# 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:** 401
**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, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8001 "2026-08-15T05:06:37Z")
[The felon’s selling dollars at _two and a half_ times the going rate.](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-1-commemorative-coin-gets-191638000.html) > [@](#): > > Commemorative $1 coins [bearing President Donald Trump’s likeness](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-coin-face-signature-money-b3014841.html) will go on sale this fall — at a price well above face value. > > The coins, issued to mark the [United States’ 250th anniversary](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/america-250-anniversary-patriotism-poll-trump-b3002426.html), will be available beginning September 2, according to the [U.S. Mint](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/united-states-banks-mint-donald-trump-new-york-b2855318.html). > > “These special circulating dollar coins combine everyday American coinage with a once-in-a-generation anniversary design destined to become a standout addition to modern collections,” the Mint’s website states. > > Minted in Philadelphia, the coins feature a portrait of Trump on the obverse side, alongside the inscriptions “In God We Trust,” “Liberty” and “1776 ~ 2026.” The reverse side includes the [Presidential Seal](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-white-house-helipad-construction-b3027416.html), depicting an eagle holding a bundle of arrows and an olive branch. > > They will be sold in rolls of 25 for $61, or $2.44 per coin. The Mint will also offer bags of 100 coins for $154.50, bringing the per-coin price to $1.55. [Service member’s wife returned from deportation flight.](https://www.aol.com/articles/wife-us-soldier-removed-deportation-133356000.html) > [@](#): > > A U.S. soldier’s wife who spent more than a month in federal immigration detention said she is back home after officers removed her from a deportation flight to Brazil. > > Earlier this month, The Associated Press highlighted Maisa Lopes Eliaser as one of [dozens of spouses or parents of U.S. troops](https://apnews.com/article/military-families-immigration-trump-detained-deported-3337173bff1f06153738c217da52e846) who had been detained after President Donald Trump’s administration rolled back protections for military families amid its push for mass deportations. Following the AP’s reporting, a group of Congressional Democrats [launched an investigation](https://apnews.com/article/immigration-military-families-deport-trump-democrats-86087b0394dc8fe01cfec877903d266b) into deportations of military service members and their families. > > Eliaser was placed on a deportation flight Wednesday to her native Brazil when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers on the plane received a phone call about her midflight, she told the AP. She said she was then asked by an ICE officer whether she wanted to continue on to Brazil or go back to the U.S. > > “Who made the call? We don’t know,” said Eliaser’s husband, Army Staff Sgt. Alexis Jaramillo. “But someone made the phone call, and then she came back.” > > While other detainees were led off the plane in Brazil, Eliaser stayed on board and returned to Louisiana. ICE officers told her that she was “famous” because there were videos about her case, she said. Who’s the felon going to throw under the bus for this? [“Accept high gas prices.” So says the convicted felon.](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-urges-americans-accept-higher-203543000.html) > [@](#): > > CAIRO/GARDEN CITY, New York, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Iran called on the U.S. to accept defeat while President Donald Trump blasted Iran as “evil” and urged Americans to brace for continued high fuel prices. > > The comments suggested the warring parties remained far apart, with progress toward peace talks and oil tanker traffic through the strategic Strait of Hormuz waterway both halted. > > “This strait will be opened and closed only under Iran’s command, and so long as you do not accept the reality of defeat and stop indulging in fantasies, Iran will continue to enforce the blockade,” Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said in a post on X early Saturday, showing little urgency toward restoring prewar trade. > > “The Strait of Hormuz cannot be seized by a tweet or an aircraft carrier, by issuing an order or by delivering an election speech,” he said. > > One out of every five barrels of the world’s oil exports passed through the strait before the U.S. and Israel launched the war on February 28. > > Trump on Friday urged Americans to accept slightly higher gasoline prices while the conflict with Iran continues. > > At a political rally in Garden City, New York, Trump said paying “a tiny little bit more for your gasoline” is worth the cost of ensuring “a very evil country” could not have a nuclear weapon, one of the president’s stated rationales for the war. That is not the response of somone connected, even tangentially, to reality. ---
**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, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8002 "2026-08-15T05:09:42Z")
I’m pretty sure the Strait of Hormuz has been a more potent, effective and damaging weapon than any nuke Iran could ever hope for. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8003 "2026-08-15T06:17:48Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > You mean Strait of America? That’s enough of that woke, loser malarkey … The Straights of America, please. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8004 "2026-08-15T07:53:59Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Commemorative $1 coins [bearing President Donald Trump’s likeness](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-coin-face-signature-money-b3014841.html) will go on sale this fall — at a price well above face value. This is actually the usual practice for commemorative coins. While some are issued for circulation (e.g. state quarters, Presidential dollars), most are sold at a premium, as both proof and uncirculated. The real question is how many will be sold. I expect Trump or his minion will order an exceptionally large minting and most will end up unsold in the Treasury Department’s vault. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8005 "2026-08-15T11:14:09Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > You mean Strait of America? Puulllease. ‘The Strait of Trump’ Soon to be known as the ‘Ship graveyard of Trump’ ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8006 "2026-08-15T18:24:44Z")
My guess is that trump, his family, and minions will buy millions of them with tax payer money. And somehow or other they (as in trump Et al.) will get a kickback or profit from it. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8007 "2026-08-15T21:57:48Z")
Trump is apparently back to redesigning the islands on aircraft carriers. > **[Rage erupts as Trump's 'foolish whims' hit Navy with another 'extraordinary'...](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-navy-2677711866/)** > > The Navy is looking at a "major redesign" of its new aircraft carriers because President Donald Trump disagrees with their "looks."According to a Saturday report by the Washington Post, the Navy is considering the feasibility of moving a multistory... ---
**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 15, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8008 "2026-08-15T22:05:26Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Trump is apparently back to redesigning the islands on aircraft carriers. So US aircraft carriers are headed to dry-dock to try to implement a design that won’t work. Meaning they won’t be back at sea for …years. Gosh, I’m sure Xi will be very sad for us, having no aircraft carriers! Kim Jong Un will join him in his tears of sympathy!!! ---
**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 16, 2026, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8009 "2026-08-16T05:41:04Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Trump is apparently back to redesigning the islands on aircraft carriers. Someone with at least one living brain cell needs to tell him off in front of others. The least expensive way of doing what Rip van Simple wants is likely to scrap what’s already built and start over beginning with a redesign from the keel all the way to the crow’s nest (yes, that’s still a thing). The ship is designed for balance and buoyancy. You cannot just relocate a massive structure like the ship’s island without greatly affecting those. As for the EMALS, it was new technology, so of course there would be problems with it. The Navy now says EMALS works well and, get this, saves money. But, hey, Felon One, what do facts have to do with anything? [Let’s talk grocerires, shall we, you incompetent crook?](https://www.aol.com/articles/trumps-2024-grocery-photo-op-101025000.html) > [@](#): > > BEDMINSTER, New Jersey, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Two years after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump staged a New Jersey press conference flanked by grocery staples to spotlight inflation under Democrats, food prices are still rising despite his pledge to bring them down. The gap between promise and reality now looms as a vulnerability for Republicans ahead of November’s midterm elections. > > Standing between tables piled high with fruit, beef, cereal, milk and other household staples at his Bedminster golf club on August 15, 2024, Trump blamed the Biden administration for sharp increases in groceries. The spectacle, complete with charts showing higher prices, was aimed at undercutting the Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris, and highlighted Trump’s central promise: he alone could tame inflation and lower the cost of living. > > Two years on, higher gasoline and grocery prices are squeezing household budgets and turning the cost of living into the top issue for American voters. Voters now give Democrats a slight edge over Republicans in who they view as better stewards of the economy for the first time in nearly a decade, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling. And the money shot? (Same link.) > [@](#): > > A Reuters analysis of 26 grocery categories tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and featured in Trump’s Bedminster display found prices have risen 3.4% in the first 19 months of his second term. [Honestly, I think this crew would do a better job of it than the felon’s.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-reflecting-pool-mystery-gets-204841841.html) > [@](#): > > [President Donald Trump](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-truth-social-traffic-down-b3030643.html) has long blamed vandals for the persistent problems plaguing the [Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-national-park-service-washington-doug-burgum-white-house-b3032504.html), including algae blooms and peeling paint. Now, [Scooby-Doo](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/scooby-doo-netflix-live-action-remake-cast-b2992150.html) and his team of mystery investigators are on the case — at least in a newly released parody video. > > Posted online this week, [the video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU_ID0asQ3M) spoofs an episode of the animated series while skewering Trump, whose administration recently acknowledged that a [botched renovation was responsible](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/doj-drops-reflecting-pool-charges-trump-b3027178.html) for the pool’s problems. > > Created by Jason Moore, an Ohio-based graphic artist, the video has drawn more than one million views on Facebook, and tens of thousands more across YouTube and TikTok. > > Moore, who identifies as an independent, told _The Independent_ that the Reflecting Pool saga is representative of “the absurdity” taking place in Washington, D.C. “I thought Scooby-Doo would be a good way to put a highlighter on it,” he said. “And regardless of what side of the political fence you’re on, you can have a little laugh and be entertained at the same time.” > > The clip opens with Trump summoning Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Daphne, Fred and Velma to the Oval Office. “Somebody, very bad people, turned my beautiful pool green: vandals,” the president says before enlisting the gang to “solve the mystery behind it.” And [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU_ID0asQ3M)’s the video link again. [Even his own party is peeved at war criminal Hegseth’s stupid stunts.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/pete-hegseth-receives-warning-republicans-063046752.html) (The formatting is from the link.) > [@](#): > > **Pete Hegseth** just got a warning from his own party over his latest Pentagon move. Republican senators criticized the defense secretary for excluding **Democrats** from classified budget briefings. > > Multiple Republican senators have pushed back against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for barring Democrats from classified defense spending briefings, [Politico](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/12/hegseth-pentagon-classified-briefings-no-democrats-01035467) reported. Hegseth visited Capitol Hill at least twice in recent weeks to advocate for President Donald Trump’s historic $1.5 trillion military budget proposal. Democratic lawmakers were shut out of the private sessions on each occasion. > > North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis contended that Hegseth was weakening his own budget pitch through the exclusions. “He calls himself the secretary of war, but ironically, he doesn’t want to go to war and win the argument with nearly half the members of the Senate,” Tillis said. “You got to engage.” The rebuke holds particular significance because large portions of next year’s defense budget still need Democratic support to pass. > > Senate Democrats have in response threatened to boycott the spending bills entirely over the snub. Republicans can advance some elements through the party-line reconciliation process without opposition votes. However, they cannot secure the full budget package without bipartisan cooperation, potentially derailing administration priorities this fall. [And how does the felon’s flock of fools know everything’s _peachy_-keen on the USS Lincoln?](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/pentagon-cites-ice-cream-push-192446951.html) > [@](#): > > The Defense Department says ice cream served to sailors aboard the _USS Abraham Lincoln_ a month ago proves the ship is not in crisis, despite pleas for help from sailors’ families. > > The official X account for what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has dubbed the “Department of War” seized on a CNN segment from last month in which reporter Pamela Brown visited the _Lincoln_. > > The account pointed to a brief moment in which sailors were shown eating ice cream as evidence that conditions aboard the ship are better than multiple accounts from sailors and their families suggest. ---
**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 16, 2026, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8010 "2026-08-16T10:52:31Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > So US aircraft carriers are headed to dry-dock to try to implement a design that won’t work. Meaning they won’t be back at sea for …years. They will be out of action forever. And because they are occupying the space, actually needed building and repairs of ships cannot occur. Wait until he decides he’s the best airplane and spaceship designer. ---
**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 16, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8011 "2026-08-16T12:59:41Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > best airplane and spaceship designer. He has already said that stealth is ugly. And also [**[cite](https://www.defensenews.com/air/2025/05/16/pentagon-silent-aviation-experts-baffled-by-trumps-fighter-comments/)**]: > “An F-35 has a single engine; I don’t like single engines,” Trump said, before gesturing to GE Aerospace chief executive Larry Culp. “Even this man, he’s the best in the world at engines. But on occasion, I know you won’t admit this, if an engine goes out, it’s nice to have two, three or four. That’s why I like the 747, it’s got four.” > […] > The intentions behind Trump’s comments about upgrading the F-35 and the F-55, and his preference for a dual-engine jet, were unclear. But Aboulafia said that if Trump was advocating for modifying the F-35 with a pair of engines, that would be virtually impossible short of a massive restructuring of the entire jet. > To do that, he said, Lockheed Martin would have to “rip apart the entire middle of an F-35, [and] replace it with a completely different middle. You should probably get new wings with it … just for stability. … That might be the worst idea ever, but theoretically, sure [it could be done]. It would just be a new aircraft.” But that was all over one year ago, so it is no longer true. Apart from the part about the worst idea ever. He is good at that. ---
**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 16, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8012 "2026-08-16T14:55:28Z")
trump really is Homer Simpson designing a car, isn’t he? Except that in this case the customer is forced to smile and buy his product. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8013 "2026-08-16T15:53:40Z")
trump had a photo op Friday where he held up a Washington Post article saying drug prices are at their lowest in 60 years, taking credit for it and sharing a pic of him proudly holding up the article on social media. If he had just had someone read the contents of the actual article to him though, he would have found out that the article gives the credit for the price drop to a Biden-era policy. > **[Trump shows off article on lower drug prices that says Biden deserves credit,...](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/15/trump-washington-post-drug-prices)** > > US president credits himself with lowest drug prices in 60 years, when article says drop is more likely due to Biden ---
**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 16, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8014 "2026-08-16T18:06:43Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Senate Democrats have in response threatened to boycott the spending bills entirely over the snub This is much more than a “snub”. What idiot\* expects Senators to vote for an appropriation bill worth trillions, when they’ve had no opportunity to even look at it? - Well, Kegsbreath, obviously. ---
**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 16, 2026, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8015 "2026-08-16T19:59:01Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > They will be out of action forever. And because they are occupying the space, actually needed building and repairs of ships cannot occur. > > Wait until he decides he’s the best airplane and spaceship designer. As always, I wonder how Fox News et al are trying to sell this idiocy to their audiences. (I don’t wonder enough to actually watch it, though.) It’s SO clear that Donald’s whims are all aimed at weakening the USA militarily, to say nothing of reputationally. How do they turn that into _This is Good, This is Strong_—?? ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8016 "2026-08-16T20:34:21Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Wait until he decides he’s the best airplane and spaceship designer. Won’t he have an argument with Elon over the latter? ---
**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 16, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8017 "2026-08-16T21:10:01Z")
Would that they had a contest and both left for Mars to settle it. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8018 "2026-08-16T21:43:09Z")
Trump has decided to scale back the scheduled Joint Military Exercises with South Korea because they didn’t support him in the Iran war. And Kim Jong Un has been nothing but “unthreatening and respectful”. [![](https://i.ibb.co/8DHkhp9W/0360b395-b69c-423a-b4a5-c8cd684190ab.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/8DHkhp9W/0360b395-b69c-423a-b4a5-c8cd684190ab.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8019 "2026-08-16T22:59:40Z")
Thought I read 15,000 North Korean troops are assisting Russia in war with Ukraine. Orangeboy is cheering them on as well, no doubt. ---
**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 17, 2026, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8020 "2026-08-17T00:44:11Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > As always, I wonder how Fox News et al are trying to sell this idiocy to their audiences. It’s patently the easiest thing in the world to do. Take the following quiz on hypothetical questions. I’ll give you three hints: 1) every answer is one word, 2) every answer has just five letters, and 3) it’s the same answer for every question. 1. Who has done the most for America in the history of the universe? 2. Who should get a third term? 3. Who is mistretated by the fake news? Facts don’t matter. Reality is what the magaflatearthers are told by the traitor’s fans and enablers say it is. Critical thinkinng is un-American. How I wish I were kidding. Cry, the beloved country. > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Trump has decided to scale back the scheduled Joint Military Exercises with South Korea because they didn’t support him in the Iran war. And Kim Jong Un has been nothing but “unthreatening and respectful”. Yeah, that [missile launch on August 12, 2026](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/12/n-korea-launches-ballistic-missile-as-s-korea-us-plan-military-drills) in protest to that military exercise had nothing to do with that very same military exercise. The Queen of Hearts hasn’t a patch on the traitor-in-chief. [Speaking of the Queen of Hearts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_Hearts_(Alice's_Adventures_in_Wonderland)): > [@](#): > > She is a childish, foul-tempered monarch whom Carroll himself describes as “a blind fury”, and who is quick to give death sentences at even the slightest of offenses. One of her most famous lines is the oft-repeated [“Off with his/her/their head(s)!”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapitation "Decapitation") Childish? ✔ Foul-tempered? ✔ Monarch? ✔ Blind fury? ✔ Quick to call for the death penalty? ✔ Extreme reaction to the slightest offense? ✔ Now we know why he wears makeup, wigs, and high heels. He _ **is** _ the queen! [It didn’t take long for Blanche to go all-in on violating the constitution.](https://www.aol.com/articles/attorney-general-todd-blanche-says-134634000.html) > [@](#): > > Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday there’s a “possibility” that the Justice Department will ask the Supreme Court to intervene in dozens of cases in which judges have ruled against the federal government’s efforts to gain broad access to state voter rolls ahead of November’s midterm elections. > > “Absolutely, it’s a possibility,” Blanche told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” when asked whether he’d appeal the 22 cases the Justice Department has lost so far to the Supreme Court. > > “Election integrity is something that President Trump ran on, and the American people elected him. It’s something that every American should care about,” the attorney general added. “And so the idea that the Department of Justice is trying to investigate issues around elections to make sure they’re fair and make sure they’re conducted the right way is not something that we should be running away from. That’s something we should be running right towards.” > > The cases stem from an executive order Trump signed asking states to turn over their voter rolls, [including voters’](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/tracking-dojs-effort-get-us-voter-registration-data-rcna331509) names, dates of birth, residential addresses, state driver’s licenses and the last four digits of their Social Security numbers. The federal government has said it’s gathering the data to allow the Justice Department to investigate any “deficiencies” or “anomalies,” including whether any noncitizens are registered to vote. > > While some states have voluntarily complied with the administration’s request for voter roll data, the Justice Department has sued 30 states and Washington, D.C., for refusing to comply. Are you sitting down? Yes? Then you better lie down for this bit from the article. (The **bolding** is mine; the male bovine excrement is Blanche’s.) > [@](#): > > Blanche responded to Democrats’ concerns on Sunday, telling Welker: “I will act with integrity. Our prosecutors will act with integrity. We will prosecute without fear or any sort of favor, and that’s exactly what we’ve been doing, and that’s what every Department of Justice should do.” > > **“The president will never ask me to do something unethical or legal or illegal,” he added. “He never has. He never will.”** [But, hey, let’s see how long he lasts after this!](https://www.aol.com/articles/us-attorney-general-blanche-publicly-193937000.html) > [@](#): > > SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Sunday that he backs top Washington, D.C., prosecutor Jeanine Pirro, who was criticized by President Donald Trump for the way she handled a case of alleged vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. > > “I absolutely support U.S. Attorney Pirro, as does President Trump,” Blanche said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” program. Personally, I think he should be drug tested after that comment. Supporting someone is not ordering them to do something opposite to what they just announced to the nation. Blanche’s boss does not support Pirro. Another poster above called the traitor’s “Patriot Games” the traitor’s version of _Hunger Games_. [I did not know they wrote headlines for _The Guardian_.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-dismal-patriot-games-were-141648090.html) > [@](#): > > **Trump’s dismal Patriot Games were the Hunger Games ordered off Temu** [War criminal’s attitude towards real service members summed up accurately by one observer.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/week-injections-testosterone-continue-083058318.html) (The **bolding** is mine.) > [@](#): > > What are our executive powers and the Department of ~~War~~ Defense doing to bring an end to the conflict and bring this ship to port? Glad you asked! Secretary Pete Hegseth has been working very hard, and by “working very hard” I mean making angry social media PSAs hawking testosterone therapy instead of actually resolving the issue—because the one thing a war needs is _more_ testosterone! Last month, Hegseth announced his initiative to screen the military for testosterone levels every year and offer TRT (testosterone replacement therapy) to men who aren’t adequately T’ed up. With that in mind, this week’s Comment of the Week goes to reader Glabrous Bear, who had the right idea of what Hegseth’s plan might be to course-correct _USS Lincoln_: Just be manlier. > > > [@](#): > > > > **Injections of testosterone will continue until morale improves.** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=400) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=402)