# 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:** 465
**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 5, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9281 "2026-10-05T15:04:16Z")
Well, yeah, it’s not much of a secret he’s been raiding the cookie jar. There’s also the money for that Venezuelan oil that nobody can account for. And whatever bribes (or “membership fees”) for that Board of Peace bull that only he seems to be able to access. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9282 "2026-10-05T15:04:35Z")
I had a similar thought. That’s _his_ money, no one else’s. However he accomplishes it, it’s going in his pocket. ---
**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 5, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9283 "2026-10-05T15:13:14Z")
Trump can pardon everyone in sight but he can’t pardon the money. Everything stolen by this criminal administration needs to find its way back to the Treasury. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9284 "2026-10-05T17:45:28Z")
A message well worth repeating. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9285 "2026-10-05T17:52:14Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Everything stolen by this criminal administration needs to find its way back to the Treasury. It needs to, but will it? I have my doubts. ---
**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 5, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9286 "2026-10-05T18:18:30Z")
It never will. At best, when Trump is gone, Republicans will act like it never happened, it’s over, and why can’t we just move on? Worst, is even worse. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9287 "2026-10-05T20:22:48Z")
Trump gets a new stash of copium from Dick Morris and MacLaughlin “polls” that put his approval rating around 50%: > **[Truth Social](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117383043797111826)** > > Truth Social is America's "Big Tent" social media platform that encourages an open, free, and honest global conversation without discriminating on the basis of political ideology. ---
**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 5, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9288 "2026-10-05T23:53:58Z")
Trump is late to his own rally, they send on one of the flunkies to stall for the crowd by singing “Pinball Wizard” for some reason, then said flunky forgets the lyrics to the bridge and just starts calling Trump the best pinball player ever. > “He sure plays a mean pinball, just like President Trump,” Brooke said, quoting part of the song’s lyrics. “Trump is the same as the pinball wizard, except he’s the world wizard. He’s the kingmaker, putting people in places where they should be.” > **[Singing MAGA pundit uncorks bizarre claim about 'world wizard' Trump at...](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-nebraska-rally/)** > > A singing MAGA pundit let loose a puzzling claim about President Donald Trump as she covered the president's political rally in Nebraska. Trump stopped in Grand Island, Nebraska, to stump for Republicans like Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE) ahead of the... ---
**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:** [October 5, 2026, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9289 "2026-10-05T23:57:04Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Trump is late to his own rally, they send on one of the flunkies to stall for the crowd by singing “Pinball Wizard” for some reason Y’know, I would have had grudging respect for Trump if he’d seized the opportunity to make a Peter Schickele-style running entrance while shouting _Wait! Wait! Don’t start the rally!_ ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9290 "2026-10-05T23:58:37Z")
Probably had to get a fresh diaper. ---
**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 6, 2026, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9291 "2026-10-06T00:52:52Z")
Let’s check in on how that rally’s going; “Jim Walz” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mx66vryr4v2f)** > > Trump: "Probably the worst governor in history -- Jim Walz" “Vaygan” means people who like lettuce > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mx66vryr4v2f)** > > Trump: "Probably the worst governor in history -- Jim Walz" “I cut a lot of grass” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mx65at327m2g)** > > Trump: "I cut a lot of grass" “Now you can have a lawnmower.” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mx65a5dw342g)** > > Trump: "You need to be a student at the top of your class at MIT to turn on a lawnmower nowadays, you know? But I got rid of all that stuff. Now you can have a lawnmower." I liberally don’t know or care what I’m supposed to be pandering to you about > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mx64mioiez22)** > > Trump: "For many years, farm vehicles, construction equipment, and other off road vehicles have used what is know as red dye diesel. Do you know what that is? I don't know what the hell it is! But whatever it is, it's supposed to be very good. Does... I’ll have my word salad with an extra rouseing of refineries > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mx64jvhejm2g)** > > Trump: "But the word 'refineries,' where's Russia's uhhhh rouesing a lot of refineries because of Ukraine. That has to do with a lot of the uh diesel that you're see. Where ours is being. Think of it." BONUS: I’m literally not sure if the board’s rules allow me to post this tweet because we’re getting ever so much closer to him just yelling the N-word onstage so I’m breaking the link to the screencap (warning: contains a slur for LGBTQ people) [https://cdn.bsky.app/](https://cdn.bsky.app/) img/feed\_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreihbknbkqrpmvdsm6ajo5lj5qmnpfdowcjyozf4h7p7vfqerndmn6m ---
**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 6, 2026, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9292 "2026-10-06T00:57:46Z")
Tried three times, that’s my limit. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9293 "2026-10-06T03:05:59Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Trump is late to his own rally, they send on one of the flunkies to stall for the crowd by singing “Pinball Wizard” for some reason, then said flunky forgets the lyrics to the bridge and just starts calling Trump the best pinball player ever. I wonder if I could ruin this song for Trump by hitting him with my mondegreen in which the titular Pinball Wizard is a deaf, dumb _black_ kid who sure plays a mean pinball. I have always heard it that way and it makes more sense than a blind kid. I think I could sell it. Trump has proven many times over that people will believe anything if you believe it yourself. ---
**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 6, 2026, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9294 "2026-10-06T03:55:18Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Trump is late to his own rally, they send on one of the flunkies to stall for the crowd by singing “Pinball Wizard” for some reason, then said flunky forgets the lyrics to the bridge and just starts calling Trump the best pinball player ever. Great. Now the felons have ruined _two_ things at once for me: _Tommy_ and pinball. > [@Smapti](#): > > BONUS: I’m literally not sure if the board’s rules allow me to post this tweet because we’re getting ever so much closer to him just yelling the N-word onstage so I’m breaking the link to the screencap (warning: contains a slur for LGBTQ people) Wow! You were not kidding. Here’s a quote from that inanity. > [@](#): > > She’s in favor of {redacted slur} for everyone. There’s an old and, of course, stupid racist joke using the N-word. This inane line just substituted one slur for that in the so-called joke’s punchline. I’m wondering, though, why the felon left out his thanks for attention to the matter. The relationship between Fox and the convict-in-the-oval is outrageous, scandalous, and now [practically incestuous](https://www.aol.com/articles/karoline-leavitt-next-career-move-131640000.html). > [@](#): > > Former [White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/karoline-leavitt-out-white-house-press-secretary-quits-b3032120.html) has landed her next job after leaving the Trump administration. > > Leavitt, who [stepped down from her post at the end of August](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-karoline-leavitt-press-secretary-applications-b3037595.html), had remained tight-lipped about her plans for what came next. > > But now, Fox News has announced that [the 29-year-old will be joining the network](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/karoline-leavitt-white-house-press-secretary-resigns-b3032375.html) as an on-air contributor from November 1. She is expected to appear on multiple shows on the network, providing commentary across opinion and news programs. > > Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott said in a statement: “Karoline’s firsthand experience in the White House and on the presidential campaign trail gives her a distinct understanding of today’s political landscape. We look forward to her providing our audience with authentic and sharp insight across all Fox News Media platforms.” > > Leavitt added in a statement of her own: “I am grateful for the opportunity to continue appearing on Fox News Channel as an official member of the extraordinary team at Fox News Media. I look forward to bringing my unique perspective from my experience as White House Press Secretary, along with the same energy and candor that defined my tenure, to Fox’s millions of viewers across their many platforms.” TL;DR The liar’s liar got hired by a lying network. [In other news, it was just another day in Scamalot.](https://www.aol.com/articles/kristi-noem-demands-retraction-over-071045000.html) > [@](#): > > Former DHS Secretary **Kristi Noem** went off on The New York Times over a damning report about her contract awards. The fired Trump cabinet member is demanding a full retraction of the outlet’s findings on a multimillion-dollar aircraft deal. > > Former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem demanded The New York Times retract its [report](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/us/politics/kristi-noem-planes-donor.html) on controversial aircraft contracts she awarded, according to the outlet’s findings published this week. > > The Times reported that Noem awarded lucrative no-competition contracts in her final days leading the department. DHS purchased five luxury jets from Daedalus Aviation Corporation, a Virginia-based company chaired by pro-Trump donor William Walters. The company had never previously received a government contract. > > DHS paid $108 million for a Boeing 737 Max 8 that Daedalus had bought for just $90 million months earlier. The agency also acquired two smaller luxury jets for $106 million, though Daedalus had purchased them for $83 million. Aviation experts told the Times that two additional 20-year-old Boeing 737s cost $45 million each, far exceeding market value. [No doubt, he’ll be paying for them the way he paid for everything else: never.](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-says-hell-start-paying-224739000.html) > [@](#): > > President Trump said Monday he will start paying for the pro-Trump ads that have blanketed the airwaves in recent weeks with money raised by his super PAC, after his administration drew intense [pushback for using public funds](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-focused-ad-campaign-taxpayers/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17) on the ads. > > “The Radical Left is upset with the fact that I am taking Ads, which I consider to be a positive promotion for our Great U.S.A., and paying for them with U.S.A. money,” the president wrote on [Truth Social](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117390649505706640?ftag=YHF4eb9d17). “This is a rather standard thing to do but, rather than doing that, although nothing will make them happy, I have decided to do the Patriotic Ads, among others, and pay for them myself, and with money I raised for MAGA, Inc.” [The convict wants to put a miitary base in Lithuania, a country bordering Russia.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-says-certainly-look-establishing-211055434.html) > [@](#): > > President Trump said Monday he will “certainly look at” establishing [a U.S. military base](https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6121389-pete-hegseth-invites-governors-base-bids/) in Lithuania a week after the country’s prime minister said he would welcome U.S. service members into the Baltic state. > > “They’re friends of mine; they’re great people, so we’ll certainly look at it. They are great people,” the president said when asked by a reporter about the country’s invitation. “I know so many people in that country; they’re great people.” > > Last week, Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius said his country is “ready to pay the bill” for a U.S. military base. I’m guessing this is the latest song from the convict to ~~his owner~~ Putin. 🎵 _I don’t remember loving you_ _And I don’t recall the things_ _You said I do for you_ _You tell me that you’ve had_ _My worthless soul for very long_ _You say that you interfered for me_ _You say I did you wrong_ _Well, I just don’t see how that could be true_ _'Cause I don’t remember loving you_ 🎵 [The convict sure loves him some soviet style control of journalism.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-calls-media-outlets-arrested-204900065.html) > [@](#): > > President Trump said Monday that reporters from The New York Times and other media outlets should be “arrested” over their coverage of his [Saturday rally](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6127357-live-updates-trump-ohio-hegseth-army/) in Ohio. > > “The Ohio Arena was already full to the brim — And yet these people were still trying to get in,” Trump [wrote on Truth Social](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117389593495407380), sharing a video of people in [line for the rally](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6128086-trump-vows-gop-win-midterms/). > > New York Times correspondent Katie Rogers [wrote Sunday](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/us/politics/trump-rallies-midterms-rituals.html) that “several areas of an upper deck were empty” by the time the president finished speaking at Butler High School in Vandalia. > > The school’s student center, where the event took place, has a capacity of 4,500 people, Rogers noted. > > But Trump denied those details, saying there were no empty seats and “thousands of people had to be turned away” from attending the rally. > > “The New York Times, and many other Artificial Media Outlets, should be arrested for their dishonesty and disservice to our Country,” the president added, accusing outlets of inflating crowds for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and downplaying how many people attend his rallies. The felon should be careful about what he wishes; he might get it. “Dishonesty and disserve to our country” is all the does. [Petey and Twitler are parading their bloodlust.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/fort-hood-mass-shooter-nidal-010114676.html) > [@](#): > > Nidal Malik Hasan, a former Army officer and psychiatrist who killed 13 people and injured 32 others during a mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009, will be executed by a U.S. Army firing squad, the Pentagon announced Monday. > > “Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has recommended — and President Donald J. Trump has approved — death by U.S. Army firing squad for convicted terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan, the jihadist who opened fire on unarmed American soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009,” Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell [announced](https://x.com/seanparnellasw/status/2107252342097637558?s=46). "He killed 13 people and wounded 32 others while shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ during the attack. > > “The Secretary of the Army will set the time and place of the execution,” he continued. “Judgement day for Hasan has finally come.” > > If Hasan’s execution is indeed carried out by a firing squad, it would mark the first such case for the service since Jan. 31, 1945, when Pvt. Eddie D. Slovik was executed by a U.S. Army firing squad in France for desertion during World War II. > > The last death sentence carried out by the U.S. military was in 1961, when Army [Pvt. John Bennett](https://www.lineofdeparture.army.mil/Journals/Army-Lawyer/Archive/Issue-1-2026/From-Soldier-to-Condemned-Prisoner/) was executed by hanging at the gallows in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, after he was convicted of raping and attempting to kill a young girl. Just so you know: Hegseth and his boss have now killed far more than 13 people and wounded far more than 32 people. [The swindler-in-chief is already walking back the promise.](https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/trump-5-000-dividend-pledge-220500598.html) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump has described his proposed $5,000 “Trump dividend” two different ways in two days, and the gap between them could be worth thousands of dollars to families with kids. > > On Oct. 2, Trump wrote on Truth Social (1) that the dividend “will be distributed to every U.S. Citizen” if Republicans win the midterms. He added the pledge to a post announcing one-time payments for more than 20 million Medicare enrollees (more on those below). When he unveiled the plan at the GOP’s midterm convention in Dallas on Sept. 9, he promised it (2) to “every adult citizen.” In “two weeks” time, he will have walked it all the way back to _every American citizen who voted for him_. [Tell me you don’t understand a short walk in a small town without telling me you don’t understand a short walk in a small town.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-demands-know-woman-projects-140104733.html) > [@](#): > > President [Donald Trump](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/donald-trump) launched a [Truth Social](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/truth-social) tirade on Sunday demanding investigations into what he characterized as “paid protesters” after footage circulated online showing a woman at multiple demonstrations. > > Trump shared social media posts from conservative journalist Emily Miller, who has claimed that the same woman was present at separate protests months apart, involving two projects championed by Trump: first at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and later at the site of his proposed triumphal arch. > > The administration renovated the Reflecting Pool earlier this year, while the planned 250-foot arch would stand near Arlington Memorial Bridge, between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery. > > The claims that the woman was a paid protester are unsubstantiated, as neither Trump nor Miller has provided evidence to support the allegation or identified who might have paid her. I think it is only about a fifteen- to twenty-minute walk from the Reflecting Sewer to the Arc de Vanité. [If he’s not under the influence of ~~Putin~~ ~~Kim~~ ~~Xi~~ drugs, why can’t he pass the second standard field sobriety test?](https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/trump-80-zigzags-way-air-221310567.html) _This link is a video. The blurb begins:_ > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump charted a veering course across the tarmac from Marine One to Air Force One before his flight to Nebraska on Monday. At Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, the 80-year-old president disembarked from the helicopter, carefully descended the stairs without incident, and saluted the Marines at the foot of the steps—something he forgot to do last month.But from there, Trump did not take the most direct path to his waiting aircraft. He drifted left immediately, then corrected back to a straight line. My money is on he forgot where he was and why he was there. Go ahead and post your leading theory. [Now the Coast Guard is trying to start a war with Mexico.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/coast-guard-personnel-exchange-gunfire-064508224.html) > [@](#): > > [Coast Guard personnel](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/military/coast-guard) exchanged gunfire with people on the Mexican side of the border, an encounter the U.S. military later cited as an example of increased illegal activity as hundreds of U.S. troops and their equipment were repositioned to Texas’ Rio Grande Valley and 500 Mexican Army and National Guard personnel were deployed to its side of the border. > > Coast Guard personnel were [intercepting migrants](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/immigration) crossing the Rio Grande while working with other federal agencies when the initial gunshots came from the Mexican side of the border. Coast Guard personnel then returned fire, officials said on Friday, according to Stars and Stripes. > > The exchange happened on Sept. 26 while federal agencies conducted joint operations near Garceno, a small town along the border in Starr County, Texas. We don’t need a wall. Mexico–and likely Candada–need a DMZ to protect themselves from US. [We’re coming back because it’s not over over here!](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/hegseth-indicates-us-troops-could-214746481.html) > [@](#): > > Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth indicated Saturday that some U.S. service members could be redeployed from Europe to the Western Hemisphere as the Trump administration ramps up its [deadly campaign against drug cartels](https://thehill.com/homenews/5535523-trump-armed-conflict-drug-cartels-caribbean/) in South America. > > “Well, we’re definitely expanding our presence and our footprint in Central and South America with partners, and because of the bold move the president made in Venezuela,” Hegseth told reporters, referring to the [U.S. military’s successful capture](https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5671368-us-forces-capture-maduro/) of former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. “We have a whole new suite of options economically and militarily with partnerships.” > > The Defense secretary mentioned the partnerships the U.S. has with Ecuador, Honduras, Guatemala and Panama, and that part of his job is to institute the national security strategy and the national defense strategy “which makes [it] very clear that we want more burden sharing” in Europe. > > “And as we do that … some of those capabilities are going to move elsewhere, either back home to the big, beautiful base that we’re going to build that we announced a couple of days ago, or to a different posture in the Western Hemisphere as we get after these designated terrorist organizations,” the Pentagon chief told reporters in Colorado Springs, Colo. Not even the gang from _Peanuts_ uses military terminology like _big beautiful base_. Good on you, War Criminal Petey! ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9295 "2026-10-06T04:06:50Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > She’s in favor of {redacted slur} for everyone. FFS, what is the slur? ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9296 "2026-10-06T04:10:16Z")
It’s how a mechanic would shorten the word _transmission_. Since the person he is talking about is named Annie, he’s going to really love throwing that one around. Almost as much as when he noticed China and vagina almost rhyme so he’d say GYYYNNNNA as if it was the funniest thing in the world. ---
**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 6, 2026, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9297 "2026-10-06T04:41:39Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > FFS, what is the slur? A crude abbreviation for “transgender”. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9298 "2026-10-06T05:32:18Z")
Thanks. ---
**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 6, 2026, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9299 "2026-10-06T09:56:55Z")
[The traitor in the White House is now suggesting American cities for Iran to attack.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-suggests-letting-iran-los-031728302.html) > [@](#): > > President Trump, speaking at a campaign rally Monday, suggested Iran could “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego — a comment that was possibly in jest but brought a quick reaction from leaders in California. > > Trump said he wanted to “see a tremendous victory” in the November election, “'cause it verifies all the things we did. And again, remember, with the war it’s just artificial, it’s a little bit high.” > > “It’s a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe,” he continued. “They can take out a city, let 'em take out Los Angeles, let 'em take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay.” > > The crowd cheered. > > His comment was met with criticism from California leaders — including at least one [Trump-endorsed](https://voiceofsandiego.org/2026/04/14/trump-endorses-jim-desmond-for-48th-congressional-seat/) [Republican candidate](https://x.com/JimDesmondSD/status/2107294478314926462?s=20) from San Diego. > > Gov. Gavin Newsom posted [on X](https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/2107288831112466787?s=20): “After sending the National Guard and Marines to occupy California, Donald Trump is now saying our foreign enemies [should ‘take out’ Los Angeles](https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/2107288831112466787?s=20) and San Diego. … He is deranged and dangerous.” > > Then from his [press office](https://x.com/GovPressOffice/status/2107308699509555244) account: “Let’s be clear: The President is advocating for an attack on 10+ million U.S. residents in two of America’s largest cities. This is not normal. None of this is. And we will continue to remind folks of that every day.” [Furious felon’s fantasy fail.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/donald-trump-says-barack-obama-085756773.html) (The formatting is from the link.) > [@](#): > > President **Donald Trump** intensified his longstanding attacks on former President **Barack Obama** this Sunday, sharing a meme that brands Obama as the most corrupt president in American history, which is a label that is traditionally tied to Richard Nixon. The post paired official portraits of both men side by side. > > The caption of the [Truth Social post](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117383720639661747) made the punchline: “One of these men is the most corrupt president in the history of the United States. The other is Richard Nixon.” By placing Obama in the frame alongside Nixon, Donald Trump seemingly made his position clear: he considers his predecessor worse than the only president ever driven from office in disgrace. [And now mail-in voting is hunky-dory.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-desperate-republican-wins-changing-205321753.html) (The **underlined bolding** is mine.) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump labeled [mail-in voting](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-mail-in-voting-florida-primary-election-ballot-b3034535.html)a “corrupt” threat to Republicans. His administration and allies didn’t produce the evidence. Another [election approaches,](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-polls-senate-midterms-republicans-b3061700.html) and Republicans [need support.](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-republicans-midterm-elections-campaign-rally-b3060498.html) So Trump tells Americans to vote by mail. > > The president has spent months eroding trust in the nation’s elections and the people who run them, or confused voters about the rules and sowed enough doubt about the process that he hopes Americans let him [step in and take control of it himself.](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-supreme-court-mail-in-ballots-b3050554.html) > > We’ve been here before. The president has repeatedly turned to a [familiar playbook](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-midterm-elections-national-emergency-b3034369.html) to undermine faith in election administration and the results of the[herculean bipartisan efforts](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-mail-in-ballots-supreme-court-chaos-b3027354.html)to ensure each ballot is counted. > > This election, Trump [needs all the help he can get.](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-midterm-elections-mail-in-ballot-b3051433.html) The president is staring down the prospect of Republicans losing control of Congress, with polls reflecting vanishingly dim chances of political survival. > > **“If your state has early voting, do not wait,” Trump said in a video on his Truth Social account on Saturday. “Vote early, vote by mail, or vote in person on Election Day.”** ---
**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:** [October 6, 2026, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9300 "2026-10-06T12:51:53Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Trump is being surprisingly stingy with his $400M PAC money. Also note that to fund the “Love me” propaganda commercial for a piddly $20m he also diverted money from public funds. Why go to these lengths to avoid spending PAC money? Because (here’s the theory): he’s pilfered the PAC money and it’s all in a Swiss bank account that he’d rather no one know about. One factor is that Trump has probably lost most of that PAC money. Trump is as incompetent at business affairs as he is at political ones. During his first term there were numerous reports that a large portion of his campaign funds had disappeared. Look at the people Trump surrounds himself with; they’re a bunch of mini-Trumps. So the pattern seems to be that Trump embezzles money from the government and puts it into his own accounts. And then the people around him embezzle the money from Trump and put it into their accounts. I think this is what drives Trump to keep stealing more money and taking more bribes. He knows he’s losing money as fast as he gets it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=464) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=466)