# 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:** 360
**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, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7181 "2026-07-14T23:49:23Z")
Trump’s latest update on Iran; the war is over, we’re about to bomb them into dust, we’re going to invade, Iran is going to make a deal, we don’t want to make a deal, the strait is open, and we don’t need the strait to be open because people can go to Texas instead. > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mqn7xvddmq2b)** > > FOX NEWS: Can your objectives be achieved in an air campaign alone, or does this require a ground component? > > TRUMP: Well, I think they're completed now > > (Why are we back at war then? 🙃) > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mqnablgdzg23)** > > Trump: "Next week comes the power plants, next week comes the bridges. We're gonna knock out all their power plants, we're gonna knock out all their bridges unless they get to the table and negotiate." > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mqna72bdit27)** > > Trump on a ground invasion of Kharg island: "I would do that" > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mqnaaxuqid2q)** > > FOX: Do you believe the Iranians are serious about making a deal? > > TRUMP: I think they have no choice > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mqnai6gjea2q)** > > Trump: "I don't want to negotiate now. I said, 'Let's not negotiate.'" > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mqnah7rtip27)** > > FOX NEWS: Just 10 vessels passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, less than 10% of what normally goes through. When you say the strait is open, what do you mean? > > TRUMP: Uh, it's open if people want to go through it. We're coming up with great... ---
**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, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7182 "2026-07-14T23:50:58Z")
Good lord. I wish I invested in Big Tarp a year ago! Nothing to see here folks. Move along! Also, stop looking at: - The Trump Kennedy Center - The East Wing - The White House - Meridian Park - The Arc de Trumpe All the other DC beautification projects are going swimmingly! > [@Smapti](#): > > Trump’s latest update on Iran; the war is over, we’re about to bomb them into dust, we’re going to invade, Iran is going to make a deal, we don’t want to make a deal, the strait is open, and we don’t need the strait to be open because people can go to Texas instead. What an elder statesman! ---
**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 15, 2026, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7183 "2026-07-15T02:12:22Z")
I’m failing to see the problem here. Let 45/47 tarp anything and everything he wants. Print on the tarp whatever image he wants to project. Saves all those troublesome development applications and approvals. Saves all those development costs. e.g. cover the Reflecting Pool with reflecting tape. When 45/47 vacates/departs/impeached/ cut down the tarps and things revert back to their 2024 appearance. Simples. 🙃 ---
**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 15, 2026, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7184 "2026-07-15T02:13:04Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > It’s the Democrats’ fault that Trump’s businesses have health inspection violations! It’s the Covid gambit: If you don’t look for it, it isn’t there. ---
**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 15, 2026, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7185 "2026-07-15T02:32:21Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > A bit tarp obsessed, this administration. Tarps, tarps, everywhere. … Didn’t Trump campaign on transparency? Doesn’t sound like that’s what’s happening. ---
**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 15, 2026, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7186 "2026-07-15T02:47:45Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I’m getting a vision of it paved over with concrete and decorated with umbrella tables. In red, white, and blue. And, as I mentioned some time ago about the Rose Porch (_patio_ is too fancy a term), they will look like large dildoes atop the tables. [Rip van Simple is jonesing about the 51st state, the other ~~brother Darryl~~ 51st state, and the other other 51st state.](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-makes-fresh-threats-canada-210400000.html) > [@](#): > > President [Donald Trump](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-coin-face-signature-money-b3014841.html) has made[fresh threats to Canada and Greenland](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/canada-patriotism-trump-tariffs-51st-state-b3007096.html)with a provocative photo on his social media platform. > > Since before Trump returned to the White House, he has made his goal to expand north known, [calling Canada the “51st State”](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-canada-separatists-alberta-carney-b2925937.html)and insisting the [US needed to acquire Greenland](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/greenland-trump-shrimp-red-lobster-b3000687.html), an autonomous territory of Denmark, for “national security purposes.” > > Trump continued his pitch to gain control of Canada and Greenland, and even threw Venezuela into the mix, with an edited photo of him showing European leaders in the Oval Office a map of the countries with an American flag superimposed over them. > > David Frum, a Canadian-born political writer for _The Atlantic_, replied to the photo Trump [posted](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116919045881732277) on Truth Social Tuesday, jokingly [writing](https://x.com/davidfrum/status/2077063925976232123) on X, “On this map, [Canadian prime minister and leader of the Liberal Party] Mark Carney would be the front-runner for the 2028 Democratic nomination and very likely next president of the United States.” > > Members of the European Union have pushed back on Trump’s aggressive push to acquire Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory in the Arctic, saying any attempt to undermine its sovereignty violates international law. [The convicted felon finally paid E. Jean Carroll.](https://www.aol.com/articles/e-jean-carroll-receives-5m-150659000.html) > [@](#): > > Three years after a jury concluded President Trump should pay $5 million in damages to the writer E. Jean Carroll for sexual abuse and defamation, she has at last been paid. > > For Carroll, it’s a wait that began long before her federal civil lawsuit went to trial in 2023. The writer first went public with her story in 2019, accusing Mr. Trump of assaulting her in a department store dressing room three decades ago. The jury unanimously concluded a preponderance of evidence supported her claim. > > Court records show Carroll received $5.62 million, including interest. > > Carroll sent a triumphant email to readers of her [Substack blog](https://ejeancarroll.substack.com/p/the-eagle-has-landed?ftag=YHF4eb9d17) Tuesday, writing “The Eagle Has Landed,” thanking more than a dozen current and former members of her legal team. She also included a line directed at one of Mr. Trump’s former attorneys, who for years led his defense in Carroll’s cases. > > “And . . . a special, _special_ thanks to Alina Habba Esq.! I could not have done it without you,” Carroll wrote. [We all called it.](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-says-primetime-address-focus-191008000.html) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON – [President Donald Trump](https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/donald-trump/) said he will discuss “free and fair elections” in his primetime address to the nation on Thursday, July 16, signaling that he could use the speech to revive grievances over [the 2020 election](https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/2020-11-03/) and push for [long-stalled legislation](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/03/17/whats-in-the-save-act/89192065007/) to overhaul voting in federal elections. > > Trump’s [rare 9 p.m. ET address](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/13/donald-trump-address-july-16-2026/90906063007/) comes as he is still pushing unsubstantiated claims to assert that the 2020 election he lost to [Joe Biden](https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/joe-biden/) was stolen, while alleging [ahead of the November elections](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/07/13/trump-federal-control-midterm-elections/90840111007/) that Democrats “cheat” to win. > > “I’d rather save it, but it’s really big news,” Trump told reporters on July 14 in the Oval Office when asked whether he will address election integrity in his remarks. "It’s really, really big news, and our country has to shape up. That’s what we’re going to be talking about Thursday. It doesn’t get bigger because without free and fair elections, you don’t have a country. > > “We’ll be discussing other things, too, but it will be a very big announcement,” he added. [Racist-in-chief is back at it. Aka _Racists gotta racist._](https://www.aol.com/articles/donald-trump-calls-kamala-harris-121143000.html) > [@](#): > > President [Donald Trump](https://people.com/tag/donald-trump/) took a new swipe at former Vice President [Kamala Harris](https://people.com/tag/kamala-harris/) as he spoke about whether he would ever moderate a potential 2028 debate in a new interview. > > Speaking on the Salem News Channel on Monday, July 13, Trump, 80, insisted he would be up for moderating a future presidential debate, before reflecting on the 2024 presidential debate, which he claimed was “biased.” > > Without mentioning names, Trump slammed the event’s moderators — ABC News’ David Muir and “unknown woman” Linsey Davis — before he remarked that the debate was “two and a half against one,” per clips shared by [HeadquartersHQ on X](https://x.com/HQNewsNow/status/2076779984362807361) and [Rapid Response 47](https://x.com/rapidresponse47/status/2076774625116119296). > > When questioned who “the half” was, Trump replied, “Kamala is the half.” [The twitlering is out of control.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-posts-35-times-90-161432117.html) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump unleashed a rapid-fire Truth Social spree, flooding his account with 35 posts in roughly 90 minutes. > > The bizarre posts ricocheted from recycled campaign talking points to a victory lap about presidential power and a fresh proclamation about policing one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. > > The barrage began around 9 a.m. Monday with an unexpected blast from the past. Trump shared a [Newsmax](https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-great-american-state-fair-america-250/2026/06/24/id/1260815/) story from June 24 promoting the opening rally for the Great American State Fair on Washington’s National Mall—a political lifetime ago by modern standards. Then he posted five more versions of the same story. [Your choice: it’s either like _Big Brother_ or the Kim regime.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/schiff-says-newly-uncovered-documents-130000908.html) > [@](#): > > Senator Adam Schiff’s office says newly uncovered government documents reveal additional Trump administration contracts to produce and install large promotional banners on federal buildings in Washington, D.C., including displays featuring oversized images of President Donald Trump and “America First” branding. > > According to Schiff’s office, the newly identified contracts add to previous findings that taxpayer funds were used for large-scale banner installations at government facilities throughout the nation’s capital. > > “The Trump administration is spending hundreds of thousands of your tax dollars to glorify and pay tribute to a sitting U.S. President and his political agenda,” Schiff said in a statement. “Not only is this a terrible waste of Americans’ hard-earned money, it is clearly against the law. Congress has long outlawed spending tax dollars on propaganda and self-aggrandizement and an eight-story high Donald Trump head certainly qualifies as propaganda.” > > The documents cited by Schiff’s office show that the Department of the Interior awarded a contract worth approximately $39,000 for banners featuring President Trump alongside an “America First” slogan. Or, I suppose, it could be like the Nazi regime in Germany. ---
**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 15, 2026, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7187 "2026-07-15T04:07:36Z")
> [@from Monty's link](#): > > “I’d rather save it, but it’s really big news,” Trump told reporters on July 14 in the Oval Office when asked whether he will address election integrity in his remarks. "It’s really, really big news, and our country has to shape up. The thing Trump wants more than anything in the world is for the DOJ to “officially” state that there is rock-solid, undeniable evidence that the 2020 election was stolen. His operatives have had six years to manufacture that “evidence”. Records in Georgia may have been tampered with. Maduro may have been coerced to say he personally oversaw the operation to have votes flipped in voting machines. There is literally no lie too big for them to put forward because truth does not matter to them. I’m curious which lies will be presented Thursday to bolster his dream. ---
**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 15, 2026, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7188 "2026-07-15T04:43:17Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > I’m curious which lies will be presented Thursday to bolster his dream. Seriously? _All of them._ THe correct answer is _All of them_. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7189 "2026-07-15T05:09:49Z")
I don’t usually get too worried about whatever nonsense Old Dumbass is going to blather, but of all the stupid shit he’s tried, I think rigging this election might be the thing he wants most desperately. What are we, i.e. the people in the country who aren’t batshit insane, going to do if he comes out with some declaration that the election will be federalized due to all the “evidence” they’ve ~~found~~ manufactured about 2020? Am I being paranoid? Is this how the revolution starts? ---
**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 15, 2026, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7190 "2026-07-15T05:28:25Z")
Taco Trump may have been responsible to the damage in the reflecting pool. He had his motorcade drive across the reflecting pool on the new surface before filling it with water! [![](https://media.gomcgill.com/810403/uploads/8b2576b0-7f9c-11f1-a61c-917cb96b6efa_1200_630.jpeg) ](https://media.gomcgill.com/810403/uploads/8b2576b0-7f9c-11f1-a61c-917cb96b6efa_1200_630.jpeg) After draining it, they apparently found that the tire tracks are still there. And don’t forget that the beast, the Presidential limo, reportedly weights about 20,000 pounds. To be fair, they had trucks all over the pool while working on it: [![](https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2026/06/05/USAT/90420391007-reflecting-pool-repainted-20.jpg) ](https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2026/06/05/USAT/90420391007-reflecting-pool-repainted-20.jpg) Even then, the beast may easily have been the heaviest vehicle to drive across it. Wouldn’t that be more likely to cause large scale damage to the pool? It seems to me that if the lining was strong enough for the motorcade to drive across it without damage, it seems very unlikely that someone with a knife is going to do much damage, especially hundreds of yards worth of damage. ---
**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 15, 2026, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7191 "2026-07-15T05:48:18Z")
Slash is a famous guitarists for Guns N Roses. Figure below my be AI generated (definitely stolen​😁) [![](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/v200/pbzx2mbtwx3qwkjvk3xx) ](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/v200/pbzx2mbtwx3qwkjvk3xx) ---
**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 15, 2026, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7192 "2026-07-15T05:51:32Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Nothing to see here folks. Move along! Also, stop looking at: > > - The Trump Kennedy Center > - The East Wing > - The White House > - Meridian Park > - The Arc de Trumpe > > All the other DC beautification projects are going swimmingly! Do you think that Trump is finished renaming things? Next come the schools: How about Trump Institute of Technology in Boston Trump A&M University in Texas Cal Trump University in Pasadena And highways: Trump 66 from Chicago to Los Angeles The Pacific Trump Highway (or would it be the Trump Coast Highway) Hospitals: The Trump Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota Airports Trump Atlanta International Airport Rivers Trumpissippi River And obviously, rename the Pacific Ocean to the Trumpific Ocean. And then comes renaming the moon to the Trump Lunarsphere ---
**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 15, 2026, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7193 "2026-07-15T06:45:28Z")
If he were being honest (yeah, right), it would called _Trump_ followed by variations of _Swamp_. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7194 "2026-07-15T06:48:24Z")
> [@billy-jack](#): > > The Pacific Trump Highway (or would it be the Trump Coast Highway) Nah, those commies on the west coast wouldn’t go for that. More likely he’ll rename I-95 as the Trump Interstate. > [@billy-jack](#): > > Airports He’s already done Palm Beach Airport. And tried to do Penn Station. I got it: let’s rename the East Bumfuck bus station after Trump. ---
**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 15, 2026, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7195 "2026-07-15T07:10:55Z")
Yes, it’s all part of the Trumpnited Trumps of Atrumpatrump. ---
**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 15, 2026, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7196 "2026-07-15T07:26:41Z")
Jeez, you’re making him sound like a Smurf. “Of all the Trumps that could possibly Trump, he Trumps the best. Heck, he’s the Trumpiest Trump that ever Trumped. Nobody’s ever seen better Trumping!” Who am I kidding? With all this naming stuff after himself, _he’s_ starting to sound like the Smurfs. ---
**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 15, 2026, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7197 "2026-07-15T07:28:26Z")
Like that? [![](https://www.thetoychronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/smurf-orange-2.jpg) ](https://www.thetoychronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/smurf-orange-2.jpg) ---
**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 15, 2026, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7198 "2026-07-15T07:30:00Z")
Close enough. Good image, but better if it had accordion hands. ---
**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 15, 2026, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7199 "2026-07-15T08:19:45Z")
> [@billy-jack](#): > > How about Trump Institute of Technology in Boston “TIT”? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7200 "2026-07-15T08:33:05Z")
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