# 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:** 394
**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 10, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7861 "2026-08-10T13:56:05Z")
_Someone’s_ got to check for penises. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7862 "2026-08-10T14:02:09Z")
Too bad Lindsey Graham is dead. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7863 "2026-08-10T14:07:10Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > The only question I have about it now is if the convicted felon is barging into the girl’ locker room already. But this isn’t a beauty pageant. This is an athletic contest. And I’ve known a few female athletes who would and could take that 80-year-old windbag, put him up against the wall, hoof him in the nuts, throw him aside, leave him sobbing on the floor, and say, “Next!” And they’re not trans. Sorry, Donnie. They’re women all the way. 'Nuff said. ---
**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 10, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7864 "2026-08-10T14:23:40Z")
[Rip van Simple admits he’s been shoveling horse apples (as one would expect of someone who’s a genius in the stable).](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-says-contractor-error-during-011311724.html) > [@](#): > > President Trump on Sunday said there was “some contractor error” with the renovations to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool while still accusing a former Olympian canoeist of vandalizing the Washington, D.C., landmark despite charges against the athlete [being dropped](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/6015420-hearn-reflecting-pool-charges-dismissed/). > > “There was substantial damage to the Reflecting Pool, also but, unfortunately, there is no video or proof, other than the damage, itself,” he wrote on [Truth Social](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117067837821298859). “We are working on the Pool, and it will reopen shortly. As with many jobs, there was also some contractor error done by rushing the job for a July 4th opening, but it was a very small area of this massive Pool, and was relatively inconsequential.” > > Trump claimed that a National Park Service “career employee, a highly credible witness,” saw Olympian David Hearn “in broad daylight vandalize the Reflecting Pool by ‘violently’ ripping and tugging at the Pool’s somewhat delicate coating.” He added that this employee’s testimony was provided to Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. Anyone want to be if he’s hallucinating this particular NPS employee? ---
**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 10, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7865 "2026-08-10T14:38:23Z")
No, not hallucinating. This is a proctology witness… Pulled straight out of his ass. ---
**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 10, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7866 "2026-08-10T15:44:18Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > The Omaga Man Heh. Actually, I enjoyed that movie. Super cheesy. Anthony Zerbe was waaaaaay over the top. But it entertained me. ---
**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 10, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7867 "2026-08-10T16:04:33Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Anyone want to be if he’s hallucinating this particular NPS employee? With tears in his (the employee’s) eyes. “I tried to stop him, sir, but he was too wily.” ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7868 "2026-08-10T16:11:05Z")
And he was a big, strong, muscle-y guy, who never cries about anything. ---
**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 10, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7869 "2026-08-10T16:52:46Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > > by ‘violently’ ripping and tugging at the Pool’s somewhat delicate coating.” " Trump has previously bragged about the strength of the Reflecting Pool liner, [saying](https://www.youtube.com/live/nEDoEBVlHJE?t=3509s) in May it is “very strong . . . if you had a knife, you can’t even cut it, it’s so strong, so powerful, it’s like powerful rubber. It is beautiful. Sealed.”" So, which is it, Trumpy-boy? > **[Trump Again Decries ‘Deranged’ Reflecting Pool Vandals—With Scant Evidence](https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2026/07/17/trump-doubles-down-on-reflecting-pool-vandalism-claim-despite-photos-showing-no-evidence-of-gash/)** > > Trump again doubled down on claims vandals ripped a massive gash in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, though photo evidence and reporters on the ground appear to dispute his claims. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7870 "2026-08-10T16:56:13Z")
That makes the Prez, no matter where they be, a military target, as opposed to making the White House itself the military target. That is a big difference. ---
**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 10, 2026, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7871 "2026-08-10T17:04:06Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > That makes the Prez, no matter where they be, a military target, as opposed to making the White House itself the military target. But also, in any society where the military is clearly subservient to the civilian government, you could make the argument that the President, Prime Minister, or whoever is in charge, is a legitimate military target. The US “Commander in Chief” thing is mostly unique in that it’s a formal title, and not just a _de facto_ position. But there’s always been a “Gentlemen’s understanding” that such people were off-limits for military strikes. This is distinct from killing an admiral like Yamamoto, who is clearly a military leader first and foremost. But turning the White House into a military installation gives just enough wiggle room for that gentlemen’s agreement to be ignored. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7872 "2026-08-10T17:41:30Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > If you go back and look at the expressions on his face when Clinton conceded you see surprise, not satisfaction. **Ivanka** , on the other hand, looks pissed. She’d signed on for six months in the spotlight while he campaigned and now she was stick with a four-year gig as _First Lady_. Freudian slip? ---
**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 10, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7873 "2026-08-10T17:42:35Z")
Posting after the second Manhattan. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7874 "2026-08-10T17:48:33Z")
The one in New York _and_ the one in Kansas? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7875 "2026-08-10T17:51:16Z")
No its not. ---
**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 10, 2026, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7876 "2026-08-10T18:01:12Z")
The two in my glass, smarty-pants. I have a weakness for cherries. ---
**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 10, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7877 "2026-08-10T19:11:27Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > The two in my glass, smarty-pants. Hey, let’s keep this family-friendly! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7878 "2026-08-10T21:42:35Z")
The Lying-Sack-of-Shit-In-Chief has signed an executive order changing the vaccine schedule so that the MMR vaccine is split into three separate components. Trump says that having them as one shot can be “explosive”. > [@](#): > > “I saw this early on and I’ve seen proof of it, where they have a vaccination that looks like the size of a, a bottle of soda poured into a little child’s, uh, body. And bad things happen in many, too many cases,” Trump [said](https://x.com/Acyn/status/2086890728786178557). > **[Trump Nods Off After Claiming Kids Get “Soda Bottle” Worth of Vaccines](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-nods-off-claiming-kids-195939866.html)** > > Donald Trump slashed recommendations for childhood vaccinations. So, to make antivaxers happy (for the time being), parents would have to manage a whole bunch of separate visitis to the pediatrician to get vaccines, creating more problems getting time off work and traumatizing children for absolutely no reason (not that this order apparently will force docs to administer separate currently nonexistent vaccines, but maybe AGs in red states will threaten prosecution of pediatricians if they don’t). That’s our Prez - staying awake just long enough to ramble through a bunch of toxic nonsense. _His eyes can see His ears can hear his lips speak All the time the needles flick and rock No machine can give the kind of stimulation Needed to remove his inner block_ _What is happening in his head Ooooh I wish I knew, I wish I knew_ ---
**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 10, 2026, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7879 "2026-08-10T22:06:31Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > The Lying-Sack-of-Shit-In-Chief has signed an executive order changing the vaccine schedule so that the MMR vaccine is split into three separate components. This order, of course, is not legally binding on any medical professional or organization and will not change what pediatricians actually do. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7880 "2026-08-10T22:22:11Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > will not change what pediatricians actually do. I would not be surprised to hear that Red State/MAGA pediatricians might change their vaccine schedules. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=393) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=395)