# 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:** 1421
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28405 "2018-12-22T05:42:59Z")
I am waiting on bone-spurred heels for Barron’s book in the future, which I sincerely hope is a possibility. What’s the home like? I’ll trust Barron on that and hope he is sheltered as much as possible from all of this press activity. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28406 "2018-12-22T06:31:19Z")
You know things are bad for Tweety Bird when even Mitch McConnell joins in the chorus of disapproval of Mattis leaving. > **[McConnell 'distressed' over Mattis' resignation | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/21/politics/mitch-mcconnell-james-mattis-resignation/index.html)** > > Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who often avoids publicly criticizing President Donald Trump, issued a pointed statement Thursday night in response to the resignation of Defense Secretary James Mattis, calling on the US to promote a worldview... ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28407 "2018-12-22T08:58:19Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > 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. If his dad wasn’t around … his mom is the negligent one. If you aren’t there and never have been how can you be negligent? But really I don’t care, do you? He (Barron) doesn’t have anything to do with the smashed pumpkin that is our political world. Speculating about the kid is just wrong. The grown kids of the Drumph? Have at them! Tiffany is the only one who, so far, hasn’t sucked hard. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28408 "2018-12-22T10:02:01Z")
Although it wouldn’t surprise me if Tiffany had a sex tape that got leaked. I hope not, because she seems like the only normal one out of the bunch. ---
**Author:** ![DragonAsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DragonAsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DragonAsh)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28409 "2018-12-22T10:07:47Z")
> [@Lamoral](#): > > [A savage thrashing of Trump](https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/19/coulter-gutless-president-in-wall-less-country/?fbclid=IwAR0DWe94LIV11xax1zLscOajkBXnwMiNLrQ_3XZv_OjaLnWCEGeeUkGCqXo) by none other than Ann Coulter, published in Breitbart News. It’s a few days old so someone else may have posted it already. I must say I’m surprised at some of the comments on it. > [@](#): > > In the end, we’ll probably find out “wall” was Trump’s “safe word” with Stormy Daniels. It’s just something he blurts out whenever he’s in trouble. :D:D:D ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28410 "2018-12-22T10:18:01Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > I am waiting on bone-spurred heels … Band name! ---
**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, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28411 "2018-12-22T13:08:47Z")
> [@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. It _is_ hard to have any sympathy, put picture that poor woman with Donny on top of her, grunting, sweating, wheezing, humping and farting. That was one scary bargain struck by Melania Faust Knauss. ---
**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 22, 2018, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28412 "2018-12-22T15:01:22Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Band name! “The bone spurs of the high heeled boooooy!” ---
**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, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28413 "2018-12-22T15:11:52Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > **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. I guess we can think that she’s doing the best she can for Baron. But do we know? What exactly is she doing for him? That’s a serious question. We do know what Melania is doing for the oldest profession. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28414 "2018-12-22T16:41:39Z")
And another one bites the dust: [U.S. envoy to anti-ISIS coalition quits in disgust](https://apnews.com/a6be8c68c6b147549083da125d118446). Bruce McGurk > [@](#): > > has resigned in protest to President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, joining Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in an administration exodus of experienced national security officials. > > Only 11 days ago, McGurk had said it would be “reckless” to consider IS defeated and therefore would be unwise to bring American forces home. He decided to speed up his plan to leave in mid-February. ---
**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, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28415 "2018-12-22T17:28:26Z")
> [@Lamoral](#): > > [A savage thrashing of Trump](https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/19/coulter-gutless-president-in-wall-less-country/?fbclid=IwAR0DWe94LIV11xax1zLscOajkBXnwMiNLrQ_3XZv_OjaLnWCEGeeUkGCqXo) by none other than Ann Coulter, published in Breitbart News. It’s a few days old so someone else may have posted it already. I must say I’m surprised at some of the comments on it. That was, um, I dunno… nauseatingly awesome? I agree with “savage” but every time I started to feel glee, I immediately felt guilt and confusion as well: I was _agreeing_ with _Ann Coulter_. ---
**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, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28416 "2018-12-22T17:31:45Z")
> [@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. And she sincerely thinks she’s the most bullied person on the planet. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28417 "2018-12-22T18:50:57Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > That was, um, I dunno… nauseatingly awesome? I agree with “savage” but every time I started to feel glee, I immediately felt guilt and confusion as well: I was _agreeing_ with _Ann Coulter_. Look at it this way: Coulter’s thesis is that Trump is a disgusting human being who’s very bad at doing what he promised to do. I’m with her so far…but she thinks his failure was bad for the country, and that’s where we deviate. ---
**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 22, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28418 "2018-12-22T22:45:30Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > That was, um, I dunno… nauseatingly awesome? I agree with “savage” but every time I started to feel glee, I immediately felt guilt and confusion as well: I was _agreeing_ with _Ann Coulter_. I believe there is a support group. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28419 "2018-12-22T22:56:41Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Look at it this way: Coulter’s thesis is that Trump is a disgusting human being who’s very bad at doing what he promised to do. I’m with her so far…but she thinks his failure was bad for the country, and that’s where we deviate. Yep. But if anyone can link to a non-Breitbart reprint of the piece, I may read it some day. ---
**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 23, 2018, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28420 "2018-12-23T00:44:40Z")
She calls him a con artist, vulgar publicity hound and giant douchebag, then she ends with _They’ll hold impeachment hearings, file a million lawsuits, produce weeping children reading from phony scripts written by immigrant rights groups — and Trump will win. The public will support Trump overwhelmingly, and the left will be forced to keep reminding voters why they hate Democrats._ So, yeah, not much to agree with in that paragraph. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28421 "2018-12-23T00:48:08Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > She calls him a con artist, vulgar publicity hound and giant douchebag, then she ends with > > _They’ll hold impeachment hearings, file a million lawsuits, \*\*[COLOR=“DarkRed”]produce weeping children reading from phony scripts written by immigrant rights groups \*\*— and Trump will win. The public will support Trump overwhelmingly, and the left will be forced to keep reminding voters why they hate Democrats._[/COLOR] > > So, yeah, not much to agree with in that paragraph. Ann Coulter’s theory appears to be that none of the children separated from their parents at the border could have had any _genuine_ emotion about the separation. The only way they could have wept is if they were prompted to do so by a “script.” She truly is the scum of the earth. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28422 "2018-12-23T01:16:12Z")
Anne of Green Goebbels. ---
**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 23, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28423 "2018-12-23T01:23:55Z")
Boo. Fucking. Hoo. [**Trump cancels Mar-a-Lago Christmas trip over shutdown**](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/422617-trump-cancels-mar-a-lago-christmas-trip-over-shutdown) > [@](#): > > WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The White House announced on Saturday that President Trump will not take his scheduled Christmas vacation in South Florida, citing the government shutdown. > > “Due to the shutdown, President Trump will remain in Washington, D.C. and the first lady will return from Florida so they can spend Christmas together,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement. > > Trump had planned to spend 16 days at his Mar-a-Lago club with his family for the holidays, but he said on Friday he would remain in the nation’s capital if Congress could not reach an agreement to avert a partial government shutdown. > > But the president did not say at the time how long he planned to stay in Washington and **there was some speculation he might still make the trip to Florida for Christmas if a lengthy shutdown appeared to be in the works.** > … My bold. Yeah, he’ll go down there after he whines and pouts a bit about the huge sacrifice he’s making. And P.S.: > [@](#): > > …The Secret Service is one of the government agencies whose funding lapsed at midnight. A senior administration official said Saturday that thousands of the agency’s employees will continue to work during the shutdown, albeit without pay… What would he do if these agents that are supposed to accompany him to Florida refused to work without pay? Or for that matter, the ones who protect him every day? ---
**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 23, 2018, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28424 "2018-12-23T01:27:15Z")
I am _so_ hoping that this is completed soon, no wall. If it isn’t, I will accept photos and videos of Individual-1 golfing while unpaid Secret Service women and men stand by, protecting the unindicted Co-conspirator with their lives. I’d rather them get paid, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1420) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1422)