# 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:** 172
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3421 "2017-04-15T19:00:55Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > You’ve been whooshed. I was being sarcastic at **The Librarian’s** silly scolding of **Biffster.** > > The suggestion that everybody should cease all their ordinary activities because of some looming crisis is ridiculous. > > And no, the “whole of humanity” isn’t circling the drain. I expect we’re in for some ugly times ahead, I but I grew up in the 60s when global annihilation seemed possible. I wouldn’t want to be living in Seoul right now, though. Yeah, I thought The Librarian’s scolding was a little over the top. Glad you noticed too. Trump is an attention whore. If he were to be out of the news for a week, even a few days, he would have to do something outlandish just to be top of the charts again. He is an idiot, no question, and his advisors are idiots as well. However, every breath they take is not newsworthy. He is a complete hypocrite and spends other people’s money faster than any President so far. Maybe that’s how the “super rich” stay super rich. In any event, I do believe Melania would be wise to get out of this relationship. Perhaps she already has, with the trial separation, separate planes and such. Except their ultimate divorce is going to cost the American taxpayers billions. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3422 "2017-04-15T19:02:18Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > 40% approval rating. Up from a week or two ago. Hmmm…lowest approval rating in history…fire off some bombs and missiles…approval rating goes up. What could possibly go wrong? ---
**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:** [April 15, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3423 "2017-04-15T20:17:16Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > The world is slowly spiraling to WWIII and you have nothing better to do than post on a messageboard? :dubious: That’s pretty much my CV right there… ---
**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 16, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3424 "2017-04-16T00:28:44Z")
[“Betsy DeVos Just Made It Harder to Pay Back Your Student Loans”](http://www.gq.com/story/betsy-devos-just-made-it-harder-to-pay-back-your-student-loans): _DeVos’s move “will certainly increase the likelihood of default,” said David Bergeron, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, a Washington think tank with close ties to Democrats. Bergeron worked under Democratic and Republican administrations over more than 30 years at the Education Department. He retired as the head of postsecondary education._ The transcript of her confirmation hearing, being questioned by Elizabeth Warren, is priceless comedy. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3425 "2017-04-16T19:22:54Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > You prefer the others? Melania might be the only hope is NOT spiralling to WWIII. I certainly wouldn’t trust the First Lady—er, First Daughter not to escalate things. > [@QuickSilver](#): > > What role do you imagine Melania is going to play in preventing an escalating international crisis, let alone the potential of a new large scale war? Maybe Trump could sell her to Assad in exchange for peace? For his harem? Just thinking outside the box here. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3426 "2017-04-16T19:49:07Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Maybe Trump could sell her to Assad in exchange for peace? For his harem? > > Just thinking outside the box here. I’m not comfortable with the word “sell”… ---
**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 16, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3427 "2017-04-16T20:22:17Z")
Lease? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3428 "2017-04-16T20:31:08Z")
Charitable donation?.. Wait… no… :smack: … what was I thinking…?! ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3429 "2017-04-16T21:13:11Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Maybe Trump could sell her to Assad in exchange for peace? For his harem? > > Just thinking outside the box here. Now you’re thinking! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3430 "2017-04-17T16:55:46Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Maybe Trump could sell her to Assad in exchange for peace? For his harem? > > Just thinking outside the box here. America has come to the place where the plot of a [Goldie Hawn movie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_(film))seems reasonable. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3431 "2017-04-17T17:14:38Z")
Can 45 even open his mouth without spouting yet another alternate fact? No, the very first White House Easter Egg Roll was not in 1878; nobody really knows when it was but it dates back to at least 1814. With a year off in 1877 due to the lawn having been replanted. ---
**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 17, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3432 "2017-04-17T19:43:13Z")
Man, Trump’s day at the Egg Roll was a disaster. There was the kid who came up to him to sign his MAGA hat. [Trump signed it and threw it into the crowd instead of giving it back to the kid.](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-throws-hat-easter-egg-roll-child-wants-it-signed-us-president-video-a7687796.html) And then[Melania had to nudge him to remind him to put his hand over his heart during the National Anthem](http://www.eonline.com/news/843926/melania-trump-nudges-donald-trump-to-raise-his-hand-for-the-national-anthem). ---
**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 17, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3433 "2017-04-17T19:59:11Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > And then[Melania had to nudge him to remind him to put his hand over his heart during the National Anthem](http://www.eonline.com/news/843926/melania-trump-nudges-donald-trump-to-raise-his-hand-for-the-national-anthem). To be fair, it is difficult to find that which is not there. Stranger ---
**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:** [April 17, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3434 "2017-04-17T20:06:56Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Man, Trump’s day at the Egg Roll was a disaster. > > There was the kid who came up to him to sign his MAGA hat. [Trump signed it and threw it into the crowd instead of giving it back to the kid.](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-throws-hat-easter-egg-roll-child-wants-it-signed-us-president-video-a7687796.html) > > And then[Melania had to nudge him to remind him to put his hand over his heart during the National Anthem](http://www.eonline.com/news/843926/melania-trump-nudges-donald-trump-to-raise-his-hand-for-the-national-anthem). > [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > To be fair, it is difficult to find that which is not there. > > Stranger Trump should start wearing [pussy bows.](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/ca/b3/37/cab337f3aee6ad0498d10043d74a794b.jpg) ---
**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 17, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3435 "2017-04-17T20:11:13Z")
Please, no. Aren’t those neckties that he apparently does not know how to tie to the correct length bad enough? The last thing I want to see on CNN is a crossdressing President Trump. He’s done enough to damage the reputation of the office; must he also malign transvestites as well? Stranger ---
**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:** [April 17, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3436 "2017-04-17T20:37:47Z")
Maybe he should just go around bare-chested. I mean, it works for Vlad. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3437 "2017-04-17T20:44:13Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Maybe he should just go around bare-chested. I mean, it works for Vlad. I thought that was Melania’s gig. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3438 "2017-04-17T21:05:21Z")
The WaPo [reports](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2017/04/17/21000-people-and-18000-eggs-the-trump-white-house-braces-for-its-first-easter-egg-roll/?tid=pm_local_pop&utm_term=.7dc7b5f9ec1c) 21,000 attendees and 18,000 eggs. DeVos did the math? (Last year it was 37,000 guests and 85,000 eggs.) The kids could “try their hand at Sean Spicer’s job at a miniature press secretary podium set up on the lawn.” I wonder if they were auditioning for new and younger talent? 😃 ---
**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 17, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3439 "2017-04-17T21:25:31Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Maybe he should just go around bare-chested. I mean, it works for Vlad. Think he styles his chest hair the same way he does the hair on his head? Like, I don’t know, combed up from the belly and swirled around one nipple or something. ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3440 "2017-04-17T21:32:50Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Think he styles his chest hair the same way he does the hair on his head? Like, I don’t know, combed up from the belly and swirled around one nipple or something. Well, there goes any chance I’ll have of ever having an erection again, after visualizing that description. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=171) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=173)