# 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:** 162
**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:** [September 5, 2020, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3238 "2020-09-05T06:05:48Z")
Do you remember [this and the stupid people’s reaction to it](https://www.pix11.com/2017/02/05/coca-cola-super-bowl-ad-shows-america-the-beautiful-being-sung-in-different-languages)? trump’s base really are that stupid. Do not expect this election to be an easy win for Biden. There are too many stupid people concentrated in certain places where they can swing the Electoral College. Again. ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3239 "2020-09-05T08:04:56Z")
And if someone is going to vote in person anyway, why bother with a mail-in ballot? Unless you’re hoping it _will_ be counted twice. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3240 "2020-09-05T14:49:57Z")
> **[Trump Scorns Biden For The Way He Wears Mask: 'This Guy’s Got Some Big Issues'](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-joe-biden-mask-wearing_n_5f5245d2c5b6578026ccf4d2)** > > At a Pennsylvania campaign rally, the president mocked his Democratic rival for using a face covering for "a feeling of security." CIC= “Clueless in Chief” 🤦🏽‍♀️ ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3241 "2020-09-05T16:09:03Z")
Cruelty in Charge ---
**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:** [September 5, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3242 "2020-09-05T18:11:32Z")
Individual 1 orders federal agencies to stop anti-racism training, because it’s un-American. I’m glad he’s finally acknowledging that racism is American. > **[Trump Orders Federal Agencies to Stop Funding Anti-Racism Trainings, Calling...](https://www.theroot.com/trump-demands-federal-anti-racism-trainings-be-eliminat-1844964855)** > > In another tacit admission that he believes American equates to whiteness, President Trump has ordered the cease and desist of any government funding for anti-racism federal training programs because they are “anti-American propaganda.” ---
**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:** [September 5, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3243 "2020-09-05T18:14:40Z")
Bill Barr got caught up in two lies yesterday: 1-He made a claim that the DOJ pursued a case against a guy for harvesting mail in ballots and voting over 1700 times. A former DA said that wasn’t what happened… 2-He claimed that the federal government has made over 200 arrests in the Kansas City area in the last two weeks. The city says they have no knowledge of any such arrests. > **[Barr gives false recounting of Texas voter fraud case in effort to cast doubt...](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/barr-false-recounting-texas-voter-fraud-case-effort/story?id=72816537)** > > In an interview where he sought to cast doubt on expanded mail-in voting during the 2020 election, Attorney General Barr gave a false recounting of a voter fraud case. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3244 "2020-09-05T20:44:38Z")
I think this is an example of “metaphor” and/or “foreshadowing”: > **[Multiple boats sink during 'Trump Boat Parade' on Lake Travis in Texas](https://www.foxnews.com/us/boats-sink-trump-boat-parade-texas)** > > Multiple boats sunk on Lake Travis in Austin, Texas during a "Trump Boat Parade" Saturday.  ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3245 "2020-09-05T20:58:13Z")
I’m also reminded of the immortal words of Nelson Muntz. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kdOPBP9vuZA/hqdefault.jpg "Nelson - ha ha") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdOPBP9vuZA) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3246 "2020-09-05T21:03:45Z")
I didn’t know water was Antifa. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3247 "2020-09-05T21:12:28Z")
I’m so stealing this! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3248 "2020-09-05T21:13:47Z")
Nobody knew water could be so deep. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3249 "2020-09-05T21:21:31Z")
The Blue Wave begins… Also, it appears that the cause of the sinkings is another perfect metaphor: the wakes of the larger yachts swamped the smaller boats. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3250 "2020-09-05T21:39:07Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I didn’t know water was Antifa. No, Deep State. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3251 "2020-09-05T21:50:53Z")
Trump just got a big endorsement… from Osama bin Laden’s niece: > **[Osama bin Laden’s niece claims 9/11-inspired attack could happen if Trump...](https://news.yahoo.com/osama-bin-laden-niece-claims-152632251.html)** > > Osama bin Laden‘s niece has claimed that another 9/11-inspired attack could happen if Joe Biden is elected president, and she says only Donald Trump could prevent it.“ISIS proliferated under the Obama/Biden administration, leading to them coming to... ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3252 "2020-09-05T21:56:37Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > > [@JohnT](#): > > > > I didn’t know water was Antifa. > > No, Deep State. Made this old man laugh! ---
**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:** [September 5, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3253 "2020-09-05T22:18:43Z")
What seems clear is that Trump is operating on the assumption that since race-baiting worked in 2016, more blatant race-baiting will lead to even better outcomes in 2020. He’s leaving little room for his apologists to say “Well, shoot, that’s just how he talks to people. He’s just a different kinda president. He just says stuff on twitter, har har.” ---
**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:** [September 5, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3254 "2020-09-05T23:18:57Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > > [@JohnT](#): > > > > I didn’t know water was Antifa. > > No, Deep State. Drained the swamp, forgot about the lake. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3255 "2020-09-05T23:25:04Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Also, it appears that the cause of the sinkings is another perfect metaphor: the wakes of the larger yachts swamped the smaller boats. Don’t worry. The yachts will be issued a full pardon. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3256 "2020-09-05T23:34:38Z")
Would the sunken boats be considered “woke”? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3257 "2020-09-05T23:39:11Z")
The President likes boats that don’t get sunk. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=161) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=163)