# 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:** 239
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4778 "2020-10-10T22:22:40Z")
He only lasted 18 minutes for his speech today. Definitely not normal. > **[Trump insists he's free of virus, ready for campaign trail](https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-virus-outbreak-joe-biden-donald-trump-health-a9b581897fff3c034d8fa838a2eb0768)** > > WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday declared he was healthy enough to return to the campaign trail, a day after the White House doctor said he was no longer at risk of transmitting the coronavirus but did not say explicitly whether... ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4779 "2020-10-10T23:01:51Z")
Isn’t he breaking the law (yeah, as if there were laws in Trump’s America) by holding a political campaign rally at the White House (federal property?) He might claim it’s not a campaign rally, except he told people to vote for him and against Biden, and that’s…gosh…campaigning. Fucker campaigns on “law and order” and breaks the law while doing it! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4780 "2020-10-10T23:20:55Z")
Hatch Act. ---
**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 10, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4781 "2020-10-10T23:52:51Z")
Among the attendees of the rally was “Doctor” Scott Atlas, Individual 1’s coronavirus advisor. Sans mask. ---
**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 10, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4782 "2020-10-10T23:55:17Z")
Individual 1 wanted to wear a Superman tee shirt under his suit as he left the hospital, so he could pull his shirt open to reveal the tee shirt and let us know that he’s Superman. > **[Trump reportedly wanted to rip open his button-down to reveal a Superman...](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-superman-shirt-hospital-coronavirus-2020-10)** > > Upon leaving the hospital, Trump would rip open a button-down dress shirt to reveal a t-shirt with the Superman logo. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4783 "2020-10-11T00:03:00Z")
Oh, man. I so wish he had done that. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4784 "2020-10-11T00:07:20Z")
I believe The White House is considered his private residence for instances like these. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4785 "2020-10-11T00:08:09Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Oh, man. I so wish he had done that. I wish he had tried it and been to weak to rip his shirt open and then fumbling around for a seemingly endless time, then finally giving up and telling the crowd: “I got a Superman shirt underneath, really!”. ---
**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 11, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4786 "2020-10-11T00:11:23Z")
The Taliban endorses Individual 1. > **[The Taliban on Trump: "We hope he will win the election" and withdraw U.S....](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taliban-on-trump-we-hope-he-will-win-the-election-withdraw-us-troops/)** > > President Trump's reelection bid received a vote of support Friday from an entity most in his party would reject: the Taliban. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4787 "2020-10-11T00:14:24Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Taliban endorses Individual 1. > > [cbsnews.com](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taliban-on-trump-we-hope-he-will-win-the-election-withdraw-us-troops/) > > President Trump’s reelection bid received a vote of support Friday from an entity most in his party would reject: the Taliban. Que Congressional Republicans to say en masse when asked about this tomorrow, “I hadn’t heard that so can’t comment.” ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4788 "2020-10-11T00:19:25Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Que Congressional Republicans… Because this is the Dope, it would be “cue” > **[Cue vs. Queue - Dictionary.com](https://www.dictionary.com/e/cue-vs-queue/)** > >   When do you cue, and when do you queue? Cue typically refers to a signal that encourages someone to take an action, while queue indicates an ordered line or file. Both cue and queue are pronounced like the letter Q, and are considered to be... ---
**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 11, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4789 "2020-10-11T00:22:34Z")
“Que” is the Asian braided ponytail. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4790 "2020-10-11T00:25:30Z")
😱 (Looked for a Headslap emoji…?) Yes, of course. Oh, wait: the Congressional Republicans will be LINED UP\* to speak their cowardly dodges to reporters…get it??? Yeah, that’s the ticket… . . . \*lined up while getting their hair styled in single braids…okay, I give up. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4791 "2020-10-11T00:31:05Z")
Nope > **[The End of the Queue | China Heritage Quarterly](http://www.chinaheritagequarterly.org/features.php?searchterm=027_queue.inc&issue=027)** > > Covering contempory Chinese archaeology, heritage and conservation issues. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4792 "2020-10-11T00:33:08Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Taliban endorses Individual 1. > **[Surprise surprise - Gomer Pyle - Meme Generator](https://memegenerator.net/instance/42682880/gomer-pyle-surprise-surprise)** > > Surprise surprise - Gomer Pyle ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4793 "2020-10-11T00:42:11Z")
Democrats, start printing the flyers and posting the memes _A senior Taliban member told CBS News, "Trump might be ridiculous for the rest of the world, but he is sane and wise man for the Taliban._ ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4794 "2020-10-11T00:55:55Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > I believe The White House is considered his private residence for instances like these. Okay, if that’s correct it qualifies as an oops on my part. Damn. (As the joke has it, “I’d rather have my grievance!”) If Obama ever actually campaigned from the White House, that’d be a double oops with candied pecans. (If you have to eat your words, make them sweet…) ---
**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 11, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4795 "2020-10-11T01:06:43Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > I believe The White House is considered his private residence for instances like these. > [@Trinopus](#): > > Okay, if that’s correct it qualifies as an oops on my part. Damn. (As the joke has it, “I’d rather have my grievance!”) If Obama ever actually campaigned from the White House, that’d be a double oops with candied pecans. (If you have to eat your words, make them sweet…)- SURELY @mikecurtis was joking. 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4796 "2020-10-11T01:11:31Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Taliban endorses Individual 1. Wow. Who’s next to endorse Traitor Trump? The Colombian Drug Cartel? Al-Qaeda? The International Society of Neo-Nazi Pedophiles? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4797 "2020-10-11T01:22:22Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > SURELY @mikecurtis was joking. 🤨 Indeed so. And they put out an excuse that it was not a campaign rally. It pretty blatantly is one, and everybody knows it is one, but they’re still trying to put lipstick on the pig. The bar is low enough that I congratulate them for merely still caring about paying lip service to some democratic norms. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=238) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=240)