# 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:** 451
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9026 "2021-01-19T00:11:45Z")
I actually like the idea for a park like that, at least as far as what I’m envisioning anyway. The college I went to had bronze “slice of life” statues in the public spaces that I liked. For example, a woman sitting on a bench with her daughter reading a book. Another one had a man playing with a dog. There were others but it’s been a long time since I saw them but they all kind of captured moments of nostalgia that always made me feel a little calmer and happier as I passed them. What I’m picturing with this park is something similar - a beautiful garden intended to stroll around filled with life sized (not monuments) statues of notable American citizens who have accomplished something significant in their vocations. His list is actually not half bad even if I’d argue about a few names on there. But overall it seems to get a slice of American life from famous figures, politicians, liberators, artists, athletes, writers, entertainers, businesspeople, and scholars. I really do think spending some time walking around, looking at those statues and reading about their lives (most likely this would be a fully multimedia experience nowadays) would be effective at telling an American story from the eyes of notable citizens. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9027 "2021-01-19T00:14:19Z")
Memphis has 100 tigers (of course). Pictures from before they were placed around the city: [[Album] All 100 Tigers of Tigers Around Town ![](https://live.staticflickr.com/6068/6147960001_23a9bc36c7_b.jpg "All 100 Tigers of Tigers Around Town") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/alumniassociation/sets/72157627672160750/) ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9028 "2021-01-19T00:22:52Z")
He’s leaving an hour before the inauguration? Hmmm… What if… They stage a swearing in for him, on the plane, and he lands to cheering crowds and claims to now be THE President! Huh? Huh? What about that hey? A hot mess? Or everybody laughs and moves on? ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9029 "2021-01-19T00:23:37Z")
No brand. Those must be Mavericks. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9030 "2021-01-19T00:25:21Z")
Giuliani won’t represent Trump in the impeachment trial, because he’ll be serving as a witness. And in a clear sign of his ongoing descent into mental incapacity, he issued the following statement: > [@Giuliani](#): > > Due to the fact that I may be a witness, the rules of legal ethics would prohibit me from representing the President as trial counsel in the impeachment trial. Ethics? Giuliani? Clearly he’s lost it. ---
**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 19, 2021, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9031 "2021-01-19T00:41:29Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > They stage a swearing in for him, on the plane, and he lands to cheering crowds and claims to now be THE President! I’m still stumbling on Facebook and Twitter posts from true believers who think that there is some grand plan that will see Trump sworn in for his second term on Wednesday. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9032 "2021-01-19T00:47:55Z")
Woody Guthrie is on it. He wrote a song called Old Man Trump about Fred’s racist housing policies. ---
**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 19, 2021, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9033 "2021-01-19T00:49:37Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > > [@elbows](#): > > > > They stage a swearing in for him, on the plane, and he lands to cheering crowds and claims to now be THE President! > > I’m still stumbling on Facebook and Twitter posts from true believers who think that there is some grand plan that will see Trump sworn in for his second term on Wednesday. - After taking the oath, “Biden” will rip off the latex mask revealing it’s actually Trump encased in a highly constricting body suit while the band plays the _Mission Impossible_ theme. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9034 "2021-01-19T00:50:38Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > There was something like that in San Antonio a few years ago called “Cow Parade.” It was decorated cows made of fiberglass. These are miniatures. The originals were life-size. I thought it started in Chicago. With cows. L.A. did it with angels 20 (?) years ago. I didn’t know it caught on in so many other cities. Cool! ETA: I looked it up…it was _exactly_ 20 years ago that the angel statues were started in Los Angeles. ---
**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 19, 2021, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9035 "2021-01-19T00:57:18Z")
I have a miniature of the “Starry Night” cow on my bookcase in the living room. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9036 "2021-01-19T01:23:17Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > “Nothing beside remains. Round the decay > Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare > The lone and level sands stretch far away.” “Ozymandias was a loser. I like god-kings whose statues didn’t fall down.” ---
**Author:** ![DirtyHippy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtyhippy/32/107_2.png) [@DirtyHippy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirtyHippy)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9037 "2021-01-19T01:33:30Z")
[Cow Parade](http://www.cowparade.com/) is actually incorporated in West Hartford, Ct, about a mile from where I live. We’ve had a couple of events here in town, and still have some artistic cows around. They give cow models to local artists who decorate them. Get some interesting results. ---
**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 19, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9038 "2021-01-19T01:42:06Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > > [@Deeg](#): > > > > I don’t believe this list for one minute. Trump is not on it. > > . . . and Martin Luther King, Jr. IS on it. Coretta Scott King too. > > No, this list isn’t the work of Donald Jehoshaphat Trump. You know very well [that is _not_ what the “J” stands for](https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1349757597872697346). Speaking of which, I hear he is going to hop on Angel One and fly to West Palm Beach at 11am on Wednesday – I wonder if the flight crew can gin up some technical problem that will take them an hour to fix. ---
**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 19, 2021, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9039 "2021-01-19T01:48:30Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I wonder if the flight crew can gin up some technical problem that will take them an hour to fix. Or they have a minor glitch that forces/allows them to land in McBee, South Carolina. “Okay, that ‘Check Engine’ light is off now, but gee, it’s after noon now, so… we’re heading back to DC. Goodbye, Mr. Trump.” ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9040 "2021-01-19T01:58:01Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Yeah… I mean… wasn’t Mr. Trebek a Canadian? He was (born in Subury, Ontario), but he became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1998. ---
**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 19, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9041 "2021-01-19T02:12:44Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > but he became a naturalized U.S. citizen that is like trying to pick the gravy outta your poutine ---
**Author:** ![arles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@arles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arles)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9042 "2021-01-19T02:55:05Z")
I would like him to still be on the plane at 12:01pm. Then the flight plan can be amended to divert to Guantanamo. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9043 "2021-01-19T03:39:46Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > There was something like that in San Antonio a few years ago called “Cow Parade.” It was decorated cows made of fiberglass. There were a series of street pianos in Boston one year, each with a different artist’s treatment. I forget where, but another city lured 40 or so artists to take a fiberglass-cast horse, paint or otherwise finish it however they pleased, and then put the ponies all over town. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9044 "2021-01-19T03:43:30Z")
Santa Rosa, CA and surrounding burbs have molded fiberglas statues of Peanuts characters (mostly Charlie Brown and Snoopy) around town, painted up in various carnival colors. (Charles Schulz, cartoonist of Peanuts, lived in nearby Sebastopol for substantially his whole life.) ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9045 "2021-01-19T04:03:49Z")
DC already did it in 2002 with an exhibit called Party Animals. There were 100 donkeys and 100 elephants all around the city that were auctioned for charity. Meanwhile, the Green Party complained that they were not represented. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=450) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=452)