# The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [October 30, 2026, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-3/1034252 "2026-10-30T02:01:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-3/1034252/1 "2026-10-30T02:01:42Z")
Continuing the discussion from [The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues (Part 2) - #10000 by Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/10000). Previous discussions: - [The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068) - [The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298) ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-3/1034252/2 "2026-10-30T02:03:39Z")
Tim Walz was certainly not wrong. These are deeply weird people. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2026, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-3/1034252/3 "2026-10-30T02:12:09Z")
I just wanted to kick the tires on this new, third thread. Nice. Very nice. Spacious. Tastefully decorated. Warm. Comfortable. Functional layout. Good crowd. Scintillating conversation. It’s everything that MoFo’s new ballroom … won’t be (or the Oval Office or Mar-A-Lago (or his other properties) isn’t). Carry on 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-3/1034252/4 "2026-10-30T02:22:51Z")
When will he die. I’m tired of waiting. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-3/1034252/5 "2026-10-30T02:29:08Z")
Word. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-3/1034252/6 "2026-10-30T02:43:42Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Scintillating conversation. Eh, I dunno, lacks the historical depth of previous threads. But it should improve over time. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-3/1034252/7 "2026-10-30T03:00:30Z")
I’m waiting to see how a very slim Democratic majority in House and Senate sticks it to Trump, or tries to, after being sworn in. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-3/1034252/8 "2026-10-30T03:15:14Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > When will he die. I’m tired of waiting. That’s [another thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520) down the hall and to the right. But yeah, [I’m tired](https://youtu.be/UbVEdAaC7L4), too. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-3/1034252/9 "2026-10-30T03:31:21Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > I’m waiting to see how a very slim Democratic majority in House and Senate sticks it to Trump, or tries to, after being sworn in. I’m waiting to see how he works himself into a stroke, freaking out on reporters. I shudder to think how he behaves when he’s not on camera. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2026, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-3/1034252/10 "2026-10-30T04:05:37Z")
> [@The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/10000): > > Yeah, shit’s getting wierder for them. Or more honest, or something. > [@](#): > > These guys are weird as hell! - Tim Walz > [@Sylvanz](#): > > Tim Walz was certainly not wrong. These are deeply weird people. I had my above all prepared before I noticed we bumped over to round 3. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2026, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-3/1034252/11 "2026-10-30T04:27:16Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > I just wanted to kick the tires on this new, third thread. > > Nice. Very nice. Spacious. Tastefully decorated. Warm. Comfortable. Functional layout. Good crowd. Scintillating conversation. > > It’s everything that MoFo’s new ballroom … won’t be (or the Oval Office or Mar-A-Lago (or his other properties) isn’t). And it doesn’t have that tacky gold(ish) ornamentation. > [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Carry on 🙂 Dammit, David! Dang. This is the first thread I’ve started to go into double overtime. No doubt the felon would claim credit for that if he knew. I mean if anyone could manage to explain it to him in words–or pictures–he could understand. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-3/1034252/12 "2026-10-30T04:44:03Z")
[_ **Trump Erupted After Learning of Alina Habba’s $50 Million Deal** _](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/29/us/politics/trump-alina-habba-mildon-deal.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MlE.6S6n.t1GujAaVZqhS&smid=url-share) The sad but now somewhat unsurprising aspect of this is that where a few years back the key element of the story would have been about the administration being corrupt, now it’s just about the President not getting a sufficient cut. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-3/1034252/13 "2026-10-30T05:59:47Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > When will he die. I’m tired of waiting. Fair enough. I am willing to predict he will pass at some point in 2036. That would put him at the age of/or close to 90, which is the approx. median point between his mother’s age at death and his father’s. Sorry, I know that isn’t the popular answer but I don’t see us being rid of him that easily. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2026, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-3/1034252/14 "2026-10-30T07:58:21Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > I don’t see us being rid of him that easily. For such an unhealthy man with an unhealthy diet and an unhealthy mind, he’s doing remarkably well. Supposedly, only cockroaches will survive a nuclear holocaust; I’m starting to think it will be cockroaches AND Trump, still “redecorating” the wasteland of Washington DC. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2026, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-3/1034252/15 "2026-10-30T08:41:51Z")
[That didn’t take long at all.](https://www.aol.com/articles/general-fired-hegseth-referred-criminal-233010000.html) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON – The U.S. military said it has made a criminal referral to the Justice Department in the case of Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia, a top officer who was suddenly ousted after Pentagon chief [Pete Hegseth](https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/pete-hegseth/) accused him of leaking classified information. > > Hegseth fired Sylvia on Oct. 28 in a decision that was initially announced without explanation. Sylvia served on the Joint Staff as the director for strategy, plans and policy, a role known as the Pentagon’s chief military planner. > > Pentagon chief spokesperson Sean Parnell wrote in a [post on X](https://x.com/SeanParnellASW/status/2115814273322570231?a=EK9oGbOI7pruSq-2fuc&s=20) that “the Department took necessary personnel action to protect sensitive information.” > > “This matter, along with others, have been referred to the Justice Department for potential further legal action,” he added. > > A spokesperson for the DOJ said in a statement that it “has ongoing investigations related to possible leaks of classified information.” > > “We work closely with our government partners, which includes the Department of War,” the spokesperson added. Yeah, right. Did someone in the department of wasting monies and lives accidentally add the general to a Telegraph chat group? But all is not lost for General Sylvia. > [@](#): > > Three Pentagon officials were fired in 2025 as part of an investigation into an unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information. The three officials were never referred for criminal prosecution. > > One of the aides, Dan Caldwell, later rejoined the Trump administration in a role at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The decision to rehire Caldwell appeared to undercut the classified leak allegations against him. And maybe the convict-in-chief will finally learn what gender the general is. Anyway, my money is the secret being leaked is something the convicted felon has already said: after the mid-term elections, he’s planning to rev up the vanity war he started with Iran. [“Those crazy Blacks and Jews!”](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-says-black-voters-crazy-210626904.html) (The **bolding** is mine.) > [@](#): > > The president targeted Black and Jewish voters while attacking Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed just days before Election Day. > > President [Donald Trump](https://thegrio.com/2026/10/27/its-deplorable-trump-gets-richer-from-oil-and-gas-as-iran-war-pushes-up-costs-for-americans/) bizarrely called [Black voters](https://thegrio.com/topics/black-voters/) “crazy” while campaigning at a rally on Thursday in South Carolina. > > During his more than one-hour speech in Rock Hill, Trump veered away from the South Carolina election to discuss the closely watched U.S. Senate race in Michigan, where Democrat[Abdul El-Sayed](https://thegrio.com/2026/10/19/raphael-warnock-abdul-el-sayed-michigan/)is competing against Republican Mike Rogers. > > **Trump urged Black and Jewish voters not to vote for El-Sayed, whom he falsely accused of being a part of the Islamist organization, the Muslim Brotherhood, and told them that they are “crazy” if they do.** > > **“If you’re Black or if you’re Jewish and if you vote for Abdul, you’re crazy,” [said](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL1fJunNqyY) Trump. The 80-year-old president added moments later, “You’re crazy anyway.”** [Zacharia wasted no time updating the CV.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-former-press-secretary-raises-183438813.html) > [@](#): > > Katie Zacharia is still riding high from her short-lived stint working as Donald Trump’s White House press secretary. > > While she was only in the role for five days before Trump dumped her, she is proudly displaying her former job on her social media. > > “Former White House Press Secretary for President Donald J. Trump | Wife & Mom of Four,” her bio reads on X. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-3/1034252/16 "2026-10-30T09:43:18Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > “If you’re Black or if you’re Jewish and if you vote for Abdul, you’re crazy,” [said](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL1fJunNqyY) Trump. The 80-year-old president added moments later, “You’re crazy anyway.” So if you’re black or Jewish you’re crazy regardless of who you vote for? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-3/1034252/17 "2026-10-30T09:54:32Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > When will he die. I’m tired of waiting. I want to see him live long enough to be thoroughly disgraced and discredited, even by those who used to worship him. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-3/1034252/18 "2026-10-30T10:37:20Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > For such an unhealthy man with an unhealthy diet and an unhealthy mind, he’s doing remarkably well. He puts the “Con” in “Constitution”. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-3/1034252/19 "2026-10-30T11:22:42Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > When will he die. I’m tired of waiting. I, too. On the other hand, I also fear the inevitable scramble for power and who will wind up on top should that happen before the end of his term. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-3/1034252/20 "2026-10-30T11:24:52Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > [“Those crazy Blacks and Jews!”](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-says-black-voters-crazy-210626904.html) (The **bolding** is mine.) Every time Cheeto in Chief starts talking about Jews I want to vomit. Then again, regardless of what he says I’m nauseous when I hear him. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-3/1034252.md?page=2)