# 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:** 376
**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:** [December 13, 2020, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7521 "2020-12-13T05:17:00Z")
Does Melania know? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7522 "2020-12-13T05:18:57Z")
She does, and likely regrets it. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7523 "2020-12-13T05:21:15Z")
Whatā€™s Slovenian for ā€œmushroom thingā€? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7524 "2020-12-13T05:25:00Z")
Google Translate says itā€™s ā€œgoba stvar.ā€ ---
**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:** [December 13, 2020, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7525 "2020-12-13T05:49:07Z")
I think the investigation into Hunter Biden has been simmering for several months ā€“ I think this was the case that Barr kept secret before the election, which is one of the things Trump is pissed at Barr about. Itā€™s not really about overturning the election now. Now Trump wants Barr to appoint a special prosecutor to continue that investigation, the point being that once Biden takes office, it will be difficult for Biden to fire the special prosecutor and shut the investigation down. (ETA: Although, if Iā€™m reading the recent news aright, Barr has already done that.) Trump has been doing, or trying to do, a lot of things lately, including various lame-dick (sic) appointments that will tie Bidenā€™s hands. McConnell is all in with this too. Itā€™s all part of the plan to sabotage the Biden administration, as well as Trumpā€™s vindictive urge to leave nothing but scorched earth behind on his way out. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7526 "2020-12-13T08:11:15Z")
Oh good - Mike Flynn was there and kicked off his speech with the phrase ā€œDonā€™t get bent out of shapeā€¦ā€ - always a surefire way to warm up to and reassure your supporters. However, given that heā€™s talking to all those with Biden Derangement Synmdrome, I guess he sees the anguish, the dread, all theā€¦_the losing._ Couldnā€™t get working the twitter link (in that _Rolling Stone_ link) of Mike Flynnā€™s sister trying to remember the lyrics to the US anthem, but had better luck with this link, scrolling down one tweet: > > > Rex ChapmanšŸ‡šŸ¼ @RexChapman I _think_ sheā€™s saying ā€œland, that I snoooo-one?ā€ ---
**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:** [December 13, 2020, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7527 "2020-12-13T10:01:57Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > I _think_ sheā€™s saying ā€œland, that I snoooo-one?ā€ I didnā€™t watch any of that, but ā€“ according to a comment in a post somewhere in these threads, she sang ā€œland that I stand onā€ where it should have been ā€œland that I loveā€. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7528 "2020-12-13T11:27:33Z")
The latest from **[Andy Borowitz at the _New Yorker_](https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report)**: šŸ™‚ #### Trump Orders Space Force to Discover Other Planets with Courts With his legal options on this planet dwindling, Trump is placing all of his hopes on identifying another planet that might have intergalactic jurisdiction over Earth. #### White House Offers Curbside Pickup of Pardons The new option will accommodate the surging number of stooges and lackeys who have been shopping for pardons this holiday season. #### Trump Attempts to Fire Amy Coney Barrett ā€œI hired you to get a job done, and you didnā€™t get it done,ā€ Trump angrily informed Barrett. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7529 "2020-12-13T11:51:46Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > > [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > > > # Trump Pursues Appointing Special Counsel for Election, Hunter Biden > > Trump wants Hunter Biden to be Special Counsel for the election? Thatā€™s surprisingly bipartisan of himā€¦ I too read a colon instead of a comma there at first. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7530 "2020-12-13T12:01:59Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > > [@Steve\_MB](#): > > > > > [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > > > > > # Trump Pursues Appointing Special Counsel for Election, Hunter Biden > > > > Trump wants Hunter Biden to be Special Counsel for the election? Thatā€™s surprisingly bipartisan of himā€¦ > > I too read a colon instead of a comma there at first. - Well, it _is_ part of a shitshow. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7531 "2020-12-13T13:03:39Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > So it looks like thereā€™s a new kinda tea party? The Trumpists? Or the I-dunno-how-guvmint-works-so-Iā€™ll-just-guess party? In retrospect, FĆ¼hrerprinzip may not have been the best basis for the Republican Partyā€™s platform. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7532 "2020-12-13T15:59:56Z")
What kind of shit is Trump going to start dumping once heā€™s forced out of the White House? Like, will he claim that the deep state prevented him from releasing proof of aliens at Area 51? Or HAARP is a mind-control weapon? He knows the identity of Q? He saw proof that Obama was born in Kenya? We know heā€™ll claim til he dies that the election was stolen so Iā€™m looking for different thoughts. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7533 "2020-12-13T17:30:01Z")
The second word was not ā€œthatā€, it was ā€œwhereā€, so she probably said ā€œLand where I stand onā€. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7534 "2020-12-13T17:53:33Z")
> [@Deeg](#): > > What kind of shit is Trump going to start dumping once heā€™s forced out of the White House? Like, will he claim that the deep state prevented him from releasing proof of aliens at Area 51? Or HAARP is a mind-control weapon? He knows the identity of Q? He saw proof that Obama was born in Kenya? Trump only pays attention to Trump. US intelligence couldnā€™t give him enough dirt on Biden, so he resorted to pressuring Ukraine. He didnā€™t know if Russians were the good guys or bad guys. He cares so much about himself, he doesnā€™t pay attention what goes on in the rest of the world. Even if one of his aides tossed a massive folder on his desk that definitely proves the existence of aliens, heā€™d say ā€œHow the fuck does this benefit me?ā€ Face it, the old school Cold War era conspiracies are dead and gone. Theyā€™ve been replaced by whatever Trump thinks his enemies are doing. WITCH HUNT! NO COLLUSION! ELECTIONā€™S RIGGED! His only acknowledgment of QAnon is that he heard theyā€™re opposed to pedophiles. Skullduggery and cloak & dagger isnā€™t his style. He constantly has to promote himself, and that requires having the cameras on him. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7535 "2020-12-13T21:03:52Z")
Didnā€™t know where to post thisā€¦ > **[Melania Trump fuels rumors of Mar-a-Lago move after touring Florida school](https://pagesix.com/2020/12/13/melania-trump-fuels-rumors-of-mar-a-lago-move-after-florida-school-tour/)** > > A source tells Page Six the First Lady toured Pine Crest school, located in Fort Lauderdale, about forty minutes away from Mar-a-Lago. > Donald Trump and First Lady Melania are also planning to settle down in Florida after they leave the White House. > > A source tells Page Six the First Lady toured [Pine Crest school](https://www.pinecrest.edu/), located in Fort Lauderdale, about forty minutes away from Mar-a-Lago. > > Tuition at the ritzy private school is $35,150 for grades nine through twelve and **requires personal and business tax returns for enrollment**. > ā€¦ My bold. šŸ™„ Right. > Judging from The Donaldā€™s past reluctance, that could be a snag, though we doubt theyā€™d hit any serious problems. > > A promotional video on the school website says they teach and value ā€œempathy integrity, character.ā€ > ā€¦ No comment. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7536 "2020-12-13T21:38:30Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > A promotional video on the school website says they teach and value ā€œempathy integrity, character.ā€ Well, the kid certainly isnā€™t going to be exposed to those concepts at home. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7537 "2020-12-14T00:52:43Z")
Itā€™ll be interesting to see if Barron takes to these concepts. I donā€™t think anyone in this horrible family exhibits (or even seems to be aware of) these qualities. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7538 "2020-12-14T01:09:57Z")
But why, if itā€™s all a liberal hoax? šŸ™„ > **[Trump delays a plan to fast track vaccines for White House staff members....](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/13/world/trump-delays-a-plan-to-fast-track-vaccines-for-white-house-staff-members.html)** ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7539 "2020-12-14T02:17:17Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > But why, if itā€™s all a liberal hoax? It makes perfect sense. They need to hold press conferences without masks, to tell people that itā€™s a liberal hoax. They are front line at-risk workers. This way they can do their job safely. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7540 "2020-12-14T02:48:04Z")
Wait, I thought everyone at the WH already had it, so what do they need the shot for? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=375) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=377)