# 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:** 400
**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 14, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7981 "2026-08-14T22:14:41Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Regarding Trumpy’s return to steam order for the Navy, I either read or heard he has stock in Hunt Valve or Eaton, companies for steam and hydraulic parts, but can’t find a link. Anyone else hear this? The best I could find was a reason for Trump to hate the EMALS (rather than a reason for him to prefer the steam version), and it was on Reddit, so no link: > [@](#): > > _ **EMALS is made in San Diego, CA** _, by General Atomics, whose Representative is Scott Peters (D-CA), a vocal critic of Trump I think we can assume that he has some financial interest in this as well as wanting to harm Peters. But it appears to be an “evolving story.” ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7982 "2026-08-14T22:18:54Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > It surprises me that he can still find things to say that are so outrageous that I’m shocked by them. I’m with you on this one. I’m a bit fuzzy on territories, but isn’t this the purview of Congress? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7983 "2026-08-14T22:22:52Z")
There’s a Congress? ---
**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 14, 2026, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7984 "2026-08-14T22:24:00Z")
Kids, lock yourselves in the basement, grandpa’s perving out again. > “You know these young, beautiful girls. These young, beautiful girls. These young, beautiful girls in the White House. You know they come in. Now I’m not supposed to say beautiful, but what the hell?” Trump rambled. > > “These young, these gorgeous, beautiful girls — they want to be safe, and they come,” he continued before feigning a conversation with one of them > > ‘”Mr. President, may I speak to you? Thank you, sir. Thank you’ — I said, ‘Why are you thanking me?’” Trump said. > > He then returned to the alleged girl’s part and replied: “’Because a year and a half ago, I was afraid to leave. I was afraid to open the door of my apartment, and now I walk to the White House every morning, and I have absolutely no fear.’” > **[Trump oddly claims ‘young beautiful girls’ come to White House and thank him](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-new-york-beautiful-girls-speech-b3033400.html)** > > The bizarre comment was part of an omnibus stump speech in New York’s Long Island attended by hundreds of armed police officers ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7985 "2026-08-14T22:34:48Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Trump says he will declare the Strait of Hormuz a “territory of the United States”. Border control will be a bitch. But that being the case anyway, why not go all-out and declare it the 51st state? That way all the fish in it can vote and have representation in Congress. [![](https://i.imgur.com/QLNICq4.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/QLNICq4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7986 "2026-08-14T22:44:02Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > There’s a Congress? Yeah. And as much as they’ve been abrogating their responsibilties, they still manage to impede the Mango Mussolini once in a while. ---
**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 14, 2026, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7987 "2026-08-14T22:55:02Z")
That fish is participating in a Filletabuster. ---
**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 14, 2026, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7988 "2026-08-14T22:57:10Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > It surprises me that he can still find things to say that are so outrageous that I’m shocked by them. It’s his particular gift-- he can always go lower/crazier than the last time. * * * > [@Smapti](#): > > Kids, lock yourselves in the basement, grandpa’s perving out again. I was braced for him to say they came to him on their knees with tears in their eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7989 "2026-08-14T22:59:34Z")
I see it. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7990 "2026-08-14T23:08:47Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Trump says he will declare the Strait of Hormuz You mean Strait of America? To be honest, it does roll of the tongue better than Gulf of America. ---
**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 14, 2026, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7991 "2026-08-14T23:47:17Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > That way all the fish in it can vote and have representation in Congress The UK has the concept of a “Rotten Borough”. I can see Trump saying the Strait deserves one Representative, and two Senators, who he will appoint since there’s no actual voters there. Rotten and pocket boroughs - Wikipedia [Rotten and pocket boroughs - Wikipedia](https://share.google/W06IwaD59FRQed4XK) ---
**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:** [August 15, 2026, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7992 "2026-08-15T00:19:55Z")
“The inaugural Patriot Games were a resounding success, and anyone who claims they were racist or otherwise clearly suffers from a severe and incurable disease known as Trump Derangement Syndrome that has completely rotted their peanut-sized brains,” a White House spokesman said. _A White House spokesman said._ Can you imagine an insane statement like this coming from the Kremlin? I don’t know why anyone in the world continues to take us seriously. Maybe the U.S. will be the first autocracy of the absurd. For reference: > **[CNN calls out Patriot Games participants as 'overwhelmingly White,' citing...](https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-calls-out-patriot-games-participants-overwhelmingly-white-citing-outlet-analysis?fbclid=IwY2xjawTsZwNwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMTNscHRZVGFZZWlweHRidG1zcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe5HX0VA06vb4taLc3fF84uOVnf3CamI6YKxTBgF5yDI6VOeVuA9DBw02GmfU_aem_3mczbW8T0JhgbtFrYc29wg)** > > Audie Cornish said a CNN analysis found Patriot Games athletes appear overwhelmingly White, and the White House fired back at criticism of the event. ---
**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 15, 2026, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7993 "2026-08-15T00:22:24Z")
Well, duh. Can anyone come up with evidence that any Black people have athletic ability?? I didn’t think so. /sarcasm ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7994 "2026-08-15T00:25:40Z")
The what? First I heard of it. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7995 "2026-08-15T00:58:06Z")
> “I mean, at this point, really, there’s plenty of criticism to be made about it, but I think that this has become sort of a farce because of both sides. One, it was poorly planned, but two, people were rooting for it to lose all along.” It’s both sides, donchaknow? ---
**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 15, 2026, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7996 "2026-08-15T01:02:24Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > _A White House spokesman said._ Can you imagine an insane statement like this coming from the Kremlin? I don’t know why anyone in the world continues to take us seriously. Maybe the U.S. will be the first autocracy of the absurd. Government by Troll. Trump himself talks like this with some regularity. Both online on his little fake social media site as well as IRL. Its his only reaction to anything he doesn’t like or agree with. Attack, belittle, insult, etc… During the first regime we were somewhat spared this because there were still relatively sane adults in certain positions filtering the insanity. (John Kelly, Dr. Fauci, there were others I’m sure that I can’t think of off the top of my head but I’m sure my point is clear here.) All of them are gone and were deliberately dismissed from day one. So now Trump’s insanity is being mimicked by underlings because they think their first priority is to flatter the Liar-in-Chief. And so the enshitiffication of public discourse continues apace. This is what happens when a racist influencer gets elected to office. ---
**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 15, 2026, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7997 "2026-08-15T01:45:19Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > This is what happens when a racist influencer gets elected to office. This is what happens when racists and assorted other bigots elect a racist and all-around bigot to office. ---
**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 15, 2026, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7998 "2026-08-15T02:34:39Z")
But, what about his EMALS!? ---
**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:** [August 15, 2026, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/7999 "2026-08-15T04:02:51Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > IOW, the Orange Imbecile is forcing the Navy to spend billions to make everything worse, just like he’s doing with the White House, the Kennedy Center, and everything else he touches. That’s because you are fixated on function rather than form. To Trump form is everything. It is less important whether something or someone is good or effective than it is that they look impressive. Shooting planes with electric launchers doesn’t have the bang and the hiss and the steam of the old system that shows that something big happened. Its the same reason an old mustang without a muffler is a better car than new electric despite the fact that the latter is much more efficient and go from 0-60 in half the time. ---
**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 15, 2026, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8000 "2026-08-15T04:27:36Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Trump on the desperate situation the crew of the Lincoln are in; “Nuh-uh!” This seems like a recipe for mutiny. How are the crew of the George Washington supposed to feel as they take over for the Lincoln, knowing Trump thinks they should be able to sit there for even longer? > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Trump says he will declare the Strait of Hormuz a “territory of the United States”. But if it’s a territory of the US, you have to _go and fucking defend it_, Donald. You actually have to grow a set of balls and send your little ships in, at which point Iran is going to sink several of them. But hey, if enough sailors die maybe the generals will let you play with the nukes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=399) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=401)