# 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:** 1171
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/23405 "2018-07-23T20:09:05Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > They need a crisis to exploit before the mid-terms, and exploit it they will. They will manufacture one if they have to. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/23406 "2018-07-23T20:12:41Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Trump has always been a whiner. This is from before the election: > > [Bill Maher Urges Donald Trump to ‘Stop Whining Like a Little Bitch’ (Video)](https://www.thewrap.com/bill-maher-donald-trump-whiny-little-bitch/) > Brian Flood | May 7, 2016 @ 8:36 AM > > I’ve seen this quote often enough: > > Trump is a poor man’s idea of a rich man, a weak man’s idea of a strong man, and a stupid man’s idea of a smart man. He’s always been a whiney spoiled little bitch. ---
**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 23, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/23407 "2018-07-23T20:25:26Z")
Ivanka is running around telling companies to sign a pledge to sign American workers, but won’t ask the Trump Organization to do the same thing. > **[Ivanka Trump Won't Tell Family Company to Sign Pledge](https://www.newsweek.com/ivanka-trump-says-she-wont-tell-her-familys-own-company-sign-hire-american-1038182)** > > "It's a great idea! I will recuse myself from calling them," Ivanka Trump said when asked if Trump Organization would sign the workforce pledge. ---
**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 23, 2018, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/23408 "2018-07-23T20:34:09Z")
Sarah the Huckster says butthurt Trump wants to revoke the security clearances of Comey, Brennan, Clapper, McCabe, and others. McCabe and Comey’s clearances were revoked when they left the FBI, which is standard practice. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/23409 "2018-07-23T20:34:55Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Watching WH press conference and Sarah Huckabee Sanders saying Trump wants to revoke the security clearances of his critics such as Brennan, Clapper, Comey, Rice, and others. > > I guess he doesn’t like it when it’s pointed out he has no clothes on. > > Or any clue. > > Edited: It’s because they “politicized and monetized” their positions. Another classic Trump projection. Comey doesn’t even have a security clearance. [https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/1021485887383851008?s=19](https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/1021485887383851008?s=19) ---
**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 23, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/23410 "2018-07-23T20:36:02Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > They will manufacture one if they have to. I’m afraid it will be… > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > This. > > And it’s going to have to be BIG, the BIGGEST. > > How about getting Russia to do (God forbid) a 9/11-type attack, so the nation will rally around president pantsonhead? ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/23411 "2018-07-23T20:36:33Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Comey doesn’t even have a security clearance. > > [https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/1021485887383851008?s=19](https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/1021485887383851008?s=19) Not only that, but dumb ass Comey helped him “win”. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/23412 "2018-07-23T21:07:27Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Comey doesn’t even have a security clearance. > > [https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/1021485887383851008?s=19](https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/1021485887383851008?s=19) Trump’s little mind is made up. Don’t confuse him with the facts! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/23413 "2018-07-23T21:54:33Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Сколько рублей в час они платят вам, чтобы написать эту ерунду? [Moderating][Please remember that all posts to the SDMB must be made in English.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7697021#post7697021) Please avoid this in the future. No warning issued. [/Moderating] ---
**Author:** ![Anny\_Middon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/23414 "2018-07-23T22:04:47Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Sarah the Huckster says butthurt Trump wants to revoke the security clearances of Comey, Brennan, Clapper, McCabe, and others. McCabe and Comey’s clearances were revoked when they left the FBI, which is standard practice. Spanky is supposed to be this great negotiator, right? So compromise so that he gets to revoke the clearances of Comey and McCabe, but the others keep theirs. He can crow about this great deal on Twitter. ---
**Author:** ![Chip\_Dundas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5a626/32.png) [@Chip\_Dundas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chip_Dundas)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/23415 "2018-07-23T22:05:42Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > [Moderating][Please remember that all posts to the SDMB must be made in English.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7697021#post7697021) Please avoid this in the future. > > No warning issued. > [/Moderating] That’s a bummer. I was enjoying those. ---
**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 23, 2018, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/23416 "2018-07-23T22:19:26Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Sarah the Huckster says butthurt Trump wants to revoke the security clearances of Comey, Brennan, Clapper, McCabe, and others. McCabe and Comey’s clearances were revoked when they left the FBI, which is standard practice. It’s not just the White House; Rand Paul is supportive of discrediting the intelligence agencies. Lindsay Graham and others have said that the FISA warrant was without merit, despite the fact that judges weighed presumably a fairly substantial amount of evidence saying it was. Rep. Goodlatte is now saying he’s going to subpoena Brennan - for what we don’t know. Gowdy wants Rosenstein to finish (the Mueller investigation) the hell up. They’ve threatened to impeach Rosenstein if he doesn’t. This is so far beyond just hardball politics; they’re acting like the party of Erdogan or Putin. ---
**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 23, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/23417 "2018-07-23T22:50:08Z")
> [@Chip\_Dundas](#): > > That’s a bummer. I was enjoying those. They made you feel right at home, I imagine ---
**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 23, 2018, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/23418 "2018-07-23T22:59:15Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > Latest tweet from Trump. Seems to fit the OP title. [https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1021234525626609666](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1021234525626609666) > > > [@](#): > > > > To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS! > > …Still, I’ve never seen a US President address another foreign leader in such a bellicose manner; … Trump is convinced that All-Caps is the most macho thing imaginable. He is still stinging from worldwide notice of his public submission to Putin. He’s desperate to “regain” the image of A Real Tough Guy. But it’s _Putin_ he bowed to. The only way for Trump to “regain” the image of being strong, is to demonstrate strength in opposing or criticizing _Putin_. It doesn’t matter how many other countries he blows up. Unless he makes at least one critical remark about Putin—with no qualifiers!—then the world will continue in the opinion that Trump is a pathetic weakling. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/23419 "2018-07-24T13:54:36Z")
Trump invites Putin to another meeting. Putin responds with, “Uh, maybe. Let me check my calendar and get back to you. I may have plans.” > [@Reuters](#): > > The Kremlin said on Tuesday it had received a U.S. invitation for President Vladimir Putin to hold a summit with President Donald Trump in Washington at the end of this year, but said there were other chances for the two men to meet as well. > > \ > > “There are other options (to meet) which our leaders can look at,” [Kremlin aide Yuri] Ushakov told reporters, citing a meeting of G20 leaders in Argentina which starts at the end of November. > > “Maybe there will be other international events which Trump and Putin will take part in.” So, after the Helsinki Humiliation, now Putin is telling Trump, “Yeah, sure Donny. I’ll get back to you.” Trump is a weak president. Or, in terms his base will understand, a cuck. Rueters: [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-putin-trump/kremlin-notes-u-s-summit-invite-says-putin-and-trump-have-other-chances-to-meet-idUSKBN1KE1R8?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm\_source=Twitter&utm\_medium=Social](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-putin-trump/kremlin-notes-u-s-summit-invite-says-putin-and-trump-have-other-chances-to-meet-idUSKBN1KE1R8?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social) ---
**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 24, 2018, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/23420 "2018-07-24T14:19:32Z")
> [@Defensive\_Indifference](#): > > Trump invites Putin to another meeting. Putin responds with, “Uh, maybe. Let me check my calendar and get back to you. I may have plans.” > > So, after the Helsinki Humiliation, now Putin is telling Trump, “Yeah, sure Donny. I’ll get back to you.” Trump is a weak president. Or, in terms his base will understand, a cuck. > > Rueters: [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-putin-trump/kremlin-notes-u-s-summit-invite-says-putin-and-trump-have-other-chances-to-meet-idUSKBN1KE1R8?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm\_source=Twitter&utm\_medium=Social](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-putin-trump/kremlin-notes-u-s-summit-invite-says-putin-and-trump-have-other-chances-to-meet-idUSKBN1KE1R8?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social) Putin: “I have to wash my hair that night.” ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/23421 "2018-07-24T14:26:05Z")
Totally Putin showing Trump he’s the Alpha ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/23422 "2018-07-24T15:14:20Z")
“We had fun. I’ll call you, sweetie.” ---
**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 24, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/23423 "2018-07-24T15:54:50Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > “We had fun. I’ll call you, sweetie.” If Putin had any class, he would have left a 20 on the nightstand. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/23424 "2018-07-24T16:16:17Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Putin: “I have to wash my hair that night.” Both of them? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1170) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1172)