# 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:** 285
**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 30, 2020, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5700 "2020-10-30T02:47:36Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > On Wednesday a Trump rally was announced for Friday afternoon (10/30) at the Rochester Minnesota airport. The mayor is pissed, the state AG is involved, with Minnesota wanting the rally to follow the emergency orders in place. > > By Thursday afternoon the rally got moved to a small town 20 miles away, to be held at a manufacturing facility owned by a very religious company (rumor was they were going to give their employees a paid day off so they could attend the rally. ) I assume the small town mayor wasn’t going to be as fussy about the state orders. Then supposedly the state AG (Democrat Keith Ellison) asked for their pandemic plans as required. > > Now Thursday evening, the rally got moved back to Rochester, closed to the public. The campaign is stating that they will abide by crowd size rules (250). My bet is Trump will have a fit and cancel the whole thing. It would be a silly trip anyway, since Minnesota will most likely go for Biden. This is after they promised the city of Duluth a few weeks ago that they would abide by covid rules then flouted them. ---
**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 30, 2020, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5701 "2020-10-30T02:52:43Z")
At his rally in Arizona yesterday, he hurriedly rushed Senator Martha McSally on stage, telling she only had a minute to speak because nobody wanted to hear from her. She’s running for reelection. “Martha, just come up fast,” Mr Trump said. “Fast. Fast. Come on. Quick. You got one minute! One minute, Martha! They don’t want to hear this, Martha. Come on. Let’s go. Quick, quick, quick. Come on. Let’s go.” > **[Trump rushes struggling GOP senator at rally: 'You got one minute, they don't...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-rushes-struggling-gop-senator-082421496.html)** > > President hurried Arizona Senator Martha McSally before calling up three politicians from other states - plus Nigel Farage - to address the crowd ---
**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 30, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5702 "2020-10-30T03:10:39Z")
Nigel Fucking Farage? What the hell? ---
**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 30, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5703 "2020-10-30T03:36:37Z")
“One of the most powerful men in Europe”. ---
**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 30, 2020, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5704 "2020-10-30T05:01:36Z")
Thin Blue Line flags have increasingly been prominently displayed at Trump rallies. At the rally in Wisconsin the other day, it replaced the American flag as his backdrop. > **[Controversial "thin blue line" flag replaces America's "Stars and Stripes" at...](http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/syndicated/controversial-thin-blue-line-flag-replaces-americas-stars-stripes-trump-rally-waukesha/)** > [@](#): > > _**And it was not inadvertent: White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany called attention to the prominence of the flag, tweeting: ‘The Thin Blue Line flag is flying HIGH at President [Trump’s] rally in Wisconsin!’**_ I guess he got tired of humping Old Glory and has decided to replace her with a hotter, younger version that more befits his image. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5705 "2020-10-30T05:36:00Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > You know, I think that every movie or TV show I’ve seen that had an airport hanger, they were up to no good. Fletch! ---
**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 30, 2020, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5706 "2020-10-30T06:36:20Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I’m sure the campaign can produce a badly Photoshopped receipt. Signed by “Hunter Biden?” ---
**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 30, 2020, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5707 "2020-10-30T06:39:55Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > they have been doing airport things to get around the number limits in some states, the arena embarrassment thing, etc. he can fly in have a great look with af 1 in back of him, and fly right out. this way he can zip around faster and to more places. ??? What the hell is “as fuck 1”? ---
**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 30, 2020, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5708 "2020-10-30T06:43:22Z")
Upon re-looking at the context, I think “af 1” means “Air Force One.” But yes, I originally read it as “as fuck 1” also. ---
**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 30, 2020, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5709 "2020-10-30T08:51:01Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Nigel Fucking Farage? What the hell? Look, as long as he’s in America fucking things up, he’s not in the UK fucking things up. And I’m good with that. ---
**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 30, 2020, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5710 "2020-10-30T08:52:05Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > I guess he got tired of humping Old Glory and has decided to replace her with a hotter, younger version that more befits his image. You know who else replaced their nation’s flag with their own symbol after taking over the government? ---
**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 30, 2020, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5711 "2020-10-30T10:26:45Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > he hurriedly rushed Senator Martha McSally on stage “Bring me a cup of covfefe while you’re up.” ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5712 "2020-10-30T12:28:17Z")
Junior has to be drugged-up in that second picture. ---
**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 30, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5713 "2020-10-30T12:39:05Z")
No doubt. Here he is last night with classic cocaine drip symptoms - numb mouth, lip smacking, swallowing to escape the dryness, etc: > ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5714 "2020-10-30T12:43:36Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > _**And it was not inadvertent: White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany called attention to the prominence of the flag, tweeting: ‘The Thin Blue Line flag is flying HIGH at President [Trump’s] rally in Wisconsin!’**_ > > I guess he got tired of humping Old Glory and has decided to replace her with a hotter, younger version that more befits his image. Can we take a page out of their playbook, and start a campaign about how “The American Flag has been banned at Trump rallies!”? ---
**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 30, 2020, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5715 "2020-10-30T12:51:25Z")
The American Flag has been censored by the Trump campaign. That’s all anyone’s talking about. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5716 "2020-10-30T12:55:57Z")
good heavens! the air plane, not a singular person practicing onanism. ---
**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 30, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5717 "2020-10-30T13:04:57Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > Thin Blue Line flags have increasingly been prominently displayed at Trump rallies. At the rally in Wisconsin the other day, it replaced the American flag as his backdrop. I wonder if that flag predates trump coloring the flag wrong, or if his followers saw this pic, and instead of saying “that’s concerning”, said “great idea!” > **[Did President Trump Incorrectly Color the American Flag?](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-flag-wrong-color/)** > > Photographs suggest the 45th president colored one of the flag's stripes blue, though the evidence so far is not definitive. Yeah, Snopes says “unproven”, but the picture sure makes it look like his work. ---
**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 30, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5718 "2020-10-30T13:21:02Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > O/T - Don’t tell me about Phoenix - no one lives there during inferno season. (Inferno Season - as close to being on fire as possible without melting your polyester). Phoenix has two seasons, Summer and August. On reading that post I thought, “85-degrees? Feh – oh, wait, _Florida?_ Those poor bastards.” ---
**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 30, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5719 "2020-10-30T13:34:51Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > Thin Blue Line flags have increasingly been prominently displayed at Trump rallies. At the rally in Wisconsin the other day, it replaced the American flag as his backdrop. A lot of cops live in my neighborhood. Several houses used to fly thin blue line flags, but none of them do anymore. It could be because they’re terrified of hordes of Black looters coming to rape their women – but I suspect it’s because Trump and his supporters have besmirched the flag. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=284) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=286)