# 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:** 1782
**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 21, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35625 "2019-08-21T19:08:15Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I’m sure American Jews are saying “Well, if Wayne Allyn Root says so, I might need to rethink my position! MAGA!” Make America Goyim Again? ---
**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 21, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35626 "2019-08-21T19:12:14Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Like the Danish Government. > If they had fucking ignored it, like normal people, Trump would have had another stupid idea and this would have been forgotten. The moment they made a big deal about it, he wants it. > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > They didn’t make a big deal about it. They just said that it was never going to happen. End of story. > … Correct. Denmark did not make a big deal about it. But DJT had his customary [reaction](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/us/politics/trump-greenland-prime-minister.html?emc=rss&partner=rss)when a woman turns him down: > [@](#): > > President Trump on Wednesday said that the new prime minister of Denmark was “nasty” to him when she rejected his interest in purchasing Greenland, as he explained why he abruptly canceled a trip to the European nation next month. > … Any woman who stands up to him or talks back is “nasty.” :rolleyes: ---
**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 21, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35627 "2019-08-21T19:20:12Z")
NPR Reporter Yamiche Alcindor: "President Trump on the WH lawn just looked up to the sky and said, “I am the chosen one.” " > ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35628 "2019-08-21T19:34:37Z")
That doesn’t seem crazy at all. Nope. No siree, Bob. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35629 "2019-08-21T19:36:30Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Like the Danish Government. > If they had fucking ignored it, like normal people, Trump would have had another stupid idea and this would have been forgotten. The moment they made a big deal about it, he wants it. This is a fucking stupid fucking argument. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35630 "2019-08-21T19:36:58Z")
How many hours do you reckon Foxnews would have spent in the day if Obama had looked to the heavens and declared himself the chosen one? ---
**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 21, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35631 "2019-08-21T19:41:19Z")
I think Trump is talking about the electoral college. ---
**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 21, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35632 "2019-08-21T19:52:46Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I’m sure American Jews are saying “Well, if Wayne Allyn Root says so, I might need to rethink my position! MAGA!” Ever since 9/11, the entire Republican party has treated Israel and American Jews as their pets. Not as people, not even as voters, but as pets. The finger wagging toward the squad over Israel masks their contempt for Jews and Jewish interests beyond that which Republicans can exploit for their own political purposes. The moment Jews are no longer deemed a voting and donor bloc that Republicans can exploit, they will go full-on Nazi. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35633 "2019-08-21T20:01:02Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Like the Danish Government. > If they had fucking ignored it, like normal people, Trump would have had another stupid idea and this would have been forgotten. The moment they made a big deal about it, he wants it. Or — bear with me here — he could have quietly broached the subject through diplomatic channels, like a normal adult. When every random thought he has becomes public, shit like this is the result. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35634 "2019-08-21T20:16:19Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Like the Danish Government. > If they had fucking ignored it, like normal people, Trump would have had another stupid idea and this would have been forgotten. The moment they made a big deal about it, he wants it. That’s how you deal with a toddler, not the president of the United States. ---
**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 21, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35635 "2019-08-21T20:26:37Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > NPR Reporter Yamiche Alcindor: > "President Trump on the WH lawn just looked up to the sky and said, “I am the chosen one.” " > [https://twitter.com/Yamiche/status/1164205717085184002](https://twitter.com/Yamiche/status/1164205717085184002) Matrix 4 is a fucking comedy? Hard pass. ---
**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 21, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35636 "2019-08-21T20:34:02Z")
Individual 1 says he wanted to give himself a Medal of Honor. > **[Trump says he wanted to give himself Medal of Honor](https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/21/donald-trump-give-himself-medal-of-honor-1470950)** > > The offhand remark from the president came during his address to the 75th annual national convention of American Veterans. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35637 "2019-08-21T21:21:40Z")
Trump said he won’t be visiting Denmark because he says they treated other presidents poorly and he doesn’t want to be treated the way they treated Obama. My suggestion? He should visit Sweden instead. I can guarantee they won’t give Trump the same way they treated Obama by giving him a Nobel Prize. ---
**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 21, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35638 "2019-08-21T21:24:45Z")
That’s going to age well when Obama visits Denmark next month to, I predict, a warm welcome. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35639 "2019-08-21T21:56:46Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > [Trump approvingly quotes a supporter (no points for guessing that this guy is a nasty conspiracy theorist) who compares him to Jesus](http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/08/trump-jews-jesus-wayne-allyn-root.html). So somebody nail him to a tree, already! ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35640 "2019-08-21T22:14:17Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > That’s going to age well when Obama visits Denmark next month to, I predict, a warm welcome. [I thought this was a humorous hypothetical.](https://www.theroot.com/did-forever-president-obama-punk-trump-out-of-visiting-1837447022) Someday I’ll learn that trump killed irony. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35641 "2019-08-21T23:27:53Z")
> [@](#): > > Someday I’ll learn that trump killed irony. Why not, he’s already killed satire deader than Caesar. Nobody can write satire more ridiculous than what actually comes from Trump’s mouth and thumbs. :eek: ---
**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 21, 2019, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35642 "2019-08-21T23:42:05Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > That’s how you deal with a toddler, not the president of the United States. And in earlier, saner times these two terms would have been considered mutually exclusive. ---
**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 22, 2019, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35643 "2019-08-22T01:08:44Z")
Jesus Christ. No, I mean, “Oye gevalt!” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/35644 "2019-08-22T01:24:41Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > That’s going to age well when Obama visits Denmark next month to, I predict, a warm welcome. People are speculating this was the whole reason behind this sudden Greenland issue. Trump realized he was going to be visiting Denmark around the same time Obama was and he figured out he wouldn’t get as enthusiastic a reception. So he provoked a diplomatic crisis with Denmark so he’d have an excuse to cancel his trip. I’m assuming there’s a similar runaround any time Trump is scheduled to see a urologist. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1781) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1783)