# 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:** 8639
**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:** [September 8, 2026, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/8639 "2026-09-08T02:22:34Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > the horse’s\* mouth Horses are not the only equines one may find in a stable. > [@Sylvanz](#): > > In our wildest dreams working people could never get that many days off paid. Not that I want to defend the scumplican party at all here, but representatives and senators have other work when congress is not in session. [He still thinks he’s the greatest and he has (manufactured) proof.](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-updates-ranking-us-presidents-170429000.html) > [@](#): > > President [Donald Trump](https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/donald-trump/) has updated his ranking of U.S. presidents in a Sunday, Sept. 6, post on Truth Social. > > The initial ranking appeared on Trump’s Truth Social account on Aug. 27 and linked Trump as “The Greatest,” with Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson on the next tier down, labeled “Great.” > > The newest ranking, posted on Sept. 6, included several former presidents who were absent from the first list, including Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy, Gerald Ford and George W. Bush, among others. Reagan, long known for being a conservative icon, was put in the “Near Great” tier. [Yep. He wants to claim the entire continent.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-throws-fuel-international-feuds-193317379.html) > [@](#): > > [President Donald Trump](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-911-world-trade-center-claims-b3046037.html) posted an image on Truth Social on Monday showing a map where the United States covered all of continental North America and Greenland, the latest in a string of [provocative posts](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-new-mexico-name-change-reaction-b3046073.html) with imperial undertones as the U.S. continues its trade war with Canada. > > The image provoked a [backlash](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-new-mexico-name-change-reaction-b3046073.html) from critics. > > “He’s f\*king insane,” the group Republicans Against Trump [wrote](https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/2097011037677449333) on X. I’m curious why he didn’t claim Dominican Republic. Hah! Whom do I kid? His work here, as in literally everything else he has attempted, is just slop. Not that more proof is needed, but, yes, they’re in deeper than the Jonestown flock. From the same link: > [@](#): > > Conservative backers of the president celebrated the post, which followed a weekend of messages that included the Republican suggesting [the Strait of Hormuz was new U.S. territory](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117226613956728091) and [New Mexico would be renamed to New America](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-name-change-state-mexico-b3045594.html). > > “LMFAO!” commentator Eric Daugherty [wrote](https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2096973722137624709) on X, adding that Trump was going “full North American empire mode” and “Democrats will be filing Articles of Impeachment over this, worrying that he’s going to launch mass invasions.” [Killer Kennedy kaves.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/rfk-jr-finally-admits-measles-191554187.html) > [@](#): > > Health Secretary [Robert F. Kennedy Jr.](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/rfk-jr-samoa-trip-vaccines-congressional-testimony-b3040406.html) has finally admitted that measles was the[cause of an infant’s death in Pennsylvania](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/pennsylvania-measles-death-lancaster-rfk-jr-b3044784.html). > > The [nation has seen more measles cases in 2026](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/measles-cases-us-infections-outbreak-pennsylvania-b3039192.html)than in any year in the past three and a half decades, according to reports. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 3,134 cases in the U.S., including 557 in Pennsylvania as of Thursday. > > Last week, the Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed two deaths in the state that the agency believed were related to measles infections, urging residents to get vaccinated. [Didn’t the dotard already do this dance?](https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/president-trump-demanding-nfl-name-142608032.html) > [@](#): > > Happy NFL Week, everyone. > > The first NFL regular season week of the season is here. The games will begin on Wednesday night, when the Seattle Seahawks take on the New England Patriots. It’ll be a rematch of Super Bowl 60, when the Seahawks blew out the Patriots. Games will continue on Thursday, when the Rams take on the 49ers in Australia. We’ll then get a full slate of action on Sunday, followed by the Chiefs vs. Broncos on ESPN’s “Monday Night Football.” > > As the 2026 NFL season arrives, President Donald J. Trump is continuing to “demand” that the league changes its name. > > President Trump, 80, is a football fan. However, he’s pushing for the National Football League to officially change its name. I’m honestly surprised he didn’t offer any name suggestions? _Americaball_, anyone? [Chameleaon cranium cannot condone criticizing confederates](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-officials-remove-military-language-230720609.html) > [@](#): > > The Trump administration has removed language from Arlington National Cemetery that was critical of a Confederate memorial that was taken down in 2023. > > The changes were made to both a marker at the memorial’s former location and a Department of Defense (DoD) [website](https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Explore/Monuments-and-Memorials/Confederate-Memorial) that provided historical context about the monument. [Venezuelans are asking a very important question.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-locks-oil-deal-venezuelans-100000972.html) (The **bolding** is mine.) > [@](#): > > President Trump has locked in a deal to develop Venezuela’s vast oil resources, an arrangement the White House says will bring a country battered by years of economic collapse to a “place where elections are possible.” > > But the agreement — backed by acting President Delcy Rodríguez, a holdover from the [Nicolás Maduro](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-07-23/trial-date-set-for-venezuelas-maduro-in-u-s-drug-trafficking-case)government that Washington deems “illegitimate” — is raising new uncertainty about how entrenched the unelected government may become. > > In January, when the U.S. military captured Maduro, Trump did not say how long a democratic transition would take but said Rodríguez was “gracious” and “essentially willing to do what we think is necessary.” > > Asked by The Times on Wednesday what was stopping him from demanding Venezuela set a firm election date, Trump was blunt: **“I just don’t think they are ready yet.”** And he has such a good record at determining the validity of elections. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298)._