# 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:** 349
**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, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6981 "2020-11-25T20:37:49Z")
My bad – I misread the headline. Oh well, at least individual 1 is not there to blow his horn ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6982 "2020-11-25T20:53:23Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > 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. I don’t think most of us here at the Straight Dope are going to need the benefit of hindsight. I’ve been gobsmacked for the last 4 years running at the nonstop and ever increasing bullshit. ---
**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 25, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6983 "2020-11-25T21:14:56Z")
Here’s a mental exercise/challenge for y’all: watch this 3 minute video and then name any similar subject or incident from _anyone_ who comprises the soon-to-be-previous administration’s personnel, including the POTUS and his family. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NDsnfF1V-ag/maxresdefault.jpg "Rescue Puppy Gets Adopted By Joe Biden | The Dodo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDsnfF1V-ag) I don’t think it can be done. All that time on the world’s stage, and so little good to show for it… ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6984 "2020-11-25T21:18:11Z")
[Trump pardons Flynn.](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/527524-trump-pardons-michael-flynn) ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6985 "2020-11-25T21:28:20Z")
well, it’s the day for pardoning turkeys… ---
**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 25, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6986 "2020-11-25T21:56:23Z")
I hope the State of Pennsylvania tucked those conspiracy to kidnap charges into its back pocket. > **[Ex-Trump aide Flynn investigated over plot to kidnap Turkish dissident – report](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/10/michael-flynn-trump-turkish-dissident-cleric-plot)** > > Flynn and son allegedly involved in supposed plan to take cleric Fethullah Gülen from US and deliver him to Erdoğan government in return for $15m I don’t think there is a statute of limitations on this sort of crime. ---
**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 25, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6987 "2020-11-25T22:00:50Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 wants to bring back the firing squad for federal executions. Ooooh! Treason is a capital offensive. I know just the Induhvidual One to be first case, allegedly. I guess we’ll see a resignation and Pence pardon in short order. ---
**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 25, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6988 "2020-11-25T22:24:57Z")
> **funny, but** > > I mean, ick[spoiler] [https://twitter.com/PoliticalGroove/status/1331719096220618753?s=20[/spoiler]](https://twitter.com/PoliticalGroove/status/1331719096220618753?s=20%5B/spoiler%5D) ---
**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, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6989 "2020-11-25T22:29:50Z")
Not surprised Rudy spoke from a hotel room. That went so well last time. Hope he didn’t leave his microphone hanging out again. ---
**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, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6990 "2020-11-25T23:27:36Z")
Individual 1 has pardoned Flynn. ---
**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 26, 2020, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6991 "2020-11-26T00:24:22Z")
I wouldn’t be surprised if Flynn gets into trouble with the law in the not too distant future. His real crime was arrogance, believing he could lie his way past the swarm of investigators and even to his own administration. He was known by his colleagues for creating “Flynn facts” (aka “lies”). If he was arrogant before, one can only imagine how he’ll be now that he’s been pardoned. ---
**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 26, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6992 "2020-11-26T00:27:35Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 has pardoned Flynn. [Again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux/911083/6984) 😉 ---
**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 26, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6993 "2020-11-26T03:10:36Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > 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). The Federal government will be saving a _fortune_ on printer ink–no more need to translate the Presidential Daily Briefings into an all-pictures format. . . . > [@Aspenglow](#): > > I hope the State of Pennsylvania tucked those conspiracy to kidnap charges into its back pocket. > > [Ex-Trump aide Flynn investigated over plot to kidnap Turkish dissident – report | Michael Flynn | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/10/michael-flynn-trump-turkish-dissident-cleric-plot) > > I don’t think there is a statute of limitations on this sort of crime. That sounds like a possibility. And shouldn’t there be a chance of federal charges on the grounds of Flynn failing to declare himself a paid agent of a foreign nation (Turkey)? Or did he already get a pass for that? ---
**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 26, 2020, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6994 "2020-11-26T04:21:50Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > The Federal government will be saving a _fortune_ on printer ink–no more need to translate the Presidential Daily Briefings into an all-pictures format. not to mention all the sharpies and crayons. ---
**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 26, 2020, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6995 "2020-11-26T04:57:46Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Donnie is still having a temper tantrum. Being about 20 hours behind in reading this thread, I may be just stating the obvious here: Despite the suggestions, from about two or three weeks ago, that this thread was beginning to wind down, quite the opposite is clearly in the works. Seeing all the malicious wreckage Trump is laying upon the nation in these last weeks, this thread will clearly become the Operation Warp Speed for the duration. ---
**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 26, 2020, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6996 "2020-11-26T05:13:37Z")
Post #6983: Snowboarder\_Bo posts video of Biden adopting rescue puppy; challenges anyone to name anything similar anyone in Trump admin has ever done. Post #6984: > [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > [Trump pardons Flynn.](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/527524-trump-pardons-michael-flynn) There’s your puppy rescue, Trump style. ---
**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 26, 2020, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6997 "2020-11-26T05:21:49Z")
Taken from Facebook. Who says Trump doesn’t have pets! ![126032523_10217449903071007_4919382861571676979_n](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/a/afc031cc3e6d0c6b0df439fbb74a80b7b4fc9c7e.jpeg) ---
**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 26, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6998 "2020-11-26T16:42:33Z")
I heard a scurrilous and unfounded rumor that CFSG intends to pardon Jeffrey Epstein. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/6999 "2020-11-26T16:54:18Z")
Fast moving thread! 😉 > [@The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making Part Deux (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux/911083/6742): > > And now, a bit of light amusement: [[Google Photos] ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/MYxg2G1LzugFCCnu5) ---
**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 26, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7000 "2020-11-26T16:55:17Z")
No dog ever adored his master more. [![](https://digbysblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/PENCE-GAZE-1024x698.jpg) ](https://digbysblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/PENCE-GAZE-1024x698.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=348) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=350)