# 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:** 1260
**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:** [September 8, 2018, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25185 "2018-09-08T18:02:52Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I think there’s a meme opportunity here … signs that say ‘SOMEBODY WAKE UP DONALD’. Obama needs to make more speeches. If we can keep the clusterfuck in chief asleep for the next couple years, we can all sleep a bit more soundly. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25186 "2018-09-08T18:43:06Z")
I heard he’s headed to southern California next. Sounds like he will be involved campaigning for people. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25187 "2018-09-08T19:42:38Z")
Yep, Obama is going to Orange County next week. Man, if that flips to a Democratic candidate, then the Ghost of Impeachment Past, Dick Nixon, is going to be rolling over in his grave. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25188 "2018-09-08T20:06:53Z")
> [@China\_Guy](#): > > Yep, Obama is going to Orange County next week. Man, if that flips to a Democratic candidate, then the Ghost of Impeachment Past, Dick Nixon, is going to be rolling over in his grave. I think the stake through the heart keeps up facing down. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25189 "2018-09-08T20:11:54Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > He should have stayed awake because Obama kept mentioning his name and he loves to hear that. 🙂 Of course Trump fell asleep during Obama’s speech. It was in proper English, not Russian. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25190 "2018-09-08T21:38:47Z")
He may speak in SoCal next week _too_, but he also spoke in Anaheim today. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gd0922RJBW0/maxresdefault.jpg "WATCH: Former President Obama speaks at California rally for Democratic candidates") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd0922RJBW0) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25191 "2018-09-08T21:53:39Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I heard he’s headed to southern California next. Sounds like he will be involved campaigning for people. So Obama is going to CA? I would like to see Trump try to give a speech in So CA. But I doubt the National Guard is up to the task to protect the airport. Much less the venue. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25192 "2018-09-08T21:57:55Z")
The Democratic National Committee have filed a criminal complaint with the DOJ against Brett Kavanaugh for perjury, and will file a lawsuit in the DC District Court on Monday. The presiding judge over the DC District Court is Merrick Garland. > **[The Democratic Coalition Will File a Criminal Complaint Against Kavanaugh......](https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2018/9/8/1794248/-The-Democratic-Coalition-Will-File-a-Criminal-Complaint-Against-Kavanaugh-Guess-Who-ll-Review)** > > The Democratic Coalition, and its chairmen Jon Cooper and Scott Dworkin, have filed a criminal complaint for perjury against Bret Kavanaugh with the Dept. of Justice and will also file with the D.C. Circuit Court Monday for...wait for... ---
**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:** [September 8, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25193 "2018-09-08T22:04:02Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > You have to give him “slick speaking”, if by “slick” you mean the ability to put a noun and a verb together. I bet Obama can even pronounce “anonymous.” > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Democratic National Committee have filed a criminal complaint with the DOJ against Brett Kavanaugh for perjury, and will file a lawsuit in the DC District Court on Monday. The presiding judge over the DC District Court is Merrick Garland. > [The Democratic Coalition Will File a Criminal Complaint Against Kavanaugh... Guess Who'll Review...](https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2018/9/8/1794248/-The-Democratic-Coalition-Will-File-a-Criminal-Complaint-Against-Kavanaugh-Guess-Who-ll-Review) No, I’m going to have to blue-pencil this one–the viewers will never buy something so on-the-nose. Back to the writers’ room, guys. eta: isn’t the entity filing the complaint the Democratic Coalition rather than the DNC? ---
**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:** [September 8, 2018, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25194 "2018-09-08T22:14:12Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > eta: isn’t the entity filing the complaint the Democratic Coalition rather than the DNC? Yes, you’re correct, sorry. I saw DNC and assumed. 🙂 Kavanaugh would not answer Senator Harris’s question about his personal opinion on gay marriage. > **[Kamala Harris Stumps Brett Kavanaugh with Marriage Equality Question](https://www.advocate.com/politics/2018/9/06/kamala-harris-stumps-brett-kavanaugh-marriage-equality-question)** > > Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick couldn't answer the Harris's question about his personal opinion on marriage equality. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25195 "2018-09-08T22:33:03Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > I bet Obama can even pronounce “anonymous.” He should work that in to every speech. 🙂 ---
**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:** [September 8, 2018, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25196 "2018-09-08T22:33:23Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Yes, you’re correct, sorry. I saw DNC and assumed. 🙂 > > Kavanaugh would not answer Senator Harris’s question about his personal opinion on gay marriage. > [Kamala Harris Stumps Brett Kavanaugh with Marriage Equality Question](https://www.advocate.com/politics/2018/9/06/kamala-harris-stumps-brett-kavanaugh-marriage-equality-question) Oh, it’s going away, no doubt about it. Gay marriage, contraception, voting rights for non-whites, workplace safety rules, penalties for polluters, health care for those with pre-existing conditions…it’s all going away. (Democracy, too, maybe.) ---
**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:** [September 8, 2018, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25197 "2018-09-08T22:37:12Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > He should work that in to every speech. 🙂 Yeah. Donald’s head asplode, maybe. How could he complain about Obama trolling him without looking like a whiny wimp? I mean, Trump has never held back from whining, but he does NOT like looking like a wimp, and complaining that Obama keeps saying ‘anonymous’ would make him look unhinged even to his most devoted fans. 🆒 ---
**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:** [September 8, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25198 "2018-09-08T22:44:37Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Yeah. Donald’s head asplode, maybe. How could he complain about Obama trolling him without looking like a whiny wimp? > > I mean, Trump has never held back from whining, but he does NOT like looking like a wimp, and complaining that Obama keeps saying ‘anonymous’ would make him look unhinged even to his most devoted fans. 🆒 Can Obama’s security clearance be revoked? If so, has that ever happened? ---
**Author:** ![Wallet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e99b99/32.png) [@Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallet)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25199 "2018-09-08T23:02:35Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Can Obama’s security clearance be revoked? > > If so, has that ever happened? As per GQ ( [https://www.gq.com/story/trump-obama-security-clearance](https://www.gq.com/story/trump-obama-security-clearance)), The New Yorker ran a story that claimed Trump wanted Obama’s security clearance revoked, but was dissuaded by McMaster: " …As Trump stepped up his public and private attacks on Obama, some of the new President’s advisers thought that he should take the extraordinary step of denying Obama himself access to intelligence briefings that were made available to all of his living predecessors. Trump was told about the importance of keeping former Presidents, who frequently met with foreign leaders, informed. In the end, Trump decided not to exclude Obama, at the urging of McMaster." ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25200 "2018-09-08T23:16:59Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > I bet Obama can even pronounce “anonymous.” If I had the skills, I would remake that Sesame Street _Phenomenon_ song with _Anonymous_ all so I could watch Trump stroke out trying to say both _anonymous_ and the name of the critter singing. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2018, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25201 "2018-09-08T23:44:58Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Democratic National Committee have filed a criminal complaint with the DOJ against Brett Kavanaugh for perjury, and will file a lawsuit in the DC District Court on Monday. The presiding judge over the DC District Court is Merrick Garland. > [The Democratic Coalition Will File a Criminal Complaint Against Kavanaugh... Guess Who'll Review...](https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2018/9/8/1794248/-The-Democratic-Coalition-Will-File-a-Criminal-Complaint-Against-Kavanaugh-Guess-Who-ll-Review) Oh. So. Sweet. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25202 "2018-09-09T01:10:09Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > He should work that in to every speech. 🙂 No, that’s more of a _::tap tap::_ Michelle move. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25203 "2018-09-09T01:48:51Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > Mikhail Khrushchev told a joke. (Ok, he may or may not have. Who knows.) Mikhail who? ---
**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:** [September 9, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25204 "2018-09-09T02:05:16Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Mikhail who? Nikita Khrushchev, Mikhail Gorbachev Those Russian names all sound alike, eh? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1259) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1261)