# 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:** 141
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2817 "2020-08-26T20:41:57Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Golden Shower Children. _dangling crotch fruit_ ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2818 "2020-08-26T20:55:36Z")
The classics: “Spawn of Satan” ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2819 "2020-08-26T21:05:13Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > WCS/RA ¿Qué? ---
**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 26, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2820 "2020-08-26T21:07:37Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > > [@Broomstick](#): > > > > WCS/RA > > ¿Qué?   See the previous sentence: “…white, Christian, suburbia/rural America” ---
**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 27, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2821 "2020-08-27T02:25:09Z")
So tonight’s edition of let’s just ignore the Hatch Act stars the DNI. Nothing to worry about at all. ---
**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 27, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2822 "2020-08-27T02:35:43Z")
just, “rapespawn” ---
**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 27, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2823 "2020-08-27T13:30:09Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > “Love children” seems particularly inappropriate when applied to any offspring of Trump. Better just say “fuck children.” > [@running\_coach](#): > > “ _Hate_ -fuck children.” > [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Golden Shower Children. > [@BlankSlate](#): > > dangling crotch fruit > [@SingleMalt](#): > > “Spawn of Satan” > [@eschereal](#): > > just, “rapespawn” After seeing the phrase on a bumper sticker, I’m partial to **crotch goblins**. ---
**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 27, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2824 "2020-08-27T18:04:23Z")
The White House is warning Washington Post reporter David Farenthold that he needs to stop reporting on their misdoings because they are collating a “dossier” on him. > **[The White House Says It’s Assembling a “Dossier” on a Washington Post Reporter...](https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/08/27/the-white-house-says-its-assembling-a-dossier-on-a-washington-post-reporter/)** > > The White House ordered the Washington Post to stop reporting on President Trump's business and says it is "building up a very large ‘dossier'" on Post reporter David Fahrenthold. That information was included in a response by White House... ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2825 "2020-08-27T19:53:37Z")
The White House “ordered” a newspaper to stop reporting. Just let that sink in for a minute… I hope everyone at the Post had a good laugh. ---
**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 27, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2826 "2020-08-27T20:43:27Z")
So the Kenosha kid that killed two and injured one was at a Trump Rally in Des Moines, Iowa, in January. Surprise, surprise. > **[The Kenosha Shooting Suspect Was In The Front Row Of A Trump Rally In January](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ellievhall/kenosha-suspect-kyle-rittenhouse-trump-rally)** > > Kyle Rittenhouse’s social media is filled with references to “Blue Lives Matter.” A Trump campaign spokesperson said, "This individual had nothing to do with our campaign." ---
**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 27, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2827 "2020-08-27T20:46:12Z")
How does this 17-year-old kid manage to do all of this traveling? ---
**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 27, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2828 "2020-08-27T20:47:59Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > So the Kenosha kid that killed two and injured one was at a Trump Rally in Des Moines, Iowa, in January. Surprise, surprise. Excuse me - he was NOT a “Kenosha kid”. He was from Antioch, Illinois. That’s right, he crossed a state line to kill a couple people. > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > How does this 17-year-old kid manage to do all of this traveling? 17 is old enough for a driver’s license. Also, Antioch is only about 20 miles from Kenosha, to be honest. It’s not a huge drive. ---
**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 27, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2829 "2020-08-27T20:48:51Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > 17 is old enough for a driver’s license. > > Also, Antioch is only about 20 miles from Kenosha, to be honest. It’s not a huge drive. But what about Des Moines? ---
**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 27, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2830 "2020-08-27T21:09:24Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > But what about Des Moines? About 5 and a half hours ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2831 "2020-08-27T22:20:30Z")
Trump missed his quarterly performance review: > **[Trump had public meltdown over missed call from Putin, former No 10 aide says](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-meltdown-missed-phone-call-putin-mike-flynn-theresa-may-meeting-a9691001.html?utm_source=reddit.com)** > > ‘If Putin wants a call with me you just put him through,’ US president yelled according to Theresa May’s former chief of staff  ---
**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 27, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2832 "2020-08-27T23:13:21Z")
> **[Trump Is Flaunting His Impunity](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/trumps-real-rnc-message-is-impunity/615691/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%2BTheAtlantic%2B%28The%2BAtlantic%2B-%2BMaster%2BFeed%29)** > > The real message of the Republican National Convention is that the president can get away with almost anything. > …Yet Trump is using the RNC to show the nation what he has learned over the past four years: the power of impunity. Throughout the convention, Trump, his family, and his aides are using the backdrop of the federal government, in defiance of precedent, propriety, and likely federal law. The president is not so much showing the majesty of the federal government—this is not its finest hour—as reveling in the knowledge that **no one can or will stop him**. It is a flex for its own sake, and at heart, that is his message about what he will deliver in a second term, too… My bold. Yup. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2833 "2020-08-27T23:17:48Z")
I’m beginning to think that the fate of the Republic may lie with flipping the Senate this year. The Presidency is too subject to shenanigans and the electoral college – but if we just turn 5 seats blue, Trump may find out that he doesn’t have as much impunity as he thought. ---
**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 28, 2020, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2834 "2020-08-28T00:02:11Z")
It’s not looking good even if Biden wins. Biden winning is the minimum required to keep America a functioning democratic republic, but even if he wins, it might still not be enough. He’ll be handed a shit sandwich of epic proportions, and he’ll probably have limited time - maybe a year - to give people the impression that he is capable of fixing it. The Republican party and the millions who support them are a clear and present danger to the future of this country, and they seem perfectly willing to start a civil war if they don’t get the country they want. We’re already in a low-grade civil war now. ---
**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 28, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2835 "2020-08-28T00:07:20Z")
Anyone who thinks Putin doesn’t have serious inside access to Trump and the White House, and that he isn’t playing Trump like a little puppet master, is probably consuming magic mushrooms on a regular basis. ---
**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 28, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2836 "2020-08-28T00:27:40Z")
Mushrooms do not do that. If anything, they have more like the opposite effect. IME. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=140) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=142)