# 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:** 1420
**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 22, 2018, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28385 "2018-12-22T00:34:02Z")
Orange you glad we’re shutting down the government? ---
**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 22, 2018, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28386 "2018-12-22T00:38:16Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > At least when President Individual-1 name-drops [two Corinthians](https://www.cnn.com/2016/01/20/politics/donald-trump-tony-perkins-sarah-palin/index.html) we can rest assured it can’t get that much more stupiderp. No doubt the Two Corinthians are two Greek mobsters he knows from his lawbreaking days in One Big Apple. > [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > When Trump got elected, I really hoped that he understood that he was elected President and not appointed Emperor. He does not. He doesn’t think he’s emperor; he believes he’s Pharaoh, as portrayed in _The Ten Commandments_ (excep that Pharoah married his sister, without saying he’d like to bang his daughter). ---
**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 22, 2018, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28387 "2018-12-22T00:39:41Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > Orange you glad we’re shutting down the government? Awesome post! ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28388 "2018-12-22T00:56:17Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Well, there is scuttlebutt that the young man \*himself \*is unusual. Maybe he just wasn’t up to all that human contact that day. Best leave him alone. Sorry for the hijack, BUT… The ‘scuttlebutt’ is that he is on the autism spectrum. My son is on the autism spectrum.\* How about we leave the kid out of it? Melania, for all her faults, does truly seem to be trying to do the best she can for a kid who can’t help who he is and how he sees the world. In other words, lay the fuck off Barron. He’s already got enough shit going on. _My son is high-functioning and much of the time, you might not realize he’s spectrum. But there are days_\*… \*\*And I wouldn’t trade him for the world. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28389 "2018-12-22T01:04:11Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > He \*threatened \*that there’d be a taco truck on every corner if Hillary won. I still don’t see what would be the problem with that, though. Finding a parking spot would be a bitch. ---
**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 22, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28390 "2018-12-22T01:37:42Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > In other words, lay the fuck off Barron. He’s already got enough shit going on. I think **ElvisL1ves** said much the same thing with “Maybe he just wasn’t up to all that human contact that day. Best leave him alone.” And mad props to Melania for what she is doing to shelter Barron. She has some flaws, but she mostly seems like good people. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28391 "2018-12-22T01:39:57Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > Sorry for the hijack, BUT… > In other words, lay the fuck off Barron. He’s already got enough shit going on. QFT 100%. Kid’s already drawn the world’s worst hand in the Dad stakes. He ought to be able to take a mulligan. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28392 "2018-12-22T02:00:51Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > I think **ElvisL1ves** said much the same thing with “Maybe he just wasn’t up to all that human contact that day. Best leave him alone.” And mad props to Melania for what she is doing to shelter Barron. She has some flaws, but she mostly seems like good people. Barron was born into that mess. We must leave him out of it. While Melania certainly didn’t want to be ‘First Lady’, she married an asshole for his money. Paid for with her looks. She is simply a gold-digger. Melania, you get what you pay for. ---
**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 22, 2018, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28393 "2018-12-22T02:17:57Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > Sorry for the hijack, BUT… > > The ‘scuttlebutt’ is that he is on the autism spectrum. My son is on the autism spectrum.\* How about we leave the kid out of it? Melania, for all her faults, does truly seem to be trying to do the best she can for a kid who can’t help who he is and how he sees the world. > > In other words, lay the fuck off Barron. He’s already got enough shit going on. > > … > [@Aspidistra](#): > > QFT 100%. Kid’s already drawn the world’s worst hand in the Dad stakes. He ought to be able to take a mulligan. Agree 100%. All comments on the youngest Trump son should be completely off limits. The older sons, however, are fair game. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28394 "2018-12-22T02:21:13Z")
Speaking of kids, I just realized that Ann Coulter never reproduced. I’m not sure if that means no little mammals or no little reptiles, but I think we are all thankful. ---
**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 22, 2018, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28395 "2018-12-22T02:25:35Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Speaking of kids, I just realized that Ann Coulter never reproduced. I’m not sure if that means no little mammals or no little reptiles, but I think we are all thankful. Medusa had both mammalian and reptilian features. ---
**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 22, 2018, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28396 "2018-12-22T02:27:05Z")
For your entertainment, we all already know about the nutbag who is trying to crowdfund the wall – now [**A US Army Vet has Started a gofundme to Buy Ladders for the Wall**](https://www.businessinsider.com/theres-a-gofundme-to-buy-ladders-to-get-over-trumps-border-wall-2018-12) and has raised some $20K. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28397 "2018-12-22T03:02:36Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Speaking of kids, I just realized that Ann Coulter never reproduced. I’m not sure if that means no little mammals or no little reptiles, but I think we are all thankful. What! Does that mean Tomi is a clone? ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28398 "2018-12-22T03:35:59Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > I think **ElvisL1ves** said much the same thing with “Maybe he just wasn’t up to all that human contact that day. Best leave him alone.” And mad props to Melania for what she is doing to shelter Barron. She has some flaws, but she mostly seems like good people. Maybe I misread it, but it sure seemed like snark to me. **enipla** I have little sympathy for Melania for her own situation. But I do respect that she really does seem to be doing her best for her son. 'Cause you just KNOW that Little Donnie Fail-Fail\* is horrified that a son of his could be anything less than perfect. \*Mad props to whoever came up with that one! ---
**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 22, 2018, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28399 "2018-12-22T03:59:27Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I just want to say that this response to a typically idiotic Marco Rubio tweet is perhaps the greatest use of this meme ever. > > [https://twitter.com/HireMeImFunny/status/1075895383086243840?s=19](https://twitter.com/HireMeImFunny/status/1075895383086243840?s=19) > [@JohnT](#): > > I take that back. That Rubio tweet was excessively stupid, even for Marco Rubio. Okay; I’ll ask: what was the Rubio tweet? ---
**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 22, 2018, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28400 "2018-12-22T04:07:17Z")
Linked to it, and quoted it, here: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21389440&postcount=28305](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21389440&postcount=28305) ---
**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 22, 2018, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28401 "2018-12-22T04:56:36Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > I think **ElvisL1ves** said much the same thing with “Maybe he just wasn’t up to all that human contact that day. Best leave him alone.” And mad props to Melania for what she is doing to shelter Barron. She has some flaws, but she mostly seems like good people. She’s a birther. And she goes to visit incarcerated children wearing an I DON’T CARE DO U jacket. So fuck her. ---
**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 22, 2018, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28402 "2018-12-22T04:56:51Z")
Micheal Gerson from the Washington Post mentioned on PBS tonight that (an albeit moderate) Repugnican told him that the Mattis exit is now the beginning of the end\*. Eye-opening wrap-up from Judy at the end of this! (and yeah - agreed) [scroll ahead to 11:24](https://www.pbs.org/video/shields-and-gerson-on-mattis-resignation-possible-shutdown-1545437866/) \*(R)s not staying in power past 2020. ---
**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 22, 2018, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28403 "2018-12-22T05:11:31Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > She’s a birther. And she goes to visit incarcerated children wearing an I DON’T CARE DO U jacket. So fuck her. After Trump did? Hell no! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28404 "2018-12-22T05:30:53Z")
From what I’ve read, Loser Donald did as much as possible to avoid having to parent his older boys, and never had a conversation with them until they were in their teens. It’s less likely that Barron’s autistic than that he’s just the product of a negligent, absentee, sociopath of a father. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1419) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1421)