# 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:** 1770
**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 13, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35385 "2019-08-13T14:24:24Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > ETA seeing above posts: Yeah! Trade deficit bad! Surplus good! That’s about it. I read somewhere, it may have been here, that in Trump’s world-view we all have trade deficits with every retail outlet we shop at. My grocery store chain buys nothing from me! They’re robbing me blind! ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35386 "2019-08-13T16:33:29Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Trump’s such a simpleton, one’s gotta wonder how much of fucking over the environment is revenge for the Scottish windmills. If irony ran the universe he would win his suit to have them removed and they would be replaced with a coal fueled plant right next door to his golf course. I’m sure he’d like that much better. ---
**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 13, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35387 "2019-08-13T18:00:43Z")
August 13, 2019 Ken Cuccinelli, the acting Citizenship and Immigration Services Director, says that the motto on the Statue of Liberty should be changed to ““Give me your tired and your poor who can stand on their own two feet and who will not become a public charge.” > **[Trump official suggests famous Statue of Liberty sonnet is too nice to...](https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2019/8/13/20803621/ken-cuccinelli-statue-of-liberty-public-charge-trump)** > > "Give me your tired and your poor who can stand on their own two feet and who will not become a public charge." ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35388 "2019-08-13T18:09:47Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > August 13, 2019 > Ken Cuccinelli, the acting Citizenship and Immigration Services Director, says that the motto on the Statue of Liberty should be changed to ““Give me your tired and your poor who can stand on their own two feet and who will not become a public charge.” > [Trump official criticizes Statue of Liberty sonnet as too nice to immigrants - Vox](https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2019/8/13/20803621/ken-cuccinelli-statue-of-liberty-public-charge-trump) _Give me your hungry, your tired your poor I’ll piss on 'em that’s what the Statue of Bigotry says Your poor huddled masses, let’s club 'em to death and get it over with and just dump 'em on the boulevard_ Lou Reed - [Dirty Boulevard](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-FJ9myngnI) ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35389 "2019-08-13T21:15:10Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > When Trump finishes the magnificent wall that he promised to all of his fucking idiots, then he’ll surely make with the fabulous coal mining jobs that he promised to his fucking idiots. First things first, he’s not a miracle worker, you know. It’s the other way around. Build the wall out of coal! Anyone who tries to climb it will get all sooty. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2019, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35390 "2019-08-13T23:46:48Z")
> [@HelenGawn](#): > > It’s the other way around. Build the wall out of coal! Anyone who tries to climb it will get all sooty. The coal in the wall will not be burned, so it will not contribute to global warming. I think you have something there! ---
**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 13, 2019, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35391 "2019-08-13T23:48:14Z")
[Trump was supposed to give a speech on energy. He went way off-script.](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-was-supposed-to-give-a-speech-on-energy-he-went-way-off-script/ar-AAFKTQm?li=BBnb7Kz) Maybe he has a brain tumor? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35392 "2019-08-14T00:05:54Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > [Trump was supposed to give a speech on energy. He went way off-script.](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-was-supposed-to-give-a-speech-on-energy-he-went-way-off-script/ar-AAFKTQm?li=BBnb7Kz) > > Maybe he has a brain tumor? Best quote: > [@President Oranganus](#): > > You guys, I don’t know what the hell you’re gonna do. You don’t want to make widgets, right? You don’t want to make — do you want to learn how to make a computer? A little tiny piece of stuff… You put it with those big beautiful hands of yours like… You’re gonna take these big hands, gonna take this little tiny part. You’re gonna go home, ‘Alice this is a tough job.’ That boy just ain’t right. ---
**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 14, 2019, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35393 "2019-08-14T00:16:27Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Best quote: > > That boy just ain’t right. Alice who? Alice Kramden, Ralph’s wife?? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35394 "2019-08-14T00:26:58Z")
Now Cuccinelli has a new spin on the Emma Lazarus poem: > [@](#): > > That statue of liberty poem was about “people coming from Europe” > ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35395 "2019-08-14T00:27:29Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > [Trump was supposed to give a speech on energy. He went way off-script.](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-was-supposed-to-give-a-speech-on-energy-he-went-way-off-script/ar-AAFKTQm?li=BBnb7Kz) > > Maybe he has a brain tumor? Totally unhinged. Jesus, he’s talking to Shell Petrochemical about how they must like using their big hands to dig coal, and that they would never be able to build computers because the parts are too small. Jesus Christ, he’s such a moron. “The wind and the televisions go off. And your wives and husbands say ‘Darling, I want to watch Donald Trump on television tonight. But the wind stopped blowing and I can’t watch.” I wouldn’t trust him to sweep my sidewalk. Not that he’s ever done an hours worth of work in his entire life. ---
**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 14, 2019, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35396 "2019-08-14T00:29:02Z")
And as I called it, Warren will never be mentioned by him other than using Pocohontas: > [@Orange Fucker](#): > > “I did it very early with Pocahontas, I should have probably waited. She’s staging a comeback on Sleepy Joe. I don’t know who’s gonna win, but we’ll have to hit Pocahontas very hard again if she does win. But she’s staging a little bit of a comeback. What a group. Pocahontas and Sleepy Joe.” ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35397 "2019-08-14T00:51:19Z")
> [@Originally Posted by Orange Fucker](#): > > “I did it very early with Pocahontas, I should have probably waited. She’s staging a comeback on Sleepy Joe. I don’t know who’s gonna win, but we’ll have to hit Pocahontas very hard again if she does win. But she’s staging a little bit of a comeback. What a group. Pocahontas and Sleepy Joe.” He can’t remember their names. I’m not kidding at all. Most of us could use a screw tightened now and again, but he’s an entire hardware store of lose screws. He’s not just an idiot, a crook, a cheat and a liar, he has serious mental problems. ---
**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 14, 2019, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35398 "2019-08-14T00:59:05Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > He can’t remember their names. I’m not kidding at all. Most of us could use a screw tightened now and again, but he’s an entire hardware store of lose screws. He’s not just an idiot, a crook, a cheat and a liar, he has serious mental problems. Mental problems, indeed. I think that was part of the reason US banks stopped lending him money. Not just the bankruptcies. I’m waiting to hear about an emergency MRI from a doctor who’s NOT paid off by Trump, telling us, “He has a massive tumor wrapped around his pre-frontal lobe, making logic impossible. It’s so large it’s been there for almost 20 years. Surprised no one ever noticed this…” ---
**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:** [August 14, 2019, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35399 "2019-08-14T01:13:07Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Mental problems, indeed. I think that was part of the reason US banks stopped lending him money. Not just the bankruptcies. I’m waiting to hear about an emergency MRI from a doctor who’s NOT paid off by Trump, telling us, “He has a massive tumor wrapped around his pre-frontal lobe, making logic impossible. It’s so large it’s been there for almost 20 years. Surprised no one ever noticed this…” They confused the tumor with his brain. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35400 "2019-08-14T01:25:52Z")
Hey, I agree with our president about something! > [@TRUMP](#): > > I love cranes, I love trucks of all types. Even when I was a little boy at four years old, my mother would say, ‘You love trucks.’ I do, I always loved trucks, I still do. Nothing changes — sometimes you know you might become president, but nothing changes Yup, you still act like a spoiled 4 year old. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2019, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35401 "2019-08-14T01:27:04Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > He can’t remember their names. I’m not kidding at all. Most of us could use a screw tightened now and again, but he’s an entire hardware store of lose screws. He’s not just an idiot, a crook, a cheat and a liar, he has serious mental problems. So what else is new? ---
**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 14, 2019, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35402 "2019-08-14T01:32:09Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > And as I called it, Warren will never be mentioned by him other than using Pocohontas: > > [quote=Orange Fucker > “I did it very early with Pocahontas, I should have probably waited. She’s staging a comeback on Sleepy Joe. I don’t know who’s gonna win, but we’ll have to hit Pocahontas very hard again if she does win. But she’s staging a little bit of a comeback. What a group. Pocahontas and Sleepy Joe.”[/QUOTE] Who uses “group” to refer to two people? “What a…what’s the word? Pair? No, it can’t be that. I’m not talking about fruit. A pear is a big beautiful fruit. And it’s an American fruit. It’s such a beautiful fruit that it’ll keep the doctor away. I coined that term, you know, keep the doctor away. That’s why you don’t need Obamacare. Just eat more American fruit. And since China isn’t importing American fruit anymore, you’ll have plenty of them to buy and that will help our farmers. Speaking of fruits, look at those nuts (some people will say nuts aren’t fruit, but they’re wrong. They’re not meat and they’re not vegetables, so what are they?) in loser California wanting sanctuary cities. Let 'em have those sanctuary cities. Let’s send our worst criminals there and they’ll see what it’s like.” The saddest thing is that hypothetical rambling is _far more coherent_ than Tan the Conman has ever been in his entire life. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35403 "2019-08-14T01:38:38Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > …Let 'em have those sanctuary cities. Let’s send our worst criminals there and they’ll see what it’s like…" Yep, let’s send the Trump family there. Along with most of his administration. ---
**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 14, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35404 "2019-08-14T01:39:35Z")
_Screwed up the coding big-time. Here’s what that post should’ve looked like._ > [@Locrian](#): > > And as I called it, Warren will never be mentioned by him other than using Pocohontas: > > > [@Orange Fucker](#): > > > > “I did it very early with Pocahontas, I should have probably waited. She’s staging a comeback on Sleepy Joe. I don’t know who’s gonna win, but we’ll have to hit Pocahontas very hard again if she does win. But she’s staging a little bit of a comeback. What a group. Pocahontas and Sleepy Joe.” Who uses “group” to refer to two people? “What a…what’s the word? Pair? No, it can’t be that. I’m not talking about fruit. A pear is a big beautiful fruit. And it’s an American fruit. It’s such a beautiful fruit that it’ll keep the doctor away. I coined that term, you know, keep the doctor away. That’s why you don’t need Obamacare. Just eat more American fruit. And since China isn’t importing American fruit anymore, you’ll have plenty of them to buy and that will help our farmers. Speaking of fruits, look at those nuts (some people will say nuts aren’t fruit, but they’re wrong. They’re not meat and they’re not vegetables, so what are they?) in loser California wanting sanctuary cities. Let 'em have those sanctuary cities. Let’s send our worst criminals there and they’ll see what it’s like.” The saddest thing is that hypothetical rambling is _far more coherent_ than Tan the Conman has ever been in his entire life. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1769) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1771)