# 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:** 159
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3161 "2017-04-07T22:08:08Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > It’s been talked about: > > [Is Trump Suffering from Dementia?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3CFwkoqxIs) When has he ever \*not \*talked that way? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3162 "2017-04-07T22:09:11Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Wow. And to think that I used to detest David Brooks. Jonah Goldberg can’t take him anymore, either. But he’s still got Hannity and O’Reilly. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3163 "2017-04-08T17:52:43Z")
So, it has reached the point were dubbya is [the voice of reason](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-w-bush-pepfar-saves-millions-of-lives-in-africa-keep-it-fully-funded/2017/04/07/2089fa46-1ba7-11e7-9887-1a5314b56a08_story.html?utm_term=.9dc126fa0f12) in the Republican party. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3164 "2017-04-08T17:57:54Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > So, it has reached the point were dubbya is [the voice of reason](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-w-bush-pepfar-saves-millions-of-lives-in-africa-keep-it-fully-funded/2017/04/07/2089fa46-1ba7-11e7-9887-1a5314b56a08_story.html?utm_term=.9dc126fa0f12) in the Republican party. How far America has fallen to long for the days of Bush the Lesser. ---
**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 8, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3165 "2017-04-08T22:37:09Z")
President Bannon and Vice President Kushner had a little sit-down yesterday. [https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-04-08/kushner-bannon-meet-to-clear-the-air-amid-reports-of-infighting](https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-04-08/kushner-bannon-meet-to-clear-the-air-amid-reports-of-infighting) ---
**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 8, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3166 "2017-04-08T23:27:33Z")
[Trump owns stock in Raytheon, the company that makes the Tomahawk missiles he shot at Syria.](https://www.palmerreport.com/opinion/tomahawk-missiles-were-wrong-choice-for-syria-attack-but-donald-trump-owns-stock-in-the-company/2224/) [Raytheon’s stock went up after the attack.](http://money.cnn.com/2017/04/07/investing/syria-raytheon-tomahawk-missiles/) Coincidence? ---
**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 8, 2017, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3167 "2017-04-08T23:30:46Z")
Ivanka trotted out her spawn to sing for the President of China during his little picnic and family get-together at the family ranch in Florida. > ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3168 "2017-04-08T23:34:35Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Trump owns stock in Raytheon, the company that makes the Tomahawk missiles he shot at Syria.](https://www.palmerreport.com/opinion/tomahawk-missiles-were-wrong-choice-for-syria-attack-but-donald-trump-owns-stock-in-the-company/2224/) > > [Raytheon’s stock went up after the attack.](http://money.cnn.com/2017/04/07/investing/syria-raytheon-tomahawk-missiles/) > > Coincidence? No, his portfolio is in a blind trust managed by his sons. He has no idea whether military action might benefit him financially. None at all, because his sons together couldn’t even spell “Raytheon”. I understand they once both got negative scores in Scrabble while playing each other and a chihuahua named “Petunia”, which they also couldn’t spell. The dog won by default by eating the letter “Q”. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3169 "2017-04-08T23:39:22Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Ivanka trotted out her spawn to sing for the President of China during his little picnic and family get-together at the family ranch in Florida. > [x.com](https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump/status/850488492828360704) I enjoy making fun of Trump and this disastrous presidency as much as the next guy, but… I can’t find anything remotely wrong with a president showing off his grandkids to a visiting world leader. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3170 "2017-04-08T23:52:10Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > I enjoy making fun of Trump and this disastrous presidency as much as the next guy, but… I can’t find anything remotely wrong with a president showing off his grandkids to a visiting world leader. Maybe because they should really be using the very limited time of this meeting (less than a full day) such as trade agreements, building islands in the South China Sea and declaring sovereignty, and China’s support of North Korea. This isn’t a fucking confab; this is two major superpowers in their first meeting between leaders needing to hash out some pretty damned serious issues that have their potential to turn into serious economic, political, and military conflicts. Save the grandkids for the holiday newsletter. Stranger ---
**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:** [April 9, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3171 "2017-04-09T00:21:02Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > No, his portfolio is in a blind trust managed by his sons. He has no idea whether military action might benefit him financially. None at all, because his sons together couldn’t even spell “Raytheon”. I understand they once both got negative scores in Scrabble while playing each other and a chihuahua named “Petunia”, which they also couldn’t spell. The dog won by default by eating the letter “Q”. > > Stranger You kill me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3172 "2017-04-09T01:02:01Z")
[![](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170409/4640c00a58f2d22d51072a25601261e3.jpg) ](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170409/4640c00a58f2d22d51072a25601261e3.jpg) ---
**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 9, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3173 "2017-04-09T01:06:39Z")
[US Carrier task force sailing to Korean Peninsula as show of force.](http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/08/politics/navy-korean-peninsula/index.html) ---
**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 9, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3174 "2017-04-09T01:19:30Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > [https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170409/4640c00a58f2d22d51072a25601261e3.jpg](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170409/4640c00a58f2d22d51072a25601261e3.jpg) Because, the competing brand is a CIA front. ---
**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 9, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3175 "2017-04-09T01:25:22Z")
Nm ---
**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:** [April 9, 2017, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3176 "2017-04-09T01:30:30Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > [https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170409/4640c00a58f2d22d51072a25601261e3.jpg](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170409/4640c00a58f2d22d51072a25601261e3.jpg) _sings badly_ "I’d like to buy the world a Coke…"_sings badly_ ---
**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:** [April 9, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3177 "2017-04-09T02:21:30Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > No, his portfolio is in a blind trust managed by his sons. He has no idea whether military action might benefit him financially. None at all, because his sons together couldn’t even spell “Raytheon”. I understand they once both got negative scores in Scrabble while playing each other and a chihuahua named “Petunia”, which they also couldn’t spell. The dog won by default by eating the letter “Q”. > > Stranger I thoroughly enjoyed that. But doesn’t that jerk currently occupying the White House get regular financial and operating reports from his sons? ---
**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 9, 2017, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3178 "2017-04-09T02:53:41Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > I enjoy making fun of Trump and this disastrous presidency as much as the next guy, but… I can’t find anything remotely wrong with a president showing off his grandkids to a visiting world leader. Then there is no problem with opposition politicians using them in their political commentary. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2017, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3179 "2017-04-09T03:00:43Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Then there is no problem with opposition politicians using them in their political commentary. Minor children are absolutely off limits. They have no choice in the matter. I’d say college age is a gray zone. Or if they stay out of politics, there’s no reason to savage them for who their parents are. Going after the parents for using the kids as props is fair game. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3180 "2017-04-09T03:34:24Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I thoroughly enjoyed that. But doesn’t that jerk currently occupying the White House get regular financial and operating reports from his sons? I don’t think those dolts could report on their bowel movements. Besides, Donald is a big boy and he could read _The Wall Street Journal_ all on his own and figure out how his investments are doing, except _WSJ_ is fake news and there is no better investment than boardwalk casinos in Atlantic City. Anyway, The Trump is bigly ethical and would never propose an infrastructure program or start a war for his own personal enrichment. His sacrifices are [legendary](https://youtu.be/0qtz4zSUW1w). Stranger [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=158) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=160)