# 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:** 392
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7821 "2026-08-09T16:06:05Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > “Happy families are all alike.” Especially when the husband and wife choose to live in different cities and states. ---
**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 9, 2026, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7822 "2026-08-09T17:59:12Z")
To be fair, if I had married either of those two I would chose to live as far away from him or her as possible. That may be the only thing I have in common with them and the only point I believe they are behaving rationally. But I probably, given the chance, would not have married either. ---
**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 9, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7823 "2026-08-09T18:39:49Z")
Trump’s arm isn’t looking so great today. [![](https://www.rawstory.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=67596354&width=3600&height=2399) ](https://www.rawstory.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=67596354&width=3600&height=2399) ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7824 "2026-08-09T18:45:37Z")
Eh. Lots of people experience their skin getting thinner as they age - and that SOB’s skin has always been super thin from the start - so I wouldn’t take too much from this and similar pictures. Not like the ones that show the bruising on his hands, at any rate. A little off-topic: why doesn’t anybody refer to him by the math problem on his hat? We should be calling him “Negative 2” or “Minus 2”. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7825 "2026-08-09T18:54:25Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Today’s slop post, fuel trucks and entire platoons of soldiers stomping around on the roof of the ballroom, because why not. I don’t know why Trump is making the White House a military target. ??? He wants it bombed and destroyed? Seems counterintuitive to me. ---
**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 9, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7826 "2026-08-09T18:57:09Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I don’t know why Trump is making the White House a military target. ??? He wants it bombed and destroyed? I have no doubt that he sees it the other way: he’s trying to make it an impregnable bunker, more impregnable than any other tinpot dictator in the world has. Thus, he can feel both superior, and safe. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7827 "2026-08-09T19:02:16Z")
An impregnable above ground bunker? Don’t think there is one. No matter the quality of the marble. ---
**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 9, 2026, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7828 "2026-08-09T19:06:23Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > An impregnable above ground bunker? AIUI, the plans include not only the above-ground ballroom, but a multi-level underground bunker beneath it (though it’s hard to say for sure, because details on the plans are sketchy). Regardless, I didn’t say it was a _good_ idea. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2026, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7829 "2026-08-09T19:29:17Z")
If the WH gets bombed out, he’ll just have to rebuild it, right? A golden opportunity for a fresh start. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7830 "2026-08-09T19:50:36Z")
In today’s non-surprising news, Trump has decided to alter his libel lawsuit against the BBC, and remove any reference to how they might have harmed his business. The reason? The BBC’s defense team was about to get their hands on the entirety of Trump’s financial records. [Trump pauses his own libel lawsuit against the BBC in order to hide his finances - AOL](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-pauses-own-libel-lawsuit-140000000.html) ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2026, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7831 "2026-08-09T20:35:08Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > An impregnable above ground bunker? _He_ will be well below the ground. And of course he doesn’t give two shits about the poor schmucks on the roof or in the building. In fact, the entire city of Washington could get nuked, killing hundreds of thousands, and as long as he’s able to poke his badly-coiffed head out of the bunker afterwards, he’d consider it a win. ---
**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 9, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7832 "2026-08-09T21:00:32Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > They’re the bits that are redacted Once Donald gets started with his black Sharpie, there’s no stopping him. > [@DesertDog](#): > > I think your autocorrect substituted _explained_ for _deranged_. > [@Monty](#): > > Or even _accepted blindly_. Both are in line with the reality. I put “explained away” because I assume Fox News or some other right-wing outlet MUST be offering these folks rationales for Donald’s weird image-posts that make some sort of sense to them. Definitely a job for someone with an active imagination… ---
**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 9, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7833 "2026-08-09T21:07:25Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > AIUI, the plans include not only the above-ground ballroom, but a multi-level underground bunker beneath it (though it’s hard to say for sure, because details on the plans are sketchy). How are they able to excavate that far down? I think the WH is a little higher up than other parts of the district, but isn’t it swampy? ---
**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 9, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7834 "2026-08-09T21:10:30Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > How are they able to excavate that far down? There is/was already a bunker underneath the East Wing; famously, that’s where Dick Cheney was taken, by the Secret Service, during 9/11. Trump briefly took refuge there in 2020, during the George Floyd protests in Lafayette Square. However, I have no idea how deep it is. > **[A brief history of the underground White House bunker at the heart of Trump's...](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/a-brief-history-of-the-underground-white-house-bunker-at-the-heart-of-trumps-ballroom-legal-case)** > > Secrecy surrounding White House security makes details hard to come by, but President Donald Trump's court fight over his $400 million ballroom casts some light on an underground bunker at the site that has had a role in history. ---
**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 9, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7835 "2026-08-09T21:13:33Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > How are they able to excavate that far down? I think the WH is a little higher up than other parts of the district, but isn’t it swampy? It _is_ a swampy area, and digging down would necessitate huge expenditures on pumps, water-proof construction materials, etc. Just say “huge expenditure at taxpayer expense” to Donald, and he’s _sold_. ---
**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 9, 2026, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7836 "2026-08-09T21:39:02Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Just say “huge expenditure at taxpayer expense” to Donald, and he’s _sold_. Exactly. The fact that all of these insane construction projects are being paid for out of the Treasury, OUR taxpayer dollars, is completely immaterial. I might even say it’s precisely the point. “I get to spend lavishly on myself and I’m not spending my own money? Sign me up!” After all it’s only right and proper that the king dictates where tax money is spent. He would consider it his entitlement. His entire life has been a long term grift facilitated by alternating between con artist games, manipulation and pure bullying. It’s long been established that he harbors deep seated insecurities and self-esteem issues stemming from the fact that high society in NYC never really accepted him. When he was elected president in 2016 he probably saw it as vindication for all the narcissism and hubris he had exercised his entire life. He’d finally arrived. Here are his spoils. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7837 "2026-08-09T22:02:19Z")
I have to say: all this talk of trump “making the WH a military target” is silly. The WH has been a target since mechanized warfare started. Of course, in the nuclear era, everything in DC was subject to be bombed. Flight 93 was most likely targeted at the WH. ---
**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 9, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7838 "2026-08-09T22:43:55Z")
Okay, but it’s still stupid to put a drone port up there. From a strategic point of view, you want your targets to be spread around. If you put all your weapons in one place, the enemy (whoever that turns out to be) can take them all out with a single strike. What is the tactical mission of a drone port, anyway? I get that it’s a place to launch drones from, but what kind of drones, and what kind of targets are they meant to be launched at? If they’re offensive weapons, some enemy is going to have to get pretty close to D.C. for us to launch drones at them. If they’re defensive, how exactly do they work? I think Trump heard of drones being a hot, new buzzword in warfare (probably because they’re being used in Ukraine) and thought “ooh, I gotta get me some of that.” ---
**Author:** ![billy-jack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@billy-jack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billy-jack)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2026, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7839 "2026-08-09T22:55:40Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > His entire life has been a long term grift facilitated by alternating between con artist games, manipulation and pure bullying. It’s long been established that he harbors deep seated insecurities and self-esteem issues stemming from the fact that high society in NYC never really accepted him. When he was elected president in 2016 he probably saw it as vindication for all the narcissism and hubris he had exercised his entire life. He’d finally arrived. Here are his spoils. I have been told by someone from New York and have read that Trump was a big time social climber. He felt that he deserved to be in the highest society in New York City, but that they perceived him to be a buffoon and did not accept him. He was not get invited to the upper crust functions and dinners and he felt it as an intentional slight. Supposedly, he ran for the Presidency to force them to accept him as being at their level. However, his actions as President has to have drawn a bigger wedge between them than there ever was before. The one who had the best chance to reaching those circles was likely Ivanka. She was witty and considerate and poised – attributes that Trump never had. It seems likely that Trump’s first term probably ended any chance of that happening. I have wondered if perhaps that is why Ivanka has not become a part of this administration. Trump as a hopeless Social Climber seems to explain much of his behavior. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7840 "2026-08-09T23:02:47Z")
That, and the racism. And the compulsion to steal. And not read books. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=391) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=393)