# 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:** 359
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7161 "2026-07-13T23:03:46Z")
He’s establishing his excuses to cancel or take over the midterm elections. His base will believe every word of it. Republicans are the ones attempting to steal the election and will blame Democrats for the corruption ---
**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 13, 2026, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7162 "2026-07-13T23:49:24Z")
> [@Frazzled](#): > > He’s establishing his excuses to cancel or take over the midterm elections. That’s not a thing. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7163 "2026-07-14T00:10:49Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > That’s not a thing They want it to be a thing. > **[Peter Ticktin urges Trump to declare election emergency](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4636763/peter-ticktin-election-emergency-midterms/)** > > Peter Ticktin, longtime friend of President Donald Trump, urged for the president to declare an election emergency ahead of midterm elections. (As an aside, I first dealt with Ticktin 15 years ago as an attorney doing foreclosure litigation. It was clear he was an unethical piece of shit even then) … If his prime time speech really is just him complaining about the 2020 election, he’s doing himself no favors with the electorate. It’s a stark reminder of his failure to address the issues that matter to people - like high costs created by his policies. I can’t imagine a politician more out of touch with the people. I hope he mentions the ballroom. ---
**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 14, 2026, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7164 "2026-07-14T00:21:04Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > They want it to be a thing. They want a lot of things they’re not gonna get. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7165 "2026-07-14T00:22:09Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > They want a lot of things they’re not gonna get From your lips to god’s ears ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7166 "2026-07-14T01:37:09Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > They want a lot of things they’re not gonna get. Well, that’s just the American Dream even the human condition. The question is do they know they aren’t going to get these things? While still preferring to vote for them over things that they might get? > [@George Santayana](#): > > Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim. ---
**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 14, 2026, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7167 "2026-07-14T04:09:23Z")
If this was true, there would be photos splashed all over Truth Social. Pics or it didn’t happen, asshole. [![](https://unstuckpolitics.com/uploads/default/original/3X/4/c/4c61795ff4184e7ea98bdcc3da1d553161fd41d4.jpeg) ](https://unstuckpolitics.com/uploads/default/original/3X/4/c/4c61795ff4184e7ea98bdcc3da1d553161fd41d4.jpeg) ---
**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 14, 2026, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7168 "2026-07-14T04:21:33Z")
[Thursday! Thursday! Thursday! Under the chrome dome, the wild imaginings put to words!](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-thursday-address-reveal-foreign-210628000.html) > [@](#): > > In an upcoming speech this Thursday, [President Donald Trump](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-irs-settlement-slush-fund-lawsuit-b3014060.html) will reportedly reveal plans by foreign nations to interfere in the 2020 election. > > The exact content of the speech is not yet known, but its claims will be based on declassified intelligence information, MS Now [reports](https://x.com/jake__traylor/status/2076754296352145803). The remarks could touch on a host of U.S. adversaries that intelligence officials have said [sought to meddle in the 2020 election](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/russia-2020-election-biden-trump-b1818098.html), including Russia, Iran and [Venezuela](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-venezuela-dominion-smartmatic-conspiracy-theory-b2895677.html), the latter of which is often [cited in MAGA conspiracies](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-venezuela-dominion-smartmatic-conspiracy-theory-b2895677.html). > > _The Independent_ has contacted the White House for comment. > > On Monday, President Trump previewed the address with a brief [message on Truth Social](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116914147668764804), describing it as a “Speech to the Nation” planned for 9 p.m. Eastern time. > > Later Monday, Trump told reporters that his comments were “just gonna be a speech like a lot of my speeches.” Do you know the absolute best way for any foreign nation to have our elections to be interfered with? Yep: do absolutely nothing. Just wait for the convicted felon to screw them up. [MTG, it pains me to say, is likely correct.](https://www.aol.com/articles/marjorie-taylor-greene-accused-posting-101537000.html) > [@](#): > > [Former Trump loyalist Marjorie Taylor Greene](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-resignation-trump-epstein-b2870485.html) has been accused of posting a “classless” tribute to[former Senator Lindsey Graham](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/lindsey-graham-dead-age-health-latest-updates-b3013384.html) on social media. ​ > > Graham, a vocal supporter of the Iran war, died on July 11 after what has been described by his office as a “brief and sudden illness”. > > ​Greene, a [fierce critic of the war with Iran](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-trump-iran-b3011116.html), uploaded [her tribute](https://x.com/FmrRepMTG/status/2076422949238661448) in response to a [July 12 post](https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2076415793458303021) by U.S Central Command, which confirmed that Donald [Trump](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/trump) had ordered further strikes on Iranian targets. ​ > > “[Lindsey Graham](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/lindsey-graham) would be proud,” Greene claimed. “RIP.” > > ​Greene’s post was inundated with over one thousand responses, with some MAGA critics [branding](https://x.com/jammles9/status/2076471198750314606) her as “classless.” ​ > > Another [labeled](https://x.com/TRM81611/status/2076436534652481818) her as both “hateful and spiteful,” adding that “money cannot buy class”. That last commenter needs to talk to the convicted felon in the White House. [But, hey, evidently, money cannot buy a pardon from the convicted felon either.](https://www.aol.com/articles/rapper-launches-lawsuit-paying-600k-204327000.html) > [@](#): > > Boosie Badazz says he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in an effort to secure clemency from President Donald Trump, but is now alleging he was left with nothing in return. > > According to a report, the [Louisiana-](https://www.themirror.com/all-about/louisiana)born rapper, whose legal name is Torence Hatch, has filed legal action against political operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman. He claims he paid the pair $600,000 last fall after they presented themselves as having a strong influence within [Trump’s](https://www.themirror.com/all-about/donald-trump) circle and the ability to help secure a pardon. [Donnie Two Scoops has a new participation trophy!](https://www.aol.com/articles/statue-trolling-trump-war-iran-190427000.html) > [@](#): > > A giant satirical statue of a participation trophy appeared on Monday on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., mocking the [Trump administration](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-us-war-live-trump-strikes-strait-hormuz-qatar-kuwait-b3013600.html)’s continued stalemate in the [Iran war](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-us-war-live-trump-strikes-strait-hormuz-qatar-kuwait-b3013600.html). > > “We hereby award [President Donald J. Trump](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-deportation-airline-flights-b3014119.html) this participation trophy for his enthusiastic involvement in the Iran War,” a plaque on the statue reads. “While some concern themselves with military strategy, diplomacy, or measurable outcomes, President Trump demonstrated the courage to participate regardless of the final score.” > > “As the recipient of this prestigious award, President Trump joins the ranks of children everywhere who [received recognition](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/donald-trump-fifa-peace-prize-gianni-infantino-b2878882.html) for simply showing up,” the plaque continues. > > The work, which encourages members of the public to leave their own trophies nearby, [comes from Secret Handshake](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-epstein-statue-national-mall-return-b2838411.html), an anonymous group of artists who have been installing prank statues in Washington throughout the administration. > > Smaller trophies were seen scattered around the monument on Monday. [The _Mirror_ has an interesting premonition.](https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/donald-trump-lindsey-graham-replacement-1934719) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump has weighed in on who should fill late South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham’s seat in the interim before a November election determines who will serve for the state, but some Fox News viewers were outraged by his choice. > > **[Graham](https://www.themirror.com/all-about/lindsey-graham)**, 71, a staunch ally of **[Trump](https://www.themirror.com/all-about/donald-trump)** who was also revered for his ability to work in a bipartisan manner behind-the-scenes, died Saturday, July 11, in Washington D.C. He was reported to have suffered from a “brief and sudden illness” that was later determined to have been an aortic dissection. > > His **[death reportedly came just hours after a phone call with the president](https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/breaking-lindsey-grahams-office-provides-1933290)**, and days after his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. & > [@](#): > > Trump has since waded into the fray, sharing that he recommends the McMaster pick Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, to fill the seat. > > “Oh lord! More insanity that Fox will try to normalize and gaslight us,” one person wrote on X (formerly Twitter), while another said, “Ol Trump nominating someone related to Graham. Peak republican fantasy.” > > “What a joke Trump has become. Really? Nepotism as a solution? What are her qualifications? Unless of course she learned how to be a dishonorable, corrupt, deep state politician like her brother. Absurdity,” another fumed, while a fourth said, “In other words…f–k you South Carolina and who you want to replace him.” > > Many others questioned the move because they weren’t sure if she was actually qualified for the job. & > [@](#): > > “Is she qualified or are we England and just follow bloodlines now?” a third asked, while a fourth wrote, “She’s an occupational professional who helps people with disabilities get jobs. While that’s admirable, that doesn’t mean she’s qualified to be a senator.” > > Another slammed FOX and Trump for the pick and likely support of it, pointing out that if a Democrat like Joe Biden had made a similar suggestion, it would have been ridiculed. Guess who got the job. [Rip van Simple’s war on the environment is back on.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-slashes-two-utah-protected-225814869.html) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump on Monday signed executive orders slashing two national monuments in Utah to roughly a tenth of their current size, throwing open millions of acres of protected land to fossil fuel extraction and mining. > > Trump signed the proclamations at a White House gathering flanked by Republican officials including Utah’s governor and two senators, who framed the move as an overdue correction of federal overreach. [Birthright baby Rubio has a new plan.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/rubio-vows-dismantle-international-criminal-165024673.html) > [@](#): > > US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday vowed to “dismantle” the [International Criminal Court](https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/18/politics/trump-international-criminal-court-sanctions?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo) and urged other countries to join the effort as the Trump administration significantly escalates its campaign against the global institution. > > Rubio accused the ICC of “waging a war against our country, not with bullets or missiles,” but with “the force of so-called international law.” > > The administration’s ire against the ICC goes back to President Donald Trump’s first term, when it targeted the ICC for seeking to investigate alleged war crimes committed by US forces in Afghanistan. The second Trump administration has imposed a slew of sanctions against ICC officials for their attempts to investigate the US and Israel. > > However, the State Department-led, “whole-of-government campaign” to dismantle the ICC is a significant escalation, particularly as it seeks to pressure countries around the world to join and threatens potential cuts to US assistance for those who don’t. > > “Nations that refuse to reject the ICC’s false authority while relying on US assistance are likely to come under increased scrutiny,” a State Department official said Monday. > > “Using all the tools at our government’s disposal, working beside every ally with whom we can make common cause, we will dismantle the ICC—brick by brick, if necessary,” Rubio wrote in a [separate piece](https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-were-dismantling-the-icc-0af0a8a6) in the Wall Street Journal on Monday. Those tools include possible travel bans, visa revocations, and increased sanctions, the State Department official said. But, hey, what fun would it be to hold those who commit war crimes responsible? [Feds finally hand over evidence in the killing of Renee Good.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/us--immigration-enforcement-minnesota-164813010.html) > [@](#): > > Federal prosecutors turned over key evidence long sought by Minnesota investigators in their ongoing probe into the fatal shootings of [Renee Good](https://apnews.com/article/renee-good-ice-shooting-minneapolis-f766260ec7cfbb2b158d6b8eb3403607) and [Alex Pretti](https://apnews.com/article/ice-congress-trump-minneapolis-alex-pretti-hearing-ada1986f0c4639e96a6f7bf06f2856c3) during pitched protests against an immigration enforcement crackdown earlier this year, state prosecutors announced Monday. > > The progress came as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent [shot and killed](https://apnews.com/article/immigration-enforcement-deaths-eight-houston-35b6d6f9b9715edd064009e195547b2b) a motorist in Maine on Monday, and Houston prosecutors complained the administration was still withholding critical information in their investigation into [a fatal shooting](https://apnews.com/article/ice-houston-shooting-lorenzo-salgado-araujo-b716621b52f7acea3cac0b7ea43fcc37) by an ICE officer last week. > > Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said the evidence turned over by U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Daniel Rosen’s office included previously withheld hard drives containing statements, police body camera video and other materials in the Minnesota killings. Federal prosecutors also turned over Good’s badly damaged SUV, she said. > > “The wonderful thing now is we have all the evidence,” Moriarty said. “Any time the government is responsible in whatever way of taking the life of a community member we need to have a full and thorough investigation.” [And now it’s the Department of War on the Free Press.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/hegseth-announces-joint-taskforce-doj-173533494.html) > [@](#): > > The US defense secretary, ⁠Pete Hegseth, ​announced on Monday that the Pentagon and the US Department of Justice have created a “joint taskforce ​to identify and ​prosecute” what he called the “unauthorized disclosure ​of sensitive” information to the press, marking the latest escalation in the Trump administration’s effort to crackdown on leaks. > > In a [⁠video ​posted on X](https://x.com/SecWar/status/2076673841913344136), Hegseth said that “to combat the dangers that leaks pose, effectively immediately, I have ​delegated tasking authority ​to the war department’s ‌office ⁠of general counsel, empowering OGC to request and receive ​all ​information, ⁠records and support across the ​department concerning ​media ⁠leak investigations”. > > “Leaked information risks lives, these new tools and processes will greatly assist us in protecting our joint force,” he said. “The security of our nation cannot be a bargaining chip for those who seek momentary headlines, access to confidential and secret information is a sacred trust, and those who betray that trust will be met with the full force of the law.” [The arch of evil is coming closer to being constructed.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/donald-trump-250-foot-triumphal-174213443.html) > [@](#): > > The 250-foot triumphal arch proposed by Donald Trump has received approval from a panel of the National Capital Planning Commission. According to a report by [the Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/09/trump-clears-key-hurdle-250-foot-triumphal-arch-near-arlington/), the panel has voted in favor of the building plans and the preliminary site for the arch. > > Despite the backlash that the project has received from the general public, the Trump administration has received the green light. However, a final vote on this will be taken in September. In this final voting session, the planning commission will also consider whether the triumphal arch can be exempt from the Height of Buildings Act, which allows only structures up to 130 feet to be built. Wouldn’t it be something if every construction firm involved in this vanity project stiff the felon the way he’s always stiffed construction firms? [And the traitor-in-chief is back to calling for his political critics to be deported.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-shares-video-calling-mamdani-125539541.html) > [@](#): > > President Trump on Sunday [shared a video](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116909300964979990) calling for “hardcore communist bastards” to be deported, notably naming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D). > > Conservative pundit Michael Savage’s 49-minute-long video, which he posted on July 4, claims that democratic socialist candidates running as Democrats have been turning the U.S. into a socialist country through, for example, the launch of “free” programs. Savage claimed the country was turning into Cambodia under the dictator Pol Pot. > > “That is exactly what Mamdani and the Democratic Socialists will do to you,” Savage said. “Forget the smirks, forget the smiles, forget the bulls— that it’s like Denmark and Norway. These are hardcore communist bastards who must be stopped, criminalized and deported. I’m clear as a bell on this. We will fall if they are not deported.” > > Trump’s sharing of the message is notable given his relationship with Mamdani. While Trump has been [hammering Democrats](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-communists-finally-making-move-114400421.html) for moving toward “communism” with the advancement of several democratic socialist candidates, he has at times complimented Mamdani. Trump famously had a [friendly meeting](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-meets-mamdani-oval-office-235625645.html) with Mamdani at the White House after the democratic socialist won his city’s mayoral race last year. > > Savage said Mamdani, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) “and the other scum who should be criminalized and deported –– I’ll send them to Uganda … before they spread the cancer.” The pundit railed against democratic socialist candidates who recently won Democratic primary elections across the country. > > “Right now, we have open Marxists in high places in America. Every one of them must be criminalized and deported. I’m not mincing words, I don’t care what the courts say,” Savage later said before he blasted the Supreme Court’s recent ruling [upholding birthright citizenship](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/supreme-court-justices-ruled-birthright-172531316.html), which he said was “death to America.” Deportation of citizens? Check! Destruction of the environment? Check! Control of the courts? Check! Political loyalty over ability in government and military? Check! Control of voting? Check! The felon’s turning the country into the USSR! @aurora_maire Wow. That felon certainly cannot write well at all. ---
**Author:** ![billy-jack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@billy-jack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billy-jack)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7169 "2026-07-14T04:30:47Z")
I find tears like that hard to believe unless it is maybe a crappy job by those putting in the liner and it coming loose. ---
**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 14, 2026, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7170 "2026-07-14T06:22:13Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > [But, hey, evidently, money cannot buy a pardon from the convicted felon either.](https://www.aol.com/articles/rapper-launches-lawsuit-paying-600k-204327000.html) He paid _Wohl and Burkman_? And expected a positive outcome? Sorry, buddy, but you just paid a Dumbass Tax. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7171 "2026-07-14T07:40:56Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I mean, I’m glad that a final straw exists but I find it a weird one. The final straw, by definition, is just another piece of straw. There can’t be anything special about it, or the metaphor won’t work. The final straw just happens to be the one random thing that pushes everything over the edge. ---
**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 14, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7172 "2026-07-14T18:34:10Z")
Huh, I wonder what happened to that 350-foot gash Trump says vandals made in the reflecting pool. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cqwedaaql4c3zo7ylz7rf6qc/bafkreibx3zmmd6ltecezf7rr5fsx3pogtsevq6qi6xhqjr2vbqrouwh56e) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cqwedaaql4c3zo7ylz7rf6qc/bafkreibx3zmmd6ltecezf7rr5fsx3pogtsevq6qi6xhqjr2vbqrouwh56e) ---
**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 14, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7173 "2026-07-14T19:23:27Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > > According to a report, the [Louisiana-](https://www.themirror.com/all-about/louisiana)born rapper, whose legal name is Torence Hatch, has filed legal action against political operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman. Oh my god I LoLed at this. I’d seen headlines about this guy, but hadn’t bothered reading the stories, I’m just burned out on a lot of the petty corruption. But this is too good. Did he really think these bozos could deliver? Idiocy loves company, I guess. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7174 "2026-07-14T19:56:00Z")
What happened to the blue? ---
**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 14, 2026, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7175 "2026-07-14T20:35:49Z")
> [@billy-jack](#): > > I find tears like that hard to believe unless it is maybe a crappy job by those putting in the liner and it coming loose. Ding ding ding! But Donald will go on making his claim of Lunatic Leftist Sabotage of the Pool. The beauty part of “no evidence, no proof” is that he can accuse anyone he wants to, and cause them to have to hire lawyers. _'Nancy Pelosi was seen with a box cutter! Hillary Clinton is on video, cutting away! Rosie O’Donnell was observed by hundreds using a big sword!_’ > [@Moriarty](#): > > I hope he mentions the ballroom. I wouldn’t be surprised if the speech were 50% Ballroom/Arch/upgrading the White House, and only 50% “rigged election”. He still believes he’s the world’s greatest salesman. Of course MAGA will accept whatever he says—but MAGA is shrinking. The proportion of “sick of this demented old thief” is going to grow substantially as a result of this speech. ---
**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 14, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7176 "2026-07-14T21:23:10Z")
It’s the Democrats’ fault that Trump’s businesses have health inspection violations! > **[Trump Club calls fly infestation 'politically motivated' as pest problems...](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-club-calls-fly-infestation-politically-motivated-as-pest-problems-plague-locations/)** > > Health officials uncovered a serious pest control problem at the Trump National Golf Club Washington D.C., where President Donald Trump was seen last weekend, according to reports on Tuesday.The latest discovery of flies was among several reported... ---
**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 14, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7177 "2026-07-14T22:18:05Z")
They’re tarping off the reflecting pool to hide the nonexistent vandalism. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HNMxo-kXEAE8vow?format=jpg&name=4096x4096) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HNMxo-kXEAE8vow?format=jpg&name=4096x4096) [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HNNIOF8XIAEMyiU?format=jpg&name=4096x4096) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HNNIOF8XIAEMyiU?format=jpg&name=4096x4096) ---
**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 14, 2026, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7178 "2026-07-14T23:09:51Z")
I’m getting a vision of it paved over with concrete and decorated with umbrella tables. In red, white, and blue. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7179 "2026-07-14T23:11:03Z")
A bit tarp obsessed, this administration. Tarps, tarps, everywhere. Maybe they’ll add some at the pool with blue water reflecting the Washington memorial printed on them. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7180 "2026-07-14T23:30:32Z")
I look forward to making “Tarp you, Donald Trump!” a thing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=358) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=360)