# 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:** 1417
**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 21, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28325 "2018-12-21T01:41:41Z")
Looks like a Perfect Storm brewing. Government shutdown, Syrian withdrawal, quitting-in-disgust defense secretary, crashing economy. But hey! It makes great television! This would be the perfect time for Putin to reach over and reclaim Alaska. Chump probably wouldn’t stop him at the best of times, but now he’ll hardly even notice. Sure, they vote Republican, but they’re so few electoral votes. And Vlad may want it so. ---
**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 21, 2018, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28326 "2018-12-21T01:51:08Z")
I think my favorite commentary on today (which is entirely my fault because I thought everything was going to be quiet today and tomorrow through Wednesday, and to be fair, Cheeto Benito does want to golf in Florida) was this random [person](https://mtwitter.com/mab8663Panto/status/1075888689253924864) > [@](#): > > @mab8663Panto: The Oval Office has gotta be like the Bunker Scene in ”Downfall”, but with ”Yakkity Sax” as the soundtrack ---
**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 21, 2018, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28327 "2018-12-21T01:52:47Z")
Is it time to invoke the 25th Amendment yet? ---
**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:** [December 21, 2018, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28328 "2018-12-21T01:55:34Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Looks like a Perfect Storm brewing. Government shutdown, Syrian withdrawal, quitting-in-disgust defense secretary, crashing economy. But hey! It makes great television! > > This would be the perfect time for Putin to reach over and reclaim Alaska. Chump probably wouldn’t stop him at the best of times, but now he’ll hardly even notice. Sure, they vote Republican, but they’re so few electoral votes. And Vlad may want it so. Do you remember a show (perhaps it was a made for TV movie) where the protagonist had to save the day by writing new episodes for the show, thereby removing all the nefarious characters and ending up with a wonderful day and everyone was regaling him with adulation? That’s what Dinky Donnie thinks being president is, apparently. He’ll just issue yet another executive order and what he wants to have will be done. At least, in his mind that’s the way it works. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28329 "2018-12-21T02:57:58Z")
_Twilight Zone_. Cornfield. 'Nuff sed. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28330 "2018-12-21T03:08:05Z")
…Ladies and Gentleman, an official statement from the President of the United States. > (I had to double check I wasn’t posting a link to one of the many parody accounts. Everything is fucked.) ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28331 "2018-12-21T03:10:53Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > This would be the perfect time for Putin to reach over and reclaim Alaska. Stolen/paraphrased from Twitter: Trump could give Alaska back to Russia and he’d only lose two votes in the Senate. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28332 "2018-12-21T03:17:20Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > …Ladies and Gentleman, an official statement from the President of the United States. > > [https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1075846949427908608](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1075846949427908608) > > (I had to double check I wasn’t posting a link to one of the many parody accounts. Everything is fucked.) The fact that he goofed around in a sketch some years ago when he was a TV star doesn’t bother me. And it wouldn’t bother me if he was just, in a lighthearted setting (like the Correspondents’ Dinner or something), poking fun at himself for being a goof years ago. But posting that as a way of announcing the signing of the new farm bill? What. The. Fuck? ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28333 "2018-12-21T03:40:36Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > …Ladies and Gentleman, an official statement from the President of the United States. > > [https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1075846949427908608](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1075846949427908608) > > (I had to double check I wasn’t posting a link to one of the many parody accounts. Everything is fucked.) > [@Defensive\_Indifference](#): > > The fact that he goofed around in a sketch some years ago when he was a TV star doesn’t bother me. And it wouldn’t bother me if he was just, in a lighthearted setting (like the Correspondents’ Dinner or something), poking fun at himself for being a goof years ago. But posting that as a way of announcing the signing of the new farm bill? What. The. Fuck? There’s no fucking way in hell that DJT had anything to do with the creation and posting of this video, as that’s far beyond his skill set. Which means that his Knowledgeable Advisers thought that it would be a good idea. We’re fucked. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28334 "2018-12-21T03:47:55Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > …Ladies and Gentleman, an official statement from the President of the United States. > > [https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1075846949427908608](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1075846949427908608) > > (I had to double check I wasn’t posting a link to one of the many parody accounts. Everything is fucked.) He also commented on that saying that was at the Emmys, where he won an Emmy Award. No, he didn’t win an Emmy Award. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28335 "2018-12-21T03:54:02Z")
If there is a government shutdown, does Air Force One still fly? ---
**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:** [December 21, 2018, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28336 "2018-12-21T03:59:02Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > If there is a government shutdown, does Air Force One still fly? Yep. It’s still a military aircraft staffed with military personnel. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2018, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28337 "2018-12-21T04:59:53Z")
Apparently Individual 1 wants to build his wall to protect us from … coyotes. “Every nation has not only the right but the absolute duty to protect its borders and its citizens. A nation without borders is a nation not at all. Without borders we have the reign of chaos, crime, cartels, & believe it or not, coyotes.” > ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28338 "2018-12-21T05:07:50Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Apparently Individual 1 wants to build his wall to protect us from … coyotes. > “Every nation has not only the right but the absolute duty to protect its borders and its citizens. A nation without borders is a nation not at all. Without borders we have the reign of chaos, crime, cartels, & believe it or not, coyotes.” > [https://twitter.com/corvus13/status/1075978081540595713](https://twitter.com/corvus13/status/1075978081540595713) The speechwriter probably meant the immigrant smugglers, but I don’t know if Trump would know that. > **[People smuggling | Coyotes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_smuggling#Coyotes)** > > "Coyotes" is the name for smugglers who facilitate the migration of people across the Mexico–United States and Bolivia–Chile borders. Another term used for minors who smuggle people across the Mexico–United States border is "polleros". Once dominated by local smugglers charging relatively small sums, the business landscape has changed as larger, well-organized syndicates have entered the smuggling industry in Mexico. Over the years, Coyotes have become more sophisticated in their oper ---
**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 21, 2018, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28339 "2018-12-21T05:08:19Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Apparently Individual 1 wants to build his wall to protect us from … coyotes. > “Every nation has not only the right but the absolute duty to protect its borders and its citizens. A nation without borders is a nation not at all. Without borders we have the reign of chaos, crime, cartels, & believe it or not, coyotes.” > [https://twitter.com/corvus13/status/1075978081540595713](https://twitter.com/corvus13/status/1075978081540595713) From [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_smuggling#Coyotes): > [@](#): > > “Coyotes” are the name for smugglers who facilitate the migration of people across the Mexico–United States, and Bolivia–Chile borders. Did Trump hear someone talking about them and think it meant real coyotes? ---
**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 21, 2018, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28340 "2018-12-21T05:12:12Z")
> [@Defensive\_Indifference](#): > > The fact that he goofed around in a sketch some years ago when he was a TV star doesn’t bother me. And it wouldn’t bother me if he was just, in a lighthearted setting (like the Correspondents’ Dinner or something), poking fun at himself for being a goof years ago. But posting that as a way of announcing the signing of the new farm bill? What. The. Fuck? This is a Nixon moment, like the kind when he’s sitting in a dark corner with the lights off chugging a bottle of whiskey 'cause he knows he’s circling the drain. By the way, this ain’t over. Here’s some bedtime reading: [https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/11/donald-trump-nuclear-weapons-richard-nixon-215478](https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/11/donald-trump-nuclear-weapons-richard-nixon-215478) ---
**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 21, 2018, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28341 "2018-12-21T05:12:33Z")
Got coyotes and they’re hungry, but the hot dog stand on the corner went under and has yet to become a taco stand, which I recall was promised in the 2016 campaign. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28342 "2018-12-21T05:20:56Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Got coyotes and they’re hungry, but the hot dog stand on the corner went under and has yet to become a taco stand, which I recall was promised in the 2016 campaign. :mad: I think he promised taco _trucks._ Still hasn’t delivered on that. ---
**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 21, 2018, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28343 "2018-12-21T05:24:35Z")
We were told that if Hillary won, there would be taco trucks on every corner. Yet another thing Trumputin fucked up. ---
**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 21, 2018, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28344 "2018-12-21T05:27:03Z")
Didn’t Individual-1 also warn us about pre-announcing troop withdrawals? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1416) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1418)