# 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:** 1280
**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:** [September 20, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25585 "2018-09-20T02:01:16Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > And the collective ignorance of his penis’ shape. To give credit where credit is due, LBJ was actually way cruder than Trump ever was, and talked about his dick ( he nicknamed it “Jumbo”) way more than Trump. Johnson would actually whip it out during arguments. And he claimed he had more women by accident than Kennedy had on purpose. [http://polyrad.info/lbj-was-weird-about-his-own-dick-a-7-part-exploration/](http://polyrad.info/lbj-was-weird-about-his-own-dick-a-7-part-exploration/) > **[Three New Revelations About LBJ](https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1998/04/three-new-revelations-about-lbj/377094/)** > > The author of an about-to-be-published biography of Lyndon Johnson shares some of what he has learned ---
**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 20, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25586 "2018-09-20T02:10:00Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > The Sun is not known for accurate reporting. Yeah, he was actually suggesting it to keep the Africans out of America. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25587 "2018-09-20T03:33:16Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > It’s common knowledge that the youthful Gerald Ford, playing for the University of Michigan, used to use his mighty schvantz to punt footballs. Didn’t TR say something about “speak softly but…” ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25588 "2018-09-20T04:53:27Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Didn’t TR say something about “speak softly but…” True…but Teddy was too tiny and anemic and athsmatic to carry the ball against Yale and Princeton during his undergrad days, and his dink was fit only for tiddlywinks. It was only after his stint out west building himself up into a Great Man that he was able to guide the Great White Fleet using his wangle-dangle as a rudder. ---
**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 20, 2018, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25589 "2018-09-20T05:51:17Z")
**@Ann Hedonia** (sorry, the quote function is busted for me today for some reason) : true. He also wanted to have the shower in the presidential residence to be fitted with a second nozzle aimed directly at his junk. LBJ was as much of a wanker as Mr. Trump, MD\* when it came to establish interpersonal dominance as well. Where Trump does that retarded handshake jerk, LBJ would [deliberately crowd peoples’ personal space](http://polyrad.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Johnson-treatment-Abe-Fortas-e1504810444688.jpg) and lean into them until they got so uncomfortable they agreed with him just to get him to leave them alone (or were so bothered they didn’t pay attention to his words). ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25590 "2018-09-20T06:18:28Z")
Since nobody else has said it: **Mushroom Dick and the Yeti Pubes** Best Band Name Ever! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25591 "2018-09-20T07:14:22Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > What’s his next idea? A fucking wall around China to keep them from exporting? Nah, just one on its northern side. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2018, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25592 "2018-09-20T11:48:59Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Spain’s foreign minister says that Trump suggested building a wall across the Sahara Desert to keep Africans out of Europe. > [Donald Trump suggested building a wall across the SAHARA to solve Europe’s migrant crisis, Spanish minster reveals](https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7296266/donald-trump-suggested-building-a-wall-across-the-sahara-desert-to-solve-europes-migrant-crisis-spanish-minster-reveals/) [Another site reveals some of the depth of his ignorance.](https://www.politicususa.com/2018/09/20/to-keep-out-migrants-trump-wants-to-build-a-wall-in-the-sahara-desert.html) > [@](#): > > Trump reportedly suggested to Spain’s foreign minister that the country could build a wall across the Sahara in order to manage Mediterranean migration. > Spain’s Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said Trump made the suggestion during a previous meeting. > > When Borrell told him how big the Sahara is, the president responded by saying “The Sahara border can’t be bigger than our border with Mexico.” > > The Sahara desert is approximately 3,000 miles wide from east to west, or about 1,000 miles longer than the U.S. border with Mexico. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25593 "2018-09-20T13:37:12Z")
Not to mention that there’s already a barrier between the Sahara and Spain: the Mediterranean. And to build a wall on this “border” would mean depriving citizens of north African countries access to their beach. Eh…why do I bother wasting brain cells on this… ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25594 "2018-09-20T13:40:55Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Not to mention that there’s already a barrier between the Sahara and Spain: the Mediterranean. And to build a wall on this “border” would mean depriving citizens of north African countries access to their beach. > > Eh…why do I bother wasting brain cells on this… Not to mention the Sahara is a bit of a ‘wall’ in it self. God save us from this fucking moron. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25595 "2018-09-20T13:48:13Z")
> [@brewha](#): > > And at what point can we just take the “in the Making” off the thread title? The day he leaves office. The clusterfuck is ever reproving itself. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25596 "2018-09-20T14:19:13Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Not to mention that there’s already a barrier between the Sahara and Spain: the Mediterranean. And to build a wall on this “border” would mean depriving citizens of north African countries access to their beach. > > Eh…why do I bother wasting brain cells on this… > [@enipla](#): > > Not to mention the Sahara is a bit of a ‘wall’ in it self. God save us from this fucking moron. And we already have fences on the land borders between Morocco and Spain\*, and those fences are a political and humanitarian problem point. Oh, and part of the reason they’re fences and not walls is that a wall would be easier to climb than those concertina monstrosities+. - The Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla are on the northern coast of Africa. - Merely an aesthetic appreciation. They’re supposed to be effective, nobody asked for pretty. ---
**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 20, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25597 "2018-09-20T16:13:58Z")
Did he suggest making Nambia pay for it? ---
**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 20, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25598 "2018-09-20T16:53:36Z")
Hey wait a minute! I thought Trump said _Mexico_ was paying for the wall. Did I miss a memo?? “Earlier this year, Trump said he’d be [willing to shut down the government](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/399924-trump-government-shutdown-over-wall-funding-would-be-a-great-campaign) if he did not receive enough money for the wall, but has since backed off that threat.In an exclusive interview with [Hill.TV](http://Hill.TV) on Tuesday, [Trump hinted](https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/407367-trump-hints-at-new-executive-action-on-immigration-wants-filibuster-proof) that he intends take an executive action on immigration in the coming weeks, though he declined to specify what it might be.” > **[Trump blasts Congress over ‘ridiculous’ spending bill: ‘Where is the money...](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/407548-trump-blasts-congress-over-ridiculous-spending-bill-where-is-the/)** > > President Trump lashed out at Congress on Thursday over the lack of funding for his border wall in a recently passed spending bill, stoking a fight that GOP lawmakers had hoped to avoid until … Dipshit In Chief: I want to know, where is the money for Border Security and the WALL in this ridiculous Spending Bill, and where will it come from after the Midterms? Dems are obstructing Law Enforcement and Border Security. REPUBLICANS MUST FINALLY GET TOUGH! [6:43 AM - Sep 20, 2018](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1042740913968164864) ---
**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 20, 2018, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25599 "2018-09-20T17:42:10Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > … REPUBLICANS MUST FINALLY GET TOUGH! > … I think we have [just the thing](https://img0.etsystatic.com/003/1/5555369/il_570xN.365877764_ksc6.jpg) for that. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25600 "2018-09-20T19:29:49Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > To give credit where credit is due, LBJ was actually way cruder than Trump ever was… Not in public. Context matters. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25601 "2018-09-20T19:58:54Z")
Just want to pop in to ask if anyone else can remember a time when every 3rd word out of Republicans’ mouths was “character”? Does anyone else remember anything about an impeachment over a consentual yet squicky blowjob? Because now the game seems to be to ram the Kavanaugh confirmation through without asking too many questions about… attempted rape. I better not hear another argument based on principle from the GOP ever again, as long as I live, God damn it! ---
**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:** [September 20, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25602 "2018-09-20T20:05:32Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > Just want to pop in to ask if anyone else can remember a time when every 3rd word out of Republicans’ mouths was “character”? Does anyone else remember anything about an impeachment over a consentual yet squicky blowjob? > > Because now the game seems to be to ram the Kavanaugh confirmation through without asking too many questions about… attempted rape. I better not hear another argument based on principle from the GOP ever again, as long as I live, God damn it! I’ll also remind everyone: there are NO good Republicans – none. If someone’s a Republican, they’re a member of the Nazi party. ---
**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 20, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25603 "2018-09-20T20:09:18Z")
The Canoe Cruisers Association of Greater Washington is suing the administration because the Secret Service closes the Potomac River near Trump’s golf course every time he golfs there. Which happens frequently. > **[Canoeing group sues over restrictions near Trump golf course](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/2018/09/20/lawsuit-donald-trumps-golfing-illegally-restricts-potomac-river/1365377002/)** > > A canoeing group filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration Thursday, claiming President Donald Trump’s use of his golf course in Northern Virginia illegally closes the Potomac River. ---
**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 20, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/25604 "2018-09-20T20:16:48Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I think we have [just the thing](https://img0.etsystatic.com/003/1/5555369/il_570xN.365877764_ksc6.jpg) for that. 2/10, was expecting a studded paddle. Truly, the colonies still have a lot to learn from good old England’s Tories. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1279) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1281)