# 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:** 387
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7721 "2026-08-06T05:32:50Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Trump’s uniform also contains something peculiar upon close inspection. The medal that Trump is wearing affixed to the breast pocket of his uniform closely resembles a German War Merit Cross worn by German military officers during World War Two that contained a Nazi Swastika. At least he had the humility (gag) not to be wearing the MOH. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2026, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7722 "2026-08-06T05:35:22Z")
I’m not betting he knows the difference. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7723 "2026-08-06T05:40:00Z")
You don’t think he’d know the difference between a medal pinned on a pocket and the one he TIED around the latest recipient’s neck? ---
**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:** [August 6, 2026, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7724 "2026-08-06T06:12:42Z")
You’d think that those tiny fingers would make knot tying easier but apparently they don’t. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2026, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7725 "2026-08-06T06:45:29Z")
> [@ricepad](#): > > You don’t think he’d know the difference between a medal pinned on a pocket and the one he TIED around the latest recipient’s neck? You know whom we’re discussing, right? ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7726 "2026-08-06T06:54:41Z")
Normally I’d concede the point, but Diaper Don wants the MOH so bad he keeps hinting that maybe he’ll award it to himself, so I think he knows the difference. If not, we’ll just pin a grape soda cap on his chest and call it good. ---
**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 6, 2026, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7727 "2026-08-06T10:33:43Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Plague is easily treatable with basic antibiotics these days Antibiotics? Those are awfully “woke,” aren’t they? No doubt RFK Jr will be going after those next. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2026, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7728 "2026-08-06T10:44:41Z")
[The marrying man’s choice of another marrying man’s wife to chair a commission is not going over well.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/pete-hegseth-catching-heat-over-184933525.html) > [@](#): > > **[Pete Hegseth](https://www.realitytea.com/tag/pete-hegseth/)** is facing fresh scrutiny after President Donald Trump selected his wife, Jennifer Rauchet, to chair a new White House commission for military spouses. The role places her at the center of more questions about her husband’s Pentagon leadership. > > The commission’s mission has broad appeal. However, Rauchet’s appointment has revived concerns about her previous access to official meetings, communications and personnel discussions. > > Trump signed an executive order Aug. 3 creating the Presidential Military Spouse Commission, [The Hill reported](https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6006186-trump-signs-military-spouse-commission/). The panel will recommend policies addressing employment, housing, health care, education, child care and other pressures affecting military families. > > [The Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/524aee355dab9c8b01fbe7422005b5d0)reported that more than 20 military spouses will serve on the commission. Trump said the group would develop practical suggestions to improve their quality of life. Rauchet said its members bring decades of experience with frequent moves and deployments. > > The backlash centers less on the commission’s purpose than on the decision to place Rauchet in charge. She previously attracted scrutiny despite holding no formal government position during the early months of Hegseth’s Pentagon tenure. > > [The Washington Post reported](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/30/jennifer-hegseth-pentagon-trump) that Rauchet helped coordinate media strategy, met with potential political appointees and advocated for personnel. The outlet also said she appeared in a Signal chat containing advance information about U.S. strikes in Yemen. Hegseth maintained that he did not share classified information. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7729 "2026-08-06T11:49:17Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Antibiotics? Those are awfully “woke,” aren’t they? No doubt RFK Jr will be going after those next. Is it too much to hope for a few cases of syphilis to hit this administration? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7730 "2026-08-06T12:09:53Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Hey, it could be raining. That’s one of my wife’s and my favorite quip. But leprosy? Oh. Come. On. ---
**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 6, 2026, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7731 "2026-08-06T12:10:55Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Well, we’ve brought back measles and now black lung. What’s next? I am currently reading **[The Great influenza, by John M. Barry](https://www.amazon.de/Great-Influenza-Deadliest-Pandemic-History/dp/0241991560?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&crid=242NWLW2W8ZFR&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.1TMQCbxfX2SDIWw1cif2Zi8pt8Y8807yf5xzvJTOT7EQdzquo27le8b4_I3HgZXAb40RnbHdP-UUzuj0z0OSthzjyNqTjEODXXHVOsJu1XA.BAGqb5vZo_q9Cncr22fOd2eMr92cAQZp9yPbu0j_JH4&dib_tag=se&keywords=The+Great+influenza%2C+by+John+M.+Barry&qid=1786017566&sprefix=the+great+influenza+by+john+m.+barry%2Caps%2C197&sr=8-1)**. I can warmly recommend it. What surprised me the most is that, believe it or not, President Ineptstein’s levels of corruption, incompetence, and stupidity are nothing new in US politics. In fact, he stands on the shoulders of giants. So next should be a really deadly strain of influenza, of course. > [@Spoons](#): > > “Please govern yourself accordingly.” That sounds really cool. Let’s see whether I can squeeze it in somewhere. > [@Monty](#): > > > Trump’s uniform also contains something peculiar upon close inspection. You don’t have to **[inspect too closely](https://schumanchu.eu/html/l/l_00118trumpuniform.html)**, i don’t think. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7732 "2026-08-06T13:49:43Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Just don’t go handling wild squirrels in the southwest. _scratches new hobby off list_ ---
**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:** [August 6, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7733 "2026-08-06T14:05:08Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > What surprised me the most is that, believe it or not, President Ineptstein’s levels of corruption, incompetence, and stupidity are nothing new in US politics. In fact, he stands on the shoulders of giants. Make America Grift Again. But seriously, sure-- corruption, incompetence, and stupidity are nothing new in US politics, that’s absolutely true. But let’s give trump a little more credit here…I believe he has brought the _ **levels** _ of such to astonishing new heights, never before seen. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7734 "2026-08-06T14:22:10Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Is it too much to hope for a few cases of syphilis to hit this administration? Judging from the lunacy that is the White House, I’m not sure it hasn’t already. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2026, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7735 "2026-08-06T14:44:20Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Just don’t go handling wild squirrels in the southwest. > [@billy-jack](#): > > Or prairie dogs. We occasionally see bubonic plague in prairie dog towns where I live > [@enipla](#): > > But leprosy? Oh. Come. On. Indeed - there was a record high 36 confirmed cases of leprosy in Florida in 2025. Seems that 10-banded armadillos have been one of the main sources. ---
**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 6, 2026, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7736 "2026-08-06T15:21:17Z")
> [@solost](#): > > But let’s give trump a little more credit here…I believe he has brought the _ **levels** _ of such to astonishing new heights, never before seen. Pretty much this. During and after the first term, there may have been an argument to be made that a couple of the more notably corrupt administrations of the past may have been worse in some respects. I actually debated some folks who did just that (I thought Trump took things to new levels of depravity but I was open to the thesis at that point). But now? A year and a half into the 2nd term? There’s not much of an honest debate to be had about it. Things went south with astonishing speed. He’s the giant upon whose shoulders future incompetence and corruption will be based and measured against and who has crushed the so-called giants of the past beneath the massive girth of his turpitude ---
**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:** [August 6, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7737 "2026-08-06T15:25:06Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Seems that 10-banded armadillos have been one of the main sources. \< slowly puts down the armadillo he’s been licking and backs away \> ---
**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 6, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7738 "2026-08-06T15:26:43Z")
Wait, 10 banded? Is that some subspecies unique to Florida? We’ve got the nine banded variety (though they can have fewer or more than 9 bands) down here in Texas ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7739 "2026-08-06T16:19:12Z")
[Experimental GPS jammer resulted in a medical plane crashing](https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/appears-us-military-accidentally-killed-154500420.html) > the crew became the victim of an electronic warfare exercise being conducted at the nearby White Sands Missile Range, a test which rendered their navigational system inoperable. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7740 "2026-08-06T16:49:23Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Is it too much to hope for a few cases of syphilis to hit this administration? Too slow. [Tertiary syphilis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syphilis#Tertiary) can take years to manifest. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=386) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=388)