# 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:** 266
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5318 "2020-10-22T01:43:51Z")
I’m pretty sure the The Trump campaign is ok with any music at the rallies as long as it’s before the early 80’s. No - mid 80’s. ---
**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 22, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5319 "2020-10-22T03:08:28Z")
> [@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? Well, times are tough; they had to lay off their “mailman” character. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5320 "2020-10-22T04:03:59Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > > [@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. Presumably “tucking my shirt in” is another creative Republican euphemism, like “hiking the Appalachian trail” or “ensuring the integrity of elections”. ---
**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 22, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5321 "2020-10-22T04:35:09Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Presumably “tucking my shirt in” is another creative Republican euphemism, like “hiking the Appalachian trail” or “ensuring the integrity of elections”. Don’t forget “wide stance” ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5322 "2020-10-22T06:07:47Z")
What became of that story about DeJoy shutting down the Post Office Police for two weeks? I haven’t seen or heard anything more about it, here or elsewhere. It doesn’t seem to be much in the news that I can find. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5323 "2020-10-22T06:24:39Z")
He told the Postal Police that oversee things like mail security, to go home for two weeks. I haven’t heard anything else of it either. ---
**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 22, 2020, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5324 "2020-10-22T08:11:23Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Apparently Rudy is saying that all he was doing was tucking his shirt in. Much as I love to see Rudy humiliated, I find this a plausible explanation - I’m not sure why he’s lying down but his shirt likely came untucked in the process. Doesn’t mean I’m not going to laugh about it. Or contemplate sending Rudy [a little gift](https://www.theunusualgiftcompany.com/maybe-you-touched-your-genitals-hand-sanitizer/)… ---
**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 22, 2020, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5325 "2020-10-22T11:02:35Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Apparently Rudy is saying that all he was doing was tucking his shirt in. 'Cause that’s what you do in bed. Oh, you people are just being silly, not to mention _mean_ to ol’ Rudy! Any teenage girl will tell you that when you want to get into a pair of tight jeans (especially if they’ve just come out of the dryer), you have to lie down in order to get them buttoned and zipped. There may be some squirming and writhing involved during the operation. When you stand up, you have to make sure all of your internal organs are where they’re supposed to be and that you can breathe. A little. Clearly he was demonstrating this process to his young(ish) female observer. Case (and zipper) closed. 🤣 ---
**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 22, 2020, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5326 "2020-10-22T11:35:24Z")
On the Covid-19 side of the clusterfuck, Hillary Clinton retweeted a part of a 2016 [speech](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/hillary-clinton-retweets-prescient-2016-speech-as-trump-attacks-60-minutes-amid-covid-crisis/ar-BB1agCXm?ocid=msedgdhp), in which she said: > [@](#): > > Now, just imagine if you can. Donald Trump sitting in the Oval Office, > the next time America faces a crisis. Imagine him being in charge when > your jobs and savings are at stake. Is this who you want to lead us in an > emergency? Someone thin skinned and quick to anger who’d likely be on > Twitter attacking reporters or bringing the whole regulatory system > down on his critics when he should be focused on fixing what’s wrong? > Would he even know what to do? ---
**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 22, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5327 "2020-10-22T13:48:29Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Maybe he thinks that YMCA sucks up to his Christian base. Kinda like Reagan’s use of _Born in the USA_ was aimed at patriots. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5328 "2020-10-22T13:57:21Z")
I really do believe someone on the trump team who picks the songs played at his appearances is trolling him. Three other songs played at trump appearances with brutally ironic lyrics: - Live and Let Die - Fortunate Son - In the Air Tonight (…if you told me you were drowning, I would not lend a hand…) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5329 "2020-10-22T14:07:20Z")
Fuck I hope there’s a (correct!) court decision on this latest DeJoy shit Like, yesterday. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5330 "2020-10-22T16:09:21Z")
Who else is watching tonight’s debate purely for the hopes of seeing Trump go ballistic the first time he gets muted? ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5331 "2020-10-22T16:10:32Z")
Y’know, I wasn’t going to … but now I must, because I had not considered the entertainment value of watching this. ---
**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 22, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5332 "2020-10-22T16:11:14Z")
Trump: “LAPTOP LAPTOP LAPTOP” There - now you don’t have to watch the debate. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5333 "2020-10-22T16:14:23Z")
…but enough about Giuliani. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5334 "2020-10-22T17:20:28Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Who else is watching tonight’s debate purely for the hopes of seeing Trump go ballistic the first time he gets muted? I am, but I’m sure he’s undergoing some kind of therapy and being sedated with drugs to try to instill some semblance of self-control. Probably off the steroids and on heavy doses of Valium. Not sure how long it will last before he cracks. Depends on the dosage, I suppose. He’ll be going in there with a persecution complex and a seething hatred for his opponent unprecedented in debate history. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5335 "2020-10-22T17:35:52Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I’m sure he’s undergoing some kind of therapy and being sedated with drugs He keeps reminding me of this scene: > **Spock:** Captain, the speech follows no logical pattern. > **Kirk:** Random sentences strung together. > **McCoy:** He looks drugged, Jim. Almost at a cataleptic state. > –_Star Trek:_ “Patterns of Force” ---
**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 22, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5336 "2020-10-22T18:05:49Z")
Hogan Gidley on MSNBC this morning refused to answer the question as to what sort of pre-debate prep Individual 1 is doing. I do wonder whether the debate will be canceled if he refuses to take a covid test. ---
**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 22, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5337 "2020-10-22T18:08:50Z")
A judge has dropped third degree murder charges against Derek Chauvin. I’m sure that’s going to go over well on the streets of Minneapolis tonight. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=265) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=267)