# 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:** 461
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9226 "2021-01-21T17:44:59Z")
I’m not sure what to make of Pompeo’s declaration so I’ll just ask: is there a lot of stuff that automatically kicks in when a country is declared to have committed genocide? I’ve seen cases in my own country where obvious genocide is not officially declared because because it commits the government to certain actions. To the extent that is makes countries reluctant to call out blatant genocide that’s regrettable but is that what’s behind this? Does the declaration commit the Biden administration to anything and was it done entirely to cause trouble? ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9227 "2021-01-21T17:46:47Z")
Well, I mean, just look around. We have a pandemic rampaging through our country, our economy is teetering, we have massive unemployment and people being kicked out of their homes. Why hasn’t Biden fixed everything yet? /s, in case it is actually needed here ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9228 "2021-01-21T17:51:52Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > Does the declaration commit the Biden administration to anything and was it done entirely to cause trouble? It’s done entirely to cause trouble. Biden doesn’t “have” to do anything. But if China wants to make an issue of it Biden will either have to state there’s no genocide, which a lot of people will consider weak, or say there is, which China will claim is a great insult. This is the kind of issue where, whether it’s the best approach or not, international diplomacy leans towards “let’s just agree to disagree and not bring it up.” ---
**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:** [January 21, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9229 "2021-01-21T21:01:13Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [Their problem](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/elections/fl-ne-palm-beach-county-presidential-results-precincts-20201117-b5qzgmzay5hy3grgst4kdmfsbq-htmlstory.html), not ours. - > > > Precinct results from Palm Beach County show Trump won more votes than Biden throughout beachside Palm Beach, like most other affluent coastal areas in the county. The irony, of course, will be when all those wealthy people have to abandon their coastal property because of rising sea levels to the climate change they deny is happening. ---
**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 21, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9230 "2021-01-21T21:02:48Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > The irony, of course, will be when all those wealthy people have to abandon their coastal property because of rising sea levels to the climate change they deny is happening. - Which means they’ll be underwater in more ways than one. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9231 "2021-01-21T21:07:26Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Newsmax even tried some explanation as to what YMCA might mean to Individual 1 personally. Maybe its because after he has to pay penalties on his back taxes and the banks foreclose on his properties he’ll have to 🎶 Stay at the Y.M.C.A. One can only hope. ---
**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 21, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9232 "2021-01-21T21:14:38Z")
Golly, Mr. Ex-President\*, I hear It’s Fun To Stay At The Y.M.C.A… … \*Can we call him that instead of “President”? (Oops, disco-ninja’d…) ---
**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 21, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9233 "2021-01-21T21:54:36Z")
Y’all are missing one of the best parts of this new administration: [![](https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/5fca36c6a8efb25fec4f1761/960x0.jpg?fit=scale) ](https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/5fca36c6a8efb25fec4f1761/960x0.jpg?fit=scale) Major, the youngster, was adopted in 2018 from the Delaware Humane Association (DHA), making him the first shelter dog to enter the White House. According to a recent news article, to celebrate Major’s new home, the DHA hosted a virtual “indoguration” for their alumnus last week, which included celebrity appearances and raised more than $200,000 for the shelter. 🙂 The Orange Fuck was once asked about why no dog in the White House, and he replied “How would I look walking a dog on the White House lawn?”. This led to a series of **[“Dog Lovers for Joe” campaign ads](https://dogloversforjoe.com/)**. Just one more indication of the complete character change from a vindictive narcissistic orange asshole to a kind and gentle human being. ---
**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 21, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9234 "2021-01-21T22:13:01Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Golly, Mr. Ex-President\*, I hear It’s Fun To Stay At The Y.M.C.A… > … > \*Can we call him that instead of “President”? “Mr. Loser” ? I mean, Mr. Carter was raked and repudiated for his failed presidency, and he was a good and decent man. Mr. Loser lost because he was a weak and pathetic loser. It might not be entirely fair, inasmuch as his breeding and upbringing left him unable to cope with what he got himself into, and his makeup made it impossible for him to gracefully escape the dilemma. But, given how he seems to be entirely unable to treat others fairly, fuck it, he is Mr. Loser. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9235 "2021-01-21T22:39:43Z")
Someone should nominate those two dogs for the Nobel Prize. Wouldn’t that chap DumbDonald’s flabby ass? ---
**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 21, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9236 "2021-01-21T22:59:06Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/rixjgh0.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/rixjgh0.jpg) ---
**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 21, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9237 "2021-01-21T23:11:20Z")
I’ve taken up calling him “[Florida Man.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Man)” ---
**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 21, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9238 "2021-01-21T23:17:58Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I’ve taken up calling him “[Florida Man.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Man)” Oh…he’s going to be in the news _a lot_ then. ---
**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 21, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9239 "2021-01-21T23:26:38Z")
Contractors are still building WALL, including blowing up mountains. > **[Video shows contractors blowing up mountains in Arizona for Trump's border...](https://www.businessinsider.com/video-trump-border-wall-blasting-before-biden-order-to-stop-2021-1)** > > Contractors continued work on President Donald Trump's southern border wall as his successor was sworn in, dynamiting a chunk of mountainside. ---
**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 22, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9240 "2021-01-22T01:37:41Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > The Orange Fuck was once asked about why no dog in the White House, and he replied “How would I look walking a dog on the White House lawn?”. - Likely the only man on earth that even a dog won’t love. ---
**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 22, 2021, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9241 "2021-01-22T02:44:06Z")
Ivana trump’s poodle hated him. She should have listened to the dog and not married him. ---
**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 22, 2021, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9242 "2021-01-22T04:38:53Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > Ivana trump’s poodle hated him. She should have listened to the dog and not married him.   Dogs do have excellent judgment … [![](https://cdn.upworthy.com/494896/uploads/f8b26520-137e-11eb-ba4a-0fcdc0c3f352_1200_630.png) ](https://cdn.upworthy.com/494896/uploads/f8b26520-137e-11eb-ba4a-0fcdc0c3f352_1200_630.png) ---
**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 22, 2021, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9243 "2021-01-22T08:40:27Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > The irony, of course, will be when all those wealthy people have to abandon their coastal property because of rising sea levels to the climate change they deny is happening. I read something recently suggesting that many of these billionaires are in fact investing in inland properties. Climate change of course is a Chinese hoax, as the orange “stable genius” has informed us more than once. The problem is that the wily and inscrutable Chinese are apparently raising sea levels in an attempt to lend credence to the hoax, and the inscrutable Chinese hoax will flood half of Florida and much of the US coastline before the end of the present century. ---
**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 22, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9244 "2021-01-22T12:44:30Z")
> Why should Trump get to just decide, with no oversight, that it should be double that time period _for his children_ ? THIS. It was crazy watching Fauci just up at a podium talking about COVID and knowing that no Cheeto-faced shitgibbon was going to muzzle him. Every time I see the word “president” I cringe and then relax. Oh, yeah. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9245 "2021-01-22T14:13:59Z")
Biden had Trump’s “Diet Coke” button removed. I didn’t know this was a Real Thing\* > [@](#): > > **The Diet Coke Button Wasn’t a Joke - Biden Had it Removed** > > he Diet Coke button was a real thing. Biden had it removed. > > Can we imagine the conversation the staff setting up the Oval Office had: > > STAFFER: Okay, all the paintings are settle. Got the carpet. Now, what would you like when you press the red button” > > BIDEN: I’m sorry, the what? > > STAFFER: Well, there’s a red button he pushes and currently a butler brings in a Diet Coke on a silver tray and we need to know what you want… > > BIDEN: > > STAFFER: > > BIDEN: > > STAFFER: Okay, we’re gonna lose the button. I wonder if Trump read Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe stories. Wolfe had a button he pushed when he wanted Fritz to bring him beer. On a tray, of course. (he also used it for surreptitious signalling) > **[The Diet Coke Button Wasn't a Joke - Biden Had it Removed](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/1/21/2010959/-The-Diet-Coke-Button-Wasn-t-a-Joke-Biden-Had-it-Removed)** > > I mean, that whole regime was a joke so I didn’t take this seriously when I first heard it. The Diet Coke button was a real thing.  Biden had it removed. Can we imagine the conversation the staff setting up the Oval Office had: STAFFER: Okay,... \*Coke was “The Real Thing” in its 1970s advertising. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=460) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=462)