# 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:** 1334
**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, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26665 "2018-10-24T14:02:28Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > [Bombs](https://www.nytimes.com/) are showing up at the Obama’s and Clinton’s now. I’m sure they where sent by a Democrat because Republicans are so peaceful. “Jobs, not Mobs” Waiting to see how trump will dog whistle this. ---
**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, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26666 "2018-10-24T15:36:10Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > 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 What a stupid question. do I have to spoon feed you everything? Do your homework, its all spelled out in the Fox News comments section. He did it as part of the false flag operation to tar Republicans before the midterms. ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26667 "2018-10-24T19:25:55Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > What a stupid question. do I have to spoon feed you everything? > > Do your homework, its all spelled out in the Fox News comments section. > > He did it as part of the false flag operation to tar Republicans before the midterms. I’m not entirely sure if you were just joking or not when you wrote this, but this whacky theory has gone [far beyond the Fox News comments section](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/far-right-says-bomb-threats-false-flag-democrats). ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26668 "2018-10-24T19:51:56Z")
> [@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. Funny how four days ago he was calling the Saudi story “credible” and now it’s the “worst cover-up ever”. It’s like the guy can’t pick a story and stick with it! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26669 "2018-10-24T22:14:05Z")
The Chinese are listening to phone calls Trump makes on his iPhone. > **[When Trump Phones Friends, the Chinese and the Russians Listen and Learn...](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/24/us/politics/trump-phone-security.html#click=https://t.co/vyHmy3j378)** > > President Trump has been repeatedly told by aides that his cellphone calls are not secure from foreign spies. But he has refused to heed the warnings to stop talking. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26670 "2018-10-24T22:16:39Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > The Chinese are listening to phone calls Trump makes on his iPhone. > > [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/24/us/politics/trump-phone-security.html#click=https://t.co/vyHmy3j378](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/24/us/politics/trump-phone-security.html#click=https://t.co/vyHmy3j378) Does it make a difference? It’s all hogwash anyway. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26671 "2018-10-24T22:35:28Z")
They are probably not just listening: they are picking it up and retransmitting with subliminal messaging added. “_Tibet has always been part of China._” ---
**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:** [October 24, 2018, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26672 "2018-10-24T22:43:16Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > They are probably not just listening: they are picking it up and retransmitting with subliminal messaging added. “_Tibet has always been part of China._” I’d think they’d be more likely to use a subliminal _“lay off the idiotic tariffs, moron.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26673 "2018-10-25T00:19:32Z")
I don’t know, guys. I’m starting to suspect that the outrage over Clinton’s email server was not entirely genuine. I feel like this part is being undersold: \* “They said they had further confidence he was not spilling secrets because he rarely digs into the details of the intelligence he is shown and is not well versed in the operational specifics of military or covert activities.”\* Basically, the president is literally too stupid to remember any of the stuff he is told, so he is incapable of divulging it. ---
**Author:** ![JB99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@JB99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JB99)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26674 "2018-10-25T00:21:22Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > I don’t know, guys. I’m starting to suspect that the outrage over Clinton’s email server was not entirely genuine. > > I feel like this part is being undersold: > \* > “They said they had further confidence he was not spilling secrets because he rarely digs into the details of the intelligence he is shown and is not well versed in the operational specifics of military or covert activities.”\* > > Basically, the president is literally too stupid to remember any of the stuff he is told, so he is incapable of divulging it. This is the part that makes me despair. The only thing saving our country is his own utter incompetence. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26675 "2018-10-25T00:22:53Z")
> [@duality72](#): > > I’m not entirely sure if you were just joking or not when you wrote this, but this whacky theory has gone [far beyond the Fox News comments section](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/far-right-says-bomb-threats-false-flag-democrats). Remember their mindset: they are always the _real_ victims. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26676 "2018-10-25T00:50:45Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > I don’t know, guys. I’m starting to suspect that the outrage over Clinton’s email server was not entirely genuine. > > I feel like this part is being undersold: > \* > “They said they had further confidence he was not spilling secrets because he rarely digs into the details of the intelligence he is shown and is not well versed in the operational specifics of military or covert activities.”\* > > **Basically, the president is literally too stupid to remember any of the stuff he is told, so he is incapable of divulging it**. Bolding mine. I suspect the day to day activities of his administration gets broken down into a few things. [ul] [li]You can’t do that, it’s illegal[/li][li]Her name is Melania. He \*code name \*is Flight Risk. [/li][li]Do you want me to write it on your hand again?[/li][/ul] ---
**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 25, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26677 "2018-10-25T01:44:25Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > I don’t know, guys. I’m starting to suspect that the outrage over Clinton’s email server was not entirely genuine. > > I feel like this part is being undersold: > \* > “They said they had further confidence he was not spilling secrets because he rarely digs into the details of the intelligence he is shown and is not well versed in the operational specifics of military or covert activities.”\* > > Basically, the president is literally too stupid to remember any of the stuff he is told, so he is incapable of divulging it. Of course it’s not genuine. I don’t hear a lot of complaining from the right about [this report regarding OITNB\* using an unsecured phone](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-uses-unsecured-iphone-even-001427967.html). Your last sentence sums up the situation aptly: The president is too stupid. Period. Orange Is The New Brownshirt ---
**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 25, 2018, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26678 "2018-10-25T05:18:18Z")
Chump blames the media (and the Democrats) for fostering an atmosphere ripe for bombers and says the solution is for the media to be nicer to him. What a fuckhead. ---
**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 25, 2018, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26679 "2018-10-25T05:20:42Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Trump blames the media (and the Democrats) for fostering an atmosphere ripe for bombers and says the solution is for the media to be nicer to him. What a fuckhead. Yep. That’s exactly what he is. He’s the one who’s been openly calling for violence against his opponents. Why is he trying to pawn this off onto the media and the Democrats? ---
**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 25, 2018, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26680 "2018-10-25T05:30:18Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Yep. That’s exactly what he is. He’s the one who’s been openly calling for violence against his opponents. Why is he trying to pawn this off onto the media and the Democrats? Because to do anything else would be to admit weakness/fault. “Accuse your enemy of what you’re doing,” and all that jazz… ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26681 "2018-10-25T10:20:24Z")
In the same rally he accused the media of being the ones stirring up divisiveness and hatred, he got the crowd chanting “CNN Sucks!”. CNN was one of the recipients of a bomb. Self-awareness amongst Trump and his supporters. It is not a thing. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26682 "2018-10-25T17:29:11Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Does it make a difference? It’s all hogwash anyway. Right. I don’t care whether China hears Trump’s phone conversations because he’s lying anyway. It could actually be a brilliant disinformation campaign! ---
**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 25, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26683 "2018-10-25T17:49:34Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > In the same rally he accused the media of being the ones stirring up divisiveness and hatred, he got the crowd chanting “CNN Sucks!”. CNN was one of the recipients of a bomb. > > Self-awareness amongst Trump and his supporters. It is not a thing. And Sarah the Huckster falsely claimed CNN blamed Trump, then blamed them for the divisiveness in the country. > **[Sarah Huckabee Sanders Restarts Attacks on CNN One Day After Bomb Scare](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/sarah-huckabee-sanders-attacks-cnn-bomb-scare-1154979/)** > > White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders baselessly accused CNN of blaming the bomb threats on Trump on Thursday, one day after the scare at the network. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26684 "2018-10-25T20:37:56Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > The Chinese are listening to phone calls Trump makes on his iPhone. > > [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/24/us/politics/trump-phone-security.html#click=https://t.co/vyHmy3j378](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/24/us/politics/trump-phone-security.html#click=https://t.co/vyHmy3j378) Do they or the Russians even HAVE TO? Remember who Trump is really working for. It sure ain’t us. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1333) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1335)