# 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:** 1665
**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:** [June 4, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33285 "2019-06-04T15:33:48Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Sort of coals to Newcastle, isn’t it? But to be fair, what DO you give a woman who actually has been a billionaire forever? Personally, I’d go with a Corgi. She reportedly loves them, and there can never be enough furry potatoes running about. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33286 "2019-06-04T15:43:50Z")
The Doolittle book really was a great idea. The Queen loves animals, and I’m sure she would love to be able to talk with them. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33287 "2019-06-04T15:44:23Z")
:golf clap: ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33288 "2019-06-04T15:47:38Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Personally, I’d go with a Corgi. She reportedly loves them, and there can never be enough furry potatoes running about. My understanding is that she isn’t replacing her Corgi’s, because she doesn’t want to outlive them. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33289 "2019-06-04T16:55:59Z")
[First on CNN: White House directs Hicks, Donaldson to withhold White House documents from House panel](https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/04/politics/hope-hicks-annie-donaldson-white-house-documents/index.html) > [@](#): > > The White House has directed former officials Hope Hicks and Annie Donaldson not to turn over any documents to the House Judiciary Committee relating to their time at the White House, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Wasn’t Trump claiming the other day that he was the most transparent president in history? Transparently racist, incompetent, grifting, xenophobic, imbecilic, [insert your own adjective here]… ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33290 "2019-06-04T17:01:16Z")
“Transparently opaque” will be the new “alternative facts”. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33291 "2019-06-04T17:06:41Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > My understanding is that she isn’t replacing her Corgi’s, because she doesn’t want to outlive them. … that’s pretty sweet. Sad, but sweet. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33292 "2019-06-04T17:09:35Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > “Published 3 hours ago, update 1 hour ago” > > When Elaine Chao (Mitch McConnell’s wife) was nominated to be Secretary of Transportation, she pledged to divest herself of her shares in Vulcan Materials, a construction company with contracts with the Department of Transportation. She hasn’t. > [https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/28/transportation-secy-chao-reportedly-retained-construction-co-stake-she-pledged-to-divest.html](https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/28/transportation-secy-chao-reportedly-retained-construction-co-stake-she-pledged-to-divest.html) > [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Maybe it’s not the best idea that a cabinet secretary, who can only be removed by a vote in the senate, be married to the guy running the senate. Or **seated** by a vote in the Senate. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33293 "2019-06-04T17:57:21Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > You realize it’s not about the monetary value of the gift, right? You were just being funny. Hehe. Louis Comfort Tiffany was a renowned American designer and artist and the brooch was a very appropriate gift. More appropriate than Donnie was capable of coming up with on his own. Coincidence with the name of thump’s daughter-- maybe. Wasn’t even an attempt at being that clever. I’ve seen a zillion stories and pictures of the Royal Jewels and thought, “Like she has any use for yet another brooch.” Give her something she might enjoy. I’ve read she likes to work jigsaw puzzles. Or a tub of special doggy biscuits baked by the White House chefs. Something like that. But, yeah, I know it’s all ceremonial and the gifts must be ‘appropriate.’ So sad. Condemned to a lifetime of getting the equivalent of new underwear and a savings bond each birthday. ---
**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 4, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33294 "2019-06-04T18:57:12Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Or a tub of special doggy biscuits baked by the White House chefs. All her corgis are dead, you MONSTER!! :mad: Looks like all the pure-breds are gone now, she’s still got a couple of daschund/corgi mixes left though ---
**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 4, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33295 "2019-06-04T19:03:45Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > All her corgis are dead, you MONSTER!! :mad: I did not know that. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33296 "2019-06-04T19:10:43Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > … that’s pretty sweet. Sad, but sweet. Not that sweet. Liz just hates the ideas of having to miss any of her festive dog funerals. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33297 "2019-06-04T20:52:25Z")
So, the POTUS goes for a state visit hosted by perhaps our closest ally, and the response is mockery and mass protests? Mmmm, I can almost taste the greatness. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33298 "2019-06-04T20:54:26Z")
I just had this vision of the time when Trump is no longer in office and the UK bans him from entering the country, soon followed by countries numbering into double digits. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33299 "2019-06-04T20:57:35Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I just had this vision of the time when Trump is no longer in office and the UK bans him from entering the country, soon followed by countries numbering into double digits. Oh, I’d put money on it happening sooner than that… ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33300 "2019-06-04T20:59:41Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > My understanding is that she isn’t replacing her Corgi’s, because she doesn’t want to outlive them. I think you mean she doesn’t want the doggies to outlive HER. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33301 "2019-06-04T21:02:46Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > I think you mean she doesn’t want the doggies to outlive HER. Yep, that is indeed what I meant. thanks for the catch. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33302 "2019-06-04T21:04:31Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > I think you mean she doesn’t want the doggies to outlive HER. Because then THEY’d have to put on a big funeral for HER. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33303 "2019-06-04T21:18:37Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Trump is abusing and misusing a law that was designed to give the president the power to impose sanctions on state-sponsored terrorism. Our international trade policy is solely in the hands of an idiot who doesn’t understand what tariffs mean. > > And not a peep out of Congress. This is horrifying. I stand corrected! Senate Republicans have let it be known that they would vote to disapprove Mexican tariffs, with a veto-proof majority. Apparently they found their balls, on an issue in which Trump is entirely on his own without a single ally. Watching Trump try to walk back from the shit-show he started could be awesome. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33304 "2019-06-04T21:21:11Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Because then THEY’d have to put on a big funeral for HER. Corgis as pall bearers. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1664) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1666)