# 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:** 166
**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:** [September 8, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3318 "2020-09-08T19:55:08Z")
Wait. Has anybody looked up there for her emails? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3319 "2020-09-08T20:18:27Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Now off to gouge out my eyes with spoons… Hey, don’t get me involved in 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:** [September 8, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3320 "2020-09-08T20:19:53Z")
Melania’s new Rose Garden is having to be repaired. > **[Newly renovated Rose Garden under repair less than 3 weeks after unveiling |...](https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/08/politics/rose-garden-repair-melania-trump/index.html)** > > The newly renovated White House Rose Garden is under repair less than three weeks after its official unveiling. The garden is experiencing "issues with water drainage" and "some minor complications with updated construction," a source with knowledge... ---
**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 8, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3321 "2020-09-08T20:54:29Z")
Individual 1 is still whining about the reporter asking him a question while wearing a mask. [https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-gripes-reporter-refused-take-off-mask-presser](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-gripes-reporter-refused-take-off-mask-presser) ---
**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 8, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3322 "2020-09-08T21:04:27Z")
“Issues with water drainage”. Probably all the people pissing on it. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3323 "2020-09-08T21:36:31Z")
So Melania has created a swamp? Who woulda guessed? ---
**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:** [September 8, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3324 "2020-09-08T21:41:05Z")
So, after Melania got done with it, were there any actual roses left in the Rose Garden? ---
**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 8, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3325 "2020-09-08T21:43:29Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > So, after Melania got done with it, were there any actual roses left in the Rose Garden? - 🎶“I beg your pardon, I never promised you a Rose Garden.” 🎶 ---
**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 8, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3326 "2020-09-08T22:43:14Z")
The DOJ is trying to take over the defense in the E. Jean Carroll lawsuit against Individual 1 after he slandered her over her sexual assault allegations. [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-08/doj-seeks-to-take-over-trump-defense-in-e-jean-carroll-lawsuit](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-08/doj-seeks-to-take-over-trump-defense-in-e-jean-carroll-lawsuit) ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3327 "2020-09-08T23:09:09Z")
This means taxpayer money is going to defend Trump regarding the rape allegations. That needs to be in Biden’s ads. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2020, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3328 "2020-09-09T00:13:37Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Idk what it was, but it was no booger. I am familiar with boogers. I have had boogers in my nose. Boogers have been a friend of mine. **Senator, That was no booger** ---
**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 9, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3329 "2020-09-09T01:30:09Z")
> President Trump’s reelection campaign is paying to replace sod on the White House South Lawn and in the Rose Garden after damage to the greenery late last month from large crowds and heavy equipment used for Republican National Convention festivities, White House and campaign officials said Tuesday. > **[Trump’s RNC gathering at the White House damaged the lawn — and now they have...](https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/trumps-rnc-gathering-at-the-white-house-damaged-the-lawn-and-now-they-have-to-replace-the-grass/)** > > On Tuesday, The Washington Post reported that officials are conducting maintenance on the White House lawn — because President Donald Trump's crowded RNC acceptance speech at the White House caused damage."President Trump’s reelection campaign is... ---
**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:** [September 9, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3330 "2020-09-09T01:48:58Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The DOJ is trying to take over the defense in the E. Jean Carroll lawsuit against Individual 1 after he slandered her over her sexual assault allegations. Man, that’s a flimsy pretext. I hope a federal judge tells them to go pound sand and throws it back to NY state, where it belongs. Bob Barr never fails to astound. I hope he’s corporally mortificating the shit out of himself tonight. He’s even more corrupt than that criminal scumbag pretending to be president. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2020, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3331 "2020-09-09T04:05:56Z")
So what are the chances that the Trump campaign will really pay for re-sodding the lawn? They’ve got a deeply entrenched track record of not paying their bills. Hope the contractors doing the work have the sense to demand cash in advance. But no, most likely it’s the National Park Service doing the work at taxpayer expense. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2020, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3332 "2020-09-09T04:10:35Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Melania’s new Rose Garden is having to be repaired. > [https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/08/politics/rose-garden-repair-melania-trump/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/08/politics/rose-garden-repair-melania-trump/index.html) If I were forced to guess, I’d guess that the majority of the taxpayer money that was floating around during this “renovation project” found its way to an end location somewhere _other_ than the actual garden. Because that’s the way the Trumps do things. . . . > [@BlankSlate](#): > > > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > > The DOJ is trying to take over the defense in the E. Jean Carroll lawsuit against Individual 1 after he slandered her over her sexual assault allegations. > > Man, that’s a flimsy pretext. I hope a federal judge tells them to go pound sand and throws it back to NY state, where it belongs. > > Bob Barr never fails to astound. I hope he’s corporally mortificating the shit out of himself tonight. He’s even more corrupt than that criminal scumbag pretending to be president. I agree; but it’s Bill, not Bob. Don’t let Bill off the hook by blaming Bob! Seriously, Barr has exactly zero shame. ---
**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 9, 2020, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3333 "2020-09-09T04:30:52Z")
In Michael Cohen’s new book, he says that Individual 1 never sent any investigators to Hawaii to investigate Obama’s birth. He just said it because it was popular. > **[Michael Cohen says Trump lied about sending investigators to Hawaii to look...](https://theweek.com/speedreads/936488/michael-cohen-says-trump-lied-about-sending-investigators-hawaii-look-into-obamas-birth-certificate)** ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3334 "2020-09-09T10:43:02Z")
Republicans this week: “The Atlantic story is a fake! Trump would **never** say mean things about our fine military!” Also this week: > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 went on a rant today attacking the military leadership as wanting to wage war for the profits of defense companies. Which is true, but he appointed them. [https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/07/politics/trump-attack-military-leadership/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/07/politics/trump-attack-military-leadership/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3335 "2020-09-09T13:41:31Z")
Good old DumpsterFire. Throwing his own Republican backers under the bus. I’m shocked, shocked I tell you. Okay, I’m not really shocked. [https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reactiongifs.us%2Fim-shocked-shocked-well-not-that-shocked%2F&psig=AOvVaw08H0llYgw9OCL\_D-4NcMth&ust=1599745246857000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCMjNk9SZ3OsCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reactiongifs.us%2Fim-shocked-shocked-well-not-that-shocked%2F&psig=AOvVaw08H0llYgw9OCL_D-4NcMth&ust=1599745246857000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCMjNk9SZ3OsCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3336 "2020-09-09T14:46:27Z")
We may be forced to triage this thread, there is too many. Maybe a higher level “Godawmighty catastrophic”, one step above “Truly awful fucking bullshit”. Maybe sub-levels “Totally Nazi”, “Creeping Facism” and just plain old ordinary “Racist poison”. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/3337 "2020-09-09T14:55:15Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > In Michael Cohen’s new book, he says that Individual 1 never sent any investigators to Hawaii to investigate Obama’s birth. He just said it because it was popular. Like O.J. never spent any time looking for the “real killer.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=165) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=167)