# 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:** 381
**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:** [December 16, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7621 "2020-12-16T23:35:45Z")
Given they believe that career public servants _literally_ represent a ‘Deep State’, preventing them from running rampant, a directive like this makes perfect sense. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7622 "2020-12-16T23:37:42Z")
More insight into Jeff Rosen, Barr’s acting replacement: > **[Exclusive: Successor to exiting U.S. attorney general Barr won't say if he...](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-justice-exclusive/exclusive-successor-to-exiting-u-s-attorney-general-barr-wont-say-if-he-will-name-special-counsels-idUSKBN28Q371)** > > Incoming acting U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen declined to say on Wednesday whether he would name special counsels to investigate President Donald Trump's claims of election fraud or the tax issues of President-elect Joe Biden's son Hunter. So coy. Duly noted. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7623 "2020-12-16T23:51:16Z")
> [@slumtrimpet](#): > > Ahahahahaha > This one is awesome Can you please give us more than that? It’s a big deal for me to click on a link where I am, and a hint of what it is would be appreciated. Thanks… ---
**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 17, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7624 "2020-12-17T00:50:34Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Can you please give us more than that? It is the one where CFSG is blathering on about someth8ng movers roll him and the desk out of the office and down the walkway. It kind of bothers me in that the desk is part of Americana and should not be linked to him in a way that would suggest it is his. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7625 "2020-12-17T00:55:47Z")
They leave the desk behind, DumpsterfFire gets pulled into the truck sitting on an ordinary office chair on casters. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7626 "2020-12-17T01:52:31Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I must ask, as usual for these “lock 'em up” types, on what charges, specifically, do they plan to arrest the GA Gov and SecState? I am reminded of one of my few memories of _The Dukes of Hazzard_ which does not involve Catherine Bach in a halter top and short shorts: > **Roscoe:** You Duke boys are under arrest! _(giggles)_ > **Bo or Luke:** Arrest? What for? > **Roscoe:** _(baffled)_ For… for… _(Eureka! moment)_ For _breakin’ the law!_ > **Luke or Bo:** Roscoe, you have to be a little more specific… ---
**Author:** ![rboyce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rboyce/32/4066_2.png) [@rboyce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rboyce)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7627 "2020-12-17T02:27:08Z")
bye, bye da one with huge hands ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7628 "2020-12-17T02:56:46Z")
I can’t find the link now, but I’ve read where Trump is considering firing the new Attorney General (already! How many Scaramuccis is that?) if they won’t open an investigation on Hunter Biden. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7629 "2020-12-17T02:59:03Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I can’t find the link now Here’s a link to Business Insider. > **[Trump is already considering axing his new attorney general if he won't agree...](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-discussing-firing-barrs-successor-as-attorney-general-report-2020-12)** > > Trump is reportedly determined to launch a special counsel probe into Hunter Biden's tax affairs, with only weeks before Joe Biden takes office. ---
**Author:** ![rboyce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rboyce/32/4066_2.png) [@rboyce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rboyce)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7630 "2020-12-17T03:02:29Z")
Dec. 16, 2020, 4:00 AM CST By Carol E. Lee and Courtney Kube WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has come so close to **firing FBI Director Christopher Wray** in recent months that the White House counsel’s office has warned him not to do so because it could put him in potential legal jeopardy, according to a senior administration official with direct knowledge of the discussion and a U.S. official familiar with the discussion. White House lawyers “strongly” advised Trump against firing another FBI director **[White House counsel's office warned Trump not to fire Chris Wray](https://tinyurl.com/y8o3or2x)** ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7631 "2020-12-17T03:09:42Z")
Thanks for digging that up. I’m on my phone, and searching like that is a huge pain. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2020, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7632 "2020-12-17T05:39:06Z")
Bill Stepien put out an official Individual 1 Campaign Team press release saying he will be holding his inauguration at Mar a Lago on January 20. “Any attempt to remove the [Individual 1] administration will require force.” > **[Trump : 'Any attempt to remove the Trump administration will require force'](https://floridianpress.com/2020/12/trump-any-attempt-to-remove-the-trump-administration-will-require-force/)** > > President Donald Trump appears to have just drawn a line in the sand,  announcing that "any attempt to remove the Trump ad ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7633 "2020-12-17T05:51:43Z")
This seems highly dubious to me (although nothing should surprise us). I can’t find any reference to this that doesn’t go back to the original article from a tiny Florida based webpage. ---
**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 17, 2020, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7634 "2020-12-17T06:01:48Z")
That press release is… confusing. > President Donald Trump will not be conceded the 2020 election, nor does he plan on leaving the White House at any point prior to January 20th. > > Any attempt to remove the Trump administration will require force. No more golf before January 20th, I guess. I wonder if he knows that? He’ll be leaving on January 20th. But if tries to _make_ him leave on January 20th, that will require force. All makes perfect sense. Anyway, he has invited all Americans to Mar-A-Lago for the party. See you all there? ---
**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:** [December 17, 2020, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7635 "2020-12-17T06:01:49Z")
Sidney Powell shares a racist joke about Elaine Chao. > **[The Independent | Latest news and features from US, UK and worldwide | The...](https://www.independent.co.uk/us)** > > Latest news, comment and features from The Independent US ---
**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:** [December 17, 2020, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7636 "2020-12-17T06:05:46Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I can’t find the link now, but I’ve read where Trump is considering firing the new Attorney General (already! How many Scaramuccis is that?) I’m so weary of this insane idiot and his endless nutzoid antics. It’s like watching a rabid chimpanzee who stumbled into a wasps’ nest. He’s so out of control, it would be a mercy to… well, I’ll just leave it there. _Can_ it be counted as a Scaramucci if the new acting AG never actually holds the position, even for a moment? (I really don’t care. Do U?) > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Bill Stepien put out an official Individual 1 Campaign Team press release saying he will be holding his inauguration at Mar a Lago on January 20. > “Any attempt to remove the [Individual 1] administration will require force.” - If true (and I agree with @Junior_Spaceman that it bears skepticism), it will be entertainment of the basest kind to watch that miserable soft fuck try and fend off Secret Service, FBI, National Guard and who knows what all other agencies come to escort his so-called administration off the premises. I’ll be watching for sure! ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7637 "2020-12-17T06:39:10Z")
This is yet another right wing whacko newspaper. Basically they are saying that on Jan 20th Trump will leave the Whitehouse and go have his own pretend inauguration in Florida. And nobody can force him out before Jan 20th. (Narrator: nobody cares to). He is a sad and pathetic little child. ---
**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 17, 2020, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7638 "2020-12-17T06:50:52Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Bill Stepien put out an official Individual 1 Campaign Team press release saying he will be holding his inauguration at Mar a Lago on January 20. > “Any attempt to remove the [Individual 1] administration will require force.” Current pony-with-dual-headers wish is that Mar-a-Lago’s pissed off neighbours (and creditors / commmunity in general) will somehow put some kind of lien or municipal bylaw equivalent that mananges to prevent Now White One, et al, from using the place post-Jan. 21, so, in a pinch, президент Trump figures maybe try calling Four Se- oh forget it. ---
**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 17, 2020, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7639 "2020-12-17T07:02:24Z")
I hear Pyongyang is nice in January. ---
**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 17, 2020, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7640 "2020-12-17T07:02:55Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I can’t find the link now, but I’ve read where Trump is considering firing the new Attorney General (already! How many Scaramuccis is that?) if they won’t open an investigation on Hunter Biden. Barr hasn’t even left office yet – that’s on Dec. 23 IIRC. By then, Trump himself will only have slightly under 3 Scaramuccis left in office. So that places a maximum possible upper limit on how long this Rosen guy can last. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=380) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=382)