# 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:** 286
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5720 "2020-10-30T14:01:54Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Can we take a page out of their playbook, and start a campaign about how “The American Flag has been banned at Trump rallies!”? Alas - I tried to find a photo of a trump Rally with only that flag in the background, but I couldn’t. ---
**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, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5721 "2020-10-30T14:26:38Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Alas - I tried to find a photo of a trump Rally with only that flag in the background, but I couldn’t. What kind of Conspiracy Theorist would let something like that stop you? Photoshop exists! Or, alternatively, just post those images and pretend like the other flags aren’t there. History suggests that a lot of people are stupid enough to fall for that, too. ---
**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 30, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5722 "2020-10-30T14:28:37Z")
So the Florida rally… Fire trucks sprayed water into the air to cool people down. When Trump saw this, he said (at 40:23): ‘Look at that. Oh, are they doing that on purpose? Are they friend or foe? I don’t know. Actually, it felt good. I felt water on my face. I said, “Where the hell is that coming from?” They may be doing that on purpose. Let’s find out if they’re friend or foe, and if their foe, let’s take care of those sons of bitches.’ > **[Donald Trump Rally Speech Transcript Tampa, FL October 29](https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/donald-trump-rally-speech-transcript-tampa-fl-october-29)** > > Donald Trump held a campaign rally in Tampa, Florida on October 29. Read the transcript of his speech remarks here.  He went on to say, ‘Oh, look, they’re hitting the press. That’s okay. Oh, there go the cameras. There goes a million dollars worth of equipment. Look at that. Wow. That’s cool, actually. And I’ll tell the media, “I have nothing to do with that,” but it is cooling. I’m feeling a little… It’s amazing. It’s amazing. And I say it all the time, because we’ve liked Ronald Reagan, we’ve liked a lot of… Mostly they’re stiffs. Mostly. Generally speaking, they don’t do the job. Right? But we’ve had good ones like Ronald Reagan. He’s the one I think about. But nobody ever chanted… First of all, he’d never get a crowd like this. He’d have two or 300 people, they’d be in a ballroom. That was like the norm.’ Kind of a weird segue. ‘Haha! The cameras are getting wet! Feels good. Speaking of feeling cool, how about that Reagan? I’m better than he was.’ ---
**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, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5723 "2020-10-30T14:31:22Z")
Oh, darn. > **[Trump changes election night plans, cancels party at Trump International: report](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/523528-trump-changes-election-night-plans-cancels-party-at-trump-international/)** > > President Trump has reportedly called off plans to host an election night event at Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., a person familiar with the plans told The New York Times. The … ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5724 "2020-10-30T14:33:17Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Yeah, Snopes says “unproven”, but the picture sure makes it look like his work. Is that a blue Sharpie? ---
**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, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5725 "2020-10-30T14:51:55Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Oh, darn. > > [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/523528-trump-changes-election-night-plans-cancels-party-at-trump-international](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/523528-trump-changes-election-night-plans-cancels-party-at-trump-international) Quote from that article: > The source told the Times that Trump will instead likely remain at the White House on Nov. 3. Is trump getting ready to start building a barricade in the WH? 🤣 ---
**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 30, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5726 "2020-10-30T14:54:52Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Is trump getting ready to start building a barricade in the WH? - Does he have enough sofa cushions? [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/53/37/34/533734d5a25a614ee91c0c4ca2f4e826.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/53/37/34/533734d5a25a614ee91c0c4ca2f4e826.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5727 "2020-10-30T14:55:09Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Is trump getting ready to start building a barricade in the WH? 🤣 I’d like to think he and Melania are going to spend a quiet evening taping up moving boxes. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5728 "2020-10-30T14:58:19Z")
Moving boxes full of stuff that doesn’t belong to them. Probably. ---
**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 30, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5729 "2020-10-30T15:07:20Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Moving boxes full of stuff that doesn’t belong to them. Probably. - Whaddaya mean, _probably_? 😉 ---
**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 30, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5730 "2020-10-30T17:58:26Z")
At least it wasn’t the confederate flag. ---
**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 30, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5731 "2020-10-30T18:06:41Z")
> [@bobsmom101](#): > > I’d like to think he and Melania are going to spend a quiet evening taping up moving boxes. Imagine how little of a fuck Melanie is going to give about ‘The Creest-mass’ this year. ---
**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, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5732 "2020-10-30T18:11:05Z")
Donnie Junior claims the number of covid deaths is almost nothing, on a day when the total one day deaths was almost one thousand people. > **[Donald Trump Jr. claims US coronavirus death rate at ‘almost nothing’](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/523565-donald-trump-jr-claims-us-coronavirus-death-rate-at-almost-nothing/)** > > Donald Trump Jr. downplayed the impact of the coronavirus in the U.S. Thursday night, saying the death rate has dropped to “almost nothing” amid a rise in confirmed cases.&nbs… ---
**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, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5733 "2020-10-30T18:11:53Z")
Individual 1 tweets to the Supreme Court that if they don’t give him the election, Biden will pack the court. > **[Trump Dragged for Late Night Tweet Threatening SCOTUS Justices Not to Hand...](https://secondnexus.com/trump-supreme-court-tweet-biden)** > > Yikes. ---
**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 30, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5734 "2020-10-30T18:13:50Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Donnie Junior claims the number of covid deaths is almost nothing, on a day when the total one day deaths was almost one thousand people. - No one _he_ knows died. Anyone else doesn’t matter. ---
**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, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5735 "2020-10-30T18:14:40Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > No one _he_ knows died. Anyone else doesn’t matter. He didn’t know Herman Cain? ---
**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, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5736 "2020-10-30T18:16:15Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 tweets to the Supreme Court that if they don’t give him the election … I saw this quip in a book I read as a young’un, paraphrasing, to win, it takes courage, mettle, strength and guile – to lose, it takes everything you’ve got ---
**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 30, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5737 "2020-10-30T18:16:32Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > [@running\_coach](#): > > > > No one _he_ knows died. Anyone else doesn’t matter. > > He didn’t know Herman Cain? Not sure. I don’t think he was with the campaign for very long, if at all. He got coffee for everyone , right? ---
**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 30, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5738 "2020-10-30T18:46:13Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > No one _he_ knows died. Anyone else doesn’t matter. Even if he did know them, it still doesn’t matter. Even if it was a family member, it wouldn’t matter. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5739 "2020-10-30T19:31:17Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Donnie Junior claims the number of covid deaths is almost nothing, on a day when the total one day deaths was almost one thousand people. That’s what daddy said about Covid Covid Covid going away the day after the election, so unfair. Poor Junior, still can’t get any love - where there’s none to be had. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=285) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=287)