# 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:** 1402
**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, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28025 "2018-12-12T15:55:25Z")
Google CEO Sundar Pichai explains to congress why Trump’s face comes up when you search for [idiot](https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/google-ceo-explains-to-congress-why-searching-for-idiot-turns-up-pictures-of-trump-1.4214594) in google images. I just can’t see him not enjoying testifying. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28026 "2018-12-12T16:43:17Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > 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_) Thank OG I wasn’t drinking coffee the moment I read that. :eek: That would have been a true Brown Rainbow. > [@eschereal](#): > > The US is like this because of them. It is all Pitt-the-Younger-Still’s fault. Now, don’t go blaming Pitt-the-Younger. He was in the middle of his midterms at the time. 😉 > [@Gyrate](#): > > From the NYT article on the meeting:It’s petty but, by God, that’s a solid burn. _Whooaaa._ I may have to take back some of the less-flattering things I’ve said about Ms. Pelosi in the years since “Impeachment is not on the table.” (Boy, that was a different world, wannit?) Yes, Ma’m!😃 ---
**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, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28027 "2018-12-12T17:07:20Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > From [The Atlantic](https://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2018/12/body-language-questions-about-surreal-oval-office-exchange/577939/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheAtlantic+%28The+Atlantic+-+Master+Feed%29): > Yes! Taxidermy–that’s what he reminded me of. But not as lifelike. The way he was listing to starboard made me think of what a president once said, c. 98 years ago, _I am not fit for this office and should never have been here._ – WGH ---
**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:** [December 12, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28028 "2018-12-12T18:32:09Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Worth the click: > > [https://twitter.com/KeithLockwood2/status/1072858184547749889](https://twitter.com/KeithLockwood2/status/1072858184547749889) Worth 2 clicks, even! ---
**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:** [December 12, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28029 "2018-12-12T18:50:26Z")
Cohen just got three years in prison and pledged continued cooperation in investigations. ---
**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, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28030 "2018-12-12T18:58:34Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > The way he was listing to starboard… And in this case starboard is AWAY from Trump. I don’t know much body language but it seems to me he’s distancing himself from his boss. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28031 "2018-12-12T19:33:30Z")
We’ve had unemployment at 50 year lows, the best wage growth in more than a decade, and interest rates still historically very low and inflation in check - and yet the S&P is essentially negative for the year. If we enter recession territory, Trump is toast. ---
**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, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28032 "2018-12-12T20:39:27Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > We’ve had unemployment at 50 year lows, the best wage growth in more than a decade, and interest rates still historically very low and inflation in check - and yet the S&P is essentially negative for the year. > > If we enter recession territory, Trump is toast. The indices are not indicative of how the economy is doing. They might tell us how well off rich people currently are, but the greater breadth of the country has minimal connection with the issues markets, other than hearing about it on the news. We will know the economy is going TU when bad shit starts to happen. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28033 "2018-12-12T20:42:21Z")
The Trump administration is now trying to deport refugees. From the Viet Nam war. > **[Trump Moves to Deport Vietnam War Refugees](https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/12/donald-trump-deport-vietnam-war-refugees/577993/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_medium=social&utm_term=2018-12-12T19%3A26%3A40)** > > The White House again wants to expel certain groups of protected immigrants, a reversal after backing away from the policy months ago. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28034 "2018-12-12T21:10:44Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > The Trump administration is now trying to deport refugees. > > From the Viet Nam war. > > [Donald Trump Moves to Deport Vietnam War Refugees - The Atlantic](https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/12/donald-trump-deport-vietnam-war-refugees/577993/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_medium=social&utm_term=2018-12-12T19%3A26%3A40) What would be the attitude of the Vietnamese government towards South Vietnamese who fled because they sided with the USA? ---
**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:** [December 12, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28035 "2018-12-12T21:35:44Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > From the NYT article on the meeting: > > > [@](#): > > > > After she returned to Capitol Hill, Ms. Pelosi said that for Mr. Trump, the wall was “like a manhood thing for him.” > > > > “As if manhood could ever be associated with him,” she said. > > It’s petty but, by God, that’s a solid burn. I’m reminded of Little Donnie Fail-Fail’s clownishly-long ties. He thinks long ties make people think he’s got an enormous schwanzstucker. He really does think that. ---
**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, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28036 "2018-12-12T22:00:56Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > …schwanzstucker… Leave it to the Germans to complicate “dick”. ---
**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, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28037 "2018-12-12T22:02:31Z")
> [@](#): > > The indices are not indicative of how the economy is doing. They might tell us how well off rich people currently are, but the greater breadth of the country has minimal connection with the issues markets, other than hearing about it on the news… “When the stock market booms, rich folks make lots more money. When it tanks, the rest of us lose our jobs.” - Saw it somewhere on the net, dunno. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28038 "2018-12-12T23:00:39Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > The Trump administration is now trying to deport refugees. > > From the Viet Nam war. My next door neighbor is in this camp. He was a prisoner (apparently for politically motivated reasons) in Vietnam for a number of years before making it here. He’s lived a quiet life in the suburbs for about 4 decades, raised two kids, caused absolutely no problems, and been a productive contributor to the local economy until he retired. He spends a rather large amount of time caring for his grapefruit (and other citrus) trees in his backyard, visits the grandkids often, and is generally the sort of neighbor everybody should be lucky enough to have. This is nearly the last person who should be deported. Any asshat who even considers it should join the circus, because a lot of people would pay good money to see a human head fit so far up an ass. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28039 "2018-12-12T23:04:26Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Cohen just got three years in prison and pledged continued cooperation in investigations. It’s like Mom always used to say: “The company you keep doesn’t reflect on you in any way whatsoever.” ---
**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:** [December 12, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28040 "2018-12-12T23:15:25Z")
On the first day of Christmas Bob Mueller sent DJT a chaaaarge ooooof per-jur-eee ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28041 "2018-12-12T23:36:32Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Leave it to the Germans to complicate “dick”. Not the Germans, the writers of **Young Frankenstein**. Although part of it is supposed to be a German word for tail. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28042 "2018-12-12T23:46:20Z")
While I hate to support anything Trump does, I do want to point out that he only wants to deport Vietnamese refugees who have been convicted of crimes in this country. He is not (yet) talking about deporting those who are living here lawfully for decades. Now I need to go shower. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2018, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28043 "2018-12-12T23:55:22Z")
What’s he got against being convicted of crimes?? All his best friends are doing it. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28044 "2018-12-13T00:03:27Z")
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