# 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:** 427
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8545 "2021-01-08T23:51:02Z")
PA is very red outside of phila. and Pitt… Toomey angered quite a few people in those cities and any chance of reelection would have depended on the suburban vote. ---
**Author:** ![Ziberian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/919ad9/32.png) [@Ziberian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ziberian)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8546 "2021-01-09T00:05:27Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > [@CalMeacham](#): > > > > I love that the guy behind Trump wearing the _Blacks for Trump_ sweatshirt is very clearly white. > > Maybe he’s blind, and was raised by black parents who have never actually told him he’s white? More likely, his name is ‘Black’ – several Trumpers with that name have done this. And every one is simply delighted with their own cleverness. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8547 "2021-01-09T00:23:03Z")
I’m sure he’ll come back with a sock. (His brain can’t really handle anything longer than 160 misspelled characters at a time.) ---
**Author:** ![ctnguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@ctnguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctnguy)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8548 "2021-01-09T00:36:21Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > “[He (her grandson)'s a fine man. And thank you, Mr. Trump, for invoking that riot at the white house](https://twitter.com/WSAZChadHedrick/status/1347629406043443203?s=20).” The second sentence seems to me to be dripping with sarcasm. ---
**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 9, 2021, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8549 "2021-01-09T01:02:24Z")
Well, I apologize for linking to a pulled-tweet, but there absolutely was no sarcasm in her words. If you heard it, you would know. This was in WV, after all. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVLIkSBn-oQ) ---
**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:** [January 9, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8550 "2021-01-09T01:09:38Z")
Hope Hicks has resigned. “I was going to do it anyway.” I guess she decided she didn’t want to be the next Mrs. Individual 1 if he isn’t going to have power any more. ---
**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 9, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8551 "2021-01-09T01:32:44Z")
I was thinking that too. Four Americans killed at Benghazi was beyond terrible and obviously a plot between Hillary and Obama to purposely kill them for some reason. But five Americans killed in a riot incited by Trump on camera is no biggie. Yawn! 🥱 ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8552 "2021-01-09T02:19:12Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Hope Hicks has resigned. “I was going to do it anyway.” I guess she decided she didn’t want to be the next Mrs. Individual 1 if he isn’t going to have power any more. It was a mistake for her to come back to the WH in the first place. [Have you ever read about the hallmarks of an abusive relationship](https://www.crosswalk.com/family/marriage/12-traits-of-an-abusive-relationship-11606848.html)? It strikes me that millions of people in this country have voluntarily entered into one with Agent Orange and it’s going to be awfully painful letting go … ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8553 "2021-01-09T03:01:05Z")
FWIW, I was one of the people that messaged him suggesting that parody. It was obvious and apparently he got lots of requests for it, he references that at the beginning of the song ---
**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 9, 2021, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8554 "2021-01-09T03:29:12Z")
According to him, it was “threats and ultimatums”. > ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8555 "2021-01-09T03:31:06Z")
I did start mine with Randy Rainbow…if you’re listening ---
**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:** [January 9, 2021, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8556 "2021-01-09T03:45:59Z")
Out of a black and perverse curiosity, I find myself wondering if Trump will dare go golfing this weekend. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2021, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8557 "2021-01-09T04:04:16Z")
After Individual 1 got banned from Twitter, he tweeted from the @POTUS account. They deleted the tweets under their policy of using alternate accounts. He also tweeted from the @TeamTrump account, which they also blocked. > **[President Trump responds to Twitter account ban in tweet storm from @POTUS...](https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/08/president-trump-responds-to-twitter-account-ban-in-tweet-storm-from-potus-account/)** > > After Twitter took the major step Friday of permanently banning President Trump’s @realdonaldtrump Twitter account, the President aimed to get the last word in through his government account @POTUS which has a fraction of the Twitter followers but... ---
**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:** [January 9, 2021, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8558 "2021-01-09T04:25:23Z")
And the account of Gary Coby, the digital director for the Individual 1 campaign, has had his account blocked for blatantly tweeting that he was offering his account to Individual 1. > **[Twitter is deleting Trump’s attempts to circumvent ban](https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/8/22221683/trump-tried-to-evade-his-ban-with-potus-but-those-tweets-were-instantly-deleted)** > > He suggested he would build his own platform in now-deleted messages. ---
**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 9, 2021, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8559 "2021-01-09T04:32:00Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > And the account of Gary Coby, the digital director for the Individual 1 campaign, has had his account blocked for blatantly tweeting that he was offering his account to Individual 1. - He hires only the best. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8560 "2021-01-09T04:32:07Z")
Heh. I wonder if he’ll try to tweet from Melania’s account - either the personal one or the FLOTUS one? Bet she doesn’t let him … ---
**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:** [January 9, 2021, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8561 "2021-01-09T04:41:36Z")
> **[Twitter is deleting Trump’s attempts to circumvent ban](https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/8/22221683/trump-tried-to-evade-his-ban-with-potus-but-those-tweets-were-instantly-deleted)** > > He suggested he would build his own platform in now-deleted messages. From the link: [![](https://i.ibb.co/9WT32jL/Last-Team-Trump-tweet.png) ](https://i.ibb.co/9WT32jL/Last-Team-Trump-tweet.png) ---
**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:** [January 9, 2021, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8562 "2021-01-09T04:44:31Z")
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**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:** [January 9, 2021, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8563 "2021-01-09T04:46:18Z")
[Live footage of Donald Trump trying to log onto Melania’s Twitter after she says “the password is our anniversary”](https://twitter.com/lperkowski3/status/1347736743638835201) [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/2k1KEyY.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/8WH9uU6) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8564 "2021-01-09T04:49:43Z")
It is the shit with Section 230 coming back to bite Republicans in the ass. Starting with Trump. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=426) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=428)