# 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:** 377
**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 29, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7521 "2026-07-29T12:19:59Z")
And this really shows how lousy a businessman the orang pile of dung is. Even mediocre business folks understand the law of supply and demand. ---
**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 29, 2026, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7522 "2026-07-29T13:08:50Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Regardless of his mental state he clearly isn’t Presidenting in the usual sense of the word. **For me this is a blessing** but the MAGAts should be up in arms if they’d put any thought behind it. (Bolding mine) How is it a blessing-- because the more he bumbles and raves, the more discredited the MAGA movement is? That may be so, but he’s also destroying the country in the process. And sadly, assuming we get a Democratic President in 2028-- no matter how well a job the next President does fixing what trump broke, the right-wing machine will do all they can to tear them down in the media, and spin stories of how much better things were under trump. And the American public has such a short memory, it may very well vote in another MAGA candidate in 2032. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7523 "2026-07-29T14:33:10Z")
> [@solost](#): > > And the American public has such a short memory, it may very well vote in another MAGA candidate in 2032. This. The forgetfulness is infuriating. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7524 "2026-07-29T14:39:55Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Regardless of his mental state he clearly isn’t Presidenting in the usual sense of the word. For me this is a blessing but the MAGAts should be up in arms **if they’d put any thought behind it.** Bolding mine. They voted for Trump. Thought will NOT happen. ---
**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 29, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7525 "2026-07-29T18:27:08Z")
The Beast? Nah. We gotta have Kennedy’s Lincoln Gold Plated (being the only upgrade) and send him off it that. ---
**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 29, 2026, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7526 "2026-07-29T22:27:46Z")
When all you have is a hammer… > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mrsolpjxpr2t)** > > Trump: "I'd like to see tariffs on Iran" “They call it the Star Wars. Nobody knows what’s going on.” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mrsnaw2viv2k)** > > Trump: "Between the trams and the Star War thing. They call it the Star Wars. And elevated busses. Nobody knows what's going on." “They just finished Mardi Gras” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mrsmrxijpe2h)** > > Trump: "They just finished Mardi Gras" > > (Mardi Gras is in February) ---
**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 29, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7527 "2026-07-29T23:37:20Z")
A judge has thrown out Kash “DOLLA DOLLA BILL Y’ALL” Patel’s $10 million defamation suit against a blogger who called him a “googly-eyed Kremlin bitch”. > **[Kash Patel Loses Lawsuit Against Man Who Called Him “Googly-Eyed” Chud](https://newrepublic.com/post/213675/kash-patel-loses-lawsuit-blogger-googly-eyed-kremlin-chud)** > > A federal judge has thrown out the FBI director’s lawsuit against a blogger who called him a “googly-eyed Kremlin bitch.” ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7528 "2026-07-29T23:44:02Z")
From today. They’re not even good at hiding their incompetence. [![](https://i.imgur.com/bzAGkjk.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/bzAGkjk.jpeg) Also, for some reason all the flags on the National Mall were at half-staff, despite there being no governmental order that I could find (and all the other flags, including at the White House, were at full staff). I assume they just haven’t gotten around to putting them back after they were lowered for Graham. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7529 "2026-07-30T00:13:55Z")
Legally approved nickname, then? ---
**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 30, 2026, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7530 "2026-07-30T02:49:45Z")
We’re down to 32%! [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5997864-trump-approval-rating-low/](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5997864-trump-approval-rating-low/) ---
**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 30, 2026, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7531 "2026-07-30T02:57:30Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > We’re down to 32%! I’ve seen other approval ratings in the last week or so that are more around 39% or so (which has seemed to be Trump’s approval “floor,” give or take a percentage point or two); the number in that poll is obviously a _lot_ lower, and I don’t know if Quinnipiac’s poll is an outlier, or represents a new trend. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7532 "2026-07-30T03:08:05Z")
I love that so much. It’s gonna’ be how I always talk about patel from this point forward. 😄 ---
**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 30, 2026, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7533 "2026-07-30T03:08:12Z")
YouGov had him at 34% yesterday. > **[Trump's job approval hits record low, driven down by Gen X, white Americans,...](https://yougov.com/en-us/articles/55262-trumps-job-approval-hits-record-low-driven-down-by-gen-x-white-americans-and-independents-july-25-27-2026-economist-yougov-poll)** > > 34% of U.S. adult citizens approve of Trump's job performance, tied for a record low for either Trump term. His net job approval is -28, also a record low ---
**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 30, 2026, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7534 "2026-07-30T04:13:33Z")
| mil US Adults | %Approve | mil Approvers | | --- | --- | --- | | 276.8 | 32% | 88.6 | | | 34% | 94.1 | | | 39% | 108.0 | Enlighten me, which of these numbers am I supposed to feel relaxed and comfortable about? ---
**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 30, 2026, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7535 "2026-07-30T06:18:14Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Turns out that murdering a bunch of fishermen on the high seas DIDN’T stop the flow of cocaine into the US. Standby for indiscriminate air-to-air missile fire over Cental American sovereign territory. Not quite as manly as destroying a fishing boat and leaving survivors to drown, but Hegseth is going to need SOMETHING to assuage his racist blood lust. And if that happens to be clearly marked commercial transport, well “¡Perdón, Aeroméxico!”… ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7536 "2026-07-30T06:19:33Z")
YouGov is not reliable since they pay people to take their “polls”. ---
**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 30, 2026, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7537 "2026-07-30T12:12:14Z")
That, then, sounds exactly like the “numbers” outfit the convict de maison-blanche would trust and tout. ---
**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 30, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7538 "2026-07-30T16:16:43Z")
That’s not exactly accurate, but even so, how would that make them unreliable? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7539 "2026-07-30T16:20:31Z")
If those polls are taken the way I engage with YouGov then they’re polling people that answer polls to get points for gift cards. AIUI, YouGov polls are not random samples. ---
**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 30, 2026, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7540 "2026-07-30T16:22:40Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > That’s not exactly accurate, but even so, how would that make them unreliable? Speaking as a market researcher: as @crowmanyclouds just noted, their sample may or may not be a representative sample. “Unreliable,” in statistical/sampling terms, means that the results of their research may not be projectionable to the entire U.S. (Frankly, that’s an issue which _all_ pollsters and researchers face, and it’s just gotten worse with time, but that’s a topic which has been discussed numerous times on this board.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=376) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=378)