# 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:** 468
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9366 "2021-01-28T03:10:34Z")
Fair enough, but this will be run by loyalists. Probably one of the spawn. ---
**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 28, 2021, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9367 "2021-01-28T03:33:21Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > The first year alone pays off all the debt with money to spare. Since when has he ever paid off his debts? ---
**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 28, 2021, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9368 "2021-01-28T03:41:24Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > While the headline implies Pence is down on his luck, it could be more of a security measure to obscure his actual location from angry MAGAts that still want to lynch him. Yeah, the headlines are written that way. But they way I read the story, they sold their house when they moved to Washington DC to take up residence in the Observatory. Now they’re basically couch-surfing while they look for a new home to buy. It’s not like they’re broke pennyless (Pence-less?) and living in a cardboard box under a freeway overpass. The security was an issue too – they’re moving around and keeping a low profile, trying to stay a step ahead of the MAGA lynch mobs. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9369 "2021-01-28T04:00:28Z")
When he wants to keep the thing the debt is tied to. Trump Tower NY, Bedminster, and Mar-a-lago will be the last to go (in that order - although maybe flip TTNY and Bedminster). ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9370 "2021-01-28T05:08:14Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > If he can get 10% of his 75 million followers to pay $100/year for a Motley Fool style weekly newsletter, that’s $750 MILLION per year. The first year alone pays off all the debt with money to spare. Subscribers to what? I can’t see Trump putting in the effort to start up a newsletter, or even a blog. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9371 "2021-01-28T05:35:09Z")
Every day he’ll send emails of short messages less than 280 characters. Like “cofveve”. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9372 "2021-01-28T06:05:55Z")
What does @Smapti charge…? ---
**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 28, 2021, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9373 "2021-01-28T06:09:54Z")
Excuse me, I believe you mean “Covfefe.” That utter nonsense you typed makes you look like a fool. ---
**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 28, 2021, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9374 "2021-01-28T06:29:08Z")
The “loyalists” are only loyal because there is money to be skimmed, stolen, grifted. If the Trump organization wants to buy a 1$ pencil: Someone will borrow 1500$, take 1000$ out of petty cash, try to declare 5000$ for tax refunds and pay the store 0$. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9375 "2021-01-28T08:53:24Z")
> [@The\_Librarian](#): > > If the Trump organization wants to buy a 1$ pencil: Someone will borrow 1500$, take 1000$ out of petty cash, try to declare 5000$ for tax refunds and pay the store 0$. Don’t forget the 10% off the top for The Big Guy. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9376 "2021-01-28T09:29:51Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I can’t see Trump putting in the effort to start up a newsletter, or even a blog. There will be a ghostwriter. Every week Trump babbles at the guy for an hour, and the guy turns the mouth noises into text. Cf. this article about how _The Art of the Deal_ was written. > **[Donald Trump’s Ghostwriter Tells All](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/donald-trumps-ghostwriter-tells-all)** > > In “The Art of the Deal,” Tony Schwartz helped create the myth that Trump is a charming business genius. Now he calls him unfit to lead. Trump would be happy to jaw at some minion a couple times a week if there’s money in it. I’m skeptical that the market for this has so high a ceiling, but otherwise it’s not a bad plan from his perspective. ---
**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 28, 2021, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9377 "2021-01-28T09:52:36Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > But they way I read the story, they sold their house when they moved to Washington DC to take up residence in the Observatory. The “house” he was living in prior to moving to DC was the Indiana governor’s mansion. I don’t think the Pences have actually owned their own home for a long time. Essentially, they’ve been living in “public housing”. Of a very upscale sort. ---
**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 28, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9378 "2021-01-28T14:54:27Z")
the clintons also had to scramble for a house after 8 years in office. they also had to find a house in a state that would allow hillary to run for senate. ---
**Author:** ![Ziberian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/919ad9/32.png) [@Ziberian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ziberian)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9379 "2021-01-28T18:18:09Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > > [@Zakalwe](#): > > > > If he can get 10% of his 75 million followers to pay $100/year for a Motley Fool style weekly newsletter, that’s $750 MILLION per year. The first year alone pays off all the debt with money to spare. > > Subscribers to what? I can’t see Trump putting in the effort to start up a newsletter, or even a blog. First edition will be out in two weeks. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9380 "2021-01-28T18:36:43Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > The “house” he was living in prior to moving to DC was the Indiana governor’s mansion. I don’t think the Pences have actually owned their own home for a long time. Essentially, they’ve been living in “public housing”. Of a very upscale sort. And here I thought the whole schtick of the 2016 Trump campaign was to bring in outsiders to drain the swamp in DC. No political professionals here, nosiree! I’ve never even _heard_ of an elected someone living in either DC or the state capital who didn’t have a “real” home to live in elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Levolor\_the\_Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc8723/32.png) [@Levolor\_the\_Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Levolor_the_Blind)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9381 "2021-01-28T18:40:03Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > That reminds me, I wonder how we can encourage MAGAts to have an endless pilgrimage to Mar-A-Fatso to see their hero? People around the ‘club’ are already pissed off that Trump plans on living there full time. “Mar-A-Lardo” ---
**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 28, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9382 "2021-01-28T20:13:47Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NTNOpjG0CeM/maxresdefault.jpg "Florida Residents Furious After Gross Trump Supporters Flood Their State Following Trump") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTNOpjG0CeM) # Florida Residents Furious After Gross Trump Supporters Flood Their State Following Trump ---
**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 28, 2021, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9383 "2021-01-28T22:49:33Z")
We have a number of talented writers here who can mimic DumpsterFire’s ?style?. 1. Publish our own newsletter/blog/scrapbook with news and timely tips for MAGAbots and Q followers. Where and when to gather, what to wear and links to “official” merchandise. Important dates for protests/demonstrations/rapture. For a modest subscription of course. All proceeds after a small handling fee will go to the StealYourMoney campaign. 2. Redirect various Republican sites to ours and provide other links to our site with catchy names like princessbarbie. com and therealsteal. com. 3. Profit ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9384 "2021-01-29T00:16:54Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > We have a number of talented writers here who can mimic DumpsterFire’s ?style?. . > > 1. Publish our own newsletter/blog/scrapbook with news and timely tips for MAGAbots and Q followers. Where and when to gather, what to wear and links to “official” merchandise. Important dates for protests/demonstrations/rapture. For a modest subscription of course. All proceeds after a small handling fee will go to the StealYourMoney campaign. > 2. Redirect various Republican sites to ours and provide other links to our site with catchy names like princessbarbie. com and therealsteal. com. > 3. Profit I’d support this, as long as the “timely tips” included advice such as ‘The God-Emperor wants you to take a long walk off a short pier–don’t disappoint him!’ But you’d need to hire good lawyers, because any remaining Trump enablers, sniffing potential short term gains, would sue to take over the operation. That way they wouldn’t have to start their own. Of course the content would be about the same, pre- and post. But seriously, folks: Trump isn’t going to make $$$$$$ off a newsletter. For one thing, he’d have trouble finding a way to get it online, given how likely it is that he’d be offering barely-veiled exhortations to violence. What platform would permit that? And I would bet that after Nothing happens on March 4—the last, best hope of his remaining True Believers—his fandom will shrink faster than a brain riddled with dementia. ---
**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 29, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9385 "2021-01-29T19:28:16Z")
One of Individual 1’s impeachment lawyers is so racist, he even got called out by the South Carolina Supreme Court for his racist removal of black potential jurors. > **[Trump Impeachment Lawyer Used Racial Stereotype To Kick Black Citizens Off A...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-impeachment-lawyer_n_6012be5dc5b6c5586aa6e490/amp)** > > The South Carolina Supreme Court called attorney Greg Harris’ use of a racial stereotype “troublesome.” BTW, four of the five impeachment lawyers are from South Carolina. I wonder if they were recommended by Lindsey Graham. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=467) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=469)