# 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:** 1139
**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 13, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22765 "2018-07-13T15:39:33Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [Here ya go.](https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Large-Inflatable-Trump-Baby-Blimp-Helium_60778887065.html?spm=a2700.7724838.2017115.11.221f1fbedE95QQ) > > I have other products from that company, they’re reliable and will produce pretty much any size you want. If you have the money. Outstanding! Thanks for the link! ---
**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 13, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22766 "2018-07-13T15:40:36Z")
I’m still trying to sort out which television appearance was more disturbing, the interview with the Sun or the presser in which he dubbed an American outlet “fake news” and refused to answer questions from them, while exhibiting clear favoritism to the American version of Sputnik international. ---
**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 13, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22767 "2018-07-13T15:46:21Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I’m still trying to sort out which television appearance was more disturbing, the interview with the Sun or the presser in which he dubbed an American outlet “fake news” and refused to answer questions from them, while exhibiting clear favoritism to the American version of Sputnik international. There is no bottom to this barrel. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22768 "2018-07-13T16:05:10Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Dear Amerika, > > We, the Revolutionary Front of Brexit Independence, have captured your Pressident and are holding him hostage. > > If you do not give in to our demands of $1,000,000,000 Amerikan dollars, in small, non-sequential bills, by Friday afternoon, 5pm New York time, we will have no recourse but to give him back to you. > > The Brexit Revolutionary Independence Front If it it ever made sense to lock the border in response to a terrorist threat, this would be the time. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22769 "2018-07-13T16:52:17Z")
No thank you, the rest of the world have enough dealing with our own shites. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22770 "2018-07-13T17:02:32Z")
Nobody specifically has to keep him, they could just shuffle him around from airport to airport, kinda like playing “Hot Potato” but with a turd. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22771 "2018-07-13T19:05:59Z")
> [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > Also, you can now buy miniature versions of the Trump💩 Baby Balloon [here.](https://www.redbubble.com/people/docben/works/32634334-baby-balloon-trump-angry-baby-trump-anti-trump-trump-donald-donald-trump-london-trump-13th-13-of-july-13th-trump-not-my-president-president-trump-president?p=poster&finish=semi_gloss&size=medium) > > I would love to buy one of these, but here in North Georgia, I could never display it. My house would be burned to the ground. They are selling mini Trump baby ballons on Amazon. Allegedly 1/10th size, a little under 24 inches. As well as a wide variety of T-shirt designs featuring the ballon. It’s easy enough to find if you search Trump Baby Ballon. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22772 "2018-07-13T19:31:50Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > They are selling mini Trump baby ballons on Amazon. Allegedly 1/10th size, a little under 24 inches. As well as a wide variety of T-shirt designs featuring the ballon. > > It’s easy enough to find if you search Trump Baby Ballon. It’s a turd! It’s a stain! It’s Orangeman! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22773 "2018-07-13T19:39:02Z")
I have come to a realization of Trump’s psychology. I don’t know why I didn’t think of this before. Follow me on this journey, y’all: Trump is not a traitor. Hang on, hang on, stay with me here: he’s not a traitor, _in his own mind_. “Well, duh,” you reply, “no person ever thinks he’s the bad guy in the story.” True. But hear me out. Trump is not a traitor in his mind, because I don’t think he really considers himself American. I mean, he spends so much time doing business with foreign clients and foreign banks, building projects in other countries, grabbing foreign women’s vajayjays, I think that, long before he ran for president, he considered himself a “citizen of the world,” not particularly tied to any country. Russian help during the election wasn’t collusion with a foreign government, it was just business the way he usually does business. When you remove the premise that Trump thinks of himself as an American, it explains a lot. ---
**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 13, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22774 "2018-07-13T19:43:39Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > They are selling mini Trump baby ballons on Amazon. Allegedly 1/10th size, a little under 24 inches. As well as a wide variety of T-shirt designs featuring the ballon. > > It’s easy enough to find if you search Trump Baby Ballon. My search on Amazon and on Google comes up empty; do you have a link? ETA: Ah, I got it… you have to search for “ballon” not “balloon”. And it’s hideous. It’s a drawing of the balloon design that they then put on a balloon. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22775 "2018-07-13T19:47:00Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > I have come to a realization of Trump’s psychology. I don’t know why I didn’t think of this before. Follow me on this journey, y’all: > > Trump is not a traitor. > > Hang on, hang on, stay with me here: he’s not a traitor, _in his own mind_. “Well, duh,” you reply, “no person ever thinks he’s the bad guy in the story.” True. But hear me out. > > Trump is not a traitor in his mind, because I don’t think he really considers himself American. I mean, he spends so much time doing business with foreign clients and foreign banks, building projects in other countries, grabbing foreign women’s vajayjays, I think that, long before he ran for president, he considered himself a “citizen of the world,” not particularly tied to any country. Russian help during the election wasn’t collusion with a foreign government, it was just business the way he usually does business. > > When you remove the premise that Trump thinks of himself as an American, it explains a lot. Eh. I think that shows too much thought on his part. He’s just driven by his animal impulses. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22776 "2018-07-13T19:56:57Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > he considered himself a “citizen of the world,” not particularly tied to any country Citizens of the world still consider themselves to have a duty with “their people”, it’s only that the definition for that is humanity. Trump considers himself beholden to nobody; it’s quite the opposite. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2018, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22777 "2018-07-13T20:24:10Z")
Trump walked in front of the Queen. That is Not Done. > **[Trump defied royal protocol while meeting the Queen - twice](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/queen-trump-meeting-uk-visit-royal-walking-bow-curtsy-protocol-a8446376.html)** > > US leader first fails to bow then walks in front of monarch, breaking with tradition ---
**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:** [July 13, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22778 "2018-07-13T20:26:44Z")
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross claims he has sold off all of his stocks due to “inadvertent errors”. > **[Commerce secretary divests from all stocks after criticism from ethics watchdog](https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/12/wilbur-ross-divests-stocks-ethics-watchdog-717847)** > > "To maintain the public trust, I have directed that all of my equity holdings be sold and the proceeds placed in U.S. Treasury securities," Ross said in a statement. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22779 "2018-07-13T20:40:18Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Dear Amerika, > > We, the Revolutionary Front of Brexit Independence, have captured your Pressident and are holding him hostage. > > If you do not give in to our demands of $1,000,000,000 Amerikan dollars, in small, non-sequential bills, by Friday afternoon, 5pm New York time, we will have no recourse but to give him back to you. > > The Brexit Revolutionary Independence Front Dear kidnappers, We will pay you twice that amount to keep him, plus more every year for your trouble. No amount is too big. ---
**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 13, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22780 "2018-07-13T21:14:21Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Dear kidnappers, > We will pay you twice that amount to keep him, plus more every year for your trouble. No amount is too big. We are even willing to increase taxes here to make sure the money is available. ---
**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 13, 2018, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22781 "2018-07-13T21:15:52Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Trump walked in front of the Queen. That is Not Done. > [Donald Trump immediately breaches royal protocol twice after meeting Queen | The Independent | The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/queen-trump-meeting-uk-visit-royal-walking-bow-curtsy-protocol-a8446376.html) What a klutz! You KNOW he was told what the protocol is. And you know he doesn’t let anyone tell him what to do. :smack: What about the handshake? How did that go? ---
**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 13, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22782 "2018-07-13T21:22:19Z")
He grabbed her by the putahuty. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22783 "2018-07-13T21:41:59Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > I have come to a realization of Trump’s psychology. I don’t know why I didn’t think of this before. Follow me on this journey, y’all: > > Trump is not a traitor. > > Hang on, hang on, stay with me here: he’s not a traitor, _in his own mind_. “Well, duh,” you reply, “no person ever thinks he’s the bad guy in the story.” True. But hear me out. > > Trump is not a traitor in his mind, because I don’t think he really considers himself American. I mean, he spends so much time doing business with foreign clients and foreign banks, building projects in other countries, grabbing foreign women’s vajayjays, I think that, long before he ran for president, he considered himself a “citizen of the world,” not particularly tied to any country. Russian help during the election wasn’t collusion with a foreign government, it was just business the way he usually does business. > > When you remove the premise that Trump thinks of himself as an American, it explains a lot. I doubt Trump has ever thought about any of what you described. Thinking of himself as an American or a citizen of the world would require him to think of himself as a part that’s greater than himself. And that’s not his nature. I think Trump just sees the world in terms of power. The stronger man gets to tell the weaker man what to do and the weaker man has to do what he’s told. He doesn’t see things like laws or rules or promises or social conventions as having any meaning in themselves; to him they are all just things that some strong people can impose on some weak people. Powerful men don’t have to obey the law because nobody can make them do it. And Trump thinks he’s now the most powerful man on Earth so he can do anything he wants. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22784 "2018-07-13T22:20:14Z")
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