# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1597
**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 16, 2026, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1597 "2026-01-16T03:44:20Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Possession is 9/10ths of the law No doubt Rip van Simple believes that’s a positive outlook. What it means though is possession is 90% of proof of guilt. And also no doubt he thinks that last word is _gilt_. This just occurred to me. Maybe Ms. Machado gave him the trinket just to shut him up. You’ll notice she didn’t give him her Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. Another thing that occurred to me is that the felon doesn’t want the Nobel Peace Prize for the honor, the prestige, or of course on merit. He wants the 11,000,000 krona ($1,193,511). [US military base in Greenland upgraded.](https://www.aol.com/articles/greenlands-only-us-military-quietly-215310164.html) > [@](#): > > As President [Donald Trump](https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/donald-trump/) [continues to insist](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/yall-belong-louisiana-strange-case-170744494.html) that the United States [must take control of Greenland](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-us-needs-greenland-133545896.html), federal officials are quietly preparing to pour tens of millions of dollars of upgrades into the sole American military base on the icy Arctic island. > > Among the upgrades American military officials are planning are improvements to Pituffik Space Base’s two-mile-long runway, a new boat to keep the port clear of icebergs and a slew of facility upgrades, including repairs to the Dundas dining facility. Today, [about 150 American military personnel are stationed](https://www.petersonschriever.spaceforce.mil/Pituffik-SB-Greenland/videoid/878371/dvpmoduleid/54284/dvpcc/false/#DVIDSVideoPlayer54284) at the Cold War-era base formerly known at Thule Air Force Base, joined by hundreds of Canadian, Danish and Greenlandic military and contractors. So, what do you think the response from our soon-to-be former allies in NATO is to all of this saber-rattling/grandstanding by Rip van Simple and his Simpletons? [Do tell.](https://www.aol.com/articles/european-troops-arrive-greenland-talks-085031291.html) (Check my **bolding** and attendant comment at the end.) > [@](#): > > NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Troops from several European countries continued to arrive in Greenland on Thursday in a show of support for Denmark as [talks](https://apnews.com/article/greenland-united-states-denmark-trump-vance-rubio-meeting-cc278af4f3daf725029101966ba03568) among representatives of Denmark, Greenland and the U.S. highlighted “fundamental disagreement” over the future of the Arctic island. > > The disagreement came into starker focus Thursday, with **the White House describing plans for more talks with officials from Denmark and Greenland as “technical talks on the acquisition agreement" for the U.S. to acquire Greenland**. WTF? The Simpletons are treating the handover of Greenland as something that absolutely will happen and they’re just discussing details of the dismantling of one of our allies. [Rip van Simple finally got around to the concept of a plan to replace ACA.](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-announces-outlines-health-care-165449209.html) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON (AP) — [President Donald Trump](https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump) on Thursday announced the outlines of a health care plan he wants Congress to take up as Republicans have faced increasing pressure to address rising health costs and a jump in insurance premiums after lawmakers let [subsidies expire](https://apnews.com/article/affordable-care-act-health-subsidies-expire-35060610e82ca3257821c53f2a34ecf6). > > The White House said Trump’s plan would codify his efforts to lower drug prices by tying prices to the lowest price paid by other countries. > > The cornerstone is his proposal to send money directly to Americans for health savings accounts so they can bypass the federal government and handle insurance on their own. Democrats have rejected the idea as a paltry substitute for covering the high costs of health care. That’s a plan? What drugs is he on? I interrupt this thread to inject a question which nobody has been able to answer for years: [_Why doesn’t the United States have the same national health insurance plan as South Korea?_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_South_Korea#Health_insurance_system). [Back in 2008, I posted about being hospitalized in Korea.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-careful-out-there-posting-from-hospital/458791) I was in the hospital for almost a month. My share of the costs? About US$1,500 for the entire time in the hospital. I now return you to the thread. Let’s continue with Rip van Simple’s “plan”. The article continues: > [@](#): > > “The government is going to pay the money directly to you,” Trump said in a taped video the White House released to announce the plan. “It goes to you and then you take the money and buy your own health care.” That’s the plan! You are on your own. But, hey, the feds will send you some cash. How much? Are you familiar with the word [_pittance_](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pittance)? > [@](#): > > The idea mirrors one floated among Republican senators last year. Democrats have largely rejected this idea, saying the accounts would not be enough to cover costs for most consumers. [Cruella de Vile’s new manta is “Show your papers”. And she’s not even saying “please”.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ice-barbie-warns-americans-must-171141516.html) > [@](#): > > Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem defended ICE agents who are demanding that Americans prove they are U.S. citizens in Minneapolis amid escalating tensions. > > The DHS secretary spoke with reporters outside the White House on Thursday as protests intensified in Minnesota after an officer shot a man in the leg after he allegedly assaulted an agent. > > Noem was asked why Americans were being asked to prove citizenship and whether she was advising Americans to carry proof of citizenship. [Rip van Simple doesn’t know how long he’s been trashing the Oval Office.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/donald-trump-attempt-big-brag-081227597.html) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump’s latest boast about America’s global standing under his leadership was met with groans and accusations of a spectacular self-own. & (The **bolding** is mine.) > [@](#): > > “We had a country where our leader was laughed at, and our country was scorned,” Trump claimed. “We had a country that was laughed at. They laughed at us. **Two years ago, they laughed at us.** They thought we were fools, they thought we were stupid people. Now we are seeing that they are not the smart ones — we are.” That’s enough for one day. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298)._