# 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:** 1613
**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:** [May 2, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32245 "2019-05-02T02:33:44Z")
> [@jshore](#): > > I assume you meant something like “but when you owe the banks $100 million dollars, you own them”? Yeah, own, not owe. ⭕o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o ---
**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:** [May 2, 2019, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32246 "2019-05-02T11:34:54Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > That fat little slut with a bad haircut gets around! Fat. Slut. Bad haircut. Kim or Trump? Trick question! ---
**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:** [May 2, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32247 "2019-05-02T14:49:52Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Fat. > Slut. > Bad haircut. > Kim or Trump? > Trick question! Is this multiple guess? ---
**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:** [May 2, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32248 "2019-05-02T19:58:34Z")
Stephen Moore has withdrawn his name from Fed consideration. [Stephen Moore out of Fed contention | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/02/politics/stephen-moore-fed-board-out/index.html)? ---
**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:** [May 2, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32249 "2019-05-02T20:51:18Z")
When Mike Pence made a speech aboard the _USS Harry Truman_, the top noncomissioned officer on board told the sailors to “clap like you’re at a strip club.” [https://guacamoley.com/they-tried-it/2019/05/02/u-s-sailors-were-reportedly-told-to-clap-like-were-at-a-strip-club-to-welcome-mike-pence/](https://guacamoley.com/they-tried-it/2019/05/02/u-s-sailors-were-reportedly-told-to-clap-like-were-at-a-strip-club-to-welcome-mike-pence/) ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32250 "2019-05-02T21:35:16Z")
Did Pence go for the full monty? ---
**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:** [May 2, 2019, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32251 "2019-05-02T22:21:54Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > How much does it take to bribe a billionaire? Two blonde hookers and a thirty-two ounce bottle of gatorade. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2019, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32252 "2019-05-02T22:51:08Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > When Mike Pence made a speech aboard the _USS Harry Truman_, the top noncomissioned officer on board told the sailors to “clap like you’re at a strip club.” > [https://guacamoley.com/they-tried-it/2019/05/02/u-s-sailors-were-reportedly-told-to-clap-like-were-at-a-strip-club-to-welcome-mike-pence/](https://guacamoley.com/they-tried-it/2019/05/02/u-s-sailors-were-reportedly-told-to-clap-like-were-at-a-strip-club-to-welcome-mike-pence/) Leer a bit then go outside and throw up? I’d love to see that. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2019, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32253 "2019-05-03T00:58:57Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Did Pence go for the full monty? You know, _that_ might actually work as conversion therapy. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2019, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32254 "2019-05-03T03:10:29Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Is this multiple guess? Multiple guess? What do you think this is, Wharton summer school? ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2019, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32255 "2019-05-03T03:51:17Z")
I tried to think of who in history most epitomizes Trump. Which president or world leader most resembles the cancerous pustule infecting the White House and our once great nation. It’s not Stalin or Andrew Jackson or Idi Amin. It’s King Joffrey. The petulant, sadistic, insecure, immature and feckless boy king. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2019, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32256 "2019-05-03T03:56:36Z")
[We want you to forget](https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/02/offshore-drilling-rules-1404098), \*The Trump administration on Thursday dismantled safety rules for offshore drilling put in place by the Obama administration after the disastrous BP oil spill fouled the Gulf of Mexico nearly a decade ago. The rollbacks are a major victory for the oil and gas industry that has criticized the Obama rules as too onerous and costly to comply with … The new rule, which takes effect in 60 days from Friday, reduces the frequency of tests to key equipment such as blowout preventers, which sit at the wellhead at the ocean floor and are the last-ditch defense against massive gushers. It also **allows drillers to use third-party companies instead of government inspectors** to check equipment and gives them more time between inspections, among other things.\* ---
**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:** [May 3, 2019, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32257 "2019-05-03T04:20:56Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > I tried to think of who in history most epitomizes Trump. Which president or world leader most resembles the cancerous pustule infecting the White House and our once great nation. It’s not Stalin or Andrew Jackson or Idi Amin. > > It’s King Joffrey. > > The petulant, sadistic, insecure, immature and feckless boy king. Joffrey had much better hair. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2019, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32258 "2019-05-03T05:21:41Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > [Samantha Be does a pretty good job of insulting Trump.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqT4A250CuM) I’m not sure it is possible to insult Trump. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32259 "2019-05-03T13:18:56Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Joffrey had much better hair. Not to mention 'twas Joffrey’s parents who were into incest; in Trump’s case, it’s he who’s into it (or at least contemplates it positively). ---
**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:** [May 3, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32260 "2019-05-03T13:25:24Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > When Mike Pence made a speech aboard the _USS Harry Truman_, the top noncomissioned officer on board told the sailors to “clap like you’re at a strip club.” > [https://guacamoley.com/they-tried-it/2019/05/02/u-s-sailors-were-reportedly-told-to-clap-like-were-at-a-strip-club-to-welcome-mike-pence/](https://guacamoley.com/they-tried-it/2019/05/02/u-s-sailors-were-reportedly-told-to-clap-like-were-at-a-strip-club-to-welcome-mike-pence/) The VP reportedly left with $56 in single $1 bills. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32261 "2019-05-03T14:27:35Z")
…and hypocritically desecrated his personal ethics by doing one-on-one private shows with female officers. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32262 "2019-05-03T15:44:24Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > …and hypocritically desecrated his personal ethics by doing one-on-one private shows with female officers. Those were simply meetings discussing how he could help fund their education. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32263 "2019-05-03T17:15:18Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Not to mention 'twas Joffrey’s parents who were into incest; in Trump’s case, it’s he who’s into it (or at least contemplates it positively). Extremely more to the point, Joffrey’s dead, dead, dead ; and oh how the people rejoiced. And before that he got slapped in the gob, and also humiliated (if only behind the closed doors of the Small Council), and that was glorious too. We still have to see even just a fine or meek written reprimand land Trump’s way. Even the people who keep resigning from his ongoing shitshow won’t trash him on air. I want a refund. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/32264 "2019-05-03T20:36:11Z")
In “shit you can’t make up news”, John Kelly joined the board of directors of Caliburn International, which operates the shelters for unaccompanied children. > **[John Kelly joins board of company operating largest shelter for unaccompanied...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-kelly-joins-board-of-caliburn-international-company-operating-largest-unaccompanied-migrant-children-shelter/)** > > Caliburn International, which runs a massive shelter in Homestead, Florida, confirmed Friday that the former White House chief of staff has joined its board [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1612) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1614)