# 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:** 265
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5298 "2020-10-21T21:20:28Z")
If we follow the “herd immunity” solution proposed by Atlas, we still might get to 2.2 million dead. Not even exaggerating. ---
**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 21, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5299 "2020-10-21T21:53:54Z")
I’ve always liked the joke: “Today, I prevented a kidnapping and murder!” “How’d you do that?” “Self control.” ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5300 "2020-10-21T21:55:06Z")
> [@robby](#): > > Every day I drive to work. Should I get credit for all of the people I _didn’t_ kill because I actually steered the car around a curve instead of letting it careen uncontrolled into oncoming traffic? If so, I can also brag about the thousands of lives I’ve saved over the years. What’s more, let’s say I do run over and kill a few pedestrians every day due to inattention or because I just don’t care. I can still brag about all the people I _didn’t_ hit, i.e. the ones I “saved.” ---
**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 21, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5301 "2020-10-21T22:16:25Z")
"Sure I ran over the pregnant lady in the crosswalk. My bad. But hey, in my defense, I missed hitting dozens and DOZENS of pedestrians before that. WHY DOES NOBODY TALK ABOUT ALL THE LIVES I SAVED? UNFAIR MEDIA!" ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5302 "2020-10-21T22:21:35Z")
Dude, what happened to the two-click rule? Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5303 "2020-10-21T22:57:04Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > This Rudy story is just blowing up. If Sacha Baron Cohen is able to get people such as this that are close to the president into such compromising situations, it makes you wonder what Russia was able to accomplish. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5304 "2020-10-21T22:57:18Z")
Is that the October Surprise in Giuliani’s pants? ---
**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 21, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5305 "2020-10-21T23:01:11Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Is that the October Surprise in Giuliani’s pants? - Looks like the election shenanigans are coming to a head. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5306 "2020-10-21T23:05:26Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > You guys are terribly misrepresenting Trump supporters’ arguments here, which is that without the president’s wise actions, there would be 2.2 million dead from the plague. He’s saved two million lives, dammit, and nobody will give him credit for that. For that matter, why isn’t he saying he saved twenty million lives because there would have been twenty million deaths? That’s far more impressive and praiseworthy than a measly two million. Nine times more, to be precise. And it isn’t really any less true than two million. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5307 "2020-10-21T23:12:29Z")
Can someone explain to me why Trump keeps playing YMCA at his rallies? ---
**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 21, 2020, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5308 "2020-10-21T23:14:57Z")
Because The Village People are the only musical artists left on the planet who have not given a “cease and desist” order to the Trump campaign? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5309 "2020-10-21T23:27:52Z")
I gotta believe the Village People are getting a laugh out of it every time. ---
**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 21, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5310 "2020-10-21T23:42:04Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Can someone explain to me why Trump keeps playing YMCA at his rallies? It seems clear to me that Loser Donald doesn’t actually know the lyrics of any song he has ever heard. He probably just thinks the horns sound strong and tremendous, and make him strong and tremendous by association. ---
**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 21, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5311 "2020-10-21T23:51:51Z")
Maybe he thinks that YMCA sucks up to his Christian base. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5312 "2020-10-22T00:00:57Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Can someone explain to me why Trump keeps playing YMCA at his rallies? Let’s start a rumor that he heard Pence singing it after spending an evening at the baths… ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5313 "2020-10-22T00:07:29Z")
Pence: Do you like snails or oysters? Trump: Can’t I have a hamberder? With ketchup! Pence: Look at you! You little freak! ---
**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 22, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5314 "2020-10-22T00:43:33Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Because The Village People are the only musical artists left on the planet who have not given a “cease and desist” order to the Trump campaign? Original lead vocalist [Victor Willis has asked Trump not to use their music](https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ent-trump-village-people-20200915-lxael5px6rcodab6ew523baohq-story.html), although I don’t think they’ve taken legal action. ---
**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 22, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5315 "2020-10-22T00:45:39Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I gotta believe the Village People are getting a laugh out of it every time. I think it’s both bizarre and hilarious that a song about where to find gay sex has become a standard at straight weddings and macho sporting events. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5316 "2020-10-22T00:54:32Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > This Rudy story is just blowing up. > > There’s a screenshot going around. It’s, uh, not good. Apparently Rudy is saying that all he was doing was tucking his shirt in. 'Cause that’s what you do in bed. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5317 "2020-10-22T01:22:20Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > It seems clear to me that Loser Donald doesn’t actually know the lyrics of any song he has ever heard… I think he hears the lyrics differently than they were originally written: _It’s fun to hold a rally ev-er-y day,_ _It’s fun to hold a rally ev-er-y day,_ _They have everything for white folks to enjoy,_ _You can hang out with the Proud Boys …_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=264) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=266)