# 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:** 347
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6921 "2026-07-04T01:38:56Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Weirdly, my Trumper friend who was also a landlord really, really liked carpeted bathrooms, too. > > Personally, I don’t get it. Always struck me as an unsanitary mold farm. I was once in a house with shag carpeting in the kitchen. Pink shag carpeting. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2026, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6922 "2026-07-04T03:11:47Z")
What comes after the Plague of Hail? > **['God is angry': Internet bemused as Mother Nature comes for Trump's Mount...](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-mount-rushmore/?utm_source=superhead)** > > Severe weather threatened to put a damper on Friday on President Donald Trump's plans to speak near Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, prompting amusement from internet critics who said it seemingly indicated "god is angry."Trump was flying to South... ---
**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:** [July 4, 2026, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6923 "2026-07-04T03:30:29Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > What comes after the Plague of Hail? Hail was the seventh plague, followed by swarms of locusts, three days of darkness, and the deaths of the firstborn (look out, Don Jr.!) ---
**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:** [July 4, 2026, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6924 "2026-07-04T03:44:35Z")
I watched part of Trump’s speech at Mount Rushmore. I wondered if just this once he would be able to stay on message. He started out talking about the founding of the country and the ideals we (used to) hold. So far, so good. But he just can’t help himself. It descended into his usual madness. Like everywhere he speaks, it turned into a rally about him. It’s so sad that he is president for this since he is absolutely incapable of being presidential. Yeah, news at 11. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2026, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6925 "2026-07-04T04:29:38Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > I watched part of Trump’s speech at Mount Rushmore. I wondered if just this once he would be able to stay on message. @aurora_maire I’ve heard of _rhetorical questions_; however, I must now congratulate you on creating a new language technique, _rhetorical wonder_. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2026, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6926 "2026-07-04T04:43:54Z")
The Independence Day parade in DC has been cancelled due to the obscene heat Trump’s policies have caused. [https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/canceled-americas-national-independence-day-parade-called-extreme-heat/65-afcef538-20df-4224-9e14-78c47080422f](https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/canceled-americas-national-independence-day-parade-called-extreme-heat/65-afcef538-20df-4224-9e14-78c47080422f) ---
**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:** [July 4, 2026, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6927 "2026-07-04T04:46:32Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > But he just can’t help himself. It descended into his usual madness. Like everywhere he speaks, it turned into a rally about him. I think this guy’s facial expression says it all. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:flkld6ot3qnpckjqkvvtzvfh/bafkreietbjk4vkui7hgnbomtbimaat5z7x2gy6oz2gabmr4ngpxo5y33ua) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:flkld6ot3qnpckjqkvvtzvfh/bafkreietbjk4vkui7hgnbomtbimaat5z7x2gy6oz2gabmr4ngpxo5y33ua) ---
**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:** [July 4, 2026, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6928 "2026-07-04T04:47:19Z")
> [@Monty quoting The 19th](#): > > They “have a child who may move back to China, raise the person in a communist regime — even though they’re a citizen of the United States — and they come back over here, and in some cases, they go to universities, stealing intellectual property. It’s absolutely been a national security issue,” Mullin continued. As I would tell tell my parents when they told me about the starving children in China when I was a kid, “Name two.” ---
**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:** [July 4, 2026, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6929 "2026-07-04T05:35:44Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > **Teddy Roosevelt to Trump:** ‘Your face is marred by garish whore’s makeup, sir, but it reflects your character perfectly; an utter lack of manly virtues, a fancy-boy’s prissy self-regard, a foppish, soft dilettante with a bully’s character.’ I am hearing this in Nick Offerman’s voice, and it pleases me to do so. > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Hail was the seventh plague, followed by swarms of locusts, three days of darkness, and the deaths of the firstborn (look out, Don Jr.!) It’d probably be some illegitimate kid he had early on that no one knows about. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2026, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6930 "2026-07-04T05:49:42Z")
Send up for Rubio. He deserves it. > **["Little Marco" (Sitcom Edition) (from the record "MAGA Country")](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-L-pSbtUcs%253)** > > With America at war, post-war, or threatening to go to war across the globe, the question remains: Can Secretary of State (and son of Cuban exiles) Marco Rub... ---
**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:** [July 4, 2026, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6931 "2026-07-04T06:00:32Z")
> **[Agriculture Department Puts Trump’s Face On Soybeans](https://theonion.com/agriculture-department-puts-trumps-face-on-soybeans/)** > > Est. reading time: 1 minute ---
**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:** [July 4, 2026, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6932 "2026-07-04T06:15:51Z")
Trump gets a “watch-sized” ring to thank him for tariff relief. [![](https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2026/07/AP26182345611159-1200x800.jpg) ](https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2026/07/AP26182345611159-1200x800.jpg) > **[A Belgian diamond group is gifting Trump a lavish ring after that industry...](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/a-belgian-diamond-group-is-gifting-trump-a-lavish-ring-after-that-industry-won-tariff-relief)** > > It’s a glitzy window into the role that ostentatious – and almost always gilded — gifts are playing by those seeking to curry favor with the U.S. president. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2026, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6933 "2026-07-04T06:32:09Z")
It should have the word “emolument” spelled out in rubies on the side. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6934 "2026-07-04T12:59:00Z")
I would have no problem with them putting Trump’s face on Mount Rushmore, provided they remove it from the rest of his body. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2026, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6935 "2026-07-04T13:09:00Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I would have no problem with them putting Trump’s face on Mount Rushmore, provided they remove it from the rest of his body Good thought. I was thinking of the preposition “into” instead of “on,” and the possible addition of the word “repeatedly.” Po-tay-to, po-tah-to. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6936 "2026-07-04T19:50:34Z")
The Atlantic is reprinting an editorial from ten years ago about how Trumpism is an insidious poison like heroin that will rot the country from within, by an up-and-coming author who I think decided to run for office at some point. > **[Opioid of the Masses (From 2016)](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/07/opioid-of-the-masses/489911/?gift=mzSZbpKIJDILy0IX4uykQn9VdCxEypoS2EYtuZzo9zM&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share)** > > To many, Donald Trump feels good, but he can’t fix America’s growing social and cultural crisis, and the eventual comedown will be harsh. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6937 "2026-07-04T20:16:30Z")
Spoiler alert: it’s by J.D. Vance! 🤣 🤣🤣🤣 ---
**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:** [July 4, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6938 "2026-07-04T21:53:29Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I am hearing this in Nick Offerman’s voice, and it pleases me to do so. Yes, that would work well. The bit I posted is just a fraction of the whole; Offerman would do a masterful job presenting the entire Teddy side of the “conversation.” (And perhaps they could draft Stephen Colbert to read Donald’s lines. His “Trump” is sufficiently stupid.) ---
**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:** [July 4, 2026, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6939 "2026-07-04T22:36:58Z")
[Thanks to the felon, the reBirth of a Nation.](https://www.aol.com/articles/masked-patriot-front-white-nationalists-201111000.html) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON, July 4 (Reuters) - Hundreds of masked members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front marched through parts of Washington, D.C., on Saturday ahead of the Independence Day festivities planned for the evening. > > The group posted on social media that it had arrived in the capital with about 400 members, and Reuters photographers saw hundreds of people dressed in Patriot Front outfits traveling on D.C. Metro trains. > > Videos posted on various social media platforms and shared on Patriot Front’s own Telegram channel showed the group marching to drummers near the U.S. Capitol building while wearing khaki pants and caps, blue shirts, white face coverings and sunglasses. Many were carrying the group’s flag, Confederate flags, and variations of the American flag, at times chanting “Reclaim America.” Masked, huh? [Guess it’s time to stop using C-notes.](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-slaps-signature-100-bill-220709000.html) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump slapped his signature on the $100 bill just in time for July 4th. > > Trump shared an image of a $100 bill [bearing his signature on Truth Social on Friday](https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/trump-accused-forcing-son-don-1919723). Also featured on the bill is the signature of Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent. > > “Yeah, this rocks,” wrote a Trump supporter on X. Another person wrote, “Any liberals that don’t want those $100 bills can send them to me.” It comes after [Donald Trump trolls Taylor Swift’s wedding with a four-word message amid a long-running feud.](https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/donald-trumps-white-house-trolls-1920040) And here’s more proof it’s a cult. > [@](#): > > Others called for Trump’s face to be featured on the bill instead of Benjamin Franklin, a founding father of the United States. Earlier this year, it was reported that Trump was set to become the first sitting president to have his signature on banknotes. [What better way to celebrate thirteen colonies uniting than xitting divisive attacks?](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/sleepless-trump-begins-july-4-145647132.html) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump spent the early hours of Independence Day firing off meme-like attacks at Democrats who threaten Republicans in upcoming elections. > > At 2:11 a.m., Trump shared a side-by-side image on Truth Social comparing Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff to Pee-wee Herman, the eccentric fictional character portrayed by late comedian Paul Reubens. > > Eight minutes later, at 2:19 a.m., inspiration struck once again, and the 80-year-old president uploaded another post comparing Texas State Rep. James Talarico to MAD Magazine mascot Alfred E. Neuman. The image of Talarico appeared digitally altered to show him missing a tooth. > > Neither post included a caption. > > The late-night social media barrage came just hours after Trump delivered a [speech](https://www.nbcnews.com/video/watch-live-trump-delivers-remarks-at-mount-rushmore-to-kick-off-america-s-250th-anniversary-266149957577)at Mount Rushmore, where he warned supporters of a growing “communist menace” in America and framed the nation’s upcoming midterm elections as a fight for the country’s future. [And now we have a verbal Sharpie!](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-claims-crowds-incredible-d-204500194.html) (The **bolding** is mine.) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump claimed that crowds in D.C. for the Independence Day celebration are “INCREDIBLE” despite the heat keeping people away. > > “Despite the heat, which **isn’t as bad as predicted** , the crowds in D.C. are INCREDIBLE!” Trump posted on Truth Social. > > **The heat is at least as bad as predicted, with temperatures in D.C. getting up to 102 degrees.** And the annual Independence Day Parade planned for Saturday morning was[canceled over concerns about the heat.](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/latest-news-live-updates_n_6a423205e4b0f259890db64e/liveblog_6a4918cbe4b07748e75d482f) ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/6940 "2026-07-04T23:39:05Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > At 2:11 a.m., Trump shared a side-by-side image on Truth Social Here’s his post (30 seconds) [Stay classy Donnie.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDoWwy85fSw) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=346) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=348)