# 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:** 2
**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:** [June 22, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/21 "2020-06-22T15:04:28Z")
IOKIARI I’m sure I don’t have to explain that one. ---
**Author:** ![Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/section_maker_jupe/32/1424_2.png) [@Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Section_Maker_Jupe)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/22 "2020-06-22T15:17:07Z")
I think the mods have turned off some features now, to help the transition. I’m just testing as well. This is the thread I leave open 24/7/365 so. Thanks ThelmaLou I’m really hoping for a massive voter landslide against trnup…to avoid any chance of vote counting troubles. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/23 "2020-06-22T15:34:20Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > [You beat me to it, but here is the photo,](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rawstory.com/2020/06/mortified-and-humiliated-image-of-trump-returning-from-tulsa-rally-is-mocked-for-look-of-defeat/amp/) just so I can test the new link function. Damn, I almost feel sorry for the guy. Almost. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/24 "2020-06-22T15:38:54Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Damn, I almost feel sorry for the guy. Almost. He looks like a groundhog who just poked his head out of his hole and realized there’s not going to be four more years of being President. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/25 "2020-06-22T15:45:28Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > He looks like a groundhog who just poked his head out of his hole and realized there’s not going to be four more years of being President. That’s funny. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/26 "2020-06-22T15:45:31Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > IOKIARI > > I’m sure I don’t have to explain that one. uhhhh, I’m drawing a blank on that, and googling didn’t help. But I don’t feel quite as dumb, because I just figured out how to quote people! Yay! ---
**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:** [June 22, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/27 "2020-06-22T16:07:47Z")
It’s OK If A Republican Does It ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/28 "2020-06-22T16:11:27Z")
Oh, right, I’ve seen that before. I think getting used to the new forum and being Monday has me a little muddled. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/29 "2020-06-22T16:13:44Z")
So. At the poorly attended Loser Rally, Trump said the following: “When you do testing to that extent, you’re going to find more people, you’re going to find more cases,” Trump said. “So I said to my people, `Slow the testing down, please.’ They test and they test.” We are now being told that this was a joke. He was making a funny. Peter Navarro said Sunday that it was “tongue in cheek.” Or maybe it was caused by frustration: Chad Wolf said that Trump’s call to slow down testing was in “frustration” over media coverage. Or perhaps it just makes sense that slowing testing down will result in fewer cases of the disease actually occuring: White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany justified Trump’s logic last week as “logical.” Personally, I would say that joking about a pandemic that has killed over 120,000 Americans and is still killing them (with increasing case numbers in dozens of states) is not really a joke. I’d also say that if a president is “frustrated” with the media, then making a stupid statement is probably not a good idea. Finally, I’d say that Kayleigh McEnany is just another in a long line of embarrassing press secretaries that need to spew completely embarrassing crap to please their thin-skinned boss. ---
**Author:** ![Mickyfinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@Mickyfinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mickyfinn)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/30 "2020-06-22T16:19:23Z")
When you always have to tell people you are joking, you suck at humor. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/31 "2020-06-22T16:22:55Z")
It wasn’t even an attempt at humor (I don’t think), it was a lame attempt to explain away another incredibly stupid comment, like when trump said he was being sarcastic about injecting bleach and shining light into the lungs in order to disinfect oneself from Covid. EDIT: That’s weird, I quoted Mickyfinn and the quote initially appeared, then disappeared. Does the quote not show if your post is immediately following the person you’re quoting? ---
**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:** [June 22, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/32 "2020-06-22T16:24:16Z")
[Trump explains his walk on the not so wild side.](https://v.redd.it/ysfnpc8u4d651) ---
**Author:** ![Lurking\_Quahog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lurking_quahog/32/21274_2.png) [@Lurking\_Quahog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lurking_Quahog)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/33 "2020-06-22T16:29:21Z")
Now _THAT_ was funny! ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/34 "2020-06-22T16:32:27Z")
> [@solost](#): > > That’s weird, I quoted Mickyfinn and the quote initially appeared, then disappeared. Does the quote not show if your post is immediately following the person you’re quoting? I think if you quote the whole post and it’s the one immediately before, it deletes the quote. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/36 "2020-06-22T16:54:00Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Finally, I’d say that Kayleigh McEnany is just another in a long line of embarrassing press secretaries that need to spew completely embarrassing crap to please their thin-skinned boss. In my head, I refer to McEnany as “Flack Barbie”. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/37 "2020-06-22T16:59:31Z")
Naw, he forgot to put the “D” in at the end. Euphonious\_Polemic meant to type “IOKIARDI”, but actually typed “IOKIARI”. Had me confused, too. I thought maybe there was a new one I hadn’t come across. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/38 "2020-06-22T17:05:29Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > In my head, I refer to McEnany as “Flack Barbie”. I’m going with Stick-Figure Goebbels. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/39 "2020-06-22T17:09:21Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I notice that Trump saluted when he got off the helicopter; with his tie undone and carrying a cap in his other hand. Where does that rank on the disrespecting-the-troops faux pas scale? I don’t think he is supposed to salute since he is not wearing a uniform. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/40 "2020-06-22T17:12:20Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Isn’t that tie that he has flailing randomly around his neck the same tie super expensive silk tie that he had to carefully avoid getting water on necessitating his use of both hands when drinking? I used to look like that coming home in the wee hours. 🙂 ---
**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:** [June 22, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/41 "2020-06-22T17:29:47Z")
Ummmm… It was a JOKE! Ya, that’s the ticket. Or I was just frustrated at the media. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=3)