# 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:** 418
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8365 "2021-01-06T03:57:04Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > … 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. > > To answer the question, odds are good that the plane lands but no one is allowed to disembark. Then, come The Date and The Hour, Trump is no longer President and Scottish options are more open. > > In time, they’ll take off and fly to Mozambique or somewhere. Maybe Russia. Who? The Scots end up flying somewhere? If he went Scotland in USAF Angel One, the next day the flight crew would no longer answer to him. They would do whatever the wanted. I seriously doubt those military pilots can truly be unflappable CFSG loyalists. They have command of expensive US property and really nowhere to go if they fail to bring it back. They would be international fugitives, subject to CIA rendition if they were caught in another country. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8366 "2021-01-06T04:23:29Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > > "The leader of the Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, was arrested by D.C. police late Monday afternoon on a warrant charging him with burning a Black Lives Matter banner taken from a historic Black church during a demonstration last month, officials said. Follow up. He was released from custody today and basically told to get the hell out of D(odge)C except for things like meeting with his attorney or appearing in court. > **[Proud Boys Leader Released From Police Custody And Ordered To Leave D.C.](https://www.npr.org/2021/01/05/953685035/proud-boys-leader-released-from-police-custody-and-ordered-to-leave-d-c)** > > Enrique Tarrio was arrested on Monday shortly after arriving in D.C., where Trump supporters are gathering to protest the official certification of the Electoral College ballots on Wednesday. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8367 "2021-01-06T05:35:42Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > If he went Scotland in USAF Angel One, the next day the flight crew would no longer answer to him. I could see them _revelling_ in shuttling him off to Iran if such a wildn’whacky (and fucking beautiful) scenario ever materialized. OCD (one can dream) > [@Morgyn](#): > > Follow up. He was released from custody today and basically told to get the hell out of D(odge)C except for things like meeting with his attorney or appearing in court. I can’t see ET _not_ trying, if it kills him, to get back in the fray. Flail away, kid. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8368 "2021-01-06T06:22:45Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > I could see them _revelling_ in shuttling him off to Iran if such a wildn’whacky (and fucking beautiful) scenario ever materialized. OCD (one can dream) It would be because of a joke. Two AF staff who are responsible for Angel One go around the polygon asking how to handle the situation; after being rejected by the top brass who will not speak to them, finally they alight on a bird colonel who waves his hand dismissively and tells them, take it to Tehran. The staff snap their heels and go to dispatch the order. The colonel watches them smartly leave and stares into the open door vexed by the thought, “They’re not really gonna do that. Are they? It was a joke. I don’t have the authority.” ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8369 "2021-01-06T06:32:06Z")
…or just take him to GTMO. 😉 ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8370 "2021-01-06T06:48:13Z")
Can you put jatos on a 747? ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8371 "2021-01-06T07:03:20Z")
I’d get Elon on that. * * * Congressional clusterfuck? Lisa Desjardins noted the lack of social distancing during opening of the House session last Sunday. Sure, the vast majority are masked, but I concur with her that the potential for it to be a superspreader event is considerable, and at [10:32,](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trumps-call-to-georgia-election-officials-draws-condemnation) the optics certainly don’t look the greatest. Kaye Granger (R.) of Texas was there, and tested positive afterwards. 😡 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8372 "2021-01-06T08:36:27Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Rather we should give her an award that means something. A gold star. An Arby’s coupon… Those have much more value these days No Arby’s in Scotland. It tells you something when even the _Scottish_ won’t eat Arby’s. ---
**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 6, 2021, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8373 "2021-01-06T12:13:17Z")
Best burn of il Doofus I’ve seen in a while: > ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8374 "2021-01-06T12:38:47Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Maybe Biden can send Scotland one of the cages we won’t be using any more. We’ll still need _all_ of the cages, because unless there are never any kids held in custody ever in the Biden administration, for any reason, then Biden is just as bad as Trump, which means that he’s still keeping the same number of kids in cages. Check. Mate. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8375 "2021-01-06T13:21:50Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Hell, if she takes trump down, she should get the Presidential Medal of Freedom. yeah, but that honor has been greatly diminished (like so much else) by Trump. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8376 "2021-01-06T17:58:52Z")
Landing after being denied clearance to do so is a big deal. Yeah, he might be the CiC but if he gives an unlawful order like “Land. I don’t care what ATC says”, I think the pilot would be safe in refusing the order. ---
**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 6, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8377 "2021-01-06T18:13:21Z")
If that happens, better keep the cockpit door locked. ---
**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, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8378 "2021-01-06T18:17:51Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > If that happens, better keep the cockpit door locked. - \< Takes hands off yoke \> “Fine. _You_ land the plane.” ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8379 "2021-01-06T19:15:14Z")
Speaking of flying things (oh, Segue Master 🕶) - > **[Donald Trump weakens 100-year-old US bird protection law](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/5/donald-trump-weakens-100-year-old-us-bird-protection-law)** > > Scientists say change to enforcement of Migratory Bird Treaty Act could cause a huge spike in bird deaths. Just more of the usual 360-degree defecating on everthing on his way out… ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8380 "2021-01-06T19:20:41Z")
He didn’t really make much of an effort to actually plan for a coup, but he’s leaving plenty of invisible damage behind anyway. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8381 "2021-01-06T19:23:15Z")
Spike in bird deaths? Trump said it was all wind turbine’s fault, “kills all the birds.” > **[Trump claims wind energy "kills all the birds." Cats and windows are actually...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-wind-energy-kills-birds-presidential-debate-joe-biden/)** > > "I know more about wind than you do," Mr. Trump said during the presidential debate, erroneously claiming it "kills all the birds." Everything DumpsterFire touches, dies? ---
**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 6, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8382 "2021-01-06T19:42:33Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > > [@CBS News](#): > > > > “I know more about wind than you do,” Mr. Trump said Makes sense, 'cause you’re full of it! ---
**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, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8383 "2021-01-06T19:47:38Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > > [@smithsb](#): > > > > > [@CBS News](#): > > > > > > “I know more about wind than you do,” Mr. Trump said > > Makes sense, 'cause you’re full of it! - That’s not wind. Wind is light and airy. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8384 "2021-01-06T20:43:45Z")
Fuckheads storm capitol. America damaged forever. It just keeps getting worse. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=417) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=419)