# 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:** 214
**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:** [October 2, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4278 "2020-10-02T21:20:26Z")
‘Rushed’. He is being ‘rushed’. 🙂 ---
**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:** [October 2, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4279 "2020-10-02T21:27:48Z")
He’s been infused with an unproven drug cocktail manufactured by a golfing buddy of his. ---
**Author:** ![rboyce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rboyce/32/4066_2.png) [@rboyce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rboyce)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4280 "2020-10-02T22:53:13Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > You don’t have to be smart or wise or clever to be skilled at deception and manipulation. > > In another world, he would probably be some dealership’s #1 used car salesman. he will tell you what ever you want to hear ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4281 "2020-10-03T01:51:43Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > He’s been infused with an unproven drug cocktail manufactured by a golfing buddy of his. 🙂 ---
**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:** [October 3, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4282 "2020-10-03T02:21:08Z")
Somebody asked me to calculate 45 + 19 I kept coming up with 46. Tried it several ways. Seemed kind of off, but it was all that would come up. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4283 "2020-10-03T03:11:34Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-Ue5F57dZMU/maxresdefault.jpg "THE DAY DEMOCRACY DIED - by Founders Sing with Don McLean & Founding Fathers") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ue5F57dZMU) ---
**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:** [October 3, 2020, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4284 "2020-10-03T04:11:24Z")
So few people are currently willing to work in the Trump administration that a man who wrote a tell-all book, thereby violating the NDA, Cliff Sims, is now rehired: > ---
**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:** [October 3, 2020, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4285 "2020-10-03T04:16:53Z")
Laurie Garrett says that ACB could still have been shedding virus because she had COVID this summer. If she is the one who was the initial infector, everyone who spoke to her could be infected. Meaning the person they were rushing to install as to destroy the ACA may have prevented them from rushing her through. As far as this series is concerned, the damned sharks are now jumping other sharks. The writers need to get control of the plot line, and stat! ---
**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:** [October 3, 2020, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4286 "2020-10-03T04:54:57Z")
And with the stroke of midnight, Infrastructure Week comes to a close… ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4287 "2020-10-03T05:27:00Z")
At this rate the election will be anti-climatic because the only healthy people left in the country will all be Democrats. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2020, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4288 "2020-10-03T05:41:22Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > At this rate the election will be anti-climatic because the only healthy people left in the country will all be Democrats. . . . You say that like it’s a bad thing. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2020, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4289 "2020-10-03T07:10:34Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > As far as this series is concerned, the damned sharks are now jumping other sharks. The writers need to get control of the plot line, and stat! No kidding. The crazies are all coming out in droves. Of course, we’ve also got a full moon. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4290 "2020-10-03T08:52:17Z")
So this week we’ve had: -Trump’s tax leak -The worst debate in history -Will he/won’t he with white supremacy -Brad Parscale tackled/arrested -Jacob Wahl finally indicted -Melania’s war on Christmas and children -COVID bingo bonanza And the week isn’t over! My favorite of them, though, is Melania’s “fuck Christmas”. I’m sad it got overshadowed because all those War on Christmas assholes needed to hear it. And it really explains this: [![](https://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2017-11/white-house-christmas-decorations-twitter_650x400_61511951542.jpg) ](https://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2017-11/white-house-christmas-decorations-twitter_650x400_61511951542.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4291 "2020-10-03T09:32:40Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > My favorite of them, though, is Melania’s “fuck Christmas”. I’m sad it got overshadowed because all those War on Christmas assholes needed to hear it. And it really explains this: I just assumed Melania was waiting at the end of the hallway to offer visiting children some Turkish Delight. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4292 "2020-10-03T11:36:17Z")
Looks like that Supreme Court nomination vote might be delayed after all. T[wo GOP senators on the Judiciary Committee are positive for Covid.](https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/02/politics/mike-lee-tests-positive-covid/index.html) God, or Rona, must be on RBG’s side! ---
**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:** [October 3, 2020, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4293 "2020-10-03T11:48:51Z")
[![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/yTUkMzpmWkuOhWP2kmqiHyowNXPu-lTBQKkAqc1jyr-W4qvdWusaZGjz08lGHGjuXRydfppTvdSMkkxmf83x16HunywI2wELXFPZzfgfGFKCrOFiW-BIpsu8TOxtRaNh7horEUuP7A=w600-h315-p-k "New item by John Thornton") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/2zC6RkCkKBhPxHuU6) ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4294 "2020-10-03T12:34:39Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > By “secrets,” they probably mean dirty tricks that, if revealed, could be foiled by Biden’s team. I think they’re far past the point of giving a toss about any new scandalous information that comes out - shame is not a thing. They’re afraid Parscale is going to go into the vault and release the Colonel’s recipe. This source, for whatever it is worth, describes it as a fear of campaign finance investigations: > **[Trump family terrified Brad Parscale will flip on them and expose their...](https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/trump-family-terrified-brad-parscale-will-flip-on-them-and-expose-their-racket-to-save-himself-report/)** > > On Wednesday, Vanity Fair reported that members of President Donald Trump's family are worried that the president's former campaign manager Brad Parscale will flip on them, and help the authorities pursue a campaign finance investigation into them,... ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4295 "2020-10-03T13:57:41Z")
I want very much to believe that Parscale is under investigation, an allegation made by England’s _Daily Mail_, which looks like it is relying on a single unnamed source. How credible is that paper? ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4296 "2020-10-03T14:06:01Z")
Not everything they publish is wrong, but they’re not known as the _Daily Fail_ for nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4297 "2020-10-03T14:28:15Z")
A single unnamed source isn’t up to my standards of reporting. And Vanity Fair and rawstory shouldn’t be making their own stories out of it, either. They should be getting the allegations independently verified instead. So while I’m not ready to believe it yet, I’m also unwilling to think that some massive Parscale grifting _hasn’t_ taken place because, well, look at this administration over the last four years. There would be zero surprise if yet another financial scandal reared its ugly head. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=213) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=215)