# 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:** 430
**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:** [September 6, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8581 "2026-09-06T18:53:34Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Nice uniforms, have an elegant SS look and feel. The text says it’s inspired by the Starship Troopers movie, which right-wing morons consistently fail to realize is a _satire_ of fascist aesthetics. ---
**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 6, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8582 "2026-09-06T18:55:30Z")
They never recognize satire. They believe it. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8583 "2026-09-06T18:57:39Z")
The slop-posting continues. He’s on a real binge today. [![](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/18004/462ccd9e005afabb-2791bf4f6d2b.jpg) ](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/18004/462ccd9e005afabb-2791bf4f6d2b.jpg) [![](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/18002/a308142927d8553d-11d6aebf977f.jpg) ](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/18002/a308142927d8553d-11d6aebf977f.jpg) [![](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/18000/930423762b5e7656-3a5e1e41140b.jpg) ](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/18000/930423762b5e7656-3a5e1e41140b.jpg) [![](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/18007/b2f3ca6dabbb0ab9-09dcdb4768cb.jpg) ](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/18007/b2f3ca6dabbb0ab9-09dcdb4768cb.jpg) ---
**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:** [September 6, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8584 "2026-09-06T20:27:57Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > Seems reasonably accurate, it just has south pointing up. You are right. I’m guilty of one-dimensional thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8585 "2026-09-06T20:31:11Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > It gets an oil change every 3,000 lies. “You’re back again! It’s only been two days!” ---
**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 6, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8586 "2026-09-06T21:07:23Z")
> [@robby](#): > > Scott Bessent has tried to obfuscate the issue by pointing to a commemorative coin issued over a century ago that featured Calvin Coolidge, but Congress passed a law then specifically allowing it (which was also controversial at the time). The current Congress has _not_ authorized an exception for the Trump coin. So he’s saying that Trump is making more money than Calvin Coolidge put together? ---
**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:** [September 6, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8587 "2026-09-06T21:10:40Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > And those pointy collar insignias They feel like a guide to me. “Slit throat here” kind of thing. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2026, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8588 "2026-09-06T22:01:36Z")
Let’s check in on the slop-posting and… oh dear, Trump has destroyed the Earth. [![](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/18022/071bf07642e3d57e-3c4f2d77b65d.jpg) ](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/18022/071bf07642e3d57e-3c4f2d77b65d.jpg) [![](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/18014/cb0720e72c68d53f-386319f252d3.jpg) ](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/18014/cb0720e72c68d53f-386319f252d3.jpg) [![](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/18017/1809ae3756038b7e-666b8d2554f7.jpg) ](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/18017/1809ae3756038b7e-666b8d2554f7.jpg) [![](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/18015/6e22e5669a9f4e58-78df1bce102e.jpg) ](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/18015/6e22e5669a9f4e58-78df1bce102e.jpg) ---
**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:** [September 6, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8589 "2026-09-06T22:23:17Z")
Looks like Natalie has been busy again today. And yeah that space force uniform looks like a cross between an SS outfit and the Imperials from Star Wars. Fitting. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8590 "2026-09-06T22:28:11Z")
Ah yes, the renowned three-engine U.S. fighter/attack plane. 🙄 ---
**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 6, 2026, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8591 "2026-09-06T22:42:14Z")
As usual, hard to know where to post this… (Bold in original) > [Opinion](https://www.nytimes.com/section/opinion) > > David French > > # Pete Hegseth Is a Wrecking Ball > > [Opinion | Pete Hegseth Is a Wrecking Ball - The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/opinion/hegseth-national-security-military-generals.html?unlocked_article_code=1._FA.YAPv.cW3KL1VMWdqN&smid=url-share) > It is difficult to fathom the damage President Trump is doing to America’s national security. He is making our nation more vulnerable than it has been at any time since the cloudiest days of the Cold War. > > Trump administration scandals come with such speed and frequency that it’s easy to get lost in the weeds. One minute you’re reading about [potential war crimes](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/opinion/trump-illegal-war.html) in the Caribbean. The next moment there’s a news alert about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s [ongoing purge](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/opinion/hegseth-donahue-military-purge.html) of generals. Then you click over and read a story about [depleted stocks](https://apnews.com/article/patriot-missiles-iran-war-russia-ukraine-trump-09c7d8030a2e11fbd8ee3f7176b3f2d4) of some of America’s most important munitions. > > That’s a fraction of the havoc the administration has wrought. In a strange way, the very frequency of the scandals works to the administration’s advantage. Each new story distracts us from the last one, and we don’t have a minute to pause, take a deep breath and look at the whole picture. > > … > > It’s comforting — I guess — to know that Hegseth can’t undo the effects of a generations-long commitment to excellence in just 20 months. > > That’s the end of the good news. From the top down, Trump is replacing the highly imperfect meritocracy of American public service with an idiocracy, and his corrupt idiocrats are creating profound short-, medium- and long-term harms to American national security. > > The short-term damage is serious enough. Even just to achieve what is at best a stalemate in the Persian Gulf, the administration has created a critical shortage in interceptors that can shoot down missiles and drones and in other precision munitions, including some of our most advanced offensive weapons. > … [Continues in that vein for a while with multiple examples…] > … > > Our allies learned an important lesson from Trump’s second election. It’s not just that Trump is mercurial and unreliable, it’s that the American electorate is mercurial and unreliable. More than 77 million Americans compared Trump’s first term with Joe Biden’s only term and said, “More Trump, please.” > > Even if the next Democratic president tries to reconcile with our allies, every allied government will be asking itself, “How long will this last?” Every prudent allied government will hedge its geopolitical bets, and that can harm the United States in incalculable ways. > > … > > **The long-term threat** is to the character and competence of the armed forces. They are becoming politicized, and the politicization of a military can both destroy its combat effectiveness and turn it into an instrument of domestic oppression. > > … > > **If you pay** close attention to the news, you know that my list of negative developments is woefully incomplete (for example, granting the Pentagon an ownership stake in a Venezuelan oil venture is more reminiscent of the way that the Chinese or Iranian militaries work than the way the United States military is supposed to), but it should suffice to paint a clear picture. > > The combination of corruption, stupidity and sycophancy — the Pentagon was recently caught surreptitiously employing conservative media influencers who reliably defend Hegseth online — that pervades the Trump administration is now infecting the Pentagon at the moment that our most powerful enemies are becoming more aggressive. > … ---
**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:** [September 6, 2026, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8592 "2026-09-06T23:35:29Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > > 250,000 Semiquincentennial President Donald J. Trump $1 Coins with a special-issue “July 4th” privy mark have been randomly included in the Rolls & Bags. These coins were struck on July 4th at the Philadelphia Mint. Great so the full faith, credit of the United States treasury has been reduced to Tops baseball cards. > [@Broomstick](#): > > So… Trump is either deceased, undead, or breaking the law. Again. Is there someplace where I can register my preference for the first one. Heck I’ll even be willing to buy a couple of rolls of his coins. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2026, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8593 "2026-09-07T00:09:40Z")
Lord, he’s doubling down on the crazy. > **[Donald J. Trump: "Many people suggested changing the name of New Mexico, one...](https://trumpstruth.org/statuses/41579)** > > Many people suggested changing the name of New Mexico, one of the great vote cheating states of all time, to NEW AMERICA. So much more prestigious and beautiful for the people of that potentially incredible State. Wow, I Love It!!! President DONALD... > Alongside his remarks, Trump also shared a video that appears to be generated with artificial intelligence depicting him slapping a sticker with the word “AMERICA” on it over a highway sign reading: “Welcome to New Mexico.” The depiction of Trump is then shown dancing to the Village People’s “YMCA.” ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8594 "2026-09-07T00:35:38Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The slop-posting continues. He’s on a real binge today. [![](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/18002/a308142927d8553d-11d6aebf977f.jpg) ](https://truth-archive.us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com/attachments/18002/a308142927d8553d-11d6aebf977f.jpg) Good lord - the shit he is posting is so fucking deranged. But, this one intrigues me! Is that Hulk Trump? Someone needs to change his Truth password and create a fake site he can post to so he can get his demented jollies without publicly embarrassing himself. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2026, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8595 "2026-09-07T00:38:38Z")
This is why he’s so in favor of data centers. All the cool AI images Natalie can come up with. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2026, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8596 "2026-09-07T00:56:05Z")
[He’s renaming for the future.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/donald-trump-proposes-making-florida-150045423.html) > [@](#): > > Having redecorated the White House, commenced construction of a ballroom at the executive mansion and designed an arch, [President Donald Trump](https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/trump/) is proposing a legacy piece for [the Palm Beaches](https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/trump/2026/07/02/trump-made-big-profits-at-mar-a-lago-south-florida-golf-clubs-in-2025/90774425007/). > > The president is offering to “designate” his Trump International Golf Club as a U.S. Presidential Golf Course, according to a Sept. 3 letter sent to Palm Beach County commissioners by attorney Harvey Oyer. > > The [West Palm Beach-area course](https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/trump/2026/07/14/trump-lindsey-graham-golfed-in-west-palm-club-spoke-about-evil/90903300007/) would be “utilized by all past, current, and future United States Presidents and visiting foreign heads of state,” stated the letter, which was obtained by The Palm Beach Post. > > The Trump family owns Trump International, but it sits on land leased from the county, per the terms of the settlement of a lawsuit Trump filed against the airport formerly known as Palm Beach International Airport. The state renamed the [airport for Trump](https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/09/donald-j-trump-airport-first-flight/90859985007/) in July. > > The proposal calls for Trump International, referenced as TIGC, to “provide access to all” club facilities at “no cost to the federal government” and cooperate with the General Services Administration and U.S. Secret Service to “design an appropriate Presidential lodging” at the property. [Deporting someone then lying about it doesn’t make the judge happy.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/judge-presses-dhs-teen-deported-141835925.html) > [@](#): > > A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to explain how a teenage asylum seeker was deported to El Salvador after previously being returned to the United States under a court-supervised settlement, demanding details about who authorized the move and what steps the government will take to correct the situation. > > The judge also asked whether federal immigration systems contained an alert identifying the teenager, referred to in court documents as E.L.A., as a potential member of the class covered by the litigation and requested the government’s plan for “promptly rectifying this error.” > > In a September 2 order filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Judge Stephanie Gallagher, who was appointed to the bench by President Donald Trump, directed the government to answer eight questions by noon the following day, including: “Who was responsible for the decision to move E.L.A. from the detention center?” and “Who was responsible for the decision to place E.L.A. on a plane to San Salvador?” > > The order came after attorneys for E.L.A. told the court that he had been deported to El Salvador on September 1 despite being covered by protections established in the long-running class-action case _J.O.P. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security_. > > In a statement Friday, a DHS spokesperson told _Newsweek_ that the man had requested voluntary departure after arriving at an ICE field office. He had arrived illegally in the U.S. in 2023, the spokesperson said, before being deported March 13, 2026. HE was then returned to the U.S. in early August before his deportation Tuesday. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2026, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8597 "2026-09-07T01:12:23Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Someone needs to change his Truth password Trump hasn’t been posting on his own for at least two years now. He can’t make out the screen without the glasses that he needs and his ego refuses to let him wear. Natalie is printing off memes she finds and showing them to him to stroke his ego and he tells her which ones to post. She also takes dictation for him. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2026, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8598 "2026-09-07T01:23:09Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Great so the full faith, credit of the United States treasury has been reduced to Tops baseball cards. The privy mark isn’t unique to the Trump dollar [https://www.usmint.gov/news/press-releases/united-states-mint-to-produce-limited-edition-fourth-of-july-declaration-of-independence-quarters](https://www.usmint.gov/news/press-releases/united-states-mint-to-produce-limited-edition-fourth-of-july-declaration-of-independence-quarters) And the US has been doing “baseball cards” for a long time now, doing approximately 30,000 varieties of coins since the 1990s. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2026, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8599 "2026-09-07T01:27:54Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Trump hasn’t been posting on his own for at least two years now. He can’t make out the screen without the glasses that he needs and his ego refuses to let him wear. Natalie is printing off memes she finds and showing them to him to stroke his ego and he tells her which ones to post. She also takes dictation for him. I think that’s the charitable view, @Smapti . The truth (sorry) is more like he’s John Gill and she’s Melakon. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2026, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8600 "2026-09-07T01:41:34Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > The truth (sorry) is more like he’s John Gill and she’s Melakon. I don’t know who those people are. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=429) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=431)