# 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:** 1208
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24145 "2018-08-16T21:40:34Z")
I’m sure the soldiers he just addressed would be willing to kick in for the parade, along with giving back their pay raise. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24146 "2018-08-16T21:45:48Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > So, they can find the money to pay for this, but can’t seem to scrape up the funds for better election security. :rolleyes: Exactly my thoughts on this. We can list hundreds of NEEDS to care for Americans. But showing off, that’s a necessity? And these damn tapes. What is the problem? Play the blessed things, already! That includes whatshisname from NBC with the Apprentice tapes. If these are actually embarrassing to the presidency, who’s stopping them? ETA: Actually, I guess NBC wouldn’t want to ban all sales of Apprentice DVDs after the outrage and protests… ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Economist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24147 "2018-08-16T21:59:25Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > And these damn tapes. What is the problem? Play the blessed things, already! That includes whatshisname from NBC with the Apprentice tapes. If these are actually embarrassing to the presidency, who’s stopping them? The issue is that Mark Burnett, executive producer of the Apprentice and the only person with the legal authority to release the tapes, thinks Trump is the bee’s knees. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24148 "2018-08-16T22:04:26Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Retired Admiral William McRaven [slams](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/revoke-my-security-clearance-too-mr-president/2018/08/16/8b149b02-a178-11e8-93e3-24d1703d2a7a_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.854d4418d9d0) idiot Trump: > > McRaven 2020! I’ll pick a nit with the retired general on one thing: Trump didn’t divide the nation; the millions of Americans who voted for him knowingly did so because they are willfully waging a culture war. Nobody’s making them do it; they just need a scapegoat for their local heroin epidemic or something to make themselves feel better about being middle aged with erectile dysfunction. Trump was the perfect candidate because he’s the rage candidate, a human political tracking cookie who has found out what makes them click. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2018, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24149 "2018-08-16T22:15:24Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Retired Admiral William McRaven [slams](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/revoke-my-security-clearance-too-mr-president/2018/08/16/8b149b02-a178-11e8-93e3-24d1703d2a7a_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.854d4418d9d0) idiot Trump: > > McRaven 2020! From your fingers to God’s ears. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24150 "2018-08-16T22:44:39Z")
> [@Crybaby\_Boobie](#): > > So Omarosa has tapes of Lara Trump basically offering her a bribe. And Trump was yelling at anyone and everyone to have Omarosa arrested (on what charge you might ask? no one knows). > > Somehow Omarosa is going to bring this whole kit and kaboodle down. She might materially contribute to bringing him down if she has either one of two types of tape: \*\*\*Proof that Trump did know in advance (in 2016) about the upcoming Wikileaks release of Democratic emails, or \*\*\*Audio of Trump expressing contempt for the non-rich people who people his rallies. Something on the lines of ‘those losers, trailer-park trash, they have no idea what I really think of them!’ The first would be useful in making Mueller’s case, and the second would be useful in getting the GOP Congress’s butts in gear to rein in Trump (assuming the Base reacted vocally enough to being ridiculed by their hero). …but both are probably a long shot. The hush-money tape seems pretty damning to me, but probably won’t to Trump fans; they’ll rationalize it away. It’s egregious conduct, though. Omarosa had just been fired for “integrity” issues, yet she’s being offered a salary that’s a huge multiple of what campaign workers usually command? Sleaze to the max. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24151 "2018-08-16T22:46:12Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > It’s also so the person who no longer has a security clearance can get a job which requires such clearance, i.e. government contractor. That is rather unusual for people at Brennan’s level – they become high muckitimucks at Beltway Bandit outfits who attract and interface with clients while the worker bees actually process the data. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2018, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24152 "2018-08-16T22:49:08Z")
Remember to bring your [festive balloons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_baby_balloon) to the parade! (Though I still don’t see why he needs another parade when he [already had one](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unite_the_Right_rally)…) ---
**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:** [August 16, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24153 "2018-08-16T23:00:11Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > There was a different oath for German soldiers: _“I swear to God this sacred oath that to the Leader of the German Empire and people, Adolf Hitler, supreme commander of the armed forces, I shall render unconditional obedience and that as a brave soldier I shall at all times be prepared to give my life for this oath.”_ For trump, it has the addendum, “I shall refuse any raises, as taking a raise for risking my life in service of my country would be unpatriotic.” ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24154 "2018-08-16T23:08:56Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Remember to bring your [festive balloons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_baby_balloon) to the parade! We REALLY need to make those in a smaller size, so individual folks can buy them. Yeah, you would make your self a target for trump supporters, but DC mostly did NOT vote for trump if I remember correctly. I would think a reasonable facsimile could be made? Kick Starter anyone? I really know nothing about balloons. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24155 "2018-08-16T23:15:33Z")
[https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=XAV2W6XnBcOOsQW47IOACw&q=trump+baby+balloon+for+sale&oq=trump+baby+balloon&gs\_l=psy-ab.1.1.0i131k1j0l9.2078.8384.0.10527.18.11.0.7.7.0.125.939.10j1.11.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.18.1063....0.bn1hbPTOkeA](https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=XAV2W6XnBcOOsQW47IOACw&q=trump+baby+balloon+for+sale&oq=trump+baby+balloon&gs_l=psy-ab.1.1.0i131k1j0l9.2078.8384.0.10527.18.11.0.7.7.0.125.939.10j1.11.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.18.1063....0.bn1hbPTOkeA) I can not attest personally to the quality of any of these. But I want one. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24156 "2018-08-16T23:17:42Z")
If they were inflated with farts, would they float? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24157 "2018-08-16T23:36:34Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > [Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=XAV2W6XnBcOOsQW47IOACw&q=trump+baby+balloon+for+sale&oq=trump+baby+balloon&gs_l=psy-ab.1.1.0i131k1j0l9.2078.8384.0.10527.18.11.0.7.7.0.125.939.10j1.11.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.18.1063....0.bn1hbPTOkeA) > > I can not attest personally to the quality of any of these. But I want one. Oh good. Someone is making them. I looked about 10 days ago and couldn’t find one. I will investigate and buy them for all my friends. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24158 "2018-08-16T23:53:13Z")
If there’s anyone left who doubts that thump is a narcissist, I submit: > [@](#): > > “I want to begin today by expressing my condolences to the family of a person I knew well,” Trump said Thursday during a Cabinet meeting. “ **She worked for me** on numerous occasions. She was terrific—Aretha Franklin—on her passing. She brought joy to millions of lives and her extraordinary legacy will thrive and inspire many generations to come.” > … > [Source](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/08/aretha-franklin-trump/567760/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheAtlantic+%28The+Atlantic+-+Master+Feed%29) My bold. She \*\*WORKED \*\*for me?? I knew her (like hell!) and she fucking \*\*WORKED \*\*for me?? THAT’S what he has to say about Aretha Franklin? THAT’S her claim to fame? That’s the noteworthy thing about her accomplishments and her life? Maybe he expects it to say on her tombstone, “I proudly worked for _\_ on numerous occasions.” Jesus. :smack: ---
**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:** [August 17, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24159 "2018-08-17T00:01:16Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Oh good. Someone is making them. I looked about 10 days ago and couldn’t find one. I will investigate and buy them for all my friends. If you would be so kind- report back on the quality of your purchase, I want some, too! ---
**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:** [August 17, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24160 "2018-08-17T00:32:36Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Remember to bring your [festive balloons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_baby_balloon) to the parade! > > (Though I still don’t see why he needs another parade when he [already had one](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unite_the_Right_rally)…) Not so fast… [Pentagon postpones Trump’s parade](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/08/16/politics/military-parade-postponed/index.html?__twitter_impression=true) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24161 "2018-08-17T00:43:28Z")
Pentagon gives the Screeching Orange Shitstain the middle finger in other words. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2018, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24162 "2018-08-17T02:09:10Z")
> [@Crybaby\_Boobie](#): > > So Omarosa has tapes of Lara Trump basically offering her a bribe. And Trump was yelling at anyone and everyone to have Omarosa arrested (on what charge you might ask? no one knows). > > Somehow Omarosa is going to bring this whole kit and kaboodle down. 😕 Who the hell is Lara Trump? ---
**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:** [August 17, 2018, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24163 "2018-08-17T02:13:19Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > 😕 > > Who the hell is Lara Trump? I’ve been wondering this too, but can’t be arsed to click on any of these stories. I’m reading the headlines, and the pic accompanying the story usually has a blonde woman sitting next to Eric Trump, so I assume she’s the person married to that shit-for-brains. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24164 "2018-08-17T02:31:41Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I’ve been wondering this too, but can’t be arsed to click on any of these stories. I’m reading the headlines, and the pic accompanying the story usually has a blonde woman sitting next to Eric Trump, so I assume she’s the person married to that shit-for-brains. That’d be her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1207) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1209)