# 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:** 1914
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38265 "2019-10-29T15:32:46Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > The Onion: > WASHINGTON—As a chorus of jeers began to fill Nationals Park during Game Five of the World Series, President Donald Trump was reportedly mortified Sunday after the crowd started chanting “Lock him up!” at first lady Melania Trump. > [https://politics.theonion.com/trump-mortified-after-world-series-crowd-starts-booing-1839417630](https://politics.theonion.com/trump-mortified-after-world-series-crowd-starts-booing-1839417630) Obviously fake news. They’re quoting Trump speaking in complete, coherent sentences. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38266 "2019-10-29T16:13:30Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > October 28, 2019 > Joint Chiefs of Staff chief Mark Milley doesn’t know where Individual 1 got the “crying and screaming” stuff from. > [Pentagon Leader Doesn’t Know Where Trump Got ISIS Leader’s ‘Whimpering And Crying’](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/mark-milley-pentagon-trump-baghdadi-whimpering-crying)? Yeah, methinks that somebody who wears an explosive suicide vest around and blew himself up is not the type to go whimpering and crying. I mean, fuck the guy, glad he’s dead, but that bit of description was obviously story-spinning wish-fulfillment bullshit coming from Trump. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38267 "2019-10-29T16:46:54Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Refreshing bit of editorial backbone after decades of non-committal, clickbaity, all-opinions-equally-valid, truth-in-the-middle corporate-driven ditchwater. Among the many mistakes Trump has made was starting a war with the media. While Trump and his followers have complained all along about the media, the reality is that the media went easy on him at the beginning. But Trump kept attacking the media until they got fed up and decided to stop pitching him softballs. ---
**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 29, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38268 "2019-10-29T17:03:42Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Yeah, methinks that somebody who wears an explosive suicide vest around and blew himself up is not the type to go whimpering and crying. I mean, fuck the guy, glad he’s dead, but that bit of description was obviously story-spinning wish-fulfillment bullshit coming from Trump. I’m thinking more spank bank material. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38269 "2019-10-29T17:25:18Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Steve Colbert in last night’s monologue. Maybe others since it’s an obvious joke. Last night’s _Daily Show_ as well. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38270 "2019-10-29T17:28:08Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Yeah, methinks that somebody who wears an explosive suicide vest around and blew himself up is not the type to go whimpering and crying. I mean, fuck the guy, glad he’s dead, but that bit of description was obviously story-spinning wish-fulfillment bullshit coming from Trump. I’m thinking more projection of his response to being removed from the White House. ---
**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 29, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38271 "2019-10-29T18:09:45Z")
We can be confident Trump will never put on a suicide vest - too germy. ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38272 "2019-10-29T18:13:10Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > We can be confident Trump will never put on a suicide vest - too germy. Just tell him that it makes him look slimmer. And taller. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38273 "2019-10-29T18:23:45Z")
> [@SingleMalt](#): > > Just tell him that it makes him look slimmer. And taller. And makes his hands look larger. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38274 "2019-10-29T18:35:26Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Among the many mistakes Trump has made was starting a war with the media. While Trump and his followers have complained all along about the media, the reality is that the media went easy on him at the beginning. But Trump kept attacking the media until they got fed up and decided to stop pitching him softballs. Then why is the media still only reporting the stories Trump wants reported? For example, how much did the mainstream media talk about investigations into Hillary’s e-mail scandal ending without finding any wrongdoing? Or the Senate investigation finding that Russia did interfere with the 2016 election? Instead they were busy repeating Trump’s responses to the impeachment inquiry. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38275 "2019-10-29T18:56:50Z")
I would like to see just one reporter, when the President is talking about tariffs, ask him straight up “Do you really believe that China is paying the tariffs?” ---
**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 29, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38276 "2019-10-29T19:08:20Z")
Obama vs. Trump Military Raid Announcements, courtesy of Jimmy Kimmel > **[Watch Jimmy Kimmel's utterly cringeworthy video mash-up of Obama vs. Trump...](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/29/1895825/-Watch-Jimmy-Kimmel-s-utterly-cringeworthy-video-mash-up-of-Obama-vs-Trump-military-announcements?utm_campaign=trending)** > > On May 11, 2011, President Barack Obama appeared in a rare late night broadcast to announce the United States had conducted a military operation that killed Osama bin Laden. It was one of those moments in life where you remember the details of... ---
**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:** [October 29, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38277 "2019-10-29T19:27:51Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > Then why is the media still only reporting the stories Trump wants reported? For example, how much did the mainstream media talk about investigations into Hillary’s e-mail scandal ending without finding any wrongdoing? Or the Senate investigation finding that Russia did interfere with the 2016 election? Instead they were busy repeating Trump’s responses to the impeachment inquiry. Nonsense. If the media was “only reporting the stories Trump wants reported” they wouldn’t be reporting all these stories that reveal how dumb he is. They’d bury the details when he screws up. Instead of reporting _“Trump says US is building a wall in Colorado - a state that doesn’t border Mexico”_ (an actual CNN headline) they’d report _“President Trump delivers a speech on his border security proposals”_. Both headlines are accurate - but one makes him look like an idiot and the other conceals it. ---
**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 29, 2019, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38278 "2019-10-29T19:31:13Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Among the many mistakes Trump has made was starting a war with the media. While Trump and his followers have complained all along about the media, the reality is that the media went easy on him at the beginning. But Trump kept attacking the media until they got fed up and decided to stop pitching him softballs. Obviously - “Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel”. But still, in practice the “liberal bias” media hardly opposed him even as he kept screaming\* Lügenpresse!\*. It took 3 years, but it feels like they’re starting to get the message about this being a war ; and not just a war against Trump personally but an ethical battleground - and very realistically speaking, from their point of view, an existential threat. ---
**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 29, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38279 "2019-10-29T20:00:00Z")
> [@SingleMalt](#): > > Just tell him that it makes him look slimmer. And taller. Or that Obama never wore an explosive vest. ---
**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 29, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38280 "2019-10-29T20:19:51Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Among the many mistakes Trump has made was starting a war with the media. While Trump and his followers have complained all along about the media, the reality is that the media went easy on him at the beginning. But Trump kept attacking the media until they got fed up and decided to stop pitching him softballs. Well, that was horribly unfair of them. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38281 "2019-10-29T20:40:31Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > We can be confident Trump will never put on a suicide vest - too germy. Plus, it would make him look fat and he hates that… ---
**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 29, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38282 "2019-10-29T20:45:20Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > Plus, it would make him look fat and he hates that… Fatt **ER**. Everything he wears makes him look fat because _reality_. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38283 "2019-10-29T22:35:39Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Fatt **ER**. Everything he wears makes him look fat because _reality_. He’s just fat ALL over. Except for his disgusting little baby hands 😃 ---
**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 29, 2019, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38284 "2019-10-29T22:53:21Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > He’s just fat ALL over. Except for his disgusting little baby hands 😃 And probably another diminutive zone. \ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1913) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1915)