# 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:** 84
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1669 "2020-08-01T20:21:07Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > > [@needscoffee](#): > > > > Good genes > > [But she doesn’t look orange…](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-tan-good-genes_n_5c572f06e4b0871047547cf9) 😁 Are you saying she has blue genes? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1670 "2020-08-01T20:35:40Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > One of the biggest Tik Tok celebrities is a girl who trolls Individual 1 by lip syncing his comments. … And she is fucking _hilarious_…! ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1671 "2020-08-01T20:39:51Z")
Recent addition for anyone feeling left out: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/j8oaaP68i4s/maxresdefault.jpg "How to person woman man camera tv") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8oaaP68i4s) ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1672 "2020-08-01T21:17:53Z")
If you’re not up on movie references, the ending is a parody of The Usual Suspects…just to add to her brilliance. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1673 "2020-08-01T23:37:34Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I’m clearly not up to speed here. The President can permanently shut down any business he cares to by executive order, at any time, with no due process or legal recourse? This is a rather important question, isn’t it? Articles I’m seeing on Trump’s threat against TikTok say only that he might sign an executive order–with no specifics on how that might work. The ACLU has expressed skepticism: > [@](#): > > The president said he would sign something as soon as Saturday, without specifying whether he was going to act through an executive order. Trump called the decision “severance” and firmly rejected the reported spinoff deal involving Microsoft buying TikTok. > > … TikTok has an estimated 65 million to 80 million users in the United States. > > The American Civil Liberties Union, a New York City-based nonprofit advocacy organization, [said](https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/1289412933991174144) banning an app like TikTok “is a danger to free expression and technologically impractical.” > **[President Trump says he will ban TikTok in United States](https://abcnews.go.com/Business/president-trump-ban-tiktok-united-states/story?id=72115533)** > > The video app is used by millions in the country. The same article states that “India banned the app in late June.” Does that mean that no one in India can access it? Or, instead, that if you’re found accessing it, you face some penalty? No idea. The theory that Trump’s announcement is part of helping out some company (e.g. Microsoft) that will kick back some cash to him, seems quite plausible. We’ll see, I guess. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1674 "2020-08-02T00:06:58Z")
Even if he could ban it by himself, and I don’t believe he can, there is nothing to prevent peole from downloading it. They just woudn’t be able to through Google Play. So Trump will threaten to throw all those people in jail, just like all the ones who were tearing down Confederate statues. But if Trump signs an executive order, to him, he has banned them. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1675 "2020-08-02T00:29:39Z")
# [GOP: Renomination of Trump to be held in private](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-renomination-of-trump-to-be-held-in-private/ar-BB17sG4c) By KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press > WASHINGTON (AP) — The vote to renominate President Donald Trump is set to be conducted in private later this month, without members of the press present, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Convention, citing the coronavirus. > > While Trump called off the public components of the convention in Florida last month, citing spiking cases of the virus across the country, 336 delegates are scheduled to gather in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Aug. 24 to formally vote to make Trump the GOP standard-bearer once more. > > Nominating conventions are traditionally meant to be media bonanzas, as political parties seek to leverage the attention the events draw to spread their message to as many voters as possible. If the GOP decision stands, it will mark the first party nominating convention in modern history to be closed to reporters. > > “Given the health restrictions and limitations in place within the state of North Carolina, we are planning for the Charlotte activities to be closed press Friday, August 21 – Monday, August 24,” a convention spokeswoman said. … > … > > The subset of delegates in Charlotte will be casting proxy votes on behalf of the more than 2,500 official delegates to the convention. Alternate delegates and guests have already been prohibited. > … Interesting wrinkle. We’ll never know whether they wore ~~hoods~~ masks or not. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1676 "2020-08-02T00:55:51Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Interesting wrinkle. We’ll never know whether they wore ~~hoods~~ masks or not. Or invoked the Old Gods and made a sacrifice of a virgin in the process. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1677 "2020-08-02T01:19:03Z")
> **[Pence Pressured Navy to Reinstate Eric Greitens | Law & Crime](https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/new-emails-show-mike-pence-got-disgraced-governor-eric-greitens-back-into-the-navy-after-sex-crime-charge-report/)** > > New emails show Mike Pence’s office applied pressure to force the Navy to reinstate Eric Greitens — despite top officials saying they didn’t want him in the service due to a felony sex crime charge. The party of rape strikes again - Pence pulled strings for a favored abuser of women. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1678 "2020-08-02T01:42:19Z")
Really, the entire press should simply report … Nothing. Absolutely no coverage of anything to do with this crap-ola at al. Nada. Void. Blank. Just report on anything else that happened that day. It should be treated as the non-event that it is. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1679 "2020-08-02T03:42:21Z")
Let’s not forget that Joe Biden is a sexual assaulter that rapes and abuses women. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1680 "2020-08-02T03:45:46Z")
So, since you decided to drop this tasteful little turd into the pool (see what I did there?) that’s all about “Fighting Ignorance”, I assume you have proof? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1681 "2020-08-02T03:46:01Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > The party of rape strikes again - Pence pulled strings for a favored abuser of women. A good reminder that the problems with the Republican Party go a lot deeper than just Donald Trump. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1682 "2020-08-02T03:46:46Z")
Yes a woman accused Joe Biden of sexual assault which is tantamount of rape, and we believe all women, which means it happened. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1683 "2020-08-02T03:47:44Z")
> [@pool](#): > > we believe all women 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1684 "2020-08-02T03:48:20Z")
Oh you don’t believe all women? Then you’re a rapist. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1685 "2020-08-02T03:48:21Z")
> [@pool](#): > > Let’s not forget that Joe Biden is a sexual assaulter that rapes and abuses women. I won’t forget that the Republicans have accused Biden of sex crimes. Just like they do every Democratic nominee. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1686 "2020-08-02T03:48:41Z")
🙄 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1687 "2020-08-02T03:50:09Z")
Yep Clinton only rode on Epstein’s private airplane without the secret service just to check it out dude, without Hillary. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1688 "2020-08-02T03:50:13Z")
> [@pool](#): > > Oh you don’t believe all women? > > Then you’re a rapist. You shouldn’t get involved in discussions of topics you don’t understand. Which I concede is going to limit your options. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=83) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=85)