# 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:** 40
**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:** [December 18, 2025, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/781 "2025-12-18T23:15:41Z")
Hey, a sewage processing plant provides a very necessary community service. If it works well, you don’t even hear about it. Now, if there’s some broken overflowing toilet in some ancient Depression era building, naming that bathroom for him seems appropriate ---
**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:** [December 18, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/782 "2025-12-18T23:28:29Z")
Mad King Donald has proclaimed the Hunger Games will be held next year. > **[Trump’s announcement for ‘Patriot Games’ instantly mocked online](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-patriot-games-hunger-b2887372.html)** > > Social media users wondered whether the president was announcing the Hunger Games — but no one has yet volunteered as tribute I assume the Long Walk will be in 2027. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/783 "2025-12-18T23:40:16Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Now, if there’s some broken overflowing toilet in some ancient Depression era building, naming that bathroom for him seems appropriate Your argument has great merit. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/784 "2025-12-18T23:52:44Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > I’m sure the D.C. area has at least one sewage-processing plant. They can name that after Donald with my blessing. You forgot something very important. Sewage processing plants clean shit up. They don’t create it and fling it everywhere. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/785 "2025-12-19T00:00:23Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Sewage processing plants clean shit up. They don’t create it and fling it everywhere. Maybe name a monkey or hippopotamus at the National Zoo “Donald.” Bonus points for doing it while he is still alive. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/786 "2025-12-19T00:46:38Z")
Any monkey or hippopotamus ever born is a better man than Donald. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/787 "2025-12-19T01:07:17Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Yeah, I’m with you there. Why did nothing happen in three and a half years (the last half was “well, it’s to close to the election, we can’t do anything.”) > > It’s like either he was incredibly incompetent, or he was working for trump. Merrick Garland is a Democrat, and it’s a major goal of the Democrats to shield and pander to the Republicans. Has been for decades; I recall how when Obama took office one of his first moves was to forbid all further investigation into Bush’s involvement with torture. The Democrats were _never_ going to permit Trump to be punished. Not unless he switched parties at least. As long as Trump has an R next to his name he’s above the law. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2025, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/788 "2025-12-19T01:08:24Z")
Trump is throwing a rally tomorrow, because I guess last night’s Airing of Grievances didn’t scratch his itch. > **[Trump races to announce new rally after bizarre national address gets dismal...](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2674727258/)** > > President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he is hosting a rally at the Rocky Mount Events Center in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, on Friday, just two days after he gave a national address that received harsh reviews. "I’ll be in North Carolina... ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/789 "2025-12-19T02:16:38Z")
He needs some cheers. So just go in with expensive things are cheaper, and the Chinese and Canadians are paying for it. Mightiest military ever. Greatest economy ever. Military people are getting $1,776 that is one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, when we won the revolution. 1 The previous Democrat administrations were not good. And let me tell you what I wrote on the plaques, since I’m a student of history. Did you hear my speech on Wednesday night? +100%, -33%, $1,776, greatest ever, etc… 1 - the rebellion had been going on for a few year with some major colonial wins. The DoI was just to make it official and piss KGIII off ---
**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:** [December 19, 2025, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/790 "2025-12-19T03:10:38Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > Military people are getting $1,776 that is one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, when we won the revolution. And that “bonus” was money that was [already allocated by Congress as a troop housing subsidy.](https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/12/trump-rebrands-congressionally-approved-troop-housing-subsidy-warrior-dividend-bonus/410250/) When are Republicans in Congress going to tire of being played for fools? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/791 "2025-12-19T03:27:59Z")
> [@robby](#): > > Has anyone mentioned this yet…and is anyone surprised? > > ### [Kennedy Center board votes to rename ‘Trump-Kennedy Center’](https://wapo.st/4qgazOU) > > Gift link: > [https://wapo.st/4qgazOU](https://wapo.st/4qgazOU) I’m sure the signage will be “Welcome to the **Trump** -Kennedy Center” ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/792 "2025-12-19T03:28:27Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > When are Republicans in Congress going to tire of being played for fools? From [defenseone.com](http://defenseone.com) > Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus > More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks. The GOP can take credit in the entirely Democratic shutdown. “warrior dividend”, huh? Nobody till at least after next years election can announce running for something / dissing or even trying to put space between themselves and trump. And Vance/Hegseth/Rubio will only announce when trump allows them. As a “student of History” he claims to be, I’d like to hear him summarize 1776. Signing of the DoI doesn’t count. Name one thing that occurred before 1776. Name the King it was sent to. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/793 "2025-12-19T03:39:56Z")
Is this just math that you do as a Republican to make yourself feel better? [![](https://unstuckpolitics.com/uploads/default/original/3X/e/0/e0a23f88647bc68fc021f716a8d45afd2355999f.jpeg) ](https://unstuckpolitics.com/uploads/default/original/3X/e/0/e0a23f88647bc68fc021f716a8d45afd2355999f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/794 "2025-12-19T03:48:23Z")
What did FOX do? Move onto the “warrior dividend”. Turkey’s down 33%, or is that 330%? ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/795 "2025-12-19T05:03:06Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > As a “student of History” he claims to be, I’d like to hear him summarize 1776. As I recall, he already gave such a summary. Including capturing the airports. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/796 "2025-12-19T05:08:15Z")
WTAF has he done to the Oval Office??? And where is the Resolute desk? ---
**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:** [December 19, 2025, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/797 "2025-12-19T05:13:21Z")
Why would someone with no resolution need a resolute desk? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/798 "2025-12-19T05:21:50Z")
Its out getting gold plated ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/799 "2025-12-19T05:22:43Z")
I wish I could be sure this is merely a jest. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/800 "2025-12-19T05:22:51Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > As I recall, he already gave such a summary. Including capturing the airports. I reckon LGA (LaGuardia), IDW (Idlewild to someday be JFK), and MacCarhur (ISP - dunno why MAC must have been taken) would all be loyalists. Yet the infamous battle to take BOS (Boston Logan) has gone down in history. My favorite real story is of Colonel Henry Knox, a young, self-taught artillery officer. In 1775, he and his crew hauled major BRITISH Artillery 300 miles from the abandoned Fort Ticonderoga (New York), crossing many frozen / half frozen streams all the way to Dorchester Heights above Boston. He was blowing them away. And their ships. British General William Howe decided Halifax was a more welcoming place than being bombarded by your own artillery and fled. Just want to emphasize: **1775**. The colonialists were at war with the British. The big thing about the Declaration of Independence is people putting their name on the document - which would be sedition and punishable by death. Oddly, there was room left for John Hancock to sign the DoI on July 6th. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=41)