# 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:** 1500
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29985 "2019-01-25T20:33:35Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > My cynical self thinks that I-1 just agreed to a temporary reopening of the government so he can give his State of the Union address. I wonder if he’d say “I’ve decided to dissolve this corporation effective immediately. Russia will be by tomorrow to pick up the furniture.” ---
**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 25, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29986 "2019-01-25T20:39:20Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > My cynical self thinks that I-1 just agreed to a temporary reopening of the government so he can give his State of the Union address. Does three weeks until he pull this again constitute “government working again”? ---
**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 25, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29987 "2019-01-25T20:40:45Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Roger Stone left the courthouse **(where he appeared in shackles)** to immediately do an interview with Alex Jones. Thank you, Jesus! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29988 "2019-01-25T20:43:38Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Umm… per Trump… Women are being kidnapped in Mexico and being brought to the US. > > Um What? This would explain Salma Hayek doing _Grown Ups_. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29989 "2019-01-25T21:24:18Z")
I kinda think Pelosi should still refuse to invite him to the SOTU until she can wring a few more cries of “uncle” out of him. Also, AIUI, the majority party in the House has control of the AV system used in the chamber, so if Trump starts to lie or spew racist rhetoric during the SOTU, Pelosi should look to the control booth and make a slashing motion across her throat, and the techs should cut the feed. ---
**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 25, 2019, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29990 "2019-01-25T21:26:37Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Umm… per Trump… Women are being kidnapped in Mexico and being brought to the US. > > Um What? Isn’t that the plot of Ninety Day Fiancee? The ladies are far better in all ways than the loser fiances could get IRL. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29991 "2019-01-25T21:28:15Z")
> [@Defensive\_Indifference](#): > > I kinda think Pelosi should still refuse to invite him to the SOTU until she can wring a few more cries of “uncle” out of him. > > Also, AIUI, the majority party in the House has control of the AV system used in the chamber, so if Trump starts to lie or spew racist rhetoric during the SOTU, Pelosi should look to the control booth and make a slashing motion across her throat, and the techs should cut the feed. Or they should just scroll a banner of facts replying to Trumps lies as he says them. Couple of high school kids could do it. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29992 "2019-01-25T21:32:10Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Or they should just scroll a banner of facts replying to Trumps lies as he says them. Couple of high school kids could do it. Or you can get the guys who did the old Joe Isuzu ads. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29993 "2019-01-25T21:34:37Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Or they should just scroll a banner of facts replying to Trumps lies as he says them. Couple of high school kids could do it. I’d issue all the Democrats miniature picket signs, in the manner of [Wile E Coyote](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSr2x_CY_fO-PjNbMLqTX4FK9JCLqm8H571yVJIO9HZFQQ8Qim4), that say “You lie!”. To be deployed silently as needed. ---
**Author:** ![Celidin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Celidin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celidin)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29994 "2019-01-25T21:50:44Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I’d issue all the Democrats miniature picket signs, in the manner of [Wile E Coyote](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSr2x_CY_fO-PjNbMLqTX4FK9JCLqm8H571yVJIO9HZFQQ8Qim4), that say “You lie!”. To be deployed silently as needed. Sooo … just have them taped up or something to be constantly displaying? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29995 "2019-01-25T21:59:27Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I’d issue all the Democrats miniature picket signs, in the manner of [Wile E Coyote](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSr2x_CY_fO-PjNbMLqTX4FK9JCLqm8H571yVJIO9HZFQQ8Qim4), that say “You lie!”. To be deployed silently as needed. That’s it! ---
**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 25, 2019, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29996 "2019-01-25T21:59:54Z")
So are all the furloughed people going to get two paychecks in the space of three weeks? And what happens after that? ---
**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 25, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29997 "2019-01-25T22:13:07Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Or they should just scroll a banner of facts replying to Trumps lies as he says them. Couple of high school kids could do it. The broadcast will be on a 30 second delay: as soon as the bullshit starts pouring out, the staff of control room monitors will activate a program that will replace what he is saying with words from other speeches he has made, in random order. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29998 "2019-01-25T22:22:46Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I’d issue all the Democrats miniature picket signs, in the manner of [Wile E Coyote](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSr2x_CY_fO-PjNbMLqTX4FK9JCLqm8H571yVJIO9HZFQQ8Qim4), that say “You lie!”. To be deployed silently as needed. As a bonus, it is an excellent bicep workout. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/29999 "2019-01-25T22:35:32Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Or you can get the guys who did the old Joe Isuzu ads. Combine that with the Allstate Insurance Mayhem guy, and we’ll have something. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2019, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30000 "2019-01-25T23:03:24Z")
Welp, it took the Dems less than a month in power to destroy Trump’s political future. Like shooting fish in a barrel 🐟🔫 ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30001 "2019-01-25T23:08:04Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > Welp, it took the Dems less than a month in power to destroy Trump’s political future. Like shooting fish in a barrel 🐟🔫 I’d say not really. Much as I’d like to give Democrats credit, this was 100% a self-inflicted slaughter by Trump, McConnell, and other Republicans. A completely unnecessary political (and, increasingly, economic) crisis in “response” to a non-existent border crisis. ---
**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 25, 2019, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30002 "2019-01-25T23:17:52Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Or they should just scroll a banner of facts replying to Trumps lies as he says them. Couple of high school kids could do it. That would be extremely cool. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30003 "2019-01-25T23:46:51Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Beautiful. Also, “Judge Restricts Roger Stone’s Travel Between Fox News, InfoWars Studios While Released On Bond” ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30004 "2019-01-25T23:48:04Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Pelosi [spiking](https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/1088872307274235904) the ball: > > _Pelosi, asked how Trump will handle backdown on reopening government without wall money, gestures toward her office decorations: “we could plant these flowers along the border and he’d say, ‘I got my wall.’ “_ Walkin’ that dog 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1499) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1501)