# 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:** 68
**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 8, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1341 "2026-01-08T19:13:25Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > You want … Why don’t you tell me what I want right this minute? * * * > [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > Anyone else remember Eulle Gibbons ads for Grape-Nuts in the 70s? Q: Why does Euell Gibbons have purple stains on his shorts? A. Because he has Grape Nuts. 🍇 ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1342 "2026-01-08T19:17:29Z")
This is one of those moments where I _want to_ have _no idea_ what you’re talking about. And … yet … [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1393535830i/594872.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1393535830i/594872.jpg) [![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/976354_0daeabd47e9c4e6792fb8bdc128921c0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_576,h_432,al_c,lg_1,q_80,enc_avif,quality_auto/976354_0daeabd47e9c4e6792fb8bdc128921c0~mv2.jpg) ](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/976354_0daeabd47e9c4e6792fb8bdc128921c0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_576,h_432,al_c,lg_1,q_80,enc_avif,quality_auto/976354_0daeabd47e9c4e6792fb8bdc128921c0~mv2.jpg) Nope. I’m drawing a blank on this one. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1343 "2026-01-08T19:19:16Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Why don’t you tell me what I want right this minute? Apparently for everybody who is not a Trump supporter and especially those who are in any elected position to stand, shout, and denounce Trump as often and as loudly as possible. At least, if I’m reading your posts correctly. ---
**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 8, 2026, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1344 "2026-01-08T19:48:28Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Why the fuck isn’t every Democrat in Congress – both houses – standing up and shouting at the top of their lungs that the president is destroying the country? Because for decades, submission to the Republicans has been the top goal of the Democratic leadership. Ever since Reagan they seem to have bought into the idea that the Republicans are _correct_ when they claim to represent “real Americans”, and keep trying to pander to those white racist men, and grovelling to gain the approval of the Republicans to a degree that is frankly reminiscent of an abused spouse trying to placate their abuser. The only reason t he Republicans didn’t take over long ago is that no matter how much they tried, the Democrats were never able to surrender _hard_ enough to satisfy them. Over and over and _over_ the Democrats offered 100% surrender, and the Republicans would always turn around and demand even more rather than accept victory. But now the Republicans have simply started ignoring the Democrats entirely and just doing as they please…and discovered that they can get away with _anything,_ because the Democrats would literally rather die than stand up to them. At some point, likely soon the Republicans will just have the Democratic leadership rounded up and tossed in prison (or worse), probably without much of the way of even verbal resistance from the Democrats. And they’ll go to their fate telling each other that it wouldn’t have happened if they’d just sucked up to the Republicans _harder,_ and congratulating each other on how they have the moral high ground and are “the adults in the room”. While the rest of us suffer for it. ---
**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 8, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1345 "2026-01-08T20:21:51Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > At some point, likely soon the Republicans will just have the Democratic leadership rounded up and tossed in prison (or worse)… Send them to Greenland. Win - win. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1346 "2026-01-08T20:56:23Z")
Eric trump has given the leading German financial newspaper _Handelsblatt_ (akin to the Financial Times here) an interview (in German, and probably paywalled): > **[Handelsblatt](https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/eric-trump-im-interview-mein-vater-ist-der-groesste-kriegsgegner/100189313.html)** The content is remarcable insofar as it shows his limited intellect (no surprise here) and his just as limited rhetorical skills (he tried to sound like his father, and succeeds in reaching his levels of incongruity, ignorance and self absorbtion). I won’t quote or translate, I just want to show the pictures of the office where the interview was held. It is in Florida, close to mar-a-lago. [![](https://images.handelsblatt.com/kk0YooE4ybek/cover/1932/1087/0/0/272/28/0.505/0.602/eric-trump-li-laurin-meyer-re.avif) ](https://images.handelsblatt.com/kk0YooE4ybek/cover/1932/1087/0/0/272/28/0.505/0.602/eric-trump-li-laurin-meyer-re.avif) [![](https://images.handelsblatt.com/vcxJBePBsNbA/cover/1902/1268/0/145/108/122/0.301/0.524/interview-mit-eric-trump-li-in-palm-beach-gardens-in-florida-unweit-der-praesidentenresidenz-mar-a-lago-mit-laurin-meyer.avif) ](https://images.handelsblatt.com/vcxJBePBsNbA/cover/1902/1268/0/145/108/122/0.301/0.524/interview-mit-eric-trump-li-in-palm-beach-gardens-in-florida-unweit-der-praesidentenresidenz-mar-a-lago-mit-laurin-meyer.avif) What I found curious: the reporter, only one, seems to be very young, not senior at all. The shelf is full of trump booze: trump vodka (does that still exist?), trump wines, trump sparkling wines. And maga hats, mostly red, one black, and memorabilia with the numbers 45 and 47. And old family pics. His computer has a big screen with what seems to be his weekly schedule, which I think he should not show. Seems like he does not like to start work (or whatever he does) early. And two lamps for the lightning of his social media appearances (too stupid the windows are behind him, I bet he looks dark against the florida sky) and a big microphone, the cable all over his desk. Keeping the family tradition he does not seem to use the desk for writing or reading. No ball pens, no sharpies even, no pencils, no books, except in the top right corner of the first picture: eric trump _under siege_. It seems he has given the interviewer a copy, perhaps he signed it. It is by the side of his laptop in the second picture. A deflated rugby ball with the family name in golden letters. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1347 "2026-01-08T21:00:05Z")
That SOB was supposed to film a Grape Nuts commercial on our family boat on the lake but flaked out at the last second. I blame Biden. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1348 "2026-01-08T21:16:05Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > No ball pens, no sharpies even, no pencils There’s a red coffee mug full of pens and pencils at the lower left of his monitor, and some post-it notes mostly hidden nearby. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2026, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1349 "2026-01-08T21:17:32Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > A deflated rugby ball with the family name in golden letters May it prove to be an omen. (Thanks for that rather horrifying glimpse into Eric…) > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > [@Dr.Drake](#): > > > > A news search on her name shows that she made $1.4 million in the stock market last month, which may go some ways to explain why she isn’t shouting from the rooftops: > > I think this goes a very, VERY long way to explain the silence from Republicans and Democrats alike in Congress. > > They are complicit, and are simply in it for themselves, making money hand over fist while the country collapses. They think that things won’t get too, too bad, and they themselves will be on top of the pile with enough money to insulate themselves from the worst of the fallout. We haven’t yet mentioned another group with the power—perhaps more power than Congress—to remove or at least neuter this destructive regime: the giant corporations and their leaders. And of course what @Dr.Drake described with respect to his Congresswoman is operating for the big men of the American economy: they are cashing in **right now**. The fact that we may well be headed to the _'99% of the populations subsists on bark and grass_’ North Korean reality does not enter into their calculations------proving their immense indifference to the welfare of their own children, if nothing else. With 99% of Americans living in desperate poverty, American business is **not** going to be thriving, is it??? People who can’t afford a crust of bread will **not** be customers for your wonderful AI innovations, will they??? But they can’t see this. All they can see is the money they are raking in _right now_. They can’t conceive of a tomorrow in which the consequences of wrecking an economy manifest in, you know, a wrecked economy. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2026, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1350 "2026-01-08T21:19:08Z")
Right you are! I did not see it. Did I mention the sort sleeved shirt under his badly fitting, badly crumpled suit? ---
**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 8, 2026, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1351 "2026-01-08T21:26:32Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > I won’t quote or translate Probably sounded better in the original German. ---
**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 8, 2026, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1352 "2026-01-08T22:21:58Z")
During yesterday’s press conference, Karoline Leavitt looked at a clock and abruptly ended the event 30 seconds before reaching the 65-minute mark - thereby causing anyone who wagered on that in a prediction market to make 50 times their wager. > **[Leavitt's abrupt stage exit triggers 'insider trading' accusations in...](https://www.rawstory.com/karoline-leavitt-2674858929/)** > > Gamblers who bet on the length of the White House's daily press briefings cried foul on Wednesday after Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt made the curious decision to end her comments just seconds shy of the 65-minute mark - raking in a small fortune... ---
**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:** [January 8, 2026, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1353 "2026-01-08T22:28:35Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > And two lamps for the lightning of his social media appearances (too stupid the windows are behind him, I bet he looks dark against the florida sky) Hence the lights. Think of the photographs of people posing in front of a beautiful sunset. The photographer uses a flash so that the subject isn’t dark. ---
**Author:** ![doomtastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@doomtastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doomtastic)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1354 "2026-01-09T00:25:17Z")
I assume this is happening all the time with prediction markets. Insider trading was hard enough to catch when it was limited to Wall Street. I have no idea how you police “I’m going to use the words \_\_\_\_ and \_\_\_\_ unexpectedly in my speech today so make sure you put bets on both of them.” ---
**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 9, 2026, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1355 "2026-01-09T00:26:08Z")
> [@doomtastic](#): > > I have no idea how you police “I’m going to use the words \_ **\_ and \_** \_ unexpectedly in my speech today so make sure you put bets on both of them.” A federal ban on “prediction markets” would be a good start, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![mtnmatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@mtnmatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mtnmatt)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1356 "2026-01-09T00:35:18Z")
No way to provide a link now, but The Atlantic had a piece this week about this phenomenon, and the insider trading aspect, with many examples. Part of the piece was arguing that the ability to monitor odds/action on Polymarket is effectively making “insider information” available to anyone, in a way the stock market is not. ---
**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 9, 2026, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1357 "2026-01-09T01:08:03Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > (Yeah, I’m showing my age. Anyone else remember Eulle Gibbons ads for Grape-Nuts in the 70s?) Absolutely. He was actually one of my heroes when I was in high school. The following is a true conversation between my father and me when the news of Gibbons’ death on December 29, 1975 broke. _Dad:_ You like Euell Gibbons, right? _Monty:_ That’s right. Why? _Dad:_ He just died. _Monty:_ No! How. _Dad:_ He died from natural causes. _Monty:_ Dad, that’s not a funny joke. _Dad:_ What? It’s true. You can check the news. Then I explained to my father what else Gibbons was known for outside of the cereal commercial. And, yes, I had already heard that many parts of a pine tree are edible before he announced it far and wide. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1358 "2026-01-09T01:47:48Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > one of my Congress critters is John Fetterman. My condolences. What a phenomenal disappointment he’s become! > [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > Anyone else remember Eulle Gibbons ads for Grape-Nuts in the 70s?) Reminds me of roasted hickory nuts! ---
**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 9, 2026, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1359 "2026-01-09T03:17:28Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > > [@Ellecram](#): > > > > one of my Congress critters is John Fetterman. > > My condolences. What a phenomenal disappointment he’s become! He is absolutely the worst. ---
**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 9, 2026, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1360 "2026-01-09T03:29:08Z")
Over forty years ago, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled undocumented immigrant children have a right to education in the United States. Why do I mention this? [Oh, maybe because of this brawl involving Border Patrol agents, teachers, students, other school staff, and neighbors in Minneapolis.](https://www.aol.com/news/minneapolis-schools-cancel-classes-ice-231924405.html) > [@](#): > > Just a few hours after an ICE officer ignited nationwide outrage Wednesday by fatally shooting Renee Nicole Good on a snowy street in Minneapolis, U.S. Border Patrol agents clashed with teachers and protesters at a high school less than 3 miles from where the 37-year-old mom was killed. > > The Department of Homeland Security said it arrived at Roosevelt High School after a 5-mile car chase in pursuit of a suspect and were attacked by at least one teacher. > > Witnesses described a chaotic scene between the agents and students, school employees and members of the community. > > A local resident named Carol, who asked that her last name be withheld out of fear of retribution, said she and her grown daughter were driving home when suddenly “a caravan of SUVs sped past us and stopped at the entrance to Roosevelt High School.” > > “This is so upsetting,” Carol said Thursday as she tearfully recounted what she had witnessed. “All these men, who were fully armed, suddenly jumped out of the SUVs and started running towards the school.” > > School was being dismissed at the time, and hundreds of students were walking out of the building, she said. > > “Some of the teachers and school workers were trying to keep the Border Patrol away from the students, telling them to stay off school property,” she said. “They just pushed [the teachers] away. I saw one teacher get tackled.” > > While that was going on, Carol said, dozens of neighborhood residents spilled out of their homes. > > “They were blowing whistles and screaming at the Border Patrol people to get away from the school, get away from the students,” Carol said. “The agents started scuffling with the people.” Unless the person fleeing in a vehicle was driving it through the schools à la _The Blues Brothers_, there was no reason to send a horde of agents onto the property. And it was obviously not that dangerous a situation when the senior agent on the scene is calmly walking to an entrance of the school and being recorded by one of his staff for the reality show everyone in the current administration thinks they’re all starring in. [We don’t need no stinking investigations!](https://www.aol.com/articles/dhs-officials-privately-express-shock-155229181.html) > [@](#): > > Multiple Department of Homeland Security officials privately expressed shock Wednesday over the department’s immediate response to [the fatal shooting](https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/minneapolis-ice-shooting-01-08-26?t=1767884292041&cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo) of a woman by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, seeing it as a break from precedent that generally points to an investigation before reaching a firm conclusion. > > Multiple current and former Homeland Security officials initially privately questioned the officer’s conduct, though cautioned that the preceding events remained unclear and stressed that an investigation was necessary. > > Only a few hours after the shooting, DHS released a statement calling the incident an “act of domestic terrorism,” and stated that the ICE officer relied on his training and “fired defensive shots” at the vehicle, which they argued was trying to “run over” agents. ([Videos of the incident](https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/us/minneapolis-shooting-ice-video-analysis-vis?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo) show the woman appearing to attempt to drive away, though one video also seems to show the car making contact with an officer before he fired his gun.) And let’s discuss that agent for just a moment. When someone is relying on their training, I believe it’s safe to assert they are also relying on their experience. [What kind of experience did this agent have?](https://www.aol.com/news/ice-officer-fatally-shot-minnesota-214814385.html) > [@](#): > > The ICE officer who fatally shot a Minnesota woman Wednesday was previously dragged by a car during an immigration enforcement operation in June, DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said. > > During the June incident, ICE officers in Minneapolis attempted to arrest Roberto Carlos Muñoz-Guatemala during a traffic stop. He was in the country illegally, DHS said in a [news release](https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/06/18/dhs-announces-arrest-illegal-alien-child-sex-offender-who-dragged-ice-officer), and was previously “arrested for domestic assault and convicted of sex crimes against an underage teenager.” > > When the man refused to comply, the officer broke his car window and reached inside, getting his arm stuck, according to court documents. When the man attempted to drive away, he [dragged the officer, which was captured on video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGWwKznwdXw). [What do you mean I can’t play general when, where, and how I want?](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-lashes-gop-senators-voted-182722408.html) > [@](#): > > _Washington_ — President Trump lashed out at the five Republican senators who voted [to advance a war powers resolution](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-war-powers-vote-trump-venezuela-maduro/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17) to limit his ability to further strike Venezuela without congressional approval, saying they “should never be elected to office again.” > > “Republicans should be ashamed of the Senators that just voted with Democrats in attempting to take away our Powers to fight and defend the United States of America,” Mr. Trump [wrote](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115860738010214901?ftag=YHF4eb9d17) Thursday afternoon. > > The Senate voted 52 to 47 to advance Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia’s resolution under the War Powers Act earlier Thursday, less than a week after the U.S. [captured](https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/venezuela-maduro-trump-oil-senate-war-powers/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17) Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. Kaine’s measure would require “the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.” > > The GOP senators who voted with Democrats to advance the measure were Todd Young of Indiana, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Josh Hawley of Missouri. [This has to be a joke.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/reverse-funnel-system-rfk-jr-035551209.html) > [@](#): > > Health Secretary [Robert F. Kennedy Jr.](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/robert-f-kennedy-jr) on Wednesday unveiled [new dietary guidelines](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-new-food-pyramid_n_695ec0f9e4b05f1e1aab5713?origin=home-latest-news-unit) including an inverted food pyramid with a focus on fruits, vegetables, protein, dairy and healthy fats and less of an emphasis on whole grains. > > The conspiracy-pushing health secretary, while flanked by other Trump administration officials at the White House, remarked on the “upside down” look of the new food pyramid as it appeared on a screen behind him. > > The new food pyramid is the first from the U.S. Department of Agriculture since the original model was updated to “MyPyramid” in 2005 and later replaced by “MyPlate,” which featured roughly half a plate of fruits and vegetables, another half a plate of grains and protein, and a serving of dairy. The most telling part of this story is this comment. (The **bolding** is mine.) > [@](#): > > Christopher Gardner, a nutrition expert at Stanford University, [told NPR](https://www.npr.org/2026/01/07/nx-s1-5667021/dietary-guidelines-rfk-jr-nutrition) that he was “very disappointed” that the new model features red meat and saturated fat sources “at the very top, as if that’s something to prioritize.” > > “It does go against decades and decades of evidence and research,” he said. [Here is a picture of it.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2026-01-07/N_food-ht-er-260107_1767804483417_hpEmbed_4x5.jpg) Seriously, WTF is that thing? This semester I taught my students how to make an infographic. Evidently someone from DHS should’ve attended one or two of my classes. This thing makes no sense. It has no flow, no real message, no organization, no logic, and plenty of ~~weave~~ clusterfuck. Oh, I get it now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=67) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=69)