# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/101 "2025-12-03T14:53:36Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > That could be funny - “Worlds Best Dancer !!!” Well, he is a world leader in the category of Unintentionally Sexually Charged Stationary Dancing. His “Jerking off two guys at once” move will revolutionize dance everywhere! ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/102 "2025-12-03T14:54:03Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I wonder if he even realizes he’s telling on himself with his constant insistence that a standard cognitive test is SOOOOOOO hard and nobody could possibly “ace” one. I know the thing where he told the reporter she couldn’t pass the cognitive test he ‘aced’ is already two days old, so it’s already been supplanted by a buttload of other craziness, but I can’t believe he is still using that line. Has _no one_ told him how stupid he sounds when he constantly brags about that? I wish the reporter had said something like “Mr. President, you took a test to see whether you had dementia, not an IQ test. Anybody who is of normal intelligence and does not yet have dementia _is supposed to_ pass it easily. The fact you were given the test at all is a sign of concern, not of pride”. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/103 "2025-12-03T15:05:45Z")
I say and not for the first time that I would like to see him **[drawing a watch](https://www.verywellhealth.com/the-clock-drawing-test-98619)** and tying his own shoes. On ~~people, man, woman, TV,~~ camera. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/104 "2025-12-03T15:15:56Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > He is obviously failing (and flailing) mentally and physically, he is a rambling, doddering fool, and yet the Republicans want to hold him up as the epitome of rationality and Republican values. > > WTF? If Trump was a leader in any other western democracy, he would have been wheeled out in a chair waving to his (imagined) devotees and transported to a nice medical facility well away from prying journalists and interested others. > > Why the fuck is that sponge-sop still a PRESIDENT of the US? Because a Democrat might raise taxes. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/105 "2025-12-03T15:32:09Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I wonder if he will get a prize from the Village People. The fat fuck can’t even spell YMCA! ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/106 "2025-12-03T15:44:29Z")
Also, I’m pretty sure it’s been mentioned elsewhere, but at yesterday’s cabinet meeting, the nameplate in front of Kegbreath read ‘SSECRETARY OF WAR’ Which begs the question: why in the everlasting fuck do they need nameplates in front of each cabinet member? Don’t they know each other? > **[Fact Check: Pete Hegseth's Nameplate Did Say 'SSECRETARY OF WAR' During...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fact-check-pete-hegseths-nameplate-015150558.html)** > > Was Pete Hegseth's nameplate at the December 2, 2025, cabinet meeting misspell his title as "SSECRETARY OF WAR"? Yes, that's... ---
**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:** [December 3, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/107 "2025-12-03T15:46:20Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Which begs the question: why in the everlasting fuck do they need nameplates in front of each cabinet member? Don’t they know each other? Most of them do. The one who also needs to have his name written on his shirt, hat and table place needs constant reminding though. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/108 "2025-12-03T15:49:45Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Also, I’m pretty sure it’s been mentioned elsewhere, but at yesterday’s cabinet meeting, the nameplate in front of Kegbreath read ‘SSECRETARY OF WAR’ Dumb-ass typo, or coded reference to ’ Schutzstaffel’? ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/109 "2025-12-03T15:51:48Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Which begs the question: why in the everlasting fuck do they need nameplates in front of each cabinet member? Don’t they know each other? These aren’t real cabinet meetings. They’re Potemkin Meetings, meant for consumption by the unwashed masses, to make it look like Trump is in charge, and everything is under control. So they need nameplates so the cretins watching can keep track of the players. Like at an old-timey baseball game, “You Can’t Keep Track of the Players Without a Scorecard!” ---
**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:** [December 3, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/110 "2025-12-03T16:00:13Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Has _no one_ told him how stupid he sounds when he constantly brags about that? He shoots the messenger. Most of the sycophants he’s surrounded by wouldn’t think of contradicting him and the few who are smart enough to know better are just smart enough not to commit career suicide by telling him he sounds stupid. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/111 "2025-12-03T16:07:15Z")
Yeah, I know the answer is ‘because he’s surrounded by toadying sycophants’ and the way I phrased my question " Has _no one_ told him how stupid he sounds…" was not realistic. _Of course_ no one in his inner circle would tell him he sounds ‘stupid’ (except maybe Melania, but I doubt she gives enough of a shit to give him any advice at this point). But I would have thought _somebody_ by now would have gently, timidly said to him “sir-- that test you took was a dementia test, not an IQ test. With all due respect, however well you did on it, and you certainly aced it, you might not want to keep mentioning the test in public”. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/112 "2025-12-03T16:16:35Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Keep those tiny digits working on his phone What phone does he have? I assume an iPhone, because that keeps American Intellectual Property Great Again, but an Android would be easier to completely secure and yet way cheaper.. and if nothing else, Trump is cheap. (Yeah, I know iPhones are not built in America, just “designed in California”) ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/113 "2025-12-03T16:20:56Z")
> [@solost](#): > > But I would have thought _somebody_ by now would have gently, timidly said to him “sir-- that test you took was a dementia test, not an IQ test. With all due respect, however well you did on it, and you certainly aced it, you might not want to keep mentioning the test in public”. If anyone had, how do you think Trump would respond? He wouldn’t even let them finish the sentence. “Sir-- that test you took was a dementia test, not an IQ test…" “No, you’re wrong! Are you a stupid person? You couldn’t have passed this test, let alone “Aced” it! No, shut up piggy, I’m talking now, who even let this stupid person in here? Who do you work for? Get this stupid piggy faced moron out of here!” ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/114 "2025-12-03T16:27:21Z")
Yep, that’s most likely how it would’ve went down. I stand corrected 😊 > [@scudsucker](#): > > What phone does he have? I assume an iPhone, because that keeps American Intellectual Property Great Again, but an Android would be easier to completely secure and yet way cheaper.. and if nothing else, Trump is cheap. > > (Yeah, I know iPhones are not built in America, just “designed in California”) Well, the plaque with the 24k gold base that Tim ‘Apple’ presented to trump, quote, “with trembling hands” was made in the USA, so that’s probably close enough for trump. > **[Tim Cook appeals to Trump’s love of gold with a 24-karat base for Apple plaque](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/07/tim-cook-trump-gift/85555805007/)** > > President Trump hosted Apple CEO Tim Cook at the White House as they announced new US investments. Cook also gifted Trump a plaque with gold base. ---
**Author:** ![irae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f0a364/32.png) [@irae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irae)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/115 "2025-12-03T16:29:21Z")
Trunt’s cabinet meetings are just live-action remakes of [this South Park classic](https://youtu.be/GX4CU0VEgUE?si=Opm-z1Ffvw8MnZ-l): ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/116 "2025-12-03T16:42:27Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I missed that. Surely the thing in what’s left of the White House just made it up. You would think so, but no, it’s apparently the brainchild of FIFA president (and friend of Trump) Gianni Infantino. As noted, it is clearly, 100%, an attempt to kiss Trump’s ass. > **[Trump ally Infantino to award first Fifa peace prize at World Cup draw in DC](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/05/fifa-peace-prize-world-cup-draw-trump)** > > Fifa unveils a new peace prize to be awarded at the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington, citing a mission to honor efforts to end conflict ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/117 "2025-12-03T16:45:24Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > What phone does he have? I assume an iPhone, because that keeps American Intellectual Property Great Again, but an Android would be easier to completely secure and yet way cheaper.. and if nothing else, Trump is cheap. He’s apparently been an iPhone user for a while. > **[Photos show Trump's been an iPhone guy for a while now](https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-personal-cell-phone-iphone-photos-history-2025-6#in-transit-trump-can-often-be-seen-on-his-phone-10)** > > Photographers have snapped intimate looks at Donald Trump's iPhone, including photos of his lockscreen — which featured an image of himself. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/118 "2025-12-03T17:03:55Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > You would think so, but no, it’s apparently the brainchild of FIFA president (and friend of Trump) Gianni Infantino Given the FIFA tolerance of corruption (yeah, South Africa 2010) that makes a fair enough of sense. We still have a massive white elephant stadium that nobody wanted, built on public land, urban greenbelt space at vast cost but also large amounts of “investment” by our fairly easily corruptible government.. we are not too far behind Trump. At best, it increased the services - public parking - and in reality did nothing but limit areas where dogs could do a shit. Also we have to pay for parking. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/119 "2025-12-03T17:31:19Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > For a hot moment, immediately after the January 6th attack, I thought that Senate Republicans had grown enough of a spine to convict him for his second impeachment. I was incorrect. They didn’t even open the package the House dropped on their desk despite being scared shitless by their constituents the week before. [![](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-1500w,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2022-07/220721-josh-hawley-2up-2x1-v2-ac-956p-796717.jpg) ](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-1500w,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2022-07/220721-josh-hawley-2up-2x1-v2-ac-956p-796717.jpg) ---
**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:** [December 3, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/120 "2025-12-03T17:56:39Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > Given the FIFA tolerance of corruption (yeah, South Africa 2010) You call Sepp Blatter corrupt? You ain’t seen nothing yet. Russia first, then Qatar was just warming up for Mafiantino. The real action is about to begin. David Squires, in The Guardian, of course nails it every time: > **[David Squires on … Fifa’s peace prize and Donald Trump’s eligibility](https://www.theguardian.com/football/picture/2025/nov/11/david-squires-fifa-peace-prize-donald-trump-eligibility-war-gaza-climate-aid-cuts#img-1)** > > Our cartoonist on how the US president’s actions in office may have put him in line for an award > **[David Squires on … making the World Cup great again](https://www.theguardian.com/football/picture/2025/dec/02/david-squires-on-making-world-cup-great-again-fifa-trump-infantino#img-1)** > > Our cartoonist on the people and themes that are fuelling the buildup to next summer’s tournament in North America [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=7)