# 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:** 1518
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30345 "2019-02-04T19:13:41Z")
The good genes are in the cochineal bugs from which the carmine contained in Trump’s makeup is obtained. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2019, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30346 "2019-02-04T19:14:33Z")
I concluded that his odd coloring is a physiological reaction by a body that is clearly aware of the fetidity of the bullshit pouring out its mouth: it is a weird blush of embarrassment, that he does not realize, in that almond-sized region of actually functioning mental neurons, is not the natural state of his body but is in fact the result of an involuntary rebellion against the self-contained bundle of conflict that he has become (or maybe always was). ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30347 "2019-02-04T20:47:59Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I’ve had some very nice Iowa bourbon (I want to say Cedar Ridge but don’t hold me to that). > > Interesting that Trump has driven us all to talk about drinking. Cedar Ridge bourbon is the bomb. They make it about 7 miles from my house. I highly recommend their single malt. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30348 "2019-02-04T21:36:11Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > EDIT: [_Slate_ article](https://slate.com/culture/2017/02/the-origin-of-the-trump-insult-shitgibbon-revealed.html). That totally fucking rocked! I love that the word’s origins have to do with dissing lame music (and the people who make it)! ---
**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:** [February 5, 2019, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30349 "2019-02-05T01:31:43Z")
> [@](#): > > President Trump’s inaugural committee was ordered on Monday to turn over documents about its donors, finances and activities to federal prosecutors in Manhattan, according to two people familiar with their investigation into the committee’s activities. I’ve been thinking of setting up a hotkey combination on my phone to type, “Imagine for a moment what the response would have been had this happened under Obama.” The article includes this teaser (my bold): > [@](#): > > The investigation into the inaugural committee grew out of the investigation into Michael D. Cohen, Mr. Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer. > > \ > > In raids of Mr. Cohen’s office, home and hotel room in April, F.B.I. agents seized his cellphones, which included\*\* nearly 200 voice recordings\*\*, mostly voice mail messages, according to people briefed on the seized material. **On one recording, Mr. Trump spoke to Mr. Cohen about a payment to a woman who had claimed to have had an affair with Mr. Trump, which he has denied.** It’s not even funny anymore, just depressing and exhausting. > **[Trump Inaugural Committee Ordered to Hand Over Documents to Federal...](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/us/politics/trump-inaugural-committee-subpoena.html#click=https://t.co/vdzj5jh9YU)** > > Prosecutors in Manhattan demanded documents about the committee’s donors, including whether it received illegal foreign donations. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2019, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30350 "2019-02-05T01:57:41Z")
> [@Defensive\_Indifference](#): > > I’ve been thinking of setting up a hotkey combination on my phone to type, “Imagine for a moment what the response would have been had this happened under Obama.” > > The article includes this teaser (my bold): > > It’s not even funny anymore, just depressing and exhausting. > > [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/us/politics/trump-inaugural-committee-subpoena.html#click=https://t.co/vdzj5jh9YU](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/us/politics/trump-inaugural-committee-subpoena.html#click=https://t.co/vdzj5jh9YU) I feel like I remember knowing that there was a non-Mueller Federal investigation into the inauguration and its funding. It’s a curious thing, since it seems like it should have fallen under his domain. And, given that they have had to freshly request a subpoena, I think that rules out the possibility that Mueller went through it and then referred it over to the DOJ, otherwise he would have simply handed over the documents he had already received. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2019, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30351 "2019-02-05T04:04:10Z")
Many “Great” Americans have called to inform me that Loser Donald failed Geography like a dog. [Now revealed that he thinks the Countries of “Nipple” and “Button” are part of our Tremendous ally India.](https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/trump-is-so-ignorant-he-thinks-nepal-and-bhutan-are-pronounced-nipple-and-button-time-reporter/) VERY SAD! ---
**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:** [February 5, 2019, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30352 "2019-02-05T11:03:30Z")
Just another typical day for our so-called president: " Trump’s inaugural committee has received a subpoena from Justice Department investigators. The subpoena reportedly orders the committee to hand over a wide-ranging collection of documents related to how it was funded, and by whom. … The subpoena reportedly seeks extensive information about who donated to the inauguration, who the vendors and contractors were, and if there are any foreign contributors, The [Washington Postreports](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal-prosecutors-issue-sweeping-subpoena-for-documents-from-trump-inaugural-committee-a-sign-of-a-deepening-criminal-probe/2019/02/04/b6382642-28e5-11e9-8eef-0d74f4bf0295_story.html?utm_term=.d412ea2e1b1c). Federal election law [prohibits](https://www.fec.gov/updates/foreign-nationals/)foreign nationals from donating money to an inaugural committee…" > **[Trump Inaugural Committee Hit With Subpoena](https://www.npr.org/2019/02/05/691522377/trump-inaugural-committee-hit-with-subpoena)** > > The federal inquiry seeks information about who donated to events connected to the inauguration and what they were promised in return. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30353 "2019-02-05T20:55:31Z")
Another [Cash Cow](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/01/30/trump-campaign-uses-state-union-address-raise-money-re-election-bid/1079009001/?fbclid=IwAR3z9ZMqzKZMojgaJqFO-HLpkjVIO0TstNL7W8wspXVd4xr4LVsZIKPod54) _After initially asking donors to send at least $35 in exchange for having their names scrolled during a live stream of the president’s speech … “Even if you choose to only give $1, the proof of your support will send shockwaves around the world as they see every American who proudly stands behind our President,” said the pitch signed by the president’s son, Eric (little-shit-gibbon)._ Act Now! This deal won’t last! ---
**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:** [February 5, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30354 "2019-02-05T21:04:12Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Another [Cash Cow](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/01/30/trump-campaign-uses-state-union-address-raise-money-re-election-bid/1079009001/?fbclid=IwAR3z9ZMqzKZMojgaJqFO-HLpkjVIO0TstNL7W8wspXVd4xr4LVsZIKPod54) > > _After initially asking donors to send at least $35 in exchange for having their names scrolled during a live stream of the president’s speech … “Even if you choose to only give $1, the proof of your support will send shockwaves around the world as they see every American who proudly stands behind our President,” said the pitch signed by the president’s son, Eric (little-shit-gibbon)._ > > Act Now! This deal won’t last! But wait, there’s more! ---
**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:** [February 5, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30355 "2019-02-05T21:08:43Z")
That seems too tacky even for Trump. Is this “fake news”? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30356 "2019-02-05T21:13:05Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > That seems too tacky even for Trump. Is this “fake news”? He can always find a new low. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30357 "2019-02-05T21:15:29Z")
I choose to not watch the thing in order to find out. I do not care for speechification ITFP, but watching TFCFFWSG blortings is way beyond my barf-reflex threshold. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30358 "2019-02-05T21:17:41Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Another [Cash Cow](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/01/30/trump-campaign-uses-state-union-address-raise-money-re-election-bid/1079009001/?fbclid=IwAR3z9ZMqzKZMojgaJqFO-HLpkjVIO0TstNL7W8wspXVd4xr4LVsZIKPod54) > > _After initially asking donors to send at least $35 in exchange for having their names scrolled during a live stream of the president’s speech … “Even if you choose to only give $1, the proof of your support will send shockwaves around the world as they see every American who proudly stands behind our President,” said the pitch signed by the president’s son, Eric (little-shit-gibbon)._ > > Act Now! This deal won’t last! Wait a minute. This is to be held in congress, using the congressional media system and team I would assume. Nobody on that team is going to scroll a list of supporters. I mean, I know that they will do anything, or tell any lie for a buck, but could this even be possible? Is FOX going to rebroadcast with a scrolling banner? ---
**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:** [February 5, 2019, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30359 "2019-02-05T21:20:30Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > That seems too tacky even for Trump. Is this “fake news”? When it comes to bringing in cash, Trump does not understand tacky. Remember that the We Must Build the Wall speech was also a fundraising effort. This is, at least, his second time using his official duties as a revenue generating enterprise. I have to imagine that there are a lot more. I assume that someone is looking to make a case about it, but there is only so many hours in a day for the House Committees and no shortage of things to investigate when it comes to the Trump administration. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2019, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30360 "2019-02-05T21:26:31Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Wait a minute. This is to be held in congress, using the congressional media system and team I would assume. Nobody on that team is going to scroll a list of supporters. > > I mean, I know that they will do anything, or tell any lie for a buck, but could this even be possible? > > Is FOX going to rebroadcast with a scrolling banner? I think it’s possible they told a lie for a quick buck. So what if the names never scroll anywhere. Money’s already in. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30361 "2019-02-05T21:32:38Z")
It says “during a live stream”. I assume they’ll have a website set up somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30362 "2019-02-05T21:37:21Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > When it comes to bringing in cash, Trump does not understand tacky. Wait, are you saying there is something in which he does understand it? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30363 "2019-02-05T21:38:16Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > It says “during a live stream”. I assume they’ll have a website set up somewhere. With about 5 viewers. They should drop the price to 25 cents. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30364 "2019-02-05T22:37:48Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > That seems too tacky even for Trump. Is this “fake news”? More like “old news”. Check the date. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1517) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1519)