# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1744
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/1744 "2020-08-02T12:47:10Z")
There have been a lot of stories similar to these: > **[Exclusive: Eastman Kodak top executive got Trump deal windfall on an...](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-eastman-kodak-top-executive-022621821.html)** > > Eastman Kodak Co on Monday granted its executive chairman options for 1.75 million shares as the result of what a person familiar with the arrangement described as an "understanding" with its board that had previously neither been listed in his... > **[58 Minnesota firms with political connections received large PPP loans](https://www.startribune.com/58-minnesota-firms-with-political-connections-received-large-ppp-loans/571982322/)** > > State officials defended their participation in the program, noting they followed all of the rules and used the money as it was intended. Trump is doing what authoritarians do in a market economy. He’s trying to dictate which companies benefit the most in his market. He’s setting up an economy based on rewards. In the long run, if this type of economy succeeds, the rest of us become poorer. American companies become weaker and less competitive. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083)._