# 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:** 271
**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5418 "2020-10-25T05:28:30Z")
So where is Trump on the Cain timeline now? ---
**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 25, 2020, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5419 "2020-10-25T06:11:07Z")
Throughout this whole little epidemic of Covid in the White House since the super-spreader event in the Rose Garden, it seems to me there have been enough cases that we might have expected at least one of them to have gotten very severely ill, or worse – and yet, we haven’t seen that yet. So far. ---
**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 25, 2020, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5420 "2020-10-25T06:16:54Z")
Where’s the Voter Suppression thread when we need it? I know it’s around here somewhere. I’ll just mention this here: News item today: Pro-Trump truckers somewhere in PA formed a caravan, driving round and round the block in front of a polling place where people were lined up for hours to vote, honking their horns and making so much noise that the voters in line couldn’t hear the poll workers trying to talk to them. They kept this up for hours. > **['Jarring': PA Trump fans attack polls making so much noise poll workers...](https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/jarring-pa-trump-fans-polls-making-so-much-noise-poll-workers-couldnt-read-instructions-to-voters/)** > > One Pennsylvania polling place fell under a full out attack on those standing in line to vote and trying to cast a ballot on Saturday.In a Twitter thread, Behavioral Economist Alex Imas explained that while he was casting his ballot on the outskirts... Link to the twitter thread mentioned: > ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5421 "2020-10-25T06:22:38Z")
And yet… > **[Pence to keep up travel despite contact with infected aides](https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-michael-pence-941dfeccc8cc315872796af20f6c3e16)** > > WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence plans to maintain an aggressive campaign schedule this week despite an apparent outbreak of the coronavirus among his senior aides, the White House says... ---
**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:** [October 25, 2020, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5422 "2020-10-25T06:54:45Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Throughout this whole little epidemic of Covid in the White House since the super-spreader event in the Rose Garden, it seems to me there have been enough cases that we might have expected at least one of them to have gotten very severely ill, or worse – and yet, we haven’t seen that yet. So far.  Chris Christie was pretty danged sick and hospitalized. And this was just before the super-spreader event, but > **[The head of the White House security office is critically ill with Covid-19....](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/us/politics/the-head-of-the-white-house-security-office-is-critically-ill-with-covid-19.html)** ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5423 "2020-10-25T17:32:56Z")
Did anyne hear the rumor that Melania has been replaced by a double, a stand-in? Supposedly because FWOTUS is in the hosiptal (or dead) from Covid. Supposedly, you can see the differnces in her face structure. Even if it isn’t true, it’s a fun rumor. ---
**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 25, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5424 "2020-10-25T17:34:38Z")
Is this to try to fool the public, or to fool Trump? The latter seems much more plausible. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5425 "2020-10-25T17:47:29Z")
Speading disinformation is not a “fun rumour” It is contributing to societal distrust of real sources of information. Don’t do this, please. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5426 "2020-10-25T17:49:04Z")
Name checks out. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5427 "2020-10-25T18:14:22Z")
It’s very simple. Anyone with half a brain realizes that the #1 issue facing America these days is the epidemic. The only people who think the economy is the #1 issue are those who swallowed Trumps BS that the whole thing is a hoax and going to go away any day now, i.e. Trump supporters. ---
**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 25, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5428 "2020-10-25T18:39:02Z")
Sacha Baron Cohen is saying that the woman who pretended to be Borat’s daughter in the Rudy incident was able to convince an OAN reporter into letting her into the White House press room without credentials, and without a covid test. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5429 "2020-10-25T18:50:37Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > It’s very simple. Anyone with half a brain realizes that the #1 issue facing America these days is the epidemic. The only people who think the economy is the #1 issue are those who swallowed Trumps BS that the whole thing is a hoax and going to go away any day now, i.e. Trump supporters. There are several people, some family, some co-workers who have the opinion that once this election is over, the pandemic will more or less just go away. That it was just overhyped to make the present administration look bad. Not only do they truly believe this, they are actually _comforted_ by this “fact”, and that everything will get back to normal “once all this election BS is over”. That is some serious wagging the dog there. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5430 "2020-10-25T18:59:38Z")
> [@BrickBat](#): > > There are several people, some family, some co-workers who have the opinion that once this election is over, the pandemic will more or less just go away. That it was just overhyped to make the present administration look bad. Not only do they truly believe this, they are actually _comforted_ by this “fact”, and that everything will get back to normal “once all this election BS is over”. And, Trump is fueling that thinking. This was from one of his rallies yesterday, in North Carolina: > [@](#): > > “That’s all I hear about now. That’s all I hear. Turn on television—‘COVID, COVID, COVID, COVID, COVID, COVID.’ A plane goes down. 500 people dead, they don’t talk about it. ‘COVID, COVID, COVID, COVID.’ By the way, on November 4 you won’t hear about it anymore,” Trump said as the audience cheered, suggesting he would be victorious in this year’s election. Source: > **[Trump Jokes Media Reports on COVID-19 Will Stop on Nov. 4](https://www.newsweek.com/us-cases-hit-new-daily-high-trump-jokes-media-reports-covid-will-stop-nov-4-1541912)** > > "That's all I hear about now. That's all I hear. Turn on television—'COVID, COVID, COVID, COVID, COVID, COVID.' A plane goes down. 500 people dead, they don't talk about it," the president said. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5431 "2020-10-25T19:40:42Z")
“Marcia Marcia Marcia!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5432 "2020-10-25T19:48:01Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > Speading disinformation is not a “fun rumour” > > It is contributing to societal distrust of real sources of information. > > Don’t do this, please. Who are you again? Which “Real sources” should we trust? the White House? Have you even read this thread? ---
**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:** [October 25, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5433 "2020-10-25T19:50:31Z")
covidfefe ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5434 "2020-10-25T20:11:15Z")
> [@BrickBat](#): > > “Marcia Marcia Marcia!!!” [![](https://external-preview.redd.it/D-QJYiV_rA94a9ctkd1C-RfNCNfhIzSD1zPzO2av-QM.jpg?auto=webp&s=ef8244e8f7661d3c82baf3e925fe9c3770eaea7c) ](https://external-preview.redd.it/D-QJYiV_rA94a9ctkd1C-RfNCNfhIzSD1zPzO2av-QM.jpg?auto=webp&s=ef8244e8f7661d3c82baf3e925fe9c3770eaea7c) ---
**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 25, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5435 "2020-10-25T20:14:31Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > > [@BrickBat](#): > > > > “Marcia Marcia Marcia!!!” > > [Reddit - The heart of the internet](https://external-preview.redd.it/D-QJYiV_rA94a9ctkd1C-RfNCNfhIzSD1zPzO2av-QM.jpg?auto=webp&s=ef8244e8f7661d3c82baf3e925fe9c3770eaea7c) \< claws eyes out brain since that’s where memories reside \> ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5436 "2020-10-25T20:14:40Z")
Holy hell! That’s funny. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5437 "2020-10-25T21:07:36Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Throughout this whole little epidemic of Covid in the White House since the super-spreader event in the Rose Garden, it seems to me there have been enough cases that we might have expected at least one of them to have gotten very severely ill, or worse – and yet, we haven’t seen that yet. So far. Has anyone seen William Barr since then? > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > By the way, on November 4 you won’t hear about it anymore,” Trump said as the audience cheered That may be true for some of them - they will be dead. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=270) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=272)