# 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:** 481
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9601 "2026-10-16T13:16:57Z")
OH NO! I FEEL SO UNPROTECTED! WON’T SOMEBODY PLEAAASE THINK OF THE AMERICAS!!!1!!!one!!!eleven!! ---
**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 16, 2026, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9602 "2026-10-16T13:53:18Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > WON’T SOMEBODY PLEAAASE THINK OF THE AMERICAS The Americas? The Gulf of America? The state of New America? The Ocean of America, both West Side and East Side? ---
**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 16, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9603 "2026-10-16T14:06:22Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > OH NO! I FEEL SO UNPROTECTED! WON’T SOMEBODY PLEAAASE THINK OF THE AMERICAS!!!1!!!one!!!eleven!! I don’t have a dog in this fight.\[1\] * * * 1. And neither does Kristi Noem… because she’d have shot it - HEY-YO!!! ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9604 "2026-10-16T16:13:01Z")
The South and North Americas? and the Central? ---
**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 16, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9605 "2026-10-16T16:27:49Z")
What’s that about the political entities formerly known as Mexico, Canada, and the USA? ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9606 "2026-10-16T18:05:51Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Evidently the only requirement for the chief executive to say anything (other than the oath of office) is to communicate his assessment of the state of the union, “from time to time”. This is in Article II, Section 3, Clause 1 of the constitution. There’s no requirement for him to talk to the press. From Thomas Jefferson until Woodrow Wilson the state of the union address was given in writing. So a president never _has_ to make any public statements. Trump, of course, is incapable of keeping quiet. But it’s a good bet that he’ll just be his own press secretary, but daily press briefings just won’t occur at routine times inside the White House. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9607 "2026-10-16T18:09:01Z")
And she’s gone. > **[Trump fires Katie Zacharia as White House press secretary, advisers say | CNN...](https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/16/politics/katie-zacharia-press-secretary)** > > President Donald Trump has fired Katie Zacharia as press secretary, advisers to the president said, ending her turbulent week-long stint as the White House’s top spokesperson. ---
**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 16, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9608 "2026-10-16T18:15:07Z")
She lasted half a Scaramucci! We now have the “Zacharia” time period. BTW, I bet the Mooch is doing a happy dance. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9609 "2026-10-16T18:29:23Z")
Oh, man, I can’t wait to see - and hear - whoever replaces her. Any bets on whether the new Press Sec. Will be a blonde woman? ---
**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 16, 2026, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9610 "2026-10-16T18:40:08Z")
I use a different internet browser at work than I use for personal surfing, so it doesn’t have my personal history. Looking up a tax question on Google today, I typed in “what’s the d….” and before I got any further, Google immediately offered up:     • what’s the difference between a lawyer and an attorney     • what’s the difference between socialism and communism     • what’s the difference between a psychopath and a sociopath     • what’s the difference between alzheimer’s and dementia     • what’s the difference between medicare and medicaid I think it’s clear what’s on people’s minds nowadays. ---
**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 16, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9611 "2026-10-16T18:48:15Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Any bets on whether the new Press Sec. Will be a blonde woman? I suggest the better bet will be on how long he holds the post open. Could be a while. It took about 2 months to find this one ---
**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 16, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9612 "2026-10-16T18:54:29Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > We now have the “Zacharia” time period. Had to confirm that one’s not already a wine bottle size. ---
**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 16, 2026, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9613 "2026-10-16T19:14:59Z")
FIFA is having second thoughts over their Peace Prize. > **[FIFA to investigate peace prize awarded to Trump](https://www.newsweek.com/fifa-to-investigate-peace-prize-awarded-to-trump-12577638)** ---
**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 16, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9614 "2026-10-16T19:19:11Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > I suggest the better bet will be on how long he holds the post open. I don’t expect he will do anything before the mid-terms. The only reason he got rid of her so fast is that she was taking attention away from him. He thinks the mid-terms are all about him so he can’t afford to have any focus elsewhere in the next few weeks. Rallies, talking to the press, doing interviews, he can do it all! I just hope it isn’t too much stress on him. ---
**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 16, 2026, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9615 "2026-10-16T19:33:48Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > FIFA is having second thoughts over their Peace Prize. > They will consider, first of all, how the Peace Prize came about, whether it should have come about, whether it should have been awarded in the way that it was, who made that decision and whether or not it should be taken out or whether it should be reformed," said FIFA’s Vice President Debbie Hewitt, as quoted by the BBC. I’m pretty sure FIFA already knows the answers to these questions. FIFA, one of the most corrupt organizations in the history of sports, created their Peace Prize to ingratiate themselves with the most corrupt president in the history of the United States. ---
**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 16, 2026, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9616 "2026-10-16T19:40:09Z")
It is, jokes aside, legitimately impressive that he is so corrupt that even FIFA blushes at the brazenness. There really is nothing he can’t enshittify ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9617 "2026-10-16T19:40:14Z")
The head of lettuce is still edible. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9618 "2026-10-16T19:53:08Z")
My calculator has a head-of-lettuce to Scaramucci conversion function. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9619 "2026-10-16T20:12:03Z")
Da haben wir den Salat! German for: _Well, there you go!_ or _Well, there you have it!_, but literally _There we have the salad!_ I picture lettuce with vinaigrette dressing, with too much vinegar in the vinaigrette. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9620 "2026-10-16T20:25:26Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > German for: _Well, there you go!_ or _Well, there you have it!_ IOW, “There we are then!”…? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=480) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=482)