# 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:** 1662
**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:** [June 3, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33225 "2019-06-03T15:22:33Z")
I found this hilarious, even if sophomoric and ineffective. What can I say, I’m easily amused: (NSFW images embedded in article) [Trump faces giant penis mowed into field near airport where he lands for UK state visit, in climate change protest](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/trump-uk-visit-penis-stansted-airport-protest-climate-change-real-essex-a8941271.html). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33226 "2019-06-03T16:26:57Z")
[Troll Level: A Million](https://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/prince-philip-melania-trump/) > [@](#): > > [Prince Philip], famous for being undiplomatic, shook the President’s hand and turned to Melania before quipping: “And Stormy, I’ve seen all your films.” > > \ > > “He clearly did it on purpose, it wasn’t as though he was simply confused.” ---
**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:** [June 3, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33227 "2019-06-03T16:34:42Z")
OMG that’s friggin’ brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33228 "2019-06-03T16:36:51Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Troll Level: A Million](https://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/prince-philip-melania-trump/) Sadly, The Suffolk Gazette is a satirical site. The Queen possibly did a spot of light trolling by giving Donny a book as her official gift - a first edition of the abridged version of Churchill’s History of the Second World War. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33229 "2019-06-03T16:39:48Z")
Nm ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33230 "2019-06-03T16:40:51Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Troll Level: A Million](https://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/prince-philip-melania-trump/) Oh, how I wish that weren’t a satire site. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33231 "2019-06-03T16:42:47Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > Oh, how I wish that weren’t a satire site. Eh, promote it a bit, and Trump will believe it happened. We’ll get that war with England yet. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33232 "2019-06-03T16:42:47Z")
It is \*so \*hard to tell anymore, with our satire president. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33233 "2019-06-03T16:45:06Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Sadly, The Suffolk Gazette is a satirical site. > > The Queen possibly did a spot of light trolling by giving Donny a book as her official gift - a first edition of the abridged version of Churchill’s History of the Second World War. > [@raventhief](#): > > Oh, how I wish that weren’t a satire site. :smack: Alas! > [@k9bfriender](#): > > Eh, promote it a bit, and Trump will believe it happened. We’ll get that war with England yet. Good idea! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33234 "2019-06-03T16:51:06Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Sadly, The Suffolk Gazette is a satirical site. > > The Queen possibly did a spot of light trolling by giving Donny a book as her official gift - a first edition of the abridged version of Churchill’s History of the Second World War. Abridged? Don’t you mean redacted? (Also, I agree that giving a book to President Stable Genius can only be trolling.) ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33235 "2019-06-03T16:53:55Z")
News about what Trump has been saying the UK should do over Brexit are conflicting (the very fact that he’s telling them what to do is quite undiplomatic, mind you, despite not coming from the Suffolk Gazette). This one is not from the current visit but [from a year ago](https://www.fxstreet.com/news/over-the-weekend-trump-advises-the-uks-pm-to-sue-the-eu-over-brexit-201807152203): he thought the UK should sue the EU over Brexit terms. On which court, dearie, Roland Garros? ---
**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:** [June 3, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33236 "2019-06-03T16:54:09Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Troll Level: A Million](https://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/prince-philip-melania-trump/) OK, that has to be satire. Tell me it’s satire. (I see that the satirical nature of the publication has been addressed.) ---
**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:** [June 3, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33237 "2019-06-03T16:59:17Z")
“And Stormy, I’ve seen all your films.” Churchill could not have done better! ---
**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:** [June 3, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33238 "2019-06-03T17:16:11Z")
The Guardian, though, is [mostly not satire](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jun/02/us-wants-access-to-nhs-in-post-brexit-deal-ambassador-to-uk-says) _The US will want business access to the NHS in any post-Brexit trade deal, the US ambassador has said … Asked if the NHS was likely to form part of trade negotiations, (Woody) Johnson told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show: “I think the entire economy, in a trade deal, all things that are traded would be on the table.” Asked if that specifically meant healthcare, he said: “I would think so.”_ “Woody Johnson”? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33239 "2019-06-03T17:24:38Z")
> [@Defensive\_Indifference](#): > > Today’s news ranged from petty disrespect to global-order-threatening. > > On the one hand, Trump made a rare appearance in a church today, having come straight from the golf course. He still had on his golf attire, complete with ill-fitting khakis and golf spikes. He wore his golf spikes into a church. > > [Trump Visits Church On Franklin Graham’s ‘Pray For Donald Trump Day’ With Hat Hair, Golf Shoes | HuffPost](https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5cf463aae4b0e346ce8032ee/amp?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004&__twitter_impression=true) Those are golf shoes, but they’re not [spiked](https://protips.dickssportinggoods.com/sports-and-activities/golf/spiked-vs-spikeless-golf-shoes). You can see that the soles are regular rubber tread. Anyway, it’s Franklin Graham’s church so it’s primarily about money in any case. Golf clothes should fit in fine. > [@Nava](#): > > News about what Trump has been saying the UK should do over Brexit are conflicting (the very fact that he’s telling them what to do is quite undiplomatic, mind you, despite not coming from the Suffolk Gazette). This one is not from the current visit but [from a year ago](https://www.fxstreet.com/news/over-the-weekend-trump-advises-the-uks-pm-to-sue-the-eu-over-brexit-201807152203): he thought the UK should sue the EU over Brexit terms. On which court, dearie, Roland Garros? Agincourt? 😃 > [@eschereal](#): > > “Woody Johnson”? Owner of the New York Jets and US-renowned dumbass. Usually presidents only name supporters as ambassadors to unimportant countries with pleasant climates, though there are exceptions (Obama named one of the Rooneys as ambassador to Ireland, as apparently the family is Irish). Trump, however, is naming his “buddies” to all sorts of [ambassadorships](https://www.lawfareblog.com/troubling-trends-ambassadorial-appointments-1980-present). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33240 "2019-06-03T17:33:31Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > “Woody Johnson”? After the Centennial Olympic Park bombing, a press conference was held. The FBI agent introduced himself as Woody Johnson. I laughed, and wondered if his partner was named Dick Morningwood. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33241 "2019-06-03T17:43:01Z")
There was an economist who sometimes showed up on Marketplace from APM called Hugh Johnson which made me laugh every time his name was mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33242 "2019-06-03T17:47:27Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > "Gun smuggling into Mexico has reached critical levels. Please build a wall to keep your guns in your country, and get your people to pay for it. Gracias. " I like your take, but I think I wasn’t sufficiently clear with my use of pronouns. Trump is objecting to Mexico letting Central Americans pass through. I will be absolutely delighted if Mexico proposes that Trump pay for a wall along the southern border of Mexico to keep Guatemalans and Hondurans from traversing Mexico to the U.S. At just 25% of the length of the US-Mexico border, just think of the savings he could achieve! ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33243 "2019-06-03T18:07:33Z")
> [@Kyrie\_Eleison](#): > > I like your take, but I think I wasn’t sufficiently clear with my use of pronouns. > > Trump is objecting to Mexico letting Central Americans pass through. I will be absolutely delighted if Mexico proposes that Trump pay for a wall along the southern border of Mexico to keep Guatemalans and Hondurans from traversing Mexico to the U.S. At just 25% of the length of the US-Mexico border, just think of the savings he could achieve! Yeah, I get what you are saying here, but to him and his base, they are all just “Mexican Countries.” ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33244 "2019-06-03T18:08:30Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Those are golf shoes, but they’re not [spiked](https://protips.dickssportinggoods.com/sports-and-activities/golf/spiked-vs-spikeless-golf-shoes). You can see that the soles are regular rubber tread. Anyway, it’s Franklin Graham’s church so it’s primarily about money in any case. Golf clothes should fit in fine. Fair enough, and thanks for the correction. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1661) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1663)