# 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:** 38
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/741 "2025-12-18T04:27:54Z")
Not getting the reference. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2025, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/742 "2025-12-18T04:28:15Z")
Trump loves TACO! ---
**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:** [December 18, 2025, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/743 "2025-12-18T04:30:43Z")
Well, apparently standing up to Bobby is a bad idea. > # American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr. > > HHS cuts key AAP grants, citing concerns about “identity-based language” and insufficient focus on agency priorities. The organization said the cuts could harm child health. > > [https://wapo.st/48U8yB2](https://wapo.st/48U8yB2) > The Department of Health and Human Services has terminated seven grants totaling millions of dollars to the American Academy of Pediatrics, including for initiatives on reducing sudden infant deaths, improving adolescent health, preventing fetal alcohol syndrome and identifying autism early, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post. > > The abrupt loss of funds this week surprised the professional pediatrician association, which has been one of the harshest critics of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s changes to federal vaccine policy. > … ---
**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:** [December 18, 2025, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/744 "2025-12-18T04:39:02Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Not getting the reference [https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5625759-trump-mamdani-love-fest/](https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5625759-trump-mamdani-love-fest/) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/745 "2025-12-18T04:48:39Z")
Ah. I didn’t click on the photo to embiggen it, so all I saw was a guy with a beard. I assumed it was JD Hamel. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/746 "2025-12-18T07:48:14Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > If his stats were accurate or not Hahahahahahahahahahhaaaaaaaaaaaa Come on now. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2025, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/747 "2025-12-18T09:16:39Z")
Who took one for the team and watched the entire address from Rip van Simple? ---
**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:** [December 18, 2025, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/748 "2025-12-18T09:53:08Z")
[I’ve joked before about the felon turning the White House orange. It’s no longer a joke.](https://www.aol.com/articles/trumps-white-house-adds-partisan-193333503.html) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has affixed partisan plaques to the portraits of all U.S. commanders in chief, himself included, on his Presidential Walk of Fame at the White House, describing Joe Biden as “sleepy,” Barack Obama as “divisive” and Ronald Reagan as a fan of a young Trump. > > The additions, first seen publicly Wednesday, mark Trump’s latest effort to remake the White House in his own image, while flouting the protocols of how presidents treat their predecessors and doubling down on his determination to [reshape how U.S. history](https://apnews.com/article/smithsonian-review-250th-anniversary-2e26f9555bb8d51c7c0f92edede1c866) is told. > > “The plaques are eloquently written descriptions of each President and the legacy they left behind,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement describing the installation in the colonnade that runs from the West Wing to the residence. “As a student of history, many were written directly by the President himself.” Okay, that last bit knocked me out of my socks. Student of history? Written by him? No way in Hell. Anyway, that’s some mighty tacky stuff. > [@](#): > > Indeed, the Trumpian flourishes include the president’s typical bombastic language and haphazard capitalization. They also highlight Trump’s fraught relationships with his more recent predecessors. Maybe the felon did write some of it. I asked above if someone took one for the team. [Damn, I’m sorry for whoever did.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-previewing-2026-agenda-address-130707567.html) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON (AP) — President [Donald Trump](https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump) delivered a politically charged speech Wednesday carried live in prime time on network television, seeking to [pin the blame for economic challenges](https://apnews.com/article/trump-biden-high-prices-inflation-angry-voters-e6e65165deaf9dfc8dbb986f43b1a61a) on Democrats while announcing he is sending a $1,776 bonus check to U.S. troops for Christmas. And where does he think this money comes from? > [@](#): > > Trump suggested that his tariffs — which are partly responsible for boosting consumer prices — would fund a new “warrior dividend” for 1.45 million military members, a payment that could ease some of the financial strains for many households. The amount of $1,776 was a reference to next year’s 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. > > “The checks are already on the way,” he said of the expenditure, which would total roughly $2.6 billion. And what’s the most important thing for the felon about that rambling boatload of baffling bullshit? > [@](#): > > After his speech ended and the video was no longer being broadcast, Trump turned to his gathered aides and asked them how his address to the nation went. The aides assured him it was great. > > Trump then indicated that White House chief of staff Susie Wiles had told him he needed to address the nation. After some back and forth, he asked Wiles how he had done. > > “I told you 20 minutes and you were 20 minutes on the dot," Wiles said. [In the spirit of Christmas, the felon issues more threats.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-issues-night-threat-arrest-115320816.html) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump issued an unhinged call to arrest his political enemies in a late-night Truth Social post. > > The 79-year-old boosted a message from a pro-MAGA account late Tuesday calling for the arrest of former Attorney General Merrick Garland and former FBI Director Chris Wray, adding, “And many others!!!” & > [@](#): > > This is not the first time the president has singled out Garland and Wray. Just weeks ago, he [lashed out at the pair](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-rattles-off-laundry-list-002308893.html) and other political enemies on Truth Social, calling them “a disgrace to our Nation.” I guess the simpleton can remember something longer than a day. The quote says _just weeks_. I’m wondering if they dropped _two_ from the copy. [Even the NY Post is hitting Killer Kennedy with some facts.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pro-trump-york-post-hits-131141170.html) > [@](#): > > The New York Post editorial board has delivered yet another scathing rebuke of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. > > The Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid, which has previously slammed vaccine skeptic Kennedy as a “[paranoid kook](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-york-post-rfk-jr_n_68ba7cd0e4b0acb9ffeb7d8b)” whose “tinfoil hat is blocking out all sense,” tore into the Trump Cabinet member for his war on what it called “one of the biggest public health wins of the last century: the widespread use of disease-eradicating vaccines.” ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/749 "2025-12-18T12:14:51Z")
I suppose Merrick Garland never thought the leopards would eat his face. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/750 "2025-12-18T12:47:37Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > “As a student of history, many were written directly by the President himself.” And I’m an astronaut and was married to Bo Derrick, and Rachale Welch. Yeah, that’s the ticket. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2025, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/751 "2025-12-18T13:27:30Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Who took one for the team and watched the entire address from Rip van Simple? There’s a thread for that. > [@Donald Trump says he is going to give an address on prime time tv on December 17, 2025. Are you going to watch to see what he says?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-says-he-is-going-to-give-an-address-on-prime-time-tv-on-december-17-2025-are-you-going-to-watch-to-see-what-he-says/1025766): > > Two days before the deadline that the files are supposed to be released, Trump says he’s going to address the nation on Prime Time. Do you care enough to watch what he’ll say live or will you forgo it and read about it later? ---
**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:** [December 18, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/752 "2025-12-18T13:35:08Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > “As a student of history, many were written directly by the President himself.” Who could forget his discourse on George Washington liberating the airports? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/753 "2025-12-18T17:47:33Z")
> **[Kennedy, US health officials outline new rules, warnings to block transgender...](https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/18/health/transgender-care-minors-hhs-cms)** > > US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other health officials said Thursday that the federal government will block hospitals and doctors from providing transgender care to children, saying, “this is not medicine, it is... Pretty sickening that my own government is doing this. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/754 "2025-12-18T19:05:14Z")
May the odds be ever in your favor. Trump announces the first ~~Hunger~~ Patriot Games, with one young male and one young female ~~tribute~~ participant from each state and territory to battle it out in Washington next fall. > **[Patriot Games, National Mall state fair, White House UFC fight: Trump reveals...](https://www.nbcwashington.com/entertainment/the-scene/patriot-games-national-mall-state-fair-white-house-ufc-fight-dc-america-250-plans-revealed/4031233/)** > > President Trump detailed major events planned in Washington, D.C., for the 250th anniversary of the U.S., including the Great American State Fair. And in case you were worried, there won’t be any boys competing as girls, so don’t worry. Cuz I’m sure this was on everyone’s mind and causing lots of concern. Thank you for your attention to this matter. President ~~Snow~~ Trump ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/755 "2025-12-18T19:30:10Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > [In the spirit of Christmas, the felon issues more threats.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-issues-night-threat-arrest-115320816.html) > > > [@](#): > > > > President Donald Trump issued an unhinged call to arrest his political enemies in a late-night Truth Social post. > > > > The 79-year-old boosted a message from a pro-MAGA account late Tuesday calling for the arrest of former Attorney General Merrick Garland…” > [@Johanna](#): > > I suppose Merrick Garland never thought the leopards would eat his face. This is one of Trump’s baseless attacks and threatened prosecutions that I am having trouble getting upset with. After the events of January 6th, Merrick Garland had _one job_ in four years as Attorney General—to protect our democracy—and he treated it like business as usual, clearly not grasping the assignment. I wonder if Garland would have made a better supreme court justice than attorney general…low bar I know. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/756 "2025-12-18T19:33:42Z")
Has anyone mentioned this yet…and is anyone surprised? ### [Kennedy Center board votes to rename ‘Trump-Kennedy Center’](https://wapo.st/4qgazOU) Gift link: [https://wapo.st/4qgazOU](https://wapo.st/4qgazOU) One more thing to undo in 3 years… ---
**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:** [December 18, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/757 "2025-12-18T19:34:07Z")
> [@robby](#): > > Merrick Garland had _one job_ in four years as Attorney General—to protect our democracy—and he treated it like business as usual, clearly not grasping the assignment. Yeah, I’m with you there. Why did nothing happen in three and a half years (the last half was “well, it’s to close to the election, we can’t do anything.”) It’s like either he was incredibly incompetent, or he was working for trump. ---
**Author:** ![rippingtons\_fan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rippingtons_fan/32/11767_2.png) [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/758 "2025-12-18T19:36:00Z")
I’ll just keep calling it the Kennedy Center! Fuck Trump and anybody who supports him! ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/759 "2025-12-18T19:51:36Z")
One thing I try to take some modicum of comfort in is that Trump is a miserable human being. He is angry and vengeful and never satisfied and full of hate. Nothing is enough and everyone is mean to him all the time. I am much happier than he is. I have enough to live a comfortable life and I have a close and loving family and friends and my health is decent. Not everything is perfect, of course, but I suspect I am far happier and more satisfied with my life than he is with his. He’s a parable of how, cliched as it sounds, money and power cannot buy happiness. And he deserves all the misery that comes his way and more. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/760 "2025-12-18T19:51:39Z")
P.S. And as pointed out [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2683), the renaming is illegal. It was named the “John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts” by act of Congress, and Trump’s handpicked board does not have the power to rename it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=37) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=39)