# 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:** 1333
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26645 "2018-10-24T00:31:50Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > It sucks that the press has to take the administration seriously and ask actual questions of them about this tax cut Trump keeps talking about that isn’t a real thing, or the caravan terrorists that aren’t a real thing, or the left wing mobs that aren’t a real thing as if any of these things are real things. Or the rioting in California. This is what? In the last week? No need for questions, when statements will do. “Mr. President, you’re lying”. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2018, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26646 "2018-10-24T00:53:32Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Or the rioting in California. > > This is what? In the last week? > > No need for questions, when statements will do. > > “Mr. President, you’re lying”. You know, English, as a language, has a severe failing for this particular verb, IMHO. _Lying_ sounds like being supine. It’s just too passive for OISTNBs’s nonsense. Maybe it should be “Mr. President, you’re assailing”. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26647 "2018-10-24T00:57:25Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Or the rioting in California. > > This is what? In the last week? > > No need for questions, when statements will do. > > “Mr. President, you’re lying”. Hey, I live in a California sanctuary city. I’ve seen the riots first hand. I think someone honked at me at a red light yesterday while I was zoning out. Woo boy, that was close to a riot there. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26648 "2018-10-24T01:45:07Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Is he stupid, paranoid or just supporting his boss? Pence’s sycophancy knows no bounds. Remember the time Trump inexplicably put his water bottle on the floor and Pence immediately did the same to support him? ---
**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:** [October 24, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26649 "2018-10-24T02:47:19Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Pence’s sycophancy knows no bounds. Remember the time Trump inexplicably put his water bottle on the floor and Pence immediately did the same to support him? I don’t remember this, so I had to Google “Trump Pence water bottle.” [And, woo-boy. That’s bizarre.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjY4vdyBx0Y) ---
**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:** [October 24, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26650 "2018-10-24T02:48:00Z")
GEOFF BENNETT: Hey, Mr. President, you said Californians were rioting over the sanctuary cities. Where? TRUMP: You shouldn’t have – take a look. They want to get out of sanctuary cities. Many places in California want to get out of sanctuary cities. BENNETT: But that’s not rioting, sir, right? TRUMP: Yeah, it is rioting in some cases. BENNETT: Where are the riots, sir? Crickets > **[Donald Trump said Californians are rioting over sanctuary cities. They aren't....](https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/23/politics/donald-trump-california-sanctuary-cities/index.html)** > > Over the weekend at a campaign rally for Sen. Dean Heller (R) in Nevada, President Donald Trump said this: ---
**Author:** ![Batano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@Batano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batano)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26651 "2018-10-24T02:57:49Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > and he was hired by George Soros and the Globalists. My least favorite band. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26652 "2018-10-24T03:12:48Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Pence’s sycophancy knows no bounds. Remember the time Trump inexplicably put his water bottle on the floor and Pence immediately did the same to support him? In this case, I’d call it psychophancy. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26653 "2018-10-24T03:45:47Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Orange is the New Brownshirt. Well played. Angry Mr. Kavanaugh notches his first feather in his Supreme Court cap with today’s decision to protect Asshole Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross from [multiple legal challenges over that fucked-up census question of his.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-shields-commerce-secretary-wilbur-ross-from-answering-questions-on-census/2018/10/22/33dfa890-ce5f-11e8-a3e6-44daa3d35ede_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.70feb5e3a785) ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26654 "2018-10-24T03:55:36Z")
Trump on Saudi Arabias assassination of a journalist: > [@Liar in chief](#): > > “They had a very bad original concept, it was carried out poorly and the cover up was the worst in the history of cover-ups.” Translation: I don’t care that they killed this reporter, its just that they did such a sloppy job of it. If they had just covered their tracks better everything would be fine. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2018, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26655 "2018-10-24T04:24:48Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Trump on Saudi Arabias assassination of a journalist: > > Translation: I don’t care that they killed this reporter, its just that they did such a sloppy job of it. If they had just covered their tracks better everything would be fine. I heard it more like: Don’t they know how reality TV works? You have to come up with a GOOD concept and then script the hell out of it. And never, ever admit it. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26656 "2018-10-24T05:26:51Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Trump declares himself a nationalist. > [https://theguardiansofdemocracy.com/trump-proudly-declares-he-is-a-nationalist-were-not-supposed-to-use-that-word/?fbclid=IwAR3dprYgeNR4615d2HaYor-gWX-6tFAl7zbLMk7YMi3AlQWlLCotRuyrC1Y](https://theguardiansofdemocracy.com/trump-proudly-declares-he-is-a-nationalist-were-not-supposed-to-use-that-word/?fbclid=IwAR3dprYgeNR4615d2HaYor-gWX-6tFAl7zbLMk7YMi3AlQWlLCotRuyrC1Y) > > Nice accomanying photo. No surprise. We’ve always known Chump is a Nazi, and he said this in Texas, a state full of Nazis. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2018, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26657 "2018-10-24T09:15:52Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Well played. Thanks. I’d already posted that on a Yahoo comments section of the article about Trump’s admission. > [@](#): > > Angry Mr. Kavanaugh notches his first feather in his Supreme Court cap with today’s decision to protect Asshole Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross from [multiple legal challenges over that fucked-up census question of his.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-shields-commerce-secretary-wilbur-ross-from-answering-questions-on-census/2018/10/22/33dfa890-ce5f-11e8-a3e6-44daa3d35ede_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.70feb5e3a785) I’ve already used up my free article allotment. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26658 "2018-10-24T09:31:27Z")
No telling who ruled how on that case, given that it’s a stay application, but anyone wanna bet it’s a 5-4 split? :mad: ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26659 "2018-10-24T11:23:28Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I’ve already used up my free article allotment. ☹ Either: Clear your browser cookies for that site (method depends on your browser, but it’s easy info to find.) Or, open the link in “private mode” or equivalent for your browser, Or open it in another browser (or computer, or your phone) Or you could subscribe, I guess. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2018, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26660 "2018-10-24T13:06:29Z")
[Asked about conspiracies, Trump admits, ‘There’s no proof of anything’](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/asked-about-conspiracies-trump-admits-theres-no-proof-anything) > [@](#): > > The future president told [Billy Bush], “People will just believe you. You just tell them and they believe you.” Yes, it’s MSNBC; but the claims in the article are easily verified. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26661 "2018-10-24T13:47:31Z")
[Bombs](https://www.nytimes.com/) are showing up at the Obama’s and Clinton’s now. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26662 "2018-10-24T13:51:31Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > [Bombs](https://www.nytimes.com/) are showing up at the Obama’s and Clinton’s now. Wow, those were delivered quickly from that Middle Eastern dude down on the Mexican-Guatemalan border. Props to international postal services! ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26663 "2018-10-24T13:55:41Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Wow, those were delivered quickly from that Middle Eastern dude down on the Mexican-Guatemalan border. Props to international postal services! Fake news. Why would the Middle Eastern dude target members of the party that is actively encouraging terrorists to come to the United States to destroy our freedoms? /s ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26664 "2018-10-24T14:01:34Z")
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