# 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:** 334
**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 24, 2026, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6661 "2026-06-24T23:14:27Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > putrid gravy > [@Gatopescado](#): > > shriveled cashew Band names! ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2026, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6662 "2026-06-24T23:21:55Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > drips slowly into the bowl. Which explains why he has so much time to post in the middle of the night. ETA. If he stood up too quick it would drip on the carpet. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2026, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6663 "2026-06-25T00:34:36Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I’m sure he sits down to pee, where his putrid gravy oozes out of his shriveled cashew and it runs down his saggy ball-bag and drips slowly into the bowl. Truly, it’s my own fault for having eyes to read. ---
**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 25, 2026, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6664 "2026-06-25T00:50:56Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I’m sure he sits down to pee, where his putrid gravy oozes out of his shriveled cashew and it runs down his saggy ball-bag and drips slowly into the bowl. Welp. No time like the present to start that diet. ---
**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 25, 2026, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6665 "2026-06-25T00:51:07Z")
It always surprises me what’s in your pretty little head! 😆 ---
**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 25, 2026, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6666 "2026-06-25T00:52:10Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Truly, it’s my own fault for having eyes to read. I’m off to put a grapefruit spoon to good use. 😵 ---
**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 25, 2026, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6667 "2026-06-25T01:26:48Z")
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy at the Freedom 250 rally tonight: > “We have to give a big round applause for our military band and singers — way better than those libtards that cancelled on us.” > **[The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/thebulwark.com/post/3mp372egam72s)** > > Sean Duffy: "We have to give a big round applause for our military band and singers — way better than those libtards that cancelled on us." ---
**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 25, 2026, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6668 "2026-06-25T02:10:45Z")
You know, there’s something ironic about a narcissist being publicly embarrassed by a reflecting pool. > ---
**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 25, 2026, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6669 "2026-06-25T02:23:28Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > You know, there’s something ironic about a narcissist being publicly embarrassed by a reflecting pool. It’s downright mythological. ---
**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 25, 2026, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6670 "2026-06-25T04:05:15Z")
I write Movie Reviews and Obituaries for the local rag. ---
**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 25, 2026, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6671 "2026-06-25T04:54:20Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself quoting Sean Duffy](#): > > “We have to give a big round applause for our military band and singers — way better than those libtards that cancelled on us.” Just how sour are those grapes, Mister Secretary? Can you pretend for just ten seconds that it’s _America’s_ 250th celebrations and not a Trumpfest? I didn’t think so. ---
**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 25, 2026, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6672 "2026-06-25T05:00:03Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I write Movie Reviews and Obituaries for the local rag. That’s a bit harsh, don’t you think. I mean, if you don’t like a movie, just saying so should be sufficient. [**President** Obama calls it.](https://www.aol.com/articles/obama-trump-obsession-obviously-suite-200729000.html) > [@](#): > > Former President Obama on Wednesday said he thinks President Trump has an “obsession” with him, existing in a “suite in his head.” > > “All the Smoke” podcast co-host and former NBA player Matt Barnes [spoke with](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj4jTQONxYk) Obama about Trump being “very fascinated with you and your family,” but did not name the 47th president. He praised Obama for meeting Trump’s “negativity and racism with class” before he asked if Obama ever wants to “cuss his a– out sometimes?” > > “The thing about it is –– look, you’ve got to ask him what it is ––” Obama said before Barnes added, “The obsession.” > > “The obsession,” Obama repeated. “I obviously have a room in his head, a suite in his head.” > > The former president later added that during his presidency, thinking about former President George W. Bush was “the last thing I had time to… worry about.” > > “They’re gone,” the former president continued, referring to his predecessors. “I’ve got work to do. The idea that I’d be worrying about somebody who came before and me trying to measure like, ‘what’s he done today?’ Constantly worrying about that is a strange thing to me. It shows me somebody who is not focused on the American people and the job they’re supposed to do.” [Fed judge told the felon that he cannot ever order proof of citizenship for voters.](https://www.aol.com/articles/federal-judge-permanently-bans-trump-175225000.html) > [@](#): > > A [federal](https://www.aol.com/news/trump-angrily-cancels-signing-affordable-145456147.html) judge in [Boston](https://www.aol.com/news/supreme-court-decision-sends-warning-150238697.html) has permanently [blocked](https://www.aol.com/news/trump-team-wants-strip-least-003009036.html) a key part of [Donald Trump](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/donald-trump)’s administration’s first [executive order](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/executive-order) on elections, which sought to require documentary proof of [citizenship](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/citizenship) for [voter registration](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/voter-registration). > > U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper’s decision converts a preliminary injunction, issued a year ago to temporarily halt many of the administration’s electoral overhaul efforts, into a permanent ban. > > Casper rejected the administration’s argument that the lawsuit, filed by Democratic state attorneys general, was premature, as the rules had not yet been implemented. > > Instead, she agreed that the [Constitution](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/constitution) grants states and Congress the authority to regulate elections, finding that Trump’s requirements violated the separation of powers. [Yet another “Don’t look behind that curtain!” moment, literally.](https://www.aol.com/articles/us-judge-orders-trump-administration-180426000.html) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON, June 24 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to ‌explain why it placed a tarp over the Kennedy ‌Center’s façade after the Republican leader’s name was removed from the building under ​a court order. > > U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper said the administration must report by July 31 “the purpose and status of the tarp and scaffolding” now in place at the iconic building. > > The tarp was ‌installed as workers stripped ⁠Trump’s name in a predawn operation this month following an order from Cooper that the Trump administration ⁠unlawfully added his name to the facade in December. > > The White House and Kennedy Center did not immediately respond to requests for ​comment. [The felon is giving orders to a senator.](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-testy-meeting-gop-senators-201019000.html) > [@](#): > > President Trump’s meeting with Republican senators on Wednesday turned testy, and at one point, he sternly told Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy to sit down, after questions arose about the War Powers Resolution, according to sources directly familiar with the meeting. > > Cassidy had been trying to respond to the president, telling the president he should sit down — but Cassidy later relented, saying he would be seated, but not at Mr. Trump’s behest. > > “He raised his voice. I lost my temper. That’s not appropriate. It’s the Irish in me, but I again matched his tone and his volume,” Cassidy told reporters after the meeting. > > Earlier this year, Mr. Trump supported Rep. Julia Letlow in the Louisiana Republican Senate primary. Cassidy did not advance to the runoff, likely ending his political career, a point Mr. Trump highlighted in his remarks. > > “I make no apologies for standing up to the president,” Cassidy said. “I am sticking up for the American people, even if I’m speaking to the president.” [What is it with the pubbies and dogs?](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/gop-congressman-reflecting-pool-vandals-212522043.html) > [@](#): > > Anyone who vandalizes Donald Trump’s Reflecting Pool should be forced to sell their homes, cars, and even pets to pay for repairs, one MAGA congressman said. > > Texas Republican Troy Nehls has parroted the 80-year-old president’s narrative that recent issues with the Reflecting Pool were caused not by the hasty $16 million renovation that he ordered, but by nefarious saboteurs conspiring against him to damage his pet project. > > With chunks of blue sealant peeling off from the bottom of the pool and algae turning the water green, Trump has claimed vandals with “razor blades and knives” are responsible and has grown so angry that he ordered the pool be drained for a second round of renovations. > > To pay for the second Trump-ordered renovation, Rep. Nehls [told](https://x.com/hicharliecotton/status/2069570222521020706?s=20) TMZ that the imaginary vandals should sell off all their belongings. > > “I would take their homes, if they have a home, if they have a car. Hell, if they have a dog,” a visibly angry Nehls said. “I’d make them sell everything to fix it.” > > “Absolutely,” he added. [Welcome to the People’s Democratic Republic of Felonia!](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/us-postal-defends-plan-require-151349977.html) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON, June 24 (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday defended a plan demanded by President Donald Trump to require states ‌to provide lists of voters who received mailed ballots. > > U.S. Postmaster General David Steiner ‌said at a U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing that, under the proposal, USPS would not ​deliver ballots in states where officials refuse to comply. > > “The proposed rule basically coerces states to conform to these new requirements and hand over their absentee voter rolls, or face the consequences of not being able to vote by mail,” said Senator Gary Peters, the top Democrat on ‌the committee. “That’s unacceptable.” > > Steiner argued the ⁠plan would be more efficient and mirror what many states are currently doing. USPS is making sure “we match the ballots that a state believes ⁠they’re sending out to what actually gets sent out.” > > The proposal would require states to provide the USPS the names and barcodes tied to their mail-in ballots for federal elections. It would also require ​states ​to provide unique barcodes applied to the outbound ​and return ballot mail envelopes, saying ‌it “will help determine adherence to federal law and facilitate law enforcement efforts.” > > All 47 Democratic senators wrote a letter to the Postal Service on Wednesday, urging the agency to drop the plan, calling it an “unconstitutional and illegal attempt to transform USPS into an election administration agency controlled by the White House and President Trump.” > > Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin said Steiner is a “pawn” in ‌Trump’s obsession to take over elections. “You are being used (by ​President Trump),” Slotkin said. “He does not believe elections that ​he loses are valid elections.” And now you know why the felon is “in love with” Kim Jong Un. [Guess who says the felon’s narrative on his brand new Reflecting Sewer is nonsense!](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/shocker-government-docs-show-trump-153611337.html) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump’s $16.4 million Reflecting Pool liner is peeling up like a sunburned sophomore on a Cabo spring break, but the president [wants the nation to believe](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-melting-down-threatening-jail-145826049.html) it was sabotage. > > Trump’s claims that the Reflecting Pool’s issues were caused by a vandal who managed to slash a supposed gash the length of a football field into the pool without being seen by a single tourist or law-enforcement officer is absurd on its face. Despite dozens of reporters, influencers, and thousands of tourists venturing to the Reflecting Pool in the past days to check out the algae-infested, sloughing mess in front of the Lincoln Memorial, not a single person has managed to document evidence of this, nor has Trump or the White House been able to provide any. Now, to no one’s surprise, new documents [obtained by _The New York Times_](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/us/trump-reflecting-pool-green-peeling.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share) confirm that the White House’ claims of vandalism causing the Reflecting Pool’s sealant to peel up and water to turn green are what we all knew them to be: bullshit. > > The documents, which came from the National Parks Service, show that virtually immediately after the pool was refilled following the installation of Trump’s “American Flag Blue” epoxy lining, issues began to arise. Maintenance workers discovered cuts in the specialized foam that fills expansion joints between the concrete slabs of the pool, peeling caulking, and other holes and cracks. The documents describe the slashes in the foam as two cuts, each approximately 171 feet long. These are perhaps the cuts that Trump is referring to, but the documents obtained by the _Times_ make clear that the issues with the foam are unrelated to the peeling of the coating Trump had installed. [Yeah, that pile of rubble on the White House grounds is so beautiful.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-defends-ballroom-troubled-renovations-020245519.html) > [@](#): > > [Donald Trump](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-tries-bend-reality-epic-161832940.html) defended his[costly White House ballroom](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-budget-office-quietly-redirects-163905007.html) project and[troubled renovations](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/algae-green-american-flag-blue-133635420.html) to the nation’s capital as he delivered [a rally-style speech](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-america-250-rally-national-mall-speech-b3002229.html) to kick off weeks of celebrations for [America’s 250 years of independence](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-backed-concert-lineup-america-180457158.html). > > “For many years, our country was ruled by politicians who let America and its capital fall into decline and total disrepair. The city named in honor of General George Washington was turned into a national disgrace, but not anymore,” Trump told a crowd of supporters Wednesday night on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. [The felon and Killer Kennedy pulled a fast one on Mother’s Day.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/senators-alarmed-trump-administration-website-152345758.html) (The **bolding** is mine.) > [@](#): > > A group of 11 senators have sent a letter to Donald Trump and Robert F Kennedy urging them to remove a federal website and “cease using federal resources to direct people to anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers”. > > On Mother’s Day this year, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) [launched](https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/trump-administration-launches-moms-gov-for-new-and-expecting-mothers.html)[Moms.gov](http://Moms.gov), a resource they claim is for “new and expecting mothers” and “offers guidance and information to support the health and wellbeing of mothers and their families”. > > The administration said the site “supports expecting parents who are navigating difficult or unexpected pregnancies” and “features information about pregnancy centers, federally qualified health centers, nutritional guidance”. > > In their Wednesday letter, senators – including Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden and Tammy Duckworth – criticized the site and noted that **it "directs pregnant women to unregulated and often non-medical anti-abortion facilities** known as [crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs)](https://www.yahoo.com/news/anti-abortion-centers-raked-1-120038213.html)", which they said “raises profound concerns about the health, safety and privacy of people who access this government website at a time when women’s health and reproductive rights face increasing attacks”. [_Real_ soldiers say the secretary of war crimes lied about their injuries.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/american-soldiers-claim-pete-hegseth-024636916.html) > [@](#): > > On Wednesday, CBS News [reported](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wounded-soldiers-families-accuse-army-downplaying-war-injuries/) that two American soldiers wounded in the Iran war say the Pentagon minimized the severity of their injuries, despite suffering shrapnel wounds, traumatic brain injuries, hearing and vision loss, and requiring months of recovery. > > As noted in the report, in March, Defense Secretary **Pete Hegseth** said that “almost 90%” of the roughly 400 American service members wounded during the [conflict with Iran](https://www.mediaite.com/tag/iran/) suffered only minor injuries and had already returned to duty. Two of those soldiers and their families are now disputing that characterization, telling CBS News their injuries were far more severe than the military’s public descriptions suggested. > > Among them is Chief Warrant Officer **Rodney Bearman** , who was wounded on March 1 when an Iranian drone struck his workstation at [Port of Shuaiba](https://apnews.com/article/slain-soldiers-iran-drone-strike-kuwait-7b65d5b6c3c3097e2a43972f91ae4cbf) in Kuwait. According to CBS News, medical records show Bearman suffered shrapnel wounds, a concussion, hearing and vision loss, and lung damage. Despite those injuries, the Army classified him as “not seriously injured.” > > “That assessment is unacceptable,” his wife, **Amy** **Bearman** , told the outlet. > > Another survivor of the same attack, Sergeant First Class **Cory Hicks** , told CBS News that Army officials similarly minimized his condition after he suffered extensive shrapnel wounds requiring multiple emergency surgeries. > > “They said your husband was injured, he has a minor jaw injury, and he’s going to be returned to duty,” Hicks said his wife was told. Asked whether he believed military leaders attempted to soften the reality of the attack, Hicks responded, “Absolutely.” ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2026, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6673 "2026-06-25T05:26:55Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > [from Monty’s quoted article] > Maintenance workers discovered cuts in the specialized foam that fills expansion joints between the concrete slabs of the pool, Probably from that motorcade of goons driving along the length of it. [![](https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2026/05/2026-05-08T010622Z_858792943_RC2N4LAJY3FU_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-1200x800.jpg) ](https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2026/05/2026-05-08T010622Z_858792943_RC2N4LAJY3FU_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-1200x800.jpg) [![](https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2026/05/2026-05-08T010622Z_838435654_RC2N4LAYX2QC_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-1200x800.jpg) ](https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2026/05/2026-05-08T010622Z_838435654_RC2N4LAYX2QC_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-1200x800.jpg) ---
**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 25, 2026, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6674 "2026-06-25T08:16:44Z")
> [@from Monty's link](#): > > “I make no apologies for standing up to the president,” Cassidy said. “I am sticking up for the American people, even if I’m speaking to the president.” Yeah, Bill, you told him! And then flipped your vote. That’ll show him you meant business. > [@Trump at Truth Social](#): > > Wow! The Senate just changed its vote on Iran from 50-48 against, to 50-47 for. Rand Paul and Bill Cassidy changed. Thank you to Leader John Thune, Lindsey Graham, Bernie Moreno, and all. This vote puts Iran on notice! President DJT ---
**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 25, 2026, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6675 "2026-06-25T11:28:32Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > > U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper said the administration must report by July 31 “the purpose and status of the tarp and scaffolding” now in place at the iconic building. I don’t understand a ruling like this. Why give trump a month to reply?? Like he is going to honor this deadline anyway! Right. And who cares what the purpose of it is? The judge should just tell him to take the fucking tarp and scaffolding down! ---
**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 25, 2026, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6676 "2026-06-25T11:42:00Z")
I agree. If feeling generous the judge could have given them two days. How hard is it to say that Trump is being petty? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6677 "2026-06-25T12:33:47Z")
I was thinking the same thing. Why give him a month??? I’d give him 2 days to come up with a reason to leave it up, and when it’s BS, give him a week to take all of it down. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6678 "2026-06-25T14:45:38Z")
So does that mean we should find out who was in the motorcade and take all their stuff? ---
**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 25, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6679 "2026-06-25T22:08:41Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > > [@from Monty's link](#): > > > > “I make no apologies for standing up to the president,” Cassidy said. “I am sticking up for the American people, even if I’m speaking to the president.” > > Yeah, Bill, you told him! And then flipped your vote. That’ll show him you meant business. Cassidy will not be respected by MAGA for having voted for the Iran resolution, no matter that he changed his vote. And of course the vote change will seal the contempt all decent people have for him. Either the payoff was huge, or whatever they’re extorting him over is huge. There’s no other explanation. > [@Smapti](#): > > [Donald:] It looks perfect already. > [Acyn on X: "Trump: The reflecting pool that you've heard so much about, which is so incredible, it's been gruesomely vandalized by thugs, bad people. But soon, we'll be looking as beautiful as it looked just two weeks ago. In fact, I looked at it a little while ago. It looks perfect already. https://t.co/8vs73wo4qb" / X](https://x.com/Acyn/status/2069949927854330098) So that’s why it’s still surrounded by a fence: because it looks SO PERFECT that it could harm people’s eyes!!!1!!! > **[Workers put fence up around Reflecting Pool as Trump’s renovation chaos deepens](https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/fence-reflecting-pool-trump-crack-algae-b3001742.html)** > > The administration blamed ‘vandalism by leftist activists’ for putting up the fencing earlier than planned ---
**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 25, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6680 "2026-06-25T22:18:30Z")
It’s not necessarily direct extortion, but if he’s planning on making any post-Congress money on the conservative media circuit or to still be a player in Louisiana politics, he probably realized he needs to show at least some circumspection [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=333) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=335)