# 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:** 417
**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:** [January 5, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8345 "2021-01-05T21:15:18Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Slight sidetrack: swearing in ASL is very expressive. šŸ˜² šŸ˜ That was priceless! ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8346 "2021-01-05T21:15:25Z")
Sturgeon has only to gain, politically, from taking a hard line on Trump. Heā€™s only got two weeks in office, so she doesnā€™t have to worry about American economic retaliation too much. Her constituents hate him. And she doesnā€™t have to worry about embarrassing the UK Tory administration by being undiplomatic since her constituents donā€™t like them either. Itā€™s win-win-win all the way down ---
**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:** [January 5, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8347 "2021-01-05T21:16:57Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > Sturgeon has only to gain, politically, from taking a hard line on Trump. Heā€™s only got two weeks in office, so she doesnā€™t have to worry about American economic retaliation too muchā€¦ ā€œRetaliationā€? Hell, if she takes trump down, she should get the Presidential Medal of Freedom. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8348 "2021-01-05T21:26:38Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > Sturgeon has only to gain, politically, from taking a hard line on Trump. Heā€™s only got two weeks in office, so she doesnā€™t have to worry about American economic retaliation too much. Her constituents hate him. And she doesnā€™t have to worry about embarrassing the UK Tory administration by being undiplomatic since her constituents donā€™t like them either. Itā€™s win-win-win all the way down And, as an extra added bonus, the vast majority of the rest of the world would cheer her on! ---
**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:** [January 5, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8349 "2021-01-05T21:26:55Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Trump might find himself just another illegal immigrant. Maybe Biden can send Scotland one of the cages we wonā€™t be using any more. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8350 "2021-01-05T21:32:02Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > ā€œRetaliationā€? Hell, if she takes trump down, she should get the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Rather we should give her an award that means something. A gold star. An Arbyā€™s couponā€¦ Those have much more value these days ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8351 "2021-01-05T21:35:59Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > . The pilots might like their jobs, ā€¦and if Trump fires them, you think Biden wonā€™t let them back to work the next day? ---
**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:** [January 5, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8352 "2021-01-05T22:22:53Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Nunes and Gym Jordan are getting the Medal of Freedom. Once again, Trump has demonstrated how addled his brain has become. He believes that he awarded the ā€œMedal of Presidential Freedomā€. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8353 "2021-01-05T22:38:49Z")
> [@Skypist](#): > > Why doesnā€™t he just go hide out in his suite at Mar-A-Lago? Trump is only allowed to stay there for 21 days in a year. Not in a row, 21 days IN TOTAL for a year. I believe this rule was ignored while he was president, but come Jan 21 when heā€™s a nobody, he will have his ass evicted on Day 22. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8354 "2021-01-05T22:40:40Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I love that the guy behind Trump wearing the _Blacks for Trump_ sweatshirt is very clearly white. Maybe heā€™s blind, and was raised by black parents who have never actually told him heā€™s white? ---
**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:** [January 5, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8355 "2021-01-05T22:42:36Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Trump is only allowed to stay there for 21 days in a year. Not in a row, 21 days IN TOTAL for a year.- Not to beat this to death, but Iā€™d like to see anyone attempt to enforce this. It was some kind of community agreement, right? Like a contract? Not a _law_ (not that it would make any difference to him). We know how he deals with contracts: (1) ignores them and/or (2) sues. When all else fails, he buys someone off. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8356 "2021-01-05T22:43:56Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Maybe heā€™s blind, and was raised by black parents who have never actually told him heā€™s white? Heā€™s still a Jerk. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8357 "2021-01-05T22:46:46Z")
I see what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8358 "2021-01-05T22:51:59Z")
I find it hard to believe this will be enforced. Most likely they will say ā€œget outā€ and he will say ā€œmake meā€ and then it will start a long slog through the courts until the neighbors give up. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8359 "2021-01-05T22:53:23Z")
There needs to be a crowdfunding campaign to make this happen for realsies. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8360 "2021-01-05T23:54:17Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Heā€™s still a Jerk. You mean Iā€™m going to stay this color? ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8361 "2021-01-06T02:23:59Z")
> [@lum\_s\_husband](#): > > Canā€™t? They would shoot the plane down? > [@JohnT](#): > > ā€¦ sitting here, thinking of how things would pan out if Trump tried to force a landing in Scotland on AF1 w/o permission, quite enjoying myself. > [@Aspidistra](#): > > Itā€™s win-win-win all the way down If they shoot the plane down, thatā€™s definitely a win-win-win all the way down! I hope the flight crew all have parachutes. Trump really should go to Scotland. Scotland should let him in and then deal with him once heā€™s there. Hereā€™s a hint: [Iran issues Interpol arrest warrant for Trump over Soleimani killing as tensions rise](https://news.yahoo.com/iran-issues-interpol-arrest-warrant-170000951.html) > **[Iran issues Interpol arrest warrant for Trump over Soleimani killing as...](https://news.yahoo.com/iran-issues-interpol-arrest-warrant-170000951.html)** > > Interpol rejected previous warrant issued for Mr Trump and other officials in June Does Scotland honor international arrest warrants? As soon as The Day and Hour strikes, if Trump is in Scotland, they can arrest him and deport him to Iran. > [@CalMeacham](#): > > I love that the guy behind Trump wearing the _Blacks for Trump_ sweatshirt is very clearly white. Heā€™s a Black guy in whiteface? ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8362 "2021-01-06T02:28:37Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Not to beat this to death, but Iā€™d like to see anyone attempt to enforce this. It was some kind of community agreement, right? Like a contract? Not a _law_ (not that it would make any difference to him). Well, I thought they got it written into the local zoning laws. For example, Trump wanted to build a dock there but they wouldnā€™t let him because of the zoning rules. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8363 "2021-01-06T03:01:55Z")
> [@Skypist](#): > > I find it hard to believe this will be enforced. Most likely they will say ā€œget outā€ and he will say ā€œmake meā€ and then it will start a long slog through the courts until the neighbors give up. I understand his neighbors are actually rich, though. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8364 "2021-01-06T03:03:21Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I understand his neighbors are actually rich, though. - And more than likely richer than he is. Especially en masse. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=416) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=418)