# 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:** 74
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1469 "2020-07-27T20:54:18Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > And anyway, everyone knows you don’t get down from an elephant. That makes no logical sense! Obviously you can get down from an elephant. otherwise, all those tourists in India would still be up there! And they’d run out of elephants. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1470 "2020-07-27T21:36:43Z")
Damned if I can remember where I saw it, but I recall a parody about that time: [Solemn voice] Man … woman … birth … death … infinity … [Bogus German accent] _And dees ees a pussycat!_ ---
**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:** [July 27, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1471 "2020-07-27T21:38:14Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Too bad it wasn’t “Breathe. Sunflower. Rainbow. 450.” [What Is Eleven's Mom Mumbling On 'Stranger Things'? The Meaning Behind Her Words Is Heartbreaking](https://www.romper.com/p/what-is-elevens-mom-mumbling-on-stranger-things-the-meaning-behind-her-words-is-heartbreaking-2996286) better make it “Breathe. Sunflower. Rainbow. 550” just to be sure. ---
**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 27, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1472 "2020-07-27T21:48:30Z")
There _is_ a way to get more elephants. Rather hard on the tourists though. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1473 "2020-07-27T23:40:36Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Damned if I can remember where I saw it, but I recall a parody about that time: > > [Solemn voice] Man … woman … birth … death … infinity … > [Bogus German accent] _And dees ees a pussycat!_ > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > [@needscoffee](#): > > > > Too bad it wasn’t “Breathe. Sunflower. Rainbow. 450.” [What Is Eleven's Mom Mumbling On 'Stranger Things'? The Meaning Behind Her Words Is Heartbreaking](https://www.romper.com/p/what-is-elevens-mom-mumbling-on-stranger-things-the-meaning-behind-her-words-is-heartbreaking-2996286) > > better make it “Breathe. Sunflower. Rainbow. 550” just to be sure. Don’t forget about [_Birth, School, Work, Death_ - Godfathers.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO5dcW0P75M) ---
**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:** [July 27, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1474 "2020-07-27T23:59:56Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Of course I remember! Sam Jaffe, Mars, Venus, asterisk, Jesus, lazy eight! Doesn’t make any damn sense, but I _remember_! It may have been posted already, but the best takeoff on Trump’s fake ‘memory test’ words I’ve seen is: **Putin . Russia . Bounty . Troops . Silence** ---
**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 28, 2020, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1475 "2020-07-28T03:47:01Z")
The new Republican stimulus package includes $1.75 billion to rebuild the FBI headquarters instead of moving it to the suburbs, as has been planned since 2012. The reason why Individual 1 wants it rebuilt in place is because if it’s moved, the land could be sold to a new hotel developer, and a new hotel would compete with his, which is just a block away. Also, Mitch McConnell sent out mixed messages as to whether he knew that the money was in the stimulus bill. At least two Republican Senators, including Lindsay Graham, have said it’s inappropriate to put into the stimulus bill. > **[Senate GOP coronavirus relief bill includes $1.75B for new FBI building at...](https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/27/politics/senate-gop-coronavirus-bill-fbi-headquarters/index.html)** > > The Republican coronavirus stimulus proposal includes funds for the design and construction of a new FBI headquarters at the request of the Trump administration. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1476 "2020-07-28T03:55:27Z")
oh wow shocker the Republicans fucked up governing again because of self-interest… oh what a strange turn of events… ---
**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 28, 2020, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1477 "2020-07-28T04:02:13Z")
Individual 1 considers Twitter trending pieces about him are illegal. > **[Trump Tweets His Disgust at 'Trending' Personal Tweets About Him](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-tweets-his-disgust-trending-tweets-he-calls-illegal-unfair-1520840)** > > Trump's relationship to Twitter is getting gradually tenser in the lead-up to the November 2020 presidential elections. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1478 "2020-07-28T05:01:46Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > > [@elucidator](#): > > > > Of course I remember! Sam Jaffe, Mars, Venus, asterisk, Jesus, lazy eight! Doesn’t make any damn sense, but I _remember_! > > It may have been posted already, but the best takeoff on Trump’s fake ‘memory test’ words I’ve seen is: > > **Putin . Russia . Bounty . Troops . Silence** I think I’ve found something [better](https://youtu.be/4RWUYR1cEiU). And there’s a video about his ramp encounter, too, which is [even _better_](https://youtu.be/ign_vZupjno). ---
**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:** [July 28, 2020, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1479 "2020-07-28T09:01:30Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 considers Twitter trending pieces about him are illegal. > [https://www.newsweek.com/trump-tweets-his-disgust-trending-tweets-he-calls-illegal-unfair-1520840](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-tweets-his-disgust-trending-tweets-he-calls-illegal-unfair-1520840) That darned first amendment! How inconvenient! 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1480 "2020-07-28T12:46:59Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 considers Twitter trending pieces about him are illegal. > [Trump Tweets His Disgust at 'Trending' Tweets He Calls 'Illegal' and 'Unfair'](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-tweets-his-disgust-trending-tweets-he-calls-illegal-unfair-1520840) I commented on that tweet in the “Butt-hurt trump takes to twitter again” thread. My observation was about how he again for the millionth time complained about how it was “very unfair”. I said, I can’t believe his supporters see a strong leader in a guy who constantly whines about how “unfair” people are to him. Who else over the age of around 10 complains about unfairness all the time? I remember when I was a kid and I complained about something being unfair…my parents, teachers, any grownup who heard that would say “life’s not fair. Get used to it”. ---
**Author:** ![ricksummon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ricksummon/32/3333_2.png) [@ricksummon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricksummon)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1481 "2020-07-28T13:16:12Z")
Trump claimed to have “cancelled” throwing out the first pitch at the Yankees game. Problem is, they didn’t actually ask him to do it in the first place; he just said they did because he wanted to imitate Dr. Fauci. [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/07/28/trump-reportedly-made-unexpected-first-pitch-announcement-out-irritation-with-fauci/?hpid=hp_hp-banner-main_trumppitch-7am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1482 "2020-07-28T13:33:19Z")
I know it’s nothing compared to impeachment and a thousand other truly consequential Trump atrocities, but somehow the infantile patheticness of this encapsulates so much of what is wrong with that scum-of-the-earth. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1483 "2020-07-28T13:37:20Z")
Here’s the lead story on the AP right now: > **[Trump defends disproved COVID-19 treatment](https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-ap-top-news-malaria-understanding-the-outbreak-health-80130998284858a7b73c997e76677137)** > > WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump issued a stout defense Tuesday of a disproved use of a malaria drug as a treatment for the coronavirus, hours after social media companies moved to take down videos promoting its use as potentially harmful... He slammed Fauci too (via surrogate, of course): > [@](#): > > The president also shared a post from the Twitter account for a podcast hosted by Steve Bannon, a former top White House adviser to Trump, accusing Fauci of misleading the public over hydroxychloroquine. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1484 "2020-07-28T13:45:16Z")
> [@solost](#): > > I can’t believe his supporters see a strong leader in a guy who constantly whines about how “unfair” people are to him. Who else over the age of around 10 complains about unfairness all the time? I think his hard-core base feels that THEY have been treated unfairly in life, too, and they want to say it out loud to the whole world, but no one listens. I’m not promoting the validity of this position, just giving my take on what I think it looks like from their pov. He voices (or tweets) what they’re thinking and have thought for years but have had to stifle. And that goes for the hatred, bigotry, the feeling that minorities get an unfair advantage, and the general notion that they’ve been kicked off the American Dream gravy train and forgotten. His appeal to the _deplorables_ is that he says out loud what they want to say but can’t. He is expressing their rage and they love it. They don’t have a clue who he really is-- a spoiled sociopathic rich kid who wouldn’t last five minutes working in a mine, on an assembly line, or at a Wal-Mart. He’s not one of them, but he talks like he is and they don’t care as long as he shouts out loud what they’re thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Mickyfinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@Mickyfinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mickyfinn)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1485 "2020-07-28T13:52:11Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Yup. Print out wiki articles as textbooks and buy a couple of corduroy sports jackets with patches on the elbows. Write and publish a grammar/spelling textbook. ---
**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 28, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1486 "2020-07-28T15:47:10Z")
_They begged me to throw the first pitch but I said no_ /imitation tweet ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1487 "2020-07-28T15:48:42Z")
That’s got to be it-- his hardcore base loves him so much BECAUSE of his most outrageous words and behavior, not in spite of them. ---
**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 28, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1488 "2020-07-28T15:50:40Z")
I don’t think he learned the same socialization lessons and skills that most people do as children. That was apparent even before his niece’s book came out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=73) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=75)