# 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:** 1567
**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 19, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31325 "2019-03-19T16:08:19Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > For one thing, the America-hating fuckstick _listens_ when FOXNews says something… You think the short-fingered vulgarian is going to pay attention to what that weakling Paul Ryan has to say, just because he found a berth at Fox? He HATES Ryan. Hell, _everybody_ hates Ryan, for their own reasons. Not the swiftest move on the part of Fox management. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31326 "2019-03-19T16:35:44Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > It has been obvious [to others](https://www.adutytowarn.org/) as well. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Not to mention, a bunch of shrinks wrote a book about it a year and a half ago (October 2017). They were criticized because they had not met the patient. Thump doesn’t know the meaning of an unexpressed [del]thought[/del] tweet, so why does anyone need to meet him? > > It’s gotten worse, and unfortunately, we’re getting used to it. Oh! I think it’s obvious to anyone who looks at Trump objectively. I was shaking my head at these FB friends who can’t see that Trump has been a narcissistic conman his whole life who’s been showing signs of dementia, in addition to his lifelong anti-intellectual curiosity. They were telling me how Trump is going to rescue the country from the scourge of liberals (who, by definition, are the ones who suffer for mental illness) and Make America Great Again! How he’s going to be the smartest, most honest, and most effective president the country has ever seen. And, how he just saved the country already from the horror of Crooked Hillary. Apparently, their understanding of Trump came from watching _The Apprentice_, Fox News, and Breitbart, with some InfoWars thrown in for good measure. ---
**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, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31327 "2019-03-19T16:39:54Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Oh! I think it’s obvious to anyone who looks at Trump objectively. > > I was shaking my head at these FB friends who can’t see that Trump has been a narcissistic conman his whole life who’s been showing signs of dementia, in addition to his lifelong anti-intellectual curiosity. > > They were telling me how Trump is going to resue the country from the scourge of liberals (who, by definition, are the ones who suffer for mental illness) and Make America Great Again! How he’s going to be the smartest, most honest, and most effective president the country has ever seen. And, how he just saved the country already from the horror of Crooked Hillary. > > Apparently, their understanding of Trump came from watching _The Apprentice_, Fox News, and Breitbart, with some InfoWars thrown in for good measure. The Trumpniks I know (there are only a couple, and they’re well-educated) see clearly that he is a demented, immoral, criminal piece of scum, but they don’t care. All they care about is the right-wing agenda that he is facilitating (he’s too stupid to be consciously implementing it). Supreme Court, conservative judges, weakening gummint. And they hate Hillary with the fury of a thousand suns. If a few brown/black-skinned people get their asses kicked because of thump, that’s just a bonus. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31328 "2019-03-19T17:04:20Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > The Trumpniks I know (there are only a couple, and they’re well-educated) see clearly that he is a demented, immoral, criminal piece of scum, but they don’t care. All they care about is the right-wing agenda that he is facilitating (he’s too stupid to be consciously implementing it). Supreme Court, conservative judges, weakening gummint. And they hate Hillary with the fury of a thousand suns. If a few brown/black-skinned people get their asses kicked because of thump, that’s just a bonus. That’s my experience, also, with the exception of most of the Trumpsters I know generally have high school diplomas. Some are intelligent and are just politically conservative, but some are the dumbest people I’ve ever known and that opinion dates back to high school and earlier, so it doesn’t surprise me they fell for Trump’s con job. He was going to fix everything that was disappointing in their lives. But, yeah, they all seem to hate “Killary”, and some don’t really care for non-whites and some actively hate the “Mooslims” (which, of course, is just one more reason to hate Obama). ---
**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 19, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31329 "2019-03-19T18:12:44Z")
You people laugh at associating the mob boss killing with Trump, but the guy who is accused of it did write “MAGA forever” on his hand in court. > **[Suspect in Mob Boss Killing Flashes Pro-Trump Slogans](https://www.newsweek.com/maga-forever-man-who-allegedly-killed-staten-island-mob-boss-flashes-pro-1367299)** > > Comello had scribbled "MAGA Forever" and "United We Stand MAGA" on his left palm. ---
**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 19, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31330 "2019-03-19T18:40:09Z")
My theories about the Conways are: 1. Their marriage is in trouble 2. It’s a con, designed to position them for a post-Trump world. She’s pro-Trump, he’s anti-Trump, regardless what happens to Trump, they’ll be OK. ---
**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 19, 2019, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31331 "2019-03-19T19:04:04Z")
German political leaders are not happy with the US Ambassador to Germany. The vice president of the Free Democratic Party (and speaker of the Bundestag) said, “If a U.S. diplomat acts like a high commissioner of an occupying power, he will have to learn that our tolerance has its limits.” He also called for the foreign minister to declare the ambassador _persona non grata_. The parliamentary manager of the Social Democrats Party, said Grenell is a “total diplomatic failure” who was acting like a “brat.” [‘Complete diplomatic failure’: German politicians call for expulsion of Trump's ‘bratty’ ambassador - Alternet.org](https://www.alternet.org/2019/03/1111429/)? ---
**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 19, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31332 "2019-03-19T19:50:29Z")
“If a U.S. diplomat acts like a high commissioner of an occupying power, he will have to learn that our tolerance has its limits.” So they hold a grudge? Who got them into that mess? ---
**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 19, 2019, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31333 "2019-03-19T19:57:38Z")
Twitter automatically blocked Individual 1’s social media director because their automatic filtering thought he was a bot. They unblocked him and apologized, but now Individual 1 says he’s going to “look into” it. Uh, so, a private entity is not allowed to control its own access? > **[Facebook apologizes after mistaking Trump social media director for a bot |...](https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/19/tech/scavino-facebook-apology/index.html)** > > Facebook on Tuesday said it had apologized to White House social media director Dan Scavino for temporarily blocking some features on his account for a few hours on Monday. ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31334 "2019-03-19T20:31:53Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > …Individual 1 says he’s going to “look into” it. Because he’s got so much free time (excuse me, ‘Executive Time’) left over after gettin’ all that Presidentin’ stuff done. Although I should actually count it as a plus that he’s not trying to do more to enact policies. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31335 "2019-03-19T20:32:03Z")
Companies should be free of overbearing and burdensome government regulations, except when those companies hurt Republicans, at which point government regulations are the only thing that will keep America free! ---
**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 19, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31336 "2019-03-19T20:55:38Z")
> [@tripthicket](#): > > Because he’s got so much free time (excuse me, ‘Executive Time’) left over after gettin’ all that Presidentin’ stuff done. Although I should actually count it as a plus that he’s not trying to do more to enact policies. Nah. Because he’s a paranoid lunatic who believes that social media has a liberal bias. ---
**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 19, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31337 "2019-03-19T20:56:16Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Twitter automatically blocked Individual 1’s social media director because their automatic filtering thought he was a bot. They unblocked him and apologized, but now Individual 1 says he’s going to “look into” it. Uh, so, a private entity is not allowed to control its own access? > … Trump is going to look into somehow going after Twitter? Will he also look into cutting off his own shriveled balls? ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31338 "2019-03-19T21:09:01Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Nah. Because he’s a paranoid lunatic who believes that social media has a liberal bias. [And reality](https://www.thoughtco.com/stephen-colbert-white-house-correspondents-dinner-2734728): > [@](#): > > Most of all, I believe in this president. Now, I know there are some polls out there saying that this man has a 32% approval rating. But guys like us, we don’t pay attention to the polls. We know that polls are just a collection of statistics that reflect what people are thinking in “reality.” _And reality has a well-known liberal bias._ So, Mr. President, please, please, pay no attention to the people that say the glass is half full. 32% means the glass – important to set up your jokes properly, sir. Sir, pay no attention to the people who say the glass is half empty, because 32% means it’s 2/3 empty. There’s still some liquid in that glass is my point, but I wouldn’t drink it. The last third is usually backwash. Okay. > > … > > The point is it is the heart-warming story of a man who was repeatedly punched in the face, so don’t pay attention to the approval ratings that say that 68% of Americans disapprove of the job this man is doing. I ask you this, does that not also logically mean that 68% approve of the job he’s not doing? Think about it. I haven’t… [my italics] Unfortunately, one of these dinners is likely to have prompted Trump’s anti-Obama policies now. ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31339 "2019-03-19T23:04:00Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > “If a U.S. diplomat acts like a high commissioner of an occupying power, he will have to learn that our tolerance has its limits.” > > So they hold a grudge? > Who got them into that mess? Someone similar to Grenell’s boss? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31340 "2019-03-20T00:15:40Z")
[Trump hires the best interns](https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ERP-2019.pdf). Specifically, visit page 624 of the Economic Report of the President. Here the student interns are thanked: > [@Economic Report of the President](#): > > Student interns provide invaluable help with research projects, day-to-day operations, and fact-checking. Interns during the previous year were Brittany Amano, Jackson Bailey, Rana Bansal, Christian Brown, Lydia Byrom, John Cleese, Alexis Cirrotti, Jesse Dennis, Mackenzie Dickhudt, Adam Donoho, Troy Durie, Michael Everett, Isabelle Holland, Wesley Huang, J. T. Hutt, Kathryn Janeway, Mostafa Kamel, Ayesha Karnik, David Laszcz, John Leo, Eugene Liu, Kacey Manlove, Aunt May, Kevin Nguyen, Katherine Olsson, Sarah Park, Peter Parker, Pragya Parthasarathy, Arjun Ramani, Kriyana Reddy, Steve Rogers, Jake Rosen, Joshua Siegel, John Snow, Nirali Trivedi, Bruce Wayne, Amanda Wilcox, and Jacob Ziemba. I’m especially troubled by hiring John Snow, given how little he knows. ---
**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 20, 2019, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31341 "2019-03-20T00:23:20Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I’m especially troubled by hiring John Snow, given how little he knows. Why is that surprising ? He hates leaks, and Daddy me Snow won’t turn informer. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31342 "2019-03-20T01:21:03Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I’m especially troubled by hiring John Snow, given how little he knows. He wasn’t very successful in keeping illegal immigrants behind The Wall, either. Cleese might be able to help with silly walks, though. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31343 "2019-03-20T01:26:03Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > He wasn’t very successful in keeping illegal immigrants behind The Wall, either. Trump’s not worried about a bunch of white people wandering down from the north. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31344 "2019-03-20T02:14:01Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Why is that surprising ? He hates leaks, and Daddy me Snow won’t turn informer. Let’s be fair. He does some leaking. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1566) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1568)