# 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:** 1439
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28765 "2019-01-03T17:07:30Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Having a poster that read “Sanctions came” would just be silly. How about “Sanctions came. Stormy didn’t.” ---
**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:** [January 3, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28766 "2019-01-03T17:29:08Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > How about “Sanctions came. Stormy didn’t.” ♫ _I’m Macho Man! I don’t care if you came or not, I’m Macho Man!_ ♫ (Part of a stand-up routine in the late-'70s/early-'80s. I don’t remember who.) ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28767 "2019-01-03T18:15:47Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > ♫ _I’m Macho Man! > I don’t care if you came or not, > I’m Macho Man!_ ♫ > (Part of a stand-up routine in the late-'70s/early-'80s. I don’t remember who.) Sounds like Robin Williams… ---
**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:** [January 3, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28768 "2019-01-03T19:03:59Z")
Individual 1 says \*\*\*his \*\*\*generals (because they belong to him) are better looking than Tom Cruise, and stronger, too. [Donald Trump Says His Generals Are 'Better Looking Than Tom Cruise, and Stronger'](https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-says-his-generals-are-better-looking-tom-cruise-and-stronger-1277581)? ---
**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:** [January 3, 2019, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28769 "2019-01-03T19:23:52Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 says \*\*\*his \*\*\*generals (because they belong to him) are better looking than Tom Cruise, and stronger, too. > [Donald Trump Says His Generals Are 'Better Looking Than Tom Cruise, and Stronger'](https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-says-his-generals-are-better-looking-tom-cruise-and-stronger-1277581)? Perhaps he is making a joke. ---
**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 3, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28770 "2019-01-03T19:34:52Z")
He has been making a joke for nearly two years. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28771 "2019-01-03T20:15:54Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > ♫ _I’m Macho Man! > I don’t care if you came or not, > I’m Macho Man!_ ♫ > (Part of a stand-up routine in the late-'70s/early-'80s. I don’t remember who.) > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Sounds like Robin Williams… 'Twas the great Richard Pryor. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28772 "2019-01-03T20:16:25Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > He has been making a joke for nearly two years. He has been a joke for far longer than that. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28773 "2019-01-03T20:38:12Z")
The investigations and document demands that the Democrats have already started calling for: [House Democrats Start Investigating Trump This Morning | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/democrats-investigate-trump_us_5c2d3e84e4b0407e9087d8b4)? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28774 "2019-01-03T20:38:22Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > 'Twas the great Richard Pryor. Ah, you’re right. I had a couple of comedy albums from those days, one from each… ---
**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, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28775 "2019-01-03T21:14:01Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The investigations and document demands that the Democrats have already started calling for: > [House Democrats Start Investigating Trump This Morning | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/democrats-investigate-trump_us_5c2d3e84e4b0407e9087d8b4)? Oh boy. I’m making popcorn. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tricoteuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tricoteuse/32/4334_2.png) [@tricoteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tricoteuse)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28776 "2019-01-03T21:20:19Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The investigations and document demands that the Democrats have already started calling for: > [House Democrats Start Investigating Trump This Morning | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/democrats-investigate-trump_us_5c2d3e84e4b0407e9087d8b4)? “the elevation of Matthew Whitaker from a non-Senate-confirmed aide who recently worked as a salesman for a company convicted of fraud and a pitchman for toilets designed for men with oversized genitals to the position of acting attorney general.” :eek: Can I have some bourbon with my popcorn? Maybe just the bourbon? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28777 "2019-01-03T21:22:05Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 says \*\*\*his \*\*\*generals (because they belong to him) are better looking than Tom Cruise, and stronger, too. > [Donald Trump Says His Generals Are 'Better Looking Than Tom Cruise, and Stronger'](https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-says-his-generals-are-better-looking-tom-cruise-and-stronger-1277581)? CNN’s Chris Cillizza gets the fun job of periodically deconstructing Trump’s ramblings. Here’s his take on the … cabinet meeting? His good-looking generals are just one of a long list of bizarro-world pronouncements. [https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/03/politics/donald-trump-cabinet-meeting/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/03/politics/donald-trump-cabinet-meeting/index.html) ---
**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, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28778 "2019-01-03T21:46:05Z")
> [@tricoteuse](#): > > “the elevation of Matthew Whitaker from a non-Senate-confirmed aide who recently worked as a salesman for a company convicted of fraud and a pitchman for toilets designed for men with oversized genitals to the position of acting attorney general.” > > :eek: > > Can I have some bourbon with my popcorn? Maybe just the bourbon? Pour me two fingers of bourbon and then explain the underlined part to me (my emphasis). No pictures necessary. Just a simple, verbal explanation, and then hand me the glass. > [@jsc1953](#): > > CNN’s Chris Cillizza gets the fun job of periodically deconstructing Trump’s ramblings. Here’s his take on the … cabinet meeting? His good-looking generals are just one of a long list of bizarro-world pronouncements. > > [https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/03/politics/donald-trump-cabinet-meeting/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/03/politics/donald-trump-cabinet-meeting/index.html) OMG. Y’all have got to read those and pick your favorite lines. Mine is (thump speaking): **“3. ‘There’s some horrible things going on in the world, and we want to help those people.’”** Well, I for one, think he is \*definitely \*doing his part to help the people who are doing horrible things. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2019, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28779 "2019-01-03T21:52:13Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Pour me two fingers of bourbon and then explain the underlined part to me (my emphasis). No pictures necessary. Just a simple, verbal explanation, and then hand me the glass. As requested, no pictures: [ > [@](#): > > Mother Jones reports: > > In November 2014, a Miami Beach-based firm, World Patent Marketing, announced the “marketing launch” of a “MASCULINE TOILET,” which boasted a specially designed bowl to help “well-endowed men” avoid unwanted contact with porcelain or water. “The average male genitalia is between 5″ and 6″,” the firm’s press release said. “However, this invention is designed for those of us who measure longer than that.” In the same release, World Patent Marketing also touted the recent appointment of “Matthew G. Whitaker, former Iowa US Attorney and Republican candidate for United States Senate to the company’s advisory board.” ]([Matt Whitaker and the Masculine Toilet](http://www.pajiba.com/politics/matt-whitaker-and-the-masculine-toilet.php)) ---
**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, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28780 "2019-01-03T22:03:33Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > As requested, no pictures: > > [URL=“[Matt Whitaker and the Masculine Toilet](http://www.pajiba.com/politics/matt-whitaker-and-the-masculine-toilet.php)”] Oh. _\_ Yeah. That guy should be Attorney General. Hell, how about Secretary of State? _\_ ---
**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:** [January 3, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28781 "2019-01-03T22:06:25Z")
Whadya wanna bet President Button Mushroom bought one? ---
**Author:** ![slumtrimpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@slumtrimpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slumtrimpet)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28782 "2019-01-03T22:11:09Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Whadya wanna bet President Button Mushroom bought one? Of course he did: the gold plated model. 😛 ---
**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, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28783 "2019-01-03T22:11:43Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Whadya wanna bet President Button Mushroom bought one? And put the empty box out on the curb (metaphorically) so everyone would know he bought one. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/28784 "2019-01-03T22:12:10Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > OMG. Y’all have got to read those and pick your favorite lines. All rightee, then, I’ll go with: 1. “I don’t care about Europe.” 2. “I could be the most popular person in Europe. I could be – I could run for any office if I wanted to, but I don’t want to.” (actually, with the growing far-right influence sweeping across Europe, maybe not so preposterous a quote.) 3. “I think I would’ve been a good general, but who knows.” 4. “I said, this is the greatest room I’ve ever seen. I – I saw more computer boards than, I think, that they make today.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1438) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1440)