# 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:** 138
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/2741 "2017-03-27T03:10:52Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Don’t you libtards get tired of mocking our Dear Leader? [If you watched Real News, you’d know he just defeated the judges and terrorists opposing him!](https://youtu.be/Wd_MtxEFw7E?t=2m47s) Not really, no. The only thing Trump has made great again is Saturday Night Live. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/2742 "2017-03-27T14:12:11Z")
Has this dingleberry Nunes been roundly excoriated enough around here yet? > **[Lawmaker's 'peculiar midnight run' endangers Trump-Russia inquiry](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/26/trump-russia-investigation-house-intelligence-devin-nunes)** > > House intelligence chair Devin Nunes reportedly disappeared from Uber ride, fueling further questions over his role in committee’s investigation > [@](#): > > Nunes’ Tuesday night foray to see possibly critical documents, his failure to share those documents with the committee, his decision to brief the president instead, and his abrupt cancellation of Tuesday’s hearing have all raised questions over whether the intelligence committee under his chairmanship can continue its inquiry into reported Russian intervention in the 2016 election with any credibility. Nunes put off tomorrow’s hearing to confer with Comey and National Security Agency director, Michael Rogers, but I’ve yet to find anywhere else on dese intrawebs to support the credibility of such a claim, so until someone can substantiate more on Nunes’s weaseling out of the situation, I’ll just simply conclude that, well, yeah - he’s weaseling out of the situation. (or, trying to somehow scuttle this whole thing into a non-issue:confused:) So if Nunes needs to _so_ hightail the fuck outa there, can we _really_ rely on a bipartisan congressional selection of a truly independent inquiry into this, then? ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/2743 "2017-03-27T17:02:28Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Don’t you libtards get tired of mocking our Dear Leader? [If you watched Real News, you’d know he just defeated the judges and terrorists opposing him!](https://youtu.be/Wd_MtxEFw7E?t=2m47s) I’m not tired of winning yet. Trumplethinskin said we would get tired of winning so much - guess he lied again. ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/2744 "2017-03-27T17:40:45Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > I’m not tired of winning yet. Trumplethinskin said we would get tired of winning so much - guess he lied again. 😕 Wasn’t it tired of whining ? ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/2745 "2017-03-27T18:20:31Z")
Fox News: Breaking news! POTUS doesn’t spend entire weekend at golf course! TIME: Actually, he spent it at a Virginia golf course instead of a Florida golf course. White House: He just finished up some Presidential meetings this morning. Reporter: Really? Here are photos of him watching golf the past hour. [Cite](http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a9189990/fox-news-tweet-donald-trump-white-house-golf/) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/2746 "2017-03-27T18:32:46Z")
One of these days, Spicer is going to turn into Neidermeyer shouting “All is well!” only to be trampled by the panicked crowd. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/2747 "2017-03-27T18:45:36Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > One of these days, Spicer is going to turn into Neidermeyer shouting “All is well!” only to be trampled by the panicked crowd. That wasn’t Niedermeyer, it was Chip Diller (Kevin Bacon). We can’t let the SDMB be a source of fake news. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/2748 "2017-03-27T19:06:41Z")
Salon is reporting that the most recent continuing resolution on funding expires on April 29. In order to keep the government running, Congress is going to have to pass a complete budget, or pass a continuing resolution. But, as usual, the Freedom Caucus is opposed to any continuing resolutions. So the House Republicans are reaching out to moderate Democrats and the Black Caucus to keep the government from shutting down. > **[Republicans are facing another government shutdown, and they may not be able...](https://www.salon.com/2017/03/27/republicans-are-facing-another-government-shutdown-and-they-may-not-be-able-to-stop-it/)** > > Republicans run both houses of Congress and the White House, but the government still may shut down ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/2749 "2017-03-27T19:09:11Z")
Trump’s administration decides to [shelve some pesky coal mine safety rules](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/27/mine-safety-bills-fire-up-tensions-in-coal-country.html). They just get in the way of profits, right? > [@](#): > > Longtime safety experts say they are shocked at the scope of the proposals that will seemingly void violations that traditionally carry stiff monetary penalties. > > “It’s breathtaking in its scope,” said Davitt McAteer, who served as assistant secretary of the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration during the Clinton administration. > > McAteer, an internationally recognized expert on mine safety, led a team that pushed for strengthening West Virginia’s mine safety efforts following the death of 29 miners after a coal dust explosion at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch Mine in Montcoal in 2010. Poor Trump supporters who voted for him. Now they get more dangerous working conditions. But hey, soon the mandatory coal-burning cars will be on the market, and they’ll be in great shape. As long as the mine does not explode and kill them. Soon the Trump idiots will get rid of that horrible rule that stops coal mining companies from dumping coal-mining debris into nearby streams. I mean, what could possibly be bad about dumping coal-mining debris into streams, right? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/2750 "2017-03-27T19:10:57Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > In order to keep the government running The government is running? ---
**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:** [March 27, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/2751 "2017-03-27T19:16:20Z")
> [@](#): > > Soon the Trump idiots will get rid of that horrible rule that stops coal mining companies from dumping coal-mining debris into nearby streams. I mean, what could possibly be bad about dumping coal-mining debris into streams, right? [They already did.](http://www.snopes.com/2017/02/06/dump-coal-waste-into-streams/) ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/2752 "2017-03-27T20:00:59Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [They already did.](http://www.snopes.com/2017/02/06/dump-coal-waste-into-streams/) Whew! I can only assume that the coal mining companies are now poised to do massive amounts of hiring, and will be raising salaries now that they’re once again allowed to dump mining waste into streams. I’m sure that will be coming along any day now… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/2753 "2017-03-27T20:02:53Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > That wasn’t Niedermeyer, it was Chip Diller (Kevin Bacon). Thanks. Haven’t seen the movie in about a decade. My _Double Secret Probation Edition_ DVD got stolen and I never bothered to replace it. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/2754 "2017-03-27T20:08:58Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > The government is running? Away from its responsibilities? Like a well-tuned machine, baby!. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/2755 "2017-03-27T20:49:24Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Thanks. Haven’t seen the movie in about a decade. My _Double Secret Probation Edition_ DVD got stolen and I never bothered to replace it. There’s at least half a dozen people here who could recite it for you. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/2756 "2017-03-27T21:13:13Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > But hey, soon the mandatory coal-burning cars will be on the market, and they’ll be in great shape. As long as the mine does not explode and kill them. And just wait until Trump converts the Navy from nuclear-powered ships back into coal-fired steam turbines! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/2757 "2017-03-27T21:20:33Z")
Doesn’t Attorney General Jeff Sessions look like that weasel you used to pants in grade school? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/2758 "2017-03-27T21:20:40Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > As long as the mine does not explode and kill them. What are you, a socialist? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/2759 "2017-03-27T21:26:39Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Doesn’t Attorney General Jeff Sessions look like that weasel you used to pants in grade school? Maybe that’s why he’s such a sourpuss now. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/2760 "2017-03-27T21:58:32Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Whew! I can only assume that the coal mining companies are now poised to do massive amounts of hiring, and will be raising salaries now that they’re once again allowed to dump mining waste into streams. > > I’m sure that will be coming along any day now… Well there are two ways to increase the rate of employment. One is by increasing the number of jobs, but that’s hard. The second is to reduce the denominator. Poison a whole town’s water supply, and voila fewer unemployed people. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=137) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=139)