# 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:** 1454
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29065 "2019-01-08T23:55:04Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > FWIW, [this](https://i.pinimg.com/564x/d6/a7/84/d6a78438040baaeea85cf6a9f904d0e4.jpg) is the image my uncle shared. I couldn’t find it with the text that was on the image he shared, but it _did_ say the guy had smallpox and was trying to get into the U.S. The guy has _something_, but if the CDC are to be believed, it ain’t smallpox. Maybe he fell asleep near an ant hill. Interesting. Someone posted that exact same picture in response to me on a Twitter thread a few weeks ago, claiming to have seen it himself. Nevermind that he wasn’t even in the same state that he claims the picture was taken in. I just blocked him, since it wasn’t worth the time to respond. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29066 "2019-01-09T01:17:41Z")
Can’t wait until the next Democratic president declares climate change a national emergency and Republicans line up to talk about authoritarianism. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29067 "2019-01-09T01:25:48Z")
Kellyanne Conway to CNN’s Jim Acosta: “Since you’re such a smart ass most of time and you want this to go viral, most of these people don’t like you.” [https://t.co/sMZyTK4v0N](https://t.co/sMZyTK4v0N) ---
**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:** [January 9, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29068 "2019-01-09T01:30:12Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > It also includes the remarkable claim that Americans have signed 2,OOO,OOO (ohs, not zeroes) petitions in favor of The Wall. NOT two million signatures on a petition----two million separate petitions, each with one signature. So his Wall has a 0.6% approval rating? Not sure I’d be bragging about that. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29069 "2019-01-09T01:41:21Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Kellyanne Conway to CNN’s Jim Acosta: “Since you’re such a smart ass most of time and you want this to go viral, most of these people don’t like you.” > > [https://twitter.com/JordanUhl/status/1082778700205223937/video/1](https://t.co/sMZyTK4v0N) This is front page news on [foxnews.com](http://foxnews.com) right now. Where manfort is described as having provided information to a “Russian consultant”, which makes it sound like a really friendly business opportunity. ---
**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 9, 2019, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29070 "2019-01-09T02:05:41Z")
Teleprompter 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 9, 2019, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29071 "2019-01-09T02:08:01Z")
Lol… “at request of Democrats, it will be a steel barrier, not a concrete wall.” ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29072 "2019-01-09T02:10:32Z")
His first sentence was “I am misspeaking from the white house”. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29073 "2019-01-09T02:11:42Z")
Trump’s speaking now (Oval Office Wall address for future readers) and sniffing after every sentence. Wonder how many lines of Adderall he did before going on? ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29074 "2019-01-09T02:47:01Z")
Did anyone else get a blue screen vibe from that speech? Or was the stage right side of his “hair” just badly highlighted? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29075 "2019-01-09T03:03:23Z")
Honestly, I didn’t even look at his hair- I was watching his eyes, which rarely looked into the camera. I was trying to imagine how far off to his left the teleprompter was. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29076 "2019-01-09T03:19:48Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > His first sentence was “I am misspeaking from the white house”. Sorry, went back to rewatch. “My fellow Americans, Tonight I am misspeaking to you”. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29077 "2019-01-09T03:22:12Z")
But…but…I thought it was Obama who was completely dependent upon the TelePrompTer! Isn’t America’s hero and greatest strong man supposed to be able to make an eight minute speech without artificial aids? ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29078 "2019-01-09T03:27:26Z")
I thought it was awesome that Fox News started immediately debunking the speech 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29079 "2019-01-09T03:52:08Z")
Count yer blessings, it was a nothingburger! Thanks, Universe! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29080 "2019-01-09T04:19:59Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Honestly, I didn’t even look at his hair- I was watching his eyes, which rarely looked into the camera. I was trying to imagine how far off to his left the teleprompter was. Thanks. Good to know I wasn’t the only one who got that impression. Wonder why they didn’t put the teleprompter directly on the camera, like they do for TV newscasters? ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29081 "2019-01-09T04:24:53Z")
It was lies and bullshit mixed up with a half assed con game about “campaign contributions”. The fucker needs to go. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29082 "2019-01-09T04:25:54Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [They actually filed them at the very end of 2018](https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/12/31/afge-sues-government-shutdown/). The 9 page court filing is at the link. Thanks for the link 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29083 "2019-01-09T04:28:52Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Also, Trump should wear a serape and cowboy hat and have a cigarillo clenched in his teeth. and an electric guitar, dripping with reverb, in the background. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29084 "2019-01-09T04:31:28Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > Did anyone else get a blue screen vibe from that speech? Or was the stage right side of his “hair” just badly highlighted? I think you mean green screen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1453) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1455)