# 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:** 1599
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31965 "2019-04-12T23:34:41Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > For those of us who might not have been paying much attention, what have you been trying to point out for so long? 1. That American democracy is dying and that we’re entering the age of authoritarianism. 2. That the president will NOT be impeached for breaking the law, only for pissing the American people off - and that will only happen if there’s an economic collapse or some other catastrophe. 3. Trump isn’t the real underlying problem; Republicans and oligarchs are the problem and that the only way our country will change for the better is when they’re confronted with a critical moment of deep economic pain that forces them to reject modern American capitalism in exchange for something more equitable. That in a nutshell. I could write more but outta time. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31966 "2019-04-13T00:42:07Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Aren’t jokes supposed to be, I dunno, even marginally in the vicinity of funny ? “It’s funny 'cuz it’s true!” ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31967 "2019-04-13T01:57:08Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > This is the “logic” of dumping refugees/immigrants/whatnot in Democratic centers: > > 1. all refugees are violent criminals, so crime will rise, and the Dems will be sorry! (not true, so a pointless reason) > 2. Democrats love non-citizens voting, so let’s send them more (that doesn’t even make sense in a MAGA way. If Dems used non-citizens to vote, then having more of them is a good thing, innit?) 1. Trump (or someone in the White House) thinks that at least a few of the so-called “sanctuary cities” will try to resist the busing in of these immigrants, thereby providing lots of good video for Trump TV showing what hypocrites they are. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31968 "2019-04-13T02:14:29Z")
On the subject of general refugee intake, [the graph in this article](https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/07/05/for-the-first-time-u-s-resettles-fewer-refugees-than-the-rest-of-the-world/) shows pretty starkly what Trump has done to the program, which was very good up till then ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31969 "2019-04-13T03:34:25Z")
> [@Kim Jong-un today](#): > > "First of all, it is necessary for the United States to stop the current way of calculation and approach us with a new way of calculation. > > “What is obvious is that if the United States sticks to the current political way of calculation, the prospects for problem solving will be dark and very dangerous.” Looks like that Nobel Peace Prize is further away than ever for the “[great dealmaker](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cii8BroxknI)”. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31970 "2019-04-13T13:44:53Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > On the subject of general refugee intake, [the graph in this article](https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/07/05/for-the-first-time-u-s-resettles-fewer-refugees-than-the-rest-of-the-world/) shows pretty starkly what Trump has done to the program, which was very good up till then That’s a boon, not a disaster if you’re a MAGAt. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31971 "2019-04-13T14:41:45Z")
[And yet they keep coming…](https://www.yahoo.com/news/migrants-break-border-gate-force-way-mexico-182832541.html) Things must really suck in their country if they’re desperate to relocate to a place run by Trump. ---
**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 13, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31972 "2019-04-13T18:03:58Z")
Herman Cain: God will tell us when to quit using fossil fuels. [Federal Reserve Nominee Herman Cain Says God Will Tell US When to Quit Fossil Fuels, Insults Senate Banking Committee](https://www.newsweek.com/herman-cain-federal-reserve-fossil-fuels-god-koch-brothers-trump-nomination-1393455)? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31973 "2019-04-13T18:07:16Z")
Mother Nature’s warnings having had no noticeable effect. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31974 "2019-04-13T18:39:45Z")
“I sent you two sinking oil freighters and a helicopter, what more did you want?” ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31975 "2019-04-13T18:47:10Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > “I sent you two sinking oil freighters and a helicopter, what more did you want?” That’s what came to my mind, too. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31976 "2019-04-13T19:02:46Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Mother Nature’s warnings having had no noticeable effect. They’ve served to show us who the stupids are. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31977 "2019-04-13T19:25:31Z")
I’m [watching the latest Rachel Maddow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwLBrnzdWVY) right now. Hurry up and click — these shows are hard to find on the 'Net after the first day. 😕 Remember Massage Parlor Owner who pimps slave girls to Trump’s rich friends near Mar-a-Lago and also peddles influence with Trump? She was head of a Committee that sponsered a gala Inaugural Ball for Asian-Americans to swoon over DJT, raised a lot of money from the Ball, and … the money disappeared, in defiance of campaign laws! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31978 "2019-04-13T20:27:20Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > [And yet they keep coming…](https://www.yahoo.com/news/migrants-break-border-gate-force-way-mexico-182832541.html) > > Things must really suck in their country if they’re desperate to relocate to a place run by Trump. I considered reading some of the comments to that article, but decided it would be easier and less toxic to just find an open septic tank and dive in. ---
**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 13, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31979 "2019-04-13T20:33:27Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I considered reading some of the comments to that article, but decided it would be easier and less toxic to just find an open septic tank and dive in. Stealing. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31980 "2019-04-13T21:17:15Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Herman Cain: God will tell us when to quit using fossil fuels. > [Federal Reserve Nominee Herman Cain Says God Will Tell US When to Quit Fossil Fuels, Insults Senate Banking Committee](https://www.newsweek.com/herman-cain-federal-reserve-fossil-fuels-god-koch-brothers-trump-nomination-1393455)? Well… um… OK… I just hope God doesn’t “tell” us the same way he told the dinosaurs they were no longer in charge… ---
**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 13, 2019, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31981 "2019-04-13T21:48:44Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Well… um… OK… I just hope God doesn’t “tell” us the same way he told the dinosaurs they were no longer in charge… Or the way he told Noah. Wait… ?? ---
**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:** [April 13, 2019, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31982 "2019-04-13T22:15:37Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Well… um… OK… I just hope God doesn’t “tell” us the same way he told the dinosaurs they were no longer in charge… _Smacks “like” button_ ---
**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:** [April 13, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31983 "2019-04-13T22:40:24Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Herman Cain: God will tell us when to quit using fossil fuels. > [Federal Reserve Nominee Herman Cain Says God Will Tell US When to Quit Fossil Fuels, Insults Senate Banking Committee](https://www.newsweek.com/herman-cain-federal-reserve-fossil-fuels-god-koch-brothers-trump-nomination-1393455)? So what ? The overbearing fuck already told me to love my brother as myself, and \*that \*shit sure isn’t going to fly. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/31984 "2019-04-13T23:53:10Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > 1. Trump (or someone in the White House) thinks that at least a few of the so-called “sanctuary cities” will try to resist the busing in of these immigrants, thereby providing lots of good video for Trump TV showing what hypocrites they are. Um-hm. But what Trump’s fans must be working hard to ignore, is that this latest development shows—no, _proves_—that NO WALL IS NEEDED. Remember, Trump’s rationale for building The Wall was that those awful brown people were so violent and disease-ridden and destructive that _ **not one of them could be allowed to get inside the USA** _----hence the need for a wall. ‘They must be stopped right at the border! We’re not safe if even one of them gets over that southern border! WallWallWallWallWall!!!1!!! It’s the only thing that can keep them OUT, and they must be kept OUT!!!’ Now he’s proposing to bus these exact same people _right into the heart of America_. Right into every (blue) state. Where they will be free to go all over the USA, as they please. It’s TRUMP proposing to move these people into the country. Move them right in. So…say it with me…if there’s no problem with letting these people in----in large numbers, yet----_then there is no conceivable reason to build a wall across the southern border_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1598) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1600)