# 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:** 57
**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:** [December 31, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1121 "2025-12-31T17:04:02Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Speaking of disgusting, the felon attacked the Kennedy family when JFK’s granddaughter died. Trump, you are an absolute piece of shit. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1122 "2025-12-31T17:06:30Z")
> **[National Links Trust served notice of default by Trump administration](https://golfweek.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/courses/2025/12/15/national-links-trust-served-notice-of-default-trump-administration-washington-public-golf/87764741007/)** > > The National Links Trust, which operates 3 municipal golf courses in Washington, D.C., was served a notice of default, according to the Washington Post. > The National Links Trust, which operates three municipal golf courses in Washington, D.C., was served a notice of default by the Trump administration, [according to a story by the Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/13/trump-dc-golf-national-links-trust/). > > The report states "the default notice, dated Oct. 29, did not specify reasons the group was in default or how it could remedy any concerns. … > > The Post report also says: > > > The default notice also lands amid unexplained activity at East Potomac, where in recent weeks [trucks have deposited soil from the White House’s East Wing renovation](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/10/31/golf-course-east-wing-dirt-trump/) onto the property. Neither the White House nor the National Park Service has explained the purpose of the work, and neither responded to requests for comment Friday night. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1123 "2025-12-31T17:30:35Z")
I’m guessing that Trump has plans to open a golf course in DC area and wants to kill the competition, or else he’s going to use the default to make a hostile take over. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1124 "2025-12-31T17:31:41Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > or else he’s going to use the default to make a hostile take over. That would be my guess. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1125 "2025-12-31T17:41:10Z")
What does a notice of default mean? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1126 "2025-12-31T18:02:56Z")
It means that the National Links Trust defaulted on their responsibilities under their agreement for stewardship of the golf courses. Per the article, the document did not specify _how_ they were in default. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1127 "2025-12-31T18:05:27Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > Trump, you are an absolute piece of shit. Please don’t insult shit like that. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1128 "2025-12-31T19:28:30Z")
Thanks @Johnny_L.A I figured it was default on a debt. But I suppose it could be anything that Trump pulls out of his ass. I’m sure it is. Another brilliant move by his orangeness’. The majority in DC are democrats. They won’t play golf on a Trump course anymore than the will go to the Trump/Kennedy center. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1129 "2025-12-31T21:50:33Z")
The hipsters in inflatable frog costumes have emerged victorious in the Battle of Portland. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreiemm5wothx2i2mnyuntnb5cdjz3epstxrn7msw6mjj5ceg7k5mepa@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreiemm5wothx2i2mnyuntnb5cdjz3epstxrn7msw6mjj5ceg7k5mepa@jpeg) ---
**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:** [December 31, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1130 "2025-12-31T22:17:56Z")
“in a much different and stronger form” [![](https://frinkiac.com/img/S07E04/1165380.jpg) ](https://frinkiac.com/img/S07E04/1165380.jpg) ---
**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:** [December 31, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1131 "2025-12-31T23:07:07Z")
The national guard never made it to Chicago, or cleaned up any crime. Just over a week ago the Supremes somehow inadvertently made the right call, and disallowed it. (ICE, however, is a different story. Fuck all of them.) ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1132 "2026-01-01T03:15:49Z")
There’s enough counterfactual spin in that pile of drivel to power six AI data centers for a decade. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1133 "2026-01-01T03:22:02Z")
The telling question is: Does his nibs really believe all that drivel he’s pulling out of his ass, or does he really believe he’s the greatest [you name it] of all time? In the end it doesn’t matter. What matters is the damage he’s done, and continues to do, to the republic and human lives. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1134 "2026-01-01T03:37:41Z")
Typical Trump reaction when he doesn’t get his way - he pretends he accomplished everything he set out to do and this was how he wanted it to go all along. Same as how he was suddenly in favor of releasing the Epstein files as soon as there were enough votes to override a veto. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1135 "2026-01-01T03:47:18Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > The telling question is: Does his nibs really believe all that drivel he’s pulling out of his ass, or does he really believe he’s the greatest [you name it] of all time? He does believe he’s the greatest everything of all time. That’s why he’s so fond of North Korea’s dictatorship. They share a belief. Because he believes that, anything either he or anyone else says that’s serves to support his idea is, in his pathetic mind, automatically true because it serves the higher truth, that he’s the best. > [@Smapti](#): > > Meanwhile, Trump has been awarded the First Annual Bibi Netenyahu Award For Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence. At least they didn’t leave the naming of the thing to Rip van Simple. Otherwise it would have been _First Annual Excellence Award for Excellence in the Field of Excellence_. [I called it!](https://www.aol.com/sports/trump-administration-terminates-lease-washington-222550325.html) > [@](#): > > In 2020, the National Links Trust signed a 50-year deal to oversee Washington D.C.'s three municipal golf courses. Just five years later, the Trump administration has officially ended that lease, claiming a breach of contract with the National Parks Service, which owns each the land that the courses are on. > > According to [reports](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/12/31/trump-dc-golf-courses-lease/), the deal was meant to propel projects to redesign and renovate the three courses, using money from donors and government funding. The Trump administration claims that these improvements have not been done in a timely enough manner, thusly breaking their agreement. > > “The Trump administration prides itself on getting the job done for the American people and partnering with others who share that same goal,” the Interior Department said in a statement Wednesday. > > Meanwhile, the National Links Trust is “devastated” at this development, believing they’d always maintained a “productive and cooperative working relationship with the National Park Service.” [The felon’s no longer touting “two weeks”.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-construction-triumphal-arch-165321406.html) He’s up to two months now. > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump said in an interview Wednesday that construction of his long-teased Triumphal Arch is expected to begin “sometime in the next two months.” > > That would put the start date ahead of July 4, 2026 — as the White House ramps up preparations for the nation’s 250th anniversary next year. > > “It hasn’t started yet. It starts sometime in the next two months. It’ll be great. Everyone loves it,” Trump told POLITICO when reached by phone from Mar-a-Lago. “They love the ballroom too. But they love the Triumphal Arch.” [Rip van Simple really doesn’t understand government.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/rot-hell-trump-blasts-governor-194726717.html) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump used his downtime Wednesday to attack the Colorado officials who refuse to honor his [pretend pardon](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/scotus-blockbuster-case-2026-golden-globe-noms_n_6936a122e4b0a1c98be2a8f0/liveblog_693b601de4b0455a071121a4) of Tina Peters, going so far as to label Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) a “\*\*\*\*\*\*\*” and calling for him and a Republican district attorney to “rot in hell.” > > Peters, a former Colorado county clerk, was convicted of state crimes in 2024 for orchestrating a criminal scheme with election deniers to breach voting machine data, driven by baseless conspiracies of fraud in the 2020 election that were, in turn, planted by Trump. The rest of the article is a fun read, highlighting all the errors in Rip van Simple’s screed. [This is the most blatant grift the convicted felon has ever grifted. And, sadly, it’s going to work.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-79-warns-fans-send-164535340.html) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump told his supporters that Democrats would “steal” their future tariff rebate checks and give them to “illegals” if they didn’t donate to him within an hour. > > A screenshot of the desperate email sent out Monday and posted by [MeidasTouch](https://x.com/MeidasTouch/status/2005731461849305107) shows Trump’s fundraising team at his Never Surrender political action committee using a high-pressure pitch built around alarmist language. > > “Troubles are BOILING OVER,” it says, alongside an image of Trump at a stove with a pot foaming over. > > “Here are 3 reasons I need YOU to STOP THE BOIL NOW,” the message continues, claiming “REBATE CHECKS ON THE LINE” and insisting, “Dems want to send your check to illegals if you don’t respond in the next hour!” Hang on a moment. My logic textbook just bolted for the door. Okay, I’m back now. [Chicago has an annual naming contest for snowplow. You’ll love the name the Mayor Johnson supports.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-endorses-141928657.html) > [@](#): > > [Chicago](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/chicago) Mayor Brandon Johnson gave his “full and complete endorsement” for the name “Abolish ICE” ahead of the city’s annual snowplow naming contest. > > Earlier this month, the Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation launched its fourth annual [Snowplow Naming Contest](https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/streets/provdrs/street/news/2025/december/chicago-announces-fourth-annual--you-name-a-snowplow--contest.html), which allows people to suggest and vote on names for the city’s snowplows. [Federal judge stops the Second Felonial Era from terminating TPS.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/judge-halts-homeland-security-plan-195130585.html) > [@](#): > > The U.S. District Court for the [District of Massachusetts](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/northeast/massachusetts) issued an administrative stay on Tuesday blocking the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for South Sudan. > > The termination was scheduled to take effect on Jan. 6. DHS’s termination would impact about 232 South Sudanese nationals who currently hold lawful status in the country under the protections, in addition to approximately 73 South Sudanese nationals who have pending applications, putting them at risk of imminent deportation, according to court documents. > > The lawsuit, which was brought by African Communities Together and several South Sudanese TPS holders, argued that ending TPS would immediately strip hundreds of South Sudanese nationals of lawful status, [expose them to deportation](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/immigration/deportation) and potentially cause irreversible harm if they are returned to South Sudan. And that exactly what Rip van Simple and his flock of felons are trying to do: take non-white immigrants who, in fact, are not breaking the law, and just declare them to be criminals so they can be kicked out of the country. For a lifeong conman, Rip van Simple is incredibly bad at running cons, isn’t he? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1136 "2026-01-01T03:56:17Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > The telling question is: Does his nibs really believe all that drivel he’s pulling out of his ass, or does he really believe he’s the greatest [you name it] of all time? He’s a narcissist, so yes he _does_ think he’s the best at everything. From his narcissistic point of view, him being smarter and better than everyone else is _axiomatic,_ an unquestionable fact of life; other people are _by definition_ inferior to him, because they are not him. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1137 "2026-01-01T04:35:30Z")
Honestly, I think prior to 2018 or so he was a conman who knew he was running a con. But after the 2016 election where he ~~suckered~~ convinced enough to swallow his bullshit he’s fallen victim to his own hype. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1138 "2026-01-01T04:45:23Z")
The arch is never going to be built. Neither is the ballroom or the ten “freedom cities” or the “National Sculpture Garden of American Heroes” or the 25 Trump-class battleships. There’s probably not going to be a “Great American State Fair” this summer with a Hunger Games and a UFC match on the Whote House lawn. We’re definitely not getting “tariff rebates” or monthly subsidies to buy healthcare without needing insurance. At this point I feel pretty confident that the reprobates in the government are all just humoring Trump’s unhinged fantasies because they expect him to die before they’ll actually have to produce any of these things, and this allows them to carry on with the political equivalent of stripping as much copper wire out of the building as they can before JD takes over and fires them all. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1139 "2026-01-01T05:11:33Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > … > they expect him to die before they’ll actually have to produce any of these things > … Even if the Orange Peril manages to evade the Grim Reaper (or disgust him so much that he refuses to contaminate his scythe), the reprobates probably have an arsenal of shiny things in storage to keep him distracted. I can see them constantly redesigning the arch, for example, because the “current” design doesn’t adequately reflect Dear Leader’s awesomeness. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1140 "2026-01-01T05:30:58Z")
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