# 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:** 395
**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 10, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7881 "2026-08-10T22:43:52Z")
Even if they don’t, parents in those states will demand split MMR vaccinations and be shocked (SHOCKED, I say) to discover separate vaccines don’t actually exist anymore because it was such a no-brainer to combine them ---
**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, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7882 "2026-08-10T23:21:30Z")
[Guess whom the felon’s blaming now for the Reflecting Sewer debacle.](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-drags-former-fbi-director-090206000.html) > [@](#): > > President [Donald Trump](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/donald-trump) has dragged former FBI director [James Comey](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/james-comey) into the long-running saga over the [Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/lincoln-memorial), suggesting graffiti at the site was “probably” inspired by his old enemy. > > Trump’s Department of Justice has brought felony charges against Comey after he posted [a seemingly-innocuous image on Instagram](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/james-comey-trump-threat-seashells-b2752231.html) last year of seashells on a beach arranged to spell out the numbers [“86 47,”](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/8647-code-james-comey-trump-b2966998.html) which the president claimed was a coded call for his assassination – to “86,” or kill, the 47th commander-in-chief. > > Taking to Truth Social Sunday night, Trump once more went after Comey in the course of [lashing out at U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-reflecting-pool-jeanine-pirro-vandalism-b3030017.html), who [enraged him](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-reflecting-pool-jeanine-pirro-charges-dropped-b3026765.html) by [dismissing indictments](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/doj-drops-reflecting-pool-charges-trump-b3027178.html) against several people accused of sabotaging his $14.7 million renovation of the pool. > > The president posted an extract from court documents in the [case made against retired Olympic canoeist David Hearn](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-davey-hearn-reflecting-pool-charges-dropped-b3025664.html), citing a National Park Service employee who said he saw the athlete “violently” ripping and tugging at the pool’s coating, implying Pirro had been wrong to let the matter drop. > > “Numerous other events took place, including using an acid like material on the just installed grass adjoining the Pool,” Trump continued. “On it were written the letters, ‘86 47,’ a phrase probably gotten from James Comey.” I did not have that on my Bingo Card of Idiocy. Did you? [Yep. Let’s just ignore the rule of law.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-admin-refuses-discovery-alien-174458278.html) > [@](#): > > The Trump administration is refusing to provide key discovery to defense counsel in the [first-ever case](https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/pledged-loyalty-to-isis-the-trump-admin-just-revealed-who-it-plans-to-deport-using-the-alien-terrorist-removal-court/) tried before a specialized court meant to adjudicate immigrants charged with terror-related offenses, according to attorneys for the woman accused. > > In a [nine-page motion to compel discovery](https://www.atrc.uscourts.gov/sites/cst/atrc/files/documents/2026-TRC-1-Motion-to-Compel.pdf), attorneys for Nazira Haji Zada, 47, allege the U.S. Department of Justice has kept “classified evidence used against” their client under wraps despite her counsel having a security clearance that allows them to view such material. > > “Lawful permanent residents, like Ms. Haji Zada, are protected by the United States Constitution,” the discovery motion begins. “These protections extend to immigration proceedings.” The felon and his flock of fools are treating the courts and people’s rights as one of those games where you have to guess the rules. [Maybe the convict-in-chief is just practicing a new dance move.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/trump-80-spotted-repeating-strange-122314011.html) (The link is to a video.) > [@](#): > > A video of Donald Trump repeatedly slapping the side of his leg as he walks has sparked fresh speculation about the president’s health.The clip circulated on social media over the weekend, days after Trump, 80, was pictured with heavy bruising up his bare forearm at the LIV Golf New York tournament at his Trump National Bedminster course in New Jersey, as the Daily Beast reported.“Why is he always slapping his side now?” asked X influencer Molly Ploofkins ---
**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 10, 2026, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7883 "2026-08-10T23:28:14Z")
> [@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. No doubt they already have the blame game all set to go when child mortality increases: Blame Democrats, Woke, Immigrants, DEI, James Comey, Biden, Obama. In no particular order. Just swap them out every few days. ---
**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, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7884 "2026-08-10T23:28:38Z")
> [@ricepad](#): > > I would not be surprised to hear that Red State/MAGA pediatricians might change their vaccine schedules. That’s on them, then, rather like MAGAts dying like flies after refusing to get “the jab” during the Covid-era. ---
**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, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7885 "2026-08-10T23:32:14Z")
> [@ricepad](#): > > I would not be surprised to hear that Red State/MAGA pediatricians might change their vaccine schedules. Why bother? It’s not like the magaflatearthers aren’t antivaxxers too. ---
**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, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7886 "2026-08-10T23:34:23Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Why bother? It’s not like the magaflatearthers aren’t antivaxxers too. Yeah, hadn’t thought of that. They wouldn’t be getting their kids vaccinated in the first place, would they? ---
**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 11, 2026, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7887 "2026-08-11T00:18:16Z")
Here in WA, at least, the state’s response has been “we’re not doing that”. > **[WA leaders respond to Trump’s new order about child vaccine rules](https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/wa-childhood-vaccine-rules-not-changing-state-health-leaders-say/)** > > Requirements around childhood vaccines in Washington state have not changed for the coming academic year, despite President Trump's new executive order. ---
**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 11, 2026, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7888 "2026-08-11T00:52:39Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I did not have that on my Bingo Card of Idiocy. Did you? Gonna need a waaaay bigger bingo card… ---
**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 11, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7889 "2026-08-11T01:56:49Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Blame Democrats, Woke, Immigrants, DEI, James Comey, Biden, Obama. In no particular order. Just swap them out every few days. The popular MAGA excuse for measles resurgence is disease spread by migrants. Mexico’s measles vaccination rate is lower than that of the U.S. but both countries are below the 95% needed for herd immunity. And there’s evidence a Mexican outbreak was triggered by a sick child in America. > **[A measles outbreak crossed into Mexico from Texas. A larger tragedy followed...](https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/17/americas/mexico-texas-measles-outbreak-intl-latam)** > > It all started when a 9-year-old boy went with his parents to visit relatives in Seminole, Texas, early last year. After he returned home to Mexico, a red rash erupted on his skin. Within weeks, so many of his classmates fell ill that their school... ---
**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 11, 2026, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7890 "2026-08-11T02:45:33Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > [@Monty](#): > > > > I did not have that on my Bingo Card of Idiocy. Did you? > > Gonna need a waaaay bigger bingo card… Word for word, _excactly_ what I thought as I typed that. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7891 "2026-08-11T08:59:06Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > > > [@Monty](#): > > > > > > I did not have that on my Bingo Card of Idiocy. Did you? > > > > Gonna need a waaaay bigger bingo card… > > Word for word, _excactly_ what I thought as I typed that. But that’s not how bingo works… every card is different. ---
**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 11, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7892 "2026-08-11T12:40:46Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > But that’s not how bingo works… every card is different. Right. But there are so many different types and examples of idiocy with the current mal/misadministration, going with a standard five by five array will give each example roughly a one in a million chance of being in a square. There’s a sweet spot for the array size based on the size of the set of possibilities. [Felon falsifies photo.](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-posted-touched-version-golf-130902000.html) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump posted a [touched-up photograph](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/trump-hair-weave-eye-brows-wig-b3029358.html) of himself from his weekend golf trip, where he appeared much more youthful, instead of sharing the original image. > > The[80-year-old president was pictured](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/trump-hair-weave-niece-wig-debate-b3029790.html)Sunday at his Bedminster club in New Jersey driving the golf cart alongside retired professional [Gary Player,](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/gary-player-ryder-cup-comments-b2859958.html)90, as they attended the LIV Golf New York tournament. > > Trump, who often posts about how young he feels for his age, did not share the original photograph[on Truth Social but posted a version](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-truth-social-natalie-harp-b2976028.html) in which he appeared to have undergone a computer-generated glow-up. > > “With the great Gary Player, today, at Bedminster!” the [post said](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117067527191152715). Player, by comparison, appeared almost exactly the same in the computer-generated image as the original. > > Some of the president’s critics shared the two images side by side on social media. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7893 "2026-08-11T15:36:48Z")
I saw that photo and thought it was 100% AI. I just searched for the original and calling it “touched-up” is stretching that term quite a bit. [![](https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/4d3786dd69e5cc00eae0cd48b564c47954a9770c7d073ea82fb2457d7710a541/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fthedailybeast.com%2F0af6f1d0339df8d42bfad2cf2accb1e4) ](https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/4d3786dd69e5cc00eae0cd48b564c47954a9770c7d073ea82fb2457d7710a541/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fthedailybeast.com%2F0af6f1d0339df8d42bfad2cf2accb1e4) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7894 "2026-08-11T15:43:57Z")
Here’s a wonderful nugget of news: > Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy **[announced on Monday](https://www.nbcrightnow.com/national/us-hires-over-2-000-video-gamers-as-air-traffic-controllers/article_cf9717a6-13f8-55a0-97d9-e6162dd6bd35.html)** that thanks to an advertising campaign, more than 2,000 avid video game players have been added to the air traffic controller pipeline. > > Duffy’s **[post](https://x.com/SecDuffy/status/2086574114215493969)** did not go into detail about the success of the administration’s recruitment initiative, which targeted gamers online via ads. But the Trump administration has a considerable track record of making splashy announcements that fall apart upon further scrutiny. … > Duffy’s hiring announcement also didn’t go into detail about the air traffic controller training process, **[where historically](https://newrepublic.com/post/214135/donald-trump-transportation-secretary-video-games-air-traffic-controllers)** 1 in 3 recruits don’t make it all the way through the two-year process. He did talk about a “supercharged” and “streamlined” hiring process, which seems bad when you’re talking about an industry where **[respawning](https://www.wineverygame.com/word/meaning/respawn.html)** isn’t a thing. > Despite **[the shortage](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/2/2319976/news/Trump-team-makes-desperate-bid-to-solve-air-traffic-controller-crisis/)** of professionals available to manage air traffic, Trump has used his bully pulpit to complain about diversity initiatives, which he falsely blamed for plane crashes that happened during his first year back in office. Bringing in video gamers and AU=I to replace Air TRaffic Controllers – what could possibly go wrong? > **[Sean Duffy says video gamers can speedrun air traffic control crisis](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/8/11/800082525/news/sean-duffy-says-video-gamers-can-speedrun-air-traffic-control-crisis/)** > > The Trump administration has announced it is relying on video gamers and artificial intelligence bots to provide critical air traffic control infrastructure. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7895 "2026-08-11T15:48:44Z")
I’m SO glad I don’t fly anymore. ---
**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 11, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7896 "2026-08-11T18:27:28Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > > [@Monty](#): > > > > > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > > > > > [@Monty](#): > > > > > > > > I did not have that on my Bingo Card of Idiocy. Did you? > > > > > > Gonna need a waaaay bigger bingo card… > > > > Word for word, _excactly_ what I thought as I typed that. > > But that’s not how bingo works… every card is different. It’s a joke, a riff on the, “We’re gonna need a bigger bus.” Try not to be so literal-minded. Unless your reply was subtly ironic. In which case, _“Bravo!”_ ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7897 "2026-08-11T18:59:43Z")
It was subtly literal in an ironic minded way. Probably. (did you mean a riff on the, “We’re gonna need a bigger boat.” ?) ---
**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 11, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7898 "2026-08-11T19:01:58Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I saw that photo and thought it was 100% AI. I just searched for the original and calling it “touched-up” is stretching that term quite a bit. Jesus, they even edited his shirt, for the those idiots who couldn’t figure out that it was ‘Trump’ they were looking at… ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7899 "2026-08-11T19:13:22Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > 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. Trump having the leader of Iran killed does that all on its own. I think Trump may be dimly realizing that yes, people _can_ retaliate in kind. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7900 "2026-08-11T19:56:42Z")
I haven’t been able to see the altered picture. Anyone have a direct link? I may be a bit challenged, but I couldn’t find the photo on any of the above links. Ah, found it. What a pathetic creep. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=394) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=396)