# 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:** 1140
**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, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22785 "2018-07-13T22:25:39Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > …What about the handshake? How did that go? Found this: > [@](#): > > …Mr. and Mrs. Trump stepped out of a Range Rover and walked up to the dais, where the queen, dressed in a periwinkle blue coat and matching hat, presented her white-gloved hand. > > According to royal etiquette, Trump was supposed to wait for Elizabeth to offer her hand, then shake it and politely move on. > > Trump did just that, briefly shaking the queen’s hand and moving on. He thereby avoided the awkward, aggressive, “power” handshake he has become famous for using with other world leaders, notably Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo, French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. > > Melania Trump, her hair in a chignon and donning a conservative pale pink Dior skirt suit, then shook the queen’s hand. > … [Source](https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/07/13/trump-meets-queen-elizabeth-no-grabby-handshake-or-other-faux-pas/) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22786 "2018-07-13T22:42:05Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Feed him to the corgis. > > Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk A death that’s not only gruesome but adorable as well. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22787 "2018-07-14T00:13:48Z")
> [@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) I don’t want to look. Did he push her out of the way to get in front of her, like he did with that other guy? ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22788 "2018-07-14T00:25:19Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > I don’t want to look. Did he push her out of the way to get in front of her, like he did with that other guy? It had more the look of “all these red coats - and they’re armed - I need to get the fuck out of here and play golf” ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22789 "2018-07-14T00:25:35Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > I don’t want to look. Did he push her out of the way to get in front of her, like he did with that other guy? No. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22790 "2018-07-14T00:37:21Z")
He just sort of wandered on, oblivious. Poor old dear tried to hustle herself back into position without making a “thing” out of it but only succeeded in looking old and frail. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22791 "2018-07-14T00:59:30Z")
The perfect time to #SlapHimLiz. ---
**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 14, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22792 "2018-07-14T01:42:46Z")
> [@simster](#): > > It had more the look of “all these red coats - and they’re armed - I need to get the fuck out of here and play golf” On that topic, one of the many excellent photoshopped pics out there today: [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiAfeRQVQAIRS0N.jpg](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiAfeRQVQAIRS0N.jpg) ---
**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:** [July 14, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22793 "2018-07-14T02:05:11Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > I know we’re not supposed to make fun of people for how they look, but, man! Could he look more like a smarmy douche? “And I can’t help but wonder, when I see you looking there with a little smirk how many times did you look so innocent into your wife’s eye and lie to her" ---
**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 14, 2018, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22794 "2018-07-14T02:06:25Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Feed him to the corgis. > [@running\_coach](#): > > A death that’s not only gruesome but adorable as well. And anachronistic, I’m afraid. Her Majesty didn’t want to leave any behind following her death, so she stopped breeding corgis three years ago. Her last surviving corgi, Willow, passed away in April of this year. She _does_ still have a couple of corgi-dachshund hybrids (dorgis)\* to comfort her twilight years. Anyway, I’m pretty sure the royal chef would object strenuously to any attempt to augment their diet with filet of Cheeto-Faced Shit Gibbon. \*How short are the legs going to be on THOSE doggies? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22795 "2018-07-14T02:10:13Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross claims he has sold off all of his stocks due to “inadvertent errors”. > [https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/12/wilbur-ross-divests-stocks-ethics-watchdog-717847](https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/12/wilbur-ross-divests-stocks-ethics-watchdog-717847) “I swear, I thought I was posting a GIF on Facebook!” ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22796 "2018-07-14T02:44:08Z")
> [@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) And of course their comments section is full of (apparent) Yank morons cheering Trump’s more than usually boorish behavior, as if it has any value whatsoever. Hey, I’m no British Monarchy fanboy (I’m with Keith Richards, who supposedly commented on fellow Rolling Stone Mick Jagger’s knighthood thusly: “I get on my knees for no one”), but for fuck’s sake, if you can’t be arsed to follow protocol don’t fucking go have tea with Queen in the first place. ---
**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 14, 2018, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22797 "2018-07-14T04:19:11Z")
> [@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) My favorite part of the story is towards the end. Apparently when he was introduced to the Queen’s lady-in-waiting, SHE pulled HIM in for the vigorous Trumpian handshake. I wonder if she did it on her own or if the Queen was in on it? > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > We are even willing to increase taxes here to make sure the money is available. And Belgium will give him their Grubhub password. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22798 "2018-07-14T12:33:11Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > My favorite part of the story is towards the end. Apparently when he was introduced to the Queen’s lady-in-waiting, SHE pulled HIM in for the vigorous Trumpian handshake. That video is priceless. Thanks for that! Here’s a [direct link](https://twitter.com/craigtdillon/status/1017806514113925122) to the tweet with the vid. (Notice the relative size of POTUS’ hand versus the -sadly unnamed in the story- Lady in Waiting.) ---
**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 14, 2018, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22799 "2018-07-14T13:23:00Z")
> [@xenophon41](#): > > That video is priceless. Thanks for that! > > Here’s a [direct link](https://twitter.com/craigtdillon/status/1017806514113925122) to the tweet with the vid. (Notice the relative size of POTUS’ hand versus the -sadly unnamed in the story- Lady in Waiting.) LOVE It! I’ll bet the Queen \*\*was \*\*in on it! 😃 ---
**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:** [July 14, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22800 "2018-07-14T13:48:21Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > When you remove the premise that Trump thinks of himself as an American, it explains a lot. _When you remove the premise that Trump thinks, it explains a lot._ Fixed that for ya. Trump doesn’t think, he responds to stimuli, kind of like a pithed frog. It explains why his policies veer all over the place depending on who he talked to or saw on _Fox and Friends_ last. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22801 "2018-07-14T14:53:11Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > A death that’s not only gruesome but adorable as well. Love this. But it’s quite sad really. What have we come to? We have a moronic criminal as the President of the United States of America. We are joking about it? This ‘man’ needs to be removed from office using the rightful authority of our laws, the constitution and congress. The republican led congress is more concerned with getting re-elected, and their pocket books than the laws that they have sworn to uphold. We must all send them a message that we will not stand for this. I feel very sorry for good republicans that truly do their jobs, but we must send a message. And the best way to do so is to not ever vote for a republican until they get their house in order. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22802 "2018-07-14T15:02:59Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > But it’s quite sad really. What have we come to? We have a moronic criminal as the President of the United States of America. _‘As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.’_ - H.L. Mencken, _The Baltimore Evening Sun_, 26 July, 1920 ---
**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 14, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22803 "2018-07-14T15:14:03Z")
New position put forth by Angry Baby One: > [@](#): > > The stories you heard about the 12 Russians yesterday took place during the Obama Administration, not the Trump Administration. Well, yeah, Cheeto, those wily Russians probably figured it would be easier to interfere with the election is they did it before Election Day. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/22804 "2018-07-14T15:18:33Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > New position put forth by Angry Baby One: > > Well, yeah, Cheeto, those wily Russians probably figured it would be easier to interfere with the election is they did it before Election Day. I’m looking forward to Silver Lining repeating this talking point, because to him I’m sure it makes all the sense in the world. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1139) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1141)