# 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:** 1697
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33925 "2019-06-27T13:16:16Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > I have [a few ideas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_de_Torquemada)… When they said Dominicans I wasn’t expecting the Spanish Inquisition. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2019, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33926 "2019-06-27T13:28:08Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > When they said Dominicans I wasn’t expecting the Spanish Inquisition. I was gonna go down the Cardinal Fang road, but nah, too easy. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Trump needs a vacation. I hear the Dominican Republic is quite nice. Or maybe Puerto Rico. I’m sure they’d appreciate more paper towel rolls. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33927 "2019-06-27T13:30:21Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > I was gonna go down the Cardinal Fang road, but nah, too easy. > > Or maybe Puerto Rico. I’m sure they’d appreciate more paper towel rolls. Speaking of too easy. ---
**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 27, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33928 "2019-06-27T13:32:25Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > I have [a few ideas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_de_Torquemada)… Now, why the hell was I expecting that guy to look like Mel Brooks? ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33929 "2019-06-27T14:20:44Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > When they said Dominicans I wasn’t expecting the Spanish Inquisition. Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. ---
**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 27, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33930 "2019-06-27T14:21:26Z")
I don’t know where else to put this, and maybe someone else has already posted it, but this is too good to not be shared: [Dan Rather on Twitter during the debate last night:](https://twitter.com/DanRather/status/1144076809182408704?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet) “I think there are more candidates on stage who speak Spanish more fluently than our president speaks English.” ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33931 "2019-06-27T16:01:43Z")
Why did trump never use Sarah Palin for anything? She was the darling of the stupids. Did she have too much of John McCain’s stink on her? ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33932 "2019-06-27T16:12:04Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Why did trump never use Sarah Palin for anything? She’s a [loser who dared to oppose somebody he supported](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin)? > [@](#): > > In January 2016 Palin announced her endorsement of Donald Trump. […] In a May 2016 interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Palin said she would work to defeat Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. Palin cited Ryan’s reluctance to support Trump for president. In early August, Palin said again that she supported Paul Nehlen, a little-known Republican challenger to Ryan, despite Trump’s announced support of Ryan. ---
**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 27, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33933 "2019-06-27T18:28:43Z")
Her TV ratings tanked. That is the most important thing. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33934 "2019-06-27T18:32:45Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Why did trump never use Sarah Palin for anything? She was the darling of the stupids. Did she have too much of John McCain’s stink on her? Not his type. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33935 "2019-06-27T18:57:35Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Why did trump never use Sarah Palin for anything? She was the darling of the stupids. Did she have too much of John McCain’s stink on her? He knew she would make him look stupid in comparison. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33936 "2019-06-27T19:02:50Z")
> [@simster](#): > > He knew she would make him look stupid in comparison. That’s fucking cruel, even for the Pit.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33937 "2019-06-27T19:03:26Z")
So you’re saying he would … Palin comparison? …YEAAAHHHH! ---
**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 27, 2019, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33938 "2019-06-27T19:40:25Z")
Her 15 minutes of fame were way, \*way \*up. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33939 "2019-06-27T19:54:01Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Why did trump never use Sarah Palin for anything? She was the darling of the stupids. Did she have too much of John McCain’s stink on her? My guess is that she’s no longer [“sending little starbursts through the screen”](https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/projecting-through-screen-rich-lowry/). ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33940 "2019-06-27T20:27:40Z")
SCOTUS ruled today that the citizenship question can not be added to the 2020 census. Big loss for Trump. So what did he do? [Let’s delay the census](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-says-he-asked-lawyers-if-census-could-be-delayed-after-supreme-court-decision-on-citizenship-question/ar-AADw42R). Sure. It’s not like it’s constitutionally mandated, or anything… ---
**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 27, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33941 "2019-06-27T20:33:04Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > SCOTUS ruled today that the citizenship question can not be added to the 2020 census. Big loss for Trump. > > So what did he do? [Let’s delay the census](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-says-he-asked-lawyers-if-census-could-be-delayed-after-supreme-court-decision-on-citizenship-question/ar-AADw42R). > > Sure. It’s not like it’s constitutionally mandated, or anything… I like this quote from that article: > [@](#): > > Matt Schlapp, the chair of the American Conservative Union and a Trump ally, called for “impeaching the Chief Justice” because of the way the case was decided, adding that “If the census is not about determining the number people legally in the country to determine congressional populations then the most basic idea of a Republic has been destroyed.” It’s almost like he doesn’t know that people can be in the country legally and not be citizens. ---
**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 27, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33942 "2019-06-27T20:33:24Z")
Hey run this by me again; I forgot: what happens if they send out census forms with the citizenship question on them anyway? :dubious: ---
**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 27, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33943 "2019-06-27T20:38:17Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > It’s almost like he doesn’t know that people can be in the country legally and not be citizens. It’s almost like he doesn’t know that the census is meant to count the number of people in the country, whether they’re here legally or not. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33944 "2019-06-27T20:45:22Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > It’s almost like he doesn’t know that the census is meant to count the number of people in the country, whether they’re here legally or not. Oh, _they_ know. They want states like California under counted and thus less representation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1696) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1698)