# The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 7, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070 "2016-12-07T00:25:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1036
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/20705 "2018-05-28T00:53:01Z")
> [@j666](#): > > I assumed Melania was badly beaten, with visible bruises as well as internal damage. I wish I could say my brain didn’t go there too but it did. Having lived with a violent narcissist… he’s being “provoked” from all sides… she’s an easy target, etc etc. I’m sure I’m just projecting my own trauma all over it, but I can’t say it’s not possible. Gee, imagine that. Months of lies and lies and lies and more lies make it hard to accept a story on its face value. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2018, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/20706 "2018-05-28T01:00:03Z")
> [@j666](#): > > I assumed Melania was badly beaten, with visible bruises as well as internal damage. Seriously, have PPOH’s\* previous mates ever accused him of physical violence? \*President PantsOnHead. This is for people who are bothered by my calling him “thump.” See? I pay attention. Sometimes. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2018, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/20707 "2018-05-28T01:16:40Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Seriously, have PPOH’s\* previous mates ever accused him of physical violence? Didn’t Ivana accuse him of raping her? ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/20708 "2018-05-28T01:26:59Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Didn’t Ivana accuse him of raping her? Iirc, the story is that Trump got mad, ripped out some of Ivana’s hair. Then they had consensual sex. Then Ivana spent the night locked in a room crying. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/20709 "2018-05-28T01:40:12Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Maybe Trump just told her to sit down and shut up, since she gets more positive press than he does. The irony of his fascist behavior is that today even Hitler gets more positive press than he does. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/20710 "2018-05-28T02:11:40Z")
> [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > I wish I could say my brain didn’t go there too but it did. Having lived with a violent narcissist… he’s being “provoked” from all sides… she’s an easy target, etc etc. > > I’m sure I’m just projecting my own trauma all over it, but I can’t say it’s not possible. > > Gee, imagine that. Months of lies and lies and lies and more lies make it hard to accept a story on its face value. Even if it’s not physical, there could be pretty bad psychological abuse. Melania sometimes looks like she has Stockholm syndrome. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/20711 "2018-05-28T02:28:52Z")
> [@PatriotX](#): > > Iirc, the story is that Trump got mad, ripped out some of Ivana’s hair. > Then they had consensual sex. > Then Ivana spent the night locked in a room crying. Uh…I heard the same story, but that the sex wasn’t consensual. I can’t really picture myself tearing the woman’s hair out of her scalp, and then having her say “OOOO BABY! Let’s HAVE SEX!” Of course, I have never been rich enough to have a gold digger say that to me. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/20712 "2018-05-28T02:32:54Z")
**Any Middon @20690** ; “[Melania is] in intensive psychotherapy now…” Lobotomy. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/20713 "2018-05-28T02:48:24Z")
I assume Loser Donald is just keeping her out of the spotlight because he associates illness with weakness, and if his wife is weak, it means he’s weak too. Also, he’s probably afraid he’ll catch kidneys from her bigly. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/20714 "2018-05-28T02:54:02Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Uh…I heard the same story, but that the sex wasn’t consensual. I’ve heard that’s no longer the operative statement ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/20715 "2018-05-28T04:37:48Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Seriously, have PPOH’s\* previous mates ever accused him of physical violence? > > \*President PantsOnHead. This is for people who are bothered by my calling him “thump.” See? I pay attention. Sometimes. You should call him America-hating fuckstick, like I do. Nobody complains about that. Except for that one guy who thought it was a little too on the nose. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/20716 "2018-05-28T04:52:52Z")
> [@PatriotX](#): > > I’ve heard that’s no longer the operative statement I miss the good ol’ days of political corruption. ☹ Burn brightly in Hell, Ron Ziegler. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2018, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/20717 "2018-05-28T12:11:20Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > \*President PantsOnHead. This is for people who are bothered by my calling him “thump.” See? I pay attention. Sometimes. I settled on Donny Two-scoops as an epithet because it doesn’t focus on his intellect (as impaired as that may be) or his corruption (only alleged – thus far) but rather his toddler-like “I gotta have more!” philosophy of life. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2018, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/20718 "2018-05-28T12:14:02Z")
> [@PatriotX](#): > > Iirc, the story is that Trump got mad, ripped out some of Ivana’s hair. > Then they had consensual sex. > Then Ivana spent the night locked in a room crying. Ahhh… good times. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/20719 "2018-05-28T13:15:57Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > I settled on Donny Two-scoops as an epithet because it doesn’t focus on his intellect (as impaired as that may be) or his corruption (only alleged – thus far) but rather his toddler-like “I gotta have more!” philosophy of life. Plus it has a mobster-ish “Goodfellas” vibe to it. ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/20720 "2018-05-28T14:07:16Z")
Somebody on YT called him Dick-traitor. I think it covers all. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2018, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/20721 "2018-05-28T14:11:40Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Plus it has a mobster-ish “Goodfellas” vibe to it. Too potentially glamorous. I prefer to picture him [this way](https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-man-peeking-out-hole-underwear-his-head-wearing-image97870670). Looking like the Idiot Loser he is. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/20722 "2018-05-28T14:41:45Z")
nm ---
**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:** [May 28, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/20723 "2018-05-28T14:44:01Z")
> [@Anny\_Middon](#): > > I thought the whole “kidney surgery” story was a bit suspicious from the start. Not because she was apparently in the hospital for several days, … I thought that the whole “kidney surgery” story was a bit suspicious from the start, not because of anything other than the fact that the white house said that is what it was. Yes, to me, the whitehouse has gone beyond zero credibility into negative credibility. I know nothing about the housing prices of today, but if Trump tweeted that they were higher than last month, I would assume that they had gone down. So when I first heard that she was having kindey surgery my thought was “what are they hiding with this cover story”. If she actually had kidney surgery I’m sure that they would claim that she had a chest cold. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/20724 "2018-05-28T16:48:52Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > I settled on Donny Two-scoops as an epithet because it doesn’t focus on his intellect (as impaired as that may be) or his corruption (only alleged – thus far) but rather his toddler-like “I gotta have more!” philosophy of life. While I still see the occasional “Cheetolini” or other epithet, more and more often it seems people are defaulting to Donny TwoScoops. I guess I’ve been doing the same thing. I’d love to be a fly on that wall while someone else asked for three scoops. 😃 Obviously no one on his staff would dare it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1035) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1037)