# 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:** 426
**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:** [September 4, 2026, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8501 "2026-09-04T10:58:57Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > This is actually on the White House website. An “arcade” of games about deportation and school lunches and Trump accounts. It’s incredibly stupid and embarrassing that this is what they think is clever. Really unbelievably stupid in a world of stupid. > [@Monty](#): > > I just took one–more than one–for the team. Here are the games. > […] > Nice touch, though, equating migrants with zombies. SARCASM! Zombie _hordes_, no less. Yeah, in addition to being ridiculously stupid and offensive, the games themselves are poorly executed, badly thought-out ripoffs of other games. > [@Monty](#): > > Build the Wall …I’m not that bad at Tretris (I mean, who isn’t today?) and I managed to clear zero lines. The lines don’t clear, which is the whole point of Tetris. I mean, I guess that makes some sort of sense, because you don’t want to build a border wall that will collapse every row that’s completed. But once you inevitably reach the top, it says ‘fail - border breach’. So it’s a game that cannot be won. Ironically, it teaches a true lesson probably unintended-- no matter how crazy your efforts to build a wall to keep out border crossers, it will always fail. > [@Monty](#): > > Rio Run - Yet another poorly executed ripoff; this time the copied game is Snake. So you run your border agent around the board, **run over a migrant** , thus extending the snake. Once you run over a migrant, it starts following you. Soon you have a row of them following you like baby ducks. Or…it’s more like you’re a [coyote](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coyote_(person)), leading the migrants, not deporting them. Actually attempting to play these games makes me think that whoever was tasked with creating them did these things to subtly mock the administration. Like those disgruntled Disney employees sneaking half-hidden sexual imagery into movies and displays. At least, I like to think so. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8502 "2026-09-04T13:08:16Z")
Quoting one of Monty’s links: > [@Monty](#): > > Theories about what Trump wants to do with the money cover a broad range of possibilities, including protecting his political influence in the next presidential race by passing on the money to his chosen successor,… Trump…passing money along to someone else… Oh shit, it’s too early in the morning to be laughing this enthusiastically. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8503 "2026-09-04T13:14:04Z")
For real. Can he just keep it legally, like, in his own pocket? Not suggesting such a law would prevent such an act, just what the rule is. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8504 "2026-09-04T13:15:49Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Moving literally tons of anything in a secure and largely secret manner takes significant time and planning and is not itself a cheap process. The secrecy part could be solved by using it as bodywork on cars. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8505 "2026-09-04T13:18:42Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Trump…passing money along to someone else… > Oh shit, it’s too early in the morning to be laughing this enthusiastically. I’m pretty sure Trump’s will indicates that all his money should be used to build an enormous pyramid tomb to his glory, and that all his Cabinet members and staff are to be entombed alive with him to serve him in the afterlife. But not his sons because there’s no way he wants to spend eternity with those losers. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2026, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8506 "2026-09-04T13:22:12Z")
Makes sense. It’s just like his ill fitting suits because he thinks they make him look slimmer. He absolutely needs a gigantic tomb to disguise his corpulence ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8507 "2026-09-04T13:52:01Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > Apparently, they think that someone (foreign or domestic) is going to invade D.C. Canada is going to reenact the War of 1812. Specifically those of August 24/25, 1814. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8508 "2026-09-04T13:54:20Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Canada is going to reenact the War of 1812. Specifically those of August 24/25, 1814. Given the state of the White House and ongoing developments in DC, they’re going to have to hurry if they want to be able to destroy anything themselves. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8509 "2026-09-04T13:55:38Z")
No kidding! By the time they get here it will all be a bulldozed wasteland. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8510 "2026-09-04T14:04:26Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > The secrecy part could be solved by using it as bodywork on cars. One particularly large car, perhaps. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8511 "2026-09-04T14:39:06Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > and that all his Cabinet members and staff are to be entombed alive with him to serve him in the afterlife. This wouldn’t be the _worst_ idea Trump has ever had. Sort of “draining the swamp” in a way. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8512 "2026-09-04T16:23:24Z")
Yeah, I’m kinda on board with this. Maybe not all the cabinet members, but I’m OK with chucking Vance, Hegseth and Kennedy in there. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8513 "2026-09-04T16:29:55Z")
Les États-Unis, c’est moi: > **[Trump threatens to halt some trade unless Federal Reserve lowers interest rates...](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/sep/04/missouri-supreme-court-congressional-district-map-mail-in-voting-us-canada-trade-war-executive-orders-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-6a9ad7c18f0865844a4bdd06#block-6a9ad7c18f0865844a4bdd06)** > > President Trump threatened in a social media post on Friday to stop trade with some countries unless the US Federal Reserve moves to cut interest rates. | Trump appears to be picking up interest rate fight again with new Fed chief after long-running... > “LOWER THE RATE OR I’LL STOP TRADING WITH COUNTRIES WITH WHICH WE HAVE A DEFICIT,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post, aiming the appeal directly at his handpicked new Federal Reserve chairman, Kevin Warsh. And if HE stops trading, the whole country does too. And he still does not understand that a trade deficit means you have bought something: you pay, you get the goods. Oil, gas, raw materials, avocados, whatever you want. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8514 "2026-09-04T16:37:48Z")
I really wonder if Trump’s “Plan” is to tank the economy, cause a huge depression and then he and select billionaire buddies can step in and buy up whole industries for pennies on the dollar. Become just like the Russian oligarchs. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8515 "2026-09-04T16:40:33Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I really wonder if Trump’s “Plan” is to tank the economy, cause a huge depression and then he and select billionaire buddies can step in and buy up whole industries for pennies on the dollar. If his next pick for Fed Chairman is a bright-eyed newcomer played by Tim Robbins, all bets are off. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8516 "2026-09-04T16:48:05Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I really wonder if Trump’s “Plan” is to tank the economy, cause a huge depression and then he and select billionaire buddies can step in and buy up whole industries for pennies on the dollar. Become just like the Russian oligarchs. It’s got to be something? I swear at times it seems as though Trump is deliberately hurting the United States. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8517 "2026-09-04T17:26:11Z")
That gets bandied about occasionally: > **[The Unique Danger of a Trumpist Oligarchy](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/trumpist-oligarchy-big-tech-takeover-musk-bezos/680503/)** > > A corrupt cabal of billionaires would entangle themselves with the Trump administration and form a double-barreled threat to the American system. [paywalled. I don’t have a subscription, but I think the thing speaks for itself] > **[Is the U.S. becoming an oligarchy?](https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/issues/economic-justice/is-the-us-witnessing-the-rise-of-oligarchy/)** > > Learn what oligarchy means, how it shapes power, and why growing inequality raises concerns about democracy in the US. As does: [**Trump thinks a weaker dollar is great for America. Is he right? - NPR**](https://www.npr.org/2026/01/30/nx-s1-5693025/trump-dollar-economy-markets) Also, I was listening to … NPR (?) yesterday. Some Trump toadie was explaining how legitimate, normal, and good-for-the-average-American our ‘**[deal](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/01/us-oil-firm-to-take-over-some-venezuelan-oilfields-previously-run-by-chinese-russian-companies-reuters.html)**’ with Venezuela was going to be. When I closed my eyes, I could totally imagine I was listening to [**Kermit Roosevelt**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_Roosevelt) spinning the Eisenhower Administration’s position on [**Operation Ajax**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat). Venezuela. Iran. Greenland? Forgive a wee bit of AI content, if you would: > **Relevant AI content** > > The “resource richness” of **Venezuela** , **Iran** , and **Greenland** represents three completely different profiles of natural wealth, spanning traditional fossil fuel dominance, diversified hydrocarbon reserves, and the future frontier of green technology minerals. > > **Here is a direct comparison of how their resource profiles stack up:** > > | Territory | Primary Resource Strengths | Global Rank / Significance | Accessibility & Status | > | --- | --- | --- | --- | > | **Venezuela** | Liquid Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Gold, Iron Ore | **#1 largest proven oil reserves** globally | **High volume, low optimization:** Mostly heavy crude requiring complex refining; heavily limited by political and economic collapse. | > | **Iran** | Natural Gas, Crude Oil, Zinc, Copper, Petrochemicals | **#2 largest gas reserves** , #3–4 oil reserves; world-class mineral diversity | **High diversification, trapped value:** Readily extractable but severely choked by decades of international sanctions and infrastructure underinvestment. | > | **Greenland** | Rare Earth Elements (REEs), Titanium, Platinum, Hydro-power, Freshwater | **Top-tier untapped global frontier** for critical tech minerals | **Low current extraction, massive future potential:** Extensively trapped beneath ice sheet; highly sensitive to climate change and environmental regulations. | > > 🛢 Venezuela: The Single-Resource Titan > > **Venezuela is the definition of hyper-concentrated fossil wealth. It sits on an estimated 303 billion barrels of proven oil reserves, surpassing Saudi Arabia.** > > - **The Heavy Catch:** The vast majority of Venezuela’s oil is located in the _Orinoco Belt_ and consists of “extra-heavy crude.” Unlike light, sweet crude, this oil is thick like molasses and requires specialized refining or mixing with diluents to flow and process, making extraction more expensive. > - **The Resource Curse:** Venezuela is a textbook example of the “resource curse” (or Dutch Disease). Its extreme reliance on oil completely hollowed out its manufacturing and agricultural sectors. Decades of political volatility, mismanagement of the state oil company (PDVSA), and heavy international sanctions have left its massive reserves largely stranded or under-produced. [[2](https://theses.hal.science/tel-02521345v1/file/KIRAT.pdf#:~:text=Page%2018%20CONTENTS%205%20Plus%20r%C3%A9cemment%2C%20les,pauvres%20en%20ressources%2C%20ont%20connu%20une%20industrialisatio)] > > 📊 Iran: The Hydrocarbon and Mineral Powerhouse > > **Unlike Venezuela’s concentration on heavy oil, Iran possesses a highly diversified, world-class portfolio of both energy and hard minerals.** > > - **Dual Energy Dominance:** Iran holds the world’s second-largest proven natural gas reserves (anchored by the massive offshore _South Pars_ field) and sits comfortably in the top four for global oil reserves. > - **The Mineral Backbone:** Beyond hydrocarbons, Iran is located on an incredibly rich Tethyan metallogenic belt. It holds some of the world’s largest deposits of zinc, copper, decorative stone, and iron ore. > - **The Infrastructure Bottleneck:** Because Iran has faced rounds of strict economic sanctions over decades, it lacks the Western capital and advanced technology needed to modernize its extraction facilities. Much of its resource wealth is either heavily consumed domestically or exported through limited, sanctioned trade channels. > > 🏔 Greenland: The Green-Tech Frontier > > **Greenland represents a completely different kind of resource richness. It is not an active industrial powerhouse but rather the world’s premier untapped frontier for critical minerals essential to the global energy transition.** > > - **The Clean Energy Treasury:** Greenland contains immense, untouched deposits of **Rare Earth Elements (REEs)** (such as neodymium and praseodymium), which are vital for electric vehicle motors, wind turbines, and defense technology. It also boasts massive reserves of platinum, palladium, titanium, and nickel. > - **Water and Ice:** Aside from minerals, Greenland holds roughly 10% of the world’s freshwater reserves in its ice sheet. As global scarcity increases, this pure water and the potential for massive coastal hydropower are becoming major strategic assets. > - **The Climate Paradox:** Greenland’s resources are incredibly difficult to extract because they are locked beneath thick ice sheets in a harsh Arctic environment with virtually no roads or deep-water ports. However, climate change is melting the ice pack, making these critical elements increasingly accessible and turning Greenland into a geopolitical tug-of-war between the West, Russia, and China. > > _AI responses may include mistakes._ > > [1] [https://www.facebook.com/BJP4KarbianglongEast/posts/venezuela-sits-on-a-173-trillion-treasure-oil-wealth-bigger-than-the-worlds-bigg/876273614989008/](https://www.facebook.com/BJP4KarbianglongEast/posts/venezuela-sits-on-a-173-trillion-treasure-oil-wealth-bigger-than-the-worlds-bigg/876273614989008/#:~:text=%EF%BF%BC%20Venezuela%20holds%20the%20world's%20largest%20proven,or%20any%20other%20country.%20These%20reserves%20ar) > > [2] [https://theses.hal.science/tel-02521345v1/file/KIRAT.pdf](https://theses.hal.science/tel-02521345v1/file/KIRAT.pdf#:~:text=Page%2018%20CONTENTS%205%20Plus%20r%C3%A9cemment%2C%20les,pauvres%20en%20ressources%2C%20ont%20connu%20une%20industrialisatio) Coincidence? Hm. Thank you for your attention to this matter!! –Mr. Oleg Arch ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8518 "2026-09-04T18:55:36Z")
Very succinctly put, only about 2 minutes long: > **[55K views · 26K reactions | The House Republicans’ big accomplishments so far...](https://www.facebook.com/reel/2233310190850585/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e)** > > The House Republicans’ big accomplishments so far in power: > > ✅Pretend to rename the Gulf of Mexico > ✅Pretend to rename Lake Ontario > ✅Pretend to rename the Kennedy Center > ✅Introduced a bill to put... ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8519 "2026-09-04T19:55:01Z")
Tim Walz was right, these were weird people and they just continue to get weirder every day. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8520 "2026-09-04T20:44:40Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > > [@aurora\_maire](#): > > > > The Great Triumphal Arch and Military Observation Deck > > Well now, that’s interesting. What is there for the military to _observe_ in Washington, D.C.? Why would the military even want something like this unless they were anticipating having to do some fighting right there in D.C.? Who is the enemy in this scenario? Why are they so close to the White House? Are they going to have to post an observation team on top? Will the team have stairs or a ladder to get there? Or will they be helicoptered up and down? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=425) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=427)