# 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:** 449
**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 18, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8986 "2021-01-18T13:01:20Z")
> **[Attorney Roberta Kaplan is about to make Trump’s life extremely difficult](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/roberta-kaplan-lawyer-attorney-trump/2021/01/17/ae8890f2-50f8-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html)** > > “I became the go-to person to sue the president,” says Kaplan, who represents his niece Mary L. Trump and the writer E. Jean Carroll. > On the other side of Donald Trump’s turbulent presidency, the lawyers are waiting. Sweet words! Don’t run out of popcorn. > Leaving aside his Senate impeachment trial, mounting government investigations include a civil probe by New York Attorney General Letitia James, a criminal probe by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., and [a federal probe](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/federal-investigation-capitol-riot-trump/2021/01/07/178d71ac-512c-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_3) by acting U.S. Attorney for D.C. Michael Sherwin that may include Trump’s role in the catastrophic storming of the U.S. Capitol this month. > > But already pending for the soon-to-be South Florida retiree is a trio of lawsuits that allege defamation, fraud and more fraud — all of which are helmed by one attorney. > > Roberta Kaplan’s clients include writer [E. Jean Carroll, who filed a defamation case](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/new-york-writer-who-accused-trump-of-sexual-assault-sues-him-for-defamation/2019/11/04/8ab2afb0-fcf7-11e9-9534-e0dbcc9f5683_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_6) after Trump claimed she was “totally lying” about her allegation that he raped her a quarter-century ago in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room, and [niece Mary L. Trump, who claims that Trump and two of his siblings deprived her of an inheritance](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/mary-trump-lawsuit-president-inheritance/2020/09/24/ae1c3dd0-fe32-11ea-9ceb-061d646d9c67_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_6) worth millions. > > “I became the go-to person to sue the president,” says Kaplan, 54, with considerable relish. > > She is in many ways the ideal legal adversary to take on Trump. Kaplan is a brash and original strategist, with neither a gift for patience nor silence, a crusader for underdogs who has won [almost every legal accolade imaginable](https://www.kaplanhecker.com/our-talent/roberta-kaplan). Kaplan, says New York Democratic Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in an email, “has been indispensable in the fight against the cancer of hate and division that Trump spent four years exacerbating.” > … ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8987 "2021-01-18T16:10:09Z")
Why is Rudy so eager to do more legal work for DTS? I thought he was still waiting for payment for services rendered. (Maybe I’ve missed something; I’ve been out of the loop for a couple of days.) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8988 "2021-01-18T16:25:36Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Why is Rudy so eager to do more legal work for DTS? I thought he was still waiting for payment for services rendered. It bolsters his reputation… ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8989 "2021-01-18T16:35:24Z")
He’s got lots of ex-wives to pay off, after all, and what else does Rudy have at this point to make money? He’s burned all other bridges than the lunatic right wing conspiracy theory machine. If he doesn’t even have that, he might as well pack it in. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8990 "2021-01-18T16:37:43Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Why is Rudy so eager to do more legal work for DTS? Pardon me. ---
**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 18, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8991 "2021-01-18T16:48:42Z")
> **[Donald Trump's Departure Plans Crystallize For Inauguration Day: Reports](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-inauguration-departure-plans_n_60055a2ac5b6efae62fa1c92)** > > The outgoing president is reportedly leaving for his Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida so he can take one last flight aboard Air Force One. > … > As it stands now, Trump is “scheduled to land in West Palm Beach, FL at 11am Wednesday morning with just 1 hour left in his Presidency. He no longer has access to Air Force One as of noon that day,” CBS’s Ben Tracy [tweeted Sunday](https://twitter.com/benstracy/status/1350872694548541443). > > Trump would no longer be deemed the commander-in-chief after noon and the plane would lose its “Air Force One” call sign ― which [Trump wanted to avoid](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-expected-depart-white-house-wednesday-morning-final-time-president-n1254429), [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-expected-depart-white-house-wednesday-morning-final-time-president-n1254429) noted earlier. > > Usually presidents depart on another government jet to begin civilian life. > … Yeah, presidents who aren’t insecure jerks who need all the pomp and trappings to boost their fragile, Hindenburg-esque egos. (And you know what happened to the Hindenburg.) Thump will still be an obnoxious fly on the head of the nation, but at least the Clusterfuck that was his (so-called) presidency will finally be over. What’s the latest on his Florida neighbors’ protests about using Mar-a-Lago as a full-time residence? Maybe Rudy can take on that case. Seems about his speed. I’m guessing it will bounce around the courts until the neighbors give up or they (or thump) die of old age, whichever comes first. (Yes, reviving the moniker I was criticized for using in the early days of his so-called presidency. A last hurrah, and good riddance.) ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8992 "2021-01-18T16:51:02Z")
48 hours left now in this Reign of Error. ---
**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 18, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8993 "2021-01-18T17:52:40Z")
Did someone start the crowdfunding campaign for the legal fund for that neighborhood? ---
**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 18, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8994 "2021-01-18T19:42:41Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Why is Rudy so eager to do more legal work for DTS? I thought he was still waiting for payment for services rendered. (Maybe I’ve missed something; I’ve been out of the loop for a couple of days.) He wants to keep working for DumpsterFire during his _second administration_. I’m sure Qanoon\* has some sort of a “special” theory on how the CFSG will retain power - possibly having the lizard aliens abduct Biden during the inauguration. \*Qanoon was from the spellchecker - I liked it. ---
**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 18, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8995 "2021-01-18T19:55:11Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > possibly having the lizard aliens abduct Biden during the inauguration. Their “plan” probably consists of loyal “patriot” NG shooting Biden and Harris during the swearing in, and then trump will (reluctantly!) be called to be president, probably for life. And all will b e well with the world. Except for that pesky constitution, and now-President Pelosi. Querses, foiled again! ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8996 "2021-01-18T20:49:43Z")
So have we talked about the garden yet? > This is quite a list. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8997 "2021-01-18T21:00:33Z")
Since it’s just an Executive Order, I’m sure Biden can reverse it. Funds are supposed to come from the Department of the Interior. There are certainly better things to spend money on. I’m surprised there are no Confederate generals on the list. ---
**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 18, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8998 "2021-01-18T21:07:22Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Sweet words! Don’t run out of popcorn. Popcorn is laid in, in quantity. I just hope we’re not setting expectations too high for the legal aftermath of the Trump Reign of Criminality. If he doesn’t end up in jail, I hope he is dogged by criminal and civil actions for the rest of his miserable life, but that’s far from a certainty. ---
**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 18, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8999 "2021-01-18T21:20:44Z")
I agree with you 100%. I hope we can have one evening when we can let ourselves feel hope and not think about trump. I want an evening that completely overlays and blots out my memories of that horrible evening in November 2016. We can get back to kicking his ass on Thursday morning. Go Roberta! ---
**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 18, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9000 "2021-01-18T21:41:53Z")
Not that I really care but why would Alex Trebek deserve a place as an American hero? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9001 "2021-01-18T21:45:55Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > This is quite a list. I’m sure they just sat him down somewhere and told him to make a list, think hard, come up with as many names as he could. Sort of like giving a kid a coloring book and some crayons to keep him diverted for as long as possible. “Is that all the names you can think of? C’mon, impress us! Surely there are some more!” Trump probably envisions something akin to a wax museum. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9002 "2021-01-18T21:52:56Z")
I believe that what we’ve learned here is: Listen to Frau Merkel, as Angela is always right[.](https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalHumor/comments/kzz8cz/guilty_af/) 🙂 [![](https://i.redd.it/fv0nevmpl4c61.png) ](https://i.redd.it/fv0nevmpl4c61.png) ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9003 "2021-01-18T21:53:41Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Not that I really care but why would Alex Trebek deserve a place as an American hero? North Montana counts as 'Murica, you pinko-commie so and so! ---
**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 18, 2021, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9004 "2021-01-18T22:04:35Z")
Just how big is this “garden” supposed to be? At this rate the statues will need to be about the size of a standard chessman! ---
**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 18, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9005 "2021-01-18T22:13:39Z")
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