# 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:** 43
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/847 "2020-07-12T00:27:34Z")
Very, very scary. That ICE recruitment letter. Who did they identify to send it too? ---
**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:** [July 12, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/848 "2020-07-12T00:45:39Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > Medicine or Peace? Soul, Spoken Word, or Barbershop. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/849 "2020-07-12T01:15:44Z")
who are you, Trump’s campaign manager? 😀 ---
**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 12, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/850 "2020-07-12T01:17:20Z")
Them’s fightin’ words! 😠 ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/851 "2020-07-12T01:26:59Z")
It is, just in general but also re Trump’s re-election chances. The only way he gets re-elected is from fear of “dangerous black and brown hoards” rioting. I just talked to my Mom, who lives in small town in Virginia. And she told me of a protest that happened a few days ago. Peaceful, but the protestors happened to walk across the property line of a business owner. He came charging out and said “Get the hell of my lawn” and they did. Of course they did, most of the protesters were college students. But Mom is now worried about protesters that, as fucking Rudy said, want to take their house. For Rudy, and Trump, and Moscow Mitch, and the entire Republican Party – [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sPbjPOgRtyA/hqdefault.jpg "God Damn You All To Hell") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPbjPOgRtyA) ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/853 "2020-07-12T01:45:33Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/p00fxoDpaIo/maxresdefault.jpg "Law and Order") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p00fxoDpaIo) Trump’s campaign manager is a felon. His deputy campaign manager is a felon. His national security advisor is a felon. His foreign policy advisor is a felon. His personal lawyer is a felon. His long time advisor is a felon. It’s not a campaign, it’s a criminal enterprise. (The Lincoln Project is just getting up to speed) (ETA: Maybe they can get him with a RICO statute) ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/854 "2020-07-12T02:26:47Z")
All their ads are good. So far Biden’s campaign has been “anyone but Trump”, and that is how I feel. Biden would have been my 12th choice but he is what we’ve got. There is the old saying that a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich, the other day I saw a quote from a “Never Trumper” who said he would vote for a tuna fish sandwich instead of Trump. I am voting for a tuna fish sandwich. ---
**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 12, 2020, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/855 "2020-07-12T03:26:31Z")
Are you suffering from irony deficiency? Let me fix that for you. Here is a [30-second campaign ad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOOlOMLaFho) telling how “you won’t be safe in Biden’s America” – showing scenes of riots, violence in the streets and burning buildings, as seen in Kumquat’s America. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/856 "2020-07-12T03:45:46Z")
… and Octopus’s posts … ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/857 "2020-07-12T03:46:17Z")
So Thelma Lou, I thought there was an Andy Griffith episode with them words. There isn’t, but it watching a couple of clips, I ask, does the show have a laugh track? The clips I watched had one, and I thought they must have been added later. I’ve seen all episodes many times, never noticed a laugh track. Here is a trivial trivia question. Which episode of the show, when released on DVD, mistakenly had the laugh track removed? I’ll just give the answer, if you know, Andy’s cap off to you. It was the episode of Opie the Birdman. Mlore info than anyone would want to know. For the rest of the people on the forum, back to our originally scheduled Trump bashing. > **[The case of the missing laugh track in ''Opie the Birdman''](https://www.metv.com/stories/the-case-of-the-missing-laugh-track-in-opie-the-birdman)** > > Did the Andy Griffith Show need a laugh track? Academics tried to find out. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/858 "2020-07-12T04:11:19Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > back to our originally scheduled Trump bashing. Even the GOP is saying things are going wrong; [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ABLVV87TXvSxrewkPl3g4UQh8lzwXgE7dS6im1mOiD2NjFcwOi0aW47U48qaHkNuKGrrXKrku-un3h7KVMluk1pS2R2pD6SZ6qTm8oe4utQ5v-7yuxna6rg=w600-h315-p-k "New item by John Thornton") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/Cd1FiRrHHxcxmujm6) ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/859 "2020-07-12T04:19:16Z")
And I read somewhere, I’m old and forgetfull, that approval of his handling of COVID is 33%. That is almost impossible to achieve. 33% of the country will approve of any President for anything. LIterally shooting someone on 5th Avenue. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/860 "2020-07-12T04:34:57Z")
Well, it’s Grandma dying on 5th Avenue, and no one’s applauding… ---
**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 12, 2020, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/861 "2020-07-12T05:09:12Z")
Former Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke says Individual 1 wanted to sell Puerto Rico. > **[Trump looked into selling off Puerto Rico: Ex-DHS chief](https://www.salon.com/2020/07/11/trump-looked-into-selling-off-puerto-rico-ex-dhs-chief_partner/)** > > The president reportedly asked "can we sell the island?" ---
**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 12, 2020, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/862 "2020-07-12T05:41:39Z")
Yeah, the country really needed to have a businessman in charge. I used to hear that a lot. I should like to hope that the people who were saying that have given the idea some reconsideration. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/863 "2020-07-12T06:01:17Z")
Couldn’t we trade Puerto Rico for Greenland and an island to be named later? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/864 "2020-07-12T06:53:25Z")
Woj said Madagascar may be available. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2020, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/865 "2020-07-12T06:56:23Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Couldn’t we trade Puerto Rico for Greenland and an island to be named later? I wonder what we could get for Washington DC? ---
**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 12, 2020, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/866 "2020-07-12T07:13:25Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Former Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke says Individual 1 wanted to sell Puerto Rico. Well, yeah - isn’t that what Trump has always done with real estate he didn’t want anymore? Screw the people living there, they don’t matter, what does matter is not costing the slumlord any money. 🙄 ---
**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:** [July 12, 2020, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/867 "2020-07-12T10:19:50Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > > [@Biotop](#): > > > > Couldn’t we trade Puerto Rico for Greenland and an island to be named later? > > I wonder what we could get for Washington DC? Utter contempt. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=44)