# 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:** 430
**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:** [January 10, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8605 "2021-01-10T22:03:27Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I retired last year. Before I moved, my friends would ask me what I was going to _do_ . Because I felt I needed a better answer… I retired last summer and got this a lot, especially from my Puritan Work Ethic family. I finally explained “Well, the Brits have a great term for it: ‘Fuck All’. I’m planning on sitting on my porch with a blender of rum and lime juice and a stack of books. Waving at the neighbors and doing… Fuck All.” But I’m glad you’re doing _something._ Your book could get a spot in my stack… ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8606 "2021-01-10T22:14:51Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > A lot of my friends have written books in retirement…mysteries, romances. And, thanks to Kindle, anyone can be a published author. Each book had a protagonist that was obviously their alter-ego, and reading the inner monologue of those characters was weird and a little bit cringeworthy. > > I had a few different story lines in mind, and at that point I _knew_ I had to pick one that didn’t have any characters that were remotely like me. So I picked a story line involving cults and right wing extremists in the American west. First time writers seem to choose 1st person pov for some reason and that is really, really hard to do well. My humble suggestion is to stick with 3rd person, omniscient or limited. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8607 "2021-01-10T22:23:51Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > So I picked a story line involving cults and right wing extremists in the American west. And now Trump’s heading for the Alamo… just to try to get a character in your book named after 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 10, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8608 "2021-01-10T22:24:14Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > [this response](https://twitter.com/jimmysmakavich/status/1348274150339719171?s=20) is one of the better ones. Mulvaney tells Chris Wallace “I’ve seen (Individual-ONE) act presidential. Something is different.” Which elicits a comment, “I wish he had taken video of Bigfoot fucking the Loch Ness Monster so we could all see.” I really think we (and Trump’s Cabinet) should be paying more attention to this comment and others like it. If the people who like Trump, who respect him, who think he’s a fine person can see that he is not that today, it means a lot more than when those of us who already despise him and are pre-disposed to view him in a negative light might think, IMO. And yet, SOMEHOW THIS FUCKING LUNATIC IS STILL POTUS FIVE DAY AFTER HE INCITED A COUP! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8609 "2021-01-10T22:49:07Z")
**Ann** , that’s brilliant! One of my favorite parts: > [@](#): > > They introduced wacky new sidekicks in every episode - we got the lawyer that had evidence that the all the voting machines had secret communist codes from Venezuela developed by a commie that hated Making America Great so much he wanted to rob Trump of victory! Even though he died over 10 years ago. I’ll second the suggestion that you send it to the NYT. They’d likely love it as much as we do. ---
**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 10, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8610 "2021-01-10T22:54:13Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > He suggested he would build his own platform in now-deleted messages. With blackjack! And hookers! > [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Then we found out Rudy was going to be Trump impeachment lawyer.(this is real, BTW) wat > [@digs](#): > > And now Trump’s heading for the Alamo… At least they now have a basement. ---
**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 10, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8611 "2021-01-10T22:54:28Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > And yet, SOMEHOW THIS FUCKING LUNATIC IS STILL POTUS FIVE DAY AFTER HE INCITED A COUP! > ---
**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 10, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8612 "2021-01-10T23:11:58Z")
I did. We’ll see. ---
**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 10, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8613 "2021-01-10T23:17:09Z")
> [@digs](#): > > And now Trump’s heading for the Alamo… just to try to get a character in your book named after him? You all know that he’s not headed for THE Alamo but for Alamo, Texas, a town near the border, right? [![](https://pics2.city-data.com/city/maps2/cm2553.png) ](https://pics2.city-data.com/city/maps2/cm2553.png) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8614 "2021-01-10T23:19:27Z")
> [@digs](#): > > And now Trump’s heading for the Alamo… And in a scene reminiscent of the Four Seasons Landscaping fiasco, Trump and his party will end up at an Alamo Drafthouse cinema. ---
**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 10, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8615 "2021-01-10T23:30:24Z")
The company that processes payments for Individual 1’s campaign website has dropped him. The PGA is on the verge of taking the 2022 PGA Championship away from Bedminster Country Club. ---
**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 10, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8616 "2021-01-10T23:32:28Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > [@digs](#): > > > > And now Trump’s heading for the Alamo… just to try to get a character in your book named after him? > > You all know that he’s not headed for THE Alamo but for Alamo, Texas, a town near the border, right? > [https://pics2.city-data.com/city/maps2/cm2553.png](https://pics2.city-data.com/city/maps2/cm2553.png) Trump Travel Agency “No, We Don’t Know Where you’re Going.” ---
**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 10, 2021, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8617 "2021-01-10T23:45:33Z")
Is he planning on asking for asylum at the border? ---
**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 10, 2021, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8618 "2021-01-10T23:46:32Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Is he planning on asking for asylum at the border? - With any luck, they’ll have a nice cage waiting for him. ---
**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 11, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8619 "2021-01-11T00:05:58Z")
Better that he should be a boarder at the asylum. ---
**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 11, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8620 "2021-01-11T00:59:54Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > > [@digs](#): > > > > And now Trump’s heading for the Alamo… > > And in a scene reminiscent of the Four Seasons Landscaping fiasco, Trump and his party will end up at an Alamo Drafthouse cinema. Or at Alamo Dry Cleaners, home of bargain basement prices. ---
**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 11, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8621 "2021-01-11T01:08:26Z")
Trump’s going to be pissed. He heard “ala mode.” ---
**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 11, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8622 "2021-01-11T01:12:28Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Trump’s going to be pissed. He heard “ala mode.” - However, he’s the only one with two suits. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8623 "2021-01-11T02:04:05Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Or at Alamo Dry Cleaners, home of bargain basement prices. There’s no basement in the Alamo, Pee Wee. ---
**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 11, 2021, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8624 "2021-01-11T03:17:35Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Trump’s going to be pissed. He heard “ala mode.” And he’s gonna want two scoops. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=429) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=431)