# 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:** 69
**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 9, 2026, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1361 "2026-01-09T09:58:11Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Seriously, WTF is that thing? The way I see it, it is a triangle. It could be rotated any way you want and it would not change. It suggests an up and a down, but it just is perspective. Badly drawn perspective. Some items at the back are bigger than the ones at the front. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2026, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1362 "2026-01-09T13:53:24Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Here is a picture of it. Boy you all are right. I parse it as a perspective thing. Grains are close so eat those first, and all the stuff in the “back”, that you have to reach over good food to get, should be eaten less. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1363 "2026-01-09T14:46:45Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > 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. Well, at least she’s only stealing from those people dumb enough to gamble large amounts of money in a completely unregulated market that can be directly influenced by her own actions. These people freaked out at the very suggestion that such betting pools should be regulated to prevent such abuse, and hey, look what happened. Fuck them. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2026, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1364 "2026-01-09T15:54:21Z")
Wait - People are betting on how long then presser will be? That she can control? Are they nuts? Makes me restate my opinion: it should be legal to take stupid people’s money. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2026, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1365 "2026-01-09T16:10:49Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Wait - People are betting on how long then presser will be? That she can control? Are they nuts? Some of them are. The others are gaming the system. Wait until you hear about the Venezuela bets. > **[Polymarket crypto gambler made $436,000 on Maduro capture](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2gn93292do)** > > The account placed a $32,000 wager just before Trump announced the Venezuelan leader was in US custody. ---
**Author:** ![Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1366 "2026-01-09T16:17:06Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > A decade? > > I would not be shocked if NATO is defunct by this time next year. No one will walk away from NATO on either side unless the United States starts a war with a NATO member. I still don’t think that’s likely (although it has grown much more likely than I thought a year ago). What will happen is that NATO will become a shell. There will be many fewer joint exercises. No one will care which weapons systems the US favors. They will buy EU-made weapons and stick to shared EU standards. The EU nations (more or less) will enter a new mutual defense treaty with even stronger mutual aid guarantees than NATO. Australia will join. Canada won’t join immediately but it will cooperate with them and sniff around the edges. I don’t think the EU will align with China but they will strengthen trading relationships with China. They already are. Look at sales of Chinese cars in the EU. One sign will be if the EU lowers tariffs on electric cars. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2026, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1367 "2026-01-09T16:22:45Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Some of them are. The others are gaming the system. That would be, the people losing money, and the people making money, respectively. 🙂 It’s not “gambling” if the system is rigged, it’s giving your money away. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1368 "2026-01-09T18:37:01Z")
Of all the people in the world I feel sorry for, aaI think I feel sorry for people who unfairly lose money betting on random shit the least. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1369 "2026-01-09T19:07:22Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I feel sorry for people who unfairly lose money betting on random shit the least. We like to watch My Lottery Dream Home, When the host asks the people “how’d you win your money”, and they say shit like “We were skipping meals and not affording heat, but when I was buying my Starbucks I bought a $20 scratcher and won!” I weep for humanity. Not only the fact that they didn’t win their lottery for “$20” but every $20 scratcher they bought since the dawn of time, but more the fact that they are going to inspire people watching the show to buy more lottery tix, because “why not me, too!” ---
**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 9, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1370 "2026-01-09T19:18:43Z")
Meh - most lottery winners probably aren’t that irresponsible and a TV show isn’t going to inspire anybody who wasn’t already predisposed to poor decision making. As always, “man bites dog” makes for better ratings than the reverse. They aren’t going to feature a bunch of boring middle aged couples who can now afford to retire a few years earlier and enjoy some travel and time with the kids. ---
**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, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1371 "2026-01-09T20:33:28Z")
Trump interrupts his own press conference to stare out the window and babble about a ballroom that doesn’t exist and never will; > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mbzckszovs2h)** > > Trump on the ballroom: "It will take care of the inauguration with bulletproof glass, drone-proof ceilings, and everything else unfortunately that today you need." "I was called by the leaders of numerous countries. I won’t go into which ones, but the biggest and the strongest, and they said, ‘That was very impressive.’“ > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mbzcga5nwz2w)** > > Trump on his Venezuela coup: "I was called by the leaders of numerous countries. I won't go into which ones, but the biggest and the strongest, and they said, 'That was very impressive.' They're all impressed." ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1372 "2026-01-09T21:39:21Z")
“I _feel_ that I won Minnesota. I think I won it all three times… I won it all three times in my opinion. It’s a corrupt state … I did so well in that state. The people were crying every time after.” > **[Aaron Rupar (@aaron.rupar) on Threads](https://www.threads.com/@aaron.rupar/post/DTTg8JJiWum?xmt=AQF0t9CMS8_nq9ArmOHBXiCn5F2UfWW-GY93vc_lnDx3LF7tNFHbqTh0DXn1fLbuEoiAkWv4&slof=1)** > > Trump: "I feel I won Minnesota. I think I won it all three times. Nobody has won it since Richard Nixon won it many many years ago. I won it all three times in my opinion. It's a corrupt state ... I did so well in that state. The people were crying... The narcissistic dementia is breathtaking. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1373 "2026-01-09T22:18:52Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > The narcissistic dementia is breathtaking He _never_ has been able to acknowledge or admit defeat, on _anything_. Though, it might be getting worse. 😃 FTR, Trump lost the popular vote in Minnesota by: - 1.5 percentage points in 2016 - 7 percentage points in 2020 - 4 percentage points in 2024 ---
**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, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1374 "2026-01-09T22:41:57Z")
Trump says America “had lots of boats” in Greenland 500 years ago. > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mbzfvsevpf2t)** > > Trump: "I'm a fan of Denmark too. They've been very nice to me. But the fact that they had a boat land there \[Greenland\] 500 years ago doesn't mean they own the land. I'm sure we had lots of boats go there also." Norway is “very embarrassed” they didn’t give Don the Conqueror a Peace Prize. > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mbzf7yfrxa2s)** > > COLLINS: If Machado gives you her Nobel Peace Prize, will that change your view about her running that country? > > > > TRUMP: Well, I have to speak to her. I think it's very nice she wants to come in, and that's what I understand the reason is. Because... BEHOLD THE HAPPY TRUMP > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mbzft3jvev25)** > > DOOCY: I see the American flag lapel pin. What's the other pin > > TRUMP: That's called the happy Trump Any student caught passing notes will have it read in front of the whole class > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mbzeb6tris2q)** > > Marco Rubio hands Trump a note that was meant to be private and then Trump reads it aloud “You should get the Nobel Prize for every war you stop” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mbzfd5ca6m2w)** > > Trump: "You should get the Nobel Prize for every war you stop. These were major wars. These were wars that nobody thought could be stopped. President Putin called me and he said about two of the wars he's been trying to stop them for 10 years, he... ---
**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 9, 2026, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1375 "2026-01-09T23:11:53Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > _(Quoting from the article linked in the post)_ 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. They also removed limits on ALCOHOL. Perhaps that was realistic. As Donald continues his assault on the US economy, human misery will increase exponentially. Getting hammered may be some people’s only recourse. > **[New US dietary guidelines include changes to alcohol guidance](https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Wellness/new-us-dietary-guidelines-include-alcohol-guidance/story?id=128994007)** > > The Trump administration has changed federal guidance on alcohol consumption as part of its updated U.S. dietary guidelines. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1376 "2026-01-10T00:10:58Z")
The idiot nazi Stephen Miller thinks that Venezuela is an island. Ummm… No. Did you ever go to school? It’s a big building with teachers and learning tools. They even have something called maps. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1377 "2026-01-10T00:14:47Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > They also removed limits on ALCOHOL. The old guidelines were 2 drinks/day. Who’s going to pick up a dead bear on that? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1378 "2026-01-10T01:10:02Z")
Trump is now wearing a pin of himself. [![](https://images.foxtv.com/static.livenowfox.com/www.livenowfox.com/content/uploads/2026/01/932/524/trump-happy-pin.jpg?ve=1&tl=1) ](https://images.foxtv.com/static.livenowfox.com/www.livenowfox.com/content/uploads/2026/01/932/524/trump-happy-pin.jpg?ve=1&tl=1) I know this is small potatoes in light of EVERYTHING else that’s going on right now, but wtf? ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1379 "2026-01-10T01:11:13Z")
Maybe his dementia has progressed to the point where he needs constant reminders of who he is supposed to be? ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1380 "2026-01-10T01:13:52Z")
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