# 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:** 467
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9321 "2026-10-07T02:06:46Z")
> [@Monty quoting AP quoting Cheung](#): > > [T]he president’s comments have been misunderstood and misrepresented in a “media freakout” that is “not rooted in reality.” The irony, it burns. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9322 "2026-10-07T02:20:35Z")
I’ve noticed that cheung guy posts like a 14 teen year old kid on discord in his parent’s basement. It’s so weird to see a fat, middle aged man in a business suit calling people chuds and the like. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2026, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9323 "2026-10-07T02:41:02Z")
The dumbing down of the U.S. Gummint continues full speed ahead. > # _ **Justice Dept. Turns to Partisans and Conspiracists to Fill Depleted Ranks** _ > > _The civil rights unit has recruited people whose questionable work histories and dearth of education and experience might have disqualified them in the past, former officials said._ > > [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/us/politics/justice-department-civil-rights-division.html?unlocked\_article\_code=1.G1E.mkz8.1cfzVWmwrn9Q&smid=url-share](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/us/politics/justice-department-civil-rights-division.html?unlocked_article_code=1.G1E.mkz8.1cfzVWmwrn9Q&smid=url-share) > A former prosecutor forced off a high-profile murder case for peeking at the defense team’s strategy documents. > > A onetime gambling executive who promoted conspiracy theories about the [Las Vegas massacre](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/02/us/mandalay-bay-vegas-shooting.html) in 2017. > > A Florida activist who once served 20 days in jail for hacking a local elections system. > > They are among the 130 lawyers who have recently joined the Justice Department’s short-staffed civil rights division as the Trump administration has struggled to fill the depleted ranks of a unit that was once a magnet for legal talent. Since early 2025, upward of 300 nonpolitical career employees, representing decades of experience, have left the division after its leader, [Harmeet Dhillon](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/us/politics/harmeet-dhillon-doj-trump.html), repurposed it to pursue President Trump’s agenda. > > As a consequence, the division has opened its doors to recruits, many of them conservatives, some with education and work histories that might have disqualified them from being hired in the past, former officials said. Some have left a trail of hyperpartisan, conspiratorial and, in some instances, bizarre statements, according to an examination of about a dozen recent hires based on court records, social media posts and interviews. > … Being educated, qualified, experienced, and ethical-- soooo old-fashioned! ---
**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 7, 2026, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9324 "2026-10-07T05:01:22Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > A Florida activist who once served 20 days in jail for hacking a local elections system. [Arte Johnson _Wolfgang_’s voice]Verrry interesting.[AJWV] ---
**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 7, 2026, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9325 "2026-10-07T11:18:43Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > “Trump must return this money to the American people and there must be a full investigation into this gross waste and abuse of taxpayer dollars,” Schumer told The Associated Press. “If President Trump refuses to stop, we will say ‘Stop’ again.” ---
**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:** [October 7, 2026, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9326 "2026-10-07T13:11:40Z")
“And goddammit, we’ll keep saying it until we drop from exhaustion!” _That’ll show 'em!_ ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9327 "2026-10-07T17:54:27Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Arte Johnson \*Wolfgang\*’s voice\]Verrry interesting.\[AJWV “But stupid!” ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9328 "2026-10-07T19:51:46Z")
Very interesting. ---
**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 7, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9329 "2026-10-07T21:41:09Z")
Pete Hegseth fails to keep up with those Weak, Un-Warrior-like females (short video) here: > **[FactPost (@factpostnews.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/factpostnews.bsky.social/post/3mxcembyqep26)** > > Pete Hegseth trails behind the crowd while running with troops in San Diego ---
**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:** [October 7, 2026, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9330 "2026-10-07T22:24:19Z")
Low-T Hegseth! ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9331 "2026-10-08T03:20:40Z")
Yeah, Steven Cheung is 2nd in line for me after Stephen Miller for Trump Admin members I would be happy to see infected with a horrible, painful, incurable disease. More even than the Orange Menace himself, both are soulless, hate-filled, POS. ---
**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 8, 2026, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9332 "2026-10-08T07:13:59Z")
[The cruelty is now the felon’s fantasy.](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-could-done-very-bad-184309000.html) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump raised eyebrows Wednesday when he told reporters he “could’ve done very bad things” to Hillary Clinton and former Presidents Joe Biden [and Barack Obama.](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/obama-criticize-trump-media-ban-b3052936.html) > > Trump [made the off-the-wall claim](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-oval-office-announcement-russia-palm-beach-b3063040.html)during an Oval Office [announcement touting his “Trump Accounts”](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-nobel-prize-wars-obama-press-conference-b3063026.html) for children after returning to Washington, D.C. from a series of campaign events across the country ahead of the midterms. The top Democratic figures are often targets of Trump’s tirades. > > At the event, a reporter asked the president about his previous claim that Democrats would impeach him if they [gained control of Congress in November](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/republican-candidates-midterm-break-trump-policy-b3062932.html). > > “For what?” the reporter asked. > > “They don’t know,” Trump said, before he pivoted to attacking his 2016 rival Clinton and his Democratic predecessors in the White House. > > “I could’ve done very bad things to Hillary Clinton,” Trump began. “I could’ve done very, very bad things to Joe Biden. I could’ve done very bad things to Barack Hussein Obama. I …thought it was inappropriate to do so because you have to treat the office of the presidency with respect. > > “Then I found out that they impeached me twice and I certainly, to this moment, I can do whatever I want, if I want,” the president continued. “They’ve done some very bad things.” > > “I’ve had plenty of people say, Let’s go get them.’ And I said no, you can’t do that to the presidency,” Trump added. Of course that has the major tell of nobody saying such a thing to him. It’s all from his own fevered imagination. [Preach it, Mikey!](https://www.aol.com/articles/mike-johnson-predicts-trump-impeachment-180501000.html) > [@](#): > > House Speaker [Mike Johnson](https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/mike-johnson/) is warning Republicans that if Democrats reclaim the House in November, one of their first moves could be an effort to impeach President [Donald Trump](https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/donald-trump/). > > In an interview with conservative commentator [Scott Jennings](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLplcpB-IME), the Louisiana Republican argued that Democrats are already laying the groundwork for impeachment and urged GOP voters to turn out despite polls showing Democrats with a growing advantage in the battle for control of Congress. > > “It’s guaranteed, probably on the first day – first or second day,” Johnson said. “Remember, they’ve already filed articles of impeachment in this Congress. And they’re raring to go.” [I wonder how many of the felon’s “big suprises” happen to be legal.](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-hints-big-surprises-come-211433000.html) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON – [President Donald Trump](https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/donald-trump/) teased that he has [“big surprises”](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/10/05/trump-midterms-unprecedented-efforts-to-boost-gop/92028724007/) in store in the weeks before the Nov. 3 midterm election that involve his budget chief, igniting intense speculation among his critics on what the president could be planning. > > Trump made the remark on Oct. 6 as he was giving a shoutout to [Russell Vought](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/03/who-is-russ-vought-role-government-shutdown/86444540007/), director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, during a speech near Baltimore on a new Maryland shipyard that will build submarines. > > “We have some big surprises coming up in another few weeks, right, Russ?” Trump said. “He’s going to be one of the very important people in the history of our country, in my opinion. He’s got some great things happening.” > > The White House did not say when asked what Trump mean by his comments, directing USA TODAY to the OMB, which did not respond to a request for comment. [Flight attendants weight in against the arch of vanity.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/flight-attendants-union-flags-safety-194911025.html) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON (AP) — The union representing thousands of flight attendants said Wednesday it has safety concerns about President Donald Trump’s proposed [triumphal arch](https://apnews.com/article/trump-arch-lincoln-memorial-bridge-washington-ca88586c68a6301f87146a8ca2091b33) that will be on final approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. > > Association of Flight Attendants-CWA President Sara Nelson said the 250-foot (76 meter) arch compounds multiple safety concerns that she said have gone unaddressed from [a deadly January 2025 crash](https://apnews.com/article/ntsb-dc-midair-collision-faa-congress-fd2a37138e2f32863a13bfa37154e260) over the Potomac River that killed 67 people. Nelson also criticized Trump’s plan to turn the arch into “a top grade military complex” able to host drones and snipers while storing ammunition. > > “DCA is already stretched to its limit, we do not need an obstacle taking up space in our flight path,” said Nelson. “Nor should commercial aviation have to dodge military drones, missiles or snipers while attempting to take off or land at Washington National Airport. Safety first always.” ---
**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 8, 2026, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9333 "2026-10-08T11:27:53Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > The cruelty is now the felon’s fantasy. I expect any day now we’ll hear news about Obama and the Clintons being charged with vandalizing the reflecting pool. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9334 "2026-10-08T11:48:02Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > “I could’ve done very bad things to Hillary Clinton,” Trump began. “I could’ve done very, very bad things to Joe Biden. I could’ve done very bad things to Barack Hussein Obama. I …thought it was inappropriate to do so because you have to treat the office of the presidency with respect. > > > > “Then I found out that they impeached me twice and I certainly, to this moment, I can do whatever I want, if I want,” the president continued. “They’ve done some very bad things.” > > > > “I’ve had plenty of people say, Let’s go get them.’ And I said no, you can’t do that to the presidency,” Trump added. > > Of course that has the major tell of nobody saying such a thing to him. It’s all from his own fevered imagination. You left out the killer ending that followed these lines of TRump’s, and which makes it so wonderfully scary for Halloween: > “I could have done very bad things to Hillary Clinton. I could have done very, very bad things to Joe Biden. I could have done very bad things to Barack Hussein Obama,” Trump said. **“And I certainly—even to this moment—I can do whatever I want, if I want.”** > He added, “But I view the presidency as a very sacred position.” > > Trump also seemed to doze off during the meeting—something that is **[far from unusual](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/9/11/800096969/videos/trump-sleep-bessent-biden-video/)** for him. (Bolding mine) > **[Trump declares he ‘can do whatever I want’—and dozes off](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/10/7/800108952/videos/trump-dictator-dozes-off/)** > > Trump held a very sleepy press conference Wednesday. How much would it cost me to emigrate to a timeline where Donald Trump never existed? ---
**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 8, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9335 "2026-10-08T12:33:05Z")
> **[Democratic Senators Demand Answers on That Diamond Ring Trump Got](https://newrepublic.com/post/216285/democratic-senators-demand-answers-diamond-ring-trump-gift)** > > Donald Trump accepted a massive diamond ring months ago. What happened to it? Belgium takes a trolley to the jeweler’s store (Choo-choo-choo) Buys a gem-encrusted golden ring (Ring) Takes it back to Donald, cankles on the floor And as they give it to him, he begins to sing (Sing) ---
**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 8, 2026, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9336 "2026-10-08T13:04:28Z")
Would any Doper who questions the veracity of this one, based largely on the impeccable integrity required by Trump of those in his orbit, please take two big steps forward: > **[Report claims Guilfoyle asked Eric Deters to pay her credit card bill](https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2026/10/08/wall-street-journal-report-guilfoyle-asked-eric-deters-to-pay-amex-bill/92148278007/)** > > Deters, who wanted the Trump administration to help with tax and legal matters, said he did not make the $100,000 payment. Hm. Okay. Well … thanks anyway. [I chose the source that doesn’t appear to be paywalled. It’s also covered by the Wall Street Journal, to name just one] ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9337 "2026-10-08T13:12:46Z")
Not sure which thread this fits best in, but Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-obviously) has filed suit against Jack Smith, claiming that his probe into efforts to overturn the 2020 election - which included obtaining cell phone metadata - violated her constitutional rights. [Every judge in that district - including two Trump appointees - have recused themselves from the case](https://www.newsweek.com/every-active-federal-judge-in-nashville-recuses-from-jack-smith-case-12530381). ---
**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 8, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9338 "2026-10-08T21:10:07Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > I chose the source that doesn’t appear to be paywalled. It’s also covered by the Wall Street Journal, to name just one] > “_Report claims Guilfoyle asked Eric Deters to pay her credit card bill_ > _Deters, who wanted the Trump administration to help with tax and legal matters, said he did not make the $100,000 payment_.” Both CNN and MSnow have covered this extensively today, so it’s apparently well-sourced. At least from the Deters end—he’s been interviewed a bunch on it. Deters does not appear to be the most upright of citizens, but he did provide himself with evidence by going against Guilfoyle’s repeated demands that he confine their communication to Signal and other no-paper-trail venues. Some are saying this story could gain legs simply by virtue of the fact that it’s so easily understandable, at least in comparison with other Trumpite means for raking in cash (such as Bitcoin, deals with Saudi Arabia, etc.). ---
**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 8, 2026, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9339 "2026-10-08T21:20:41Z")
A $100,000 credit card debt. 💳 That’s a fiscally conservative, responsible with finances Republican right there. ---
**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 8, 2026, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9340 "2026-10-08T21:32:39Z")
> **[Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117406176604364910)** > > The White House considers anyone that uses the term, “Artificial Intelligence,” as opposed to the highly accepted new and more accurate term, “Super Intelligence,” THE ENEMY! President DONALD J. TRUMP [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=466) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=468)