# 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:** 1525
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30485 "2019-02-13T12:25:20Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > I am totally down for the Queen slapping him should he visit England again. > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Maybe James Cameron can come up with hologram projection technology that allows a simulation of a wall to be thrown up to satisfies these yahoos. And it can be high enough that Air Force 1 will turn around thinking the sceptred isle’s defense has been improved … oh, you said _James_ Cameron. Never mind. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30486 "2019-02-13T14:11:29Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Maybe James Cameron can come up with hologram projection technology that allows a simulation of a wall to be thrown up to satisfies these yahoos. He probably could, but it would end up costing much more than the wall would. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30487 "2019-02-13T14:51:12Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A tiny church in Texas is suing Individual 1’s administration to prevent the building of the wall on the grounds of religious freedom - that the government can’t claim their property under eminent domain. > [Church uses Religious Freedom Restoration Act to contest Trump’s new wall section](https://www.yahoo.com/news/church-uses-religious-freedom-restoration-act-to-contest-trumps-new-wall-section-221341325.html) Adds “eminent domain” to the list of things that the Republican party used to care about, but no longer does. ---
**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 13, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30488 "2019-02-13T15:01:04Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > I couldn’t decide if this was just a Stupid Republican Idea of the Day but since it is uniquely Trump stupid, I’ll put it here. > > Trump wants to start a “new” tradition. Yeah! > > A gathering! To celebrate America on the 4th of July! Only Trump could think up something so clever! > > [https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/12/politics/trump-parade-july-4/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/12/politics/trump-parade-july-4/index.html) And it will give him an opportunity to tell everyone that he’s running for president in 2020. In case nobody knows that. IOW, it will be a campaign rally. On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. 'Cause you know, Lincoln was a Republican. In case nobody knows THAT. :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [February 13, 2019, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30489 "2019-02-13T16:00:39Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Maybe James Cameron can come up with hologram projection technology that allows a simulation of a wall to be thrown up to satisfies these yahoos. A while back I proposed that instead of a wall, we should build a huge laser maze at the border. Way more fun. And the doofus probably thinks lasers are deadly, so he’ll go for it. ---
**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 13, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30490 "2019-02-13T16:05:50Z")
Trump’s understanding of lasers probably matches his understanding of solar eclipses. ---
**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 13, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30491 "2019-02-13T16:14:02Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Trump’s understanding of lasers probably matches his understanding of solar eclipses. What has he said about a solar eclipse? ---
**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:** [February 13, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30492 "2019-02-13T16:19:40Z")
Orally, nothing noteworthy. [With his actions, though](https://images.indianexpress.com/2017/08/donald-trump_dan-worthington_759.jpg), something along the lines of “_It’s perfectly safe to stare right at one._” ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30493 "2019-02-13T16:20:34Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I want to see him in a flight suit tailored for a guy that weighs 239. What color do you get when you mix orange and purple? ---
**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 13, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30494 "2019-02-13T16:31:47Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > What has he said about a solar eclipse? I wasn’t within earshot, but it may have been “ouch, fuck, can’t see.” ---
**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 13, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30495 "2019-02-13T16:33:16Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > What color do you get when you mix orange and purple? “Sort of a cross between piss yellow and puke green.” –[American Graffitti](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069704/characters/nm0000148) ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30496 "2019-02-13T17:33:02Z")
What better way to spend “executive time” than with [a room-sized golf simulator](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/president-trump-installed-a-room-sized-golf-simulator-at-white-house/2019/02/13/ed3f6d5c-2e45-11e9-813a-0ab2f17e305b_story.html), all for the low low price of fifty thousand dollars? ---
**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:** [February 13, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30497 "2019-02-13T17:46:19Z")
To clarify, he upgraded the one which Obama installed earlier. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30498 "2019-02-13T17:57:53Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > What better way to spend “executive time” than with [a room-sized golf simulator](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/president-trump-installed-a-room-sized-golf-simulator-at-white-house/2019/02/13/ed3f6d5c-2e45-11e9-813a-0ab2f17e305b_story.html), all for the low low price of fifty thousand dollars? When I lived in Alaska, the local pro shop had one of those we played on in the winter. In my experience, they wreck your golf game by introducing bad habits that aren’t detected by the machine. By springtime, my swing was trashed, and I had to learn all over again. So Trump will be taking a lot more mulligans in the future. ---
**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 13, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30499 "2019-02-13T18:07:49Z")
Taking mulligans is fine, we just do not want him getting his hands on the macguffin. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30500 "2019-02-13T18:08:35Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > What better way to spend “executive time” than with [a room-sized golf simulator](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/president-trump-installed-a-room-sized-golf-simulator-at-white-house/2019/02/13/ed3f6d5c-2e45-11e9-813a-0ab2f17e305b_story.html), all for the low low price of fifty thousand dollars? I’m not really sure why anyone would complain about this. It’s his own money, and the more time he spends golfing the less time he has to Make America Suck Again. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30501 "2019-02-13T18:10:42Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > And it will give him an opportunity to tell everyone that he’s running for president in 2020. In case nobody knows that. IOW, it will be a campaign rally. On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. 'Cause you know, Lincoln was a Republican. In case nobody knows THAT. :rolleyes: GOP conventions used to say “Party of Lincoln” ever other sentence. Now I think they’re trying to ignore that. He oppressed states rights, after all. ---
**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 13, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30502 "2019-02-13T18:14:57Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I’m not really sure why anyone would complain about this. It’s his own money, and the more time he spends golfing the less time he has to Make America Suck Again. No, you misunderstand. The third word was a typo. The ‘E’ was placed in the middle of the word, instead of where it should have been, at the end. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30503 "2019-02-13T18:23:29Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > GOP conventions used to say “Party of Lincoln” ever other sentence. Now I think they’re trying to ignore that. He oppressed states rights, after all. Lincoln was a ‘Liberal’. ---
**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 13, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/30504 "2019-02-13T18:53:42Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Lincoln was a ‘Liberal’. He was a Whig, and played some major part in creating the Republican party. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1524) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1526)