# 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:** 463
**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:** [October 2, 2026, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9241 "2026-10-02T23:46:27Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Not if the Democrats hold the Senate. Yeah, two years is too close to an election for a Supreme Court nomination. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2026, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9242 "2026-10-03T01:53:30Z")
“I could’ve impeached Hillary Clinton” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mww5uqby7a2g)** > > Trump on getting impeached: "I'm getting good at it ... I could've done that with Hillary Clinton, as you know, I had the chance to do it if I wanted, and I said that would be inappropriate" ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9243 "2026-10-03T01:59:38Z")
Sure, big guy. Because you’re the very model of restraint and propriety. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9244 "2026-10-03T02:41:19Z")
It’s called that because it’s in the town of Hillsdale, Michigan. My local PBS station sometimes has interview programs based out of there; that’s how I know about it. The shows I’ve seen leaned right but weren’t too far out there, yet. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2026, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9245 "2026-10-03T02:44:05Z")
There’s just _no way_ the School Board, the City Council, _or_ the Shield of the Americas would have voted to convict HRC. No way. None. Not any. I should think a sentient, intact POTUS would know that. :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [October 3, 2026, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9246 "2026-10-03T03:20:13Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Yeah, two years is too close to an election for a Supreme Court nomination. That only depends on the party likely to win the next election, and only if that party is republican. [There’s a gang rape case. Guess who the felon-in-the-oval feels bad for.](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-says-feel-badly-accused-203543000.html) > [@](#): > > President [Donald Trump said](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-cornell-university-investigation-b3059992.html) Friday that he feels “badly” for theseven men accused [of gang-raping](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/cornell-university-rape-allegations-investigation-reopened-b3057683.html) a young woman [at Cornell University,](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/cornell-university-jane-doe-fraternity-b3059621.html)as well as the Ivy League school, the local DA and university police after New York Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed state Attorney General Letitia James to investigate them all over the allegations and their handling. > > James successfully prosecuted Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records, a felony, in a case which ended months before Trump was re-elected in 2024. The president spoke to reporters before departing the White House for Mobile, Alabama and was asked by Fox News reporter Peter Doocy about the upstate New York case being handed to his nemesis. > > "Well, Letitia James is a corrupt person. She’s totally corrupt and I can’t imagine it. I feel badly for whoever she’s looking at because they won’t get a fair shake,” said Trump. Here’s a wonderful thought exercise. Imagine, just for a moment, how the republicans in office would react if Barack Obama had said that. [Here’s the memo you missed changing the name of the country.](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/kimmel-exposes-trump-perfect-metaphor-124211173.html) > [@](#): > > [Jimmy Kimmel](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/kimmel-reveals-sign-trump-has-never-been-more-crooked/) has mocked the misspelling of Donald Trump’s job title on his latest AI decree as the perfect metaphor for his presidency. > > Trump, 80, signed a new executive order renaming AI [“Super Intelligence”](https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-80-launches-super-intelligence-ai-crusade-with-embarrassing-mistake/) at the White House on Tuesday, along with a “morally binding” accord that he said encouraged tech giants to self-police. > > But in an embarrassing gaffe, the United States was misspelled as the “Unites States” underneath Trump’s signature. [You just knew he was going to double down when caught breaking the law (again? still?)](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-breaks-silence-taxpayer-funded-232321481.html) > [@](#): > > [Donald Trump](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-arch-military-complex-construction-b3059149.html) defended a series of [taxpayer-funded television ads](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-ads-taxpayer-money-b3057770.html) that the administration has spent millions of dollars producing and airing over the last week, saying that [the campaign](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-ads-taxpayer-funding-daily-show-b3059048.html) is “promoting the country” — and not himself. > > “I’m not running for office,” the president told reporters Wednesday. > > “When I’m talking about making America great, making our country great, that’s a countrywide ad,” he said from the Oval Office. “That’s an ad for the spirit of our country.” > > The president said that if “somebody” were to tell him that it was “wrong,” he would “gladly pay the money.” > > “But these are ads for the country,” he said. “I’m not promoting a candidate or myself. I’m promoting the country.” [Hyocrisy alert! Guess what the money he wasted on his illegal campaign ads was supposed to be used for.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/campaign-style-trump-ads-money-202741172.html) (The **bolding** is mine.) > [@](#): > > The Trump administration is airing campaign-style television ads using money Congress approved for **border security upgrades** , efforts to combat drug trafficking and **memorials for officers killed in the line of duty** , according to federal spending records. [All was not well in Scamalot.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-confronted-hegseth-over-iran-154825689.html) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump launched into a foul-mouthed tirade against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about the Iran war just weeks into the conflict, it has been revealed. > > Hegseth and several other top military officials were called into the Oval Office in April as Trump demanded an update on the war, which the president had assured the American public would be over by then. > > During the tense showdown, Trump handed Hegseth a printout of a [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/us/politics/iran-war-cost-military.html) article saying the U.S. was rapidly draining its munitions stockpiles, including more than 1,200 Patriot interceptor missiles that cost more than $4 million each, in the first few weeks of the conflict alone. > > “What the f— is this?” Trump said to Hegseth as he handed him the printout, sources told [TIME.](https://time.com/article/2026/10/01/donald-trump-2026-interview/) [More proof natural stupidity beats artificial intelligence.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/forbidden-trump-govt-ai-chatbot-155131245.html) > [@](#): > > The White House appears to have tinkered with its AI chatbot service so that it no longer debunks or contradicts some claims by President **Donald Trump**. > > Trump recently announced the launch of [America.gov](https://america.gov/), which uses AI systems including Google’s Gemini and xAI’s Grok, to answer questions about topics like passport renewals, Medicare, etc. Trump touted that the new system could cut government bureaucracy and make paperwork a thing of the past. > > On Tuesday, users found that when they would ask a certain question, the chatbot could give an answer that would [debunk](https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trumps-own-newly-launched-america-gov-website-debunks-many-of-his-favorite-false-claims-including-that-he-won-the-2020-election/) some of the president’s more wild claims about his presidency, elections, etc. > > CNN [fact-checker](https://www.mediaite.com/tag/daniel-dale/) **Daniel Dale** noted a change in answers the chatbot was providing on Wednesday. > > “Yesterday: It said [former President **Joe] Biden** won the 2020 election and there’s no indication of widespread fraud. Today: Says it can’t answer such questions,” Dale wrote, providing screenshots of his questions and answers. > > Dale added in another X post, “Today…lots of accurate answers have been simply forbidden, with the chatbot framing information like who won the 2020 election as forbidden ‘political commentary.’” [And now the Magic Odd-Ball has a prediction about Canada.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-says-canada-rid-tariffs-094719472.html) > [@](#): > > President **Donald Trump** said that he expects Canada to seek a resolution to the ongoing trade dispute within the next month. > > On Monday, Trump stated that he anticipates that Canadian officials will approach the U.S. in the next “3 or 4 weeks” to seek a resolution. The President stated that Ottawa will express its desire to “get rid” of all the tariffs and reach a fair agreement. > > 'We’re going to win everything," Trump said. [While chasing down the big liar’s big lie about election threats, the dysministration is ignoring _actual election threats_.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-officials-abandon-effort-investigate-100035483.html) > [@](#): > > The [Trump administration](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration) has abandoned key security bodies meant to investigate direct threats to US elections by foreign actors and domestic terrorists, according to former officials and a recent report. > > While administration officials have been actively focused on unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud by noncitizens, other credible election threats appear to have been overlooked, the officials say. > > Between 2021 and 2024, the justice department’s election threats taskforce prosecuted 21 cases, such as that of Solomon Peña, a failed candidate for the New Mexico house of representatives who organized shootings at the houses of election officials, or Quintez Brown, who shot up a campaign meeting of Louisville’s mayor. > > Democrats and Republicans faced prosecution for harassing, intimidating and threatening elections workers, noted Nikki Fisher, former chief election security officer for the Oregon secretary of state, now the executive director of the Oregon District Attorneys Association. > > Since then, the taskforce seems to have gone quiet. > > “While officials are being trained to handle threats, the federal deterrent meant to punish the people making them appears to have gone quiet,” Fisher said. “To date, no new cases have been prosecuted, and the [justice department’s] election threats taskforce appears to be defunct in practice.” [Evidently the arch’s military complex is so super secret nobody who should know does know about it.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-officials-admit-unaware-plans-153621074.html) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump wants “large numbers of drones, plus Snipers” and a “top grade Military Complex” built inside [his 250-foot “triumphal” arch.](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-arch-construction-review-board-b3056624.html) > > But administration officials say they haven’t received any such plans. > > The administration, through a preservation council led by a Trump appointee, told advocacy groups who have raised alarms about the project that the government is moving forward with plans for [the towering monument at Memorial Circle](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-triumphal-arch-historic-sites-b3051775.html) near Arlington National Cemetery. > > But the council has not received any information from the Department of Defense about turning it into what the president described this month as [a “top grade Military Complex/Triumphal Arch”](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-arch-military-complex-dc-b3053126.html) that will “house, store, and have the rapid ability to use large numbers of drones, plus Snipers, on both the roof and plaza areas, and additionally have and hold large quantities of sniper ammunition in storage.” [The felon-in-the-oval is trying to clear Nixon.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-doj-launches-crackpot-bid-184920966.html) > [@](#): > > Department of Justice officials are reviewing whether Richard Nixon received a raw deal over the Watergate scandal, a bombshell new report alleges. > > Sources tell The [Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/decades-after-watergate-justice-department-reviews-whether-nixon-got-a-raw-deal-8e25380f?st=ExwXwL) that the DOJ, now run by President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Todd Blanche, is looking into whether special prosecutors committed misconduct as they probed the disgraced former president and his cronies in the 1970s. > > Justice officials reportedly invited Geoff Shepard, an 81-year-old former Nixon aide turned Watergate historian and revisionist, to the DOJ to present his theory of what really happened 50 years earlier. He gave a two-hour presentation, according to the Journal. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9247 "2026-10-03T10:23:10Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > > [@Smapti](#): > > > > BONUS: Hispanics are immune to falling off tall buildings > > If the felon really believes that, why, then, does he insist on building a wall. They can get up the wall, but are incapable of getting back down, duh. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9248 "2026-10-03T12:25:50Z")
If the Democrats win the Senate in November, Republicans will have two months to convince Alito and Thomas to retire (probably not that hard, especially Thomas; just offer luxury cruises for life) and jam in two nominees. And voilá! Presenting Justices Aileen Cannon and Todd Blanche! ---
**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:** [October 3, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9249 "2026-10-03T14:25:38Z")
What’s in it for Ginni? She wears the pants in that family. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9250 "2026-10-03T14:27:36Z")
They’ve got little incentive. There’s a lot of ego involved with being a SC justice. And those two have in particular have shown they have every intention of milking the position for everything it is worth for as long as they can. In the party of “what’s in it for me?”, there’s not a lot they can offer as inducement ---
**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:** [October 3, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9251 "2026-10-03T18:47:32Z")
Trump has doxxed Tom Cotton. > **[GOP senator bombarded with calls after Trump posts phone number publicly](https://www.rawstory.com/tom-cotton-trump-new-report/)** > > Callers rang Sen. Tom Cotton's (R-AR) cellphone Saturday after President Donald Trump posted what he said was the senator's number on Truth Social.Trump shared the number in a long post urging Arkansas residents to pressure Cotton to stop blocking... ---
**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:** [October 3, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9252 "2026-10-03T18:57:16Z")
Fuck that Cotton asshole, but the least he could do is return the favor. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9253 "2026-10-03T19:19:31Z")
Trump’s shitting in tall Cotton now! ---
**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:** [October 3, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9254 "2026-10-03T20:19:49Z")
Last night the DOJ filed a motion to reinstate Trump’s press ban. > [@](#): > > [T]he President determined that Plaintiff news networks had published stories that adversely affect national security, including publishing possibly classified or sensitive information,” the Justice Department argued. “In doing so, these outlets each demonstrated their willingness to publish information that undermines national security. Restricting access to the White House removes one avenue for these outlets to obtain such harmful information.” Are they are claiming that journalists sneak around the hallways and riffle though offices? Because otherwise, it sounds like their supposed problem is leaking staffers and that’s not the press’s fault. That doesn’t really bolster their case. But, then again, they are idiots. > **[Justice Department asks court to let Trump reinstate White House press ban |...](https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/02/politics/justice-department-asks-court-allow-white-house-press-ban)** > > The Justice Department argued that President Donald Trump should be allowed to reinstate his White House ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico in a court filing late Friday ahead of a hearing next week in the lawsuit from the news companies. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2026, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9255 "2026-10-03T20:59:27Z")
If only we had a majority of Supreme Court Justices who had a deep and abiding respect for precedent: > **[New York Times Co. v. United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times_Co._v._United_States)** > > New York Times Co. v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971), often referred to as The Pentagon Papers Case, is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States on the First Amendment right to freedom of the press. The ruling made it possible for The New York Times and The Washington Post newspapers to publish the then-classified Pentagon Papers without risk of government censorship or punishment. President Richard Nixon had claimed executive authority to force the Times to suspend pub... Yeah. If only. Also, ISTR that – at least – the lower courts were well aware that Trump’s actual reason for wanting to ban a few media outlets was that he didn’t like what they had to say about him or his Presidency. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9256 "2026-10-03T21:09:34Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > If only we had a majority of Supreme Court Justices who had a deep and abiding respect for precedent: We do. Oh wait, I misread that. I thought it said “A deep and abiding respect for the President”. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9257 "2026-10-03T21:15:17Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > f the Democrats win the Senate in November, Republicans will have two months to convince Alito and Thomas to retire (probably not that hard, especially Thomas; just offer luxury cruises for life) Thomas would know not to fall for that. He is likely aware that the second he ceases being a SCOTUS Justice, Harlan Crow and the rest of his “friends” will stop taking his calls. > [@Monty](#): > > Trump, 80, signed a new executive order renaming AI [“Super Intelligence”](https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-80-launches-super-intelligence-ai-crusade-with-embarrassing-mistake/) at the White House on Tuesday Not something _by_ the T. Administration, but snark aimed _at_ the T. Administration: comedian Jaye McBride has posted: > [@](#): > > _ **I’m renaming ‘transgender’ as ‘Super Gender’. Thank you for your attention to this matter.** _ In a just world, this really ought to catch on. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9258 "2026-10-03T22:24:40Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > comedian Jaye McBride has posted: > > > [@](#): > > > > _ **I’m renaming ‘transgender’ as ‘Super Gender’. Thank you for your attention to this matter.** _ > > In a just world, this really ought to catch on. Sounds good to me! I’ll get my cape. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9259 "2026-10-03T23:13:34Z")
👏 👏 👏 ---
**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:** [October 4, 2026, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9260 "2026-10-04T05:15:52Z")
[The felon is literally selling access to the presidency.](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-fragrance-18k-gold-watch-205920000.html) > [@](#): > > For a third time since retaking the White House last year, President [Donald Trump](https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/donald-trump/) will meet with the top holders of the $TRUMP meme coin, the cryptocurrency that enriched him by [$635 million last year.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/01/donald-trump-income-crypto-ventures-financial-disclosures/90762516007/) > > Billed as “the most exclusive dinner in the world” the gala event for 185 of the biggest investors in the meme coin will be held Nov. 22 at the Trump National Golf Club Washington, DC, in Potomac Falls, Virginia. > > The contest to make the leaderboard spans from Sept. 30 to Nov. 12 , with the top 29 investors being treated to a private reception with the president. > > “For the Top 29 qualifying VIPs, YOU ARE INVITED to a VIP reception with your favorite President and one of the Legends,” the [firm’s website](https://gettrumpmemes.com/) says. > > “An evening with 3 Legends and President Donald J. Trump — plus a private meet & greet with a legend to be announced,” says the announcement. “No attendees will be granted a private meet & greet with the President.” > > Other goodies the attendees will be gifted include a “TRUMP Fragrance, Commemorative Poster and a Commemorative Trading Card and a Fight Fight Fight Trump special Watch.” I’m actually on board with the very last one. Let’s all fight, fight, fight the felon! [He’s now buying votes on the cheap.](https://www.aol.com/articles/see-where-trumps-90-checks-171634000.html) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON — [President Donald Trump](https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/donald-trump/) said he plans to [send $90 check to more than 20 million seniors](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/10/03/trump-promises-nearly-100-to-20m-seniors-in-latest-cash-giveaway/92069686007/) this month ‒ his latest giveaway of government funds before the November midterm election. > > The one-time payments are headed to most of the nation’s seniors enrolled in Medicare B, spanning all 50 states, according to a White House breakdown of the payments reviewed by USA TODAY, with the most populated states receiving the most checks. > > Individuals whose health care premiums are already paid by Medicaid or who pay an income-related monthly adjustment amount do not qualify for the $90, the White House said. And where is this money coming from? > [@](#): > > To fund the payments, the Trump administration is diverting money from the $2 billion Medicare Improvement Fund, which Congress created in 2008 to improve Medicare services. Trump called the fund a “pointless ‘Slush Fund’” [in a Truth Social post](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117374727722154598) announcing the checks. The White House said the improvement fund has never been utilized. [Second verse, same as the first!](https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/fda-finds-potential-source-cyclosporiasis-193516605.html) > [@](#): > > The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Friday it has found a potential source of the cyclosporiasis outbreak that was tied to lettuce over the summer. > > The agency collected samples during its onsite inspections of Taylor Farms de Mexico facilities, it said. > > Two samples tested positive for the parasite, Cyclospora, according to the FDA. One positive sample was from a tank that held outgoing wastewater from a processing facility, the agency said. The second positive sample was from a drainage ditch of an iceberg lettuce grower, it noted. [The felon-in-the-oval’s reaction to court orders: _What order? I’m not aware._](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/order-trump-says-not-even-145059867.html) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump questioned the merits of a judge’s order requiring him to renew White House access for three media outlets be banned in a new interview—the latest example of Trump taking a dismissive stance toward the courts. > > “I’m not ignoring his order. I’m just saying that when I don’t have to go out of my way, these people write only bad stories. When they say orders, what order? I’m not even aware,” Trump told [Time magazine](https://time.com/article/2026/10/01/donald-trump-2026-interview-transcript/) in a new interview published Monday, referring to U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly’s order requiring Trump to restore White House access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico after Trump revoked their privileges last month. > > White House spokesperson Steven Cheung then interjected and said, "the judge basically ordered them to renew their access back to the White House, but that’s different than allowing the pool into events in the Oval Office or on Air Force One. [The felon is definitely aware of it.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/white-house-removes-cnn-press-140720229.html) > [@](#): > > For a second time in a week, the White House has unilaterally removed [CNN](https://www.theguardian.com/media/cnn) from its assignment as the primary television pool representative covering [Donald Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump). > > CNN was [excluded on Saturday](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/25/white-house-cnn-air-force-one) from pool duty onboard Air Force One, despite a district judge’s ruling – two days earlier – [overturning the White House’s ban](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/24/judge-orders-trump-restore-white-house-access-cnn-ms-now-politico-media-ban) on the network and two other media organizations. > > But on Sunday, in what appeared to be a thawing of tensions, the White House [published a pool assignment list](https://x.com/jeremymbarr/status/2104358759233372272) that listed CNN as in-town pooler for Thursday’s activities, with the conservative network Real America’s Voice serving as secondary pooler. > > Then, on Wednesday night, the White House [abruptly removed](https://x.com/jeremymbarr/status/2105455085329461453) CNN from pool duty for the following day, leaving Real America’s Voice as the only pooler as the president travels to Texas and Oklahoma. The country’s largest broadcast and cable television news networks have not aired Real America’s Voice footage, though the network has [widely broadcast its availability](https://x.com/RealAmVoice/status/2104576268335296567). [Killer Kennedy’s lousy legacy.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/cdc-vaccine-recommendations-standstill-unanswered-102924225.html) > [@](#): > > NEW YORK (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration recently approved [a new flu vaccine](https://apnews.com/article/flu-vaccine-moderna-mrna-fda-mflusiva-59d991a6bf70c26e2f0c210cc8ca87f1) that tested well in older adults. But the federal agency responsible for telling doctors and the general public how to use it has made no recommendation on it. > > The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s inaction on the mFlusiva vaccine marks a break in longstanding practice. It’s also an example of how the agency’s vaccine review-and-recommendation process has been blown up in the past year, grinding decision-making to a halt. > > Efforts by [vaccine-wary officials](https://apnews.com/article/rfk-jr-maha-health-policy-healthcare-88fe8ffee685d48f8256c9596d7ba0fa) in President Donald Trump’s administration to scale back shot recommendations have been put on hold. Federal guidance on new vaccines has stopped. And public discussion of vaccine policy questions that might cross political divides — including whether there’s solid evidence to justify giving fewer shots to kids — has diminished. [South Korea says they didn’t say what the felon says they said. TLDR: the felon lied.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/south-korea-pushes-back-against-190526803.html) > [@](#): > > [Donald Trump](https://www.ms.now/news/republicans-midterms-trump-election) has spent much of his second term peddling outlandish boasts about foreign investments in the United States. Indeed, the president has [struggled to keep his story straight](https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/foreign-investments-trump-keeps-inflating-unbelievable-numbers-rcna240338) about just how much money he believes is headed to American soil — depending on the day, he has said the total is [$17 trillion](https://x.com/Acyn/status/1978200910187876424), “[$18 trillion](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3m36eo6fhs72b),” “[$19 trillion](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3m3fjg5bgde2n),” “[$20 trillion](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3m3ps6uqmet2d)” or “[$21 trillion](https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-uss-george-washington-troops-japan-october-28-2025/)” — even as the White House’s own tally has shown a vastly smaller number. > > There have long been a variety of problems with Trump’s deceptive boasts, but at the heart of the matter is his willingness to pretend there’s no real difference between _possible_ investments and _money in the bank_. > > This week offered a timely, and electorally significant, example of the phenomenon. & > [@](#): > > With this in mind, the president [announced this week](https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/42037) that South Korea had agreed to invest $54 billion in a liquid natural gas pipeline project in Alaska, and Trump [welcomed Sullivan to the Oval Office](https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-liquified-natural-gas-investment-alaska-south-korea-september-30-2026/) on Wednesday to tout the developments. The political motivations were unsubtle: This appeared to be a good-news story intended to boost the senator’s fortunes with time running out before Election Day. > > You can probably guess what happened next. [Reuters reported](https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-expected-announce-54-billion-south-korea-investment-alaska-lng-sources-say-2026-09-30/): > > > _South Korea’s government, however, said the pipeline project would only ​go forward if certain commercial and legal conditions are met. […]_ > > > > _South Korea will begin reviewing the Alaska LNG project to assess its commercial viability and compliance with legal procedures, Seoul’s industry ministry said in a statement._ > > “No decision has been made on whether to invest or on the size of the investment,” the statement added. [_Let it not be written; let it not be done._ Thus sayeth the judge.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/appeals-court-rules-trump-name-151403313.html) > [@](#): > > A federal appeals court on Wednesday night [ruled that](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/6097846-former-usip-board-trump-name/) President Trump’s name [can’t be carved](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.42076/gov.uscourts.cadc.42076.01208893439.0.pdf) into the U.S. Institute of Peace building, for now. > > The judges are considering a [lawsuit brought by removed board members](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5202800-us-institute-for-peace-lawsuit-doge-takeover/), who challenge the administration’s takeover of the institute. The appeals court has allowed the takeover to proceed until it resolves the case. > > Trump’s name now appears on signage outside the institute’s headquarters in the nation’s capital, and last month, the former members [headed back to court](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/6097846-former-usip-board-trump-name/) over concerns the administration intended to permanently carve it into the building’s facade. [The felon admits he’s wasted most of the military’s weapons.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/us-running-weapons-because-iran-150108093.html) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump has admitted that the US is grappling with weapons shortages because of the [Iran war](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/iran-us-war/). > > The US president said in an interview published on Thursday that “some forms of ammunition are a little bit lower than other forms”. > > It is Mr Trump’s most explicit admission yet that the US is facing such [a shortage](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/08/04/us-missile-stockpile-shortage/). > > However, he insisted that overall weapons supplies were “in great shape” because the US had been “stocking up for the last six months”. He claimed that Joe Biden, the former US president, “gave away massive amounts of munitions to [Ukraine](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/russia-ukraine-war/)”. [The felon does not buy American.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-ai-website-exposed-being-100412579.html) (The **bolding** is mine.) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump launched a new AI website on Tuesday intended to promote services provided by the federal government. > > [America.gov](http://America.gov) boasts that it will improve “the citizen experience” at the culmination of “250 years of American progress” with a “modern interface worthy of the American people.” > > Americans, however, were apparently not worthy of featuring on the new website. A Daily Beast analysis of [America.gov](http://America.gov) found that **most of the photos on its home page actually depict families and individuals living happy lives in foreign countries**. And here’s the hilarious part. > [@](#): > > The Beast analysis found that, in the carousel of 11 photos on the chatbot’s page, at least six, and possibly more, were shot abroad, including in countries Trump has publicly railed against, and in China, which he publicly said he wants to beat in the artificial intelligence race. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=462) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=464)