# 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:** 64
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1269 "2020-07-22T17:55:53Z")
You think Trump is going to die well when it happens? No he’ll be “screaming and crying and whimpering.” ---
**Author:** ![Flopnoodle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@Flopnoodle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flopnoodle)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1270 "2020-07-22T18:06:02Z")
What do you think the odds are that the result of each test is printed on a big certificate with a gold star and comes with a lollipop? ---
**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:** [July 22, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1271 "2020-07-22T18:07:53Z")
> [@Skypist](#): > > That’s so stupid because most coughs would be from a virus, not a bacteria. Why does everyone cater to him on every little thing? He is not def not a doctor. Ronny Jackson is running for Congress as a Republican. He’s just another hack. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1272 "2020-07-22T19:17:32Z")
He is being tested with the Abbott test that comes back as a negative in about 5 minutes. Sure it’s not that accurate, but its a test and it gives a result which is all he really wants. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1273 "2020-07-22T19:31:13Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > He is being tested with the Abbott test that comes back as a negative in about 5 minutes. If the test comes back positive, does the tester start wheezing in fear of giving Trump bad news? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/l6NIVn6_m1c/maxresdefault.jpg "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (3/11) Movie CLIP - Dracula Rises (1948) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6NIVn6_m1c&t=140) ---
**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:** [July 22, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1274 "2020-07-22T19:32:08Z")
I don’t know why he thinks he needs several a day. He must be really freaked out about it if so. I hope he is. 👹 Does he think that the result indicates that the person he was just with 5 minutes ago didn’t give him COVID? ---
**Author:** ![Mickyfinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@Mickyfinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mickyfinn)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1275 "2020-07-22T20:37:23Z")
Is it he who is saying he gets tested multiple times a day? Cause if it’s him, I’m calling BS. Just like he said he was popping Hydroxychloriquine. I think that popped in his head right during that briefing to try to stupidly support his prior bullshit. He lies. For dumb reasons or no reasons at all. And a certain section of the population believes anything and everything. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1276 "2020-07-22T20:45:13Z")
Apparently it was McEnemy his press secretary who claimed that. She lies all the time too. He has contradicted her and said he “doesn’t know” about getting tested more than once a day. I would think it’d be hard to miss the giant swab hitting the back of your nose. Anyway, everyone in the administration lies as a matter of course so who knows what to believe. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1277 "2020-07-22T20:58:36Z")
> [@Skypist](#): > > Anyway, everyone in the administration lies as a matter of course so who knows what to believe. - It’s simple. You don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1278 "2020-07-22T21:00:36Z")
:baritone: Nobody knows who to believe, Nobody knows … but Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1279 "2020-07-22T21:20:41Z")
After Pence’s assistant tested negative one day and positive the next, he figured multiple tests per day will tell him if he’s _about_ to get it. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1280 "2020-07-22T23:24:00Z")
Popcorn, check. Adult beverage, check. > **[Stephen Colbert goes one-on-one with Mary Trump tonight: What to expect](https://lastnighton.com/2020/07/22/stephen-colbert-mary-trump-interview/)** > > Stephen Colbert talks with author Mary Trump on tonight's Late Show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert fans will not want to miss tonight's episode. It co... ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1281 "2020-07-23T00:37:58Z")
DVR set, check. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1282 "2020-07-23T01:40:36Z")
This might be the wrong thread, but this pisses me off > **[U.S. Accuses Hackers of Trying to Steal Coronavirus Vaccine Data for China...](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/us/politics/china-hacking-coronavirus-vaccine.html)** > > Two suspects in China targeted companies working on vaccines as part of a broader cybertheft campaign to enrich themselves and aid the Chinese government, officials said. Chinese hackers trying to steal coronavirus secrets. Why is this stuff not readily available to all researchers? This should be a project of open global coöperation. Do not let the pharma industry fuck us over once again. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2020, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1283 "2020-07-23T03:50:31Z")
The Army and Navy eSports teams have stopped streaming on Twitch after coming up against Twitch’s rules. The military teams were banning people who asked them about war crimes while live streaming, and even the ACLU got involved for violating free speech rights. The teams were also claiming that they were giving away prizes if people clicked on a link, but the link took them to a recruitment page. Twitch called this false advertising. > **[Amid Backlash, U.S. Army Retreats From Twitch](https://kotaku.com/amid-backlash-u-s-army-retreats-from-twitch-1844471907)** > > The U.S. Army has dealt with sustained backlash over the past few weeks against its recruitment-oriented Twitch channel, which has banned viewers for asking about war crimes and hosted supposed giveaways that just dumped people out onto a recruitment... ---
**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:** [July 23, 2020, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1284 "2020-07-23T04:43:35Z")
> [@HelenGawn](#): > > After Pence’s assistant tested negative one day and positive the next, he figured multiple tests per day will tell him if he’s _about_ to get it. He had this to say about her testing positive: “This is why the whole concept of tests aren’t necessarily great,” Trump said. “The tests are perfect but something can happen between a test where it’s good and then something happens.” Something happens. It’s like he has no idea what that could possibly be. So, even though he says testing is not great, he’s still going to make sure “something” doesn’t “happen” to him. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2020, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1285 "2020-07-23T05:17:45Z")
Do you suppose they’re actually testing him? Or does Dr. Feelgood come in, wave a stethoscope in front of his face, and say, with tears in his eyes, “Sir, we’ve never seen anyone with results as tremendous as yours”? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1286 "2020-07-23T08:39:08Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > Actually, the 63 million dumbasses didn’t know what a Drumpfster fire they were electing. Bullshit. They knew exactly what they were voting for. And they did not fucking care how bad the orange jackass is. > [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > I think a better way of stating this sentiment is “If the current occupant doesn’t respect the office, why should they?” This is what the shitheads of my acquaintance who voted for and/or support the orange jackass are now falling back on. “It doesn’t matter if you like the person in the office, you have to show respect to the office of the presidency”. First off, I don’t have to do any such thing. No matter how much the orange jackass wants it to be true, it’s not true that the president is the same as a monarch. Second, why weren’t those shitheads mouthing that “respect the office” nonsense when Obama was president? ---
**Author:** ![Mickyfinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@Mickyfinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mickyfinn)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1287 "2020-07-23T12:16:02Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Second, why weren’t those shitheads mouthing that “respect the office” nonsense when Obama was president? Good question. Wonder if they have a good answer. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1288 "2020-07-23T13:19:23Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Second, why weren’t those shitheads mouthing that “respect the office” nonsense when Obama was president? …because in their life experience, people who look like Obama are ‘the help,’ not the president. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=65)