# 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:** 70
**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 10, 2026, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1381 "2026-01-10T01:32:48Z")
Mad King Donald decrees a 10% cap on credit card interest rates. I’m sure the finance industry will jump on that and go into the red in order to please him. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreihem4yme35oobaqfmjl3skfke2nhqr2xztwyl3s2y5yn7dwpdqy6i@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreihem4yme35oobaqfmjl3skfke2nhqr2xztwyl3s2y5yn7dwpdqy6i@jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1382 "2026-01-10T01:36:02Z")
Trump is a malignant narcissist and sociopath who is obsessed with vandalizing the public square and spray painting his name on EVERYTHING. This somehow seems like a natural extension. I have to say though I’m surprised he actually put himself below the flag pin. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1383 "2026-01-10T01:58:54Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Any student caught passing notes will have it read in front of the whole class That sound he makes at the beginning of that video clip is disturbing. He makes so many odd noises/expressions/articulations. ---
**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 10, 2026, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1384 "2026-01-10T02:27:51Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > That sound he makes at the beginning of that video clip is disturbing. I avoid watching videos… especially when Mr. Potato Head is trying to speak. Can you describe the noises? ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1385 "2026-01-10T02:55:19Z")
It is hard to describe, but he whips his head down and around wearing the oddest shit eating grin and also making this extremely odd staccato, whistling inhaling noise. All while wearing his mine-me lapel pin. Orwell would have a hard time capturing it in words. [![](https://i.imgur.com/eoeBZgM.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/eoeBZgM.png) ---
**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 10, 2026, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1386 "2026-01-10T03:08:01Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > extremely odd staccato, whistling inhaling noise. I’m imagining Muttley. OK, I thought I’d bite the bullet, but I don’t know where the video is. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1387 "2026-01-10T03:08:12Z")
Maybe you can teach an old dog new tricks. Let’s see if this works. ---
**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 10, 2026, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1388 "2026-01-10T03:12:25Z")
Meh. Not really weird. Plenty of people do that. 🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1389 "2026-01-10T03:15:41Z")
Seriously? That is something I have never seen before. Maybe I need to hang out in dementia wards more. ---
**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 10, 2026, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1390 "2026-01-10T03:32:55Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > 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. ISTR that was the main method of coping with life in the USSR for many people. Draw your own conclusions about the connection. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I avoid watching videos… especially when Mr. Potato Head is trying to speak. Can you describe the noises? Did you ever see the _Married…with Children_ episode _Banking on Marcy_. Imagine Rip van Simple attempting to imitate Marcy’s climatic speeches. My apologies for the brain rot this is likely to inflict. [Washingon National Opera bails out.](https://www.aol.com/articles/washington-national-opera-bows-kennedy-000131264.html) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington National Opera announced Friday that it will move performances away from [the Kennedy Center](https://apnews.com/article/trump-kennedy-center-congress-republicans-34c48872cf3a5cfee996aca73ec7141f) in another high-profile departure following President Donald Trump’s takeover of the U.S. capital’s leading performing arts venue. > > The opera said it will seek to end its affiliation with the Kennedy Center through an “amicable transition” and will return to operating independently. It cited financial constraints imposed after Trump fired the Kennedy Center’s board and installed allies to oversee it. > > The opera will reduce its spring season and move performances to other venues “to ensure fiscal prudence and fulfill its obligations for a balanced budget," the opera said in a statement. [Prepare for the ketchup to fly, thanks to a nifty reminder from the UN.](https://www.aol.com/articles/un-says-us-legal-obligation-200534765.html) (The **bolding** is mine.) > [@](#): > > NEW YORK (AP) — The top United Nations official on Thursday said the United States has a “legal obligation” to keep paying its dues that fund U.N. agencies after the White House announced that it is [withdrawing support](https://apnews.com/article/united-nations-trump-international-organizations-withdrawal-d704fb9b444dc9cf569865d391b544a6) from more than 30 initiatives operated by the world body. > > Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he regretted President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from [31 U.N.-related agencies](https://apnews.com/article/trump-administration-global-organizations-un-daaa4c9f459d7a492536a1a4e3b7697c), including the U.N.’s population agency and the U.N. treaty that establishes international climate negotiations. The U.S. will also depart from dozens of other global organizations or initiatives not affiliated with the U.N. > > “As we have consistently underscored, assessed contributions to the United Nations regular budget and peacekeeping budget, as approved by the General Assembly, are a legal obligation under the UN Charter for all Member States, including the United States,” Stephane Dujarric, a spokesperson for Guterres, said in a statement. > > **He added that despite the announcement, the U.N. entities targeted will keep doing their work: “The United Nations has a responsibility to deliver for those who depend on us.”** Unlike a certain executive, Secretary-General Guterres is honest, competent, and knows what he’s talking about. [Have you thought about the 2010 New START? Guess who doesn’t give a hoot about it.](https://www.aol.com/articles/expires-expires-trump-tells-nyt-193007498.html) (The **bolding** is mine.) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump indicated he would allow the last U.S.-Russia strategic arms control treaty to expire without accepting an offer from Moscow to voluntarily extend ​its caps on deployments of the world’s most powerful nuclear weapons, according to remarks released on Thursday. > > **“If it ‌expires, it expires,” Trump said of the 2010 New START accord in an interview he gave to the New York Times on Wednesday. “We’ll just do ‌a better agreement.”** But will he, though? The article continues. > [@](#): > > Arms control advocates fear the world’s two biggest nuclear powers will begin deploying strategic warheads beyond the pact’s limits after it expires on February 5, hastening an erosion of the global arms control regime. > > “There are plenty of advocates in the Trump administration … for doing exactly that,” said Thomas Countryman, a former top State Department arms control official who chairs the board of the ⁠Arms Control Association advocacy group. [You got math. You got new math. Now you got Rip van Simple math.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-receive-separate-nobel-051357399.html) > [@](#): > > “I did put out eight wars, eight and a quarter because, you know, Thailand and Cambodia started going at it again,” he added. What is a quarter war? How long before he starts saying he’s stopped eleventymillion conflicts? ---
**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 10, 2026, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1391 "2026-01-10T03:48:04Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Seriously? That is something I have never seen before. Maybe I need to hang out in dementia wards more. Or drunk people at parties. > [@Monty](#): > > Did you ever see the _Married…with Children_ episode _Banking on Marcy_. I watched the first run. Didn’t watch the reruns. ---
**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 10, 2026, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1392 "2026-01-10T03:50:39Z")
Conservatives for the last 200 years: “States’ rights!” Mar King Donald: “The states are merely an “agent” of the Federal Government… They must do what the President tells them” [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j7eliwxzqpvvwu6jbxr5ggaf/bafkreia6ykvflcjsunmwft4ruthy2vtiwpdcsp6cd26kn7ghy3fbw2exmy@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j7eliwxzqpvvwu6jbxr5ggaf/bafkreia6ykvflcjsunmwft4ruthy2vtiwpdcsp6cd26kn7ghy3fbw2exmy@jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1393 "2026-01-10T03:57:03Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Or drunk people at parties. A) They claim he doesn’t drink B) I’ve hung out with drunks and that is still odd behavior to me > [@Smapti](#): > > Conservatives for the last 200 years: “States’ rights!” I find this the most odd thing. Conservatives have been screaming about the states’ rights and now they are whole heartily pivoting to federal rights. They now love authoritarian rule. And big federal govt: When the Pres asks to raise the military budget from $1T to fucking $1.5T and they don’t give a peep, you know they are all in on huge, authoritarian govt. Jesus wept. ---
**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 10, 2026, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1394 "2026-01-10T03:58:32Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [@atrupar.com on Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mbzeb6tris2q) “Your fly is open.” ---
**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 10, 2026, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1395 "2026-01-10T04:02:33Z")
Though certainly worth bringing up, I think this particular post is almost five months old: > **[Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115049485680941254)** > > I am going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, and also, while we’re at it, Highly “Inaccurate,” Very Expensive, and Seriously Controversial VOTING MACHINES, which cost Ten Times more than accurate and sophisticated Watermark Paper,... [Oh, and … it’s also pure unadulterated bullshit. Thank you for your attention to this matter!] ---
**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 10, 2026, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1396 "2026-01-10T04:07:51Z")
What the ever-loving fuck is this about? > # After Machado Offers Her Nobel, Trump Says It Would Be an ‘Honor’ to Accept It > > _President Trump indicated that he would meet the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. Last year, she won the Nobel Peace Prize, an award he covets._ > > [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/world/americas/trump-venezuela-machado-nobel-prize.html?unlocked\_article\_code=1.DVA.n7Tu.J7PQK4uGcVwf&smid=url-share](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/world/americas/trump-venezuela-machado-nobel-prize.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DVA.n7Tu.J7PQK4uGcVwf&smid=url-share) > President Trump indicated on Thursday evening that he will meet with María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader, next week in Washington, after refusing to support her to lead the country following the U.S. seizure of Nicolás Maduro. > > Ms. Machado has tried to ingratiate herself to Mr. Trump and **earlier this week offered to give him the Nobel Peace Prize she was awarded** last year. Mr. Trump has long coveted the award. > > … > > On Monday, Ms. Machado said [on Fox News](https://www.foxnews.com/video/6387273934112) that presenting the prize to Mr. Trump would be a token of gratitude from the Venezuelan people for the removal of Mr. Maduro. She had previously dedicated the award to Mr. Trump. > > Mr. Trump said in the Thursday interview that “it would be a great honor” to accept the award, adding that it was “a major embarrassment to Norway,” where the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded, that he had not been given the prize. > … My bold. ---
**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 10, 2026, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1397 "2026-01-10T04:19:18Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Though certainly worth bringing up, I think this particular post is almost five months old: I thought he had just posted the same thing again. Wouldn’t be the first time he’s issued a Mad Decree that he forgot he already issued two or three times. ---
**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 10, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1398 "2026-01-10T04:22:22Z")
You’re right. He did. He’s even _more_ boring in reruns. ETA: I may have that wrong. If I can find the brain bleach, I’ll try to pin it down. He definitely **[posted something](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/115868132990949589)** about capping the interest rate that the credit card companies can charge ([cough]socialism[cough, cough]). ETA2: I’m not a member. I think it’s limiting my ability to peruse his recent posts. That and … I’m getting _bombarded_ by shitty ads for shitty companies. No matter. New or old … it’s classic Trump bullshit _and_ a painful reminder that he’s not that bothered by the laws that govern US elections. ---
**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 10, 2026, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1399 "2026-01-10T04:45:07Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > I have to say though I’m surprised he actually put himself below the flag pin. Of course he did. As bad as his health is now, he _has_ to be on the bottom. ---
**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 10, 2026, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1400 "2026-01-10T05:00:03Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > What the ever-loving fuck is this about? If this is legit, it’s sickening. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=69) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=71)