# 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:** 1748
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/34945 "2019-07-28T19:36:05Z")
I’m surprised that according to the Wikipedia page they got fairly decent results in blind taste tests, I guess they were so overpriced that people feel the same way that they do about Orange-branded properties: not the worst ever but decidedly not worth the price. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/34946 "2019-07-28T19:58:58Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Apart from the racist undertones, there’s something I thought was interesting about Trump’s attack on Cummings. Trump said Cummings should spend more time addressing the problems of people in his district. As the President, does Trump not realize that Baltimore is also part of his district? > > I think it’s significant that the President could wash his hands of an entire American city, say that the problems of hundreds of thousands of Americans are no concern of his, an no one bats an eye. And apparently thinks that members of Congress have control over what happens in their districts. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/34947 "2019-07-28T20:53:37Z")
Seems that the Useful Idiot in the White House is being useful to authoritarians like Putin and Balsanaro. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-agriculture/china-approves-wheat-soy-imports-from-russia-idUSKCN1UL275](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-agriculture/china-approves-wheat-soy-imports-from-russia-idUSKCN1UL275) > [@](#): > > BEIJING (Reuters) - China has approved wheat imports from the Russian region of Kurgan, the Chinese customs office said on Friday, bringing Russia a step closer to its goal of dramatically increasing grain exports. > > It also approved soybean imports from all parts of Russia, the General Administration of Customs said in a separate statement on its website, having all but halted U.S. soy imports as the trade dispute between Beijing and Washington deepened. > **[Latin America trade grows as China and US tussle for influence](https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3020246/latin-america-trade-grows-china-and-us-tussle-influence)** > > Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi wraps up tour of Brazil and Chile, as Colombian president heads for Beijing. > [@](#): > > While the US and China have tentatively agreed to resume talks in Shanghai next week, China and Latin American countries are likely to continue deepening their trade relations as production chains realign as a result of the trade war, according to Gustavo Oliveira, assistant professor of global and international studies at the University of California, Irvine. > > “This means Chinese imports of Latin American agricultural and mineral commodities, and Latin American imports of Chinese manufactured products and hi-tech, might contribute to China’s ability to stand its ground against US pressure,” he said. Gee, what a coincidence that a trade war would benefit Trump’s “good” buddies in Russia, China and Latin America, I can see that even if tariffs are removed, the damage to the farmers in the US will continue. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/34948 "2019-07-28T21:36:11Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Apart from the racist undertones, there’s something I thought was interesting about Trump’s attack on Cummings. Trump said Cummings should spend more time addressing the problems of people in his district. As the President, does Trump not realize that Baltimore is also part of his district? > > I think it’s significant that the President could wash his hands of an entire American city, say that the problems of hundreds of thousands of Americans are no concern of his, an no one bats an eye. Yes by highlighting the plight of downtrodden neighborhoods, Trump showed that the problems were “no concern of his”. Perhaps he should have taken the Obama route and told the urban youth to “pull their pants up”. Is that a better way to show concern? > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > And apparently thinks that members of Congress have control over what happens in their districts. Yes, Trump naively believes congressmen should aid their constituents. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/34949 "2019-07-28T21:40:31Z")
[Trump: Elijah Cummings is the real racist.](https://apnews.com/76da6dbad40e4209827abacc0b3d3ea7) :rolleyes: Once again, [Trump tries to claim that he’s the real victim here](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=864487). Gimme a fucking break. ---
**Author:** ![Boycott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boycott/32/6741_2.png) [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/34950 "2019-07-28T21:40:48Z")
It’s going to be quite a sight when no living former President turns up to his Library Opening. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/34951 "2019-07-28T21:44:41Z")
Elijah Cummings is an American hero, and Donald Trump is an American bleeding hemorhoid. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/34952 "2019-07-28T21:51:32Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > Yes by highlighting the plight of downtrodden neighborhoods, Trump showed that the problems were “no concern of his”. You think Trump said that to highlight the plight of downtrodden neighborhoods? I think he said it as a means of attacking Cummings. But a I said, Baltimore is part of Trump’s district, too. If he did want to help those people, he could do more than just tweet about it. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/34953 "2019-07-28T21:56:15Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Elijah Cummings is an American hero, and Donald Trump is an American bleeding hemorhoid. Cummings is a hero? Why? Because he’s black? ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2019, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/34954 "2019-07-28T21:57:37Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > You think Trump said that to highlight the plight of downtrodden neighborhoods? I think he said it as a means of attacking Cummings. But a I said, Baltimore is part of Trump’s district, too. If he did want to help those people, he could do more than just tweet about it. Yeah he could veto minimum wage legislation if it crosses his desk. Similar to how former Mayor Pugh did. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2019, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/34955 "2019-07-28T21:57:41Z")
> [@Boycott](#): > > It’s going to be quite a sight when no living former President turns up to his Library Opening. The Trump Presidential Twitter Page. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/34956 "2019-07-28T21:58:19Z")
> [@Boycott](#): > > It’s going to be quite a sight when no living former President turns up to his Library Opening. I’m sure Andrew Jackson will be there. I hear that he is doing great things. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2019, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/34957 "2019-07-28T22:01:28Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > Cummings is a hero? Why? Because he’s black? Ya, right. You ignorant, racist piece of shit. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2019, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/34958 "2019-07-28T22:07:13Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > You think Trump said that to highlight the plight of downtrodden neighborhoods? I think he said it as a means of attacking Cummings. But a I said, Baltimore is part of Trump’s district, too. If he did want to help those people, he could do more than just tweet about it. He has been tweeting about it since 2015… > [@](#): > > Funny how, when there was a different president, Trump saw Baltimore’s perceived problems as a sign of presidential ineptitude and believed that if he was president he would “fix it fast” [https://twitter.com/robertmaguire\_/status/1155437765766594560?s=21](https://twitter.com/robertmaguire_/status/1155437765766594560?s=21) ---
**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:** [July 28, 2019, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/34959 "2019-07-28T22:19:57Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > Yeah he could veto minimum wage legislation if it crosses his desk. Similar to how former Mayor Pugh did. Are you saying Trump is responsible for something Mayor Pugh did? Why even bring him up? ---
**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:** [July 28, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/34960 "2019-07-28T22:20:20Z")
> [@Boycott](#): > > It’s going to be quite a sight when no living former President turns up to his Library Opening. > [@Defensive\_Indifference](#): > > The Trump Presidential Twitter Page. I don’t remember where I first said it, but this is from Feb 2019: > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I said somewhere on this board that thump’s library will consist of all his tweets on a flash drive, which is kept in an Altoids tin in the janitor’s closet at Trump Tower. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/34961 "2019-07-28T22:27:11Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Trump threatens tariffs against 'foolish' Macron](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49131301?fbclid=IwAR28eJGjKnX9itYHzeaIDoaL_Fc0a5OUqIgDOIn_R9J8Wc6ifVAdDp366s8) > > Trump’s family owns a winery. Trump wine has been described as tasting like Welch’s Grape Jelly with alcohol. Sounds like Mogen David. Is Trump wine Kosher? ---
**Author:** ![Boycott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boycott/32/6741_2.png) [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2019, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/34962 "2019-07-28T22:30:38Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I don’t remember where I first said it, but this is from Feb 2019: His two sons Dumb and Dumber desperately trying to get people to check it out… “Hey our daddy was pres-” “Your daddy was a c\*\*\*” ---
**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:** [July 28, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/34963 "2019-07-28T22:31:10Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Sounds like Mogen David. Is Trump wine Kosher? Since Trump is a pig, no. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/34964 "2019-07-28T22:38:27Z")
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