# 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:** 1579
**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:** [April 2, 2019, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31565 "2019-04-02T17:39:35Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > They voted for him in the first place. I’m still having a hard time fathoming that. So yes, they will ‘fall’ for it again. If everything else comes out the same, we only need several tens of thousands of votes in a few key states to change, which is entirely plausible. But it is still depressing that tens of millions are still that gullible. PT Barnum had it right. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31566 "2019-04-02T18:00:57Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Will the rubes fall for it again? Could anyone possibly be dumb enough to believe this shit? I truly believe they will. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31567 "2019-04-02T18:09:25Z")
The Idiots in Charge have put up a plaque on a section of rebuilt border wall that was begun in 2009 commemorating it as the first part of the border wall. > **[A Plaque Says This Fence In Southern California Is The First Completed...](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfoflores/immigration-wall-border-trump-dedication-fence)** > > The project to replace an old section of border wall was first requested in 2009. But a plaque dedicated Friday calls it the first section of Trump’s border wall. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31568 "2019-04-02T18:12:07Z")
White House spokesperson calls Puerto Rico “that country”. Twice. > **[Just a WH Official Casually Referring to Puerto Rico as 'That Country'](https://splinternews.com/just-a-white-house-official-casually-referring-to-puert-1833744048)** > > Puerto Rico has been a United States territory for more than a century. Its residents have been U.S. citizens since (and because of) World War I. Nevertheless, the Trump administration’s effort to systemically distance Those People from the rest of... ---
**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:** [April 2, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31569 "2019-04-02T18:12:36Z")
Well, no one has argued that Trump is ignorant of branding. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31570 "2019-04-02T18:25:13Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Will the rubes fall for it again? Could anyone possibly be dumb enough to believe this shit? Stay tuned for another season of \* The Really Shitty Reality Show\*. For a lot them, the answer is probably yes. But I have to feel that even among the rubiest, some of them must have begun to feel that Trump in office hasn’t done any of the things that Trump the candidate promised. Sure, intelligent people will once again vote against Trump because of his bigotry. But there are also going to be some people who will decide that Trump has failed to be bigoted enough. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31571 "2019-04-02T18:45:23Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > White House spokesperson calls Puerto Rico “that country”. Twice. > [https://splinternews.com/just-a-white-house-official-casually-referring-to-puert-1833744048](https://splinternews.com/just-a-white-house-official-casually-referring-to-puert-1833744048) So the three Mexican countries are Mexico, Puerto Rico and East LA? ---
**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:** [April 2, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31572 "2019-04-02T18:59:12Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > So the three Mexican countries are Mexico, Puerto Rico and East LA? There are [more than three Mexican countries](https://i.redd.it/4o3q6ky4gjp21.jpg): Mexico, South Mexico, Communist Mexico, the Mexican Archipelago, Oil Mexico, Cocaine Mexico, Poor Mexico, MS13 Mexico, Mountain Mexico, Central Mexico, WTF Mexico, Soccer Mexico, Beach Mexico, West Mexico, Meat Mexico, and British Mexico. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31573 "2019-04-02T19:12:40Z")
I thought that the three Mexican countries were Nicaragua, Guatemala, and El Salvador. I mean, they all speak Mexican, right? ---
**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:** [April 2, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31574 "2019-04-02T19:30:09Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > There are [more than three Mexican countries](https://i.redd.it/4o3q6ky4gjp21.jpg): Mexico, South Mexico, Communist Mexico, the Mexican Archipelago, Oil Mexico, Cocaine Mexico, Poor Mexico, MS13 Mexico, Mountain Mexico, Central Mexico, WTF Mexico, Soccer Mexico, Beach Mexico, West Mexico, Meat Mexico, and British Mexico. > [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > I thought that the three Mexican countries were Nicaragua, Guatemala, and El Salvador. I mean, they all speak Mexican, right? This whole thing is obviously Hillary’s fault because she promised a taco stand on every corner and we didn’t get them. Tacos are Mexican, right? The fact that she’s not president doesn’t let her off the hook. That’s just a lame Dem excuse. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31575 "2019-04-02T20:08:33Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Responsible opposing viewpoint: While I don’t find the use of “thump” for Trump particularly witty or clever, I don’t think it’s inappropriate in a specifically anti-Trump thread, and I certainly don’t think it makes the user “look bad”. It’s juvenile. And it’s tiresome. And it’s also incredibly trivial and probably not even worth bringing attention to. After seeing it time after time, I momentarily let my annoyance get the better of me. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31576 "2019-04-02T20:11:27Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > … not even worth bringing attention to. … This. It’s a teeny, tiny nothingberder. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31577 "2019-04-02T20:13:13Z")
As long as you’re not that idiot who called him “Dotard, Individual of the Firsts”. That guy is a moron. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31578 "2019-04-02T20:13:58Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Of all the things to attack a poster for, criticizing someone for using the epithet “Thump” is pretty weak. I don’t give a shit if it’s a “weak attack”, I wasn’t trying to bring some ‘strong argument’ against this poster. I was just commenting on an annoying habit of said poster. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2019, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31579 "2019-04-02T20:43:29Z")
Individual 1 claims his father was born in Germany. Uh, no. [https://twitter.com/tommyxtopher/status/1113151453554769920](https://twitter.com/tommyxtopher/status/1113151453554769920)? ---
**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:** [April 2, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31580 "2019-04-02T20:57:02Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Personally, I like **Little Donnie Fail-Fail**. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > It’s a big, wide tent. Room for ALL demeaning (yet accurate) nicknames. There’s already a thread for that, if I’m not mistaken. That said, I’ll NEVER tire of applying the most precise, succinct, and objectively factual soubriquet to him: America-hating fuckstick. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2019, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31581 "2019-04-02T21:11:08Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > … among the rubiest … If we got all the MAGAts on a large boat, would it be known as the Rubie Yacht of O. Mark Iamb? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31582 "2019-04-02T21:15:50Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > There’s already a thread for that, if I’m not mistaken. > > That said, I’ll NEVER tire of applying the most precise, succinct, and objectively factual soubriquet to him: America-hating fuckstick. There’s the old classic; “short-fingered vulgarian”, courtesy of Spy Magazine, which even thirty years ago recognized him as a buffoon. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31583 "2019-04-02T21:17:43Z")
[Chinese National Lied Her Way Into Mar-a-Lago – With 4 Cellphones and a Malware Loaded Thumb Drive](https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2019/04/chinese-national-lied-her-way-into-mar-a-lago-with-4-cellphones-and-a-malware-loaded-thumb-drive-report/) ---
**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:** [April 2, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31584 "2019-04-02T21:28:49Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Chinese National Lied Her Way Into Mar-a-Lago – With 4 Cellphones and a Malware Loaded Thumb Drive](https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2019/04/chinese-national-lied-her-way-into-mar-a-lago-with-4-cellphones-and-a-malware-loaded-thumb-drive-report/) Probably Hillary’s fault. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1578) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1580)