# 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:** 1553
**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:** [March 7, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31045 "2019-03-07T21:23:37Z")
> [@Steve\_McQwark](#): > > Hey now, that’s too far. He doesn’t have a clue who Alexander Graham Bell was. > [@garygnu](#): > > I didn’t know you could make tacos out of graham crackers. > [@CaptMurdock](#): > > “He made the best crackers!” > > ETA: Ninja’d! Finally: a chance to promulgate [The History of Crackers, According to Bucky and Satchel](http://cheapseateats.com/2012/01/31/the-history-of-crackers-according-to-bucky-and-satchel/)! ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31046 "2019-03-07T21:26:21Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Michael Cohen showed up to testify before the House Intelligence Committee literally toting suitcasefuls of documents. > [Michael Cohen's suitcases full of new evidence just ruined a whole lot of lives in Trump land - Palmer Report](https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/suitcases-michael-cohen-ruined-lives-trump/16502/) Those were suitcases of his clothes. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2019, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31047 "2019-03-07T21:38:38Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Those were suitcases of his clothes. No, they weren’t. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2019, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31048 "2019-03-07T21:59:14Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > No, they weren’t. They were. He was on his way to prison. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2019, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31049 "2019-03-07T22:07:47Z")
What’s he gonna need suitcases full of clothes for? They’ll dress him. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2019, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31050 "2019-03-07T22:08:40Z")
Tim Cook has changed his Twitter handle to Tim plus an apple emoji. [https://twitter.com/tim\_cook](https://twitter.com/tim_cook) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31051 "2019-03-07T22:09:44Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > What’s he gonna need suitcases full of clothes for? And why bring them to Congress? ---
**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:** [March 7, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31052 "2019-03-07T22:12:10Z")
Maybe he heard that they were going to dress him down, so he thought he would need extra clothes for that. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31053 "2019-03-07T22:14:02Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > They were. He was on his way to prison. I don’t think he is due there until May. :dubious: _And_, he didn’t have a ball and chain on his ankle. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31054 "2019-03-07T22:40:56Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > They were. He was on his way to prison. You may be mixing him up with Manafort, who is due to be sentenced today. In fact, the sentencing hearing is now underway. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31055 "2019-03-07T23:23:56Z")
Cohen heard he was going to one of those “haberdashery prisons,” and figured he’d better bring his nattiest outfits along with him. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2019, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31056 "2019-03-07T23:45:52Z")
Randy, again: [He’s In Love and We’re All Gonna Die](https://youtu.be/z7q0bz0sk30) ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31057 "2019-03-08T00:17:09Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Those were suitcases of his clothes. I thought they contained what is known as “dirty laundry”. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2019, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31058 "2019-03-08T00:45:57Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > You may be mixing him up with Manafort, who is due to be sentenced today. In fact, the sentencing hearing is now underway. [47 months](https://apnews.com/949df95ef74348baa809bbf031c37fc7). ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31059 "2019-03-08T01:20:32Z")
OK, this one is about 3 weeks old but I don’t recall seeing it posted here. If this is a duplicate, I apologize — actually I take that back, it worth mentioning again. This is one from Andrew McCabe’s book. I read it last week, purchased the Kindle edition at full price - McCabe deserves it. And it’s a really good book. Apparently at around the time Trump was playing nuclear chicken with Little Rocket Man, his intelligence agencies were trying to convince him that NK had the ability to launch ICBM’s. But Trump didn’t believe them. Why, you ask? Because Putin told him otherwise. And he believed Putin. > **[Putin Told Trump North Korea Couldn’t Launch Missiles, and He Believed It](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/putin-told-trump-north-korea-couldnt-launch-missiles.html)** > > Harrowing evidence Trump’s insane credulity on North Korea is influenced by Russia. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2019, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31060 "2019-03-08T01:55:15Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > OK, this one is about 3 weeks old but I don’t recall seeing it posted here. If this is a duplicate, I apologize — actually I take that back, it worth mentioning again. > > This is one from Andrew McCabe’s book. I read it last week, purchased the Kindle edition at full price - McCabe deserves it. And it’s a really good book. Apparently at around the time Trump was playing nuclear chicken with Little Rocket Man, his intelligence agencies were trying to convince him that NK had the ability to launch ICBM’s. But Trump didn’t believe them. Why, you ask? Because Putin told him otherwise. And he believed Putin. > > [Putin Told Trump North Korea Couldn’t Launch Missiles](http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/putin-told-trump-north-korea-couldnt-launch-missiles.html) Thump should know by now that you can’t believe pillow talk. :dubious: Okay, I apologize for using the phrase “should know” when referring to the president. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31061 "2019-03-08T18:11:37Z")
[Bill Shine suddenly resigns](https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/08/politics/bill-shine-white-house-communications/index.html). He’ll now be doing communications work on Agent Orange’s re-election campaign, even though they apparently didn’t need any more people to do that. > [@](#): > > Shine’s effectiveness inside the West Wing came with mixed results and it was unclear how much he was able to change the White House’s communications strategy. Gosh, where have we heard that before? That revolving door must give people whiplash. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31062 "2019-03-08T18:46:01Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > [Bill Shine suddenly resigns](https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/08/politics/bill-shine-white-house-communications/index.html). > > He’ll now be doing communications work on Agent Orange’s re-election campaign, even though they apparently didn’t need any more people to do that. > > Gosh, where have we heard that before? > > That revolving door must give people whiplash. And in Trump’s own mind, feeds into his “I have to fire them because they are incompetent” delusions. “I hired you to make my poll numbers higher, and instead they are lower. You’re fired” (through the mouth of one of his other leutenents) And then, never gets that these poor suckers are doomed to fail because of Trump’s own failings… ---
**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:** [March 8, 2019, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31063 "2019-03-08T19:04:14Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > … And then, never gets that these poor suckers are doomed to fail because of Trump’s own failings… Wait, what? Failings? You’re fired! ---
**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:** [March 8, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31064 "2019-03-08T19:58:35Z")
Hey guys. You know that lady who owned all those massage parlors in Florida? The one where Robert Kraft goes to get his blow jobs? Well, turns out she is pals with Trump! [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/founder-of-massage-parlor-where-robert-kraft-was-arrested-is-a-trump-donor-frequent-mar-a-lago-partygoer/ar-BBUwP9E](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/founder-of-massage-parlor-where-robert-kraft-was-arrested-is-a-trump-donor-frequent-mar-a-lago-partygoer/ar-BBUwP9E) Boy, I have never been more shocked. Dismaying to think the POTUS has these connections. Totally whacked me out of left field, this one did. Totally. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1552) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1554)