# 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:** 487
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9721 "2026-10-20T19:35:36Z")
That’s a great image! Can you link to the higher-resolution version again? I’m not seeing it at the link on Imgur anymore. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9722 "2026-10-20T20:14:17Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > There’s a Halal Chinese Buffet restaurant in the northern Detroit suburbs. It’s next to an Islamic market. I always chuckle when I drive past it. > [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Out here in Houston, there are actually a fair number of Halal Chinese restaurants. Historically there was a lot of cultural interchange across central Asia and there are still a lot of minority ethnic groups that are predominantly Muslim, so it’s pretty common Yes. There was a Chinese Islamic restaurant (that was its name – Chinese Islamic) in the San Gabriel Valley that was one of my favorite Chinese restaurants ever. Their sesame onion bread was **awesome.** ---
**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 20, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9723 "2026-10-20T20:20:24Z")
Genghis Khan’s court had a lot of Muslim scholars, so I wouldn’t be surprised if Islam spread in the East. ---
**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 20, 2026, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9724 "2026-10-20T20:24:09Z")
They’re still there. The Uighurs, I think, are somewhat known in the west, and they’re definitely a predominantly Muslim ethnic minority in China, among others. Unsurprisingly, different food cultures spread as well ---
**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 20, 2026, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9725 "2026-10-20T20:42:44Z")
I had to take down the image and put it back up, so would you please try again? If that doesn’t work, PM me. Or create a pictute of your own-- it’s easy and loads of fun. This is exactly, word-for-word what I asked ChatGPT: > Can you make me a full color picture of the Witch’s Flying Monkeys from the Wizard of Oz carrying Donald Trump (in his signature blue suit and red tie) through dark and stormy skies off to the Witch’s castle up on a craggy mountaintop. Make it dramatic and scary, please. Show trump in utter terror. /aside ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9726 "2026-10-20T20:58:35Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Apparently, we can all sign up for a new “Trump account” Well, none of _us_ can. “Trump accounts” are intended for those under 18. The free money ($1,000 seed money from the government) is only for children born between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2028. Parents and legal guardians can contribute up to $5,000 per year on behalf of the child. The money is invested in broad index funds. Once they turn 18, the kid can withdraw the money for certain specific purposes (education, buying a first home, starting a business, etc.) or they can roll it into a traditional IRA. It’s basically a savings and investment account for children, with a bit of starter money thrown in. As Trump-backed programs go, there are a lot worse out there. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9727 "2026-10-20T22:01:49Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > There’s a Halal Chinese Buffet restaurant in the northern Detroit suburbs. It’s next to an Islamic market. I always chuckle when I drive past it. Someone liked Chinese food so thought he’d start his own restaurant so he could eat guilt-free I mean, there’s a restaurant in Tel Aviv called “Mushi Mushi Kosher Sushi”, so why not Halal? ---
**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 20, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9728 "2026-10-20T22:58:17Z")
[Mr. Rodgers voice] That’s a _fun_ name to say. ---
**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 20, 2026, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9729 "2026-10-20T23:19:22Z")
And, as a reporter pointed out today, this program is smaller and less potentially rewarding than one that has already existed for 163 years. > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mydchv4dp52v)** > > Q: You're offering 1% to whistleblowers for turning in what you're defining as fraud. The False Claims Act, which has been on the books since 1863, offers between 10 and 25%-- > > TRUMP: At 1% people will make millions and millions of dollars ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9730 "2026-10-20T23:39:19Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I mean, there’s a restaurant in Tel Aviv called “Mushi Mushi Kosher Sushi”, so why not Halal? There are Halal Chinese restaurants all over the world. The [Uyghurs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghurs) are a Turkic people in China. They are also Muslim. Uyghur food is mostly like Chinese food, except anything that uses pork will have mutton or lamb instead. I had the barbecue sheep ribs at a Uyghur restaurant in Shenzen China once. They were very good. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9731 "2026-10-20T23:40:39Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Between controlling those federal enforcers and having the Supreme Court in his pocket (or at least in the pocket of the Federalist Society), I think it takes a lot of guts for any federal judge to take Trump to task – . . . Not to mention Trump’s other super-power: The MAGA Multitudes who reliably come in with the death threats. Harry Litman (whose podcasts I also recommend) has been following the Golf Course Desecration hearing in judge Ana Reyes’s courtroom – where there was a volcanic day-long hearing yesterday. According to Litman, the judge is now being inundated with death threats, right on schedule. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JdM5aHG2QN8/maxresdefault.jpg "Trump DOJ Finally FACES RECKONING in STUNNING HEARING") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdM5aHG2QN8) ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9732 "2026-10-20T23:46:27Z")
I, too, love Litman. A very accomplished and knowledgeable fellow re the law. I agree, the death threat bullshit is purely disgusting. It takes real courage these days to be dedicated to the rule of law in this country. It’s going to be a hell of a job to fix it, too. If it can be fixed. I think one of the biggest challenges facing Dems in the next several years is effectively communicating just how fucked up the whole government structure is and that it’s going to take longer than just one presidential term to fix it. IMHO, it’s going to take at least a generation. And that’s probably overly optimistic on the timeline. Which means it likely can’t be fixed. Many Americans have no patience or stomach to do hard things that require sacrifice. ---
**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 21, 2026, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9733 "2026-10-21T00:26:03Z")
_Dear Penthouse Forum; I never thought something like this would happen to me…_ > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mydte5f4t22y)** > > Trump: "I'm studying his body. I've never studied the body of a man before. It's not my thing. Nothing wrong with it, of course. But it's never been my thing. But I looked at his ass. I said, 'His ass, shit, it's like a pile of muscle.' Then I looked... ---
**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 21, 2026, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9734 "2026-10-21T05:20:56Z")
_The President’s Brain Is Missing:_ I’m not sure I can handle another two weeks of this edition There! Are! Seven! Lights! > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mydsqbj3432j)** > > Trump: "I gotta show I'm all man. We're all men. We're women. We're whatever the hell we are. But I know one thing -- there's only two of us, right? There's not seven of us." I’m really starting to believe the “Trump is a lifelong closet case and the dementia is making his bi side come out” theory > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mydt6o3jyw2h)** > > Trump claims Jon Husted picked up 14 points after he started talking about how nice his ass is You know, that’s a good question > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mydu6n2ph52n)** > > Trump: "DeCarlos Brown Jr. Junior. What do we need junior for? Like he's some kind of a -- that's his name." > > (Don Jr could not be reached for comment) Trump finally remembers who he’s supposed to be campaigning for, just to say he’s going to lose > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mydufk6ddr23)** > > Trump on Roy Cooper: "He's going to become your senator and it's crazy" > > > RIP Michael Whatley “Watercane” sounds like either an obscure '80s prog rock band or some sort of vaguely sexual English boarding school punishment that was banned in 1897 > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3myduxccwpt2y)** > > Trump: "When we had the hurricane. We call it a watercane. There's never been a hurricane that anybody's seen that threw out more water than that." No comment on how Carter’s ass was, though > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mydvic56sk2b)** > > Trump: "Jimmy Carter, I went to his funeral, he died a happy man. Because compared to Joe Biden, he was a brilliant brilliant president." They’ll have to start about 30 years ago to have it done by the end of your term > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mydw4wlxct2b)** > > Trump: "I'm pleased to announce something else. This is a very very big one. The Department of War will be investing $1.5 billion to produce cutting edge semiconductor chips right here in North Carolina." Being a genius means being able to add 1 to things > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mydwfo3dqc2n)** > > Trump claims he's a "super genius" because he knows that 1775+1=1776 Turns out that Natalie’s real job is to occasionally whisper “memento mori” to him > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mydxhmjqvq2k)** > > Trump: "I've taken so many physicals and I get the best marks. There will be a time. I will let you know when the time is. Some day I won't be able to be able get out of chair, I'll say 'this is not good' ... I'm the only one that ever took a... None of you peasants are smart enough to know what a giraffe looks like > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mydxlfoubx25)** > > Trump: "The first question is easy. You have a lion, a snake, a bear, and a giraffe. And they say, 'which is the giraffe?' So that's always the question they show ... when they get into those last questions -- see the fake news? There's not a person... Rambling about Gavin Newsom until he remembers why he’s here again > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mydxn3tkmk2h)** > > Trump's brain is now just randomly flitting from topic to topic with no transitions between them Not even trying to pretend he isn’t offering a bribe > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mydyln2qek2h)** > > Trump: "If you elected a Republican House and Senate on November 3, you're gonna get $5,000. And if we lose, you get nothing. You're gonna get nothing! If we lose, you get nothing. Make it a lot easier vote." Tiptoing across the White House lawn like some kind of cryptid > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mydl3pz7gm2h)** > > huh -- Trump approaches Marine One in an unusual manner, avoiding reporters, and walks through the grass next to the helipad very carefully before he boards And because today was a doubleheader… Nobody cares about baseball > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3myddy7fkse2s)** > > Trump on the World Series and a possible baseball lockout: "Nobody cares" That is indeed an accurate description > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3myddrxiapd2r)** > > Trump on his rallies: "It's not easy to stand up there for 2 hours ranting, raving" We’re this close to “I know nothing about him” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3myddrr5oi52l)** > > OUCH -- Trump refuses to endorse JD Vance for 2028 and says "we've never talked about it" Yes… ha ha ha… YES! > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3myddpfxncv2l)** > > YIKES -- Trump loses his shit at a reporter for the third time during this Q&A -- "Wait wait -- Quiet. Quiet!!!! What's wrong with you? Are you a SICK person?" Trump actually criticizes Russia… for the worst possible reason > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mydcunrjrf2g)** > > Trump laments that Russia's generals were too incompetent to end Putin's war of aggression against Ukraine on the first day “Show us your papers, please” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3myddbhpug52c)** > > "If a man who works in the election bureau asks, 'May I see your papers please?'" -- Trump complains that election workers in some states can't ask voters to show their papers He REALLY thinks he owns Greenland now > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mydc57gczn2v)** > > Trump says NATO was "nice enough to give us Greenland. We got Greenland." He has no idea what the French riots are about > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mydcauaete2l)** > > Trump calls for France to "remove insurrectionists" from the country I’m the decider > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mydb54ad632v)** > > Trump: "Sometimes there's a dispute about who turned them in and who is supposed to get what and when. So I am going to do something which I think people will like - I will be the arbitrator of all of these decisions. I'll determine whether the... I feel you, Donald, listening to JD makes me wanna nod off too > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mydav2jknj2v)** > > Trump stops talking and immediately starts dozing off (Sorry, his name is JT now) > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mydaqfvjqm2r)** > > Trump calls JD Vance "JT" EXTREME CLOSE-UP! WHOOOOOOOOOOAH! > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3myda5yoblb2r)** > > the zoom in on Trump 😳 ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9735 "2026-10-21T05:33:30Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I don’t know how Muslims like their porridge… [**عاشورا**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashure) (Ashure) sounds quite nice, really. It has many indredients (traditionally, at least 7) - grains, fruits and nuts. ---
**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 21, 2026, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9736 "2026-10-21T05:34:27Z")
[The bigot-in-chief trotted out some tried and true antisemitism.](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-uses-antisemitic-slur-defending-020817000.html) > [@](#): > > Trump had used the term during a speech last year, leading to backlash. He said at the time that he wasn’t aware of the word’s antisemitic connotations. > > President [Donald Trump](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump) used an antisemitic slur Monday in defending [Sen. Roger Marshall](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/trump-republicans-battle-protect-midterms-surprising-battleground-rcna603635), R-Kan., after an article said he sued hundreds of patients over unpaid debts when he was a practicing physician. > > Speaking at a campaign rally in Kansas, Trump said the reporting made Marshall, who is not Jewish, out to be “some kind of a shylock-type guy,” using a term widely recognized as offensive toward Jewish people. > > The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Trump’s remarks. > > Trump used the same slur last year in a speech to describe exploitative bankers as he was promoting his sweeping domestic policy bill. Some Jewish groups denounced his use of the term. [Junior Dictator Vance takes a swing at it, too.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/vance-uses-vile-smear-protester-223615432.html) > [@](#): > > Vice President JD Vance has denigrated a protester who demanded the release of the Epstein files with a racist assumption. > > Vance, 42, was interrupted on stage at an event for North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley as he railed against the Biden administration, which he said “subjected this country to woke insanity for years.” > > The man, standing behind Vance in the crowd, stood up and yelled about releasing the Epstein files, saying, “God bless our children.” > > Vance turned around to see the man as he was escorted out of the crowd, which had erupted into chants of “U-S-A.” > > After a moment, he said, “Ladies and gentlemen, I’m going to have to amend something I said earlier: I said that we have had zero illegal border crossings in the United States of America. But one isn’t bad, right?” > > Vance’s supporters in the crowd laughed at his distasteful attempt at a joke, which seemed to imply the man was an illegal immigrant because he was not white. [The felon says hes the one who decides if a whistleblower gets a cut of the action.](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-says-u-pay-fraud-193428000.html) > [@](#): > > _Washington_ — President Trump on Tuesday announced the federal government will compensate whistleblowers who report people defrauding the U.S. government and taxpayers, but said he will decide who gets paid. > > “I will be the arbitrator of all of these decisions,” the president said during his Oval Office announcement with Vice President JD Vance, who heads up the administration’s fraud task force, beside him. “In other words, I’ll determine whether or not the person is deserving and I’ll determine — and I will be very generous, believe me.” How will that work? The felon has your answer. Maybe. > [@](#): > > Through the Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program, Mr. Trump said whistleblowers, who can be ordinary citizens, will be eligible to receive 1% of the amount of fraud they report, even if the reported fraud is $100 billion. [America.gov/fraud](https://america.gov/fraud?ftag=YHF4eb9d17), however, says successful whistleblowers will be paid up to $30,000, dependent upon the report resulting in criminal charges. Asked by CBS News for clarification, Mr. Trump said there is no limit to whistleblower compensation, and criminal charges aren’t necessary. > > “That’s the answer. I quit while I’m ahead,” Vance joked. > > The president promised to be “fair” in his decisions. > > “You’ll get your money immediately, but I’ll make the determination,” he continued. “So if two people are fighting over it, maybe they’ll split it or maybe whatever, but I’ll make that determination.” Don’t you just love government programs which are based on _maybe whatever_? [Clown’s cabinet secretary gives Democrats a giant raspberry.](https://www.aol.com/articles/bessent-says-democrat-led-congress-135317000.html) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that there was not much a Democrat-led House of Representatives could do to stop the Trump administration’s agenda. > > “I think there’s very little,” Bessent said in an interview on 2Way TV two weeks ahead of November’s midterm elections. > > “We have very durable tariff authorities,” he said, referring to Democrats’ opposition to Trump broadly imposing tariffs on goods imported from countries around the world. [A suspicious person might think an election is coming soon.](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-announces-8-billion-diesel-123650000.html) > [@](#): > > The USDA said farmers don’t need crop insurance to qualify and can prepare to apply by creating a [Login.gov](http://Login.gov) account. > > President Trump said his administration will provide $8 billion in aid to farmers hurt by record diesel prices. > > “Tonight I’m also pleased to announce that the Department of Agriculture will be launching a new Harvest Fuel Relief program, providing our farmers with $8 billion in support to offset diesel costs during this harvest season,” Mr. Trump said at a rally in Kansas Monday night. > > “When Republicans win, we will pass even more funding for our farmers. We love our farmers,” he added. [Retired general criticizes the felon; no UCMJ charges announced yet.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/former-nato-commander-no-balance-192249193.html) > [@](#): > > Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Wesley Clark on Monday said there was “no balance” in President Trump’s decision “to give in to Russia” after waiving sanctions and agreeing to permit Russian diesel into the U.S. while supporting Ukraine’s war against the Kremlin. > > “The most important thing is to maintain the rights of nations to be free of invasion,” Clark told “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” host Elizabeth Vargas on NewsNation, The Hill’s broadcast partner. “Why would he trust [Russian President Vladimir Putin] anyway? Why would he trust Putin anyway? He shouldn’t trust Putin. I mean, why would he?” > > Clark later added, “I’ve always tried to present a balanced view, but there’s no balance to this decision of the president to give in to Russia. We’ve seen it for a long time.” What? No UCMJ charges against him announced by Hegseth? Why, all that does is prove the charges against Senator Kelly were nothing but an attempt to force a sitting senator do the convict-in-the-oval’s bidding. [New ~~America~~ _ **Mexico** _’s governor says the state is not one of the felon’s squirrels.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-gets-scathing-reply-wild-165936899.html) > [@](#): > > New Mexico’s governor tore into President Donald Trump after he demanded the state rebrand itself as “New America.” > > “This tired New American bit again? You have to ask — what policy failure is Trump trying to distract Americans from this time?” Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham posted on [X](https://x.com/GovMLG/status/2112318034203255136) on Monday evening. [The felon melts down in the Oval..](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-blows-reporters-oval-office-213640021.html) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump has spent the months ahead of the midterm elections [reaffirming his opposition](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-bans-cnn-msnow-politico-white-house-1235628916/) to the free press, and he’s only growing more combative as Election Day nears. The president snapped at reporters again on Tuesday, yelling and lashing out multiple times during an Oval Office press gaggle. > > “Quiet, QUIET!” Trump commanded one reporter, before snarling, “What’s wrong with you? Are you a sick person? I actually think theres something wrong with you.” > > In another on-camera moment, he delivered an ominous [warning](https://x.com/atrupar/status/2112619453091344853) to someone in the press gaggle. “Hey! I don’t know who the hell you are but you better be careful,” he scolded, while raising a finger to the reporter in question. That dude ain’t right in the head. [Missus secretary of war crimes wants female service members to take hormones to be more womanly for her man.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/hegseth-wife-brings-macho-obsession-221639447.html) > [@](#): > > Pete Hegseth’s wife, Jennifer Hegseth, who chairs the Military Spouse Commission, said a new women’s health task force will include “balancing the new testosterone with HRT for women.” > > HRT, or hormone replacement therapy, involves replacing female hormones typically lost during perimenopause or menopause. > > The new women’s health plan echoes her husband’s obsession with testosterone replacement therapy for men. [It’s a Big Beautiful Breakup!](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/donald-trump-tells-maga-ditch-170436040.html) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump criticized Fox News in a [Truth Social post](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117467256855900007), telling MAGA supporters to ditch the network. Trump wrote, “Fox spends more time defending Democrats and putting on their views versus their Republican opponent than at any time in the History of Fox News.” > > He added, “It’s ridiculous! Fox News is trying too hard to be Politically Correct! Watch my big Kansas Rally today on RSBN. Great early coverage! President DJT.” [The felon-in-the-oval whined he’s not getting any kind of bribe from Ukraine.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/time-deal-trump-tells-zelenskyy-201010413.html) > [@](#): > > US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he wanted his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy to “make a deal” with Russia as he complained that the United States had received “nothing back” for its support for Kyiv. > > Speaking to the media in the White House, Trump said: “We want Zelenskyy to make a deal. He can make a deal.” > > “He could have made a deal two years ago when we had our little chat in the Oval Office,” he continued, seemingly referencing the pair’s heated exchange during a meeting in early 2025. “He’s going to have to want to make a deal, because I don’t think his people are going to stand for it any longer.” [The felon took a mulligan. And here comes the judge!](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-team-disdain-court-orders-221153020.html) > [@](#): > > A federal judge raked President Donald Trump’s administration [over the coals](https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/19/politics/trump-golf-course-renovation?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo) on Monday in a case involving his plans to renovate a public golf course in Washington, DC. > > After the administration [cut down more than 430 trees](https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/12/politics/judge-furious-trees-cut-down-washington-dc-golf-course-trump?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo) without properly notifying US District Judge Ana Reyes, she said last week she was “furious” and issued a court order to stop it. > > Then, after Trump on Sunday said construction would [begin “immediately” despite the judge’s order](https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/19/politics/trump-golf-course-renovation?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo), she forced officials to testify on Monday and sought to highlight the apparent unwillingness of Justice Department lawyers to vouch for the administration’s claims in court. The felon might never go to prison, sadly, but his flacks are toying with all kinds of sanctions. ---
**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 21, 2026, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9737 "2026-10-21T05:40:48Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Many Americans have no patience or stomach to do hard things that require sacrifice. Incorrect. They have no patience or stomach to do hard things _themselves_ that require sacrifice. They’re more than happy to sacrifice an immigrant or few. ---
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> [@scudsucker](#): > > **[عاشورا](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashure)** (Ashure) sounds quite nice, really. [Salep/Sahlab](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salep) is even nicer. ---
**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 21, 2026, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9739 "2026-10-21T09:25:29Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > And they refer to “Englandistan” in the same post. Muslims everywhere. London, Birmingham, Manchester, they’re all lost to Muslims. Soon, the UK will be under Sharia law. Because that’s what Muslims do—spread their religion, and kill those that refuse to convert. 🙄 Speaking from the UK, every time one of these assertions get reported it is a source of much hilarity here. My favorite response on the matter was when Birmingham was being declared a “no-go area” due to “Sharia Law”, and someone quipped, “Yeah, in Birmingham we all follow the [Kerrang!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerrang!)” (Birmingham being the home of Black Sabbath _et alia_). ---
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> [@Gyrate](#): > > Speaking from the UK, every time one of these assertions get reported it is a source of much hilarity here. Agreed! Sadly it’s the same noisy group of ignorant idiots who come out with the same thing over and over again. I work in Birmingham (and live not that far away), walking around the city centre you’d never get the impression that it was a no-go area for non-Muslims. Sure, there are areas of the wider city where cultural communities have built up but that’s the same for the Asian and Caribbean population of the city. You can find all manner of religions on the same street but they all seem to get along without any bother (until the local “patriots” turn up and start shouting the odds). The Muslim Council of Britain runs a “Visit My Mosque” day every year where any mosque can participate, they have an open day together so anyone can go and visit. I’ve been to a couple of the bigger mosques in the Birmingham area, but have yet to visit the mosque at the end of my street. Every time, people have been incredibly friendly and welcoming, eager to meet people who just want to know a bit more about them and their faith. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=486) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=488)