# 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:** 1124
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22465 "2018-07-05T20:04:10Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Pruitt gone: > > [Embattled EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns amid scandals](http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-pruitt-leaves-20180705-story.html) Good riddance to bad rubbish. I hope the investigations continue, and land his crooked ass in prison. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22466 "2018-07-05T20:21:00Z")
Prison? Club Fed. Summer camp, but yer Mom can’t come and get you. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22467 "2018-07-05T20:57:59Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Prison? Club Fed. Summer camp, but yer Mom can’t come and get you. Maybe get a bit of a paperwork mix up. Get him assigned to Florence ADMAX, the “Alcatraz of the Rockies.” ---
**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:** [July 5, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22468 "2018-07-05T21:01:15Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Pruitt gone: > > [Embattled EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns amid scandals](http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-pruitt-leaves-20180705-story.html) > [@Skywatcher](#): > > [Pruitt blew it!](http://abc7news.com/politics/watch-live-trump-say-scandal-plagued-epa-administrator-pruitt-resigns/3711722/) > > I like mine better. 😛 > [@arles](#): > > Scott Pruitt resigns: > > [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/climate/scott-pruitt-epa-trump.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/climate/scott-pruitt-epa-trump.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news) > > Double ninja attack > [@SteveG1](#): > > Good riddance to bad rubbish. I hope the investigations continue, and land his crooked ass in prison. > [@elucidator](#): > > Prison? Marianas Trench, for fifteen minutes? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22469 "2018-07-05T21:04:22Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Pruitt gone: > > [Embattled EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns amid scandals](http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-pruitt-leaves-20180705-story.html) Holy crap! Finally some good news from this so-called administration! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22470 "2018-07-05T21:05:25Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Marianas Trench, for fifteen minutes? No, lets not pollute the ocean. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22471 "2018-07-05T21:07:44Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Holy crap! Finally some good news from this so-called administration! I suppose…it’s always a good thing when a flagrant criminal is unceremoniously booted from office. However, it just means that he’ll be replaced by somebody who can go about the business of dismantling the EPA under the direction of the fossil fuel industry, without attracting all that nasty unwanted attention. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22472 "2018-07-05T21:16:24Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Pruitt gone: > > [Embattled EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns amid scandals](http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-pruitt-leaves-20180705-story.html) Woot! ---
**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 5, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22473 "2018-07-05T21:35:19Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Pruitt gone: > > [Embattled EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns amid scandals](http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-pruitt-leaves-20180705-story.html) > [@Skywatcher](#): > > [Pruitt blew it!](http://abc7news.com/politics/watch-live-trump-say-scandal-plagued-epa-administrator-pruitt-resigns/3711722/) > > I like mine better. 😛 > [@arles](#): > > Scott Pruitt resigns: > > [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/climate/scott-pruitt-epa-trump.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/climate/scott-pruitt-epa-trump.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news) > > Double ninja attack [Good news, everyone!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8IVI0sZ6F8) ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22474 "2018-07-05T21:46:09Z")
More good news: [California sanctuary law upheld in federal court.](https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Trump-administration-loses-most-of-challenge-to-13051813.php?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=newsletter&utm_campaign=sfc_politics) ---
**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:** [July 5, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22475 "2018-07-05T21:49:27Z")
“Unrelenting attacks” I love how conservative bullies play the victim card.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22476 "2018-07-05T21:53:38Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > “Unrelenting attacks” > > I love how conservative bullies play the victim card.:rolleyes: For all their talk about being anti-PC and telling it like it is, they sure are whiney bitch snowflakes, ain’t they. Fuck 'em all. ---
**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 5, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22477 "2018-07-05T22:11:17Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Good riddance to bad rubbish. I hope the investigations continue, and land his crooked ass in prison. This source says that the IG office investigations WILL continue: [https://twitter.com/rebleber/status/1014979218080452608](https://twitter.com/rebleber/status/1014979218080452608) ---
**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 5, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22478 "2018-07-05T22:28:52Z")
Way to create jobs and MAGA! Send the workers home and let the machines run on their own in the dark. And cancel new hires, too. :rolleyes: > [@](#): > > With tariffs driving up the price of stainless steel, the precision-part manufacturer Accu-Swiss in Oakdale, Calif., came up with a plan to save money: turn off the lights but keep the machines on. > > “We are being hurt because of the cost increase,” said Sohel Sareshwala, the company’s owner and president. To squeeze more output from existing equipment, he is “running the machines in a lights-out operation.” After his regular 10-person staff leaves for the day at 6 p.m., Mr. Sareshwala said, the plant is experimenting with slowing down the machines and letting them run unattended for four more hours. > > For large and small businesses around the nation, the impact of tariffs is expected to grow on Friday, when the Trump administration is scheduled to place additional duties on $34 billion of Chinese products, many of them used in American manufacturing. China has said it will respond immediately with sanctions of its own. > > … > > Mark Vaughn has similarly put a brake on hiring at his metal stamping plant in Nashville. As the year started, he planned to add five or six new machinists in $28-an-hour jobs. His tax bill was going down, he had a fat backlog of orders, and one of his biggest clients, the Swedish appliance manufacturer Electrolux, was planning to invest $250 million to modernize its nearby Springfield plant. > > But when the administration dangled the prospect of tariffs, Electrolux announced that it was postponing the upgrade, citing concerns about rising steel prices. “This is a message to the administration,” the company said in a statement. > > Vaughn Manufacturing’s backlog has dwindled, and Mr. Vaughn said he would probably have to revise price quotes he promised six months ago. Instead of expanding his work force, which he described as “very highly skilled,” he is thinking of cutting five to 10 jobs out of his 50-person staff. > > The first rule in his contingency plan, he said, is to “take care of what you got and not overexpand.” > … > [Cite](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/business/economy/trade-war-impact.html?hpw&rref=business&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22479 "2018-07-05T22:44:05Z")
GOP\* is now going after people who enlisted in the military to gain citizenship, and kicking them out. “AP NewsBreak: The U.S. Army has moved in recent weeks to discharge dozens of immigrant recruits and reservists who enlisted through a program that promised them a path to citizenship.” [https://t.co/OFMawYeMRm](https://t.co/OFMawYeMRm) > **[AP NewsBreak: US Army quietly discharging immigrant recruits](https://apnews.com/38334c4d061e493fb108bd975b5a1a5d)** > > SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Some immigrant U.S. Army reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship are being abruptly discharged, the Associated Press has learned. - I’m kind of tired of blaming just Trump for his parties hateful, racist, ignorant, destructive policies. All this shit is on the conservatives, the entire GOP. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22480 "2018-07-05T22:46:41Z")
Careful about Pruitt high-fiving, James Watt is still alive. ---
**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 5, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22481 "2018-07-05T22:50:44Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > GOP\* is now going after people who enlisted in the military to gain citizenship, and kicking them out. > > “AP NewsBreak: The U.S. Army has moved in recent weeks to discharge dozens of immigrant recruits and reservists who enlisted through a program that promised them a path to citizenship.” > > [http://apne.ws/JOBp0kF](https://t.co/OFMawYeMRm) > > [AP NewsBreak: US Army quietly discharging immigrant recruits | AP News](https://apnews.com/amp/38334c4d061e493fb108bd975b5a1a5d) > > - I’m kind of tired of blaming just Trump for his parties hateful, racist, ignorant, destructive policies. All this shit is on the conservatives, the entire GOP. Yes, it’s not just Trump’s people coming up with these ideas. These ideas have been sitting around for years, awaiting the right racist, hate-filled climate. And now we have it. ---
**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 5, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22482 "2018-07-05T22:54:25Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Careful about Pruitt high-fiving, James Watt is still alive. And [Dioxin Dolly](https://youtu.be/tylisRdFNqQ?t=6m42s)’s son is now on the SCOTUS. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22483 "2018-07-05T23:25:23Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > GOP\* is now going after people who enlisted in the military to gain citizenship, and kicking them out. > > “AP NewsBreak: The U.S. Army has moved in recent weeks to discharge dozens of immigrant recruits and reservists who enlisted through a program that promised them a path to citizenship.” > > [http://apne.ws/JOBp0kF](https://t.co/OFMawYeMRm) > > [AP NewsBreak: US Army quietly discharging immigrant recruits | AP News](https://apnews.com/amp/38334c4d061e493fb108bd975b5a1a5d) > > - I’m kind of tired of blaming just Trump for his parties hateful, racist, ignorant, destructive policies. All this shit is on the conservatives, the entire GOP. Of all the shittiest things I can think, this is about as shitty as it gets. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2018, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22484 "2018-07-05T23:26:48Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > And [Dioxin Dolly](https://youtu.be/tylisRdFNqQ?t=6m42s)’s son is now on the SCOTUS. Holy Christ, I haven’t watched Not Necessarily the News in forever. Forgot how funny it was. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1123) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1125)