# 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:** 308
**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:** [November 10, 2020, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6160 "2020-11-10T03:32:12Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > > [@Steve\_MB](#): > > > > In retrospect, the site of Giuliani’s press conference, with fertilizer, dildos, and urns readily at hand, was actually a good choice for someone who ought to eat shit, fuck off, and die. > > Nominated. For a Pulitzer, right? ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6161 "2020-11-10T03:44:04Z")
…pullitsir… ---
**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:** [November 10, 2020, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6162 "2020-11-10T03:48:02Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Pfizer announced a successful test on their covid vaccine. Mike Pence tried to claim credit for it as part of the administration’s covid task force Pfizer said the government had nothing to do with it, as they didn’t take any government money. The administration may not have put any money into the project but it can be argued that they certainly made it a lot more urgent. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6163 "2020-11-10T03:53:24Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > > Pfizer announced a successful test on their covid vaccine. Mike Pence tried to claim credit for it as part of the administration’s covid task force Pfizer said the government had nothing to do with it, as they didn’t take any government money. > > The administration may not have put any money into the project but it can be argued that they certainly made it a lot more urgent. - If Trump hadn’t been up for re-election, there would have been little to no urgency. ---
**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 10, 2020, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6164 "2020-11-10T03:54:49Z")
> [@simster](#): > > …pullitsir… (snicker) Award ceremony to be held at the Four Seasons… ---
**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 10, 2020, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6165 "2020-11-10T04:54:02Z")
They tore up the White House lawn. Are they planning on putting in a luxury bunker? > ---
**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 10, 2020, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6166 "2020-11-10T05:55:19Z")
This… is just weird. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6167 "2020-11-10T05:59:24Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Barr is widely reputed to have his own agenda, which is to make America a Catholic theocratic state. So I think he’s doing what he thinks is best to retain power toward that end. Absolutely. Not necessarily Catholic, but a right wing theocracy. A whole bunch of them are working towards that goal, Pence and Meadows, Cruz maybe Graham—- the whole Faith and Family Coalition toxic hyper masculine Christian prayer circle crowd. There are a couple of things that make them scary. When they sit in these meeting and talk about how God has given the the great privilege of serving Donald Trump, they _mean_ it. They’re convinced that this is all part of God’s plan, he’s their tool in the war against secular humanism. Trump was going to tear it down, then Pence was going to reclaim the country for God. They also have no compunction about lying , it’s part of their complete and utter disrespect towards anything secular. They love the way Trump lies. For guys that view every natural disaster that strikes an area where a liberal lives as a sign from God, they’ve been awfully good at ignoring the signs, like a freaking plague taking out the economy. I think they’ve have been enabling each other, praying and convincing themselves that this was a test of their faith, that their doubts were the work of Satan, all the stupid God-bothering stuff evangelicals do to avoid the secular evils of critical thinking. Then their fate met the ultimate test at the _other_ Four Seasons, the one next to the dildo store with viewing booths and across from the discount crematorium. I really have **no** idea what those guys are thinking about now, and that scares me a little. ETA If you think I’m exaggerating, go find and watch the tape of last years National Prayer Breakfast and listen to them insult Romney’s faith. ---
**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 10, 2020, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6168 "2020-11-10T06:25:00Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > They tore up the White House lawn. {…} You fuck with Big Landscaping at your own peril. ---
**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 10, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6169 "2020-11-10T12:45:09Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > They tore up the White House lawn. Are they planning on putting in a luxury bunker? Seriously, WTF?? ---
**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 10, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6170 "2020-11-10T12:45:43Z")
AnnHedonia, thanks for that helpful description of this powerful and frightening brand of theocratic lunacy. (Back in the ‘70s Barr’s father was my grade-school principal…but I had no idea he, the son, was part of this particular cult.) ---
**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 10, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6171 "2020-11-10T13:50:15Z")
That might explain why the walls were erected prior to election day. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6172 "2020-11-10T14:11:34Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > They tore up the White House lawn. Are they planning on putting in a luxury bunker? > > … > > Sometime between 5:30 am and now the White House North Lawn was dug up > > … I would suggest to Melania, Baron, and some of the saner members (existence?) to not go down in the bunker, don’t take any pills, and don’t partake in any flavored drinks. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6173 "2020-11-10T14:20:23Z")
Clusterfuck 2: The Wrath of Don ---
**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 10, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6174 "2020-11-10T14:28:55Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > That might explain why the walls were erected prior to election day. Why? Connect the dots for me. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6175 "2020-11-10T14:34:35Z")
I’m also unclear. It’s not like they’re trying to keep the Russians out at this late date. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6176 "2020-11-10T14:36:31Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > > They tore up the White House lawn. Are they planning on putting in a luxury bunker? > > Seriously, WTF?? My first thought is Trumps propensity to break any toy he’s not allowed to play with. I imagine the White House will be wreaked by the time the Bidens move in. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6177 "2020-11-10T14:41:09Z")
Perhaps they’re trying to generate some work for their new friends at Four Seasons Total Landscaping. ---
**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 10, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6178 "2020-11-10T14:41:26Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > My first thought is Trumps propensity to break any toy he’s not allowed to play with. I imagine the White House will be wreaked by the time the Bidens move in.- I can see that. But how about this: he’s planning on putting in as big a stadium as will fit there, so he can go on having rallies every day from now on without worrying about another Four Seasons fiasco. Also won’t have to pay other venues-- this is all taxpayer-funded. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6179 "2020-11-10T14:54:08Z")
I think he needs space to bury all the bodies of people he intends to knife in the back over the next two months. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=307) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=309)