# 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:** 1827
**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:** [September 16, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/36525 "2019-09-16T21:24:59Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Secret Service wants jet skis so they can protect the Trumps because “The First Family is very active in water sports.” Yes, they actually said that. > I don’t think jet skis can protect him from Russian prostitutes. > [Secret Service Wants Jet Skis to Protect Trumps: 'The First Family is Very Active in Water Sports'](https://www.newsweek.com/secret-service-wants-jet-skis-protect-trump-family-1459477) “Here at Mar-a-Lago, all of our showers are golden! The most beautiful golden showers you’ve ever seen, believe me!” ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/36526 "2019-09-16T22:08:57Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Secret Service wants jet skis so they can protect the Trumps because “The First Family is very active in water sports.” Yes, they actually said that. > I don’t think jet skis can protect him from Russian prostitutes. > [Secret Service Wants Jet Skis to Protect Trumps: 'The First Family is Very Active in Water Sports'](https://www.newsweek.com/secret-service-wants-jet-skis-protect-trump-family-1459477) For all we know, they’re talking about Tiffany. ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/36527 "2019-09-17T00:25:36Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Secret Service wants jet skis so they can protect the Trumps because “The First Family is very active in water sports.” Yes, they actually said that. > I don’t think jet skis can protect him from Russian prostitutes. > [Secret Service Wants Jet Skis to Protect Trumps: 'The First Family is Very Active in Water Sports'](https://www.newsweek.com/secret-service-wants-jet-skis-protect-trump-family-1459477) The SS is buying them because the agents have been renting out of their own pockets. I was about to ask about trump picking up the tab for ridiculous charges by the SS on their behalf. But he’s turned operation of his businesses over to the boys, right? They can certainly rent equipment and lodgings from trump org. assets for a token fee of $1 per year without violating any laws or norms. I guess that never occurred to them. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/36528 "2019-09-17T01:30:44Z")
The House is investigating Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao (Mrs. Mitch McConnell) for ethics violations. > **[Oversight committee opens ethics probe into Transportation Secretary Elaine...](https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/09/16/Oversight-committee-opens-ethics-probe-into-Secretary-Chao/7151568670182/)** > > The House oversight and reform committee launched an ethics investigation into Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on Monday. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2019, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/36529 "2019-09-17T01:43:26Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The House is investigating Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao (Mrs. Mitch McConnell) for ethics violations. > [Oversight committee opens ethics probe into Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao - UPI.com](https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/09/16/Oversight-committee-opens-ethics-probe-into-Secretary-Chao/7151568670182/) If they find violations, wattle they do about it? ---
**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:** [September 17, 2019, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/36530 "2019-09-17T03:06:18Z")
They’ll prolly send a sternly worded letter to her boss informing him of their findings. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2019, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/36531 "2019-09-17T03:18:15Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > If they find violations, wattle they do about it? Tee hee 😃 Good one. I don’t suppose anything will actually come of this since trump has carte blanche to say the administration is not going to cooperate, apparently. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2019, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/36532 "2019-09-17T05:25:20Z")
Individual 1: “Who do you like more, the country or the Hispanics?” > ---
**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:** [September 17, 2019, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/36533 "2019-09-17T07:53:06Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1: “Who do you like more, the country or the Hispanics?” > [https://twitter.com/ScottMStedman/status/1173779804870438913](https://twitter.com/ScottMStedman/status/1173779804870438913) Good Lord! It’s like those infinity mirrors, but instead of mirrors, it’s steps for him to fall down, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again… Or maybe, just maybe, it’s like he’s an ourobos but is eating himself foot first. It’s a fucking miracle, though, how often he puts his foot in his mouth, what with his head so far up his ass. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2019, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/36534 "2019-09-17T08:26:45Z")
^^ IT’s not a miracle, it’s a travesty that anyone thought the world’s worst real estate agent could be in charge of anything and he still puts his foot so far up his ass it’s like steam-powered missiles launched against Scottish wind farms with that damned whistling sound that ends in a muted thud that ends with self-aggrandizing. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/36535 "2019-09-17T13:51:30Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > If they find violations, wattle they do about it? Talk turkey, of course… ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/36536 "2019-09-17T14:09:00Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1: “Who do you like more, the country or the Hispanics?” > [https://twitter.com/ScottMStedman/status/1173779804870438913](https://twitter.com/ScottMStedman/status/1173779804870438913) But the President said he likes Hispanics more! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/36537 "2019-09-17T14:18:43Z")
In today’s episode of _Just Imagine If_, Fox News commentators “discuss” President Hillary Clinton’s recent admission that she likes Hispanics more than the United States of America! ---
**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:** [September 17, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/36538 "2019-09-17T14:30:43Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > …Or maybe, just maybe, it’s like he’s an ourobos but is eating himself foot first. It’s a fucking miracle, though, how often he puts his foot in his mouth, what with his head so far up his ass. Where is Escher when we need him? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/36539 "2019-09-17T14:36:32Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Or maybe, just maybe, it’s like he’s an ourobos but is eating himself foot first. It’s a fucking miracle, though, how often he puts his foot in his mouth, what with his head so far up his ass. He’s like a human Klein bottle. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/36540 "2019-09-17T14:59:22Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Good Lord! It’s like those infinity mirrors, but instead of mirrors, it’s steps for him to fall down, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again, and fall down again… [Here you go.](https://giphy.com/gifs/escher-perfect-loops-m-c-MJ6SslGZEYKhG) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/36541 "2019-09-17T15:01:46Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Where is Escher when we need him? An escalator would work just fine. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/36542 "2019-09-17T16:03:43Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1: “Who do you like more, the country or the Hispanics?” > [https://twitter.com/ScottMStedman/status/1173779804870438913](https://twitter.com/ScottMStedman/status/1173779804870438913) He has almost completed his Nazification process. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/36543 "2019-09-17T16:14:25Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > He has almost completed his Nazification process. Or is he just getting warmed up? ---
**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:** [September 17, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/36544 "2019-09-17T16:16:19Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Where is Escher when we need him? > [@enipla](#): > > An escalator would work just fine. Did you mean an escherlator? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1826) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1828)