# 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:** 1271
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25405 "2018-09-15T08:53:16Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Well now, that is damned depressing, because I really like, “The President of the United States has the attention span of a dung beetle.” > > dammit. “The President of the United States hasn’t got the attention span of a dung beetle” ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25406 "2018-09-15T09:59:23Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Thursday, [President Asswipe told his 5000th lie while in office](https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/13/politics/donald-trump-truth-facts-lies/index.html). And his rate of lying is snowballing exponentially. I do I do not have a degree in nor have I ever studied statistics but I know that there is no way that this rate can continue indefinitely. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25407 "2018-09-15T11:28:25Z")
How is it possible that seemingly rational adults, who would never tolerate all the lying from their children, are perfectly okay with it coming from the President of the United States? 😕 It would make sense if all of his support came solely from the toothless rednecks who turn out for his rallies, but that would be kidding ourselves. 90 percent of republicans approve of this shitstain. Most of these people have an education. They have jobs. They own houses. They “raise” children. Did I take some bad acid in 2016? Are you guys seeing this shit? ---
**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 15, 2018, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25408 "2018-09-15T11:35:10Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > How is it possible that seemingly rational adults, who would never tolerate all the lying from their children, are perfectly okay with it coming from the President of the United States? 😕 > > It would make sense if all of his support came solely from the toothless rednecks who turn out for his rallies, but that would be kidding ourselves. 90 percent of republicans approve of this shitstain. Most of these people have an education. They have jobs. They own houses. They “raise” children. > > Did I take some bad acid in 2016? Are you guys seeing this shit? The lies the children tell are not what the idiots want to hear. Trump tells them lies they want to hear and believe. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25409 "2018-09-15T12:45:03Z")
Where do you find acid in 2016? … asking for a friend. Who is, uh, doing research. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25410 "2018-09-15T13:10:00Z")
I got the hookup on some pharmaceutical-grade ASA… ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25411 "2018-09-15T13:29:07Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Did I take some bad acid in 2016? Are you guys seeing this shit? It’s made me a believer in the “Many Worlds” interpretation of QM. Each of us exists in zillions of universes, with various Schrodinger’s cats alive/dead in various combinations and the Trumps bankrupt/imprisoned in various combinations. But even though 99.9% of the versions of each of us inhabit a far saner America than we now behold, each version of us is only aware of one reality. Thus, that we’re discussing Trump here is just a peculiar application of the Anthropic Principle. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25412 "2018-09-15T14:36:12Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > I do I do not have a degree in nor have I ever studied statistics but I know that there is no way that this rate can continue indefinitely. Well, duh, the rate caps out at maximum in a little more than 6 years. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25413 "2018-09-15T14:44:46Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > It’s made me a believer in the “Many Worlds” interpretation of QM. Each of us exists in zillions of universes, with various Schrodinger’s cats alive/dead in various combinations and the Trumps bankrupt/imprisoned in various combinations. But even though 99.9% of the versions of each of us inhabit a far saner America than we now behold, each version of us is only aware of one reality. > > Thus, that we’re discussing Trump here is just a peculiar application of the Anthropic Principle. He describes natural disasters as tremendous. The Misanthropic Principle applies here. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25414 "2018-09-15T14:50:47Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > He describes natural disasters as tremendous. The Misanthropic Principle applies here. It’s more a Missing Thesaurus Principle, to be fair. He describes \*everything \*as tremendous. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25415 "2018-09-15T15:07:06Z")
> [@Harry S. Truman](#): > > “The buck stops here.” > [@Donald Trump](#): > > “I’m not to blame for this.” Trump is reportedly upset about old video footage showing him throwing rolls of paper towels at first-responders in Puerto Rico ---
**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:** [September 15, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25416 "2018-09-15T15:33:22Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Thus, that we’re discussing Trump here is just a peculiar application of the Anthropic Principle. [Yossarian]That’s some Principle, that Anthropic Principle.[/Yossarian] ---
**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:** [September 15, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25417 "2018-09-15T15:35:58Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Trump is reportedly upset about old video footage showing him throwing rolls of paper towels at first-responders in Puerto Rico Bad link. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25418 "2018-09-15T15:36:56Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Trump is reportedly upset about old video footage showing him throwing rolls of paper towels at first-responders in Puerto Rico Link doesn’t work for me either. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25419 "2018-09-15T15:46:13Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > How is it possible that seemingly rational adults, who would never tolerate all the lying from their children, are perfectly okay with it coming from the President of the United States? The GOPers are fine with the Supreme Court nominee lying to Congress as well. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25420 "2018-09-15T15:48:04Z")
> [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > Link doesn’t work for me either. [Here are Google results of the story, with several to choose from.](https://www.google.com/search?q=trump-angry-at-paper-towel-throw-footage-hurricanes-florence-maria&rlz=1C1GGRV_enUS758US758&oq=trump-angry-at-paper-towel-throw-footage-hurricanes-florence-maria&aqs=chrome..69i57.1608j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25421 "2018-09-15T16:01:44Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > It would make sense if all of his support came solely from the toothless rednecks who turn out for his rallies Perfect example of why Trump won bigly over us libtards! \ ---
**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:** [September 15, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25422 "2018-09-15T16:07:32Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Bad link. > [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > Link doesn’t work for me either. > [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > [Here are Google results of the story, with several to choose from.](https://www.google.com/search?q=trump-angry-at-paper-towel-throw-footage-hurricanes-florence-maria&rlz=1C1GGRV_enUS758US758&oq=trump-angry-at-paper-towel-throw-footage-hurricanes-florence-maria&aqs=chrome..69i57.1608j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) [I think this is the intended link](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-angry-at-paper-towel-throw-footage-hurricanes-florence-maria-2018-9) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25423 "2018-09-15T16:17:59Z")
yes, that’s it. sorry for the mix-up. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25424 "2018-09-15T16:28:25Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > [Yossarian]That’s some Principle, that Anthropic Principle.[/Yossarian] It’s the best there is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1270) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1272)