# 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:** 281
**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 29, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5620 "2020-10-29T13:46:22Z")
So, who did have to pick up the tab for the bussses that they had to have come out to rescue these poor lost souls? ---
**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 29, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5621 "2020-10-29T13:50:39Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > But the Trump team made no plans on getting them back, stranding them. Many attempted to walk back, but in the end, at least 7 people were transported to the hospital, dozens had to be treated for hypothermia, and the Omaha PD had to order buses from the **Omaha transit authority** to assist these people. > [@k9bfriender](#): > > So, who did have to pick up the tab for the bussses that they had to have come out to rescue these poor lost souls? Taxpayers. ---
**Author:** ![tricoteuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tricoteuse/32/4334_2.png) [@tricoteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tricoteuse)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5622 "2020-10-29T14:01:13Z")
LOL yeah I should hold off on the big talk until I see what turns up in 2022. And it’s nice to bump into a fellow Marylander in the middle of all this. ---
**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 29, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5623 "2020-10-29T14:07:58Z")
This whole thing is just such a perfect metaphor for the whole Trump administration. Including the part where the people that he betrays and leaves out in the cold will still support him. I’d love to hear some interviews from the survivors of the Omaha rally. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5624 "2020-10-29T14:43:39Z")
I like the fact that he is speaking of his life in the past tense. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5625 "2020-10-29T14:49:00Z")
I’ll bet his dog ate his homework, too! Pitiful… ---
**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 29, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5626 "2020-10-29T15:33:28Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Looking at the map of Eppley Airfield, I see that it is not some backwater strip with a single road, but that it has at least 3 roads feeding in and out of it. I’m not really buying the excuse. Nitpick: I’ve flown in and out of Eppley a few times and “three roads feeding in and out” may be technically correct but overstating the level of access. It’s actually quite a small airport and because of the geography of Carter Lake, high-volume access in and out is via Pershing Drive/Abbott Drive (in both directions) which is actually not very big at the point it passes the airfield. I’m just pointing out that, under the circumstances described for the rally, a traffic jam is easily achieved there. Which the police should have been well aware of. (Also fun fact: Carter Lake is an oxbow lake, and that small area next to the airport is really part of Iowa despite being on the wrong side of the Missouri River and surrounded by Omaha.) ---
**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 29, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5627 "2020-10-29T15:37:19Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > It’s actually quite a small airport and because of the geography of Carter Lake, high-volume access in and out is via Pershing Drive/Abbott Drive (in both directions) which is actually not very big at the point it passes the airfield. Which is something the crack team of event organizers disorganized mob of children on the Trump campaign should have recognized. ---
**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 29, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5628 "2020-10-29T15:48:10Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > I’d love to hear some interviews from the survivors of the Omaha rally. I’m sure they’d blame Democrat operatives who stole the buses to transport illegals to the polls. ---
**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 29, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5629 "2020-10-29T15:53:45Z")
Fair enough, I was just going based on what it looked like on the maps. It does seem as though some level of coordination could have prevented the issue. We’ve probably spent more time here talking and analyzing the infrastructure of the area than the Trump campaign did. Also doesn’t explain how transit busses called up from other areas managed to beat the ones that the Trump campaign claimed were stuck in traffic. ---
**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 29, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5630 "2020-10-29T16:03:17Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Also doesn’t explain how transit busses called up from other areas managed to beat the ones that the Trump campaign claimed were stuck in traffic. I’ve lost track of which thread it was posted in but it appears the Trump campaign didn’t pay the bus company so the drivers had left. ---
**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 29, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5631 "2020-10-29T16:06:50Z")
Here it is. Just upthread :smacks face: > [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Turns out that the reason the buses didn’t show up after the Omaha rally is that – surprise, surprise! – Trump stiffed the bus company. > > [https://twitter.com/jptrib1/status/1321782657810894862](https://twitter.com/jptrib1/status/1321782657810894862) ---
**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 29, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5632 "2020-10-29T16:07:56Z")
So says a tweet by someone claiming to be associated with the bus company. It fits in line with everything Trump, and fits with everything known about this situation, so I have no real reason to doubt it, but I’ll wait for corroboration of some kind before I consider it fact. ---
**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 29, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5633 "2020-10-29T16:10:08Z")
I’m sure the campaign can produce a badly Photoshopped receipt. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5634 "2020-10-29T16:14:38Z")
I’m with @k9bfriender here. I’m not a twitter user so I’ll ask: why would you link to an image of a tweet instead of linking to the tweet itself? I want this to be true but I try to be skeptical of things I want to be true. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5635 "2020-10-29T16:18:12Z")
Where did all the attendees for this rally park? If it was at an arena, a fairgrounds, or even a school gym, wouldn’t it have been simpler to drive the president there instead of bringing busloads of people to an airport with such poor access? Nah, I’m just kidding. ---
**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 29, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5636 "2020-10-29T16:21:35Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I’m sure the campaign can produce a badly Photoshopped receipt… With “Paid” written on it with Sharpie. ---
**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 29, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5637 "2020-10-29T16:24:19Z")
He seems to like airport hangers. You know, I think that every movie or TV show I’ve seen that had an airport hanger, they were up to no good. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5638 "2020-10-29T16:30:15Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > I’m sure they’d blame Democrat operatives who stole the buses to transport illegals to the polls. I find it’s really hard to predict the absurdity of Trump supporters. This assumes they’d actually follow up on 4-year old crap. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5639 "2020-10-29T17:23:54Z")
‘The bus company confirmed Wednesday that those drivers were paid, deflating another incorrect rumor circulating on social media.’ > **[Reports of mayhem after Trump rally in Omaha overblown](https://www.wowt.com/2020/10/28/reports-of-mayhem-after-trump-rally-in-omaha-overblown/)** > > The mass departure from the MAGA rally at Eppley Airfield made for long treks home Tuesday night, but not the way many on social media — and even Joe Biden himself — make it seem. The thing is… Trump’s reputation is such that the rumours are believable. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=280) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=282)