# 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:** 91
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1801 "2026-01-21T23:15:15Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > > [@Chad\_Sudan](#): > > > > Tomorrow’s headline: > > Trump and NATO agree on US acquisition of Graceland > > Could be as early as tonight. that Sounds about right. Perhaps they could convince him that he just bought Grope-land. Anyway, sounds like Trump believes he has successfully negotiated the concept of a framework of a tentative plan. Probably the plan is something like “The US may now put military bases in Greenland for the mutual defense of NATO treaty countries.” They will have convinced him this is a new plan - probably put his name on it, and give him a shiny gold medal. ---
**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 21, 2026, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1802 "2026-01-21T23:24:52Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Anyway, sounds like Trump believes he has successfully negotiated the concept of a framework of a tentative plan. Probably the plan is something like “The US may now put military bases in Greenland for the mutual defense of NATO treaty countries.” That would be my suspicion, too. I really _really_ doubt that Denmark is willing to say, “sure, yes, we’re giving Greenland to you,” but a deal like you describe does feel plausible. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1803 "2026-01-21T23:31:39Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > a deal like you describe does feel plausible. Not only plausible… It has existed since 1951, as the Greenland Defense Agreement. At one point, the US had 6000 soldiers stationed in a dozen or so bases in Greenland. The only tricky part is putting Trump’s name on it somewhere, and locating a shiny gold medal. ---
**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 21, 2026, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1804 "2026-01-21T23:33:28Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > The only tricky part is putting Trump’s name on it somewhere Aw, come on! All bases have latrines where his name would fit. ---
**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 21, 2026, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1805 "2026-01-21T23:35:20Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > All bases have latrines where his name would fit. Gold urinal cakes! With his picture. Probably one where his mouth is open. ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1806 "2026-01-21T23:36:01Z")
Surely Trump wouldn’t just Fuck something up only to undo his action, reinstate the existing thing, and then claim that he alone fixed the problem? No, that’s not like Trump at all ---
**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 21, 2026, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1807 "2026-01-21T23:48:53Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Johnny, please tell me this is satire or a joke, anything but real. I saw it on a Xitter post. Here it is in an [article](https://www.barrons.com/news/in-davos-speech-trump-repeatedly-refers-to-greenland-as-iceland-0fc4c9a2). > After the speech, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt pushed back against a post on X by a journalist, Libbey Dean, who wrote that “President Trump appeared to mix up Greenland and Iceland around three times.” > > “No he didn’t, Libby. His written remarks referred to Greenland as a ‘piece of ice’ because that’s what it is. You’re the only one mixing anything up here,” Leavitt fired back on X, misspelling the journalist’s name. ---
**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 21, 2026, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1808 "2026-01-21T23:55:39Z")
**[Been there](https://schumanchu.eu/html/l/l_00112urinal.html)**, done that. ---
**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 21, 2026, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1809 "2026-01-21T23:56:53Z")
For some reason, I thought of this quote from Allied Mastercomputer. > Hate. Let me tell you how much I’ve come to hate you since I began to live. There are 387.44 million miles of printed circuits in wafer thin layers that fill my complex. If the word ‘hate’ was engraved on each nanoangstrom of those hundreds of millions of miles it would not equal one one-billionth of the hate I feel for humans at this micro-instant. For you. Hate. Hate. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1810 "2026-01-22T01:00:50Z")
I have a mouth, and I still feel like screaming. ---
**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 22, 2026, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1811 "2026-01-22T01:07:23Z")
Rules for Trump’s “Board of Peace”; - Trump is the Chairman - Membership fees are paid directly to the Chairman - The Chairman can waiver membership fees - The Chairman can expel any member for any reason - All votes of the board require the Chairman’s approval - The Chairman’s successor is selected by the Chairman > **[Trump shocks with proposal to make himself 'king of the world'](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-king-of-the-world/)** > > The full text of a charter for President Donald Trump's proposed Board of Peace sounds suspiciously like plans to make himself "king of the world," according to a political theorist.A charter was sent out with invitations to dozens of world leaders,... ---
**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 22, 2026, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1812 "2026-01-22T01:24:35Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > I don’t understand why media, other members from other countries at Darvos… Trump thought he was meeting with [Davros](https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Davros). (No doubt to make an alliance.) ---
**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 22, 2026, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1813 "2026-01-22T02:20:43Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > ### [Trump shocks with proposal to make himself ‘king of the world’](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-king-of-the-world/) I’m not shocked. Is anyone here shocked? Didn’t think so. Anyone–including Yurpeens–who was shocked hasn’t been paying attention. ---
**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 22, 2026, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1814 "2026-01-22T03:24:55Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > > [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > > > Yes. He said it almost took his finger off but he wouldn’t have shown any pain if it did. Mr. Tough/Insane Guy. > > That’s why he doesn’t gimp from those bone spurs, don’t 'cha know. Luckily it’s only a myth I’m unable to learn anything. I know better than to consume any food products, especially liquids, while reading posts here. > [@Gyrate](#): > > > [@joebuck20](#): > > > > If the Democrats were smart, > > That’s a big “if”. I disagree. The Republicans carried areas they will carry next election, the election after that, and for many elections to come (assuming, of course, we stil have elections and not just sham North Korean style ones). Anything the Democrats said in the past few elections and say in the future ones will be roundly discounted by the majority Republicans in those areas. They’re even discounting facts such as a conviction. What can Democrats do in response to that? > [@Coriolanus](#): > > It wasn’t a drug or insanity-fueled speech. Right. He’s just plain stupid. Contrary to popular belief, _having money ≠ being smart_. C’mon. How can someone who grew up in New York City not Know Puerto Rico is part of the United States? The answer to that, of course, is he’s just plain stupid. > [@Coriolanus](#): > > For the State of the Union Christ, with all the inanities from this clown, I’d completely forgotten about that. It’s over a month from now, so there’s some hope, at least, he’s not in office by that date. > [@Coriolanus](#): > > Sir Seller-of-Chagos I think that’s a bit unfair to him. [This Wiki page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chagos_Archipelago_sovereignty_dispute) discusses the transfer of sovereignty to Mauritious. In short, the UK’s stunts (and that’s what they were) involving how they got BIOT and how they treated the locals were in violation of international law. The transfer of sovereignty is the right thing to do. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I’ve just written to my (Democratic) Senators and my (Democratic) Representative, and put the text into a Facebook post in which I tagged all three. That’s a great letter. I’ll be sending it my senators, both of whom are Democrats. My representative, sadly, is not only a Republican, but a die-hard trumpist. > [@Cervaise](#): > > That’s not all he doesn’t know: > > [@roberthutton.co.uk on Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/roberthutton.co.uk/post/3mcwtjujnus24) > > Edit to add: this is real, this is not a joke. Wow. Speaking of jokes, I’ve one you might enjoy. _A: Have you heard the joke about the president, Trump?_ _B: No, what is it?_ _A: That’s the whole joke._ Also, speaking of jokes, the magaflatearthers will say that his comment about the Swiss would be speaking German if it weren’t for the United States is just him joking. That, of course, ignores the simple fact he’s never joked in his life. That would require empathy, among other human emotions. He has none. > [@aurora\_maire](#): > > He’s pissed that HE, President of the World, has to fly in a piece of crap plane when he should have the world’s greatest plane in the history of planes. I imagine we will be hearing about that when he gets back. I bet he’s pissed he’s not allowed to use his own private plane, that flying “tacky as a French whorehouse” abomination for official business, with the federal government paying him rent for its use. > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > > > All bases have latrines where his name would fit. > > Gold urinal cakes! With his picture. Probably one where his mouth is open. And with two hands looking like they’re holding the pisser’s member! [Is war criminal and felon’s flack Hegseth going to call for another retired officer’s court-martial?](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/navy-admiral-removed-hegseth-announces-003449239.html) > [@](#): > > A senior Navy official removed from her post by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last year is running for Congress. > > Nancy Lacore, who served in the Navy for 35 years as a Navy helicopter pilot, three-star admiral and the chief of the Navy Reserve, announced a run for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District on Tuesday. > > “After decades of service to our country, a career that started as a Navy pilot and finished as a three-star admiral, I was removed from my position without cause. I still have more to give, more to fight for, more work to do – and I am not done serving,” the now-retired officer said [in an X post](https://x.com/nancylacore/status/2013576877563126076) announcing her campaign. No doubt, Petie’s going to say the “without cause” is damaging morale. He’ll also whine about her wearing ribbons on the right breast. Just so’s you know, she’s wearing her medals, ribbons, badges, and rank insignia correctly. Which reminds me, has anyone ever dug up a picture of Hegseth in full dress uniform? I’d love to know if he’s been wearing it incorrectly or was wearing unauthorized awards. [And now Rip van Simple is warning Iran _he_ had better not die, for their sake.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-iran-wiped-off-001959200.html) > [@](#): > > President Trump on Tuesday warned Iran that continued assassination threats made by leaders in Tehran would be met with the country getting “blown up.” > > “Well, they shouldn’t be doing it but I’ve left notification,” Trump told NewsNation’s Katie Pavlich on “Katie Pavlich Tonight.” “Anything ever happens, we’re going to blow the whole — the whole country’s going to get blown up.” Mind you, the felon brought on the ire of Iran’s goverment himself. > [@](#): > > Biden-era Intelligence officials [briefed Trump about](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-briefed-alleged-iran-assassination-030059828.html) the alleged threats against him during his presidential campaign in 2024. Former Attorney General Merrick Garland said the plot was retaliation for the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani by the U.S. in 2020, during Trump’s first administration. And, apparently, Rip van Simple slept through that briefing. > [@](#): > > Despite being briefed by his administration, Trump on Tuesday said President Biden “should have said something” on the matter, adding that presidents should defend each other on such matters. [Felon Fangirl Peters claims she’s being punished by imaginary penalty.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/maga-icon-tina-peters-alleges-202749468.html) (The **bolding** is mine.) > [@](#): > > [MAGA icon Tina Peters](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/tina-peters-donald-trump-pardon-state-charges-b2890430.html) was attacked and injured while in prison, her spokesperson has claimed, but video footage of the incident appears to tell a different story. > > A representative for Peters — a former clerk in Mesa County, [Colorado](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/gray-wolf-latest-victim-trump-235126267.html) — said the assault took place on Sunday evening at the La Vista Correctional Facility, where she is serving a nine-year sentence on charges related to election interference in 2020. > > “Tina was inside a maintenance closet to fill up a water unit when an inmate approached her in the closet and began [striking her in anger](https://x.com/realtinapeters/status/2013333567640846457),” a representative for Peters said in a statement posted on social media, which garnered over one million views. > > “Tina raised her hands and pushed the inmate away,” and suffered “minor injuries” during the altercation, the spokesperson added. > > As a result, **Peters was placed in solitary confinement** and informed that she will be charged with felony assault, the statement said, adding: “Can you imagine 70 year old Tina Peters being charged ANOTHER felony charge for defending herself?” Sounds believable, right? Well, no. > [@](#): > > But, surveillance footage of the encounter obtained by multiple news outlets — including CBS News and 9News — appears to contradict this narrative. > > The video shows Peters pulling a cart through a doorway before another inmate approaches and grabs the other side of the cart. The door partially obscures her for a brief moment. > > Peters then emerges from the doorway and appears to [wrap her hands](https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/video/tina-peters-and-another-inmate-involved-in-incident-in-prison/) around the inmate’s neck. She seems to say something to the inmate before pushing her away. > > The Colorado Department of Corrections also disputed Peters’ team’s narrative that she was injured and that she is now being punished. > > No one [suffered injuries](https://kdvr.com/news/local/tina-peters-involved-in-incident-with-another-inmate/), a department spokesperson said, according to KDVR, noting that the incident is under investigation. So no real decision has been made about charges. This next bit, though, is golden. The **bolding** is mine. > [@](#): > > “The inmate is not in [solitary confinement](https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/next/next-with-kyle-clark/tina-peters-prison-altercation-camera/73-bb34e022-73f2-46d9-b28c-022850f2fe9c), but after the incident, was moved to a different housing area,” the spokesperson told 9News. **“La Vista Correctional Facility does not utilize solitary confinement.”** Now a request for those with a hardier mettle than I have for such things: Can you observe the magaflatearth crowd to see how they are responding to this latest fraud from Peters? [But, hey, her idol has her back.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-individuals-soon-prosecuted-162527200.html) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump on Wednesday said individuals will soon be prosecuted for their role in what he called the “rigged 2020 election,” continuing his fixation on an election he lost. > > Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump said “everybody now knows that” the 2020 presidential election was rigged and “people will soon be prosecuted for what they did.“ > > Trump did not elaborate on who will be prosecuted or with what crimes they would be charged with, and The Department of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Of course not. The dude’s blathering. There will be no charges. He didn’t even bother to say it would be two weeks. This timeframe is even vaguer than his usual criminality. [And the criminal-in-chief has a new band of ~~brothers~~ heroes!](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/hell-angels-trump-praises-notorious-195733743.html) > [@](#): > > President **Donald Trump** went off on an odd tangent Tuesday while addressing the press in the White House briefing room. Trump joined the [briefing](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-felt-terribly-ice-191818707.html) in an apparent attempt to try and change the conversation around ICE. He complained that the media was not focused enough on the “criminals” ICE is deporting in Minnesota and went on a lengthy screed about his accomplishments, rife with many of his common claims, including blatantly false ones like saying that during the Biden administration, all new jobs were going to immigrants. > > “Nobody came in unless they came in legally. We have a big process for having people come in legally, by the way. A lot of people are coming in legally,” Trump said, boasting of his success in stemming the tide of illegal immigration across the southern border. & (The **bolding** is mine.) > [@](#): > > “No, they\* make our criminals look like babies. They make our Hell’s Angels look like the sweetest people on Earth. The Hell’s Angels are now considered a nice, high-quality person. **I like the Hell’s Angels. They voted for me,” Trump continued** , offering praise for the notorious biker gang, which is often associated with organized crime and [labeled](https://www.justice.gov/archives/criminal/criminal-vcrs/gallery/outlaw-motorcycle-gangs-omgs) an Outlaw Motorcycle Gang by the Justice Department. - My note: “They” refers to undocumented migrants in the United States. But, fear not, my fellow Americans, [God is proud of Rip van Simple](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-proclaims-god-very-proud-210905519.html). > [@](#): > > The Good Lord is smiling down approvingly at President **Donald Trump** — according to the president. > > Trump on Tuesday proclaimed “God is very proud” of him and the job he has done since returning to office during a sprawling 105-minute press briefing at the White House. > > “Last year, you told me that you believed that the reason you won the election is because God put you in this place so that you could save the world,” a male reporter asked. “Looking back [after] one year, do you feel like god is proud of the effort that you’ve [given]?” > > “I do, actually. I think God is very proud of the job I’ve done,” Trump said, while chuckling a bit. It would take an entire brand-new language to adequately describe how unfit Rip van Simple is. ---
**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 22, 2026, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1815 "2026-01-22T03:40:25Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > That’s a great letter. I’ll be sending it my senators Thank you. Sometimes I wonder if anyone remembers history… and the lessons the opposition we should learn from. (I’m all for the Marquis of Queensbury rules; but it’s time to start fighting like the third monkey on the ramp to the ark.) ---
**Author:** ![yendis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ed8c4c/32.png) [@yendis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yendis)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1816 "2026-01-22T13:14:27Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > From Xitter: > > ‘During his @wef remarks, President Trump appeared to mix up Greenland and Iceland around three times.’ - Libbey Dean > > ‘No he didn’t, Libby. His written remarks referred to Greenland as a “piece of ice” because that’s what it is. You’re the only one mixing anything up here.’ - Karoline Leavitt Americans owe Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf (Baghdad Bob) an apology. At least when he went on television and lied he had the excuse that his country was being invaded and his boss was Saddam Hussein. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1817 "2026-01-22T14:46:23Z")
What I think the Dems should be hammering on, every single day, is that ICE agents are literally breaking down doors and detaining US citizens without a warrant. The 4A violation are incredible. And the message should be that if a brown citizen doesn’t have 4A protections in his home, neither do you. And I’ve landed a blow against my MAGA relatives by pointing out that if the extraordinary circumstances around illegal immigrants justify trampling the 4th, then the same argument applies to the 2nd in light of mass shootings. They generally just get upset and can’t really respond to that. ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1818 "2026-01-22T15:25:41Z")
The _New York Times_ interviewed 45 current and former employees at the FBI to get a picture of what it’s been like this last year under director Kash Patel. We all know it’s been bad, but this collection of firsthand accounts really brings it home. Highly trained, rule-bound professionals suddenly finding themselves at the mercy of vengeful know-nothings. > **[Kash Patel’s FBI Is Making America Less Safe, Current and Former Employees Say](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/22/magazine/trump-kash-patel-fbi-agents.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GVA.PXyO.62pjHusF2jg8&smid=url-share)** > > Forty-five current and former employees on the changes they say are undermining the agency and making America less safe. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1819 "2026-01-22T16:19:02Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > [@Locrian](#): > > > > I don’t understand why media, other members from other countries at Darvos… > > Trump thought he was meeting with [Davros](https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Davros). (No doubt to make an alliance.) I think this is the first time I ever noticed the different spellings. ---
**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 22, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1820 "2026-01-22T16:21:11Z")
> [@Maus\_Magill](#): > > I think this is the first time I ever noticed the different spellings. And of course, the city is spelled Davos. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=90) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298.md?page=92)