# 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:** 1758
**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:** [August 2, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35145 "2019-08-02T17:16:06Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Trump supporter jumps out of truck and lets his fists do the talking outside of Cincinatti Klan rally. > [https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/08/02/dallas-frazier-trump-rally-protest-punch-cincinnati/?utm\_term=.80b08fa8db67](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/08/02/dallas-frazier-trump-rally-protest-punch-cincinnati/?utm_term=.80b08fa8db67) > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [Here’s just the 1:06 video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BOxebDy-3Q). > > I love the chants of “lock him up” as the police take him away. The guy has been charged with assault and held on $10,00 bond. > **[Police: Man charged with assault after punching anti-Trump protester outside...](https://www.wcpo.com/news/crime/man-charged-with-assault-after-punching-anti-trump-protester-outside-us-bank-arena?_amp=true)** > > A Georgetown man was led away from U.S. Bank Arena to chants of “Lock him up!” after assaulting an anti-Trump protester Thursday night. He’s 29, and connected with three punches to the head of a 61-year-old. The older guy stayed on his feet and calmly collected his sunglasses and sign afterwards. I think part of the guy’s punishment should be having to repeatedly watch himself fail to take down a man 32 years his senior. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35146 "2019-08-02T17:17:08Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Too bad the protestor wasn’t armed, or this story could have made the “Guns are Great, mmmkay” thread. Nah, guns are only for conservatives. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35147 "2019-08-02T17:20:43Z")
> [@Defensive\_Indifference](#): > > Nah, guns are only for conservatives. I’m a Liberal, so all of my guns must be imaginary or rhetorical or something. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35148 "2019-08-02T17:23:57Z")
Unless there was a cut in that video that I couldn’t see, he assaulted this man while a group of cops was standing mere feet away. The cops were on him in 6 seconds from the first punch. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35149 "2019-08-02T17:30:11Z")
Dude is a Trump supporter. Rhetorical question: How smart do you think he is? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35150 "2019-08-02T17:33:35Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Dude is a Trump supporter. Rhetorical question: How smart do you think he is? > 🙂 Most three-year-olds would know better than to assault their sibling in front of their parents, but yeah, good point. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35151 "2019-08-02T18:32:17Z")
With luck, he’ll be convicted of charges serious enough that he doesn’t get to vote for Orangeanus Deploribus again. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35152 "2019-08-02T18:35:09Z")
Aw, all that histrionic auditioning for nothing… [Ratcliffe withdraws from consideration for intelligence chief, Trump says](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ratcliffe-withdraws-from-consideration-for-intelligence-chief-trump-says/2019/08/02/9f3c42cc-b551-11e9-951e-de024209545d_story.html) ---
**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:** [August 2, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35153 "2019-08-02T18:46:09Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Trump supporter jumps out of truck and lets his fists do the talking outside of Cincinatti Klan rally. > [https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/08/02/dallas-frazier-trump-rally-protest-punch-cincinnati/?utm\_term=.80b08fa8db67](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/08/02/dallas-frazier-trump-rally-protest-punch-cincinnati/?utm_term=.80b08fa8db67) > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [Here’s just the 1:06 video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BOxebDy-3Q). > > I love the chants of “lock him up” as the police take him away. I also appreciated the fact that the driver of the pickup was also cuffed and led away. Then the truck is driven away, presumably by a LEO, at not exactly a slow speed. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35154 "2019-08-02T18:50:55Z")
> [@Defensive\_Indifference](#): > > The guy has been charged with assault and held on $10,00 bond. > [https://www.wcpo.com/news/crime/man-charged-with-assault-after-punching-anti-trump-protester-outside-us-bank-arena?\_amp=true](https://www.wcpo.com/news/crime/man-charged-with-assault-after-punching-anti-trump-protester-outside-us-bank-arena?_amp=true) > > He’s 29, and connected with three punches to the head of a 61-year-old. The older guy stayed on his feet and calmly collected his sunglasses and sign afterwards. I think part of the guy’s punishment should be having to repeatedly watch himself fail to take down a man 32 years his senior. “Ford Tough” ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35155 "2019-08-02T18:53:46Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > With luck, he’ll be convicted of charges serious enough that he doesn’t get to vote for Orangeanus Deploribus again. So far, he’s charged with [misdemeanor assault](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-rally-cincinatti-brawl-protester). ---
**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:** [August 2, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35156 "2019-08-02T18:56:52Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > So far, he’s charged with [misdemeanor assault](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-rally-cincinatti-brawl-protester). Why is that page header “Brawl Breaks Out Outside of Trump Rally”? 😕 There was no brawl; there was just one guy hitting another guy (a few times). ---
**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:** [August 2, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35157 "2019-08-02T18:57:04Z")
> [@Defensive\_Indifference](#): > > The guy has been charged with assault and held on $10,00 bond. > [https://www.wcpo.com/news/crime/man-charged-with-assault-after-punching-anti-trump-protester-outside-us-bank-arena?\_amp=true](https://www.wcpo.com/news/crime/man-charged-with-assault-after-punching-anti-trump-protester-outside-us-bank-arena?_amp=true) > > He’s 29, and connected with three punches to the head of a 61-year-old. The older guy stayed on his feet and calmly collected his sunglasses and sign afterwards. I think part of the guy’s punishment should be having to repeatedly watch himself fail to take down a man 32 years his senior. Did manage to break his sunglasses, I guess that’s something. > [@Crotalus](#): > > Most three-year-olds would know better than to assault their sibling in front of their parents, but yeah, good point. Given the rhetoric that comes from the right these days, he probably thought that the cops would be on his side. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35158 "2019-08-02T19:11:32Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > There was no brawl; there was just one guy hitting another guy (a few times). Brawl, noun, a rough or noisy fight or quarrel. It looked rough and noisy to me. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35159 "2019-08-02T19:15:21Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Aw, all that histrionic auditioning for nothing… > > [Ratcliffe withdraws from consideration for intelligence chief, Trump says](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ratcliffe-withdraws-from-consideration-for-intelligence-chief-trump-says/2019/08/02/9f3c42cc-b551-11e9-951e-de024209545d_story.html) I"m pretty confident that Trump can find someone even less qualified and more sycophantic to fill this post. Perhaps Trump can call Putin for suggestions. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35160 "2019-08-02T19:30:48Z")
Who, Jared? ---
**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:** [August 2, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35161 "2019-08-02T19:41:04Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I"m pretty confident that Trump can find someone even less qualified and more sycophantic to fill this post. Perhaps Trump can call Putin for suggestions. I think Sarah is still looking for something to do… ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35162 "2019-08-02T21:29:50Z")
Huckabee Sanders, or Palin? Decisions, decisions … ---
**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:** [August 2, 2019, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35163 "2019-08-02T21:31:55Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Huckabee Sanders, or Palin? > > Decisions, decisions … Ivanka. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2019, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35164 "2019-08-02T21:42:44Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Brawl, noun, a rough or noisy fight or quarrel. > > It looked rough and noisy to me. Aye, but it wasn’t a fight IMO. Fights, quarrels and brawls all take more than one person actively participating; this only had half of the two participants actively participating. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1757) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1759)