# 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:** 1437
**Author:** ![JB99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@JB99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JB99)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28725 "2019-01-02T03:59:22Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > This is how Trump works. He spews out contradictory crap constantly, and the Trumpkins can latch onto whatever they like. They do not see the contradictions- they only see what they want to see. They are morons, and Trump knows this. He is playing his base. Absolutely. I’ve had Trump supporters tell me things that flatly contradicted each other. It’s like a Rorschach test, where each person hears whatever they want to hear and discards the rest. Its no wonder they love him so much, because each one hears exactly what they want. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2019, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28726 "2019-01-02T04:11:05Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Gosh, I wonder if there will be a [primary challenger](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-romney/romney-attacks-trump-saying-he-causes-dismay-around-the-world-idUSKCN1OW02X?il=0) to Trump in 2020? (Reuters) I can’t even fathom what chaos he could inflict upon humanity should he lose the Pub nomination. An extra long lame-duck period to do…unimaginably shitty stuff. Like, inviting the Stephens to live in the Oval Office and instructing them to \*really \*think outside the box this time. “Boys, let’s pull out our dicks and get weird.” ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28727 "2019-01-02T04:44:11Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > “Boys, let’s pull out our dicks and get weird.” Whoo Doggy that never ends well, does it - know what I’m sayin’? ---
**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:** [January 2, 2019, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28728 "2019-01-02T04:53:04Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Gosh, I wonder if there will be a [primary challenger](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-romney/romney-attacks-trump-saying-he-causes-dismay-around-the-world-idUSKCN1OW02X?il=0) to Trump in 2020? (Reuters) There’s a certain sad irony when a presidential candidate who released only two years of tax returns criticizes someone who released none. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2019, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28729 "2019-01-02T06:10:42Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Gosh, I wonder if there will be a [primary challenger](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-romney/romney-attacks-trump-saying-he-causes-dismay-around-the-world-idUSKCN1OW02X?il=0) to Trump in 2020? (Reuters) In his _Washington Post_ op-ed, Romney states: “I do not intend to comment on every tweet or fault” of Chump’s. But then he goes on to say, “But I will speak out against significant statements or actions that are divisive, racist, sexist, anti-immigrant, dishonest or destructive to democratic institutions.” Um, that _is_ every tweet and fault of Chump’s. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28730 "2019-01-02T09:01:33Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > In his _Washington Post_ op-ed, Romney states: “I do not intend to comment on every tweet or fault” of Chump’s. But then he goes on to say, “But I will speak out against significant statements or actions that are divisive, racist, sexist, anti-immigrant, dishonest or destructive to democratic institutions.” > > Um, that _is_ every tweet and fault of Chump’s. It doesn’t include criminal nor stupid. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28731 "2019-01-02T11:57:27Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Whoo Doggy that never ends well, does it - know what I’m sayin’? Don’t rightly know, but I’ll just take your word on that. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2019, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28732 "2019-01-02T12:14:46Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Like two years and twenty days. Find a 24/7/365(6) McDonald’s and turn him loose in the playland. Boy, talk about your horrors in the ball pit. > [@JB99](#): > > I’ve had Trump supporters tell me things that flatly contradicted each other. It’s like a Rorschach test, where each person hears whatever they want to hear and discards the rest. Its no wonder they love him so much, because each one hears exactly what they want. Kind of like Bella in the _Twilight_ series: a blank everygirl that the fans can project whatever they’re feeling onto. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28733 "2019-01-02T18:19:18Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Kind of like Bella in the _Twilight_ series: a blank everygirl that the fans can project whatever they’re feeling onto. Wait wait wait, are you saying I’m allowed to project a bunch of shotgun blasts on Mz. Mymindcantbereadcosidonthaveone? Cos I really really want to! ---
**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:** [January 2, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28734 "2019-01-02T19:06:50Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Kind of like Bella in the _Twilight_ series: a blank everygirl that the fans can project whatever they’re feeling onto. **JB99** was actually misremembering _The Boxer_. _A pocket full of mumbles, such are promises All lies and jest Still, a man hears what he wants to hear And disregards the rest_ ---
**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:** [January 2, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28735 "2019-01-02T20:37:30Z")
> [@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. Ann Coulter accusing _anyone_ of “vulgar narcissicm” … :eek: Last time I saw projection on that scale was at an IMAX. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28736 "2019-01-02T22:00:09Z")
Without a hint of irony, notable asshole David Bossie (who was a top Trump campaign aide and a contender for chief of staff) wrote an op/ed with the title: “Hey, Mitt Romney – Washington needs problem solvers, not headline grabbers” > **[David Bossie: Hey, Mitt Romney -- Washington needs problem solvers, not...](https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/david-bossie-hey-mitt-romney-washington-needs-problem-solvers-not-headline-grabbers)** > > Mitt Romney is just like Hillary Clinton. Six years later, he’s still upset that he’s not president.  I think Bossie must have had a sudden psychotic break, but let me lay this out for him: Dude, you work for Donald Trump. You can’t talk poorly about headline grabbers without solutions. It’s just not done. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28737 "2019-01-02T22:44:18Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > In his _Washington Post_ op-ed, Romney states: “I do not intend to comment on every tweet or fault” of Chump’s. But then he goes on to say, “But I will speak out against significant statements or actions that are divisive, racist, sexist, anti-immigrant, dishonest or destructive to democratic institutions.” > > Um, that _is_ every tweet and fault of Chump’s. This reminds me of an old joke. On his 50th wedding anniversary, a husband is describing his marriage. “I told her when we got married that I was going to be in charge. I told her I would make all the major decisions and she could make the minor ones. And it worked. But, you know …in 50 years, we’ve never had to make a major decision.” So Mittens talked big, like the school principal coming into the cafeteria and staring down the bully. But he CAN’T actually think that his lecturing is going to make Trump modify his behavior. He’s got to know he’s setting himself up for a nickname. But in reality, I bet Romney will let pretty much everything Trump does slide, no matter how outrageous it is. He’ll just act like response is beneath him, like it doesn’t rise to a level that warrants response. He’s not going to push back too hard, there are enough non-Mormon redhat idiots in his state that he’ll have to think twice before he pushes back on Trump. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28738 "2019-01-02T22:48:12Z")
Mittens just said he would vote for Wall, so there’s that. He’s just laying his candidacy down for be the new Jeff Flake. “Holy Hell, I can’t believe what I’m voting for. Why doesn’t anybody stop this?” ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28739 "2019-01-02T23:03:54Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Mittens just said he would vote for Wall, so there’s that. > > He’s just laying his candidacy down for be the new Jeff Flake. “Holy Hell, I can’t believe what I’m voting for. Why doesn’t anybody stop this?” He seems to be a graduate of the Susan Collins School of Wagging Your Finger And Saying Tut Tut Before Voting The Way Mein Fuhrer Tells Me To. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2019, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28740 "2019-01-02T23:27:58Z")
Trump punking Romney on the Secretary of State dangle was one of the most savage political stompings in recent memory. I really hope that Mittens has a buffet of ice cold revenge ready and waiting for a moment of maximum devastation. I can dream, anyway. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2019, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28741 "2019-01-02T23:33:45Z")
Voting for the wall? Then I guess we should start calling him OvenMitt. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28742 "2019-01-02T23:55:39Z")
I’d like to think that Mueller has designated Mitt as the “Designated Mic Dropper”. Romney gets to invite Trump out to a fancy brunch, then right before dessert, he says “Oh, those two scoops I promised you? Not gonna happen. Because… you’re fired.” And in come the FBI agents with handcuffs. Oh, then Mitt gets to perp walk him past Hillary, Nancy and Chuck applauding in the lobby. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2019, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28743 "2019-01-03T03:02:49Z")
[45 brings his ‘Sanctions are Coming’ poster of himself to today’s cabinet meeting.](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a25729038/donald-trump-game-of-thrones-poster-sanctions-are-coming/) > [@](#): > > Everything about this is weird and depressing, but probably the worst thing about Trump showing off his doctored image to his cabinet like a proud child is that it makes no goddamn sense. Very little has made sense in the past two years. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2019, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28744 "2019-01-03T03:18:33Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > [45 brings his ‘Sanctions are Coming’ poster of himself to today’s cabinet meeting.](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a25729038/donald-trump-game-of-thrones-poster-sanctions-are-coming/) > > Very little has made sense in the past two years. This gets more and more embarrassing. Showing off this poster calls to mind the first time a kid poops in the toilet and not in his pants and how he wants to show Mommy and Daddy. Except that thump is still pooping in his pants. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1436) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1438)