# 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:** 1073
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/21445 "2018-06-13T00:15:08Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > It’s things like this that make me think you should change your national anthem to Yakety Sax. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5C7JCqCuNfU/maxresdefault.jpg "Trump's First Acts") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C7JCqCuNfU) ---
**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:** [June 13, 2018, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/21446 "2018-06-13T00:54:36Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > > [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > > > Ivanka tweeted her fortune cookie from last night’s Chinese takeout, and got called on it. > > > > [Ivanka Trump Mocked By Asians Everywhere For Tweeting ‘Chinese Proverb’ | HuffPost Voices](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ivanka-trump-tweet-chinese-proverb_us_5b1fd9fbe4b0adfb826e159d) > > “Ancient Chinese Secret, huh?” Hey, be fair! Just like “dear ol’ dad”, she probably outsourced it. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2018, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/21447 "2018-06-13T01:01:25Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > I don’t care how tired you are of Trump in general or all the current summit hype in particular, [YOU MUST watch this White House produced “trailer” for a “movie”](https://youtu.be/aYsaC2CADs0) that [Trump had produced and played for Kim and the NK delegation](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/12/trump-north-korea-video-summit-trailer-dissected). > :eek::o Didn’t I see that video in _Starship Troopers_, one of the propaganda sequences? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/21448 "2018-06-13T01:27:32Z")
[Trump looking to erect tent cities to house unaccompanied children](http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article213026379.html). > [@](#): > > The Trump administration is looking to build tent cities at military posts around Texas to shelter the increasing number of unaccompanied migrant children being held in detention. So, now he’s going to concentrate children in camps. Wonderful. I’m sure his followers will cheer as the children die of heat and dehydration. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2018, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/21449 "2018-06-13T01:30:36Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > I don’t care how tired you are of Trump in general or all the current summit hype in particular, [YOU MUST watch this White House produced “trailer” for a “movie”](https://youtu.be/aYsaC2CADs0) that [Trump had produced and played for Kim and the NK delegation](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/12/trump-north-korea-video-summit-trailer-dissected). Somebody really likes clouds. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/21450 "2018-06-13T01:42:34Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > An alternative explanation might be that he read the responses to this @PressSec [Tweet](https://twitter.com/presssec/status/1005245390503936000?s=21) of the framed photo and realized he’d been trolled. That’s my pick for “likeliest scenario”. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/21451 "2018-06-13T01:44:51Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > [Trump looking to erect tent cities to house unaccompanied children](http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article213026379.html). > > So, now he’s going to concentrate children in camps. Wonderful. > > I’m sure his followers will cheer as the children die of heat and dehydration. Put [Joe Arpaio](http://www.businessinsider.com/maricopa-county-sheriff-joe-arpaio-pardoned-by-trump-2017-8) in charge of them. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/21452 "2018-06-13T01:51:18Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Didn’t I see that video in _Starship Troopers_, one of the propaganda sequences? Checks were issued to make that, checks were cashed. Roger Corman could have done better for a couple hundred bucks. ---
**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/21453 "2018-06-13T02:02:45Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I know it’s a fool’s errand, but I’m trying to connect the dots between Otto Wambier and the summit, according to Trump. Is it: Kim was so horrified but what he had done, that he reached out and started making friendly overtures? Or is that the US woke up and started paying attention to what was going on in North Korea? Kim found out he could hand over dead bodies to the US and Trump would fall all over himself to “do what no other President could do”. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2018, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/21454 "2018-06-13T02:17:06Z")
Trump said that North Korea has great beaches. Looks like he’s scouting for new spots for Trump Beach Hotels. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/21455 "2018-06-13T02:18:44Z")
Mao on a pogo stick, that “trailer” was such low budget dreck. Reminds me of high school kids trying to imitate an HP or Microsoft “making the world a better place” type video. The production value on that was such shit, but I’m sure a “friend of Donald” or a spouse “of a cabinet secretary” got beaucoup bucks to make it. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/21456 "2018-06-13T02:29:22Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A reporter asked Trump if he had any notes from his meeting with Kim to refer back to, and he said he didn’t need notes because he has one of the greatest memories of all time > [http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/391769-trump-on-lack-of-notes-from-kim-meeting-i-have-one-of-the-great](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/391769-trump-on-lack-of-notes-from-kim-meeting-i-have-one-of-the-great) With nothing concrete in writing, he is free to declare “winning” no matter what happens. Also, it means there will be no written connections between this “summit” and any new Trump condos and hotels in NK. Between the G7 fiasco and this, how can anyone not see how he has sold us all (us and our former allies) out again for his own pathetic ego and money chasing? He is fucking disgusting. Putin gets everything he ever wanted, Rocket Man gets the sanctions lifted and SK gets sold up the river. The art of the deal. Once again, everyone gets fucked. While the Cheeto lines his pockets. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/21457 "2018-06-13T02:34:13Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I have seldom felt less sympathy for someone seriously ill. He really came across as a psychotic fascist last weekend. My feelings too. The whole rotten psychopathic bunch need to go. Medical causes is good enough for me. Lightning strikes would be better. A bunch of traitors, aiding and abetting another traitor, all in the service of Putin. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/21458 "2018-06-13T02:36:31Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > #Winning? Just another act of treason. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/21459 "2018-06-13T02:42:59Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Trump said that North Korea has great beaches. Looks like he’s scouting for new spots for Trump Beach Hotels. All that de-nuclearization / military exercises stuff is just getting in the way of what преЦАРдент Trump really wants - the hotelz shit. Anyway, so he’s now off to…Moscow, then? Then Ankara? Then Riyadh? Oh I guess we might as well throw Rome in there, now. ETA - gotta get that quadruple er I mean quintuple axis goin, there. G-5 vs. G-6? ---
**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:** [June 13, 2018, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/21460 "2018-06-13T02:51:34Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > With nothing concrete in writing, he is free to declare “winning” no matter what happens. Also, it means there will be no written connections between this “summit” and any new Trump condos and hotels in NK. > > Between the G7 fiasco and this, how can anyone not see how he has sold us all (us and our former allies) out again for his own pathetic ego and money chasing? He is fucking disgusting. > > Putin gets everything he ever wanted, Rocket Man gets the sanctions lifted and SK gets sold up the river. > > The art of the deal. Once again, everyone gets fucked. While the Cheeto lines his pockets. Well, there is something Occupy White House signed, along with KJU. The problem is that OWH doesn’t seem to get that Congress has to approve treaties. We no longer have any allies. And, no, the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation do not count as allies. Trumpeters will continue to support OWH, all the while reciting their [mantra](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppSIiHQqfD4): “He’s not Hillary. He’s not Hillary. He’s not Hillary.” (I just like the instrumental music to go along with that mantra.) ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/21461 "2018-06-13T04:13:17Z")
When does Trump Pyongyang hotel open? Does he know that Ketchup is banned?? ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/21462 "2018-06-13T06:39:01Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Didn’t I see that video in _Starship Troopers_, one of the propaganda sequences? > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Somebody really likes clouds. > [@elucidator](#): > > Checks were issued to make that, checks were cashed. Roger Corman could have done better for a couple hundred bucks. > [@China\_Guy](#): > > Mao on a pogo stick, that “trailer” was such low budget dreck. Reminds me of high school kids trying to imitate an HP or Microsoft “making the world a better place” type video. The production value on that was such shit, but I’m sure a “friend of Donald” or a spouse “of a cabinet secretary” got beaucoup bucks to make it. It was the equivalent to starting a Great Debate with a link to a (really vacuous) YouTube video. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/21463 "2018-06-13T09:19:43Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > It’s simple. Loser Donald’s only source of information about the world is watching TV, so he assumes that all other world leaders also get all their info from TV. Therefore, he figures that Trudeau thinks he’d never hear about the speech, because he’d be on a plane with no TVs. He’s like Chauncey Gardner’s evil twin. > [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > [Trump looking to erect tent cities to house unaccompanied children](http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article213026379.html). > > So, now he’s going to concentrate children in camps. Wonderful. > > I’m sure his followers will cheer as the children die of heat and dehydration. Only a few weeks ago a certain right-wing Dopers genuinely asked [I’m paraphrasing from memory here] “If Trump is a fascist, where are the camps?”. I wasn’t expecting the administration to provide a response quite so quickly… ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/21464 "2018-06-13T10:26:19Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > It’s simple. Loser Donald’s only source of information about the world is watching TV, so he assumes that all other world leaders also get all their info from TV. Therefore, he figures that Trudeau thinks he’d never hear about the speech, because he’d be on a plane with no TVs. Note that he also seems to have missed the advent of VCRs and other technologies which allow you to watch something after it’s been broadcast. He probably heard of youtube at some point but doesn’t understand what it is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1072) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1074)