# 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:** 1934
**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:** [November 10, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38665 "2019-11-10T19:37:13Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > He won’t be IN the parade. He totally should though. Somewhere among the VA guys. He was cripplingly wounded before combat, you know ? If anything he should seize the opportunity to award himself a purple heart. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38666 "2019-11-10T20:24:47Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A group of black people stood up with the letters IMPEACH written on their shirts. I don’t know if they were kicked out or not. Trump: They were sitting wrong! They meant to say ([insert your preferred anagram from here](https://new.wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram.cgi?anagram=+IMPEACH&language=english&t=500&d=&include=&exclude=&n=&m=&a=n&l=n&q=n&k=1&source=adv))! ---
**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:** [November 10, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38667 "2019-11-10T21:04:22Z")
Epic Ham. That’s Tan the Conman. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38668 "2019-11-10T21:28:21Z")
No. That’s **BRIAN BLESSED!**. And I won’t let you besmirch him so. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38669 "2019-11-10T22:21:17Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > He totally should though. Nah. His bone spurs are acting up. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38670 "2019-11-10T23:07:34Z")
Thanks to Jon Stewart, Karl Rove will _always_ be the Epic Ham. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38671 "2019-11-10T23:11:25Z")
It’s hard to believe the short-fingered vulgarian will ever make a public appearance in New York again. Booing is the least of what he’d get. With all the overstocked grocery stores, we have mountains of spoiled produce to throw. Plenty of dogshit, also too. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38672 "2019-11-10T23:25:47Z")
Maybe he’ll stay on Staten Island? Or am I being too hopeful? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38673 "2019-11-10T23:31:05Z")
He formally changed his permanent residence to Mar A Lago, in Florida. So of course he’s not going to spend much time in New York in the future. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38674 "2019-11-11T00:18:08Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > He formally changed his permanent residence to Mar A Lago, in Florida. So of course he’s not going to spend much time in New York in the future. Hmmm… I wonder if Melania’s official residence is still the apt in NYC? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38675 "2019-11-11T00:27:26Z")
Np, both of them changed residency. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38676 "2019-11-11T02:11:23Z")
He’s going to flee to Russia when the shit hits the fan. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38677 "2019-11-11T02:29:07Z")
> [@Trancephalic](#): > > He’s going to flee to Russia when the shit hits the fan. He can be boarded next to another American “traitor”, Edward Snowden. I bet they have some good stories to tell each other… ---
**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:** [November 11, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38678 "2019-11-11T13:25:50Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > It’s hard to believe the short-fingered vulgarian will ever make a public appearance in New York again. Booing is the least of what he’d get. With all the overstocked grocery stores, we have mountains of spoiled produce to throw. Plenty of dogshit, also too. He’s going to be there today (Nov 11 2019), Veteran’s Day. He’ll be attending the NYC 100th anniversary Veteran’s Day parade. In the process he’ll be breaking tradition, not attending the ceremonies at Arlington (Pence will be there). ---
**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:** [November 11, 2019, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38679 "2019-11-11T13:27:32Z")
From _Rolling Stone_: > [@](#): > > \*\* Is Holding Fake Lunch Contests Trump’s Pettiest Scam? > > The Trump campaign has held several contests to dine with the president. No one appears to have done so\*\* > > President Trump is a con man. He conned people into giving to his now-defunct foundation only to use the donations for personal expenses. He conned people into spending more money than they could afford on the now-dissolved Trump University. He conned lenders into subsidizing his floundering real estate projects. The list goes on, and, as is made clear on a near-daily basis, it’s not limited to Trump’s life as a private citizen. > > The pettiest grift of Trump’s presidency may be a scheme that was recently uncovered by Popular Information’s Judd Legum. As Legum notes, the Trump campaign has held at least 15 online contests in which the winner was promised a meal with Trump. Many of them also promised travel accommodations. All supporters had to do to enter the contests, which were promoted heavily on social media, was donate to the campaign. “I just saw the most recent list of Patriots who have contributed to win a trip to meet me in Chicago on October 28th, and I noticed you STILL haven’t entered,” read one email regarding a contest for a supporter and a guest to have lunch with Trump in Chicago. > > This may sound great for Trump supporters, but there’s one problem: despite the untold sums of money raised off the contests, no one appears to have actually sat down for a meal with the president. > **[Is Holding Fake Lunch Contests Trump's Pettiest Scam?](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-campaign-scam-contests-meal-with-president-909188/)** > > The Trump campaign has held over a dozen online contests to dine with the president. No one seems to have done so. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38680 "2019-11-11T13:49:45Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > From _Rolling Stone_: > > [Is This Trump's Pettiest Scam? Campaign Appears to Run Fake Contests](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-campaign-scam-contests-meal-with-president-909188/) …and in typical Trumpian fashion tomorrow we will get a photograph of Trump dining with a “contest winner” followed by a tweet storm accusing the media of “Fake News.” (And as a side-note: Judd Legum has been doing absolutely fantastic journalism over the last couple of years, and is one of the few that have attempted to hold Facebook to account. His Twitter account is here: [here](https://twitter.com/JuddLegum).) ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38681 "2019-11-11T14:55:39Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Alabama subsequently lost the game, their first home loss in, IORC, 4 years. Everything Trump touches dies. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38682 "2019-11-11T14:57:07Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Yes. He was cheered by 80,000 uneducated white men while watching a bunch of black guys play college sports. Even better from our No. 50 state in most modern metrics – a bunch of _unpaid_ black guys. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38683 "2019-11-11T15:09:52Z")
There are 197 Republicans in the House. Last night, Representative Peter King (R-NY) announced he is retiring, making him the 20th House Republican to announce their retirement in the past year, pushing the share of Republicans tired of the shitshow/convinced they’re going to lose their seats, to 10% of their House representation. > **[Longtime GOP Rep. Peter King announces retirement | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/11/politics/peter-king-retiring-congress/index.html)** > > Longtime GOP Rep. Peter King announced on Monday he will not seek another term in office, becoming the latest in a growing list of Republicans who are not seeking reelection in 2020. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38684 "2019-11-11T15:25:07Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > From _Rolling Stone_: > > [Is This Trump's Pettiest Scam? Campaign Appears to Run Fake Contests](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-campaign-scam-contests-meal-with-president-909188/) Isn’t that kind of crap prohibited under gambling laws? I mean, it looks like there wasn’t a “no [del]purchase[/del] donation required” clause. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1933) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1935)