# 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:** 112
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2231 "2020-08-11T20:01:05Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > So, what I’m hearing is, “We need to stop trying to fix this problem, and find someone to blame.” We still haven’t tried getting everyone to step out into the street at an appointed time and just shout into the wind at the top of their lungs, _ **“Go away, you nasty virus! We don’t believe in you any more!”** _ That ought to take care of the problem. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2232 "2020-08-11T20:04:00Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > . . . just shout into the wind at the top of their lungs, _ **“Go away, you nasty virus! We don’t believe in you any more!”** _ That ought to take care of the problem. Only works if nobody is wearing masks. ---
**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 11, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2233 "2020-08-11T20:20:11Z")
Individual 1: Biden is insulting men by pledging to choose a woman as his VP. > **[Trump: Biden Is Insulting Men Everywhere by Picking Woman as Running Mate](https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-says-biden-is-insulting-men-everywhere-by-picking-woman-as-running-mate-in-interview-with-clay-travis)** > > The president said the former VP has made a big mistake by pledging to choose his vice president from what he called “a certain group of people.” ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2234 "2020-08-11T21:58:56Z")
I’m sure this comment will help Trump’s standing with women voters. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2235 "2020-08-11T22:03:03Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I’m sure this comment will help Trump’s standing with women voters.- Sadly, it probably will with white, evangelical, Republican women voters who don’t like how that old fart of a Democrat is insulting the Head of Their Households. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2236 "2020-08-11T22:11:18Z")
Sadly, I have met too many women in life who believe that they are, indeed, inferior to men and should not be in politics. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2237 "2020-08-11T22:29:06Z")
um, 25. So I don’t know. You know what I’m telling you? I’ll tell you who’s meddling in our elections. The Democrats are meddling. what? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2238 "2020-08-11T22:38:00Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I’m sure this comment will help Trump’s standing with women voters. Well, now he’s got the Incel and MGTOW vote sewn up. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2239 "2020-08-12T00:31:45Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Sadly, it probably will with white, evangelical, Republican women voters who don’t like how that old fart of a Democrat is insulting the Head of Their Households. They’re sure to love Kamala Harris. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2240 "2020-08-12T04:02:02Z")
Locrian wrote: “OFFS. Am I wrong, or did Washington inoculate his soldiers against a disease with a piece of thread dipped in medicine and sewed into their arm/leg?” You are correct about Washington inoculating his troops: " The best inoculation technique at Washington’s disposal during the Revolutionary War was a nasty and sometimes fatal method called “variolation.” “An inoculation doctor would cut an incision in the flesh of the person being inoculated and implant a thread laced with live pustular matter into the wound,” explains Fenn. [https://www.history.com/news/smallpox-george-washington-revolutionary-war](https://www.history.com/news/smallpox-george-washington-revolutionary-war) (I just had to delete a book’s worth of extraneous articles so the quoting is going to be off.) ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2241 "2020-08-12T04:09:08Z")
So. How long before Barr’s goons execute arrest warrants for John Brennan, James Clapper, James Comey, Lisa Page and Peter Strzok based on John Durham’s report? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2242 "2020-08-12T04:14:14Z")
> [@mistymage](#): > > You are correct about Washington inoculating his troops: This is in fact quite an ancient practice. The New Yorker did a piece back in May describing its history. Quite fascinating. > **[How Does the Coronavirus Behave Inside a Patient?](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/06/how-does-the-coronavirus-behave-inside-a-patient)** > > We’ve counted the viral spread across peoples; now we need to count it within people. A good read. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2243 "2020-08-12T04:24:12Z")
THANK YOU! This was my long forgotten defense against government and inoculations (although gruesomely different then) to save lives and, possibly, secure the Revolutionary War. Forgot it was for smallpox, of all things, which we later inoculate. Thank you. 🕶 ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2244 "2020-08-12T04:32:02Z")
Missed window: … against anti-vaxxers and… ---
**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:** [August 12, 2020, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2245 "2020-08-12T09:36:26Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > um, > 25. So I don’t know. You know what I’m telling you? I’ll tell you who’s meddling in our elections. The Democrats are meddling. > what? The Democrats are “meddling” with the elections by running against Republican candidates. How dare they represent an alternative! [/sarcasm] ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2246 "2020-08-12T10:31:51Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > The Democrats are “meddling” with the elections by running against Republican candidates. How dare they represent an alternative! > > [/sarcasm] He doesn’t care about Democrats running against Republicans. He cares about Democrats running against _ **him** _, and even saying mean things about him, the greatest president in history. He not only deserves to be on Mount Rushmore, he should be the ONLY face on Mount Rushmore: [https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/10/opinions/mount-rushmore-is-too-small-for-trump-dantonio/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/10/opinions/mount-rushmore-is-too-small-for-trump-dantonio/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2247 "2020-08-12T12:28:21Z")
If Mount Rushmore doesn’t have room for “another giant head”, maybe they could just put his hands up there. ---
**Author:** ![tricoteuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tricoteuse/32/4334_2.png) [@tricoteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tricoteuse)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2248 "2020-08-12T12:31:53Z")
Can’t they just carve a giant ass on the other side of the mountain? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2249 "2020-08-12T12:42:53Z")
Sure, but Trump wants his visage alongside or supplanting the faces of the other presidents, not on the other side. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2250 "2020-08-12T15:08:30Z")
> [@tricoteuse](#): > > Can’t they just carve a giant ass on the other side of the mountain? It’s the biggest, most tremendous ass in the history of our country. It’s probably the largest ass of all the presidents, except for William Howard Taft. Not many people know he had a giant ass. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=111) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=113)