# 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:** 260
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5198 "2020-10-20T13:46:43Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > > [@CalMeacham](#): > > > > Trump’s people have apparently been burning through his campaign war chest way too fast and stupidly. > > I commented a few weeks ago – when the founders of We Build the Wall were getting indicted for fraud – how frequently Republican donations seem to stick to the fingers of the organizers. > > Nothing new here. When I picture the dumbest, most likely to be easily swayed by negative emotions, and willing to part with money for a chance to make someone else feel like a loser, the Republican base is right there at #1 by a large margin. They’re practically built to be taken advantage of (just ask the churches). Second place is fans of the Kardashians, in case you were wondering. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5199 "2020-10-20T13:51:34Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > My favorite part of the campaign spending story was it buying $1.5 million worth of television advertising in the District of Columbia. Just so a certain individual would see the ads and be cheered up. It’s only fair. A chunk of the Lincoln Project’s ads are aimed at an audience of ~~individual~~ -one and IIRC they’ve been buying time in the DC market to show them. ---
**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 20, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5200 "2020-10-20T13:53:00Z")
The problem is is that many of us do not have to put up with it. When I vote, I go to a place a less than half a mile away from my house, and it takes 5 minutes. But, I live in a fairly red area. It is people who live in more reliably blue areas that they fuck with. Since they are not the ones in power, they have no choice but to put up with it. ---
**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 20, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5201 "2020-10-20T15:44:19Z")
Today, Trump called in to Fox & Friends. How it started: [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/FQMCOFQt2OoLVw_R2uwr2HZaj1VpJw45tafBM3bnZOzvL9L87QRNoo9xe8ECeOvWIOvFwxgTa-CGpzswrLbwewC48aak5LIZEAa6y2O0Z--iQGFpZAQYBuZz7KJR39x5Wc1ylAos0w=w600-h315-p-k "New item by John Thornton") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/7xLGRRZDTzziynNW6) How it went: [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/wD32hbWLwILSwSnQtY7TOp-HWa1gQ6TFzbSjzM258ryt1skjJKgnAproTaaJxmJdFeLLFvvPdw56afGu0aAOklgD3awwTiAfp3NaFMdveedPiEHEH-3FcnaUEEwDT_DPijGbF2oYqg=w600-h315-p-k "New item by John Thornton") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/99UHry3Ekpa8EmzY9) ---
**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:** [October 20, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5202 "2020-10-20T15:49:04Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Today, Trump called in to Fox & Friends. > > How it started: Why do they look like they’re expecting something different? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5203 "2020-10-20T16:17:38Z")
Must have been pretty bad. I would expect them to at least be trying to smile if he had eaten a live baby in front of them. What did he say. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5204 "2020-10-20T18:12:08Z")
Lord. He called CNN crazy bastards for talking about corona virus. I hope his Christian base was listening. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5205 "2020-10-20T18:17:51Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > I hope his Christian base was listening. - They’ve been listening to him for five years and cheer his every sin. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5206 "2020-10-20T18:21:39Z")
Not 100% sure this is the right thread for this, but in the sequel to _Borat_, he crashes a Mike Pence [Campaign rally](https://youtu.be/JhtqhiQJMpw) dressed as Donald Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5207 "2020-10-20T18:28:07Z")
> [@](#): > > If I lose, I will have lost to the worst candidate, the worst candidate in the history of presidential politics. Yeah, then you’d have something in common with Hillary. ---
**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 20, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5208 "2020-10-20T20:18:21Z")
Once again, the Justice Dept. lawyers save Trump from his own stupidity and lies. Only this time, they were [forced to admit](https://lawandcrime.com/awkward/wh-chief-of-staff-confirms-to-federal-judge-that-trump-lied-about-authorizing-the-release-of-all-russia-hoax-docs/) that Trump’s tweets are just a pile of bullshit. We now have confirmation from Mark Meadows, Chief of Staff that that Trump did not actually mean what he said. So confirmation that Trump is full of shit. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5209 "2020-10-20T20:27:25Z")
So the judge is satisfied and drops it…then Trump says that Meadows misspoke and that he _did_ mean it. The judge has been sidelined and the Trumpettes will be happy-This was planned. ---
**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 20, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5210 "2020-10-20T20:32:40Z")
Individual 1 tells a reporter that if he doesn’t investigate the Hunter Biden story, he’s a criminal. > **[Trump Calls Jeff Mason a ‘Criminal’ for Not Reporting on Hunter Biden | Law...](https://lawandcrime.com/awkward/trump-calls-a-reporter-a-criminal-for-not-reporting-on-hunter-biden-dirt-the-president-was-impeached-for-pursuing/)** > > President Donald Trump on Monday railed against the fourth estate and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in a diatribe that ended with the president claiming that journalists are criminals if they have not reported on the extremely suspicious... ---
**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 20, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5211 "2020-10-20T20:44:38Z")
Man, is Trump and crew ever desperate for another bullshit “expose” story that will change the election, just like last time. It’s so obvious that this story is absolutely full of crap and likely another Russian job… But these muppets can only think of doing the same bullshit again. “Derp, it worked before… and I got away with it… Send Guilianni over to get some Russian fabrications about Biden” And now he’s pissed that the press is not falling for it again. Wait for the order to go out to the FBI to start making arrests for… things and stuff. ---
**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 20, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5212 "2020-10-20T20:49:49Z")
Things fall apart, the center cannot hold: > > [@](#): > > Apparently there was some drama while President Trump was taping his 60 Minutes interview today. He abruptly ended his solo interview after around 45 minutes & did not return for a scheduled walk & talk he was supposed to tape with Pence, @abdallahcnn and I are told by sources. > > Biden and Harris were also interviewed by 60 Minutes & all are scheduled to appear in the same program. While Biden and Harris taped their interviews separately, Trump and Pence were scheduled to appear on camera together. They ultimately did not and Pence taped his separately. 3:11pm, which explains this 3:06pm tweet from Fuckshit McFuckshit: > So, all 4 were being interviewed by 60 minutes, they each granted an hour. Pence was _supposed_ to be on w/ Donald, but Donald refused to show, so Pence did it solo. So, Trump 45 minutes into his interview, leaves, doesn’t come back, leaving Pence holding the bag, and then tweets out the above. ---
**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 20, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5213 "2020-10-20T21:00:26Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Man, is Trump and crew ever desperate for another bullshit “expose” story that will change the election, just like last time. They had several thousand “but the emails!” t-shirts just sitting in a warehouse. You’d think the tree-hugging dems would appreciate his effort to reduce, recycle, and reuse by manufacturing a similar scandal. But no, the damn commies are never satisfied. ---
**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 20, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5214 "2020-10-20T21:02:29Z")
I really hope Guilliani is investigated throroughly in this obvious scam. Find out who planted the laptop, who manufactured the bogus crap, and move on them like a ton of bricks. I want to see Guilliani locked up. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5215 "2020-10-20T21:10:03Z")
It’s not just that, all these outside Trump groups are fleecing donors out of money instead of giving it to Trump. > **[Trump campaign plagued by groups raising tens of millions in his name](https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/23/trump-campaign-compete-against-groups-money-089454)** > > Outside entities are raising huge money in Trump's name, despite disavowals from the campaign, and spending little of it on 2020. It’s like they were so busy grifting each other that they forgot to campaign. It’s been a problem for a while. Here’s a great assessment -from a conservative source, no less. The article has lots of good links embedded for anyone that wants to go deeper. > **[The Right’s Grifter Problem | National Review](https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/the-real-problem-conservatism-faces-today/)** > > No, the answer is not David French. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5216 "2020-10-20T21:11:07Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I want to see Guilliani locked up. When asked about Mr. Polemic’s comments, Mr. Giuliani replied: 9/11 9/11 9/11. Oh, and 9/11. ---
**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 20, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5217 "2020-10-20T21:28:47Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I really hope Guilliani is investigated throroughly in this obvious scam. Find out who planted the laptop, who manufactured the bogus crap, and move on them like a ton of bricks. I want to see Guilliani locked up. Censorship at FOX! Of course that is all they are talking about now. > **[Exclusive: Fox News News Division Passed on Hunter Biden Laptop Story Over...](https://www.mediaite.com/tv/exclusive-fox-news-passed-on-hunter-biden-laptop-story-over-credibility-concerns/)** > > Mediaite has learned that Fox News was first approached by Rudy Giuliani to report on a tranche of files alleged to have come from Hunter Biden's unclaimed laptop, but that the news division declined. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=259) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=261)