# 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:** 297
**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 6, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5940 "2020-11-06T19:56:31Z")
Slovenia congratulates Individual 1 on his victory. [https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/slovenia-pm-congratulates-trump-on-election-victory/2032091](https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/slovenia-pm-congratulates-trump-on-election-victory/2032091) ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5941 "2020-11-06T20:02:52Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Slovenia congratulates Individual 1 on his victory. What an ass. I hope Biden kicks him and his country out of NATO. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5942 "2020-11-06T20:14:47Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Are you saying that Mark Meadows Muffin is supplying CFSG with pasture patties to snort? You phrase it much more effectively than I. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5943 "2020-11-06T21:08:28Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Slovenia congratulates Individual 1 on his victory. So we’ve been brought so low in 4 years that now the leader of Slovenia feels comfortable to troll our citizens in the midst of our election. Personally, I look forward to what the President of Montenegro will soon have to say. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5944 "2020-11-06T22:10:55Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Slovenia congratulates Individual 1 on his victory. I bet Trump had people calling every “sympathetic” world leader they could think off to beg for congratulations, and the Slovenian was the only one stupid enough to bite. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5945 "2020-11-06T22:29:17Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > > Slovenia congratulates Individual 1 on his victory. > > So we’ve been brought so low in 4 years that now the leader of Slovenia feels comfortable to troll our citizens in the midst of our election. > > Personally, I look forward to what the President of Montenegro will soon have to say. Maybe it was mentioned before, but Zimbabwe has threatened us with sanctions if our elections are not free and fair.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5946 "2020-11-07T01:11:37Z")
> [@Ziberian](#): > > > [@Sherrerd](#): > > > > Sure, psychologically, many bullies are insecure. But successful bullies are rarely as absurdly incompetent or visibly and obviously “childish, petulant, and needy” (also from my post) as is Trump. > > … > > I wasn’t implying that you thought bullies are brave or secure, just pointing out that Trump’s insecurity/cowardice isn’t at all unusual for bullies, it’s the driving force for their bullying. Okay, but I was writing about the way toadies see their bullies, rather than attempting to provide a psychological profile of bullies. I still maintain that Trump is unusual among bullies-who-acquire-toadies, in that his public image, worldwide, is that of an obviously unimpressive and openly pathetic person—one who is relentlessly mocked and ridiculed globally. The point I was originally going for was that this state of affairs must be puzzling for those who would aspire to succeed him, as the object of veneration of his current base. Do they try to emulate his childishness and whining? Or do they try to project a conventional ‘dominant and unwavering’ image? ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5947 "2020-11-07T01:54:34Z")
> **[Kremlin Denies Reports Putin is Ill, Planning to Resign](https://www.usnews.com/news/world-report/articles/2020-11-06/kremlin-denies-reports-putin-is-ill-planning-to-resign)** > > The denial amounted to a rare statement about the 68-year-old autocrat’s physical health following a report from a British tabloid. ---
**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 7, 2020, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5948 "2020-11-07T10:25:12Z")
“We’re not going to control the pandemic,” Meadows said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Oct. 25. That’s one promise that the Trump administration is keeping. > **[White House chief of staff Mark Meadows tests positive for coronavirus](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/meadows-covid-white-house/2020/11/06/88847e40-20b3-11eb-90dd-abd0f7086a91_story.html)** > > Meadows was at the White House for the election night party and was not wearing a mask. From the link: “Meadows was also among those in the East Room of the White House when Trump gave remarks around 3 a.m. Wednesday to a crowd of about 150 of his top aides, donors and allies, as well as family members. During that event, Meadows worked the room extensively, without a mask, speaking to dozens.” ---
**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:** [November 7, 2020, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5949 "2020-11-07T11:59:09Z")
It’s obvious they believe that Covid is no big deal. Trump survived it, so you might as well just catch it and get it over with. That’s seems to be how they think about it. ---
**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 7, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5950 "2020-11-07T12:08:57Z")
Is it schadenfreude if they _do_ catch it and aren’t admitted to the presidential suite at Walter Reed with dozens in attendance but instead wind up in Medstar waiting for hours because ER is overwhelmed (again)? ---
**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:** [November 7, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5951 "2020-11-07T15:57:41Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > That’s one promise that the Trump administration is keeping. 👍🏽 😆 > [@DesertDog](#): > > Is it schadenfreude if they _do_ catch it and aren’t admitted to the presidential suite at Walter Reed with dozens in attendance but instead wind up in Medstar waiting for hours because ER is overwhelmed (again)? Probably. But highly appropriate IMHO. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5952 "2020-11-07T16:33:21Z")
THE CLUSTERFUCK IS OVER!! 👍🏽 😘 🥳 🥂 🍾 ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5953 "2020-11-07T16:36:56Z")
Our long Orange Nightmare is almost finished, ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5954 "2020-11-07T16:37:05Z")
Close the thread, mods!!! (just kidding 😆) ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5955 "2020-11-07T16:37:29Z")
Party Tonight! ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5956 "2020-11-07T16:48:41Z")
I just opened a nice bottle of Krombacher. Cheers, America! 🍻 ---
**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:** [November 7, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5957 "2020-11-07T16:51:04Z")
> [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > Our long Orange Nightmare is almost finished, Orange _CRUSH!_ Take THAT!! ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5958 "2020-11-07T17:00:49Z")
Unsubscribing with the hope that I will see his name less and less. ---
**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 7, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/5959 "2020-11-07T17:04:45Z")
Don’t let the sparkle from the election blind you to the fact that shit is still really, really fucked up: > **[Census takers say they were told to enter false information](https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-massachusetts-census-2020-98d187302fbcec5e422fa43522d51dfe)** > > Two census takers told The Associated Press that their supervisors pressured them to enter false information into a computer system about homes they had not visited so they could close cases during the waning days of the once-a-decade national... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=296) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=298)