# 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:** 391
**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 21, 2020, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7822 "2020-12-21T04:36:08Z")
I wonder what changed that Trump is letting Powell back into his circle. Weren’t there reports that he didn’t like how everybody was making fun of her and it was reflecting on him? ---
**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:** [December 21, 2020, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7823 "2020-12-21T04:37:29Z")
He has the short-term memory of a goldfish. ---
**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 21, 2020, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7824 "2020-12-21T06:47:12Z")
Isn’t it likely that it’s the same as Lincoln and Grant: “I can’t spare this lawyer; she’s the only one making the crazy arguments that I like!” ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7825 "2020-12-21T13:01:07Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > If at first you don’t succeed… As John Lennon would put it, sometimes he laughs and he acts like a clown. ---
**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 21, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7826 "2020-12-21T14:26:31Z")
> **[Trump Is Already Wondering What Airport Will Bear His Name](https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-is-already-wondering-what-airport-will-bear-his-name)** > > The president has been asking aides and advisers what the process is for getting an airport named after him—another sign his mind is drifting to a post-presidency. They should definitely limit the choices to the airports the Continental Army captured during the Revolutionary War. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7827 "2020-12-21T14:34:44Z")
I propose Lakehurst Field, site of the Hindenburg Disaster, another giant gasbag that crashed and burned. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7828 "2020-12-21T15:03:19Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > They should definitely limit the choices to the airports the Continental Army captured during the Revolutionary War. Someone should tell him that you don’t automatically get an airport named after you, just for being president. Preferably after he’s out of office and can’t do anything about it. About the only legacy Millard Fillmore has (in the form of something named after him) are the _Millard Fillmore Academic Center_ and the _Millard Fillmore College_, both part of the University at Buffalo that he helped found. Trump already has _Trump University_, which he helped found. It carries his legacy and values perfectly. What more does he want? > **[Millard Fillmore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millard_Fillmore)** > > Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the 13th president of the United States, serving from 1850 to 1853, the last to be a member of the Whig Party while in the White House. A former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from upstate New York, Fillmore was elected as the 12th vice president in 1848, and succeeded to the presidency in July 1850 upon the death of Zachary Taylor. Fillmore was instrumental in passing the Compromise of 1850, a bargain that led to a brief tr... > **[Trump University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_University)** > > Trump University (also known as the Trump Wealth Institute and Trump Entrepreneur Initiative LLC) was an American company that ran a real estate training program from 2005 to 2010. It was owned and operated by The Trump Organization. A separate organization, Trump Institute, was licensed by Trump University but not owned by The Trump Organization. In 2011, amid multiple investigations, lawsuits and student complaints, it ceased operations. It was founded in 2004 by Donald Trump, who was US p... ---
**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 21, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7829 "2020-12-21T15:05:39Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I propose Lakehurst Field, site of the Hindenburg Disaster, another giant gasbag that crashed and burned. Nominated and seconded. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7830 "2020-12-21T15:08:06Z")
Maybe he can get a terminal at the Sheremetyevo. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7831 "2020-12-21T15:19:03Z")
Kids in Hyden, KY (not far from where I live) play basketball games in the Richard M. Nixon Center. He made his first post-Watergate public appearance there in 1978. I’ve read a lot about it, and the way Republicans talk about Nixon in all the news stories sounds…awfully familiar. > **[Kentucky Town Plans Proudly For Nixon Visit (Published 1978)](https://www.nytimes.com/1978/06/05/archives/new-jersey-pages-kentucky-town-plans-proudly-for-nixon-visit.html)** ---
**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:** [December 21, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7832 "2020-12-21T15:23:48Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > They should definitely limit the choices to the airports the Continental Army captured during the Revolutionary War. Article shared, and comment stolen. ---
**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 21, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7833 "2020-12-21T15:45:12Z")
On the other hand, I really like the idea of naming certain municipal facilities after the Cheeto: - Donald J. Trump Wastewater Treatment Plant - Donald J. Trump Septage Receiving Facility - Donald J. Trump Sludge Treatment Facility ---
**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 21, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7834 "2020-12-21T15:47:23Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > On the other hand, I really like the idea of naming certain municipal facilities after the Cheeto: > > - Donald J. Trump Wastewater Treatment Plant > - Donald J. Trump Septage Receiving Facility > - Donald J. Trump Sludge Treatment Facility - Toxic waste products stage protest, film at eleven. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7835 "2020-12-21T15:48:48Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > On the other hand, I really like the idea of naming certain municipal facilities after the Cheeto: > > - Donald J. Trump Wastewater Treatment Plant > - Donald J. Trump Septage Receiving Facility > - Donald J. Trump Sludge Treatment Facility I can’t behind this since [John Oliver](https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-connecticut-danbury-mark-boughton-john-oliver-39cfce71ae2ea32d1c3d4dc2accdae3d) has one named after him. It makes sense to name one after a comedian, not so much a joke. `//i\\` ---
**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:** [December 21, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7836 "2020-12-21T15:52:02Z")
> [@icon](#): > > I can’t behind this since [John Oliver](https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-connecticut-danbury-mark-boughton-john-oliver-39cfce71ae2ea32d1c3d4dc2accdae3d) has one named after him. It makes sense to name one after a comedian, not so much a joke. Not only John Oliver, but also Dave Barry and a few others, I think. I wouldn’t want to associate Trump with that august company. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7837 "2020-12-21T16:05:21Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Trump already has _Trump University_ , which he helped found. It carries his legacy and values perfectly. What more does he want? Everything. It’s very simple: Trump wants _everything_ ---
**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:** [December 21, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7838 "2020-12-21T16:26:08Z")
I would think that prisons would be more appropriate. The Donald J. Trump penitentiary. Maybe nuclear waste dumps. Possibly the temporary working name of EPA superfund sites. Or just regular waste landfills. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7839 "2020-12-21T16:31:01Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > The Donald J. Trump penitentiary. That’s a bit much. Why don’t we start with The Donald J. Trump jail Cell And Permanent Home Of Donald J. Trump, and see how that goes first? ---
**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:** [December 21, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7840 "2020-12-21T16:36:32Z")
I don’t know, depends on how many of his cronies we end up having to lock up. If we fill up a whole cell block, I think we should name it after him. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/7841 "2020-12-21T16:37:04Z")
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