# 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:** 164
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3261 "2017-04-12T19:04:51Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Token Trumpian negro, touring affordable housing complex, [gets stuck in elevator](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/04/12/ben-carson-touring-affordable-housing-complex-gets-stuck-in-elevator/?utm_term=.95dd316e5743). BWA HA Ha ha … This one I don’t get. I mean, I get: _HA HA HA … guy I don’t like got stuck in an elevator … HA HA HA_ - why, I used to entertain similar sentiments myself. Seventh grade wasn’t that long ago. That said, what makes this a stupid Republican idea? Was it a Republican elevator? ---
**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 12, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3262 "2017-04-12T19:15:16Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [President Trump tells Maria Bartiromo he decided to bomb Syria while eating ‘the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake’](http://theweek.com/speedreads/691802/president-trump-tells-maria-bartiromo-decided-bomb-syria-eating-most-beautiful-piece-chocolate-cake) “Dangerously incompetent” isn’t a wecome desciption of anything, but it is especially frightening when it comes to the person who controls the United States nuclear arsenal and whose most coherent statement on deterrence strategy is ["I think…I think, for me, nuclear is just the power, the devastation is very important to me.”](https://youtu.be/s0CgZ8P2goc) Stranger ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3263 "2017-04-12T19:15:20Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > This one I don’t get. I mean, I get: _HA HA HA … guy I don’t like got stuck in an elevator … HA HA HA_ - why, I used to entertain similar sentiments myself. Seventh grade wasn’t that long ago. > > That said, what makes this a stupid Republican idea? Was it a Republican elevator? Stupid Republican ideas is a different thread. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3264 "2017-04-12T19:15:24Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Token Trumpian negro, touring affordable housing complex, [gets stuck in elevator](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/04/12/ben-carson-touring-affordable-housing-complex-gets-stuck-in-elevator/?utm_term=.95dd316e5743). BWA HA Ha ha … At least Trump has a token negro. Where was Obamas token negro? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3265 "2017-04-12T19:21:24Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Stupid Republican ideas is a different thread. Oh hey. Look at that. Okay. I retract. Apropos of nothing … This one I don’t get. I mean, I get:\* HA HA HA … guy I don’t like got stuck in an elevator … HA HA HA\* - why, I used to entertain similar sentiments myself. Seventh grade wasn’t that long ago. That said, what makes this an administrative cluster-fuck? Did Trump appoint the elevator? ---
**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 12, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3266 "2017-04-12T19:22:46Z")
What part of “I was sitting at the table. We had finished dinner. We’re now having dessert. And we had the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that you’ve ever seen and President Xi was enjoying it. And I was given the message from the generals that the ships are locked and loaded, what do you do? And we made a determination to do it. So the missiles were on the way. And I said, “Mr. President, let me explain something to you.” This was during dessert. ‘We’ve just fired 59 missiles,’ —all of which hit, by the way. Unbelievable, from, you know, hundreds of miles away. All of which hit. Amazing.” does not say that he decided to go during dessert? ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3267 "2017-04-12T19:24:44Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > At least Trump has a token negro. Where was Obamas token negro? Your drive-by stupidity makes **doorhinge** and **Clothahump** seem like Rhodes Scholars. That said, you look like Stephen Hawking compared to Sean Spicer. The guy puts his foot in his mouth he has to have _tinea pedis_ between his teeth. How does he still have a job? ---
**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 12, 2017, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3268 "2017-04-12T19:25:19Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > At least Trump has a token negro. Where was Obamas token negro? Wrong question. The correct question is, “Where was Obama’s token white nationalist, government-hating, alt-right-winger conspiracy theorist?” What shame Obama brought upon the nation by not having at least token representation of the demographic who watches reruns of _All In The Family_ for Archie Bunker’s sage wisdom. Stranger ---
**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 12, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3269 "2017-04-12T19:41:20Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [President Trump tells Maria Bartiromo he decided to bomb Syria while eating ‘the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake’](http://theweek.com/speedreads/691802/president-trump-tells-maria-bartiromo-decided-bomb-syria-eating-most-beautiful-piece-chocolate-cake) Interestingly, Eric Trump says that [Ivanka](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/eric-trump-says-syria-strike-was-swayed-heartbroken-ivanka-n745021) was the one who swayed Dolt 45 to bomb Syria. ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3270 "2017-04-12T19:51:43Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > Y > That said, you look like Stephen Hawking compared to Sean Spicer. The guy puts his foot in his mouth he has to have _tinea pedis_ between his teeth. How does he still have a job? I read somewhere yesterday that “Sean Spicer shoots himself in the foot. Sean Spicer sticks his foot in his mouth to stop the bleeding.” ---
**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 12, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3271 "2017-04-12T19:59:26Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > That said, you look like Stephen Hawking compared to Sean Spicer. The guy puts his foot in his mouth he has to have _tinea pedis_ between his teeth. How does he still have a job? He’s still more eloquent than his boss. ---
**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 12, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3272 "2017-04-12T20:26:37Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > … compared to Sean Spicer. The guy puts his foot in his mouth he has to have _tinea pedis_ between his teeth. How does he still have a job? Because who else would take it? ---
**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 12, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3273 "2017-04-12T20:37:17Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Because who else would take it? Even Kellyanne Conway said she would slit her wrists before taking that job. Maybe we should try her on that. ---
**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 12, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3274 "2017-04-12T21:01:33Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > Did you notice this detail? He told Bartiromo he said he had launched missiles at Iraq, and she had to correct him. Iraq, Syria, one of those places. Pish tush! Mere details He has people for that. ---
**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 12, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3275 "2017-04-12T21:07:51Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Even Kellyanne Conway said she would slit her wrists before taking that job. Maybe we should try her on that. I’m pretty sure slitting her wrists would have no effect on her. With her adamantium claws, undead strength, and paralyzingly screech of a voice, the only thing that can taker her down is to bring all of the Infinity Stones together into one powerful supersingularity that will bind her into a dimensional prison beyond space and time. 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 12, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3276 "2017-04-12T21:14:58Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Even Kellyanne Conway said she would slit her wrists before taking that job. Maybe we should try her on that. LOL, despite **Stranger** ’s keen speculation, I’m all for giving it a try!! ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3277 "2017-04-12T21:21:55Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > At least Trump has a token negro. Where was Obamas token negro? > [@Chisquirrel](#): > > Your drive-by stupidity makes **doorhinge** and **Clothahump** seem like Rhodes Scholars. I’m going to go out on a limb here but I believe **Drunky** was attempting humor with the above statement, with the intended subtext to indicate that there was no token in the Obama administration because he appointed people based upon competence. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3278 "2017-04-12T21:24:51Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > He’s still more eloquent than his boss. How drunk is Papa Smurf? > [@Aspenglow](#): > > Because who else would take it? I’m in. Fly me to DC, put me up in a hotel for the night, preferably a nice one, not that dingy shithole in the Old Post Office. Just one night - I doubt I’ll have a job after the first briefing. Somebody, SOMEWHERE, has to be willing to follow. Get a few more takers, and we have a great game of Musical Mouthpiece! ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3279 "2017-04-12T21:33:43Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Did you notice this detail? **Rick** ’s link doesn’t say what he says it says! Will consistency never cease? He quoted the headline word for word, and nothing in the article contradicts it. ---
**Author:** ![brossa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brossa/32/3040_2.png) [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3280 "2017-04-12T21:36:12Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > I’m going to go out on a limb here but I believe **Drunky** was attempting humor with the above statement, with the intended subtext to indicate that there was no token in the Obama administration because he appointed people based upon competence. Yeah, maybe I’m wrong too, but I thought that was a pretty clever joke. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=163) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=165)