# 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:** 1867
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37325 "2019-10-02T16:14:52Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > The trick is to put the moat IN the river. That way it comes as a complete surprise. Just stock the Rio Grande with alligators. Is it warm enough for piranha? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37326 "2019-10-02T16:43:14Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Just stock the Rio Grande with alligators. Is it warm enough for piranha? Give it time, if it doesn’t dry up first. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37327 "2019-10-02T16:45:21Z")
Just now he’s decompensating in front of the cameras again. It’s an interesting juxtaposition, his word salad and simultaneously watching the Dow drop like a rock. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37328 "2019-10-02T17:08:57Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Just stock the Rio Grande with alligators. Is it warm enough for piranha? And one hungry lion. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37329 "2019-10-02T17:47:06Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Just stock the Rio Grande with alligators. Is it warm enough for piranha? Or perhaps [sharks with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh7bYNAHXxw). ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37330 "2019-10-02T17:57:51Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > We all misunderstood about the whole alligator thing. He didn’t want a “moat” he wanted a “[Moot](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1179406259273031682)”. > > “Now the press is trying to sell the fact that I wanted a Moot stuffed with alligators and snakes, with an electrified fence and sharp spikes on top, at our Southern Border. I may be tough on Border Security, but not that tough. The press has gone Crazy. Fake News!” The Merriam Webster Dictionary Twitter account posted the differences between “moot” and “moat”. > ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37331 "2019-10-02T18:00:49Z")
The State Department’s Inspector General has requested an “urgent” meeting with Congressional leaders about Ukraine. [https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/state-dept-inspector-general-expected-urgent-ukraine-briefing/story](https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/state-dept-inspector-general-expected-urgent-ukraine-briefing/story)? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37332 "2019-10-02T18:02:34Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Merriam Webster Dictionary Twitter account posted the differences between “moot” and “moat”. > [https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster/status/1179423905972400128](https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster/status/1179423905972400128) Moats don’t have points. Unless they’re frozen. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37333 "2019-10-02T18:02:38Z")
The alligators are the moots point. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37334 "2019-10-02T19:02:00Z")
[Trump is using Facebook to run thousands of ads about impeachment](https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/30/politics/facebook-trump-impeachment/index.html) > [@](#): > > More than 1,800 ads on Trump’s Facebook page mentioning “impeachment” have run in the past seven days. The ads have been viewed between 16 and 18 million times on Facebook and the campaign has spent between $600,000 and $2,000,000 on the effort, according to data analyzed by Laura Edelson, a researcher at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering. > > The President is using ads to enlist people in what his campaign is calling the “Official Impeachment Defense Task Force.” > > “I want to know who stood with me when it mattered most, which is why my team is making me a list of EVERY AMERICAN PATRIOT who adds their name and joins the Official Impeachment Defense Taskforce,” one Trump ad reads. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37335 "2019-10-02T19:24:33Z")
“Official Impeachment Defense Taskforce”. Just one letter away from great irony, dammit. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37336 "2019-10-02T19:30:28Z")
Impeachment Defense International Official Taskforce would have indeed been best. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37337 "2019-10-02T20:16:12Z")
Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! [The iDJiT monopolizes press conference with President Niinistö](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-finland-meeting-rage-tweets); [wants Pelosi and Schiff gone in the belief that doing so will make America as happy as Finland](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-ridding-pelosi-schiff-happy-finland-1462738). ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37338 "2019-10-02T20:22:07Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Impeachment Defense International Official Taskforce would have indeed been best. Based on the Supreme Headquarter for Intelligence Taskforces ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37339 "2019-10-02T20:26:14Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Just now he’s decompensating in front of the cameras again. It’s an interesting juxtaposition, his word salad and simultaneously watching the Dow drop like a rock. How can he brag about it crossing 26,000 if he doesn’t drive it down again? ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37340 "2019-10-02T20:31:28Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > How can he brag about it crossing 26,000 if he doesn’t drive it down again? :smack: Of course. During Infrastructure Week. Silly me. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37341 "2019-10-02T20:52:42Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > “Official Impeachment Defense Taskforce”. Just one letter away from great irony, dammit. Wonder how much it costs for the honor? And do you get a decoder ring? Super sekrit handshake? Something? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37342 "2019-10-02T20:59:22Z")
> [@](#): > > “I want to know who stood with me when it mattered most, which is why my team is making me a list of EVERY AMERICAN PATRIOT who adds their name and joins the Official Impeachment Defense Taskforce,” one Trump ad reads. Bolding mine. So… If you’re not on the list… ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37343 "2019-10-02T21:13:11Z")
What’s the minimum donation and could you populate the list with names like “Mike Rotch” and “Amanda Huggenkiz” ? ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37344 "2019-10-02T21:17:25Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Wonder how much it costs for the honor? And do you get a decoder ring? Super sekrit handshake? Something? I’m sure at the least you get a [uniform](https://www.histclo.com/youth/youth/org/nat/hitler/hitleru.htm), and maybe even a nice [knife](https://www.ima-usa.com/pages/search-results/hitler%20youth%20knife)! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1866) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1868)