# 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:** 344
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6881 "2020-11-24T02:57:45Z")
According the the Maddow show, the equipment is _already being destroyed_. Amazing how fast they can move when they’re working for Putin. ---
**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 24, 2020, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6882 "2020-11-24T05:12:38Z")
Fuck. That’s GOT to be illegal. Those planes are not his to destroy, they are the property of the American people, and so is the surveillance equipment. Just as he had no right to destroy his translator’s notes after the meeting with Putin. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6883 "2020-11-24T05:44:59Z")
It’s no more illegal than McNamara’s order to destroy the tools and dies used to create the Blackbird. (And for that alone I hope there’s a hell that McNamara is burning in.) ---
**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:** [November 24, 2020, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6884 "2020-11-24T09:45:57Z")
A little late, but I thought it worth mentioning that the Mooch thinks [Trump might retreat to Scotland](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/donald-trumps-scottish-golf-escape-22948851) to lick his wounds. Which makes sense - I mean, [he should be perfectly safe there…](https://www.thenational.scot/news/18866980.scottish-government-urged-launch-investigation-donald-trumps-finances/) > **[Could soon to be ex-President Trump be 'held to account' in Scotland's courts?](https://www.thenational.scot/news/18866980.scottish-government-urged-launch-investigation-donald-trumps-finances/)** > > THE FIRST Minister has been urged to use her powers to investigate investments in Scotland made by the soon-to-be ex-President of the United States… Oh… ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6885 "2020-11-24T10:58:46Z")
> [@robby](#): > > in the 2016 primary debates he didn’t even have a clue what the nuclear triad is There are these people, bad, bad people, not a lot of people know this, but they call them Triads, and they brought the Wuhan Virus in from China. We need to stop China before they can bring in their nuclear triads. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6886 "2020-11-24T13:22:08Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Of course, Loser Donald couldn’t stop himself from waiting more than five minutes before trying to take credit for it on Twitter; > > > I want to thank Emily Murphy at GSA for her steadfast dedication and loyalty to our Country. She has been harassed, threatened, and abused – and I do not want to see this happen to her, her family, or employees of GSA. Our case STRONGLY continues, we will keep up the good fight, and I believe we will prevail! Nevertheless, in the best interest of our Country, I am recommending that Emily and her team do what needs to be done with regard to initial protocols, and have told my team to do the same. Hands up, everybody who believes that Trump wrote that all by himself. ---
**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 24, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6887 "2020-11-24T15:36:49Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Hands up, everybody who believes that Trump wrote that all by himself.- \*crickets\* 🦗 🦗 🦗 When I searched the emojis for _crickets_, I got the insect and also a cricket bat. 🕶 ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6888 "2020-11-24T16:08:41Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Hands up, everybody who believes that Trump wrote that all by himself. . Not only do I not think he wrote it, I don’t believe he knows “he” posted it. ---
**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 24, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6889 "2020-11-24T16:19:30Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Hands up, everybody who believes that Trump wrote that all by himself. The phrase “our case STRONGLY continues” is bad grammar, so he might have had a hand in it. ---
**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 24, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6890 "2020-11-24T17:54:56Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > > [@CalMeacham](#): > > > > Hands up, everybody who believes that Trump wrote that all by himself. > > The phrase “our case STRONGLY continues” is bad grammar, so he might have had a hand in it. - A very small hand. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6891 "2020-11-24T18:07:47Z")
Yeah, but I can’t believe that he could ever come up with “…with regard to initial protocols…” Nope. No way. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6892 "2020-11-24T18:10:09Z")
First Lady Melania is bitching about Christmas decorations. I guess nobody could come up with things like a hallway filled with Blood-Red Christmas Trees every year: > [@](#): > > First lady [Melania Trump](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/melania-trump) welcomed the arrival of her final White House [Christmas](https://www.huffpost.com/entertainment/topic/christmas) tree on Monday, a gesture likely greeted with a sigh of relief given her antipathy toward holiday decor. > > President [Donald Trump](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/donald-trump) did not attend. > > In a 2018 conversation recorded by former friend and aide Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, who released the audio last month, [the first lady griped about decorating the White House](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/melania-trump-kids-in-cages-christmas_n_5f76903ac5b66377b27fca5e) for the holiday. > > “I’m working like a, my ass off at Christmas stuff,” she said. “You know, who gives a fuck about Christmas stuff and decoration but I need to do it, right?” > > Twitter users were quick to deliver some reminders about those comments. > > Comedy legend [Eric Idle](https://www.huffpost.com/topic/eric-idle) of Monty Python suggested that the first lady can duet with him on “Fuck Christmas.” > **[Twitter Users Mock Melania Trump's ‘Who Gives A F\*\*k About Christmas’ Tree](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/melania-trump-christmas-tree_n_5fbc8860c5b61d04bfa3bdc2)** > > The first lady's profanity-laced comments about holiday decor came back to haunt her. ---
**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 24, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6893 "2020-11-24T18:18:06Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I guess nobody could come up with things like a hallway filled with Blood-Red Christmas Trees every year: I think a hallway full of black dwarf Christmas trees would be appropriate for this year. Knee-high to Donnie. I guess they could create those by lopping the tops off of regular-sized trees and then piling the discarded trunks all round to visually demonstrate the way Donnie shoots the finger at once-living things from the natural world. And all the decorations should be flat black, too. Nothing shiny. No gold or glitter. No fake rhinestones or white drapey fabric. Dark, dark, dark. The lights could be smoky gray so you feel like you’re in deep smog. Yeah, I think that would accurately show Mel’s Christmas spirit. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6894 "2020-11-24T18:22:19Z")
> [@](#): > > “I’m working like a, my ass off at Christmas stuff,” she said. “You know, who gives a fuck about Christmas stuff and decoration but I need to do it, right?” I don’t really care. Do u? ---
**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 24, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6895 "2020-11-24T18:34:01Z")
**Trump:** People won’t be saying “Happy Holidays” when I’m President! **Reporter:** What will they say? **Melania:** Fuck Christmas! ---
**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:** [November 24, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6896 "2020-11-24T18:36:13Z")
Trump’s top election lawyer and his wife both knowingly voted illegally. Therefore, the lawyer insists that all of Wisconsin’s absentee ballots must be invalidated. > **[Trump's top election lawyer in Wisconsin says he and his wife voted illegally...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-top-election-lawyer-wisconsin-172544878.html)** > > Jim Troupis asked the Dane County Board of Canvassers to invalidate all absentee ballots that were cast in person. He himself voted that way. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6897 "2020-11-24T18:45:28Z")
Your Honor, in order to show that all absentee ballots must be thrown out, here is proof that I voted illegally. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6898 "2020-11-24T19:07:59Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > > [@CalMeacham](#): > > > > Hands up, everybody who believes that Trump wrote that all by himself. > > The phrase “our case STRONGLY continues” is bad grammar, so he might have had a hand in it. In the strictest pedantic sense, the construction is grammatically sound. The problem lies in the fact that the word “strongly” is not part of the English language. It simply does not exist. No one uses that word. Literally no one. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6899 "2020-11-24T19:10:13Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > The problem lies in the fact that the word “strongly” is not part of the English language. It simply does not exist. No one uses that word. Literally no one. This is a whoosh, right? Nobody uses it that way but the word “strongly” is used all the time. I strongly encourage you to search harder for examples. ---
**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 24, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6900 "2020-11-24T19:13:44Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > I strongly encourage you to search harder for examples.- “I strongly encourage you to search ~~harder~~ more hardly for examples.” 😛 Just feeling silly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=343) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=345)