# 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:** 1400
**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:** [December 12, 2018, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/27985 "2018-12-12T01:34:34Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > “For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity”…??? Apparently our vice president can’t even get his Bible verses right. I’m sure he meant Philippians 4-13. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/27986 "2018-12-12T01:58:19Z")
[Aftermath Report:](https://twitter.com/funder/status/1072630052746129408) > [@Scott Dworkin](#): > > BREAKING: GOP consultant tells me Trump is “absolutely enraged” by the news coverage of his meeting with Pelosi and Schumer today. Trump apparently blames Pence for not speaking up. He thinks Pence “lost it for him.” And he wishes he never held the meeting, calling it a “set up.” ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/27987 "2018-12-12T02:02:42Z")
I’ll bet Mike Pence _wishes_ he could be fired. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/27988 "2018-12-12T02:19:44Z")
While I watched (much later, no live) the Nancy/Chuck/Donald/Vice-president-elf-on-the-shelf (I’m stealing that) thing, it occurred to me why that addled-brained orange troll doll is so emphatic about the wall. He’s so fat (I say this as a not-thin person) he can’t imagine being capable of climbing over it, so therefore no one else could. I think he thinks that migrants would genuinely look at it and go “muy alto. No bueno. voy a regresar a mi casa.” That they’d look like a bunch of little kids when their frisbee ends up on a scary neighbor’s roof. All shrug and give each other “oh shucks” looks and go home. Because climbing is hard when you can’t see your own feet. It also seems like a super intimidating thing because he’s probably afraid of heights… you know, like stairs. ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/27989 "2018-12-12T03:42:09Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > [Aftermath Report:](https://twitter.com/funder/status/1072630052746129408) I will go to bed tonight snug as a bug in a rug thinking of “Individual 1” being furious that he can’t fire Pence. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2018, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/27990 "2018-12-12T04:18:59Z")
Pence: “I did half a xan, thirteen hours 'til I land… Had me out like a light, yay…” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/27991 "2018-12-12T04:56:40Z")
> [@](#): > > BREAKING: GOP consultant tells me Trump is “absolutely enraged” by the news coverage of his meeting with Pelosi and Schumer today. Trump apparently blames Pence for not speaking up. He thinks Pence “lost it for him.” And he wishes he never held the meeting, calling it a “set up.” Stupid on multiple levels. If it was a setup, then Trump fell for it hook, line, and sinker. If it wasn’t a setup, what did Trump think that ultra-conservative Mike Pence would say in a meeting with Shumer and Pelosi? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/27992 "2018-12-12T05:03:22Z")
This movie title popped into my head after today’s tantrum. [The Madness of King George](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110428/?ref_=nv_sr_1) > [@](#): > > Storyline > Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of confusion and near-violent outbursts of temper, his hapless doctors attempt the ineffectual cures of the day. Meanwhile, Queen Charlotte and Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger attempt to prevent the king’s political enemies, led by the Prince of Wales, from usurping the throne. So I guess Mitch McConnell is Queen Charlotte? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/27993 "2018-12-12T05:04:23Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > In some circles, that’s a master business move. Failed businessmen circles. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/27994 "2018-12-12T05:14:08Z")
If it was a set up, didn’t Trump set it up himself by calling in the cameras? ETA: I think Trump thought he was making some sort of show of power in front of the media. Instead of the win he visioned for himself he got owned. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/27995 "2018-12-12T05:46:19Z")
[in case anyone hasn’t seen it yet I’ll just leave this here…](https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/1072561318421516288) ---
**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:** [December 12, 2018, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/27996 "2018-12-12T05:47:47Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > If it was a set up, didn’t Trump set it up himself by calling in the cameras? > > ETA: I think Trump thought he was making some sort of show of power in front of the media. Instead of the win he visioned for himself he got owned. I’m just glad he’s cognizant enough to realize it. If the reports of his seething anger at Pence and throwing shit around the office are legit. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2018, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/27997 "2018-12-12T05:52:51Z")
Admirable of Schumer maintaining the most Pained Looking Smile I’ve ever seen, how he was looking too much at Pelosi the whole time. Then again, if I was in his shoes, and having to turn to my right, and plunk - eight feet away is some gibroni who needs his gross pasty fucking face smashed in, then perhaps I’d be looking away too. I could easily watch another tense, awkward televised threesome of this again. Maybe [Eric Andre](https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9k4nny/they-shouldve-let-eric-andre-host-the-oscars?utm_campaign=sharebutton) could moderate. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2018, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/27998 "2018-12-12T06:13:53Z")
Yeah, Schumer looked like he could barely contain himself. “GOD, YOU’RE SO FUCKING STUPID!” and “OMG, I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU JUST SAID THAT, YOU MORON” must have been on the tip of his tongue the entire time. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/27999 "2018-12-12T06:17:27Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > This movie title popped into my head after today’s tantrum. > > [The Madness of King George](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110428/?ref_=nv_sr_1) So what color is Trump’s urine? :dubious: ---
**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:** [December 12, 2018, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28000 "2018-12-12T06:21:55Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > This movie title popped into my head after today’s tantrum. > > [The Madness of King George](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110428/?ref_=nv_sr_1) The movie title graphically illustrates how stupid Americans expect other Americans to be: they were going to call it _The Madness of King George III_ but then decided that they better not do that because the potential audience would be reduced by the number of people who would stay away because they had not seen parts one and two. Sometimes it feels like we _deserve_ Individual-1. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28001 "2018-12-12T06:24:27Z")
^^I think it’s the color of diet coke. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28002 "2018-12-12T06:25:27Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Yeah, Schumer looked like he could barely contain himself. “GOD, YOU’RE SO FUCKING STUPID!” and “OMG, I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU JUST SAID THAT, YOU MORON” must have been on the tip of his tongue the entire time. I’ll bet Pelosi and Schumer ducked into a private coatroom nearest the exit from the Oval Office and howled hysterically together for a few minutes, before regaining their composure to go speak to the cameras outside the White House. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28003 "2018-12-12T06:34:22Z")
So, Pence walks, and Il Douche doesn’t name a VP candidate. Fuck you, he says to the Senate Republicans, back me one hundred percent or I’ll resign and then…President Pelosi. Total loyalty. “Susan? Hi, it’s Mitch, just calling to remind you that tomorrow its your turn to blow the President…” ---
**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:** [December 12, 2018, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28004 "2018-12-12T06:56:06Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Yeah, Schumer looked like he could barely contain himself. “GOD, YOU’RE SO FUCKING STUPID!” and “OMG, I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU JUST SAID THAT, YOU MORON” must have been on the tip of his tongue the entire time. mmmm-naa, I’d bet Chuck woulda gone more with a “IN THE GOOD NAME OF ALL THAT IS MARTY ALLEN-LIKE IN THIS UNIVERSE, YOU PUKED-UP, BABBLING, WALKING SHITBURGER OF A WHOREMONGER’S GRANDABORTION, YOU WANT A WALL? YEAH, I GOT ONE RIGHT _HERE_ FOR YA” (with obligatory _bras d’honneur_) Really? It’s essentially down to Barr and Meadows for CoS? ☹ Or Ivanka? ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1399) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1401)