# 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:** 65
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1281 "2026-01-06T18:32:24Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > God help us be rid of this idiot. I think I will start a Novena to one of the saints of hopeless cases. At this point it can’t hurt. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1282 "2026-01-06T19:11:40Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > This is not AI, this is real: President Charlie Callas. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AAJ3LfyowLw/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGH8gTCgYMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBA8kFAp2RukMUBpvOtFbEyHqx2sg "Charlie Callas in performance 1978") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAJ3LfyowLw) ---
**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 6, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1283 "2026-01-06T20:15:12Z")
> **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mbrevpucnl2z)** > > Trump: "You gotta win the midterms. Because if we don't win the midterms, they'll find a reason to impeach me. I'll get impeached." [![](https://media1.tenor.com/m/epgbKKkOOhcAAAAd/john-mulaney-and-i-said-promise.gif) ](https://media1.tenor.com/m/epgbKKkOOhcAAAAd/john-mulaney-and-i-said-promise.gif) ---
**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 6, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1284 "2026-01-06T20:23:15Z")
Truly. He says that like it’s a bad thing, like a thing that should have happened back in 2019. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1285 "2026-01-06T20:27:08Z")
They’ll “find a reason”?? That’s like standing on a beach and saying, _“Let’s find some sand!”_ ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1286 "2026-01-06T22:56:18Z")
Well said ThelmaLou. ---
**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 6, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1287 "2026-01-06T23:02:51Z")
Trump has evidently mastered the art of jerking off two invisible disks and has added a third to his routine; [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreiclpt3ooqrk3encvs2dxaewrrpuszrzfkqkw65c4vap6s2u5azava@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreiclpt3ooqrk3encvs2dxaewrrpuszrzfkqkw65c4vap6s2u5azava@jpeg) ---
**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 6, 2026, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1288 "2026-01-06T23:14:17Z")
Disks? ---
**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 6, 2026, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1289 "2026-01-06T23:19:47Z")
Autocorrect has gotten notably worse lately. At least I noticed it trying to turn “jerking” into “Perkins”. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1290 "2026-01-07T03:09:16Z")
This could go in any one of a number of threads… > # Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland > > _In a CNN interview, the Trump aide also echoed the president’s intent to run Venezuela as he laid out a case for the United States to control weaker states by flexing its military might._ > > [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/us/politics/stephen-miller-greenland-venezuela.html?unlocked\_article\_code=1.ClA.G7zC.G4vZ0uGXYnrD&smid=url-share](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/us/politics/stephen-miller-greenland-venezuela.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ClA.G7zC.G4vZ0uGXYnrD&smid=url-share) > Stephen Miller, a top aide to President Trump, asserted on Monday that Greenland rightfully belonged to the United States and that the Trump administration could seize the semiautonomous Danish territory if it wanted. > > “Nobody’s going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland,” Mr. Miller told Jake Tapper, the CNN host, after being asked repeatedly whether he would rule out using military force. > > The remarks were part of a vocal push by Mr. Miller, long a powerful behind-the-scenes player in Trump administration policy, to justify American imperialism and a vision for a new world order in which the United States could freely overthrow national governments and take foreign territory and resources so long as it was in the national interest. > … “ **Nobody’s** going to fight,” eh, Steve? ⬇ * * * > # Europe Rallies for Greenland as Trump’s Threats Continue > > _The show of solidarity comes as President Trump, emboldened by his capture of Nicolás Maduro from Venezuela, has suggested he could take action against other countries._ > > [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/world/americas/greenland-europe-trump-threats.html?unlocked\_article\_code=1.ClA.b\_C\_.GmPW5fhRqtSY&smid=url-share](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/world/americas/greenland-europe-trump-threats.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ClA.b_C_.GmPW5fhRqtSY&smid=url-share) > European leaders marshaled support for Greenland on Tuesday, urging the United States to respect its sovereignty and the importance of NATO cooperation as the Trump administration [repeatedly threatens to seize the semiautonomous Danish territory](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/us/politics/stephen-miller-greenland-venezuela.html). > > In a [joint statement](https://www.elysee.fr/en/emmanuel-macron/2026/01/06/joint-statement-on-greenland) released with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark, the leaders of France, Germany, Britain and other nations emphasized Greenland’s inclusion within NATO, the defense alliance that includes the United States. They wrote that Arctic security, a priority of the alliance, could be achieved only by upholding principles in the United Nations Charter of “sovereignty, territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders.” > > “Greenland belongs to its people,” the statement said. “It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland.” > … ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1291 "2026-01-07T03:16:09Z")
When will we start hearing about ~~Leb~~ Donensraum? ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1292 "2026-01-07T07:57:22Z")
This is so all over the place that I wouldn’t even grace it with calling it a “weave”. Jesus F. Christ. > For those of you who can’t bear to listen: “And my wife, by the way, my wife hates when I do this. She said, you know, she’s a very classy person. Right. She said, it’s so unpresidential. I said, but I did become president. She, somebody, she hates what I dance. I said, everybody wants me to dance. Darling, it’s not presidential. She actually said, could you imagine FDR dancing? She said that to me. And I said, there’s a long history that perhaps she doesn’t know because he was an elegant fellow, even as a Democrat, right? He was the attack by Japan. You know, he was quite elegant. But he wouldn’t be doing this. But, but nor would too many others, but she says, darling, please, the weightlifting is terrible. And I have to say this, the dancing they really like. She said, they don’t like it. They’re just being nice to you. I said, that’s not right. The place goes crazy. They’re screaming, dance. Please, but the weightlifting, but no, they go, get your help. And you see, I want to be more, but I have somebody watching. I want to be more effusive. I want to really, yeah. But she gets it and dropped the thing, walks off the stage crying, her mother’s crying, her father’s crying. Guy gets up. He said, “Have you lifted before, a little bit?” And he walks up, being, he could have gone, ding, ding, ding. I think it was 112 pounds, right? It’s crazy. For the beautiful boxer, they have boxing now, and they have a young gentleman who transitioned. It was a very good boxer, but he wanted to be a woman, which is, you know, to each his own. Because I want to be very liberal when it comes to these subjects. I’m trying to get that vote. It’s not an easy vote to get. It’s very tough for me to get it. But he transitioned, and he transitioned. And the girl was a champion boxer, from Italy, remember? She got up first round. He hit her pum with a left, a left for those, everybody had his but, but a left, Lisa knows better than anybody. But a left is defense. He goes, “Pum.” She’s like, “Oh, my God.” She walked to the corner, remember? She didn’t go down, but she did everything else. She said, "I’ve never been hit like that before. I don’t want to go out again. You can do it. You can do it. Bing. You walked off. She said, “That’s…” He happened to win the gold medal that young woman. You won the gold medal. There were two transition people. They’re both won gold medals. The whole thing is ridiculous. You have policy on your side. They don’t have policy on your side. You have policy.” ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1293 "2026-01-07T08:19:13Z")
I want to see Hakeem read this out loud at whatever event forces the most magats to hear it. Or, since it’s public, would it be illegal to have it playing on a loop in every red county from sea to shining sea? ---
**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 7, 2026, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1294 "2026-01-07T09:40:36Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > He was the attack by Japan. Good Lord. If nothing else shows he’s mentally incapable, this alone does. _He was the attack by Japan._ Let that sink in. Let that ferment in what’s left of your hope for the country. Then cry. Cry the beloved country. [Hey, I’m impressed. Rip van Simple managed to save the federal government 10 billion dollars. Guess how.](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-freezes-10-billion-child-021740566.html) (The **bolding** is mine. The cruelty is your not favorite president’s.) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is freezing more than $10 billion in federal child care and ​family assistance funds to California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New ‌York, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said, citing what it called concerns about ‌fraud and misuse. > > The Trump administration has threatened federal funding cuts to organizations and states over a number of issues since taking office - ranging from alleged fraud in programs of states governed by Democrats to diversity initiatives and pro-Palestinian ⁠university protests against U.S. ‌ally Israel’s assault on Gaza. > > **On Tuesday, HHS said it notified the five states, all with Democratic governors, that its ‍freeze applied to the “Child Care and Development Fund” worth $2.4 billion, the “Temporary Assistance for Needy Families” worth $7.35 billion, and the “Social Services Block Grant” worth $869 million.** [Don’t bother reading the constitution to see what congress will do.](https://www.aol.com/news/gop-shows-little-interest-limiting-020654771.html) (The **bolding** is mine.) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON — Sen. Lindsey Graham gave a categorical answer Tuesday when he was asked whether there’s any way Congress will limit President Donald Trump’s war powers after he ordered an operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. > > **“No,” Graham, R-S.C., told NBC News.** > > The unequivocal response, even from a Trump loyalist, captures the scarcity of GOP interest in reclaiming Congress’ Article I powers to wage war after Trump ordered military strikes on Caracas. Trump has since suggested he’ll go further, saying the U.S. will “run” Venezuela, while keeping the door open to using ground troops and dialing up warnings to other countries. [Rip van Simple, like any other felon, cannot keep his plans secret. And he’s goinig after all of his usual targets.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/frenzied-trump-79-posts-almost-113133035.html) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump still [hasn’t announced a plan](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/viceroy-venezuela-rubio-confronted-over-161442458.html) for a post-Maduro Venezuela, but he wasn’t losing any sleep Sunday hashing out the details of who will run the oil-rich South American country now that the U.S. has [captured its president](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/rubio-loses-cool-confronted-major-204540265.html). > > Instead, he was up past 1:30 a.m. obsessing over election conspiracy theories, attacking Somali immigrants in Minnesota, and threatening his [next military target](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ally-unloads-trump-fresh-takeover-235907539.html). (The **bolding** is mine; the treason is Rip van Simple’s.) > > The president posted on Truth Social 89 times between [12:45 a.m.](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115840904778907661) and [1:40 a.m.](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115841121144497899) Washington time, **including sharing posts from [well-known foreign influencers]**([Confused Trump, 79, Fooled by Foreign Trolls Posing as MAGA in Holiday Posting Spree](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/confused-trump-79-fooled-foreign-111541595.html)) posing as America First. Years ago, one Thanksgiving weekend, I got hit with food poisoning. I spent a few of the long weekend’s wee morning hours in the loo with the runs and puking. Basically I had shit coming out of both ends. Little did I know then that I was _presidential material_ that weekend! [Federal judge wants to know why a flack of the felon is still in office after being ordered out.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/judge-orders-lindsey-halligan-explain-032331281.html) > [@](#): > > A federal judge Tuesday ordered Trump ally Lindsey Halligan to explain why she continues to call herself the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia even though [another judge determined](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/judge-dismisses-cases-james-comey-letitia-james-finding-prosecutor-was-rcna244775) in November that she had been unlawfully appointed to the position. > > U.S. District Judge David Novak of Richmond issued a three-page order demanding to know why Halligan is still serving in the post. Halligan, who unsuccessfully prosecuted former FBI Direct James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, is also referred to as U.S. attorney by [the Justice Department](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department) in official documents. [War criminal Hegseth is teeing up to kick women out of the military.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/dod-launches-review-effectiveness-women-005520679.html) > [@](#): > > The Pentagon has launched a formal review of the “effectiveness” of women in ground-combat positions, [nearly a decade](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d3cI_Kcgwk) after the Department of Defense ended a ban that had excluded them from front-line infantry, armor and artillery units. > > The six-month assessment, first reported by NPR on Tuesday, will require Army and Marine Corp leaders to submit data on readiness, training, performance, casualties and command climate of ground combat units and personnel, according to a December memo sent by Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel Anthony Tata. Pentagon officials cast the move as a way to gauge “the operational effectiveness of ground combat” units and examine how women have integrated into combat roles over the last ten years. > > “The Institute for Defense Analyses is reviewing the effectiveness of having women in ground combat roles to ensure standards are met and the United States maintains the most lethal military,” Kingsley Wilson, the Pentagon press secretary, said in a statement to Military Times. ---
**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 7, 2026, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1295 "2026-01-07T10:05:49Z")
I’ve been attempting to parse Trump’s word salad for a decade now. He seems to meander here from “my wife doesn’t like my dancing”, to apparently not understanding that FDR was wheelchair-bound, to thinking that his jerking-off-two-invisible-dicks dance is him miming “weightlifting”, to griping about Imane Khelif in the Olympics (who he seems to think was Italian and not Algerian) and falsely believing she was “a transition person”. It makes my brain hurt trying to follow his insane moon logic. > [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > I want to see Hakeem read this out loud at whatever event forces the most magats to hear it. Knowing Hakeem, he’d frame it with some wishy-washy bullshit about “We respect the president’s intentions to preserve the integrity of women’s sports”. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1296 "2026-01-07T10:32:54Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > to griping about Imane Khelif in the Olympics (who he seems to think was Italian and not Algerian) and falsely believing she was “a transition person”. Not to defend him here even in the slightest, but he’s talking about her fight against Angela Carini of Italy. There’s been a long smear campaign against Khelif alleging she was AMAB, and Carini’s drubbing brought the trolls out in force. Which, naturally, Trump as Chief Troll repeated. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1297 "2026-01-07T12:02:28Z")
It’s obvious that the Greenland posturing was ordered by Putin to divert Europe’s attention from Ukraine. Divide and conquer. It works every time so why change tactics? ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1298 "2026-01-07T12:41:15Z")
“Anyway, the important thing is that I had an onion tied to my belt…” ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1299 "2026-01-07T15:58:15Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > It’s obvious that the Greenland posturing was ordered by Putin to divert Europe’s attention from Ukraine. Divide and conquer. It works every time so why change tactics? A journalist on Colbert this week (Julia Ioffe) said that it’s all a quid pro quo: Putin and Trump agreed that Putin will back out of Venezuela and let Trump have the Western Hemisphere; Trump will abandon Ukraine and let Putin have Eastern Europe. Spheres of influence. If it’s not literally true, events have certainly worked out that way. ---
**Author:** ![doomtastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@doomtastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doomtastic)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1300 "2026-01-07T16:21:05Z")
If Putin was personally directing all of Trumps actions.., I don’t know what would be different from what we actually see playing out. The backstabbing of our allies, constant threats of military force, non-existent policy direction and the ever present threat of Trump creating pure chaos on the international stage… I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if NATO is defunct within a decade. How can you possibly rely on any security guarantees from the US at this point? Such a tragedy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=64) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=66)