# 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:** 1505
**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 28, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30085 "2019-01-28T20:02:40Z")
Border Patrol cannot find any evidence to support Individual 1’s claims that women are being smuggled across the border bound with duct tape. [Border Patrol asked agents for evidence to back up Trump’s “taped-up women” claims - Vox](https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2019/1/27/18198729/women-tape-truck-smuggling-trafficking-border)? ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30086 "2019-01-28T20:10:03Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Border Patrol cannot find any evidence to support Individual 1’s claims that women are being smuggled across the border bound with duct tape. > [Border Patrol asked agents for evidence to back up Trump’s “taped-up women” claims - Vox](https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2019/1/27/18198729/women-tape-truck-smuggling-trafficking-border)? Of course there is no evidence because the villains are getting away with it. Probably with help from the coyotes. ---
**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 28, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30087 "2019-01-28T20:34:40Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Border Patrol cannot find any evidence to support Individual 1’s claims that women are being smuggled across the border bound with duct tape. > [Border Patrol asked agents for evidence to back up Trump’s “taped-up women” claims - Vox](https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2019/1/27/18198729/women-tape-truck-smuggling-trafficking-border)? He must have seen that on TV. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30088 "2019-01-28T20:38:02Z")
[Apparently Trump likes to give White House tours](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/want-to-see-the-lincoln-bedroom-trump-relishes-role-as-white-house-tour-guide/2019/01/28/fe1254b0-20f7-11e9-bda9-d6efefc397e8_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.53d2512ad9c1) in lieu of actually doing his his job…but you might want to double check his walking talking points, because he likes to badmouth previous Democratic Presidents. ---
**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 28, 2019, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30089 "2019-01-28T20:43:19Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Of course there is no evidence because the villains are getting away with it. Probably with help from the coyotes. Coyotes would be of limited help, getting their whiskers stuck in the tape and all. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30090 "2019-01-28T20:44:16Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Coyotes would be of limited help, getting their whiskers stuck in the tape and all. You’d think they’d learn by now not to buy from Acme. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30091 "2019-01-28T20:47:08Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You’d think they’d learn by now not to buy from Acme. Acme is the only company to give them credit. Do you have any idea how hard banks laugh at you when you try to apply for a loan for a giant magnet or rocket-propelled roller skates? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30092 "2019-01-28T20:51:45Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Acme is the only company to give them credit. Do you have any idea how hard banks laugh at you when you try to apply for a loan for a giant magnet or rocket-propelled roller skates? I wear my wolf costume when applying. They don’t laugh at wolves. ---
**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 28, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30093 "2019-01-28T21:02:07Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Border Patrol cannot find any evidence to support Individual 1’s claims that women are being smuggled across the border bound with duct tape. > [Border Patrol asked agents for evidence to back up Trump’s “taped-up women” claims - Vox](https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2019/1/27/18198729/women-tape-truck-smuggling-trafficking-border)? Oh, yeah? How about [photographic evidence](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/fb/31/67/fb3167e13d0d9a47b8621607c83c8bee--ann-margret-animated-gifs.jpg) of one caught in the act? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30094 "2019-01-28T21:04:54Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Oh, yeah? How about [photographic evidence](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/fb/31/67/fb3167e13d0d9a47b8621607c83c8bee--ann-margret-animated-gifs.jpg) of one caught in the act? :dubious: I see no duct (or duck) tape in that image. ---
**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 28, 2019, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30095 "2019-01-28T21:06:50Z")
> [@johnny l.a.](#): > > oh, yeah? How about [photographic evidence](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/fb/31/67/fb3167e13d0d9a47b8621607c83c8bee--ann-margret-animated-gifs.jpg) of one caught in the act? :dubious: > [@simster](#): > > i see no duct (or duck) tape in that image. **Fake news!** ---
**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 28, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30096 "2019-01-28T21:25:23Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Oh, yeah? How about [photographic evidence](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/fb/31/67/fb3167e13d0d9a47b8621607c83c8bee--ann-margret-animated-gifs.jpg) of one caught in the act? :dubious: Was she being smuggled into the country or out of it? ---
**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 29, 2019, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30097 "2019-01-29T00:44:27Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I wear my wolf costume when applying. They don’t laugh at wolves. Coyotes. Pay attention, there will be a test next Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30098 "2019-01-29T01:03:48Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Oh, yeah? How about [photographic evidence](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/fb/31/67/fb3167e13d0d9a47b8621607c83c8bee--ann-margret-animated-gifs.jpg) of one caught in the act? :dubious: You can’t fool me! That’s the \*Canadian \*border! ---
**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 29, 2019, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30099 "2019-01-29T01:09:00Z")
> [@susan](#): > > You can’t fool me! That’s the \*Canadian \*border! Curses, foiled again! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30100 "2019-01-29T04:02:15Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > He must have seen that on TV. Chris Hayes made the point tonight that the only place where one can seem to find duct-taped women and prayer rugs in the desert is in the movie _Sicario: Day of the Soldado_. ---
**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 29, 2019, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30101 "2019-01-29T04:56:38Z")
John Bolton photographed carrying a yellow notepad discussing the option of sending 5000 troops to Colombia. [John Bolton's Notes Indicate U.S. Troop Deployment An Option On Venezuela | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john-bolton-notebook-troops-venezuela_us_5c4f8fcce4b0d9f9be6850e2)? ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30102 "2019-01-29T05:15:48Z")
Trump needs a pipeline for his sniffling sauce? EDIT: Also, why the fuck does Bolton look like he’s got McConnell-like turtle wattles growing in the picture linked? Are the wattles multiplying? Or has he never had a chin? ---
**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:** [January 29, 2019, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30103 "2019-01-29T05:59:29Z")
He looks like Kurt Vonegut after finding out a book he wrote sucks, with a threat list on a legal pad. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30104 "2019-01-29T06:27:43Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > John Bolton photographed carrying a yellow notepad discussing the option of sending 5000 troops to Colombia. > [John Bolton's Notes Indicate U.S. Troop Deployment An Option On Venezuela | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john-bolton-notebook-troops-venezuela_us_5c4f8fcce4b0d9f9be6850e2)? Holy forking shirtballs! If I had done something like this way back when I was in the military and had a clearance, my ass would have been in jail. As a minimum he should lose his clearance, and therefore his job. I suppose there’s a chance he did it on purpose in order to try and scare Venezuela, but this is the Trump clusterfuck we’re talking about. They don’t do subtle. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1504) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1506)