# 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:** 290
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5800 "2020-11-01T19:15:19Z")
Also for what it’s worth - New Zealand’s conspiracy theorist xenophobe jerk (Winston Peters) is now out of parliament after last month’s election here. And as an aside - we had two referenda on the ballot - - “End of Life” (Euthenasia) passed - Legalisation of recreational cannabis failed (we already have medical marijuana) ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5801 "2020-11-01T19:19:54Z")
Is there any prospect at all that he could face a charge of inciting violence? Having lived in Singapore - I know how laws about “inciting violence” or slander etc etc can be used as a cudgel by the government to protect their position and supress alternative ideas. At the same time though does there not have to come a point where the people that have a platform as part of their position have to behave responsibly? - Sorry - have not yet got the hang of quoting - this is in relation to DJT Jnr inciting violence ---
**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:** [November 1, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5802 "2020-11-01T19:28:07Z")
Individual 1 made his tribute to Sean Connery all about him, of course. > **[Trump tries to pay tribute to Sean Connery, but makes it all about himself](https://occupydemocrats.com/2020/11/01/trump-tries-to-pay-tribute-to-sean-connery-but-makes-it-all-about-himself/)** > > The president praised the late Scottish actor for all the wrong reasons in an early morning tweet. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5803 "2020-11-01T19:32:01Z")
I find it odd, jarring really, to see an exclamation mark in a condolence note. > [@Don Trump](#): > > “Sincere condolences to his family!” ---
**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:** [November 1, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5804 "2020-11-01T20:45:53Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 made his tribute to Sean Connery all about him, of course. What a fucking moron. > The legendary actor, 007 Sean Connery, has **past** on to even greener fairways. He was quite a guy, and a tough character. I was having a very hard time getting approvals for a big development in Scotland when Sean stepped in and shouted,“Let him build the damn thing”. That > … was all I needed, everything went swimmingly from there. He was so highly regarded & respected in Scotland and beyond that years of future turmoil was avoided. Sean was a great actor and an even greater man. Sincere condolences to his family! ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5805 "2020-11-01T21:02:32Z")
Well. The hack epidemiologist adviser to Trump on the pandemic (actually a neuro radiologist that does not work in that field now) Dr. Atlas, pretends not be ever aware that the RT network was listed as a foreign agent. > **[White House adviser regrets interview with ‘foreign agent’ Russian TV network](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/523855-white-house-adviser-regrets-interview-with-foreign-agent-russian-tv/)** > > White House adviser Scott Atlas said on Sunday that he regrets participating in an interview with a Russian TV network registered as a “foreign agent.”Atlas, one of President Trump’s most trusted a… Really, no one in Trump’s administration advised the advisor on how stupid that was going to be? And that was just the first fuckup, the other was to insist in that misleading source that lock downs are deadlier than reaching in practice for herd immunity as the solution for the pandemic. It does not matter to the hack that experts have said the early shutdowns in the country saved tens of thousands of lives and that they are maybe needed again in some states as the numbers of cases are spiking. ---
**Author:** ![APB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@APB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APB)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5806 "2020-11-01T21:10:05Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 made his tribute to Sean Connery all about him, of course. And equally predictably, it’s not clear that his claim is true. > **[Did Sean Connery Help Secure Approval for a Trump Golf Course?](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sean-connery-trump-golf-course/)** > > "If you cheat \[at golf\], you will be the loser, because you are cheating yourself," the actor once wrote. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5807 "2020-11-01T21:19:29Z")
Oh, I think their meeting was not a coincidence. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rxCqVeSnrK0/maxresdefault.jpg "James Bond | Goldfinger - 1964 ( Golf Scene - Oddjob's first appearance ) HD 60fps 1080p") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxCqVeSnrK0) Bond got the best from Trump finger. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5808 "2020-11-02T01:05:55Z")
When I first saw this story on CNN earlier, I thought FOX would make it the latest, greatest scandal. But it’s way down on their page. Trump, of course, has not released his list. The article says Biden did not have to do this, why did he? It’s a minor little thing, probably won’t change anyone’s mind. > **[Biden's campaign bundlers include Wall Street billionaires, entertainment moguls](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bidens-campaign-bundlers-include-wall-street-billionaires-entertainment-moguls)** > > Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden unveiled a list of his biggest fundraisers Saturday night, revealing a campaign powered in part by Wall Street executives, Silicon Valley billionaires and entertainment moguls.  ---
**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:** [November 2, 2020, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5809 "2020-11-02T03:41:27Z")
I think you answered the question of “why did he?” just fine there. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2020, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5810 "2020-11-02T03:52:00Z")
Individual 1 left his supporters stranded in the cold _again_ last night. > **[Trump supporters stranded in cold for hours after Pennsylvania rally](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8902381/Trump-supporters-stranded-cold-nearly-two-hours-MAGA-rally-Pennsylvania.html)** > > Thousands of Donald Trump supporters were left stranded in the cold for hours yet again after his rally in Pennsylvania Saturday night when buses took nearly two hours to show up. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2020, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5811 "2020-11-02T03:55:29Z")
Wonder who they’ll try to blame it on _this_ time? Obama? Sleepy Joe? Hillary and her emails? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5812 "2020-11-02T03:56:44Z")
How long is it gonna take before people start acting like they fully understand that in Trump’s mind other people exist only to be props? ---
**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:** [November 2, 2020, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5813 "2020-11-02T04:52:50Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 left his supporters stranded in the cold _again_ last night. And again, this tweet I spotted: > > [@](#): > > Trump can make fun of Biden for holding rallies with cars all he wants, but at least Biden supporters have a ride home. > > [4:22 PM · Oct 31, 2020](https://mobile.twitter.com/votevets/status/1322680366143078403) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5814 "2020-11-02T12:53:58Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > Is there any prospect at all that he could face a charge of inciting violence? That’s definitely what he is doing. No there is no prospect for him to be charged. The sedition will come after Biden is elected. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5815 "2020-11-02T14:29:22Z")
Somewhere in America in the year 2050. _"I tell you what, Bubba, Trump might’ve been a sonuvabitch…but the buses shore did run on ti – wait…_" ---
**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:** [November 2, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5816 "2020-11-02T14:46:56Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > How long is it gonna take before people start acting like they fully understand that in Trump’s mind other people exist only to be props? I’ll take “never” for $200, Alex, indicated by the fact that there are _still_ ways\* poll aggregators are finding how Trump can get his 270 EC votes. If this were a just world they would be saying something like, “In every state in the union those likely to vote for Trump are so few as to be invisible. Biden is ahead by twice the margin of error in the _closest_ state.” \*Although they are getting fewer every day. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5817 "2020-11-02T16:15:46Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > I’m seeing reports on Twitter that a lot of Washington DC businesses are boarding up prior to Election Day. At least one person has a friend who was told to treat it as if a hurricane were coming to town. This is scary stuff. Yes. And this is WHY we are having scary stuff and people boarding up businesses: > [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > While Don Jr encourages the terrorists. Scary stuff indeed. > > [https://twitter.com/KamVTV/status/1321543980165857283](https://twitter.com/KamVTV/status/1321543980165857283) ---
**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:** [November 2, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5818 "2020-11-02T16:31:22Z")
Mc-Inane-y to Fox & Friends (paraphrasing): "[Trump has earned a second term and Joe Biden is promising us a dark winter ahead.](https://www.kkoh.com/news/kayleigh-mcenany-trump-announcement-story-fake-news/)” Really? Which one has a plan to deal with COVID right away rather than perpetually two weeks into the future? ---
**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:** [November 2, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5819 "2020-11-02T17:24:42Z")
Wow. Which candidate promises me a pretty pink pony? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=289) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=291)