# 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:** 1765
**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:** [August 9, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35285 "2019-08-09T17:53:49Z")
Individual 1 couldn’t get any of the shooting victims to talk to him at the El Paso hospital, so he got the uncle of the baby whose parents were killed to bring him to the hospital so he and Melania could pose with him, with individual 1 grinning like the buffoon he is and giving the thumbs up while taking a photo of an orphaned baby. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-melania-baby-el-paso-thumbs-up-hospital-parents-mass-shooting-a9049086.html](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-melania-baby-el-paso-thumbs-up-hospital-parents-mass-shooting-a9049086.html)? ---
**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:** [August 9, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35286 "2019-08-09T18:02:51Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 couldn’t get any of the shooting victims to talk to him at the El Paso hospital, so he got the uncle of the baby whose parents were killed to bring him to the hospital so he and Melania could pose with him, with individual 1 grinning like the buffoon he is and giving the thumbs up while taking a photo of an orphaned baby. > [Grinning Trump gives thumbs-up with baby whose parents were shot dead in El Paso terror attack | The Independent | The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-melania-baby-el-paso-thumbs-up-hospital-parents-mass-shooting-a9049086.html)? This makes me sick. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35287 "2019-08-09T18:09:17Z")
Aug. 9, 2019 ICE says they had no responsibility to let Child Protective Services that they were about to orphan hundreds of children when they arrested over 600 immigrants. “We are not a social services agency.” Individual 1 said, “you can’t let anybody know, otherwise when you get there, nobody will be there.” > **[What ICE did and did not do for kids left behind by Mississippi raids](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/what-ice-did-did-not-do-kids-left-behind-mississippi-n1040776)** > > "We are a law enforcement agency, not a social services agency," an ICE official said, adding that advance notice to schools could have tipped off workers. ---
**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 9, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35288 "2019-08-09T18:13:27Z")
Congratulations USA! Amnesty International has [issued a travel advisory](https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/amnesty-international-issues-travel-warning-to-u-s-over-gun-violence)for anyone considering travelling to your fair land: > [@](#): > > “People in the United States cannot reasonably expect to be free from harm – a guarantee of not being shot is impossible,” said Coverson, in a statement Wednesday. > > “Once again, it is chillingly clear that the U.S. government is unwilling to ensure protection against gun violence.” ---
**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:** [August 9, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35289 "2019-08-09T18:20:07Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Congratulations USA! > > Amnesty International has [issued a travel advisory](https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/amnesty-international-issues-travel-warning-to-u-s-over-gun-violence)for anyone considering travelling to your fair land: Sick of winning yet? Or just sick. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35290 "2019-08-09T19:16:46Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Sick of winning yet? Or just sick. You just know this will be somehow Obama and/or Hilary’s fault. ---
**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 9, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35291 "2019-08-09T19:47:43Z")
[Meme](https://ifunny.co/picture/this-is-acting-ice-director-thomas-homan-he-told-tucker-a8pbRzBv6) Actincg ICE Director Thomas Homan told Tucker Carlson he objects to being compared to Nazis because ICE is ‘simply following orders.’ ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35292 "2019-08-09T19:55:18Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Aug. 9, 2019 > ICE says they had no responsibility to let Child Protective Services that they were about to orphan hundreds of children when they arrested over 600 immigrants. “We are not a social services agency.” Individual 1 said, “you can’t let anybody know, otherwise when you get there, nobody will be there.” > [What ICE did and did not do for kids left behind by Mississippi raids](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/what-ice-did-did-not-do-kids-left-behind-mississippi-n1040776) > [@](#): > > …The Mississippi raids swept up almost 700 workers from six plants. Of those detained, 342 were from the Koch Foods and PH Foods facilities in Morton, Miss., 252 from PECO plants in Canton, Bay Springs and Sebastopol, and 86 from Pearl River Foods in Carthage. There were no arrests at a seventh plant because no workers were present… From cited source, above. Emphasis added in morbid curiosity. _Que es el fucko_? ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35293 "2019-08-09T19:56:05Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Meme](https://ifunny.co/picture/this-is-acting-ice-director-thomas-homan-he-told-tucker-a8pbRzBv6) > > Actincg ICE Director Thomas Homan told Tucker Carlson he objects to being compared to Nazis because ICE is ‘simply following orders.’ Only the best people. Wait until Trump defends ICE by saying the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35294 "2019-08-09T20:05:58Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Meme](https://ifunny.co/picture/this-is-acting-ice-director-thomas-homan-he-told-tucker-a8pbRzBv6) > > Actincg ICE Director Thomas Homan told Tucker Carlson he objects to being compared to Nazis because ICE is ‘simply following orders.’ > [@dasmoocher](#): > > Only the best people. Wait until Trump defends ICE by saying the same thing. Did you guys notice this is from an interview Homan sat with Wolf Blitzer about 14 months ago? Homan ‘retired’ to Fox News in June of last year. (Although I’m sure he’s sticking with that good old Nuremberg defense.) ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35295 "2019-08-09T20:11:06Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 couldn’t get any of the shooting victims to talk to him at the El Paso hospital, so he got the uncle of the baby whose parents were killed to bring him to the hospital so he and Melania could pose with him, with individual 1 grinning like the buffoon he is and giving the thumbs up while taking a photo of an orphaned baby. > [Grinning Trump gives thumbs-up with baby whose parents were shot dead in El Paso terror attack | The Independent | The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-melania-baby-el-paso-thumbs-up-hospital-parents-mass-shooting-a9049086.html)? Everything is about him, you know! :rolleyes: I guess the baby is supposed to be impressed when he gets older and looks at the picture. _gag_ Obviously this picture way more than makes up for the loss of the baby’s parents! :smack: ---
**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:** [August 9, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35296 "2019-08-09T20:21:36Z")
AUG 08, 2019 > [@](#): > > The arrests targeted chicken processing plants operated by Koch Foods, one of the largest poultry producers in the U.S. Last year, Koch Foods paid out $3.75 million to settle an Equal Employment Opportunities Commission class-action suit charging the company with sexual harassment, national origin and race discrimination, and retaliation against Latino workers at one of its Mississippi plants. Labor activists say it’s the latest raid to target factories where immigrant workers have organized unions, fought back against discrimination or challenged unsafe and unsanitary conditions. > **[ICE Raids Targeted Company Whose Workers Won Discrimination Lawsuit](https://www.democracynow.org/2019/8/8/headlines/ice_raids_targeted_company_whose_workers_won_discrimination_lawsuit)** > > The arrests targeted chicken processing plants operated by Koch Foods, one of the largest poultry producers in the U.S. Last year, Koch Foods paid out $3.75 million to settle an Equal Employment Opportunities Commission class-action suit charging the... ---
**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:** [August 9, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35297 "2019-08-09T21:58:03Z")
Here’s another turd from this “administration” that will hurt us for years to come.[Trump Administration Moves to Limit State Powers to Block Pipelines and Terminals](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-epa-energy/trump-administration-moves-to-limit-state-powers-to-block-pipelines-terminals-idUSKCN1UZ1QV) (Reuters) > [@](#): > > The Trump administration on Friday unveiled a proposal that would curb state powers to block pipelines and other energy projects, part of the Trump administration’s effort to boost domestic oil, gas and coal development. I and many others fought tooth and nail to stop filthy coal trains running through our county to export coal from Montana to Asia, and we were successful. Here we fucking go again. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35298 "2019-08-09T22:12:14Z")
Wow. I wonder (no, I don’t) why it was chicken processing plants instead of places that help produce hamberders. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35299 "2019-08-09T22:29:29Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Here’s another turd from this “administration” that will hurt us for years to come.[Trump Administration Moves to Limit State Powers to Block Pipelines and Terminals](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-epa-energy/trump-administration-moves-to-limit-state-powers-to-block-pipelines-terminals-idUSKCN1UZ1QV) (Reuters) B.b.bbbut State’s rights ?! ---
**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:** [August 9, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35300 "2019-08-09T22:35:40Z")
There is a remake of _[The Most Dangerous Game](https://pjmedia.com/trending/hollywood-film-depicts-trump-supporters-being-hunted-for-sport-by-liberals/)_ due to come out soon, except, in this one, the prey are a dozen MAGAts, and the hunters are, of course, Liberals. (Note that, in the original, the prey was the protagonist and the hunter was the villain.) Ads for the movie have been pulled because of the recent shootings that have apparently been politically motivated. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35301 "2019-08-09T22:44:05Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Here’s another turd from this “administration” that will hurt us for years to come.[Trump Administration Moves to Limit State Powers to Block Pipelines and Terminals](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-epa-energy/trump-administration-moves-to-limit-state-powers-to-block-pipelines-terminals-idUSKCN1UZ1QV) (Reuters) > > I and many others fought tooth and nail to stop filthy coal trains running through our county to export coal from Montana to Asia, and we were successful. > > Here we fucking go again. And when states like us in CA aren’t pleasing the Cheeto, he can just shut off the water/power. Probably what he’s thinking. ---
**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 9, 2019, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35302 "2019-08-09T23:16:31Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > B.b.bbbut State’s rights ?! State’s rights are only important to the right wing when the “rights” in question are the right to enslave other humans, or something something guns. State’s rights are flexible. Just like their morals. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35303 "2019-08-10T00:47:36Z")
> **[Trump Purges Top Intelligence Officials, Leaving Capitol Hill Shaken](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/08/donald-trump-intelligence-shakeup-sue-gordon)** > > Lawmakers have been reassured by the president’s new pick to lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Still, the departure of two top officials has set off alarms in Washington. > [@](#): > > Indeed, Trump reportedly floated eliminating the office altogether, viewing it as an “unnecessary bureaucratic layer.” When advisers told him this was impossible, he apparently expressed his desire to “downsize” the office instead—a goal he now seems to be accomplishing in real time. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35304 "2019-08-10T03:35:54Z")
This post on Facebook left me shaking my head. Some Trumpsters were complaining about the press Trump was getting for his Dayton and El Paso visits–MSM treating poor Trump so unfairly, yada, yada, yada… One posts [paraphrasing] “Why are they focusing so much on those shootings? More people get killed all the time in Chicago. The MSM never mentions that. Not even Fox News. Tucker, Hannity, and Ingraham are the only ones that are doing any reporting about it. Can’t trust anybody else these days.” You can’t make this shit up. :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1764) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1766)