# 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:** 79
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1561 "2026-01-14T23:02:24Z")
[The Administration is “fighting antisemitism” by trying to establish official government lists of Jews](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/13/upenn-trump-jews-list). What could possibly go wrong? ---
**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 14, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1562 "2026-01-14T23:06:38Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > What could possibly go wrong? It’s for their own protection against the spontaneous rage of Real Americans. You know ,like after Kristallnacht. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1563 "2026-01-14T23:53:27Z")
Maybe just to be safe we should round them all up into a camp where we can protect them better from all the antisemites. ---
**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 15, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1564 "2026-01-15T00:00:42Z")
Apparently, the majority of these are _sew-ons_. Does anybody know where I can get an _iron-on_? [![](https://res.cloudinary.com/the-jewish-museum/image/fetch/q_auto,f_auto/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fthejm.netx.net%2Ffile%2Fasset%2F75057%2Fview%2F100750%2Fview_100750%3Ftoken%3D921831d3-ee56-4e60-a489-5c285b802e1e) ](https://res.cloudinary.com/the-jewish-museum/image/fetch/q_auto,f_auto/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fthejm.netx.net%2Ffile%2Fasset%2F75057%2Fview%2F100750%2Fview_100750%3Ftoken%3D921831d3-ee56-4e60-a489-5c285b802e1e) Just trying to get ahead on this one … ---
**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 15, 2026, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1565 "2026-01-15T00:30:31Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > [Trump's Greenland Invasion Plot Sparks Pentagon Revolt As Senior Military Chiefs Resist Orders | IBTimes UK](https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trumps-greenland-invasion-plot-sparks-pentagon-revolt-senior-military-chiefs-resist-orders-1769976) Trump doesn’t care about consent from them or Greenland. He wants to treat Greenland the way he treats women, just grab 'em by the pussy. When you are a star, they let you do it. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1566 "2026-01-15T00:32:16Z")
I think you mean tsar. ---
**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 15, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1567 "2026-01-15T02:19:50Z")
Meanwhile, let’s check in on that country that Trump says he’s acting president of. > **[Technical Difficulties](https://ve.usembassy.gov/security-alert-venezuela-january-10-2026-do-not-travel-to-venezuela-depart-immediately/)** > January 10, 2026: Do Not Travel to Venezuela; Depart Immediately > > The security situation in Venezuela remains fluid. The U.S. Embassy in Bogota, Colombia, warns U.S. citizens not to travel to Venezuela, reiterating warnings against travel to Venezuela dating to 2019. As international flights have resumed, U.S. citizens in Venezuela should leave the country immediately. > > Before departure, U.S. citizens should take precautions and be aware of their surroundings. There are reports of groups of armed militias, known as colectivos, setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for evidence of U.S. citizenship or support for the United States. U.S. citizens in Venezuela should remain vigilant and exercise caution when traveling by road. > > Venezuela has the highest Travel Advisory level – Level 4: Do Not Travel – due to severe risks to Americans, including wrongful detention, torture in detention, terrorism, kidnapping, arbitrary enforcement of local laws, crime, civil unrest, and poor health infrastructure. Yes, I’m sure the oil companies will be rushing tens of billions of dollars worth of expenditures into that place right away. ---
**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 15, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1568 "2026-01-15T02:28:56Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > It’s an interesting question as to how this relates to an operation against a noncombatant, but I don’t think our military should engage in acts where there is that amount of gray area involved. The more interesting question is, why even use a camouflaged plane at all? It’s not like a couple of guys in a speedboat could have done anything even if they’d seen an F-18 coming at them. This sounds like “Because it was cool, hur de hur!” to me. ---
**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 15, 2026, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1569 "2026-01-15T02:59:24Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Yes, I’m sure the oil companies will be rushing tens of billions of dollars worth of expenditures into that place right away. All that imposing order stuff takes time, money and effort. _Much_ better (for Trump’s ego and pocketbook) to move on to the _next_ instant victory that he can order other people to do for him. (Supposed) conquest as instant gratification. I’m beginning to wonder if he’ll carry through on his noises about conquering Canada by dropping a few bombs on the capital, declaring it to the 51st state and then acting like it’s a done deal. While everyone around him pretends it’s true. Real Mad King Trump vibes, here. ---
**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 15, 2026, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1570 "2026-01-15T04:21:10Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > including wrongful detention, torture in detention, terrorism, kidnapping, arbitrary enforcement of local laws, crime, civil unrest, and poor health infrastructure Just like home! ---
**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 15, 2026, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1571 "2026-01-15T05:11:03Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > The more interesting question is, why even use a camouflaged plane at all? It’s not like a couple of guys in a speedboat could have done anything even if they’d seen an F-18 coming at them. This sounds like “Because it was cool, hur de hur!” to me. You’re talking about those super-duper speed boats which can rocket from the South Atlantic to the Plains States, right? Those things are _wicked_! > [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > > [@Smapti](#): > > > > Yes, I’m sure the oil companies will be rushing tens of billions of dollars worth of expenditures into that place right away. > > All that imposing order stuff takes time, money and effort. _Much_ better (for Trump’s ego and pocketbook) to move on to the _next_ instant victory that he can order other people to do for him. (Supposed) conquest as instant gratification. I think [this](https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/trump-says-he-might-keep-exxon-out-venezuela-2026-01-12/) is great proof he never planned on Venezuela being “fixed” at all. > [@](#): > > Jan 11 (Reuters) - U.S. President [Donald Trump](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/donald-trump/) said on Sunday that he might block Exxon Mobil [(XOM.N), opens new tab](https://www.reuters.com/markets/companies/XOM.N) from investing in Venezuela after the oil major’s CEO called the country “uninvestable” during a White House meeting last week. > > Exxon CEO Darren Woods told Trump that Venezuela would need to change its laws before it could be an attractive investment opportunity, during the high-profile [meeting on Friday](https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/exxon-ceo-says-prepared-evaluate-reentering-venezuela-2026-01-09/) with at least 17 other oil executives. By the way, what’s it called when the _government_ is in charge of the _means of production_? [Nope. Congress has not manged to evolve into vertebrates.](https://www.aol.com/articles/senate-readies-vote-venezuela-war-051517568.html) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans voted to dismiss a war powers resolution Wednesday that would have limited [President Donald Trump’s](https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump) ability to conduct further attacks on Venezuela after two GOP senators reversed course on supporting the legislation. > > Trump put intense pressure on [five Republican senators](https://apnews.com/article/senate-war-powers-venezuela-trump-maduro-greenland-e1c5c8390eb2331779504b710fe85025) who joined with Democrats to advance the resolution last week and ultimately prevailed in heading off passage of the legislation. Two of the Republicans — Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Todd Young of Indiana — flipped under the pressure. > > Vice President JD Vance had to break the 50-50 deadlock in the Senate on a Republican motion to dismiss the bill. [[SNL Church Lady Voice] Isn’t that special? [/SNLCLV]](https://www.aol.com/articles/us-apologizes-deporting-college-student-175642004.html) > [@](#): > > BOSTON (AP) — The Trump administration apologized in court for a “mistake” in the deportation of a Massachusetts college student who was [detained trying to fly home](https://apnews.com/article/babson-student-deported-thanksgiving-467393d8d9b9ae6351f99de7b9cbfb98) to surprise her family for Thanksgiving, but still argued the error should not affect her case. > > Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, a 19-year-old Babson College freshman, was detained at Boston’s airport on Nov. 20 and flown to Honduras two days later. Her removal came despite an emergency court order on Nov. 21 directing the government to keep her in Massachusetts or elsewhere in the United States for at least 72 hours. This administration sure is admitting to a lot of mistakes. And their plan to deal with? Ah, it’s a beautiful one, the best concept of plan ever, a concept you’ve never heard of. Just tell the judge you’re sorry you made the mistake. [Are they really and truly sorry, though?](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ice-prosecutor-unmasked-racist-troll-102137299.html) > [@](#): > > A prosecutor for ICE who was revealed last year to be behind a [white supremacist X account](https://www.yahoo.com/news/ice-prosecutor-revealed-behind-white-184240839.html) has returned to his job in a Texas immigration court. > > The Texas Observer identified James “Jim” Joseph Rodden as being the owner of an account known as @GlomarResponder on X, in an [investigation](https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecutor-dallas-white-supremacist-x-account/) last February. Rodden, then 44, was employed as an assistant chief counsel and working as a prosecutor for ICE in Dallas Immigration Court at the time of the report. > > In response to the Observer’s reporting, Rodden was pulled from federal immigration court schedules, and three members of Congress sent letters to ICE and the Department of Homeland Security demanding an investigation be opened. The ICE Office of Professional Responsibility said at the time that it “understands the seriousness of the allegations and will ensure the allegations are addressed appropriately, fairly, and expeditiously” but has not provided any information since. > > Responding to a tip-off, the Observer attended Dallas Immigration Court on Tuesday and [discovered](https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecutor-racist-account-back-at-immigration-court/) Rodden sitting at the prosecutors’ desk, seemingly back at work. I’m not going to post the rest of the article because it incudes the vile things this individual says and does. Yes, I’m using the present tense there. Read the article and you’ll understand my rationale for using that tense. [And I bet you thought Killer Kennedy worshiped Christ.](https://www.aol.com/articles/rfk-jr-likens-donald-trump-191212301.html) (The **bolding** is mine.) > [@](#): > > [Robert F. Kennedy Jr.](https://people.com/tag/robert-kennedy-jr/) is making daring claims about President Donald Trump’s health and diet. > > The secretary of health and human services shared stories about Trump and his fellow Cabinet members on [Katie Miller’s podcast](https://x.com/katiemiller/status/2011239167943119241?s=46) on Tuesday, Jan. 13, at one point comparing his 79-year-old boss to a god. > > “He eats really bad food, which is [McDonald’s](https://people.com/politics/president-donald-trump-loves-fast-food/), and candy and Diet Coke. But he [drinks Diet Coke at all times](https://people.com/politics/donald-trump-reported-white-house-routine-diet-coke-tv/),” Kennedy, 71, explained to the wife of White House deputy chief of staff [Stephen Miller](https://people.com/abc-news-suspends-terry-moran-after-post-about-donald-trump-adviser-11750477), before insisting, **“He has the constitution of a deity.”** It really is a full-on cult. [Don’t like sitting members of Congress quoting the law? Prosecute them!](https://www.aol.com/news/democratic-senator-says-doj-wants-175814650.html) > [@](#): > > At least two Democratic lawmakers have been contacted by US Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office for interviews following their involvement in a controversial video urging service members and intelligence officials to [disobey illegal orders.](https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/politics/democratic-lawmakers-urge-troops-to-disobey-illegal-orders?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo) > > The contact signals Justice Department has not let up on its investigation into the “illegal orders” video after [the FBI first contacted](http://cnn.com/2025/11/25/politics/fbi-interviews-democrats-video-seditious-behavior?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo)the Senate and House sergeant-at-arms in November seeking to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers in the video. The Trump administration has painted the video as a dangerous undermining of the president’s authority as commander in chief, while the Democrats have argued they were simply restating the law. > > Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin said Wednesday she had been asked for a formal interview and Colorado Rep. Jason Crow’s office later confirmed that he’s also been contacted by the US attorneys office. > > It was not immediately clear what crime, if any, the Justice Department may be investigating related to the lawmakers, though President Donald Trump has suggested the six Democratic lawmakers [engaged in “seditious behavior.”](https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/politics/trump-democrats-seditious-behavior?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo) CNN has reached out to the Justice Department for comment. Oh, it’s quite clear to me what crime they committed: they hurt his feel-feels. Out of 194 other countries on Earth, [Rip van Simple and his simpletons have banned visa processing for 75 of them (39%)](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-administration-suspends-immigrant-visas-191646725.html). > [@](#): > > The Donald [Trump administration](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration) has indefinitely suspended immigrant visa processing for people from 75 countries, marking one of its most expansive efforts yet to restrict legal pathways to the United States. > > The freeze, which takes effect on 21 January, targets applicants officials deem likely to become a “public charge” – who they describe as people who may rely on government benefits for basic needs. > > The state department [wrote on social media](https://x.com/StateDept/status/2011478657680757214) that it “will pause immigrant visa processing from 75 countries whose migrants take welfare from the American people at unacceptable rates”. I find it doubtful a third of the countries on Earth have their citizens depleting federal coffers. Apparently I’m not the only to so feel. The article has this nifty tidbit. > [@](#): > > Research contradicts administration claims about immigrant welfare use. In February 2025, the libertarian Cato Institute [published a paper](https://www.cato.org/briefing-paper/immigrant-native-consumption-means-tested-welfare-entitlement-benefits-2022) showing that native-born Americans consumed, on an average per capita basis, more welfare and entitlement benefits than all immigrants. The study found immigrants consumed 21% fewer welfare and entitlement benefits than native-born Americans on a per capita basis in 2022. [The racist-in-chief is at it again with debunked conspiracy nonsense.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/raging-trump-demands-dem-nemesis-163857768.html) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump posted a baffling social media post demanding that a U.S. citizen and Democratic congresswoman be “thrown out” of the country. > > The president has been raging against Somali-American Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota for more than a month after [news broke](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/us/fraud-minnesota-somali.html) that some members of the Somali diaspora had allegedly defrauded the state of Minnesota by billing for social services that were never provided. > > On Wednesday, Trump shared an article from the conservative site [Just the News](https://justthenews.com/somali-suitcase-stash-feds-says-130-million-moved-ohio-airport-minnesota-way-overseas#article) about U.S. citizens of Somali origin transporting cash from Atlanta, Georgia, and Columbus, Ohio, to Minneapolis, Minnesota, en route to Dubai, UAE. > > “They should be thrown out of the USA. Get it done, NOW! That includes their loser Rep. Omar, who married her brother (gross!),” Trump wrote Wednesday on his platform [Truth Social](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115893625622462941). Nice to know he wants to deport United States citizens, though, isn’t it? ---
**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:** [January 15, 2026, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1572 "2026-01-15T05:37:46Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Trump is suspending processing of visas for 75 countries, Hey! Us white South Africans are not on the list! I wonder why… ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1573 "2026-01-15T12:57:37Z")
There’s an article I posted yesterday morning about how his administration is twisting the arms of colleges and universities to provide the names of their students who are Jews. > **[Five UPenn-affiliated Groups and Civil Liberties Attorneys Move to Join...](https://www.aclupa.org/press-releases/five-upenn-affiliated-groups-and-civil-liberties-attorneys-move-to-join-lawsuit-opposing-eeocs-demand-for-jewish-list/)** > > The ACLU of Pennsylvania, Democracy Defenders Fund, and Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin and Schiller filed a motion to intervene in EEOC v. The University of Pennsylvania on behalf of five organizations affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania. “Double-Down” my ass. When do we bulldoze the Taj Mahal casino? Scudsucker: "Hey! Us white South Africans are not on the list! I wonder why… " An innate hatred for anything darker than glow-in-the-dark egg shell white? It clashes with his ballroom’s gold trim. “What ball room ?” - Stormy Daniels ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1574 "2026-01-15T13:00:02Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Apparently, the majority of these are _sew-ons_. Does anybody know where I can get an _iron-on_? Seems like Velcro would be a better solution - then you only need one and can easily swap it to various outfits. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1575 "2026-01-15T13:01:16Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Seems like Velcro would be a better solution - then you only need one and can easily swap it to various outfits. Or rip it off and reuse it once the person in the outfit is dead. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1576 "2026-01-15T13:06:32Z")
More priceless comedy from Our Fearless Leader: # **Donald Trump’s ‘Pathetic’ Fundraising Email About His ‘Dying Laptop’ Crashes Hard Online** “I’m sitting here. Alone,” began the president’s message that critics mockingly ripped as “incredibly bleak” and “creepy.” > The message, sent to supporters this week, read: > > > _“Some people are saying: This is SAD!_ > > > > _I’m sitting here. Alone. In the war room. Fighting for you. The rest of the staff went home hours ago. It’s just me, one dying laptop, and the 72-hour countdown clock to my first mid-month deadline of the year just RANG.”_ > > > > The email — [archived online by the Archive of Political Emails](https://politicalemails.org/messages/2093575) — urged Trump’s MAGA base to “ACT FAST” and help him “crush my first mid-month deadline of the year” with a donation. > > > > If they didn’t, the message warned, “the radical Left flips the House and Senate in 2026 and finishes what they started,” leading to “open borders forever,” “your guns confiscated” and “your kids brainwashed.” > > > > “And worst of all,” it added, “your favorite President (ME!) might just go through another FAKE impeachment!” > > > > The email closed on an apocalyptic note: “We have been fighting for years. And I fear the end is near. The woke mind virus is infiltrating more and more Americans every day. This could be our last chance! Do it for America, show them MAGA is strong!” > **[Trump’s ‘Pathetic’ Fundraising Email About His ‘Dying Laptop’ Crashes Hard...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-email-money-beg_n_69689d9ce4b00edae2a3aff6?origin=home-latest-news-unit)** > > "I’m sitting here. Alone," began the president's message that critics mockingly ripped as "incredibly bleak" and "creepy." ---
**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:** [January 15, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1577 "2026-01-15T13:13:43Z")
To me, living in a fairly polarized country, it amuses me somewhat to see people of clearly mixed race attempt to “pass” as white. One guy I worked with had skin more dark than I have ever had from tanning, and had abhorrent views towards, as he referred them, “the darkies” (and worse), Afrikaans culture has always been somewhat racist, but like in slave era USA there was always going to be a little cross race rape, so that is not his fault. But he so strongly identified as ‘white’ I chose not to bring up the subject But fuck it, in the “new” South Africa, there are multiple benefits to being a “person of color” especially employment. I mean, if I was not obviously lilly-white, I would leap onto that train. (what was that woman’s name, in the USA who tried cultural appropriation? I forget, but this is similar in reverse) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1578 "2026-01-15T13:28:39Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > (what was that woman’s name, in the USA who tried cultural appropriation? I forget, but this is similar in reverse) Can you be more specific? > **[Rachel Dolezal: ‘I wasn't identifying as black to upset people. I was being me'](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/13/rachel-dolezal-i-wasnt-identifying-as-black-to-upset-people-i-was-being-me)** > > She became a global hate figure this year when she was outed as a ‘race faker’. Here, she talks about her puritanical Christian upbringing, the backlash that left her surviving on food stamps – and why she would still do the same again > **[Berkeley professor apologizes for false Indigenous identity](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/berkeley-professor-apologizes-false-indigenous-identity-rcna83202)** > > Elizabeth Hoover’s alleged Indigenous roots came into question in 2021 after her name appeared on an “Alleged Pretendian List.” > **[The Stories and Lies of Jess Krug](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/12/the-stories-and-lies-of-jess-krug)** > > A white woman who lied about being Black tested my personal bonds—ones with my friends, ones with my community, and ones with my own identity. > **[Opinion | Hilaria Baldwin proved which Hispanic stereotypes white people are...](https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/hilaria-baldwin-s-spanish-cosplay-shows-which-hispanic-stereotypes-white-ncna1252630)** > > The woman once known as Hillary faked an accent and foolishness that was socially acceptable to white America — and which actual Latinos can never afford. ---
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Dolezal is to whom I was referring. But just the fact you could make a list… is quite alarming. ---
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