# 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:** 1565
**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 17, 2019, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31285 "2019-03-17T23:19:18Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Well that’s what people are accusing him of wrt:Russia, he’s just trying to flip it and go “look who the REAL colluders are !”. But he doesn’t understand words, so that classic Karl Rove mind trick becomes a self-own that only makes him look stupid. > > Now that the dominoes are starting to fall on the investigation, I wouldn’t be surprised if he tried to work “collusion” into many more of his twitter attacks to try and find one that kinda sticks if you squint and/or wear a red hat. At which point we’ll all get a good workout at our “both sides do it !” game. It’s his version of “whatever you call me bounces off me and sticks to you.” ---
**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 17, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31286 "2019-03-17T23:58:58Z")
Yes. I believe we first saw that in the second presidential debate, with “No puppet! No puppet!..YOU’RE the puppet!” Which had all us unstupid people scratching our heads and going “whaaaaaat…?” ---
**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:** [March 18, 2019, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31287 "2019-03-18T00:09:54Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Yep. I :smack: at least once a day. I may be a game of chess with my wife, or forgetting milk at the store. > > A nice chuckle, and move on. Finnish the game of chess, and no milk for cereal. > > **Trump can’t imagine being wrong at anything** , when in FACT he is wrong at everything. He can rot in prison and he will never understand this simple fact. In fairness, he doesn’t NEED to imagine it… ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31288 "2019-03-18T14:08:40Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > So, we need “Fair & Balanced” comedy? Oh, wait - we already have that… Comedy only because it hurts too much to cry. ---
**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 18, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31289 "2019-03-18T18:06:00Z")
[“This president condemns hate and evil and bigotry,” Conway told Fox News’ “Fox & Friends.”](https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/conway-new-zealand-shootings-trump/2019/03/18/id/907483/) Bwahahahahaha! ---
**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 18, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31290 "2019-03-18T18:08:52Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [“This president condemns hate and evil and bigotry,” Conway told Fox News’ “Fox & Friends.”](https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/conway-new-zealand-shootings-trump/2019/03/18/id/907483/) > > Bwahahahahaha! Her husband has been tweeting portions of a medical dictionary with the definitions of insanity. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2019, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31291 "2019-03-18T18:31:21Z")
Serious question: Is Trump the first President to use his veto power to break his premiere campaign promise? Dotard: “Mexico will pay for the wall!” Congress: “OK” Individual-1: Veto ---
**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:** [March 18, 2019, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31292 "2019-03-18T19:48:27Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Serious question: > > Is Trump the first President to use his veto power to break his premiere campaign promise? > > Dotard: “Mexico will pay for the wall!” > Congress: “OK” > Individual-1: Veto You know… I’ve just gotta steal this. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31293 "2019-03-18T21:00:23Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 calls for an investigation of Saturday Night Live. > [Trump Rails Against SNL, Despite Show Being a Rerun, Calls For FCC 'Collusion' Investigation Into Comedy Show](https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-snl-fcc-rerun-collusion-talent-saturday-night-live-twitter-1365677)? I liked the comment/reply about [LBJ and the Smothers Brothers](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lbj-smothers-brothers/): > [@](#): > > After being trashed numerous times by the Smothers Brothers, President Johnson wrote them, “It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists. You have given the gift of laughter to our people. May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives.” I hadn’t heard that before, and my opinion of LBJ just got elevated (slightly), in much the same way I liked how Dana Carvey and Bush 41 interacted. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31294 "2019-03-18T21:20:55Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Trump can’t imagine being wrong at anything, Of course he can. What he can’t imagine is displaying weakness, and in his reptilian brain, admission of error is always a display of weakness. Still totally bonkers and a display of weakness in a different way, but he’s also not smart enough to realize it. ---
**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 18, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31295 "2019-03-18T21:35:21Z")
Who did they get to imitate the CFSG? Is it Alec Baldwin? _Alec fucking Baldwin_? Holy crap that has to be a sign of respect. And he complains about it. What a sewer worm. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31296 "2019-03-18T22:09:17Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Who did they get to imitate the CFSG? Is it Alec Baldwin? _Alec fucking Baldwin_? Holy crap that has to be a sign of respect… Yeah, when I’m President they’ll find an unknown untrained inbred Baldwin cousin to play me. I was trying to figure out who’d play O’Rourke, but I could see Prez Beto _(“That’s cool, yeah, call me Prez, man!”)_ writing “SNL dress rehearsal” in his Presidential schedule every week, because one of his campaign promises was to play himself every Saturday night. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31297 "2019-03-18T22:15:50Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Yeah, when I’m President they’ll find an unknown untrained inbred Baldwin cousin to play me. > > I was trying to figure out who’d play O’Rourke, but I could see Prez Beto _(“That’s cool, yeah, call me Prez, man!”)_ writing “SNL dress rehearsal” in his Presidential schedule every week, because one of his campaign promises was to play himself every Saturday night. I’ve thought Jon Heder from Napoleon Dynamite would be perfect for Beto. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31298 "2019-03-19T01:01:54Z")
The State Department held a [Christian’s only](https://nypost.com/2019/03/18/state-department-holds-call-exclusively-for-faith-based-media/)media event today. I mean, technically it was only “faith based media” but since they [refuse](https://twitter.com/mitchellreports/status/1107803641602285568) to release a transcript or even who was invited, it’s quite safe to assume and the White House is free to prove that wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31299 "2019-03-19T01:06:09Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Her husband has been tweeting portions of a medical dictionary with the definitions of insanity. I can’t figure out his angle. Or if it’s THEIR angle. Is he genuinely concerned and they have a Carville/Matalin thing going where they know where the other stands and do their own thing? Or are do they know the ship is going down and he’s doing pre-emptive reputation rehab? Someone pointed out on Twitter that the latter seems more likely, or at least that it’s some kind of planned coordination because President Butthurt never goes after Conway and he’s exactly the type of person he would normally come up with some oh-so-clever nickname for. I’d go for Spurious George myself, but I have bigly words and have read a fucking book. He’d probably go for the obvious ConMAN. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31300 "2019-03-19T01:12:17Z")
> [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > I can’t figure out his angle. Or if it’s THEIR angle. Is he genuinely concerned and they have a Carville/Matalin thing going where they know where the other stands and do their own thing? Or are do they know the ship is going down and he’s doing pre-emptive reputation rehab? > > Someone pointed out on Twitter that the latter seems more likely, or at least that it’s some kind of planned coordination because President Butthurt never goes after Conway and he’s exactly the type of person he would normally come up with some oh-so-clever nickname for. > > I’d go for Spurious George myself, but I have bigly words and have read a fucking book. He’d probably go for the obvious ConMAN. My theory is Kelly hates Trump as much as her husband. She’s just the type of person to set her principles aside in favor of her blind ambition. I imagine talk at the dinner table is something like: Kelly: “Let me tell you what this idiot did today…” ---
**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:** [March 19, 2019, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31301 "2019-03-19T01:19:40Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > My theory is Kelly hates Trump as much as her husband. > > She’s just the type of person to set her principles aside in favor of her blind ambition. > > I imagine talk at the dinner table is something like: > > Kelly: “Let me tell you what this idiot did today…” “…I already heard your defense of it.” ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31302 "2019-03-19T02:17:09Z")
Oh, gawd. The next “[Vince Foster](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-krueger/alan-krueger-economic-adviser-to-obama-and-clinton-takes-own-life-at-58-idUSKCN1QZ244).” (Reuters) > [@](#): > > Alan Krueger, a prominent Princeton University economics professor who advised U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, took his own life over the weekend, his family said in a statement on Monday. He was 58. > > The statement did not elaborate about the circumstances of Krueger’s death, nor did the university when confirming it earlier in the day. How long before the Trump “deep state” proponents start yipping? ---
**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 19, 2019, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31303 "2019-03-19T02:22:42Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Oh, gawd. The next “[Vince Foster](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-krueger/alan-krueger-economic-adviser-to-obama-and-clinton-takes-own-life-at-58-idUSKCN1QZ244).” > > (Reuters) > > How long before the Trump “deep state” proponents start yipping? Oh dear. How long? Immediately, I’d say. Hillary is responsible, of course. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31304 "2019-03-19T02:41:23Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > My theory is Kelly hates Trump as much as her husband. > > She’s just the type of person to set her principles aside in favor of her blind ambition. Ambition of \*what \*? Do you reckon she’s going to have anything resembling a career after this ? She’ll be forever remembered and vilified as Trump’s Goebbels, saying lie after lie, shouting down reporters or talking down to them (while at the same time decrying their lack of civility towards her for maximum troll points) and lacking all empathy. I mean that’s it for her. That will forever be her mud pit. Hell, she might even end up in prison when this administration is over and the FBI isn’t holding back because it looks bad and is bad precedent to arrest a sitting President or their cabinet. I really don’t see a way any of this ends well for her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1564) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1566)