# 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:** 390
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7781 "2026-08-08T15:00:59Z")
The President has “rights”? That’s a first. ---
**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 8, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7782 "2026-08-08T15:42:25Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > The President has “rights”? That’s a first. The current one has nothing but wrongs. [In a great twist, the felon is accused of rigging an election in another country.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/brazil-accuses-trump-milei-governments-163640522.html) > [@](#): > > Aug. 5 (UPI) – Brazil’s government accused the administrations of President Donald Trump and Argentine President Javier Milei of attempting to interfere in the country’s October elections, saying recent diplomatic actions and political statements amount to foreign intervention. > > Brazil’s foreign relations entered a deep crisis after the United States revoked the diplomatic visa of Brazil’s ambassador in Washington and Brazil withdrew its top diplomat from Buenos Aires. > > The Trump administration on Tuesday revoked the diplomatic visa of Brazil’s ambassador to the United States in retaliation for Brazil’s delay in granting formal diplomatic approval to Washington’s nominee for ambassador. > > Separately, Brazil recalled its ambassador to Argentina and downgraded diplomatic relations after a new round of attacks by Milei against Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. > > Brazil’s Foreign Ministry described the U.S. decision as “a deliberate escalation of hostile measures” and rejected Washington’s allegations as false. > > “Today’s decision is not an isolated event. It is part of a deliberate escalation of hostile measures against Brazil, motivated by ideological reasons incompatible with a bilateral relationship that has always been based on mutual respect,” the ministry said, according to Agência Brasil. [The petulant toddler-in-chief is punishing another military officer for not breaking the law.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/pentagon-revokes-security-clearance-former-033105814.html) > [@](#): > > The Pentagon revoked former U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall’s “eligibility” to access classified information and barred him from holding “any sensitive position,” alleging Friday that he disclosed sensitive information about [Air Force One’s capabilities](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/air-force-one-trump-turkey-secret-service/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17) to the media. > > “This action follows his unauthorized disclosure of classified information regarding Air Force One’s capabilities to a media outlet,” Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell [said](https://x.com/SeanParnellASW/status/2085855429947703630?ftag=YHF4eb9d17) in a social media post. > > It follows reporting last month, including from The New York Times, on security concerns over [the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-air-force-one-new-plane-qatar/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17), including that it lacked the advanced antimissile capabilities of its predecessor. > > Kendall told The Associated Press late Friday that he was “completely mystified” by the revocation. > > “I’ve always been extremely careful to not say anything classified, and as far as I know I have not,” Kendall said. “No one has said anything to me about what I’m asserted to have revealed and I can’t imagine what it could be.” [Now we know why the July jobs report was so bad for the felon’s mis/maladministration (according to them).](https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/trump-adviser-blames-snow-days-191124025.html) > [@](#): > > A top economic adviser to President Donald Trump found a bizarre way to spin the dismal jobs report. > > Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, argued on Friday that severe weather from months ago was partly to blame for the U.S. losing 23,000 jobs in July, despite economists predicting a gain of 83,000. > > Hassett told Fox News that officials found two main factors behind the slump. > > “One is there was a big decline in, uh, government employment, uh, which is partly because of DOGE and partly because there was so much snow over the winter that there were extra school days at the end of the year,” he said. > > “And so the normal time when teachers would take the summer off was June, but a lot of them got pushed into July and so then they show up as a layoff in July,” he continued. “And, uh, the end of the World Cup meant that a lot of hospitality workers, uh, were then laid off after the World Cup ended.” Did you catch that? _It was the **snow**._ ---
**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 8, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7783 "2026-08-08T15:46:05Z")
“Oh, this is the worst-looking toupee I ever saw. What, when you buy a wig like this I bet you get a free bowl of soup, huh? … Oh, it looks good on you, though!” ---
**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 8, 2026, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7784 "2026-08-08T16:53:47Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > The felon’s war on science–and scientists–has a new ally. Neil DeGrasse Tyson posted on YT two weeks ago a [20-minute rant](https://youtu.be/dYiUI6y1nKg) about how US scientists are being invited to other countries and have fully funded labs to do their research in because their funding here is being cut. The most telling part is at about 11:40 where he says when China began to ascend the first generation of students would come to the US to learn about the physical sciences and stay. The second generation would come to learn then return to China to lay the foundation for China’s own research. The third we’re not even seeing. They are getting their doctorates in China and staying there. ---
**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 8, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7785 "2026-08-08T17:07:17Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > The answer is blowing in the wind. How about this? The wind can’t budge this one. [![](https://i.imgur.com/JZKLtbm.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/JZKLtbm.png) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7786 "2026-08-08T17:31:10Z")
Dang, that image filled me with false hope that Devo had come up with a new hair helmet for a moment. ---
**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 8, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7787 "2026-08-08T18:43:18Z")
Today’s slop post, fuel trucks and entire platoons of soldiers stomping around on the roof of the ballroom, because why not. [![](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/17566/897f09f7d1e2c6ad.jpg) ](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/17566/897f09f7d1e2c6ad.jpg) ---
**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 8, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7788 "2026-08-08T19:07:19Z")
Now, you’re just being caddy. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7789 "2026-08-08T19:08:24Z")
Fixed wing aircraft won’t be able to take off. And how it the hell did tanker trucks get up there? I know it’s total bullshit, but Trump and MAGA’s believe it because they have LESS than room temp IQs. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7790 "2026-08-08T19:08:26Z")
I’m curious as to how they think they’re gonna get the fuel trucks up there. oops, ninja’d. ---
**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 8, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7791 "2026-08-08T19:09:30Z")
It also looks like Hegseth’s Testosterone injecting program is paying dividends! Look at the size of those warfighters! ---
**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 8, 2026, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7792 "2026-08-08T19:40:32Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > And how it the hell did tanker trucks get up there? Never mind that: what are they going to do if they catch fire in an attack? Liquids tend to flow downwards, even while burning. > [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Look at the size of those warfighters! The ones at the back are small. No, wait! I understand now, It’s like the cows! They are **[far away](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMiKyfd6hA0)**! ---
**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 8, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7793 "2026-08-08T20:09:19Z")
I appreciate your perspective on the matter. 😉 ---
**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 8, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7794 "2026-08-08T20:39:05Z")
So, Drone Port depiction. People here have posted a few obvious questions. How is it that any MAGA individual looks at that and has NO questions? Possibilities: - as mentioned, IQs below room temperature. - firm brainwashing ‘whatever Dear Leader posts is accurate and correct’ - racism makes people stupid Even with all these possible reasons for lack of curiosity about how fuel trucks got on top of a building lacking ramps or vehicle-elevators, it’s still puzzling. These people _must_ encounter other humans (their own children?) who see that the image is unlikely to be accurate. And the accumulation of such blows-to-their-worldview must be getting pretty massive by now. Donald as Jesus? _explained away_ Donald with more medals that Patton and MacArthur? _explained away_ Donald claiming a box-cutter created the Reflecting Pool debacle? _explained away_ It’s exhausting to contemplate. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7795 "2026-08-08T23:01:06Z")
Donnie didn’t get to play with army men when he was a kid. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2026, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7796 "2026-08-08T23:35:26Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > “And so the normal time when teachers would take the summer off was June, but a lot of them got pushed into July and so then they show up as a layoff in July Is that anywhere close to how this works? They lay off every teacher in the US every summer? I’ve never heard of such a thing. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7797 "2026-08-08T23:37:27Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > They are **[far away](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMiKyfd6hA0)**! No, I still don’t get it. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7798 "2026-08-08T23:41:54Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Is that anywhere close to how this works? They lay off every teacher in the US every summer? I’ve never heard of such a thing. Having known a lot of teachers: not as far as I know. They are frequently on year-to-year contracts, but I’ve never heard of a school district which lays off their entire staff at the end of the school year, to re-hire just a couple of months later. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7799 "2026-08-08T23:59:36Z")
Total bullshit, as usual. Teachers work on contract, and the vast majority of them ever-renewing contracts. When layoffs happen due to over-staffing concerns, it is localized and specific, not district-wide. ---
**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 9, 2026, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7800 "2026-08-09T00:17:53Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Today’s slop post, fuel trucks and entire platoons of soldiers stomping around on the roof of the ballroom, because why not. The picture is so many kinds of wrong I am not sure where to start but first, who is he imagining these troops and drones are defending against? Since 1812, has there ever been a situation where troops on the roof of the White House would have made a difference in a conflict? What are all those armed soldiers doing up there? Shouldn’t they be in the streets fighting the encroaching Antifa army that Trump imagines is out there? Are the police in DC asking for air support, specifically in the form of a rain of Hellfire missiles? Also, if I’m Iran, that looks like a great target for a Shahed drone or two, especially while Trump is directly below blathering about how great he is. Go ahead Trumpy-wumpy, spend all your time in there. Eventually you’ll give a speech that will bring the house down. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=389) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=391)