talking about this on Youtube](https://youtu.be/Po1ej51ZPVE?si=l8uE7atBrF_KGCpz) earlier. Their supposition is that JD Vance and Susie Wiles are leakers because of the positive slant towards them in the coverage. The person who recorded the meeting is presumed to be Bongino, who apparently has done similar stuff in the past. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6315 "2026-06-15T07:53:33Z")
Fun times at the White House Claw. From article: "The American Gaethje then stunned Spanish-Georgian Topuria to win after four rounds that left copious blood on the cage floor. Trump later headed inside the cage to shake hands and watch a fireworks display that launched well after 1 a.m. That capped a night where many of the winning fighters thanked Trump and God. Heavyweight Josh Hokit took it further with an extraordinary and unfounded attack [based on a right-wing conspiracy theory](https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-michelle-obama-mother-satire-623260875576) about a former first lady: “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right, America?” > **[Trump celebrates 80th birthday with an Iran deal and UFC cage fights at the...](https://apnews.com/article/trump-80th-birthday-ufc-biden-e14d1bbccc1cbaaad42fd541b1fe833d)** > > President Donald Trump has celebrated turning 80 by announcing a preliminary agreement to end the war and a UFC cage-fighting event on the White House lawn. ---
**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 15, 2026, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6316 "2026-06-15T07:56:13Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > That capped a night where many of the winning fighters thanked Trump and God. That should have been: _That capped a night where many of the winning fighers thanked Turmp, their God._ ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6317 "2026-06-15T07:57:15Z")
Were there Monster Trucks? ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6318 "2026-06-15T08:02:32Z")
Motorcycle jumpers earlier. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6319 "2026-06-15T14:35:31Z")
Aw - no jumping\* Monster Trucks. \*like, over-25-cars jumping ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6320 "2026-06-15T15:00:34Z")
Looks like Melania was really enjoying the UFC fight last night: [![](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-860w,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2026-06/260615-ufc-white-house-mb-1033-9ca858.jpg) ](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-860w,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2026-06/260615-ufc-white-house-mb-1033-9ca858.jpg) The last time I remember seeing her with an expression like that in a pic was this one, looking at Canadian PM Trudeau: [![](https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MTWSMC6XHHSPUVA5QWB36KQJ3Y.jpg?auth=879bfeb61d9b8e9c4bf5da707db54463c85d856daeb49883e511240ffd8a7c68&smart=true&width=1600&height=1600) ](https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MTWSMC6XHHSPUVA5QWB36KQJ3Y.jpg?auth=879bfeb61d9b8e9c4bf5da707db54463c85d856daeb49883e511240ffd8a7c68&smart=true&width=1600&height=1600) She’s probably also made that expression immediately after one of those times she allegedly renegotiated her prenup to be more favorable to her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=315) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=317)