# 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:** 185
**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:** [April 28, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3681 "2017-04-28T13:46:24Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > This. > > I’ve never had to give my phone to some strange person at a SCIF. I would suppose it would depend on whether they were expecting to be entering a SCIF. It was located in a different area than usual, and it is hard to say whether they would have expected the information to be handed out to be highly classified. So, if they were expecting it, then sure, they would have made whatever arrangements they usually do. If they were not expecting it, and got to the room, and were told “No cell phones, this is an SCIF.” and were given boxes to put their phones into at that time, then sure, it’s possible that they were handed over to the trump team for inspection. Mind you, I am not advancing this theory, nor do I think it overly likely, just saying how I could see it playing out. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3682 "2017-04-28T14:06:30Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > If they were not expecting it, and got to the room, and were told “No cell phones, this is an SCIF.” and were given boxes to put their phones into at that time, then sure, it’s possible that they were handed over to the trump team for inspection. > > Mind you, I am not advancing this theory, nor do I think it overly likely, just saying how I could see it playing out. About all those knuckleheads would probably do would be play Candy Crush with them. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3683 "2017-04-28T14:25:33Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Mind you, I am not advancing this theory, nor do I think it overly likely, just saying how I could see it playing out. Could be. I would just hope a US Senator wouldn’t hand over their phone to a strange member of the current administration. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3684 "2017-04-28T15:32:23Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > I would suppose it would depend on whether they were expecting to be entering a SCIF. It was located in a different area than usual, and it is hard to say whether they would have expected the information to be handed out to be highly classified. Also, they knew it was a meeting called by Dumb Donald, who has no problem with people [bringing their cell phones to a sensitive national security discussion](http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/13/politics/donald-trump-shinzo-abe-north-korea-documents/). ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3685 "2017-04-28T16:33:50Z")
Remember when no one knew healthcare could be so complicated? [I guess I though it [being President] would be easier.](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-100days-idUSKBN17U0CA) Fucknugget. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3686 "2017-04-28T16:37:18Z")
Apparently [the troll legions](http://fusion.net/we-asked-ice-about-the-prank-calls-to-their-anti-immigr-1794701252) are doing a pretty good job of monkey-wrenching il Doofus’ new propaganda initiative: > [@](#): > > “I told them I’d been abducted by a UFO,” he told the site. “There was a long pause. I heard them do a big sigh. And they closed out the conversation saying that they’d make a note of it and I should wait for the DHS to investigate my report.”… > > And the influx of hoax callers appears to have already taken its toll. > > This is the email I got from an ICE official when I asked the agency for comment on the prank calls (emphasis mine): > > > [@](#): > > > > …I hope you won’t dignify this group with the attention they are seeking. But if you choose to do so…this **group’s cheap publicity stunt is beyond the pale of legitimate public discourse**. Their actions seek to obstruct and do harm to crime victims; that’s **objectively despicable** regardless of one’s views on immigration policy…] ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3687 "2017-04-28T16:42:35Z")
Il Douche would have been totally successful in his one hundred day march to victory, but was distracted by the crucial importance of events in North Korea. He was forced to call a sooper seekrit meeting with the Senate. And how do we know this? We know it because we \*don’t \*know it, its sooper seekrit! Of course, those unpatriotic wimpy liberals can hint that it wasn’t much of anything at all, and they can get away with it, because the real patriots are sworn to secrecy. Liberals shrug in a way that says “Meh, not much”. True Americans shrug in a way that says “Sooper dooper important stuff, but I can’t tell you.” Look here, two pictures, one a liberal shrug, one a Real American shrug! The difference is obvious! OK, maybe not to people on a totally liberal radical lefty message board! But the huge almost majority of real American can see it right away! ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3688 "2017-04-28T17:26:48Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > Remember when no one knew healthcare could be so complicated? > > [I guess I though it [being President] would be easier.](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-100days-idUSKBN17U0CA) > > Fucknugget. I give him no longer than the end of the year before he resigns (and then only if revelations of coverup for his election campaign’s illegal contacts with Russian intelligence don’t come to the point of serious discussions of impeachment), whining all the way about how “unfair” the failing _New York Times_ and fake _Washington Post_ are to him and tweeting until his tiny thumbs are blistered. Once he realizes that Santa Claus isn’t going to build him a border wall or stuff his stocking with a magic fairy health care plan and that his “ratings” are not going to improve, he’ll want to go back home and play with his dollies in peace until he keels over while eating a taco salad or has his throat torn out by a passing bald eagle. Stranger ---
**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:** [April 28, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3689 "2017-04-28T17:40:16Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > I give him no longer than the end of the year before he resigns (and then only if revelations of coverup for his election campaign’s illegal contacts with Russian intelligence don’t come to the point of serious discussions of impeachment), whining all the way about how “unfair” the failing _New York Times_ and fake _Washington Post_ are to him and tweeting until his tiny thumbs are blistered. Once he realizes that Santa Claus isn’t going to build him a border wall or stuff his stocking with a magic fairy health care plan and that his “ratings” are not going to improve, he’ll want to go back home and play with his dollies in peace until he keels over while eating a taco salad or has his throat torn out by a passing bald eagle. > > Stranger He doesn’t even have to admit to political or legal reasons for resignation, he is an old man, in fairly obvious poor health. If he resigned for health reasons, I am sure we’d all suspect the real reason why, but he would be able to leave office without (more) disgrace. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3690 "2017-04-28T17:41:54Z")
Why did Trump remain seated during his [meeting](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/04/27/trumps-unusual-meeting-with-2017-teachers-of-the-year/)with the (mostly female) 2017 Teachers of the Year? Maybe he was afraid he wouldn’t be able to control himself while surrounded by all those pussies. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3691 "2017-04-28T18:06:12Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Why did Trump remain seated during his [meeting](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/04/27/trumps-unusual-meeting-with-2017-teachers-of-the-year/)with the (mostly female) 2017 Teachers of the Year? Maybe he was afraid he wouldn’t be able to control himself while surrounded by all those pussies. It was to cover up the fact he pissed himself in fear they would call on him to answer a problem on the blackboard. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3692 "2017-04-28T18:42:40Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > It was to cover up the fact he pissed himself in fear they would call on him to answer a problem on the blackboard. That works for me. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3693 "2017-04-28T18:49:16Z")
Didja ever notice that sometimes the lighting is such that just for a moment, you get a flash of light from the shiny bald head underneath the complex architecture of the World’s Most Complicated Combover. So, just one water-balloon bomb. Splash! And he will resign in order to spend more time with his beloved money. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3694 "2017-04-28T18:53:32Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > I’m not sure what caused more of a 😕:eek::smack:…the headline, or this passage… > [@](#): > > Midway through a discussion about Chinese President Xi Jinping, the president paused to hand out copies of what he said were the latest figures from the 2016 electoral map. I know. It was what I found most horrifying and simultaneously pathetic. They say the presidency will not change who you are so much as magnify who you are. Trump is the textbook example of this. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3695 "2017-04-28T19:21:26Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > the World’s Most Complicated Combover. Come on. It’s obviously a dead ferret. ---
**Author:** ![Sinaptics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Sinaptics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaptics)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3696 "2017-04-28T19:23:38Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > I give him no longer than the end of the year before he resigns (and then only if revelations of coverup for his election campaign’s illegal contacts with Russian intelligence don’t come to the point of serious discussions of impeachment), whining all the way about how “unfair” the failing _New York Times_ and fake _Washington Post_ are to him and tweeting until his tiny thumbs are blistered. Once he realizes that Santa Claus isn’t going to build him a border wall or stuff his stocking with a magic fairy health care plan and that his “ratings” are not going to improve, he’ll want to go back home and play with his dollies in peace until he keels over while eating a taco salad or has his throat torn out by a passing bald eagle. > > Stranger We could start up a world wide collection for him to resign. Maybe if we dangle enough dollar signs in front of him, he’ll bolt. Sad thing is, that actually has a non-zero chance of working. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3697 "2017-04-28T20:10:39Z")
> [@Sinaptics](#): > > We could start up a world wide collection for him to resign. Maybe if we dangle enough dollar signs in front of him, he’ll bolt. Sad thing is, that actually has a non-zero chance of working. I kind of like this idea. How do those crowd funding sites work? If I promise $20 bucks, am I only on the hook if it works? ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3698 "2017-04-28T20:15:47Z")
Ahh Trump, the master orator. > **[AP News](https://apnews.com/article/c810d7de280a47e88848b0ac74690c83)** > > A transcript of an Oval Office interview Friday with President Donald Trump by AP White House Correspondent Julie Pace. > [@](#): > > I think $10 billion or less. And if I do a super-duper, higher, better, better security, everything else, maybe it goes a little bit more. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3699 "2017-04-28T20:24:22Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Come on. It’s obviously a dead ferret. I’m not sure it’s dead… ---
**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:** [April 28, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/3700 "2017-04-28T20:35:52Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > I kind of like this idea. > How do those crowd funding sites work? If I promise $20 bucks, am I only on the hook if it works? Nah, either way, you get your money back. We’re gonna stiff him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=184) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=186)