# 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:** 1609
**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 27, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32165 "2019-04-27T20:12:31Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Of course, as insecure as Trump is, he might not want to expose his shortcomings. Maybe he has one of those fancy executive-looking chairs with the built-in commode, so that he can relieve himself during cabinet meetings while his shortcomings are hidden under the table. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32166 "2019-04-27T20:40:10Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Well, he has claimed the presidency as his own, hasn’t he, to do with as he likes? Maybe in his second term thump will start receiving visitors in his bedroom as some kings of old have done. > > Actually, his habit of early morning tweets from the Executive Bathroom (as many have speculated) is not without historical precedent. > > [ **It Was Once Someone’s Job to Chat With the King While He Used the Toilet** > \*“Groom of the Stool” could be a crappy role, but it came with great benefits. \*](https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/king-toilet-attendant-england) > Yes… \<_peering into the future_\> I can see Cabinet meetings held in the toidy during the latter years of his [del]reign[/del] administration. With as much shit as comes out his mouth on a daily basis - I doubt he has anything left to flush. ---
**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 28, 2019, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32167 "2019-04-28T12:58:33Z")
Well, now we have a third item to add to Einstein’s list about nothing’s infinite except the universe and stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32168 "2019-04-28T16:24:30Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Maybe he has one of those fancy executive-looking chairs with the built-in commode, so that he can relieve himself during cabinet meetings while his shortcomings are hidden under the table. I see a set-up like [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avb1XbO0EIs) for him and Baby. They’d have it installed in the Oval Office, course. Because nobody puts Baby in the corner. ---
**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 28, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32169 "2019-04-28T18:25:35Z")
Individual 1 claims Democrats like to wrap newborn babies in blankets and then the mother and the doctor decide to “execute” the baby after it’s born. > **[Trump: After Birth, Baby Is “Wrapped” in a Blanket and Mother, Doctor Decide...](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/04/trump-abortion-baby-wrapped-blanket-execute-baby.html)** > > President Donald Trump skipped the White House Correspondents’ dinner and instead held a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin. ---
**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 28, 2019, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32170 "2019-04-28T19:05:56Z")
By biting its head off, I presume. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32171 "2019-04-28T19:35:02Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Demented Donnie [proclaims](https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/26/trump-age-2020-election-1290782): > > > [@](#): > > > > President Donald Trump on Friday called himself “a young, vibrant man,” taking a dig at Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, who eclipse him in age by a few years. > > > > “I think that I just feel like a young man,” Trump told reporters on the White House lawn. “I’m so young. I can’t believe it, I’m the youngest person.”… I think it’s hilarious that the guy who needed a golf cart to keep up with the rest of the G20 thinks of himself as “young and vibrant.” ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32172 "2019-04-28T19:52:54Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 claims Democrats like to wrap newborn babies in blankets and then the mother and the doctor decide to “execute” the baby after it’s born. > [Trump on abortion: After birth, baby is “wrapped” in a blanket and mother, doctor decide whether to “execute the baby.”](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/04/trump-abortion-baby-wrapped-blanket-execute-baby.html) And any reports to the contrary will be dismissed as fake news. Can’t some reporter ask him for just one example of a Democrat supporting these executions? ---
**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:** [April 28, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32173 "2019-04-28T20:08:28Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 claims Democrats like to wrap newborn babies in blankets and then the mother and the doctor decide to “execute” the baby after it’s born. To borrow a line from “M_A_S\*H”: “Everyone who believes that, stand on your head.” ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32174 "2019-04-28T20:26:44Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > To borrow a line from “M_A_S\*H”: “Everyone who believes that, stand on your head.” Unfortunately, the result is what appears to be an asparagus patch of feet as far as the eye can see. ---
**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 28, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32175 "2019-04-28T20:29:27Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 claims Democrats like to wrap newborn babies in blankets and then the mother and the doctor decide to “execute” the baby after it’s born. > [Trump on abortion: After birth, baby is “wrapped” in a blanket and mother, doctor decide whether to “execute the baby.”](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/04/trump-abortion-baby-wrapped-blanket-execute-baby.html) In case you, like me, wonder at where Trump gets a crazy idea like that, it might be something like this (from [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/health/abortion-bill-trump.html)): “What happens in rare cases when a baby is born alive after a pregnancy is cut short? Dr. [Daniel] Grossman [professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at the University of California, San Francisco] said there were painful situations in which the fetus might be at the edge of viability and labor must be induced to save the mother’s life. For instance, a condition called pre-eclampsia, involving high blood pressure and other problems, can kill both mother and fetus, and in most cases the only treatment is to deliver the baby. If it seems unlikely that the baby will survive, the family may choose to provide just comfort care — wrapping and cuddling the baby — and allow the child to die naturally without extreme attempts at resuscitation.” In short, this isn’t a happy situation with a healthy, viable baby. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32176 "2019-04-28T21:25:40Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > [Newsweek](https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-ivanka-baby-white-house-meetings-1394343) is reporting that Trump calls Ivanka “baby” during official meetings. Not to mention when he reaches climax. ---
**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 28, 2019, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32177 "2019-04-28T22:56:21Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I think it’s hilarious that the guy who needed a golf cart to keep up with the rest of the G20 thinks of himself as “young and vibrant.” Seriously, there are innumerable photos and videos of Trump riding while others walk, nodding off during summit meetings, etc. etc. Apparently Democrats feel it’s beneath their dignity to make use of these obvious signs that Trump is unfit for the office he holds. Nice to be high-minded, I guess, but this type of material is in that tiny category of “stuff that would actually bother Trump’s fans if they ever saw it.” And it’s all true. It’s not ‘fake.’ So, why not _use_ it to show the unfitness? ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32178 "2019-04-29T00:08:39Z")
> [@Sherred](#): > > but this type of material is in that tiny category of “stuff that would actually bother Trump’s fans if they ever saw it.” Objection, your Honor! Arguing facts not in evidence! ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32179 "2019-04-29T00:16:34Z")
Yeah, absolutely nothing T-bag does would bother his disciples. They have drunk the cool aid. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32180 "2019-04-29T00:29:42Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Objection, your Honor! Arguing facts not in evidence! Also, if they _did_ care, it would suddenly be Fake News the moment someone pointed them at it. After all, the Golden Messiah’s paid rubber stamp said he was the healthiest president ever. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32181 "2019-04-29T03:10:25Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Yeah, absolutely nothing T-bag does would bother his disciples. They have drunk the cool aid. They chugged that fucking Kool Aid like pledges at a frat party. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32182 "2019-04-29T03:34:12Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > …the healthiest president ever. And mentioned earlier upthread about президент Trump’s ringing self-endorsement about being a young, vibrant man…when his rants get that delusional it’s still a bit of a toss-up as to what parts dementia and what parts con is happening, there. (Or, as Bill Maher recently put it - built like a melting port-a-potty.) ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32183 "2019-04-29T18:34:29Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Not to mention when he reaches climax. Nah… at that point he calls Ivanka “Mother”. Got that one from Li’l Mikey Pence, he did. ---
**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 29, 2019, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32184 "2019-04-29T19:04:01Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Also, if they _did_ care, it would suddenly be Fake News the moment someone pointed them at it. After all, the Golden Messiah’s paid rubber stamp said he was the healthiest president ever. Or it would be a sign of how smart he was. Like when Homer Simpson saw a man using a wheelchair: “And all this time I’ve been using my own legs like a sucker!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1608) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1610)