# The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making Part Deux (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083 "2020-06-22T03:36:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 104
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2071 "2020-08-07T21:43:34Z")
…,and the eagle flew over the green, and dropped God’s golf ball right into the hole. Then St. Peter looked up and said “OK, you wanna fuck around all day, or you wanna play golf?” ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2072 "2020-08-07T22:05:06Z")
… and at the green of the fourteenth hole, an onlooker sees a difficult lie and says “Who does he think he is, God?” St Peter says “No. He thinks He’s Tiger Woods.” ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2073 "2020-08-07T22:23:43Z")
Dinesh D’Felon is still doubling down on Thighland, > ---
**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:** [August 7, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2074 "2020-08-07T22:57:00Z")
There might be some people who pronounce Thailand as “Thigh-land”. These are also the people who say “Nuke-a-lar”, drink Mountain dew and vodka out of the can, and once rented a move about thespians, because they thought it was a porno. These are the people who say things like " I seen a guy warkin down the street" or “That mask will suck all the oxynation out of yer lungs” They are morons. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2075 "2020-08-08T00:15:56Z")
Looks like Trump has finally found the perfect person to interview him… Trump himself! [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOoy5F-yKF0) ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2076 "2020-08-08T01:07:47Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > > [@Sherrerd](#): > > > > foresee a flood of positive tests for GOP politicians who want to avoid being photographed with Trump. Then, the day after Trump leaves, it will turn out that those tests were in error----they’re not COVID-positive, after all! Whew! > > At 10:30pm EST Thursday 8/6/200, the NYT announced precisely this. It was a ‘false positive’. Trump had left the area by the time this was announced. Whew! > Even as deep a cynic as I am is taken aback by the turnaround. I thought it would take til tomorrow. Heh. The beauty part of this ‘positive test’ ploy is that Donald will _never_ catch on. . . . > [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I read that novel a few years ago. It was hysterical. I’m pretty sure it was written by a Doper, but I can’t remember who. Was it you? Complicated situation; I sent a PM to you. . . . > [@asahi](#): > > I’m more concerned with the unprecedented use of presidential authority, which he seems to be doing a lot of lately. He’s asserting presidential power anywhere he can before the legality of it has been established, … As to legality, these actions fall under the _“Who’s Going to Stop Me, Hmm???”_ Doctrine. We can expect Bill Barr to elucidate that Doctrine fully, should the need arise. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2077 "2020-08-08T02:13:17Z")
At Trump’s speech yesterday in Ohio, apparently they played “Live & Let Die”. > **[Trump Speech Features Totally Inappropriate Song And Twitter Loses It](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-rally-live-and-let-die-ohio_n_5f2d1d4fc5b6e96a22b10dfb)** > > It was a tasteless choice, considering the U.S. coronavirus death toll has topped 160,000 and is projected to reach 300,000 by December. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2078 "2020-08-08T03:09:13Z")
[It just can’t be said enough y’all:](https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/11/10/trump-election-autocracy-rules-for-survival/) > [@Masha Gessen](#): > > **Rule #1** : _Believe the autocrat_. He means what he says. Whenever you find yourself thinking, or hear others claiming, that he is exaggerating, that is our innate tendency to reach for a rationalization. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2079 "2020-08-08T04:03:43Z")
Holy SHIT was that ever prescient - excellent article. ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2080 "2020-08-08T14:47:55Z")
I think if you look closely, you’ll find that most American flags are already made in China, especially if you look at Walmart. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2081 "2020-08-08T15:01:00Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Has Trump’s base figured out yet The answer to any question that starts like this is always “no.” ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2082 "2020-08-08T16:08:01Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > At Trump’s speech yesterday in Ohio, apparently they played “Live & Let Die”. They did that back in May as well, when he visited another factory. Once can possibly be excused as a slip-up, but doing it again surely suggests that someone’s trolling. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2083 "2020-08-08T17:07:47Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > I’d love to see his mental circuits fry if somebody asked Trump if he could beat God in a fistfight. > > You know his first impulse would be to say yes but, stupid as he is, he’s got just enough brains to figure out there’s something wrong with that answer. The resulting word salad would be grotesque and glorious. Now I’m picturing Kirk and Spock bamboozling Nomad just before they transport it off of the ship. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2084 "2020-08-08T17:11:40Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > They did that back in May as well, when he visited another factory. Once can possibly be excused as a slip-up, but doing it again surely suggests that someone’s trolling Years ago I’d read how the band director at Fort Knox would have the band play an unfamiliar march when visiting dignitaries would come by and inspect the troops. Unfortunately, one was a circus buff and recognized it: _Here Come The Clowns_. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2085 "2020-08-08T17:42:01Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > I’d love to see his mental circuits fry if somebody asked Trump if he could beat God in a fistfight. I stole this. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2086 "2020-08-08T18:30:54Z")
There was a massacre at the Postal Service last night. Individual 1’s donor/Postmaster General fired, reassigned, and changed the jobs of over 33 employees to make sure that he has tighter control of the Postal Service. > **['Friday Night Massacre' at US Postal Service as Postmaster General—a Major...](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/08/07/friday-night-massacre-us-postal-service-postmaster-general-major-trump-donor-ousts)** > > "America is in a dead sprint to authoritarianism. The man is pulling out all the stops to prevent the citizens of this country from holding a legitimate election in which he might face removal from office." ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2087 "2020-08-08T18:32:37Z")
Individual 1 vows to give us coverage for preexisting conditions, something that nobody has ever done before. Even though Obamacare, which he’s trying to get rid of, already does that. [Trump Vows Coverage For Preexisting Conditions — As He Fights To Kill It In Court | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-preexisting-conditions-obamacare_n_5f2e4b67c5b6b9cff7f22410)? ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2088 "2020-08-08T18:33:31Z")
Apparently Individual 1 got into a shouting match with Sherman Adelson and pissed off his megadonor. Oh, no. [Trump antagonizes GOP megadonor Adelson in heated phone call - POLITICO](https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/08/trump-antagonizes-sheldon-adelson-phone-call-392688)? ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2089 "2020-08-08T18:37:11Z")
I’m wondering if an EO would even be able to do much. This is his way of being able to say “they’re covered” and low info people will believe him. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2090 "2020-08-08T18:38:41Z")
As if he hasn’t screwed up enough stuff, now he’s doing things to deliberately hurt the American people. I suspect Stephen Millers finger prints are all over this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=103) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=105)