# 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:** 492
**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:** [February 14, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9847 "2021-02-14T19:38:17Z")
That article fails to mention the hundreds of billions of dollars in red ink that he could drown in when his creditors call in their notes. Perhaps he could raise a gofundme to pay that off. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9848 "2021-02-14T19:41:24Z")
> Perhaps he could raise a gofundme… Let’s start a web site called **Go Fund Yourself,** where people post their business ideas that have no hope, and personal financial problems, and we just say “Tough. Deal with it.” ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9849 "2021-02-14T20:20:05Z")
> [@digs](#): > > **Go Fund Yourself** I think you meant **Go Fuck Yourself** ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9850 "2021-02-14T21:29:04Z")
They are all on the ‘Group W bench’ to be sure and not for littering. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9851 "2021-02-14T23:06:39Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > I think you meant **Go Fuck Yourself** Because Republicans never pay for their own stuff… ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2021, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9852 "2021-02-14T23:08:34Z")
Repups who voted to convict immediately censured: [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/two-republicans-who-voted-for-trumps-conviction-were-immediately-censured/ar-BB1dFWPt?li=BBnb7Kz](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/two-republicans-who-voted-for-trumps-conviction-were-immediately-censured/ar-BB1dFWPt?li=BBnb7Kz) Because they did the right thing, which is against the GOP platform. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2021, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9853 "2021-02-15T00:34:00Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Repups who voted to convict immediately censured: > > Trump’s hold on the Senate GOP eroded. But his grip on state-level… > [MSN](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/two-republicans-who-voted-for-trumps-conviction-were-immediately-censured/ar-BB1dFWPt?li=BBnb7Kz) > > Bill Cassidy and Richard Burr are in trouble back home. > Because they did the right thing, which is against the GOP platform. . Remember how relieved we all were when even Republican state and local officials held firm, November 3 and after, against the Trump pressure to subvert the election and declare him P-For-Life? Well, they’ve all been replaced. Seriously, state and local GOP officials are steadily being replaced by Trumpites, to the extent they weren’t already Trumpites. So next time we need to count on state and local officials to uphold the rule of law against a would-be dictator…they won’t be there. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2021, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9854 "2021-02-15T03:37:28Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > He wants to have it both ways and is speaking out of both sides of his turtle mouth at once. [![](https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2020/08/11/Tortoise-Janus-fb-1200x686.jpg) ](https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2020/08/11/Tortoise-Janus-fb-1200x686.jpg) ---
**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:** [February 15, 2021, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9855 "2021-02-15T11:12:22Z")
😱 Mother Nature is a cruel bitch. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9856 "2021-02-15T15:44:03Z")
Is Burr really in that much trouble? I thought he was on track for retirement. (Not that I give a damn about Richard Burr, of course.) ---
**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:** [February 15, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9857 "2021-02-15T16:52:04Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Seriously, Satanists are more trustworthy people. Well, [devils](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)) are Lawful-Evil after all. My party one got into a sort of blood bowl fight with a stadium of some 50,000 devils looking on. We’d been promised none of them would participate in the right and didn’t even get a thrown beer bottle. Just have a really good lawyer go over the agreement. Trump, OTOH? [Chaotic-Evil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alignment_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)#Chaotic_evil), through and through. > A chaotic evil character tends to have no respect for rules, other people’s lives, or anything but their own desires, which are typically selfish and cruel. They set a high value on personal freedom, but do not have much regard for the lives or freedom of other people. Chaotic evil characters do not work well in groups because they resent being given orders and usually do not behave themselves unless there is no alternative. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9858 "2021-02-15T17:49:12Z")
There’s at least some good news once in a while. [Wall Street Journal warns Republicans: ‘Trump won’t win another election’ | Trump impeachment (2021) | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/15/trump-impeachment-republicans-wall-street-journal-2024) ---
**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:** [February 15, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9859 "2021-02-15T19:36:42Z")
In related news… > **[Graham: Lara Trump is biggest winner of impeachment trial](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538826-graham-lara-trump-is-biggest-winner-of-impeachment-trial/)** > > Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) predicted former President Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump will benefit from his second acquittal in an impeachment trial this weekend.  “The b… If Lara Trump runs for Burr’s Senate seat, I think the Democratic Party will be the biggest beneficiary. God, I hope they pursue the strategy of running hard Trump candidates, especially in Senate races, candidates that can squeak out a win in the primary, and get solidly trounced in the general election. This is why I’m not too upset about the verdict of the impeachment trial, and why I think the Democrats are in a good place. Lara Trump for Senate isn’t a winning political strategy, it’s a fund-raising grab. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9860 "2021-02-15T21:41:45Z")
Because Burr’s seat is now open, Lindsey Graham is pushing Lara Trump for the job. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9861 "2021-02-15T21:42:37Z")
Yeah, but he wasn’t supposed to win the first one, too. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9862 "2021-02-15T22:09:53Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Because Burr’s seat is now open, Lindsey Graham is pushing Lara Trump for the job. Graham has taken his place in my Evil Republican Trifecta along with Mitch and Donnie. 😠 ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9863 "2021-02-16T00:31:11Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Graham has taken his place in my Evil Republican Trifecta along with Mitch and Donnie And there is some serious competition for that honor. Cruz, Jordan, DeSantis, Paul, Abbott, Hawley…the list goes on. And on. And on. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2021, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9864 "2021-02-16T07:14:28Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > If Lara Trump runs for Burr’s Senate seat, I think the Democratic Party will be the biggest beneficiary. All [Lara Yunaska](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lara_Trump) has to do is run for office using her maiden name, and nobody will have a clue who she is. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9865 "2021-02-16T07:48:24Z")
Which she’d probably assume would harm her chances. And she’d likely be right. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2021, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9866 "2021-02-16T12:17:56Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > > Graham has taken his place in my Evil Republican Trifecta along with Mitch and Donnie > > And there is some serious competition for that honor. Cruz, Jordan, DeSantis, Paul, Abbott, Hawley…the list goes on. And on. And on. - It’s not a Trifecta anymore. More like a Rectal Hydra. Cut off one asshole and ten more grow in it’s place. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=491) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=493)