# 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:** 26
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/506 "2020-07-04T04:44:15Z")
So, the virus is now in the White House… this should prove interesting. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/507 "2020-07-04T05:04:06Z")
So far, she’s asymptomatic (and far away from the actual White House). This’ll probably “prove” that CV-19 is no big deal. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2020, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/508 "2020-07-04T05:09:12Z")
I think the information in the article is already well known or easily guessed, but the accompanying picture made me want to retch. And let’s be honest, that was probably his intent. > **[Trump attacks 'left-wing cultural revolution' in Mount Rushmore address](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump/trump-blasts-left-wing-cultural-revolution-at-mount-rushmore-idUSKBN2441CB)** > > President Donald Trump on Friday accused "angry mobs" of trying to erase history with efforts to remove or rethink monuments to U.S. historical figures and used a speech at Mount Rushmore to paint himself as a bulwark against left-wing extremism. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2020, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/509 "2020-07-04T06:47:59Z")
From Loser Donald’s executive order; > The National Garden should be composed of statues, including statues of John Adams, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Daniel Boone, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Henry Clay, Davy Crockett, Frederick Douglass, Amelia Earhart, Benjamin Franklin, Billy Graham, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Luther King, Jr., Abraham Lincoln, Douglas MacArthur, Dolley Madison, James Madison, Christa McAuliffe, Audie Murphy, George S. Patton, Jr., Ronald Reagan, Jackie Robinson, Betsy Ross, Antonin Scalia, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Tubman, Booker T. Washington, George Washington, and Orville and Wilbur Wright. Can we start a line to tear down the Scalia statue **now?** To say nothing of Billy Graham or Henry Clay? Hell, I’m surprised he didn’t try to sneak Stonewall Jackson, Nathaniel Bedford Forrest, or George Lincoln Rockwell in there. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/510 "2020-07-04T09:02:05Z")
Man, that is one _Night in the Museum_ sequel I would love to see. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2020, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/511 "2020-07-04T09:06:09Z")
I have never in my life wished death of anyone, other than Osama bin Laden. And fuck, Don Jr’s girlfriend, I don’t want her to die. She may be a decent person. But one of these motherfuckers in the inner circle must die. Herman Cain, “the world would be a better place without Herman Cain.” Die motherfuckers, die. Years ago I rescued a cat, and he was infested with fleas. I held him over the sink and washed him with flea soap and rinsed him off, Mickey fighting me all the way, and while I was washing him, “Die motherfuckers die” (aout the fleas) came into my head. One or more of these fucking fleas must die. It is the only thing that is going to convince those still supporting Trump. And even that will probably not be enouugh. I think this country is fucked. Thank god I have friends in Buenos Airers and Austrailia. Not ready to bail at this point, but I can see it coming. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/512 "2020-07-04T13:10:34Z")
I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume Don Jr.'s girlfriend is a loathsome piece of shit. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/513 "2020-07-04T14:01:52Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > From Loser Donald’s executive order; I thought that was satire… Then I [looked it up](https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-building-rebuilding-monuments-american-heroes/). ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/514 "2020-07-04T14:50:13Z")
> Please be safe & responsible this holiday weekend. As we celebrate this 4th of July, follow state & local guidelines to keep you & your loved ones safe. Practice proper hygiene, social distancing & wear a mask when in close proximity to others. 🇺🇸 > > — Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) [July 4, 2020](https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump/status/1279239739980181504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) P.S. This applies only when you’re not “[shoulder-to-shoulder in black folding chairs tethered together in a kind of coronavirus chain of denial](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/07/04/trump-got-his-crowd-his-fireworks-peddled-his-fiction/)” adoring Daddy! ---
**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:** [July 4, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/515 "2020-07-04T15:06:20Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > > P.S. This applies only when you’re not “[shoulder-to-shoulder in black folding chairs tethered together in a kind of coronavirus chain of denial](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/07/04/trump-got-his-crowd-his-fireworks-peddled-his-fiction/)” adoring Daddy! According to CNN, the chairs are always tethered to prevent them hindering a possible evacuation. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/516 "2020-07-04T15:23:04Z")
With all that’s happening in the country, Trump thinks the most important thing he can do is to re-kindle the Civil War. And he’s coming in on the side of the South. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/517 "2020-07-04T15:31:41Z")
It’s wrong I tell you. Trump was born into a wealthy family in New York City. He has no business appropriating the culture of southern rednecks. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/518 "2020-07-04T15:34:02Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I thought that was satire… Then I [looked it up](https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-building-rebuilding-monuments-american-heroes/) > [@](#): > > (e) When a statue or work of art commissioned pursuant to this section is meant to depict a historically significant American, the statue or work of art shall be a lifelike or realistic representation of that person, not an **abstract or modernist representation.** My bolding. I’m a bit surprised they didn’t use the term “degenerate art”. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/519 "2020-07-04T15:40:38Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > It’s wrong I tell you. Trump was born into a wealthy family in New York City. He has no business appropriating the culture of southern rednecks. Stealing this. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/520 "2020-07-04T17:20:30Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume Don Jr.'s girlfriend is a loathsome piece of shit. Apparently she flew to that Mt. Rushmore occasion. While knowing she actively had Covid. So, yeah, loathsome piece of shit. OTOH, if she deliberately took advantage of the occasion to hug and kiss and breathe on Trump a whole bunch, well, that’s different. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/521 "2020-07-04T17:24:56Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > OTOH, if she deliberately took advantage of the occasion to hug and kiss and breathe on Trump a whole bunch, well, that’s different. It wasn’t a political thing. She just wants to move up her boyfriend’s inheritance. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/522 "2020-07-04T17:38:37Z")
I’ve got the feeling that there won’t be much inheritance. Just a stack of unpaid bills and an extra sized orange jumpsuit. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/523 "2020-07-04T17:45:50Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I’ve got the feeling that there won’t be much inheritance. Just a stack of unpaid bills and an extra sized orange jumpsuit- Probably a few rubles. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/524 "2020-07-04T18:17:02Z")
She spoke in SD at a small indoor event attended by the Governor. With no masks in sight. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/525 "2020-07-04T18:55:57Z")
“[We are the people who](https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1279256786017681408) dreamed, a spectacular dream. It was called Las Vegas …" Last time we drove through there, I looked at The Strip and thought, this place represents everything that is wrong with this country. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=27)