# 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:** 1768
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35345 "2019-08-12T14:08:43Z")
[Trump administration to penalize immigrants who use or might use public benefits, a move aimed at curbing legal immigration](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2019/08/12/trump-administration-to-penalize-immigrants-who-use-or-might-use-public-benefits-a-move-aimed-at-curbing-legal-immigration/) > [@](#): > > In one of President Trump’s most significant immigration moves to date, applicants could be denied green cards and other immigration benefits if they use food assistance, housing vouchers or other forms of public welfare. > > _This is a developing story. It will be updated._ So, will this apply to people in the country legally, but haven’t got their green cards yet? ---
**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 12, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35346 "2019-08-12T14:43:08Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > [Trump administration to penalize immigrants who use or might use public benefits, a move aimed at curbing legal immigration](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2019/08/12/trump-administration-to-penalize-immigrants-who-use-or-might-use-public-benefits-a-move-aimed-at-curbing-legal-immigration/) > > So, will this apply to people in the country legally, but haven’t got their green cards yet? I believe I asked this before, but what about Resident Aliens who enlist into the US Armed Forces and use public benefits. We currently have US service members using food stamps, even at the base commissary, so they can feed their families. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35347 "2019-08-12T15:29:28Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I believe I asked this before, but what about Resident Aliens who enlist into the US Armed Forces and use public benefits. We currently have US service members using food stamps, even at the base commissary, so they can feed their families. The story has been updated with more details and I would say the military probably won’t be affected, but with this admin, who knows in the future? Unless they’re white immigrants, of course. > [@](#): > > The new policy for “Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds,” which appeared Monday on the Federal Register’s website and will take effect in two months, sets new standards for obtaining permanent residency and U.S. citizenship. The Trump administration has been seeking to limit those immigrants who might draw on taxpayer-funded benefits, such as many of those who have been fleeing Central America, while allowing more highly skilled and wealthy immigrants into the United States. > > Wealth, education, age and English-language skills will take on greater importance in the process for obtaining a green card, as the change seeks to redefine what it means to be a “public charge,” as well as who is likely to be one under U.S. immigration law. > > … > > The rule effectively circumvents earlier, failed efforts by the administration to build support in Congress for a similar “merit-based” overhaul to the immigrant visa system, and fulfills a longtime goal of senior Trump adviser Stephen Miller and other immigration hawks who have long sought new bureaucratic tools to reduce immigration levels. > > … > > Factors that can count against a green card applicant include having “a medical condition” that will interfere with work or school; not having enough money to cover “any reasonably foreseeable medical costs” related to such a medical condition; having “financial liabilities;” having been approved to receive a public benefit, even if the individual has not actually received the benefit; having a low credit score; the absence of private health insurance; the absence of a college degree; not having the English language skills “sufficient to enter the job market;” or having a sponsor who is “unlikely” to provide financial support. > > “With one regulation, they are attempting to scratch two itches: one is penalizing immigrants for using public benefits that they are legally entitled to, and the other is cutting legal immigration in half,” said Doug Rand, a former Obama administration official and an immigration consultant. “And the way you cut legal immigration in half is by kicking the doors out from the definition of ‘likely to become a public charge.’” > > Trump has on multiple occasions alluded to the types of people that he would like to keep from coming to the United States (Africans, Haitians, Muslims, Central Americans, etc.), and those he would like to see more of (Norwegians), drawing frequent allegations of overt racism from Democrats and some Republicans. So, I would think military members aren’t likely going to be considered “public charges”, yet. After discharge, though? ---
**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 12, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35348 "2019-08-12T15:39:51Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I believe I asked this before, but what about Resident Aliens who enlist into the US Armed Forces and use public benefits. This reminds me of my mother’s husband, who immigrated to the U.S. as a child. He joined the Air Force, had a career with Hilton, retired… and never knew he wasn’t a citizen until he applied for a passport to take his father’s ashes back to Finland. ---
**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 12, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35349 "2019-08-12T17:15:47Z")
This is getting interesting. [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/457050-scaramucci-gop-may-need-to-replace-trump-for-2020](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/457050-scaramucci-gop-may-need-to-replace-trump-for-2020) > [@](#): > > “We are now in the early episodes of ‘Chernobyl’ on HBO, where the reactor is melting down and the apparatchiks are trying to figure out whether to cover it up or start the clean-up process,” Scaramucci, who was ousted from his job after 11 days, told the outlet. ---
**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 12, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35350 "2019-08-12T17:24:01Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > This is getting interesting. > > [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/457050-scaramucci-gop-may-need-to-replace-trump-for-2020](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/457050-scaramucci-gop-may-need-to-replace-trump-for-2020) > [@](#): > > “A couple more weeks like this and ‘country over party’ is going to require the Republicans to replace the top of the ticket in 2020,” he said. Republicans don’t have the first fucking clue what “country over party” even means. Saying this to them is like trying to explain quantum dynamics to a snail. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35351 "2019-08-12T17:43:50Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > The story has been updated with more details and I would say the military probably won’t be affected, but with this admin, who knows in the future? Unless they’re white immigrants, of course. > > So, I would think military members aren’t likely going to be considered “public charges”, yet. After discharge, though? Haven’t a few veterans ALREADY been deported? Yeah I think so. Their families are under attack too. That’s because Bone Spur Boy Trump loves the military so much. [https://www.npr.org/local/309/2019/06/21/733371297/deported-u-s-veterans-feel-abandoned-by-the-country-they-defended](https://www.npr.org/local/309/2019/06/21/733371297/deported-u-s-veterans-feel-abandoned-by-the-country-they-defended) > **[Service Members, Not Citizens: Meet The Veterans Who Have Been Deported](https://www.npr.org/2016/01/13/462372040/service-members-not-citizens-meet-the-veterans-who-have-been-deported)** > > Military service does not guarantee U.S. citizenship, which has meant a group of veterans has wound up together just over the border in Tijuana, Mexico, at a refuge they've dubbed "The Bunker." > **[Service Members, Not Citizens: Meet The Veterans Who Have Been Deported](https://www.npr.org/2016/01/13/462372040/service-members-not-citizens-meet-the-veterans-who-have-been-deported)** > > Military service does not guarantee U.S. citizenship, which has meant a group of veterans has wound up together just over the border in Tijuana, Mexico, at a refuge they've dubbed "The Bunker." But if you’re a con man draft dodging pedophile Russian asset, you get to be president. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35352 "2019-08-12T18:05:05Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Haven’t a few veterans ALREADY been deported? Yeah I think so. Their families are under attack too. That’s because Bone Spur Boy Trump loves the military so much. > > [https://www.npr.org/local/309/2019/06/21/733371297/deported-u-s-veterans-feel-abandoned-by-the-country-they-defended](https://www.npr.org/local/309/2019/06/21/733371297/deported-u-s-veterans-feel-abandoned-by-the-country-they-defended) > [Service Members, Not Citizens: Meet The Veterans Who Have Been Deported : NPR](https://www.npr.org/2016/01/13/462372040/service-members-not-citizens-meet-the-veterans-who-have-been-deported) > > [Service Members, Not Citizens: Meet The Veterans Who Have Been Deported : NPR](https://www.npr.org/2016/01/13/462372040/service-members-not-citizens-meet-the-veterans-who-have-been-deported) > But if you’re a con man draft dodging pedophile Russian asset, you get to be president. So, without looking at the links first, I’m going to guess most, if not all, of the deported veterans are from countries south of the border and not from European countries. ---
**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 12, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35353 "2019-08-12T18:11:01Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > This is getting interesting. > > [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/457050-scaramucci-gop-may-need-to-replace-trump-for-2020](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/457050-scaramucci-gop-may-need-to-replace-trump-for-2020) And Individual 1 retaliated against The Mooch, who has been his big supporter up until now. “Anthony Scaramucci, who was quickly terminated (11 days) from a position that he was totally incapable of handling, now seems to do nothing but television as the all time expert on “President Trump.” Like many other so-called television experts, he knows very little about me” > And Scaramucci replied, “Recently he has said things that divide the country in a way that is unacceptable. So I didn’t pass the 100% litmus test. Eventually he turns on everyone and soon it will be you and then the entire country.” [https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/11/politics/anthony-scaramucci-donald-trump-twitter/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/11/politics/anthony-scaramucci-donald-trump-twitter/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35354 "2019-08-12T18:27:33Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > “Anthony Scaramucci, who was quickly terminated (11 days) from a position that he was totally incapable of handling, now seems to do nothing but television as the all time expert on “President Trump.” Like many other so-called television experts, he knows very little about me” > [https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1160382091592384513?s=20](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1160382091592384513?s=20) Then why the fuck did you hire him? Seriously, can a White House Reporter not ask him that? > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > And Scaramucci replied, "Recently he has said things that divide the country in a way that is unacceptable. So I didn’t pass the 100% litmus test. _ **Eventually he turns on everyone and soon it will be you and then the entire country."** _ > [https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/11/politics/anthony-scaramucci-donald-trump-twitter/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/11/politics/anthony-scaramucci-donald-trump-twitter/index.html) Truer words were never spoken. ---
**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 12, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35355 "2019-08-12T18:49:25Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Then why the fuck did you hire him? Seriously, can a White House Reporter not ask him that? > … Where’s our resident Trump Whisperer? How would he manage to answer that question without admitting that he was wrong? Possibilities: By saying it wasn’t his idea to hire Mooch? By saying Mooch lied about his qualifications? By saying he never liked the guy or trusted him, but was just trying to help out an undeserving loser? ---
**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 12, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35356 "2019-08-12T19:41:22Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Where’s our resident Trump Whisperer? How would he manage to answer that question without admitting that he was wrong? > > Possibilities: By saying it wasn’t his idea to hire Mooch? By saying Mooch lied about his qualifications? By saying he never liked the guy or trusted him, but was just trying to help out an undeserving loser? It was the failing fake news media’s job to vet him. ---
**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 12, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35357 "2019-08-12T20:06:03Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > It was the failing fake news media’s job to vet him. Problem is, trying to gauge Trumpankhamen’s response to a vetting by the FFNM quickly devolves into something like Vizzini working out which goblet had the iocane powder:[ul] [li]The FFNM says this individual is a corrupt, sycophantic asshole, which means I can clearly hire him.[/li][li]BUT, the FFNM may want me to think that — in which case he’s actually an upright, honorable man, which means I can clearly **not** hire him.[/li][li]BUT, the FFNM may expect me to think he’s actually an upright, honorable man, whereas he’s really a corrupt, sycophantic asshole, which means I **can** clearly hire him.[/li][/ul]Repeat _ad nauseam_. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35358 "2019-08-12T20:41:55Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > She persuaded the prison staff to look the other way by promising them pubescent nooky in that pizza place basement. Being mostly Republicans they, of course, jumped at the chance to emulate Dear Leader. Do try to keep up. The basement of the Getty Museum is the new Comet Ping-Pong. Do try to keep up 🙂 > **[Log in or sign up to view](https://m.facebook.com/truthcat/photos/the-getty-center-in-los-angeles-is-a-multi-billion-dollar-structure-built-to-hou/1880714435496128/)** > > See posts, photos and more on Facebook. ---
**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 12, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35359 "2019-08-12T20:45:03Z")
Individual 1 reportedly tore out a magazine picture of Justin Trudeau, scrawled a brief note about the Canadian prime minister “looking good”, and made White House officials mail it to the Canadian Embassy. > **[Trump tore out magazine picture of Justin Trudeau, scrawled odd message and...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-tore-magazine-picture-justin-111759677.html)** > > Donald Trump reportedly tore out a magazine picture of Justin Trudeau, scrawled a brief note about the Canadian prime minister “looking good”, and made White House officials mail it to the neighbouring country’s embassy. The message – first reported... ---
**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 12, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35360 "2019-08-12T20:59:26Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 reportedly tore out a magazine picture of Justin Trudeau, scrawled a brief note about the Canadian prime minister “looking good”, and made White House officials mail it to the Canadian Embassy. > [Trump tore out magazine picture of Justin Trudeau, scrawled odd message and mailed it to Canadian embassy, report claims](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-tore-magazine-picture-justin-111759677.html) Good God. Did it have a little PS attached: “tick this box if U like me back” ---
**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 12, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35361 "2019-08-12T21:23:14Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > The basement of the Getty Museum is the new Comet Ping-Pong. Do try to keep up 🙂 > > [Facebook](https://m.facebook.com/truthcat/photos/the-getty-center-in-los-angeles-is-a-multi-billion-dollar-structure-built-to-hou/1880714435496128/) That explains why there were no kids in Grand Theft Auto 5. They were all underneath the Kortz Center! [https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1536&bih=756&ei=YNhRXcyfKO2O9PwPvPmMoAw&q=gta+v+the+kortz+center&oq=gta+v+the+kortz+center&gs\_l=img.3...1502.9679..11262...0.0..0.70.1182.22......0....1..gws-wiz-img.......0j0i24.vXJzDst346Q&ved=0ahUKEwjMz6Pfof7jAhVtB50JHbw8A8QQ4dUDCAU&uact=5](https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1536&bih=756&ei=YNhRXcyfKO2O9PwPvPmMoAw&q=gta+v+the+kortz+center&oq=gta+v+the+kortz+center&gs_l=img.3...1502.9679..11262...0.0..0.70.1182.22......0....1..gws-wiz-img.......0j0i24.vXJzDst346Q&ved=0ahUKEwjMz6Pfof7jAhVtB50JHbw8A8QQ4dUDCAU&uact=5) ---
**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:** [August 12, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35362 "2019-08-12T21:55:01Z")
[Ooh the Colonel and his wee beady eyes!](https://youtu.be/YKRFlNryaWw?t=60) ---
**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 12, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35363 "2019-08-12T23:13:50Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > The story has been updated with more details and I would say the military probably won’t be affected, but with this admin, who knows in the future? Unless they’re white immigrants, of course. > > So, I would think military members aren’t likely going to be considered “public charges”, yet. After discharge, though? Which is kind of funny, though, since it’s tax money paying the military. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > This reminds me of my mother’s husband, who immigrated to the U.S. as a child. He joined the Air Force, had a career with Hilton, retired… and never knew he wasn’t a citizen until he applied for a passport to take his father’s ashes back to Finland. In my military career, I met more than a few people (both resident alien and US citizens) who thought that simply enlisting the military automatically made one a citizen of the US. They were shocked to discover that is not the case. > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > And Individual 1 retaliated against The Mooch, who has been his big supporter up until now. “Anthony Scaramucci, who was quickly terminated (11 days) from a position that he was totally incapable of handling, now seems to do nothing but television as the all time expert on “President Trump.” Like many other so-called television experts, he knows very little about me” > [https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1160382091592384513?s=20](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1160382091592384513?s=20) I need a new irony meter. Mine just broke down and cried. > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > > Individual 1 reportedly tore out a magazine picture of Justin Trudeau, scrawled a brief note about the Canadian prime minister “looking good”, and made White House officials mail it to the Canadian Embassy. > > [Trump tore out magazine picture of Justin Trudeau, scrawled odd message and mailed it to Canadian embassy, report claims](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-tore-magazine-picture-justin-111759677.html) > > Good God. Did it have a little PS attached: “tick this box if U like me back” Of course not. Trump already believes he’s universally beloved. But the PM did put a little smiley face on one piece of correspondence to the slime ball. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35364 "2019-08-12T23:30:35Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Where’s our resident Trump Whisperer? How would he manage to answer that question without admitting that he was wrong? “Tony Scaramuchi, who knows little about “Trump”, played a very insignificant role in my Administration. I had nothing to do with hiring him, just like other unqualified people (of which there are sadly many) are hired without my approval. A bad call from Central Casting!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1767) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1769)