# 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:** 348
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6961 "2020-11-25T17:13:08Z")
He seemed off during that little speech. Like he wasn’ sure hat he was supposed to say. ---
**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 25, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6962 "2020-11-25T17:18:17Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > He seemed off during that little speech. Like he wasn’ sure hat he was supposed to say . Who’s “he”? What speech? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6963 "2020-11-25T17:22:01Z")
Sorry. I was unable to copy. Trump’s little Dow speech. He usually is all bold and this time he spoke unsurely (strongly?) like he wasn’t quite sure if he should say something. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6964 "2020-11-25T18:19:41Z")
My daughter sent me a Twitter screenshot saying that Biden will begin getting the PDBs, making him the first President to receive them in 46 months. I replied that Trump has _received_ them, but immediately sent them back and demanded a refund (payable to the Trump Organization). ---
**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 25, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6965 "2020-11-25T18:21:52Z")
What are PDBs? ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6966 "2020-11-25T18:22:23Z")
Presidential Daily Briefings. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6967 "2020-11-25T18:22:57Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > “A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once." To which Bret Maverick adds: “A thousand-to-one sounds like pretty good odds to me.” ---
**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 25, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6968 "2020-11-25T18:31:21Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Presidential Daily Briefings. I looked it up under urban dictionary and got “Public Displays of Bromance,” and _that_ didn’t look right. 🤔 The thing is, Biden will listen, read, and _comprehend_ the briefings! Even if they go on for more than five minutes or the write-up is longer than one page with two-inch margins and 14-pt. type. He will probably even ask informed questions, consult other people, and listen to suggestions! Holy shit. Incredible how just plain normal stuff now is cause for great rejoicing. Can you believe we tolerated a president for four years who didn’t give a flying fuck about the daily briefings??? And no one called him on it, shoved his face in them, strapped him in a chair, propped his eyelids open with toothpicks, and shouted, “This is your goddam **JOB** , Bozo!” In a very short time we will look back and not be able to believe what bullshit we tolerated. And the MSM should be ashamed for giving him cover. 🤬 Ahem. Some of us called it immediately. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6969 "2020-11-25T18:35:58Z")
My guess was going to be Public Displays of Bullshit. ---
**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 25, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6970 "2020-11-25T19:16:42Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Since Trump was elected, market valuations have almost doubled, from $20 trillion to $37.1 trillion, while the overall economy has grown from $19 trillion (as expressed in GDP) to $21.5 trillion. > > The gap between market valuations and GDP is the widest in history 179% market cap to GDP. Last time it even approached this level was during the [dot.com](http://dot.com) asset bubble of 2000. > > Anyway, for those who argue the merits (or lack of) > the ‘economy’ based upon what the ‘markets’ are doing, this is yet another sobering reminder to SHUT THE FUCK UP. Yeah, the stock market always ticks up when unemployment increases. ---
**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 25, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6971 "2020-11-25T19:18:57Z")
I could be wrong, but the canceled event in PA is probably an indication that Trump is saying it’s okay to throw in the towel. If he’s not already, he’ll probably become soon preoccupied with thoughts of how to keep himself out of police custody. ---
**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 25, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6972 "2020-11-25T19:19:59Z")
Mnuchin is putting over $400 billion (with a b) from the CARES act into a lock box that the upcoming Treasury Secretary won’t be able to access unless Congress passes new laws allowing her to get it. > **[Treasury Secretary Mnuchin is moving $455 billion of unspent stimulus money...](https://www.businessinsider.com/mnuchin-moving-unspent-stimulus-money-biden-administration-cant-deploy-2020-11)** > > Mnuchin's likely successor, Janet Yellen, won't be able to tap into the unused CARES Act money to support the economy at a perilous moment. ---
**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 25, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6973 "2020-11-25T19:20:44Z")
Individual 1 wants to bring back the firing squad for federal executions. > **[Trump Is Racing to Bring Back Firing-Squad Executions Before He Leaves...](https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-trying-to-reinstate-execution-by-firing-squad-before-he-leaves-office-says-report)** > > The proposed rule has already cleared White House review, according to ProPublica, and could be finalized any day. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6974 "2020-11-25T19:30:57Z")
He should carefully consider what he’s asking for, ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6975 "2020-11-25T19:36:54Z")
the event hasn’t been cancelled. trump decided against going. rudy is “testifying” at the hotel ballroom. ---
**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 25, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6976 "2020-11-25T19:42:51Z")
From what I read on Twitter, one of Individual 1’s entourage tested positive. ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6977 "2020-11-25T19:45:22Z")
I wonder if this meeting will include the leaking hair dye. ---
**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 25, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6978 "2020-11-25T19:48:48Z")
You mean the embalming fluid. ---
**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 25, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6979 "2020-11-25T20:17:02Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > My guess was going to be Public Displays of Bullshit. Trump got those everyday. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6980 "2020-11-25T20:21:41Z")
They really want to fuck the country on their way out so that they can blame everything on the Democrats. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=347) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=349)