# 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:** 495
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9881 "2026-10-26T03:40:39Z")
Or failing Viktor, one of the Bolsonaros. Maybe Katie Zacharia’s looking for a gig? ---
**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 26, 2026, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9882 "2026-10-26T05:01:41Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > Did I miss much? On tbe contrary, you gained, by not reading that mindless, aimless self-congratulatory babble. Several of your brain cells, which would otherwise have perished under the torrent of bullshit flooding from the mouth of the person least qualified to make public statements- worse even than his own press secretaries - will sincerely thank you that they live another day. ---
**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 26, 2026, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9883 "2026-10-26T05:39:35Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > Most people don’t know there’s a ‘b’ in incumbent. Don’t forget how much the felon loves _p_. > [@Smapti](#): > > [Acyn on X: "I believe Trump is using his hands to describe ass now????" / X](https://x.com/Acyn/status/2114458803785916544) Not just now. He always has been. Don’t think of it as an air accordian. It’s a butt-cheeks squeeze box. > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Trump is really wigging out over on Truth Social Wigging out. Ha34! [Fiction from felon](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-hits-back-obama-issues-135721606.html) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump issued a scathing rebuke of Barack Obama after the former president attacked him at a midterm campaign rally. > > Trump, 80, launched a Truth Social tirade at 12:42 a.m. Sunday, slamming Barack Obama as a “grossly incompetent President” who gave Iran a “road to a Nuclear Weapon.” > > “He said that Crooked Hillary Clinton was going to WIN, he campaigned hard for her, and she lost in all directions and ways. He then campaigned full out for Kamala, and likewise, she lost,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. > > Trump then took aim at Obama for campaigning for Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, calling him a “Muslim Brotherhood Jihadist, who hates Jews and Blacks and AMERICANS and TRUMP, and he is going to lose, also.” Hates Americans and Trump? So that means the felon doesn’t think he’s American. _Interesting!_ [Proof Putin’s paying!](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/secret-russian-funding-revealed-trump-210822737.html) > [@](#): > > A multibillion-dollar project to tap into natural gas in Alaska pursued by the Trump administration has received secret funding from a sanctioned Russian company, according to a report. > > Polar LNG, an American energy startup, is seeking to buy Russian technology to extract natural gas from Alaska’s North Slope and ship it to allies abroad, portraying the project as a decidedly American undertaking. > > But Joel Riddle, who resigned as the company’s chief executive last month, told [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/us/politics/in-us-gas-talks-with-kremlin-hidden-financing-for-alaska-project-emerges.html)that he was misled about the source of the company’s funding. He said he had been made to believe that the money came from a firm in the United Arab Emirates, when at least some of it actually came from Novatek, one of Russia’s biggest energy companies. Novatek is under partial U.S. sanctions. [Don’t believe your lying eyes, ICE edition.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/ice-said-man-jumped-hood-103015458.html) > [@](#): > > When footage of a man being hit by federal immigration officers’ SUV in Northern California became public, the Department of Homeland Security responded by saying the man had jumped on the vehicle’s hood. > > [Local police raised doubts](https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CCSLJuodk/) about federal officials’ account as they announced a criminal investigation into Tuesday morning’s incident involving the pedestrian, 37-year-old Antonio Moreida, citing video footage that contradicted DHS’ statement. > > Footage from a nearby surveillance camera, a bystander’s cellphone recording and Moreida’s GoPro, which had already been made public at the time of the agency’s statement, told a different story of what happened on a residential street in Woodland, an agricultural city just outside of Sacramento. The incident is the latest in which [DHS’ account has been contradicted](https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/10/us/ice-shooting-minneapolis-renee-good?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo) by officials and video evidence amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. > > In a statement Wednesday morning, DHS said Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers didn’t hit a pedestrian. > > “An agitator jumped onto the hood of an ICE vehicle and the officer driving applied the brakes,” a DHS spokesperson said in a statement in response to CNN’s request for information. “The agitator slid off the hood. ICE immediately contacted EMS and the Woodland Police Department. Flopping for the camera is dangerous, especially when it interferes with a federal law enforcement operation,” apparently accusing the man of faking his injuries. > > After the incident on Tuesday, Woodland Police Chief Ryan Kinnan said in a statement he found footage of the incident troubling. Investigators were working to gather evidence and statements and to review available audio and video related to the incident, including video taken from multiple perspectives, police said in a [Facebook post](https://www.facebook.com/WoodlandPD/posts/pfbid02NYtmnqkhHJEyTQokgKLcUUP63oWZCQiHgysaace6vXp3UiCuz2gPoUDeKeycnNfsl). Woodland Police didn’t take part in the ICE operation the agents were involved in that morning, police said. > > The following day, Woodland Police called DHS’ account “inconsistent.” > > “Certain claims made in the DHS statement are inconsistent with the video evidence obtained and reviewed by Woodland Police investigators,” Kinnan said in an [update Wednesday](https://www.facebook.com/WoodlandPD/posts/pfbid0hcySsSyBQ52j9CAj1byokkXqAhyQL8BebftmPoZNzdWiNRJRnddUEyxUPpLVQiEbl). The update said investigators had established, based on video evidence, the pedestrian had been hit by the vehicle driven by ICE agents and that he had not jumped onto the vehicle. [Hairbrain\* hallucinates](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-claims-ilhan-omars-seat-170421763.html) > [@](#): > > U.S. President [Donald Trump](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/donald-trump) declared Representative [Ilhan Omar](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/ilhan-omar)’s seat “conceded” by Democrats over federal court filings referring to her as Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a name Omar has denied is hers. > > Prosecutors referred to the Democrat running for reelection in Minnesota as “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Abdullahi Omar” in a federal court filing submitted Wednesday that was [obtained by _Newsweek_](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-calls-for-omar-resignation-12608536). Omar pushed back the next day, saying in a post on X: “Whenever the news turns bad, this creep reaches for one name: mine. So let’s make it crystal clear. My name has always been Ilhan Omar.” > > On Friday, during a speech in Fort Myers, Florida, Trump said Omar’s seat was conceded because she allegedly used a fraudulent name to take her congressional oath. “The Dumocrat Party has just conceded the seat of the former Ilhan Omar from the lovely country of Somalia,” he said. > > There has been no formal announcement from Democrats conceding Omar’s seat – she remains a sitting member of Congress. \*The misspelling is intentional. [Your’e paying out the nose, but he’s happy about it.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-high-gas-prices-were-180455087.html) > [@](#): > > Though regular Americans are [paying more at the pump](https://www.businessinsider.com/oil-gas-diesel-prices-midterms-iran-russia-ukraine-saudi-arabia-2026-10?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoocom&utm_medium=syndication&utm_source=yahoo), US oil companies are striking it rich, President Donald Trump said on Saturday. > > Speaking at a rally in Georgia, Trump said that [oil prices](https://www.businessinsider.com/gas-oil-prices-soar-as-trump-deals-iran-war-inflation-2026-10?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoocom&utm_medium=syndication&utm_source=yahoo) are “temporarily high,” but added that the throttling of the Strait of Hormuz has pushed oil buyers to American companies with operations in Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. > > “The United States oil and gas business is making hundreds of billions of dollars,” Trump said. “I don’t give a damn, I’m going to say it — we’re making a freaking fortune.” [The felon’s gotten 13% of SNAP recipients off the rolls.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/trump-administration-pushed-off-13-110002009.html) > [@](#): > > Enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap) has decreased significantly over the past year in the US following restrictions imposed by the Trump administration, which has forced more people to seek help from food banks or go hungry, stakeholders say. > > The number of people who receive food stamps has dropped from 41.6 million in July 2025, before the One Big Beautiful Act took effect, to 36.5 million in June 2026, a 13% decrease, according to the latest data from the [US Department of Agriculture](https://fna-bwbufwdzbabpezgc.z01.azurefd.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/snap-persons-10.pdf), which administers the program. > > While Donald Trump and other Republicans have said the changes incentivize people to find jobs, elected officials, non-profit leaders and people with food insecurity say the changes simply make it harder for Americans to feed their families. Let’s assume there is fraud. More than one in ten nationwide is not a reasonable conclusion for the level of fraud involved. [Maybe the felon can find out why he’s hallucinating.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-claims-us-best-healthcare-171249469.html) > [@](#): > > [President Donald Trump](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-approval-ratings-midterms-polls-b3073001.html) claimed the U.S. has the[“best healthcare plans in the world,”](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-midterms-plan-republicans-poll-b3072210.html) even if not everybody has coverage.. > > Trump[made the bold claim](https://x.com/atrupar/status/2114363367196332327)as part of a wide-ranging and rambling interview Sunday morning with Larry Kudlow on Fox News, > > “We have the best healthcare plans in the world. Now that doesn’t cover everybody, but it covers a lot of people,” Trump said. > > “And, you tell the union, you tell the autoworkers, they’re going to lose their healthcare plans…” Trump said, seemingly referring to autoworker futures. “It’s socialized medicine, and it never works.” Speaking of socialized medicine, that’s exactly what the felon gets courtesy of the military’s own socialized medicine system. [The bigot-in-chief is at it again/still.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-demands-metal-detectors-abdul-202224514.html) > [@](#): > > President [Donald Trump](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-us-healthcare-midterm-campaigning-b3073016.html) has demanded that Michigan Senate candidate [Abdul El-Sayed](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-iowa-rally-abdul-elsayed-b3071831.html)go through metal detectors at the U.S. Capitol building if he were to get elected in [November’s midterm elections](https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/donald-trump-midterm-elections-democracy-b3072270.html). > > “I’m here to keep a Jihadist Muslim Brotherhood member from becoming a United States senator,” Trump said at a rally in Port Huron, Michigan, Sunday afternoon as he spewed attacks at the Democrat. El-Sayed has vehemently denied any ties to the Islamist organization. > > Trump said El-Sayed “should never be allowed inside the halls of our great, beautiful Capitol building in Washington, D.C.,” adding that his supporters will elect his pick, [Mike Rogers](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-michigan-tariffs-abdul-elsayed-b3041264.html), a former Republican congressman, to the U.S. Senate. > > The president then accused El-Sayed’s family of having terrorist ties, without providing any evidence, and said, “Anyone with that record of support for jihadists would be screened and unable to get a seat on an airplane. They certainly should not give him a seat in the United States Senate.” > > “He would be the only senator that will have to go through a metal detector before he’s allowed to go into the Senate. I want him to have a metal detector,” Trump said. “If Abdul gets to the Senate, he would have access to our nation’s most closely guarded natio[The felon’s interference election in another country’s elections failed.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/brazil-faces-tense-lula-vs-050015086.html)nal security secrets, and his vote would wield power over our military, our borders, our homeland security, and much more than that.” [The felon’s interference in another country’s election failed.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/brazil-faces-tense-lula-vs-050015086.html) > [@](#): > > RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a vocal critic of U.S. President Donald Trump, was reelected Sunday in a result that provides relief to critics of [widening U.S. influence in Latin America](https://apnews.com/article/brazil-election-lula-bolsonaro-0ab5c798e84a3f3a3a5eb659a5ca0fac). > > With 100% of the vote counted, Brazil’s electoral court announced that the soon to be 81-year-old Lula had a lead of nearly 4.4 million votes over opponent Flávio Bolsonaro, giving him 51.8% of the total vote. Bolsonaro quickly refused to concede defeat and asked for the election results to be annulled after an evening of chaos at some polling places that followed a last-minute decision to extend voting by two hours. > > Lula’s triumph bucks a regional trend of [victories for right-of-center presidential candidates](https://apnews.com/article/de-la-espriella-conservative-trump-latin-america-66989dafc1a8c28d93e1ea05235ce6b9) allied with Trump. It also means Latin America’s largest economy, with a GDP of $2.6 trillion per year, will likely continue defying Trump’s demands, despite the pressure of [increased tariffs](https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-eu-trading-partners-letter-958bafd5f28d600eb0dd55fa8e942f64). ---
**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 26, 2026, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9884 "2026-10-26T08:12:56Z")
[Bad gouge, Navy Department!](https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2026-10-23/super-intelligence-trump-navy-hegseth-23238288.html) > [@](#): > > The Navy and Marine Corps are jettisoning the term “artificial intelligence” in favor of one that better fits its supercharged efforts to use advanced technology. Starting this week, Navy websites, correspondence, training materials, fleet advisories and other official documents will refer to it as “super intelligence,” according to an administrative memo issued Thursday. The abbreviation “SI” will replace AI. The switch better reflects the Navy’s approach to scaling the technology in its operations at supersonic speed, according to the memo. The capabilities of AI “transcend historical definitions of automation,” the service said. The Marine Corps made a similar announcement Friday. “To the maximum extent permitted by law, commands and organizations will use ‘Super Intelligence’ and ‘SI’ in place of ‘Artificial Intelligence’ and ‘AI’ in official correspondence, public communications, websites, reports, policy documents, and other non-statutory documents,” the memo said. [Here is the full NAVADMIN for this Bravo Sierra.](https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Messages/NAVADMIN/NAV2026/NAV26252.pdf?ver=IHod82fespk5JXnP7sz0_A%3D%3D) > [@](#): > > CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED/ > ROUTINE > R 221740Z OCT 26 MID120041582315U > FM CNO WASHINGTON DC > TO NAVADMIN > INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC > BT > UNCLAS > PASS TO OFFICE CODES: > FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//DNS// > NAVADMIN 252/26 > MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/DNS/OCT// > SUBJ/Policy Implementation - Mandatory Transition to Super Intelligence (SI) > Terminology Across the Department of the Navy// > REF/A/DOC/Executive Order/29SEP26// > AMPN/Ref A is Presidential Executive Order dated 29 September 2026, > Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence.// > RMKS/1. Purpose. This NAVADMIN promulgates the Navy’s implementation guidance > of ref (a). Per presidential direction the executive branch, including the > Armed Services, shall immediately transition terminology to recognize and > adopt the terms “Super Intelligence” and “SI” in lieu of “Artificial > Intelligence” and “AI.” > 2. Background. > a. Ref (a) establishes executive branch policy commemorating American > leadership in advanced computational systems and directs terminology > reflecting the transformative capabilities of next-generation revolutionary > technologies. > b. The capabilities of modern and frontier systems transcend historical > definitions of automation and artificial intelligence, representing an > expanding frontier of Super Intelligence capable of bolstering maritime > superiority, warfighting effectiveness, and force readiness. > 3. Policy and definition. > a. Definition: For purposes of this directive and consistent with ref > (a), the terms “Super Intelligence” and “SI” encompass the technologies, > algorithms, and systems hitherto referenced as “artificial intelligence” as > defined under 15 U.S.C. 9401(3) to be “a machine-based system that can, for a > given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations or > decisions influencing real or virtual environments.” > b. Terminology mandate: To the maximum extent permitted by law, all Navy > echelons, commands, activities, and personnel shall use “Super Intelligence” > and “SI” in place of “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI.” > c. In accordance with ref (a), commands and naval personnel will not > promulgate, or endorse the usage of legacy terminology (“Artificial > Intelligence” / “AI”) in any applicable official capacity. > 4. Scope and execution. > a. Applicability: This policy applies effective immediately across all > official Navy correspondence, flag letters, OPORDs, wargame documentation, > instructional material, fleet advisories, public communications, official > websites, strategic assessments, congressional reports, and non-statutory > internal and external policy documents. > b. Warfighting integration: New or updated operational doctrine, tactics, > techniques, and procedures (TTPs), and command and control (C2) initiatives > involving autonomous or decision-support capabilities shall reflect “Super > Intelligence” governance. > c. Exclusions and historical continuity: > (1) Per ref (a), nothing in this directive mandates retroactive > alteration or amendment of previously executed contracts, historical > archives, pre-existing statutory definitions, formal grants, or historical > regulations. > (2) Existing codified laws and statutes governing national defense > authorizations will continue to be cited as statutorily required until > conforming congressional amendments are enacted. > 5. Action requirements. > a. Echelon II commanders, type commanders (TYCOMs), and systems > commanders (SYSCOMs) shall review command public releases, intranet portals, > and external presentations for compliance NLT 30 days from the release of > this message and report completion to OPNAV N6 (Warfighting Information, > Security, and Architecture). > b. OPNAV N6 shall serve as the principal naval liaison to DON Super > Intelligence governance bodies and monitor the 60-day legislative definition > proposals required by ref (a). > 6. Point of contact. OPNAV N6: opnav\_n6\_leadership(at)us.navy.mil. > 7. Released by Mr. Matthew Swartz, Director, Navy Staff.// > BT > #0001 > NNNN > CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED/ [And the full MARADMIN](https://www.marines.mil/News/Messages/Messages-Display/Article/4632446/transition-from-artificial-intelligence-to-super-intelligence-terminology/) > [@](#): > > MARADMINS : 521/26 > > R 231538Z OCT 26 > MARADMIN 521/26 > MSGID/GENADMIN/USMC WASHINGTON DC// > SUBJ/TRANSITION FROM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO SUPER INTELLIGENCE > TERMINOLOGY// > REF/A/DOC/PRESIDENT/29SEP26// > REF/B/DOC/CMC/11MAR24// > REF/C/USC/TITLE 15 SECTION 9401// > NARR/REF A IS EXECUTIVE ORDER 14434, INAUGURATING THE ERA OF SUPER > INTELLIGENCE. REF B IS MCO 5231.4, MARINE CORPS DATA AND ARTIFICIAL > INTELLIGENCE. REF C IS TITLE 15, UNITED STATES CODE, SECTION 9401, > DEFINITIONS.// > POC/C. D. CLARK/MAJ/DC I CHIEF DATA AND SUPER INTELLIGENCE OFFICE/ > [703-692-3780/CHRISTOPHER.D.CLARK.MIL@USMC.MIL](mailto:703-692-3780/CHRISTOPHER.D.CLARK.MIL@USMC.MIL)// > GENTEXT/REMARKS/ > > 1. Purpose. This MARADMIN directs Marine Corps > organizations to use “Super Intelligence” (SI) in place of > “Artificial Intelligence” (AI), to the maximum extent permitted by > law, in accordance with reference (a). > 2. Background. On 29 September 2026, the President signed > reference (a) to align federal terminology with the advancing > capabilities and potential of these technologies. The order > establishes the policy that the executive branch will use SI > terminology and “will not acknowledge the usage of ‘Artificial > Intelligence’ and ‘AI’ in any applicable setting,” to the maximum > extent permitted by law. > 3. Definition and scope. > 3.a. For purposes of this guidance, SI means the same technologies > and systems covered by the statutory definition of AI in section > 9401(3) of reference (c), except where otherwise provided by law. > This definition remains in effect unless superseded by subsequent > Presidential action consistent with applicable law or by an Act of > Congress. > 3.b. This includes generative systems and other applications of > machine learning covered by that definition. Existing requirements > for security, privacy, acquisition, and responsible use continue to > apply. > 4. Execution. > 4.a. To the maximum extent permitted by law, commands and > organizations will use “Super Intelligence” and “SI” in place of > “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI” in official correspondence, > public communications, websites, reports, policy documents, and > other non-statutory documents. > 4.b. Apply this terminology when issuing or revising these > products, including briefing and training materials. Content owners > will update current websites and reusable templates. > 4.c. Commanders and directors will ensure military and civilian > personnel responsible for preparing, reviewing, or publishing these > products understand and apply this guidance. > 5. Existing documents and references. > 5.a. Reference (a) does not require alteration of previously issued > regulations, Presidential actions, contracts, grants, or other > historical documents. Preserve issued records in accordance with > applicable records management requirements. > 5.b. Preserve statutory wording, accurate direct quotations, and > official source titles when citing or reproducing them. Use the > current official names of organizations, programs, and products > unless changed by the responsible authority. The reference titles in > this message retain their published wording. > 6. Responsibilities. > 6.a. Consistent with reference (b), the Deputy Commandant for > Information, Chief Data and Super Intelligence Office (CDSO) > remains the Service lead for strategy, policy, governance, and > oversight in this area, providing the guidance required to enable > Marines to use SI securely and effectively. > 6.b. Commands, mission owners, and system owners remain responsible > for their capabilities and compliance with applicable requirements. > Direct questions through existing command channels to the MARADMIN > point of contact. > 7. Applicability. This MARADMIN applies to the Marine Corps Total > Force. Implementation involving contractor performance will be > coordinated through the appropriate contracting authority and > applicable contract requirements. > 8. Release authorized by Lieutenant General J. A. Matos III, > Headquarters Marine Corps, Deputy Commandant for Information.// This is absolutely not what [SI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units) means! I don’t care how malarkey you preface your caving. It doesn’t change the fact that Artificial Intelligence is Artificial Intelligence and the word _artificial_ here does not mean _fake_ like the faking felon says it does. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9885 "2026-10-26T08:31:58Z")
Once again, “SI” means the metric system: > **[International System of Units](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units)** > > The International System of Units, internationally known by the abbreviation SI (from its official French name, Système international d'unités), is the modern form of the metric system and the world's most widely used system of measurement. It is the only system of measurement with official status in nearly every country in the world, employed in science, technology, industry, and everyday commerce. The International Bureau of Weights and Measures (abbreviated BIPM from French: Bureau internati... I’m sure that the USN and the USMC know this, but I suppose they’ve got to make Trump happy. Never mind, like so much of the renaming and damage he’s caused, it will eventually be put back to normal when saner heads prevail. ---
**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 26, 2026, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9886 "2026-10-26T08:59:51Z")
I’m not going to link it, but Wikpedia’s caved, a bit, too. They’re not actually calling it that; just referring to “renaming controversy” for it. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9887 "2026-10-26T14:21:36Z")
From **Monty** ’s links: > [@Monty](#): > > The following day, Woodland Police called DHS’ account “inconsistent.” More infuriating soft talk. How about “full of fucking shit”? (I know, I know - just dreaming) > [@Monty](#): > > There has been no formal announcement from Democrats conceding Omar’s seat – she remains a sitting member of Congress. Here’s to hoping her continued presence becomes such a bugbear for him that it’ll eventually drive him into a stoke. Full body stroke, so that all he can do is move his beady eyes around. I’m sure the Marine Corps’ / Navy’s profoundly idiotic and disappointing changing it to SI will get all of us saying it, just like we all say Beta, now, instead of Facebook. 🤪 🙃 ---
**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 26, 2026, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9888 "2026-10-26T15:45:05Z")
I still call it Twitter. No matter what they are forced to call it themselves, it’s not going to change the common vernacular. ---
**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 26, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9889 "2026-10-26T16:09:16Z")
Me, too. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9890 "2026-10-26T16:16:31Z")
Doggammit, now I have to add to my t-shirt collection again. Gulf of Mexico, Lake Ontario, and now, AI. ---
**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 26, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9891 "2026-10-26T16:17:46Z")
I’m fond of calling it “ **Xitter** ,” which is a portmanteau of “X” and “Twitter,” and has the added benefit of being pronounced “shitter”—which seems appropriate. ---
**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 26, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9892 "2026-10-26T16:32:18Z")
And the messages, of course, are called _xits,_ pronounced “shits.” ---
**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 26, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9893 "2026-10-26T18:46:59Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > I still call it Twitter. If Elon is going to deadname his own daughter, then I’m going to deadname his website. ---
**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 26, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9894 "2026-10-26T20:54:59Z")
JD accidentally tells the truth. > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mysjjvi5qz25)** > > JD Vance: "Gas prices are too high ... they skyrocket every time some tinpot dictator decides to throw a tantrum" ---
**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 26, 2026, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9895 "2026-10-26T21:12:07Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Wigging out. Ha34! Were there supposed to be notes? ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9896 "2026-10-26T21:20:22Z")
I read it as Ha to the 34th power. ---
**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 26, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9897 "2026-10-26T21:43:52Z")
That makes a lot more sense than an internet message board post with at least 34 footnotes ---
**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 26, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9898 "2026-10-26T22:12:43Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > Nicki Minaj has a nice ass and I look forward to her tenure as our next White House Press Secretary. You just HAD to give them the idea, didn’t you? > **[Trump’s team pitches Nicki Minaj for the White House press secretary gig he...](https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/nicki-minaj-trump-press-secretary?1)** > > What else could she do with a week of her time? ---
**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 26, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9899 "2026-10-26T22:14:17Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > Don’t know about the green hair, but I’d be all for Trump being required to wear a black and white striped outfit. WORD > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Trump is really wigging out over on Truth Social: ^(Donald’s 1300±word post) In response to Donald’s so-succinct takedown of Maher, someone posted: > [@](#): > > Thirty years ago I was on a high-volume high-aggro mailing list, and when someone lost it like this the tradition was for someone to take the text of the message, alphabetize it, paste it into a reply, and **say “these words didn’t appear to be in any particular order so I alphabetized them for you”** Love that. > **[Kathryn Tewson (@kathryntewson.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/kathryntewson.bsky.social/post/3myqkycviac2h)** > > Thirty years ago I was on a high-volume high-aggro mailing list, and when someone lost it like this the tradition was for someone to take the text of the message, alphabetize it, paste it into a reply, and say “these words didn’t appear to be in any... ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/9900 "2026-10-26T22:16:11Z")
Pointing out that we’re living in the movie “Idiocracy” is not exactly an original thought, but man, it just keeps getting more and more on-the-nose. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=494) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=496)