# 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:** 246
**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 14, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4918 "2020-10-14T19:07:04Z")
He’s really desperate now. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4919 "2020-10-14T19:10:43Z")
I’ve actively tried to avoid watching or hearing DTS during this term, but that’s pretty much impossible now. In the clips they’ve shown on the local news lately that appears to be from recent campaign rallies, is he acting a bit more manic than usual? I’m thinking specifically of the one where he’s saying he wants to kiss or hug every man and woman in the crowd. ---
**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 14, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4920 "2020-10-14T19:33:58Z")
Individual 1 encourages the California Republicans to keep illegally collecting ballots. > **[Trump Tells California GOP to Keep Installing Unofficial Ballot Drop Boxes...](https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-tells-california-gop-to-keep-installing-unofficial-ballot-drop-boxes-despite-legal-threats)** > > Officials have sent state Republicans a cease-and-desist notice, ordering them to remove unofficial ballot drop boxes. ---
**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 14, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4921 "2020-10-14T20:27:14Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > I’m thinking specifically of the one where he’s saying he wants to kiss or hug every man and woman in the crowd. > 🎵 🎶 > On a day like today I could kiss everybody! > I’m so full of love and good will! > Let me say furthermore > I’d adore everybody > To come and dine > The pleasure’s mine > And I will pay the bill! > 🎶 🎵 [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eBo-5A4eFts/hqdefault.jpg "3: A Wonderful Day - The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBo-5A4eFts) ---
**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:** [October 14, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4922 "2020-10-14T21:34:33Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > And I will pay the bill! I was with you until this line. ---
**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 14, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4923 "2020-10-14T21:36:41Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > I was with you until this line.- That’s where Donnie bailed, too. 😛 ---
**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 14, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4924 "2020-10-14T21:43:17Z")
Barron tests positive. > **[Melania Trump says son Barron tested positive for COVID-19, had no symptoms](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/10/14/melania-trump-says-son-barron-trump-tested-positive-covid-19/3656978001/)** > > Melania Trump said Wednesday that after an initial negative test, 14-year-old Barron Trump tested positive for COVID-19. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4925 "2020-10-14T21:50:28Z")
Holy crap…538 just colored Georgia blue. What is this strange feeling? is it…hope? ---
**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:** [October 14, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4926 "2020-10-14T21:55:42Z")
Well, for certain colors of blue (it has a 51% probability of going blue). Still, that’s much better than expected. But if you want something to temper your hope, remember that 538 isn’t considering voter suppression efforts and ballot counting shenanigans. The 11-hour long lines in Georgia yesterday point to the effectiveness of this plan. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4927 "2020-10-14T22:00:04Z")
And CNN takes on Fox News! Cage match? > **[Fox News portrayed it as one of the biggest scandals in American history....](https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/14/media/fox-news-unmasking-obamagate/index.html)** > > It was a conspiracy that Fox News portrayed as one of the greatest — if not the greatest — political scandals in American history. Essentially they’re calling out Fox’s hyping of the unmasking (un)scandal. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4928 "2020-10-14T22:03:35Z")
I’m sure Fox will issue a retraction and an apology for misleading its viewers. Right? That’s what a responsible news organization would do. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4929 "2020-10-14T22:17:26Z")
It’s never a good look when an organization that is _supposed_ to report the news becomes the news. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4930 "2020-10-14T22:34:41Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > The 11-hour long lines in Georgia yesterday point to the effectiveness of this plan. Or the failure. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4931 "2020-10-14T22:43:08Z")
I agree. Seeing people thinking “can’t trust the post office, don’t want to run into Election Day shenanigans…I’m just going to stand in this line as long as it takes” makes me feel that there is a wave coming. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4932 "2020-10-14T22:54:01Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Well, for certain colors of blue (it has a 51% probability of going blue). Still, that’s much better than expected. > > But if you want something to temper your hope, remember that 538 isn’t considering voter suppression efforts and ballot counting shenanigans. The 11-hour long lines in Georgia yesterday point to the effectiveness of this plan. Agreed. But the further into Biden territory the predictions go, the harder it’s going to be for voter suppression to completely overturn the result. The overall prediction has also bumped from an 86% change for Biden to an 87% one. Just keep going… ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4933 "2020-10-14T22:54:49Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Seeing people thinking “can’t trust the post office, don’t want to run into Election Day shenanigans…I’m just going to stand in this line as long as it takes” makes me feel that there is a wave coming. Someone needs to make an ad showing civil rights actions from the past and then show the people doing what it takes to vote this election. Narration (maybe James Earl Jones) saying “we raised our voices in the past; we will be heard now; VOTE”, etc. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4934 "2020-10-14T23:10:19Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Or the failure. For every person who was waiting 11 hours to vote, how many do you think gave up or didn’t bother to go? I can guarantee that number dwarfs the number who actually voted. And of those who gave up, a sizable number just won’t vote at all. They can’t just grab a ballot and vote on their own time - not everyone has the option to change their mind and vote by mail. They are stuck either waiting now, waiting later, or not voting. Don’t get me wrong, it is heartening to see such dedication and such interest in voting. But don’t be fooled - there are a lot of people who want to vote but won’t, and these people will be disproportionally located in urban areas that tend to vote blue. ---
**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 14, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4935 "2020-10-14T23:11:08Z")
This one is back. Warning, don’t click, there is a picture of a smiling Rudy in an NYPD hat. I am sure he is continuing his investigation into “The Biden Crime Familiy.” > **[Facebook reducing distribution of Hunter Biden story in New York Post](https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/facebook-reducing-distribution-of-hunter-biden-story-in-new-york-post)** > > Facebook and Twitter limited the distribution of a story in the New York Post about a purported email between Hunter Biden and an adviser to a Ukrainian energy company. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4936 "2020-10-14T23:30:35Z")
FOX News is LIVID that twitter and facebook are not helping spread bullshit. I don’t think they are aware of who is actually running for president. I guess they’d be fine with bullshit smears against the Trump criminal spawn. ---
**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 15, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/4937 "2020-10-15T00:19:21Z")
Individual 1 posts video of Biden as a resident (P in President crossed out) of a senior citizen’s home. That’ll draw in the senior citizen vote > **[Trump shared a picture mocking Joe Biden as a nursing-home resident as polls...](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-shares-picture-mocking-joe-biden-as-care-home-resident-2020-10)** > > The tweet, which appeared to mock Biden's age and health, came as Trump and Biden battle for older Americans' votes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=245) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=247)