# The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070>\
**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")\
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**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 31, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38325 "2019-10-31T14:55:47Z")

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> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#):
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> 10/30/19  
> Donnie Junior: “I wish my name was Hunter Biden. I could go abroad, make millions off of my father’s presidency. I would be a really rich guy.”  
> [Donald Trump Jr. Tells Hannity: 'I Wish My Name Was Hunter Biden' so 'I Could Make Millions Off My Father's Presidency'](https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jr-tells-hannity-i-wish-my-name-was-hunter-biden-so-i-could-make-millions-off-my-1468843)

> [@Slash1972](#):
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> No way he said that with a straight face.

It _DOES_ sound more like something Eric would say…

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**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 31, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38326 "2019-10-31T14:57:08Z")

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From **CalMeacham** ’s post above:

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> …Trump’s advisers worried it might confuse the president…

:smack:

Well, it didn’t work. He’s still very confused.

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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38327 "2019-10-31T14:58:03Z")

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> [@QuickSilver](#):
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> I’m starting to think the fucking idiot is on the spectrum.

Narcissism and psychopathy have spectrums too?

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**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:** [October 31, 2019, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38328 "2019-10-31T15:11:09Z")

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> [@Nava](#):
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> Narcissism and psychopathy have spectrums too?

I just happens that the Trump family is among the gamma rays.

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**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 31, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38329 "2019-10-31T15:16:06Z")

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I dunno; at least in a brainpower sense, they’ve always struck me more as as epsilons…

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**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 31, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38330 "2019-10-31T15:36:30Z")

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[Not many women would cry if their husbands got shot](https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/trump-told-gop-donors-that-melania-wouldnt-cry-for-him-if-he-got-shot-report/).

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**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38331 "2019-10-31T16:13:32Z")

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There he goes, projecting again.

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**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38332 "2019-10-31T16:15:33Z")

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> [@Darren\_Garrison](#):
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> [Not many women would cry if their husbands got shot](https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/trump-told-gop-donors-that-melania-wouldnt-cry-for-him-if-he-got-shot-report/).

Trump: “I mean not many wives would react that way to tragedy, I know mine wouldn’t.”

He’s surely right about the second half of that sentence.

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**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38333 "2019-10-31T18:17:48Z")

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> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#):
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> Trump: “I mean not many wives would react that way to tragedy, I know mine wouldn’t.”
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> He’s surely right about the second half of that sentence.

She’ll probably throw a party and invite everyone that’s ever hated the orange bastard.

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**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38334 "2019-10-31T18:41:04Z")

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> [@SteveG1](#):
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> She’ll probably throw a party and invite everyone that’s ever hated the orange bastard.

After she consulted her attorney regarding loopholes in the pre-nup and the will.

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**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:** [October 31, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38335 "2019-10-31T18:49:12Z")

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> [@SteveG1](#):
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> She’ll probably throw a party and invite everyone that’s ever hated the orange bastard.

I don’t know if she could find a venue big enough for that! 😛

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**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:** [October 31, 2019, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38336 "2019-10-31T18:58:53Z")

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> [@SteveG1](#):
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> She’ll probably throw a party and invite everyone that’s ever hated the orange bastard.

> [@Skypist](#):
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> I don’t know if she could find a venue big enough for that! 😛

Biggest crowd ever. Even bigger than Obama’s inauguration.

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**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 31, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38337 "2019-10-31T19:09:37Z")

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> [@Spoons](#):
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> There will be a parade in Washington DC, but Trump won’t attend. Not after the boos he received in Game 5 in Washington.
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> Trump will schedule a rally in a red state, on the same day as the Washington parade; then claim that he had better attendance at his rally than the Nationals got in Game 5.

The Nationals fans gathered in the baseball stadium to watch the game on the big screen and booed the Individual 1 campaign ad that Fox ran during the game.

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**Author:** ![tricoteuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tricoteuse/32/4334_2.png) [@tricoteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tricoteuse)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38338 "2019-10-31T19:31:19Z")

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> [@running\_coach](#):
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> Biggest crowd ever. Even bigger than Obama’s inauguration.

Even bigger than the orange asshole’s inauguration, which of course was waaaaaay bigger than Obama’s.

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**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 31, 2019, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38339 "2019-10-31T20:03:14Z")

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> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#):
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> Trump: “I mean not many wives would react that way to tragedy, I know mine wouldn’t.”
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> He’s surely right about the second half of that sentence.

Somebody needs to start working on _Trump_, a parody of _Evita_.

“Don’t cry for me, Melania…”

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**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 31, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38340 "2019-10-31T20:24:54Z")

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10/31/19  
Bush’s former ethics chief Richard Painter is accusing Individual 1 of bribing potential impeachment jurors (Senators) by handing out reelection money.

> **[Ex-Bush Lawyer: Trump Committing 'Bribery' by Giving Cash to GOP Senators](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-committing-felony-bribery-giving-fundraising-cash-gop-senators-ahead-impeachment-trial-1468946)**
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> "Any other American who offered cash to the jury before a trial would go to prison," Richard Painter said.

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**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 31, 2019, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38341 "2019-10-31T21:59:11Z")

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> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#):
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> Trump: “I mean not many wives would react that way to tragedy, I know mine wouldn’t.”
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> He’s surely right about the second half of that sentence.

Well, the second half of the sentence is a non sequitur. Him being shot wouldn’t BE a tragedy.

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**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 31, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38342 "2019-10-31T22:22:38Z")

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> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#):
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> 10/31/19  
> Bush’s former ethics chief Richard Painter is accusing Individual 1 of bribing potential impeachment jurors (Senators) by handing out reelection money.  
> [Trump Is Committing 'Felony Bribery' by Giving Fundraising Cash to GOP Senators Ahead of Impeachment Trial: Ex-Bush Ethics Lawyer](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-committing-felony-bribery-giving-fundraising-cash-gop-senators-ahead-impeachment-trial-1468946)

So basically now the floodgates are open and he’s going to be committing ALL the crimes, go for the record, that sort of thing ? “Nixon schmixon, I’ll show you a crook !”

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**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38343 "2019-10-31T23:14:03Z")

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> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#):
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> The Nationals fans gathered in the baseball stadium to watch the game on the big screen …

Is it sort of curious that they were unable to win a world series game in their own park? I wonder why that might be.

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**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38344 "2019-11-01T01:01:22Z")

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> [@eschereal](#):
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> Is it sort of curious that they were unable to win a world series game in their own park? I wonder why that might be.

Astros didn’t either. First time in the history of any major sport that a 7 game series went to the visiting team in every game.

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