# 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:** 1235
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24685 "2018-08-30T00:41:39Z")
> [@j666](#): > > …If only they had been that clear about high crimes and misdemeanors. Being an asshole is not treasonous. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24686 "2018-08-30T00:45:50Z")
It should still be punishable by hanging, drawing, having your entrails burned before you, quartering and having your head stuck on a pike as a lesson to future generations that selling out your country comes at a high price. Oh, wait. That’s the punishment for being a Republican. Same-same. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2018, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24687 "2018-08-30T01:12:42Z")
I am amused that the moral center of conservatives has dropped so low that they think “it wasn’t technically treason” actually works as a defense. Maybe it wasn’t, but what happened is the the President of the United States endorsed an “incredible deal” that involved handing over two American citizens that have worked with the US government to expose corruption in Russia to Russian intelligence agencies. And to hand over information that our intelligence agencies collected on Russia to Russian intelligence. But it wasn’t technically treason, and probably not a crime, so #MAGA!! Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un are corrupt and murderous dictators without a shred of decency or any regard for human life. Yet about 40% of the country probably thinks they are “better” people than Hillary Clinton. Jim Comey and John Podesta. Even though none of them really know who John Podesta is. But they used e-mail or something. Trump is a poor persons idea of a rich man, a stupid man’s idea of a smart man and a weak man’s idea of a strong man. And since this is the Pit, go fuck yourself, Chimp Dumbass. Fuck you and the idiot President you rode in on. ---
**Author:** ![FavreCo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a698b9/32.png) [@FavreCo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FavreCo)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24688 "2018-08-30T01:45:04Z")
Trump is kicking ass and my fucking bank account is massive. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24689 "2018-08-30T01:47:53Z")
Is it true on other message boards, that when some righty wants to express disdain and contempt, he first has to tell you how “amused” he is? Not that its especially stupid or anything, its just an odd mannerism to be so consistent among people with no discernible sense of humor. Be like I say I’m going to make an important political point but first! A dance to spring!.. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24690 "2018-08-30T01:48:14Z")
> [@FavreCo](#): > > Trump is kicking ass and my fucking bank account is massive. Shame your dick is so small. At least, according to your mom. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24691 "2018-08-30T01:49:24Z")
She was lying, she hates him. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24692 "2018-08-30T01:53:36Z")
> [@FavreCo](#): > > Trump is kicking ass and my fucking bank account is massive. Thank you for letting us know what your priorities are. ---
**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 30, 2018, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24693 "2018-08-30T02:02:30Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > You know…[esp. since this is the Pit and all, and have been meaning to say this for awhile] > > Are you just the most whiny pessimistic waste of space on this board? I swear, if I hear just one more rancid Chicken Little hunk of spew from you, I am going to personally upchuck all of my meals from the last week. There simply isn’t a single ray of optimism anywhere in your worldview or psyche, is there? I’d conclude that you are a reverse concern troll, but even that is probably giving you more credit for self-introspection than you fucking deserve. > > [back a bit on topic again] I think this is the death knell of the GOP. The landscape post 2020 (and I do admit that much depends on whom the Dems put up as their candidate) will likely look vastly different than today’s. Trump is currently destroying the Repub Party from the inside out, and it won’t be pretty, but I think it will lead to something better arising from the ashes. How are things now, John D? ---
**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 30, 2018, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24694 "2018-08-30T02:06:43Z")
😕 That post is nine months old. Throwback Thursday is TOMORROW, dude. ---
**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 30, 2018, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24695 "2018-08-30T02:08:39Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > 😕 > > That post is nine months old. Throwback Thursday is TOMORROW, dude. Do you feel more confident about the future of this country now than you did 9 months ago? Do you not understand what’s happening? ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24696 "2018-08-30T02:16:02Z")
He wasn’t wrong. You are the most chicken little, pessimistic, fraidist, fraidy cat of them all. But, please, do tell us - what is happening? ---
**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 30, 2018, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24697 "2018-08-30T02:17:17Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > He wasn’t wrong. You are the most chicken little, pessimistic, fraidist, fraidy cat of them all. But, please, do tell us - what is happening? I don’t need to tell you. You’re observing it in real time. You just don’t want to believe it. And that - and you - is the problem. I guarantee you, a lot more people reading this know this is reality. They don’t want to admit it, but they know it. They fear it. Their worst fears are coming true. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2018, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24698 "2018-08-30T02:26:59Z")
> [@FavreCo](#): > > Trump is kicking ass and my fucking bank account is massive. Really. You couldn’t figure out any way to build capital until Trump became President? Either you’re on the take with someone in the administration or you’re one dumb bastard. Which is it? ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24699 "2018-08-30T02:35:07Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I don’t need to tell you. > > You’re observing it in real time. You just don’t want to believe it. And that - and you - is the problem. > > I guarantee you, a lot more people reading this know this is reality. They don’t want to admit it, but they know it. They fear it. Their worst fears are coming true. :dubious: You sound ridiculous. If you can’t explain the big bad, then you come across as a nutter (to be blunt). What is “it”? ---
**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 30, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24700 "2018-08-30T02:47:37Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > :dubious: You sound ridiculous. If you can’t explain the big bad, then you come across as a nutter (to be blunt). What is “it”? You know… [_It_](https://variouspontifications.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/trump-wise.jpg). ---
**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:** [August 30, 2018, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24701 "2018-08-30T02:57:27Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > How are things now, John D? You’re still the most whiny pessimistic waste of space on this board. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24702 "2018-08-30T03:20:07Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > :dubious: You sound ridiculous. If you can’t explain the big bad, then you come across as a nutter (to be blunt). What is “it”? To be fair, it seems pretty clear to me: a fascist, authoritarian United States, ruled by an openly racist, oligarchic, and fundamentalist Republican Party with an iron grip on power, and anyone who refuses to see this as an inevitability is at best a naive child. Oh, but still vote, ‘cause that’ll make a difference. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24703 "2018-08-30T03:25:05Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > To be fair, it seems pretty clear to me: a fascist, authoritarian United States, ruled by an openly racist, oligarchic, and fundamentalist Republican Party with an iron grip on power, and anyone who refuses to see this as an inevitability is at best a naive child. > > Oh, but still vote, ‘cause that’ll make a difference. Thank you for translating. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/24704 "2018-08-30T03:40:04Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Really. You couldn’t figure out any way to build capital until Trump became President? Either you’re on the take with someone in the administration or you’re one dumb bastard. Which is it? I’m betting on the latter, from all evidence. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1234) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1236)