# 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:** 41
**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, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/801 "2025-12-19T05:42:47Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > I wish I could be sure this is merely a jest. Or perhaps re-made in solid gold. ---
**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, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/802 "2025-12-19T05:44:50Z")
Gold-paint-sprayed plywood, more likely. ---
**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, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/803 "2025-12-19T05:47:07Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > WTAF has he done to the Oval Office??? It’s now an assisted living facility with a clientele of one. ---
**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, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/804 "2025-12-19T05:51:55Z")
Are you talking about what he gets or what the invoice says? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/805 "2025-12-19T07:31:18Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > WTAF has he done to the Oval Office??? And where is the Resolute desk? AIUI, it’s out for refurbishing. Curiously, at about the same time an exact copy of the Resolute Desk appeared on display at Mar-a-Lago. Or, to put it simply, Trump stole it. ---
**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, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/806 "2025-12-19T08:45:43Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > ISP - dunno why MAC must have been taken [MAC = Macon Downtown Airport.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macon_Downtown_Airport) ---
**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:** [December 19, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/807 "2025-12-19T13:02:40Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > I’m sure the D.C. area has at least one sewage-processing plant. They can name that after Donald with my blessing. > [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Hey, a sewage processing plant provides a very necessary community service. If it works well, you don’t even hear about it. How about “The Donald J. trump International Spy Museum”? Although, implying trump is / was a spy is giving him too much credit. It takes wits and cleverness to be a spy. To whatever extent he’s been an asset to Putin and other enemies of the U.S., it’s more as a dupe or ‘useful idiot’. > **[International Spy Museum - Washington DC](https://www.spymuseum.org/)** > > Visit the International Spy Museum in Washington DC and step into the shoes of a spy. Experience DC's most immersive museum. Book your timed tickets online. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/808 "2025-12-19T13:32:17Z")
This post made my day. I shared it with my wife and teenage kid. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/809 "2025-12-19T14:07:32Z")
Don’t overthink this one: BOOGER!!! > **[Trump replaces Resolute Desk after Musk’s son picks nose in Oval Office](https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/trump-picks-temporary-resolute-desk-after-musks-son-gets-nosy-with-original/)** > > Donald Trump has temporarily replaced the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office after Elon Musk’s son seemingly wiped a booger on it during their viral visit to the White House last week. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/810 "2025-12-19T14:08:33Z")
❤ Thank you! ---
**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:** [December 19, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/811 "2025-12-19T14:10:59Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Okay, that last bit knocked me out of my socks. Student of history? Written by him? No way in Hell. Anyway, that’s some mighty tacky stuff. A Real Historian weigh in: > “The newly installed plaques are the equivalent of drawing mustaches on other people’s portraits,” said [Michael Allen](https://history.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/core-faculty/michael-j-allen.html), a Northwestern University associate professor, whose work focuses on U.S. political and diplomatic history. “Like so much of President Trump’s behavior, it is a transgressive act that is beneath the dignity of the office he holds on behalf of the American people.” > **[We Asked Actual Historians About Trump's New Plaques — And They Have...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-white-house-plaques-historians_l_6944213be4b0bafbdede735e?origin=home-whats-happening-unit)** > > "The newly installed plaques are the equivalent of drawing mustaches on other people’s portraits." ---
**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:** [December 19, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/812 "2025-12-19T14:57:01Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Gold-paint-sprayed plywood Plywood? Look at Mr. Moneybags here! Chipboard at best. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/813 "2025-12-19T15:02:29Z")
Or that stuff IKEA-knockoff furniture is made from. It appears to be compressed bran flakes, and if you turn a screw 1/500° too much it strips out and the whole thing collapses. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/814 "2025-12-19T15:18:46Z")
> [@robby](#): > > Has anyone mentioned this yet…and is anyone surprised? > > ### [Kennedy Center board votes to rename ‘Trump-Kennedy Center’](https://wapo.st/4qgazOU) [The vote was “unanimous” because of anti-Democrat shenanigans.](https://www.axios.com/2025/12/18/trump-kennedy-center-renaming-democrats-congress) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/815 "2025-12-19T15:22:25Z")
Paywall. Could you summarize? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/816 "2025-12-19T15:24:59Z")
That’s strange; wasn’t paywalled when Google found the article but now it is. Lemme see what I can do… Link still works from Google results. > **What happened:** Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), another ex-officio member of the board, tried unsuccessfully to speak out against the move during the virtual meeting at which the vote took place, she told Axios. > > - “All of a sudden, when they heard me expressing opposition to it, I was no longer able to speak,” she said. “I was cut off and received a screen that said I could not unmute myself … I had questions, concerns.” > - “Certainly, this was not a unanimous vote.” > - Jeffries and Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Wash.), House Democrats’ third ex-officio member, told Axios they were not present for the meeting. And here’s a _Hill_ article: # [Ohio Dem on Kennedy Center board call says she was muted: Renaming ‘was not unanimous’](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5656051-joyce-beatty-disputes-kennedy-center-vote/) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/817 "2025-12-19T15:34:52Z")
Thanks. And…wow. I’d call that Stalinesque, but it’s for such a petty, childish, inane goal, that would be an insult to Stalin. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/818 "2025-12-19T17:08:49Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Or that stuff IKEA-knockoff furniture is made from. It appears to be compressed bran flakes… On the plus side, if you’re trapped for weeks in a Scandinavian blizzard, you can soak it and make porridge. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/819 "2025-12-19T18:18:33Z")
Lord knows you don’t want to eat their meatballs. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/820 "2025-12-19T18:19:36Z")
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