# 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:** 353
**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 9, 2026, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7041 "2026-07-09T04:19:36Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Gimme a link, Please? [Here is my favorite one.](https://www.google.com/search?q=flag+of+the+islamic+republic+of+japan&sca_esv=5b9fe4ed574a9c86&udm=2&biw=1267&bih=568&sxsrf=APpeQnvgxjSbsYDYC1be8p79Kt4sYGVTCg%3A1783570702170&ei=DiFPaoL2Caug0PEPxp-5mQs&ved=0ahUKEwiCtYnR3sSVAxUrEDQIHcZPLrMQ4dUDCBE&uact=5&oq=flag+of+the+islamic+republic+of+japan&gs_lp=Egtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZyIlZmxhZyBvZiB0aGUgaXNsYW1pYyByZXB1YmxpYyBvZiBqYXBhbkiNMlAAWO0vcAF4AJABAJgB2gGgAbQ5qgEGMC4zMi42uAEDyAEA-AEBmAIioALqMsICChAAGIAEGIoFGEPCAgUQABiABMICCRAAGIAEGAoYC8ICBxAAGIAEGArCAgQQABgewgIGEAAYCBgewgIGEAAYBRgemAMAkgcHMS4yMy4xMKAH8YMBsgcHMC4yMy4xMLgH5jLCBwYwLjI2LjjIB1KACAE&sclient=gws-wiz-img#sv=CAMSURoyKhBlLWtfZ1VmQUt3NHVSbTBNMg5rX2dVZkFLdzR1Um0wTToOcUpJa3c0cnJjTUIzZU0gBCoXCgFzEhBlLWtfZ1VmQUt3NHVSbTBNGAEwARgHIPrp5s8CSggQARgBIAEoAQ) ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7042 "2026-07-09T04:50:29Z")
He wasn’t PotUS decades ago and during his first term he had some credible people trying to advise him. All he has now are loyalists. ---
**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 9, 2026, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7043 "2026-07-09T05:56:11Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > He wasn’t PotUS decades ago and during his first term he had some credible people trying to advise him. All he has now are loyalists. I was referring to his “managerial” experience through the course of his life. [The blatherer-in-chief doesn’t even know what seal he’s using, but he’s going to trash the White House lawn to use it some more.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-80-brags-ripping-white-171524113.html) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump said the plan to install a helipad on the South Lawn of the White House was his idea and shared new details on what it would look like and its cost while bragging about all the helipads he’s had over the years. > > Trump, 80, was appearing at an event on Monday inside the Oval Office when he was asked about the plans to install a helipad on the South Lawn of the White House. > > Trump confirmed construction for the $5 to $6 million project was underway. He said it would have the presidential seal in granite, or, as he put it, the “seal of the White House,” while rambling about the need for a helipad and his ownership of many helicopters over the years. And whom can you thank for the need to have more greenery ripped out of the White House grounds? > [@](#): > > For decades, presidents have taken Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, but the U.S. has a fleet of new VH-92A Patriot helicopters to transport the president, ordered under Trump. > > The helicopters manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft have exhaust vents facing downward, which burn up the grass, which is an issue for landing on the White House lawn. [Grift, grift, grift, grift. You might as well sing it to the tune of _Jingle Bells_.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-deranged-lewinsky-room-offer-120259279.html) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump [tried to foist](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-weird-fetish-discount-dress-124949358.html) tacky MAGA freebies onto an official delegation from Europe and told his visitors that their wives could sell them for thousands, according to a new report. > > [German Chancellor](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/top-ally-takes-fresh-swipe-165223104.html)Friedrich Merz [visited the White House](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-grew-frustrated-call-justin-092811301.html)last year as part of a broader charm offensive by European leaders to convince Trump to support Ukraine in its defense against Russia. > > The meeting, however, went off track when the president showed Merz and his entourage the so-called “Lewinsky Room.” Citing an unnamed official, the [Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/european-rupture-with-america-e3a9bb3c?mod=hp_lead_pos1) reported that Trump had told Merz he wanted to show him something. > > He then ushered him to a small office off the Oval, which he claimed was the room where President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky carried out their affair in the 1990s. > > Inside, the source said, were piles of red MAGA hats and other Trump memorabilia. > > There were also boxes of Florsheim dress shoes, the Journal noted. The shoes are a favorite of Trump, who, in addition to wearing them himself, gifted them to several of his top Cabinet officials in the spring. [The felon’s war on education is down to his own level.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-t-lower-latest-attack-215610508.html) > [@](#): > > President [Donald Trump](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/donald-trump) is a prolific poster on[Truth Social.](https://www.huffpost.com/topic/truth-social) His feed moves fast, with reposts of AI images depicting him as a [muscular action hero](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-buff-ai-photos_l_68c06524e4b0f2df4e04656f)and insults aimed at world leaders and Democratic lawmakers quickly piling up. > > But one post from Monday deserves far more attention than it received. This time, the target wasn’t a political opponent. It was a group of children. > > Trump [reposted a video to Truth Social](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116873600928684662) showing a group of kindergarteners at Gateway STEM Academy, a majority-Black K-8 charter school in Minnesota, smiling onstage in caps and gowns as they sang during their graduation ceremony. Beneath their blue graduation caps, many of the girls were wearing hijabs. > > The clip was originally shared on X in June by the right-wing account End Wokeness, with the caption, “Public school in St. Paul, Minnesota. Every girl is in a hijab … in kindergarten.” Trump didn’t add any additional comment on his repost, letting End Wokeness’ disbelief speak for itself. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2026, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7044 "2026-07-09T06:13:36Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > He then ushered him to a small office off the Oval, which he claimed was the room where President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky carried out their affair in the 1990s. > > Inside, the source said, were piles of red MAGA hats and other Trump memorabilia. > > There were also boxes of Florsheim dress shoes, the Journal noted. What do they call this? Serendipity or something? ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7045 "2026-07-09T06:48:18Z")
> [@Monty's link](#): > > Given that track record, critics said Trump’s claim about how to spot “trouble” comes down to one factor: skin color. Given the very mixed multi-racial beginnings of the colony/state of South Africa, it would very much suprise me if these Afrikaaners would pass the “one drop” rule… aka, they are all actually mixed race, including (gasp!) Black, despite all protestations to the contrary. ---
**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 9, 2026, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7046 "2026-07-09T07:22:11Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > Given the very mixed multi-racial beginnings of the colony/state of South Africa, it would very much suprise me if these Afrikaaners would pass the “one drop” rule… aka, they are all actually mixed race, including (gasp!) Black, despite all protestations to the contrary. Given where humanity evolved in the first place, such protestations would be, and are, nonsense. ---
**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 9, 2026, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7047 "2026-07-09T09:01:29Z")
[“Patriotic” meal on Air Force One is an insult to both of the words _patriotic_ and _meal_.](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/trump-weird-patriotic-air-force-084534960.html) > [@](#): > > A Trump administration official has given the public a glimpse of the president’s “patriotic” dining experience on Air Force One. > > Monica Crowley, a former Fox News contributor who now serves as Donald Trump’s chief of protocol, posted a photo on [X](https://x.com/MonicaCrowley/status/2074317344713707590) showing off what she called a “Patriotic Freedom 250 meal aboard AF1.” On her tray sat a hamburger slider, a conspicuously small hot dog, and two sugary snacks decorated in American flag colors. The accompanying picture makes the “meal” look more like a child’s creation using Silly Putty. [Now the White House is starting to look like it’s in a cartoon.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-shows-white-house-gold-015246614.html) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump snuck in a look at his latest gaudy White House renovations during a Truth Social rampage on Wednesday evening. > > Trump, 80, [posted](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116886928331817100) a photo on his social media platform of the walkway to the West Wing, which now features his signature gilded-script sign labeling it as such. > > “The newly revamped West Wing of the White House, including signage and renovated walls, maple trees, and plantings!” the president captioned the post. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7048 "2026-07-09T09:13:35Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > The accompanying picture makes the “meal” look more like a child’s creation using Silly Putty. I might have said modelling clay, but Silly Putty works too. The stir-fried meals don’t look too bad. And if they were bad, well, it appears that they were washed down with gin-and-tonics, which wouldn’t be too bad at all. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7049 "2026-07-09T12:38:16Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Given where humanity evolved in the first place Good point. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7050 "2026-07-09T12:44:44Z")
Conservative nutjob with Trump’s ear Laura Loomer accused Democratic senator Mark Kelly of cheating on his wife by posting a picture of him with a woman. The woman is his wife, former Arizona representative Gabby Giffords. [![](https://www.comicsands.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=67114199&width=800&quality=55) ](https://www.comicsands.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=67114199&width=800&quality=55) ---
**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 9, 2026, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7051 "2026-07-09T13:05:41Z")
Laura Loomer might want to be careful about slinging accusations of being “brain dead” around. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7052 "2026-07-09T13:23:02Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > As far as “NOBODY SAW THIS COMING!!!” Every pundit I heard predicted this decision going this way. Plus, it’s just reaffirming the law as it’s been applied for decades. Yeah, it’s amazing how this thing that’s been happening for well over a century is suddenly going to destroy America overnight. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7053 "2026-07-09T13:46:34Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > That’s not how you wear underpants on your head! > > Those seem to be _actually designed_ as head-underpants, which is just all kinds of wrong. Also, for true historical accuracy, shouldn’t that image depict him wearing _Depends_ on his head? Ahhhh… I joke, but this is all so depressing. > [@Smapti](#): > > “The Islamic Republic of Japan” Can you imagine what the Repub outcry would have been if Biden had… Oh, never mind. > [@Superdude](#): > > Conservative nutjob with Trump’s ear Laura Loomer accused Democratic senator Mark Kelly of cheating on his wife by posting a picture of him with a woman. > > The woman is his wife, former Arizona representative Gabby Giffords. > [@Gyrate](#): > > Laura Loomer might want to be careful about slinging accusations of being “brain dead” around. Yeah, her track record of declaring people brain dead is not good. Based on her declaration of Giffords bieng brain dead, I’m guessing McConnell is sharp as a tack. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7054 "2026-07-09T14:04:08Z")
It’s her way of saying that she laments that the shot in the head did not kill her. Diplomatic and subtle as a turd floating in a soup bowl. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7055 "2026-07-09T14:46:34Z")
“That was no lady..” ---
**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:** [July 9, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7056 "2026-07-09T14:47:08Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > The helicopters manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft have exhaust vents facing downward, Maybe I shouldn’t point it out to the Top. Men. in the secret service, or the military, but downward facing exhaust is a big risk for modern heat seeking missiles. But I guess no one in this country wants to shoot him, so it’s probably safe. ---
**Author:** ![Pazu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pazu/32/15522_2.png) [@Pazu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pazu)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7057 "2026-07-09T15:30:40Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Monica Crowley, a former Fox News contributor who now serves as Donald Trump’s chief of protocol, posted a photo on [X](https://x.com/MonicaCrowley/status/2074317344713707590) showing off what she called a “Patriotic Freedom 250 meal aboard AF1.” On her tray sat a hamburger slider, a conspicuously small hot dog, and two sugary snacks decorated in American flag colors. I went to high school with Monica Crowley and it just saddens me to see how firmly she remains attached to Trump’s ass. Although since she’s been marinating in the Fox-sphere for decades now, I guess she can’t imagine any other way to exist. Sad… she was nice enough in AP Bio. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7058 "2026-07-09T15:56:24Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > a conspicuously small hot dog, I love this part. Snark of the first order. No one can be allowed to have a “hot dog” larger than the King’s. ---
**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 9, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7059 "2026-07-09T17:12:27Z")
There was no ‘toy’ in the happy meal? Tip. Always get the fruit, apple slices. ---
**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 9, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7060 "2026-07-09T17:20:00Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Parents are making a rational decision to point their kids to where the money is. Wendover last week dropped an 18-minute video, [How Private Equity Ruined American Youth Sports](https://youtu.be/DPeRd48YfqY). Having no children nor much interest in sports I had no idea it was so expensive. > [@Monty quoting AP](#): > > The conspicuous addition, and ensuing legal battle, became symbolic of Trump’s broader push to imprint his legacy — and, in this case, his actual name — on the nation’s capital in his final term. I think that’s the biggest punishment he’s going to get, assuming a Democratic sweep in 2028 – watching every one of his vanity projects reverted back to the original and/or razed. It sure as hell won’t be him serving any prison time or made to give the money back. Now, maybe 2032 will bring it all back but he;ll likely be dead m\by then. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=352) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=354)