# 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:** 323
**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 17, 2026, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6441 "2026-06-17T21:50:48Z")
_The President’s Brain Is Missing;_ G7 Edition “The agreement is very much undertoke” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3moizf3ojoh26)** > > Trump: "It seems like the agreement is very much undertoke" It’s not fair that Iran doesn’t get to have ballistic missiles > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3moizjyry4425)** > > Trump endorses Iran having ballistic missiles: "I'm saying that if other countries have them, it's a little unfair for them not to have some" “What am I gonna do?” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3moiq5wqylk2g)** > > Trump says that Iran "has to have" ballistic missiles, adding "what am I going to do? Am I going to let Saudi Arabia have missiles but they can't have them?" “It’s a very strong deal. Nobody knows what it is, but it’s very strong.” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3moi7ffbj272a)** > > Trump on his Iran deal: "It's a very strong deal. Nobody knows what it is, but it's very strong." “You shot your load, Steve, pretty much, right?” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3moizc7jbid23)** > > Trump: "The press conference seems to have gone well. You shot your load, Steve, pretty much, right?" “If it doesn’t work out I’m blaming JD.” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3moisngxn7l2c)** > > DOOCY: Why not stick around for the signing ceremony of this Iran peace deal? > > TRUMP: I might. But this is a memorandum of understanding. It might not be the kind of document I should be signing. If it doesn't work out, I'm blaming JD. “Oss(jerk!)off!” [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreida6r3dud2ouc5sgfozwetf4d4vc7nogpzwucic5dxjght3isbety) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreida6r3dud2ouc5sgfozwetf4d4vc7nogpzwucic5dxjght3isbety) Apparently we’re going to invade Mexico now > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3moiqtxlxfn2s)** > > Trump, breathing heavily, threatens Mexico: "Now we're gonna go and focus on the land. They \[drugs\] come through Mexico. Mexico has lost control of their country. The cartels run Mexico. The president is a very scared woman." “The word ‘affordability’ is a fake word made up by the Democrats.” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mois5qhp5x2q)** > > Trump: "We have the strongest economy we've ever had. The word 'affordability' is a fake word made up by the Democrats." (Ron Perlman voice) War. War is a nasty place. > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mois2i3itu2s)** > > Trump: "In war, terrible things happen. Like you mentioned the school gets hit. Other things get hit. Bad things happen in war. War is a nasty place. I see it. I see it better than maybe anybody has ever seen it." “Afghanistan is kissing our ass” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3moirxrsker23)** > > Trump: "Afghanistan is kissing our ass. Do you know that?" Obama must be laughing so hard right now > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3moirgkaepe23)** > > Trump on Iran: "The unfreezing -- we have taken a lot of their money. It's not our money. At a certain point in time, I guess we're gonna have to give it back." DOOCY: A wise man once said, ‘Iran never won a war, but never lost a negotiation’ TRUMP: Who said that? DOOCY: Donald Trump > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3moirmilo3u23)** > > DOOCY: A wise man once said, 'Iran never won a war, but never lost a negotiation' > > > TRUMP: Who said that? > > DOOCY: Donald Trump > > > TRUMP: If they raised the white flag and said 'Praise be to Allah, Donald Trump is the greatest president,' the Times and... “Young men walking around without legs” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3moipaotv4623)** > > Trump: "When you see young men walking around without legs, that's Soleimani" “He was in a hotel and I met him. We fell in love, deeply in love …we didn’t know each other before that. We had great chemistry, and I stayed twice as long as I was supposed to.” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3moia4oenbb2x)** > > Trump on Egyptian President el-Sisi: "He was in a hotel and I met him. We fell in love, deeply in love ... we didn't know each other before that. We had great chemistry, and I stayed twice as long as I was supposed to." [![](https://media.tenor.com/I1K6tlCMRBIAAAAM/everybody-cartoon.gif) ](https://media.tenor.com/I1K6tlCMRBIAAAAM/everybody-cartoon.gif) ---
**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 17, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6442 "2026-06-17T22:23:47Z")
This ‘excuse’ worked for Pete Townsend ---
**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 17, 2026, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6443 "2026-06-17T22:30:37Z")
> [@trump](#): > > He was in a hotel and I met him. We fell in love, deeply in love … we didn’t know each other before that. We had great chemistry, and I stayed twice as long as I was supposed to. Happy Pride month! ---
**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 17, 2026, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6444 "2026-06-17T22:34:11Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > It’s not fair that Iran doesn’t get to have ballistic missiles How long till Iran is forcing us to sell them missiles using some of the $300B we give them? What a great war! We totally kicked their asses! ---
**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 17, 2026, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6445 "2026-06-17T23:30:13Z")
So Much Winning! 😒 We would seriously be better off with Charlie Sheen. ---
**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 17, 2026, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6446 "2026-06-17T23:46:35Z")
Chicagoans are circulating a petition asking the city to rename the street Trump Chicago is on to “Barack Hussein Obama Ave.” > **[Petition to rename Trump Tower address after Obama racks up thousands of...](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-tower-rename-obama-chicago-petition-b2997712.html)** > > The name change would immortalize ‘small acts of resistance in our cityscape,’ the petition’s organizer wrote ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6447 "2026-06-18T00:14:22Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Chicagoans are circulating a petition asking the city to rename the street Trump Chicago is on to “Barack Hussein Obama Ave.” Now that’s some first class trolling. ---
**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 18, 2026, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6448 "2026-06-18T01:11:11Z")
> **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mojgxwonp42g)** > > Trump: "It's signed. I signed it in Versailles. I just signed it." He lost a war. And now he signed an agreement to pay massive reparations. AT VERSAILLES. All this time we thought Trump was America’s Hitler, it turns out he was actually America’s Kaiser Wilhelm. ---
**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 18, 2026, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6449 "2026-06-18T01:44:33Z")
Or Louis XV, _Après moi, le déluge._ > **[After Trump, The Deluge](https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnzogby/2018/01/08/after-trump-the-deluge/)** > > For the moment, this is what it is like living during revolutionary times. So many huge things are happening all at once that goofy tweets and silly behavior by our elected President and by those who purport to be the guardians of truth in the media... ---
**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 18, 2026, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6450 "2026-06-18T02:32:39Z")
Maybe some cheeky reporter can ask him if this agreement will lead to “Peace in our time”. ---
**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 18, 2026, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6451 "2026-06-18T04:46:28Z")
[The convicted fraudster is threatening to pull funds for unemployment because he suspects fraud.](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-threatens-pull-unemployment-benefits-200204000.html) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump’s administration is threatening to withdraw federal funding for unemployment assistance in all 50 states as part of the president’s nationwide campaign against “fraud” in government spending. > > In a letter to the governors of 53 states and territories, acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling warned that the federal government would use “every available tool” to combat “waste, fraud and abuse” within state-run unemployment insurance programs, including “withholding administrative funds from states” for the first time in history. > > There is no single national program for unemployment support, though the federal government partners with state agencies to support temporary financial assistance to out-of-work Americans. Nearly 2 million people are currently receiving those benefits, while roughly 229,000 people are filing initial jobless claims every week, according to the Labor Department. > > But most unemployed Americans face bureaucratic hurdles to receive those benefits. Most states provide roughly six months of payments to qualified Americans. Those programs are typically covered by individual states through state unemployment taxes paid by employers, but the federal government provides support for administrative costs. > > Without that support, the loss in funding could force state-run systems to shut down. [The felon’s special ~~crap~~ touch finally hit the Georgia elections.](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-falls-short-georgia-governor-040827000.html) > [@](#): > > Georgia Republicans dealt a blow to President Trump on Tuesday, bucking his preferred pick, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones (R), for healthcare executive and billionaire Rick Jackson in the Peach State’s gubernatorial primary. > > Jackson defeated Jones by single digits in the Republican gubernatorial runoff — marking the second time one of Trump’s endorsees in a major statewide race has lost this cycle. [Tetanus on the rise; thanks Killer Kennedy.](https://www.aol.com/articles/deadly-entirely-preventable-disease-rise-110000000.html) > [@](#): > > To be clear: There isn’t a huge outbreak of tetanus in the U.S. right now, but cases are increasing enough that it’s catching the attention of public health officials. In 2023, there were 18 reported cases of tetanus in the U.S. Then, in 2025, which is the most recent year that data is available, there were 33. > > For context, CDC data shows an over 95 percent decrease in tetanus cases since 1947—which is when the vaccine became a standard part of U.S. childhood immunizations—so any uptick is enough to raise a red flag. > > Plus, cases are increasing most in children who haven’t been vaccinated, which is part of a larger cultural change across the country. “We’re seeing that there is more of a pushback against the tetanus vaccine,” Dr. Edwards says. “The recent CDC report included four cases of tetanus in children who had not been vaccinated; they went to the ER and parents said they didn’t want a tetanus vaccine, and tetanus developed.” [And Vance tries to be a comic instead of the clown he actually is.](https://www.aol.com/articles/j-d-vance-laughs-homophobic-214149000.html) > [@](#): > > Vice President J.D. Vance laughed uproariously at homophobic remarks made by Fox News hosts Jesse Watters and Greg Gutfeld. > > The vice president was on The Fivepromoting his new book, Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith. At the end of the show, during its “One More Thing” segment, Watters noted that it was National Fudge Day and brought out a pickle cake with green frosting. > > The host stated he opted to serve pickle cake instead of fudge, adding that he thought fudge would be “too gay.” > > Watters stated to Vance, “I was gonna do fudge [cake]… for the VP, but I thought it’d be too gay, so I did pickle cake instead,” referencing a crude homophobic slur. “I’m not sure if I got it right,” he added. > > Vance laughed loudly along with Watters’ remarks and thanked him for the cake. [Felon’s toady and DOJ IG wannabe denies the truth about the treason on January 6, 2021.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/nominee-doj-watchdog-says-violence-210809287.html) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Justice Department’s internal watchdog office repeatedly refused in his confirmation hearing to use the word “attack” to describe the violence on January 6, 2021, that disrupted Congress’ election certification vote. > > “I don’t know if I would use the term ‘attack,’” Don Berthiaume, the nominee to be the DOJ inspector general, told senators on Wednesday. “I mean, we had activity outside the Capitol —protests and such — and there was violence on the Capitol grounds.” > > Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat, had asked Berthiaume if the Capitol was attacked on January 6, and he grilled the nominee on why he would not agree to characterize the events of that day as an attack. > > “There was protest activity, people went to the Capitol grounds. People entered the Capitol building, which is contrary – as far as I know – to law,” Berthiaume said, while stressing that he didn’t “agree” with the term attack even as he acknowledged the “physical violence” outside the Capitol that day. > > “The term attack — to me — seems to imply that there was a coordinated effort to attack specific things,” the nominee added. [And now Iran is finding out what everyone else already knows about the convicted fraudster and contracts.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-defends-iran-deal-amid-203724735.html) (The **bolding** is mine.) > [@](#): > > Trump played down the permanence of the preliminary agreement during the news conference, saying it will fall apart if Iran does not honor its terms. > > **“If they don’t honor the agreement, or some things aren’t even mentioned in the agreement, it’s a memorandum of understanding, but we have an understanding of certain things without writing it,” Trump told reporters.** > > “If they don’t honor that, we’ll probably go back to bombing them until they honor it,” he continued, adding, “it’s amazing what bombs can do.” So his view of contracts is the same as his view of security classification: what he thinks, or rather, all that he _imagines_ is all that matters. ---
**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 18, 2026, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6452 "2026-06-18T08:17:31Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Kash is good for the country. He keeps his eye on the ball. Or balls. > [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > > [@Monty](#): > > > > …not like his idol of old int aht department? > > ??? I was riffing on Twitler’s adoration of a certian testicular-challenged dictator and **Gatopescado** ’s comemnt about “ball. O balls.” And, yes, I misspelled _that_ as _aht_. Drat! ---
**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 18, 2026, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6453 "2026-06-18T08:23:07Z")
Status quo ante bellum Auntie who? I don’t speak Latin American. I stopped another war. - Greatest Losing President Ever ---
**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 18, 2026, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6454 "2026-06-18T13:09:43Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > All this time we thought Trump was America’s Hitler, it turns out he was actually America’s Kaiser Wilhelm. Maybe you thought that he was America’s Hitler, but both me and @Einsteinshund have been comparing President Ineptstein to Kaiser Wilhelm II for years. Even a shallow knowledge of German history makes that comparison unavoidable. Sad! ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6455 "2026-06-18T13:12:37Z")
I feel left out! I’ve been pointing out the similarities too. ---
**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 18, 2026, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6456 "2026-06-18T13:16:20Z")
Ah, yes! And **Frodo** too! ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6457 "2026-06-18T13:18:55Z")
I have receipts from 2017 😃 > [@The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8973): > > Trump reminds me of Kaiser Wilhelm frowning ---
**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 18, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6458 "2026-06-18T13:20:57Z")
That would explain his (occasional) obsession with “Trump Class” battleships. Like Wilhelm, he wants a fleet that can challenge the Royal Navy’s dreadnoughts. ---
**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 18, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6459 "2026-06-18T13:37:04Z")
But putting up battleships against a modern navy would be like sending a heavy frigate against a WWI dreadnaught. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6460 "2026-06-18T15:11:28Z")
So, you know that terror attack on the UFC fight that Ka$h foiled and leaked about? You’ll never guess who was actually behind it, and exactly how lame both the “planned attack”, and the “Crack FBI investigation”, were. > **[The FBI "Foiled" an Incredibly Incompetent Right-Wing Christian Terror Attack...](https://www.jezebel.com/fbi-foiled-terror-attack-ufc-freedom-250-vanguard-of-the-old-right-wing-christian-kash-patel-donald-trump)** > > The FBI discovered a planned attack from what might be the dumbest group of right-wing terrorists we've ever encountered. > What we have here is a pack of idiots, plain and simple. We’re talking about delusional LARPers, or perhaps “boogaloo boys” who love playing with military terminology, lingo and tough-sounding rhetoric, but who have absolutely no capacity whatsoever to turn their fantasies into anything approximating reality. Their plans are peppered with inane strategies for attack, plainly impossible plans for escape, and even cringy fantasies about breaking each other out of prison or excavating secret bunkers under their homes, where they most likely would all have died in cave-ins or from radon poisoning. Of course, none of this stopped the FBI from giving itself a hearty slap on the back for … picking up a 19-year-old turned in by his parents who immediately confessed and implicated all of his conspirators. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=322) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=324)