# 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:** 1895
**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 17, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37885 "2019-10-17T18:08:09Z")
The US has bombed the facilities we abandoned at the US military compound at the Lafarge Cement Factory because we abandoned them so rapidly we didn’t have time to make them inoperative. > **[US conducts airstrike on weapons storage site as troops pull out of Syria |...](https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/16/politics/us-airstrike-storage-site-syria/index.html)** > > Two US Air Force F-15 jets conducted an airstrike targeting an American munitions storage bunker at a US base in Syria Wednesday in order to prevent the munitions and other equipment from falling into the hands of armed groups, two US defense... ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37886 "2019-10-17T18:10:02Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The US has bombed the facilities we abandoned at the US military compound at the Lafarge Cement Factory because we abandoned them so rapidly we didn’t have time to make them inoperative. > [https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/16/politics/us-airstrike-storage-site-syria/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/16/politics/us-airstrike-storage-site-syria/index.html) And everybody has a share. ---
**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 17, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37887 "2019-10-17T19:24:21Z")
[Mulvaney acknowledges Ukraine aid was withheld to boost political probe](https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/17/mulvaney-confirms-ukraine-aid-2016-probe-050156) Once again… ‘I didn’t do it!’ becomes ‘OK, I did it. But it’s just the way things work.’ ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37888 "2019-10-17T19:42:41Z")
[Axios](https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-day-1000-nancy-pelosi-turkey-0324319a-d7b3-469f-b822-67edba2e64e9.html): > [@](#): > > There have been many holy-crap-that-did-not-just-happen days in the Trump White House, but few top the soap opera of Oct. 16, 2019 — exactly Day 1,000 of the Trump presidency. > > \*\*What they’re saying: \*\*A GOP official in California told Axios’ Margaret Talev: “The needle on the Batsh\*t Crazy Meter may have gone past the red zone today.” Bold in original. Then the covfefes of Oct 6 are listed… FPT\* just keeps [del]topping[/del] \*outdoing \*himself. ---
**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 17, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37889 "2019-10-17T19:47:02Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > [Axios](https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-day-1000-nancy-pelosi-turkey-0324319a-d7b3-469f-b822-67edba2e64e9.html): > Bold in original. > > Then the covfefes of Oct 6 are listed… FPT\* just keeps [del]topping[/del] \*outdoing \*himself. \ I only _wish_ he’d top himself. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37890 "2019-10-17T19:54:34Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I wonder if we could get approval to build a Trump statue in Moscow? There are probably still a few of [these](https://mobile.twitter.com/drnicomartini/status/766349035980468224/photo/1) laying around, gathering dust… ---
**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 17, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37891 "2019-10-17T20:22:07Z")
Economist reporter Piotr Zalewski: “Turkish FM Çavuşoğlu just now: “We will suspend the Peace Spring operation for 120 hours for the PKK/YPG to withdraw. This is not a ceasefire.”” > ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37892 "2019-10-17T20:26:06Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The US has bombed the facilities we abandoned at the US military compound at the Lafarge Cement Factory because we abandoned them so rapidly we didn’t have time to make them inoperative. > [https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/16/politics/us-airstrike-storage-site-syria/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/16/politics/us-airstrike-storage-site-syria/index.html) It’s okay–we have plenty of bullets. ---
**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 17, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37893 "2019-10-17T20:36:56Z")
Individual 1 picks an author of Illuminati books to the Commission on Presidential Scholars. > **[Trump picks Colorado Springs author of Illuminati books for education board](https://www.denverpost.com/2019/10/16/george-mentz-trump-presidential-scholars/amp/)** > > A Colorado Springs lawyer appointed by President Donald Trump to a federal education board is a prolific author of self-help Illuminati books whose education company has been accused of handing out… ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37894 "2019-10-17T20:38:30Z")
> **[Never-Before-Seen Trump Tax Documents Show Major Inconsistencies](https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-inc-podcast-never-before-seen-trump-tax-documents-show-major-inconsistencies)** > > The president’s businesses made themselves appear more profitable to lenders and less profitable to tax officials. One expert calls the differing numbers “versions of fraud.” Trump probably committed massive tax fraud. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37895 "2019-10-17T20:40:09Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > It’s okay–we have plenty of bullets. Appropriate song: The Clash - [Washington Bullets](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT-LyKFvlFc) (from a different time a long way back, which was wacky itself, but not as wacky as our own times…) ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37896 "2019-10-17T20:40:15Z")
Nooooo. Not Trump. Tax fraud? The deuce you say. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37897 "2019-10-17T21:07:41Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > \ I only _wish_ he’d top himself. 😉 Hmmm… you read my mind, and said it out loud. I was ducking a mod note. ---
**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 17, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37898 "2019-10-17T21:14:59Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > [Never-Before-Seen Trump Tax Documents Show Major Inconsistencies — ProPublica](https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-inc-podcast-never-before-seen-trump-tax-documents-show-major-inconsistencies) > > Trump probably committed massive tax fraud. Smart. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37899 "2019-10-17T21:32:37Z")
New Randy Rainbow video. This one’s about Giulliani. I’m linking to it even though I haven’t watched it yet. I’ll race you. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/upBCQo5bkJc/maxresdefault.jpg "GIULIANI! (Here He Goes Again) - Randy Rainbow Song Parody") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upBCQo5bkJc) ---
**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 17, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37900 "2019-10-17T21:34:13Z")
[Trump has awarded next year’s G-7 summit of world leaders to his Miami-area resort](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-has-awarded-next-years-g-7-summit-of-world-leaders-to-his-miami-area-resort-the-white-house-said/2019/10/17/221b32d6-ef52-11e9-89eb-ec56cd414732_story.html). > [@](#): > > President Trump has awarded the 2020 Group of Seven summit of world leaders to his private company, scheduling the summit for June at his Trump Doral golf resort outside Miami, the White House announced Thursday. > > That decision is without precedent in modern American history: The president used his public office to direct a massive contract to himself. Um… BREAK THE LAW, MUCH? :mad: . ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37901 "2019-10-17T21:49:34Z")
Everybody knows that Trump is a criminal. It’s just that his republican supporters and enablers like crime when it’s perceived as benefiting them, or him - since if he commits crimes to benefit himself, they can feel like they can commit crimes too. People who don’t like crime aren’t Trump supporters, or republican politicians. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37902 "2019-10-17T21:51:35Z")
It’ll be fun if the G7 is at Trump’s hotel and he is no longer president. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37903 "2019-10-17T21:54:32Z")
How about if Canada offers to host the G7 again at our place? And everyone comes there instead because it’s going to be way more fun. And we “forget” to invite Trump, so he is just sitting around his golf club by himself, looking all sad. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/37904 "2019-10-17T22:20:41Z")
[Rick Perry has resigned](https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/466368-rick-perry-resigns-as-energy-secretary). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1894) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1896)