The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues

[dougrb]

@Monty

and that the name “will likely stick.”

It does… stick in my craw.

[Coriolanus]

@Monty

considering naming the new $300 million White House Ballroom after himself

“Considering”, like the thought just occurred to him.

What happened to the fanciful tales such as, “Sir, this perfect ballroom - the greatest ever - should have the name of the greatest President ever, The Trump Ballroom”.

[DesertDog]

@Czarcasm

making it the second largest piece of shit in the world.

But is it orange?

[BlankSlate]

It’s gonna be the Epstein ballroom, now and until it’s torn down.

[Monty]

Nah. He’s going to reserve Epstein’s name for the dressing room of the next beauty pageant he buys.

[Monty]

And to nobody’s surprise, the felon’s effort to make the White House the gaudiest place in the world is a cock-up.

Construction on Donald Trump’s controversial new White House addition is off to a disastrous start if his model of the glitzy East Wing ballroom is anything to go by.

Plans shared by the MAGA administration suggest “a hurried process,” the New York Times reports, noting that a miniature mock-up of the 90,000 square foot annex, proudly unveiled to the press Wednesday, featured some truly bizarre architectural features.

These include a staircase leading up from the South Lawn directly into a brick wall, and at least two woefully misaligned windows that appear to open out onto one another.

As much as he hates California, it’s amazing how he’s emulating this place.

what the…fuck?

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made it clear how excited his boss is about saving TikTok.

During an interview on CBS’ Face the Nation, Bessent, 63, told Margaret Brennan that Donald Trump is finalizing a deal with President Xi Jinping to keep the Chinese-owned social media platform operating in the United States.

And he did so using an eyebrow-raising choice of words.

“Margaret, we reached a final deal on TikTok,” Bessent began.

So far, almost normal. That’s kind of refreshing given who he’s fronting for.

And now he’s off the rails! (The bolding is mine.)

“We reached one in Madrid, and I believe that as of today, all the details are ironed out, and that will be for the two leaders to consummate that transaction on Thursday in Korea.”

Of course, there’s going to be a…

“Margaret, I’m not going to give you the details here, but I can tell you that the soybean farmers are going to be extremely happy with this deal for this year and for the coming years,” he said.

…happy ending.

What the hell? The felon can’t even pronounce or spell a one-syllable word correctly.

President Donald Trump has a nickname for his latest pet project to reshape the nation’s capital: “The Arc.”

Trump repeatedly used the nickname as he teased the construction of an arch that closely resembles the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, that he wants erected in a roundabout just outside Arlington National Cemetery on the Virginia state line.

The topic emerged as Trump, 79, was asked in a press gaggle Friday about how much money he has raised to build his new $300 million ballroom at the White House—a project that led to the entire East Wing being abruptly demolished this week.

“You know, we’re building The Arc, and maybe we use it for The Arc,” he said of excess donor money. “Looks like we might. You know, we’re going to be building The Arc, and we’ve raised a lot of money for the ballroom, so maybe we’ll put—The Arc is going to be incredible for Washington, DC, so maybe we use it for The Arc.”

Why am I not surprised he’s planning on taking money donated for one purpose and using that money for a different purpose?

Stephen Colbert has a great new name for the felon’s latest demo.

Colbert mocked the idea as Trump’s “Barbie dream ballroom,” and ripped the president for fantasizing about his parties in the middle of a government shutdown.

Let’s chat a moment about the felon’s latest financial savior.

He is a supporter of President Donald Trump.[6][11] He is anti-tax and anti-union.[13][2] He has criticized teacher unions and the introduction of women studies, LGBT studies, and African American studies into higher education.[22] He was a listener of Rush Limbaugh before his death.[6]

He faced media attention after comments describing his political views in his 2015 self-published autobiography "panam.captain" came to light.[23][22] Mellon calls social safety net programs “slavery Redux” and refers to those receiving benefits as “slaves of a new master, Uncle Sam.”[6] He also stated Black people became “even more belligerent” following the expansion of social programs in the 1960s and 70s.[23][22] Mellon defended his comments in the book and did not apologize.[11]

The felon has some medical advice for the ladies.

Donald Trump assumed the role of obstetrician Sunday as he doled out bonkers medical advice for women in a recycled Truth Social post.

The 79-year-old president, who is currently overseas in Malaysia, rattled off a list of purported health directives in an all-caps post at 4:19 a.m. local time.

“Pregnant Women, DON’T USE TYLENOL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, DON’T GIVE TYLENOL TO YOUR YOUNG CHILD FOR VIRTUALLY ANY REASON,” Trump wrote. “BREAK UP THE MMR SHOT INTO THREE TOTALLY SEPARATE SHOTS (NOT MIXED!), TAKE CHICKEN P SHOT SEPARATELY, TAKE HEPATITAS [sic] B SHOT AT 12 YEARS OLD, OR OLDER, AND, IMPORTANTLY, TAKE VACCINE IN 5 SEPARATE MEDICAL VISITS! President DJT”

I’m not sure y’all should be taking advice any kind from someone ensconced ont he “terlet” at oh dark thiry (wel, 4 a.m.), even if it is a rerun.

Trump’s post is a verbatim copy of one he made exactly a month ago, save a link to an article by the right-wing Daily Caller website titled, “FDA Stayed Silent As Internal Reports About Potential Tylenol Risks Piled Up,” which highlights his September announcement with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. blaming pregnant women’s Tylenol use for an increase in autism among young children.

That’s just the beginning of his belief in time travel.

President Donald Trump has set his sights on several Biden administration officials, accusing them of rigging the 2020 election that took place while Trump was still in office.

In a late Friday night Truth Social post, the president wrote, “Just in: Documents show conclusively that Christopher Wray, Deranged Jack Smith, Merrick Garland, Lisa Monaco, and other crooked lowlifes from the failed Biden Administration, signed off on Operation Arctic Frost.“

“They spied on Senators and Congressmen/women, and even taped their calls,” the president continued. “They cheated and rigged the 2020 Presidential Election. These Radical Left Lunatics should be prosecuted for their illegal and highly unethical behavior!”

And how and when exactly were they supposed to have done this?

While former FBI director Christopher Wray was in office at the time of the 2020 election, former Attorney General Merrick Garland and former Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco did not take office until after President Joe Biden was sworn in in 2021.

In addition, Jack Smith was not appointed to the role of Special Counsel for the United States Department of Justice until November 2022. At the time of the 2020 presidential election that saw Trump lose to Biden, Trump was in power, and William Barr was attorney general.

As Politico reporter Kyle Cheney pointed out, Trump’s claims would mean that Garland, Monaco and Smith “managed to ‘tape’ lawmakers’ calls before the Biden administration began.”

What do you know, someone just quoted yours truly in the news!

And it’s part of a great plan.

Democrats are floating ways to get back at President Donald Trump over his tacky new ballroom.

NBC’s Meet the Press asked Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego for his opinion on former Republican congressman Joe Walsh’s call for Democrats to “immediately” undo Trump’s $300 ballroom and restore the newly demolished East Wing when they return to power.

“I will repeat this every single day for the next three years: Any Democrat running for president in 2028 must pledge to immediately tear down/bulldoze/demolish Trump’s ballroom and fully restore the East Wing and any other piece of the People’s House Trump has or will destroy,” the vocal Trump critic and recent Democrat said on X.

That’s pretty good. Even better is this part.

Gallego, however, suggested Sunday that Trump’s ballroom should instead be named after one of his most-hated predecessors just to spite him.

“I think to really mess with him, just name it the Barack Obama Ballroom, and I think that’ll take care of half the problem,” he told Kristen Welker as he tore into Trump’s 90,000-square-foot “distraction” from the fast-rising cost of living in the U.S.

And now for the Monty quote.

“This is Marie Antoinette talking about ‘Let them eat cake’ while Americans are struggling right now.

Wow, it seems the felon was right; unqualified Indians are everywhere!

Second Lady Usha Vance was a secret adviser on a high-stakes minerals deal with Ukraine this year, White House chronicler Jonathan Karl claims in a forthcoming book.

The question of whether the February deal had been legally vetted emerged during talks between President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. Karl writes that’s when the VP stepped in to offer his wife’s legal expertise.

“I can have Usha take a look at it,” Vance said, according to Politico, which obtained an excerpt of Karl’s book.

Usha, a 39-year-old Yale Law graduate, has no experience in national security law, having previously worked in civil litigation and appeals, including past stints clerking for Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

In the film The Distinguished Gentleman, the conman turned politician morphed into a real hero. No such luck in this reality.

[GuanoLad]

@Monty

“They cheated and rigged the 2020 Presidential Election."

I maintain the reason they insist that the 2020 election was rigged was because the Republicans cheated, and how can they possibly have lost unless the Democrats cheated even harder? That’s their entire argument, but it’s one which they aren’t able to voice.

[Monty]

But have’t they basically admitted it. I keep hearing “both sides do it” a lot.

[GuanoLad]

Oh yes, they think they’re being clever with the way they talk around all the crimes they commit without openly admitting to them, but we all know what’s going on because they’re all a bunch of morons. My point is most people just think they claim it was rigged as a ploy, but I think it’s because Trump genuinely believes the Dems actually did cheat to win. He’s not smart enough to understand anything other than the slow plodding thoughts trapped encircling in his brain.

[Chad_Sudan]

@Monty

a staircase leading up from the South Lawn directly into a brick wall

In other words, architecture that exemplifies our current moment.

[Cervaise]

@Monty

And now for the Monty quote.

“This is Marie Antoinette talking about ‘Let them eat cake’ while Americans are struggling right now.

Let them eat steak.

Shitty, shitty steak.

[Monty]

@Cervaise

Let them eat steak.

Shitty, shitty steak.

Right. He has to get his cut.

[SunUp]

But, to cite the master, “Whale excrement is largely liquid in consistency and, like Top 40 radio and other effluvia, has little substance and no depth.”

Also, remarkably, like Donald Trump.

[Coriolanus]

@Monty

we’re building The Arc

I thought the misspelling meant he wanted to build an “Ark” like Noah. It’s not the ugliest damn thing he’s proposed, yet if Virginia has any say in go/no-go, I hope they tell him where to stick his damn models. Especially as they’ll have a decent view (eta: maybe not such a great view from VA, and my sense is the biggest gold tarp ever is going to wrap that monstrosity) of the ruinous East Wing.

He is absolutely going to mount plaques on it for all the wars he thinks he stopped. All gold with his psycho signature on them. And he’s on a pace for 50 imaginary wars.

That ballroom, BTW, at 90,000 square feet will be the biggest ballroom ever built by far. And one nicely placed Hurricane will hopefully knock it to pieces.

[Red_Wiggler]

The continued attacks on election processes which can only be “cleaned up” if Trump flunkies seize control, deciding who can vote and how the votes are counted, are more evidence that an attempt at Trump 3.0 will be made.

[DesertDog]

@GuanoLad

I maintain the reason they insist that the 2020 election was rigged was because the Republicans cheated, and how can they possibly have lost unless the Democrats cheated even harder?

To lift an exchange from The Sting,

Floyd: Doyle, I know I gave him four threes! He had to make a switch! We can’t let him get away with that.

Doyle Lonnegan: What was I supposed to do, call him for cheating better than me in front of the others?

Apparently the answer is yes, the rubes lap it up with a spoon, then ask for more.

[Czarcasm]

Was the East Wing site checked for asbestos by a trained team?

[Horatius]

@Czarcasm

checked for asbestos by a trained team?

You already know the answer to that.

[Great_Antibob]

I’m sure if you asked, you’d be assured that “trained” “experts” certainly “checked” for the asbestos we almost certainly know exists in a structure from that era.

[DesertDog]

Top… Men.