# 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:** 380
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7581 "2026-08-01T15:41:13Z")
I see that the Idiot In Charge is now going to let a no-bid contract to build eleven gigantic ice breakers like the Finns have, and in collaboration with them. He’s doing this because Russia has more than we do. Seriously. Russia, of course, has some 15,000 miles of Arctic coast to try to access in some of the harshest climate in the world, whereas we have maybe 1,000 miles of same. He has apparently been obsessed with these ships since he first saw one some 30 years ago. Some problems that Cheese-dick hasn’t considered in this multi-billion dollar boondoggle. \*We have no infrastructure for docking or for repairs for these behemoths, which will cost multiple billions of $$$$ more. \*We don’t have anywhere near the number of Coast Guard personnel needed to man these ships, nor the expertise to operate them. So that would mean using civilian labor with all the associated costs. \*We have no real reason to have them, other than some vague notion of valuable minerals to be mined in the Arctic. I’m sure the response from the present congress will be an impotent shrug. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7582 "2026-08-01T15:55:52Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > “They like to say, ‘Oh, it’s Iran.’ Iran should be so lucky. Iran’s got bigger problems than worrying about Minnesota,” Trump said. (Monty quoting the fraud in the White House.) Am I crazy for interpreting it this way, or did the orange dumbass just imply that Minnesota isn’t part of America?! America is at war with Iran. Minnesota is part of America. Ergo… infrastructure attacks? Right? What, does he think Minnesota hacked itself? 😡 I know he doesn’t “think” in the generally accepted sense of the term. And I try not to react to every piece of brain dead drivel that comes out of his mouth, but damn stuff like this pisses me off. Can you try to pretend to be an actual president who cares about the rest of the country for like five fucking minutes?!? Fuck!!! 🤬 ---
**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:** [August 1, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7583 "2026-08-01T16:05:58Z")
Yeah, when I read that, my first thought was, “Oh shit, he’s about to ~~declare war on Minnesota~~ just start bombing Minnesota the way he did Iran.” 🤦🏽 > [@Jihi](#): > > And I try not to react to every piece of brain dead drivel that comes out of his mouth… It’s a challenge… > [@Jihi](#): > > Can you try to pretend to be an actual president who cares about the rest of the country… Nope. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7584 "2026-08-01T16:50:00Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > You’ve never heard of flaming shots? That sounds … gay – have you had your T today? ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7585 "2026-08-01T17:52:45Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > What, does he think Minnesota hacked itself? I think he meant Iran wouldn’t consider Minnesota to be a worthy target. But that is also a stupid assumption for him to make, thinking that Iran will only ever attack the US where it is strongest and most prepared. Maybe Minnesota had an unpatched zero-day vulnerability that other places don’t have. Or maybe Iran considers any part of the US to be a worthy target. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7586 "2026-08-01T18:37:57Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I see that the Idiot In Charge is now going to let a no-bid contract to build eleven gigantic ice breakers like the Finns have, and in collaboration with them. Will this be before or after the fleet of Trump-class battleships? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7587 "2026-08-01T18:52:31Z")
Jeannine, meet bus. Bus, meet Jeannine! [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreiccjlruvmgpganjimpebb3uzgmp5pdczzkkse5adeftsv5jjhpa2q) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreiccjlruvmgpganjimpebb3uzgmp5pdczzkkse5adeftsv5jjhpa2q) ---
**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:** [August 1, 2026, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7588 "2026-08-01T19:29:12Z")
I regret to inform you that Trump is slop-posting again. All of these are from the last two hours. [![](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/17436/bcb6361b7e7247b1.jpg) ](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/17436/bcb6361b7e7247b1.jpg) [![](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/17431/1fe631ebb770fe09.jpg) ](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/17431/1fe631ebb770fe09.jpg) [![](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/17423/89b7243307a5d02f.jpg) ](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/17423/89b7243307a5d02f.jpg) [![](https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/117/021/570/306/691/280/original/a1bc1d7040a9a6f9.jpg) ](https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/117/021/570/306/691/280/original/a1bc1d7040a9a6f9.jpg) [![](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/17446/068c274ca2a5b79a.jpg) ](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/17446/068c274ca2a5b79a.jpg) [![](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/17452/10c0ea63f2503047.jpg) ](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/17452/10c0ea63f2503047.jpg) [![](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/17442/ef2450e3740b7d41.jpg) ](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/17442/ef2450e3740b7d41.jpg) ---
**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:** [August 1, 2026, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7589 "2026-08-01T19:59:42Z")
Someone took the time to make the alien ripped. Did Whiskey Pete create that one? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7590 "2026-08-01T20:27:51Z")
If you don’t do what I want, I will continue to do the thing that is causing you to not do what I want. Masterful! [![](https://unstuckpolitics.com/uploads/default/original/3X/5/8/58874a5e08129389d59438796958231eab71bb81.png) ](https://unstuckpolitics.com/uploads/default/original/3X/5/8/58874a5e08129389d59438796958231eab71bb81.png) ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7591 "2026-08-01T20:45:12Z")
I figure … with precision-guided munitions … we could put a solid dent in Minnesota _and_ make Canada sit up and take notice: > **[Northwest Angle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Angle)** > > The Northwest Angle, known simply as the Angle by locals, and coextensive with Angle Township, is a pene-exclave of northern Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota. Excluding surveying errors, it is the only place in the contiguous United States north of the 49th parallel, which forms the border between the U.S. and Canada from the Northwest Angle westward to the Strait of Georgia (between the U.S. state of Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia). The land area of the Angle Sev... No. I’m not giving them any ideas. Nothing penetrates their impregnable flippin’ skulls ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7592 "2026-08-01T21:04:00Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > Someone took the time to make the alien ripped. Did Whiskey Pete create that one? I think Pete would make the nipples a bit bigger. Wait, aliens have nipples? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7593 "2026-08-01T21:16:01Z")
If the nipples can be shown, they must be male (although further down you wouldn’t tell). Otherwise facebook would censor them. He also has a navel. Therefore he is a mammal, but not a monotreme or marsupial. That leaves placental. I did not expect this. Concerning the plane picture: why is he showing a plane that has dropped all its bombs? What is it fleeing from with full throttle plus afterburners? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2026, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7594 "2026-08-01T21:38:08Z")
It’s got 2 jet engines, which he’s got some kind of senile obsession with. Something about how it’s better than just having one, no matter what the so-called engineers and experts may say ---
**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:** [August 1, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7595 "2026-08-01T21:41:51Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > > [@Monty](#): > > > > “They like to say, ‘Oh, it’s Iran.’ Iran should be so lucky. Iran’s got bigger problems than worrying about Minnesota,” Trump said. > > (Monty quoting the fraud in the White House.) This is about two things: 1. Donald finding a chance to malign and insult Tim Walz (who’s living rent-free in Donald’s Swiss-cheesed brain along with Obama et al), and 2. Donald desperate to distract from the obvious fact that Iran has a substantial cyberattack capacity, and a **very strong reason to use it** on any vulnerable American system. Unfortunately for Donald’s option #1, there have been at least seven states hit by this cyberattack. It’s not just Minnesota. And as for #2: Donald never takes responsibility for anything. So the cyberattack CANNOT have been committed by a nation Donald attacked out of the blue!!! Because that would mean Donald bears part of the blame!!! AND THAT CANNOT BE. > **[U.S. investigating if Iran was behind cyberattack on water systems in 7...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-investigating-iran-cyberattack-minnesota-water-systems/)** > > Malicious cyber activity affected technology at water systems in at least seven states this week, including Minnesota, leading authorities to dig into whether Iranian actors are behind the attack, CBS News has learned. ^ From the link: > [@](#): > > Iran-linked hackers have previously targeted U.S. water utilities. Federal agencies confirmed previously that actors affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps used a similar playbook, accessing multiple water and wastewater facilities in 2023 by exploiting internet-connected controllers that retained their default passwords. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2026, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7596 "2026-08-01T21:50:44Z")
"Minnesota attacks six other states and their water systems. BUILD THE WALL! Thank you for this distraction from my failures, Dotard J. Trump, President of Vuvuzela. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7597 "2026-08-01T22:02:22Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > "Minnesota attacks six other states and their water systems. BUILD THE WALL! > Thank you for this distraction from my failures, Dotard J. Trump, President of Vuvuzela . If he tries it, he will owe you payment for the idea. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2026, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7598 "2026-08-01T22:47:57Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Concerning the plane picture: why is he showing a plane that has dropped all its bombs? What is it fleeing from with full throttle plus afterburners? Also, where are the truck nuts? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2026, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7599 "2026-08-01T23:36:53Z")
Trying to diagram the first sentence in that post could cause a complete mental collapse. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2026, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7600 "2026-08-02T01:02:18Z")
# [More than 25,000 children lose previous legal protections, as federal contract ends : NPR](https://www.npr.org/2026/08/01/nx-s1-5913679/immgirant-children-lawyers-trump-administration) > An estimated 26,000 children who entered the U.S. without parents or guardians are expected to be left without independent legal representation as soon as Monday, according to lawyers who help represent them. > > For more than two decades, the U.S. has been required by law to protect children who cross the border alone, because of fears that they could be easily exploited, abused or trafficked. After children cross the border unaccompanied, they are typically transferred to the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). A network of nearly 100 legal groups helps provide children who arrive in ORR custody with legal services, funded by Congress. > > But in November, ORR stopped paying for those legal services, after lawyers declined to provide the agency with confidential information it had requested about the children. The attorneys say that information is covered by attorney-client privilege. > > “The government is withholding payment for work that has already been performed in order to extract confidential information about kids, information the government has no right to,” Acacia Center for Justice, the nonprofit that manages the legal services contract with ORR, said in a [statement](https://acaciajustice.org/acacia-will-not-hand-over-confidential-data-about-our-young-clients-that-the-government-has-no-right-to/) on Thursday. > > … > > “We know that without a lawyer, unaccompanied children win the right to stay in the United States less than 1% of the time,” said [Alexa] Sendukas [an attorney at the Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project]. “And they’ve come to the United States seeking safety and protection. And what this administration is asking us to do now is to turn our backs on them completely. And they will undoubtedly be sent to harmful, dangerous situations. And I worry some will be killed if they lose their lawyers.” > … Tough luck, kids. 🤷🏽 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=379) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=381)