# 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:** 41
**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:** [July 10, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/807 "2020-07-10T22:03:41Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1’s rally in New Hampshire has been postponed due to bad weather. > [Trump Rally in Portsmouth, NH, Postponed Over Tropical Storm Fay – NBC10 Philadelphia](https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/politics/trump-looks-to-reboot-reelection-campaign-in-nh/2463238/) > > I’m sure there’s no possibility that it could be due to few people asking for seats. To be fair, there is a hurricane on its way there. Probably Obama’s fault. ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/808 "2020-07-10T22:04:04Z")
The _only_ thing I _might_ believe about his statement is that he took such a test (during his super-sekrit rush visit to Walter Reed last November?). Even then, he’s talking about things better left unsaid, like the secrets he blabbed to the Russian diplomats early on, in his ceaseless effort to aggrandize himself. No filter. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/809 "2020-07-10T22:05:00Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > To be fair, there is a hurricane on its way there. Probably Obama’s fault Why doesn’t he just draw the path of the hurricane away from the rally site on a map with a sharpie? then they could hold the rally. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/810 "2020-07-10T22:05:54Z")
A news article said that the weather would be fine at the time of his rally. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/811 "2020-07-10T22:07:33Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > To be fair, there is a hurricane on its way there. Probably Obama’s fault. Oh, like he’s not a bigger blowhard? ---
**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:** [July 10, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/812 "2020-07-10T22:23:19Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1’s rally in New Hampshire has been postponed due to bad weather. > [Trump Rally in Portsmouth, NH, Postponed Over Tropical Storm Fay – NBC10 Philadelphia](https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/politics/trump-looks-to-reboot-reelection-campaign-in-nh/2463238/) > > I’m sure there’s no possibility that it could be due to few people asking for seats. Do the evangelical Trump voters not get it at this point? It’s pretty clear at this point the God hates Trump. Hates him with a passion. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/813 "2020-07-10T23:01:49Z")
Pfff. God, what a pussy. Fuckin snowflake can’t even handle a little wind and rain. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/814 "2020-07-10T23:07:22Z")
[Doug Stanhope made that same argument back in 2008 regarding Sarah Palin](https://youtu.be/KdFJ-hFFdI8?t=16) and it worked for us then… ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/815 "2020-07-10T23:09:17Z")
Nothing sadder than a fat man crying alone in the rain with thinning hair matted to his balding pate and orange makeup running down the collar of his shirt. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/816 "2020-07-10T23:23:49Z")
QuickSilver, mein freund, mi amigo, watashi no tomodachi…you are the king of puns. 😄 ---
**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:** [July 10, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/817 "2020-07-10T23:49:21Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > “Even the weather is against me! Obama never had the weather against him!” As you recall, in late October of '12, Sandy hit the Eastern Seaboard with a pretty solid punch. I remember Christie working with Obama to deal with the situation. It was the final fucking of RMoney. So, not only was the weather not against Obama, it was actually for him. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/818 "2020-07-10T23:51:07Z")
In the long run - actually, within a few years of him finally being out of the White House - the ONLY thing that anyone will remember about the presidency of Donald Trump will be his total failure on the coronavirus. The best case scenario right now is 250,000 deaths and an economy worse than any since the Depression. That’s best case. It could be MUCH worse. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/819 "2020-07-10T23:59:23Z")
> **[Opinion | This may sound like Trump’s wackiest conspiracy theory. But it’s...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/10/trumps-gop-is-becoming-garish-opera-paranoia/?hpid=hp_save-opinions-float-right-4-0_opinion-card-b-right%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans&itid=hp_save-opinions-float-right-4-0_opinion-card-b-right%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans)** > > We have been building toward this for some time, as Republican officeholders and commentators touted conspiracy theories as fact. > It is a case of being hoisted by his own [petard](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/petard). > > President Trump has convinced his own supporters of the false conspiracy theory that mail-in ballots are [subject to rampant fraud](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1281556745211523072) — so much so that Republicans are, evidently, refusing to vote by mail. > > The Post’s Amy Gardner and Josh Dawsey [report](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-attacks-on-mail-voting-are-turning-republicans-off-absentee-ballots/2020/07/07/640b6126-bbd4-11ea-80b9-40ece9a701dc_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_5)that Democratic voters have embraced mail ballots in far greater numbers than Republicans in primaries this year — alarming Republican strategists who say it could undercut their candidates, including Trump, particularly in states such as Florida and Arizona. In Michigan, Trump supporters actually [burned](https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/michigan/2020/06/13/trump-supporters-burn-michigan-absentee-ballot-applications/111958524/)absentee-ballot applications. > > This is but one sign of the descent into madness that Trump has caused. Conspiracy theories, long a staple of the president’s, are spreading faster than covid-19 among his supporters, inducing mass delusion. In the most ominous manifestation, he has convinced his supporters that fears of the virus are overblown (a Democratic “hoax”), that mask-wearing is effete political correctness and that the pandemic’s spread merely proves that “[our TESTING is much bigger and better](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1281206354334625793).” > > Now the pandemic is growing unchecked in Trump-backing states, and hospitals are running out of rooms. Tulsa, where Trump insisted on having an indoor rally, has seen a dramatic surge in cases “more than likely” spurred by the rally and protests, the local health department [said](https://www.foxnews.com/us/health-official-trump-rally-likely-source-virus-surge). > > Everywhere, it seems, reality is colliding with Trump’s fantasies. > … In this opera… the question is, is this the end of the whole shebang, or just the end of Act I? If the latter, then Act II will be a blockbuster, ending with the theater going up in flames. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/820 "2020-07-11T01:31:55Z")
The rat fucker walks. > **[Trump commutes Roger Stone’s sentence](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/506859-trump-commutes-roger-stones-sentence/)** > > The longtime GOP operative was convicted of lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstruction. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2020, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/821 "2020-07-11T08:07:13Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > ### [Opinion | Trump’s GOP is becoming a Garish Opera of Paranoia](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/10/trumps-gop-is-becoming-garish-opera-paranoia/?hpid=hp_save-opinions-float-right-4-0_opinion-card-b-right:homepage%2Fstory-ans&itid=hp_save-opinions-float-right-4-0_opinion-card-b-right:homepage%2Fstory-ans) > > We have been building toward this for some time, as Republican officeholders and commentators touted conspiracy theories as fact. > > > It is a case of being hoisted by his own [petard](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/petard). Are those you who are frequently quoting the _Washington Post_ aware that all of these articles exist behind a paywall? ---
**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:** [July 11, 2020, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/822 "2020-07-11T08:34:00Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Are those you who are frequently quoting the _Washington Post_ aware that all of these Not all of WaPo articles. Their Covid-19-related articles are open to everyone. (An article about Trump paranoia, probably isn’t, unless it deals a lot with Covid.) ---
**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:** [July 11, 2020, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/823 "2020-07-11T08:56:59Z")
Well, the most recent one was certainly paywalled. Used to be I could google a work-around for that sort of thing, but apparently the news outlets have gotten more savvy about those things. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2020, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/824 "2020-07-11T11:13:12Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Are those you who are frequently quoting the _Washington Post_ aware that all of these articles exist behind a paywall? I know the COVID articles are available to everyone. This is one reason why I usually quote extensively–or at least quote the really _juicy_ parts-- from whatever article I cite instead of just posting a headline. If I don’t quote extensively, then it likely means the headline says it all, and the article wasn’t particularly _meaty_. I keep the reader in mind when I post. I think I need some breakfast… ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/825 "2020-07-11T12:35:53Z")
Just draining the swamp and combating the deep state. Very little consolation but at least the conviction itself still stands. All things considered, I’m enjoying the summer but I can’t wait for November to get here. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/826 "2020-07-11T12:43:07Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > Actually, the 63 million dumbasses didn’t know what a Drumpfster fire they were electing. I think a better way of stating this sentiment is “If the current occupant doesn’t respect the office, why should they? I disagree strongly. Did they live on a desert island from, say, mid-2015\* until Election Day 2016? Most of them knew exactly what they were getting, they got it, and they want more of it even now. \*Really more like 1989, but I’m trying to be nice here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=40) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=42)