# 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:** 1678
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33545 "2019-06-13T18:53:39Z")
Donald Trump is just frustrated that he can’t use his own intelligence agencies to spy on his enemies, so he’s forced to use foreign spy services to do that for him. They’re nice enough to tell him exactly what he wants to hear, not like the mean old CIA that refuses to conform their intelligence to match his worldview. What good is the FBI anyway? They won’t put his opponents in prison because he tells them to. They waste their time arresting so many people who’ve worked with him in the past. Clearly their priorities are whack, and if Trump shares anything with them they might put him away too. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33546 "2019-06-13T19:07:59Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > 1. I couldn’t find anything in your link that claimed missiles were fired from Yemen at the tankers, although there was mention of a Yemeni missile attack on a Saudi airport. The former seems unlikely anyway, as the nearest land point within Yemen is several hundred miles (and on the other side of Oman) from the tanker attack site. Do Yemeni rebels even have the capability of over-the-horizon targeting of shipping traffic? > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I just read the linked article and saw no mention of “missiles from Yemen”; could you quote the part you read? My apologies gentlemen, you are right and I am wrong; apparently my skim-reading skills are not optimum. Still, the basic point, that this is a very sensitive spot, that ships have been attacked, and the Trump is unpredictable, especially in this region, stands, IMHO. We shall see. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33547 "2019-06-13T19:36:55Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Trump is unpredictable, especially in this region He’ll probably do something wrongheaded and blame it on a Democrat. It’s that “something” which is unpredictable. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33548 "2019-06-13T20:22:20Z")
[Shuckabuck Sanders is out.](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/448454-sarah-sanders-to-leave-white-house) ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33549 "2019-06-13T20:23:40Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > [Shuckabuck Sanders is out.](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/448454-sarah-sanders-to-leave-white-house) The next governor of Arkansas! ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33550 "2019-06-13T20:27:17Z")
My guess is Rudy becomes the next spokesidiot. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33551 "2019-06-13T20:30:44Z")
Who will be next to go on [_The Celebrity Appresident_](https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/1139266431349153793)? My money’s on Kellyanne Conway. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33552 "2019-06-13T20:33:01Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > The next governor of Arkansas! Asa Hutchinson just took over his second term, there is no election for Governor till 2022. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33553 "2019-06-13T20:35:08Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Asa Hutchinson just took over his second term, there is no election for Governor till 2022. Doubtful if Trumpf knows that fact. He’s encouraging her to run. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33554 "2019-06-13T20:43:16Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > My guess is Rudy becomes the next spokesidiot. I would also put these people in the running: Roseanne Barr, Scott Baio, Dennis Rodman, Bill Barr, Stephen Baldwin, Vladimir Putin, Kanye West, Roy Moore, Kim Jong-un, Gary Busey. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33555 "2019-06-13T20:45:42Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > I would also put these people in the running: Roseanne Barr, Scott Baio, Dennis Rodman, Bill Barr, Stephen Baldwin, Vladimir Putin, Kanye West, Roy Moore, Kim Jong-un, Gary Busey. Kim Kardashian. ---
**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 13, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33556 "2019-06-13T20:47:37Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > [Shuckabuck Sanders is out.](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/448454-sarah-sanders-to-leave-white-house) Oh hell, I’m going to miss that fucking liar. Ha ha! No I’m not. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33557 "2019-06-13T20:55:02Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > Who will be next to go on [_The Celebrity Appresident_](https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/1139266431349153793)? My money’s on Kellyanne Conway. If there are no more press briefings, why have a press secretary at all? He can save the salary and apply it to The Wall. ---
**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 13, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33558 "2019-06-13T21:03:37Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > [Shuckabuck Sanders is out.](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/448454-sarah-sanders-to-leave-white-house) 3.5 years? That seems kind of… Wrong. He took office in 2017. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33559 "2019-06-13T21:03:47Z")
Wherever will we find someone to not hold press conferences? ---
**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 13, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33560 "2019-06-13T21:09:29Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > 3.5 years? That seems kind of… Wrong. He took office in 2017. I edited so many times but I guess he is counting campaign time? ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33561 "2019-06-13T21:11:56Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Wherever will we find someone to not hold press conferences? What were you hired to do? “Hold press conferences” What were you paid to do? “Not hold press conferences” ---
**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:** [June 13, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33562 "2019-06-13T21:14:40Z")
Not really sure where to put this, but… [Thousands of Saudis Crash Pro-Trump Social Network on Twitter](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-saudi-politics/unhappy-at-twitter-thousands-of-saudis-crash-pro-trump-social-network-idUSKCN1TE32S?il=0) (Reuters). > [@](#): > > A surge of about 200,000 users believed to be from Saudi Arabia who are frustrated at what they say is censorship by Twitter have helped crash the small social media network Parler, which styles itself as a “free speech-driven” space. > > The unexpected arrival of the new accounts since Sunday more than doubled the total number of Parler users and crippled some functions, CEO and co-founder John Matze told Reuters. Not sure what it means yet, but it’s interesting. There is so much going on today. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33563 "2019-06-13T21:19:06Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > [Shuckabuck Sanders is out.](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/448454-sarah-sanders-to-leave-white-house) We’ll have to name a new Most Slappable Face In America. Jeez, I won’t miss that sanctimonious lying weaselfaced cunt. ---
**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 13, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33564 "2019-06-13T21:22:53Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Wherever will we find someone to not hold press conferences? Technically, I believe what she spent her time lying and fucking up in were called “press briefings”. Of course, I am going by what CJ Cregg was doing, which was literal fiction, not the real-life fiction that cur nil Sanders was shambling through. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1677) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1679)