# 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:** 1944
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38865 "2019-11-18T18:25:39Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > CNN said that normally when he goes to Walter Reed for a scheduled visit, there is a notice sent round to everyone there of a VIP visitor but that wasn’t done in this case. I’m not normally prone to conspiracy theories, but there is something weird here. He is [meeting with people](https://twitter.com/EamonJavers/status/1196460209432125440) in the residence today instead of the Oval Office. I don’t know if any of the grand interpretations of this event are remotely accurate, but the official explanation is fairly unlikely. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38866 "2019-11-18T18:27:50Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > Steve Mnuchin: “Trump has perfect genes” (2017) > > Jeanine Pirro: “He’s almost superhuman” (2019) Pirro is so out there that she might as well be Alex Jones in drag. ---
**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 18, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38867 "2019-11-18T18:28:37Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the country has a “behavioral problem” as he called on both sides of the political spectrum to defuse the anger now swirling around political debates.](https://news4sanantonio.com/news/connect-to-congress/mcconnell-lack-of-civility-is-countrys-biggest-problem) Remind me, that’s the guy [who said the proudest moment of his political career was looking Obama right in the eye and saying the Senate would not vote on any judicial nominee of his (_regardless of who that was_)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=kP1G45maN4A&feature=emb_logo) ? That guy ? In which case, sure, let’s hear his opinion on moderation, bipartisanship and de-escalation, he seems reasonable. I mean you don’t earn yourself the moniker of “grave digger of democracy” by being a bad guy. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38868 "2019-11-18T18:32:22Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Someone pointed out that he’s not wearing a tie in that clip (which suggests that it’s NOT how he always looks). No tie, hustling like he never hustles, and I’ve seen more than one doctor suggest that what he’s carrying looks like a portable IV covered by a file folder. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38869 "2019-11-18T18:41:21Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > As I said some months ago, I do not want him dead, I want him in jail. I want him in jail a long, long time. I want him to contemplate about how he could have remained what he was, a grifter squeezing a couple hundred grand here, maybe a million there, for the rest of his life but then he hit upon the idea of running for president as a vanity project\* and it all came crashing down when people who mattered (like attorneys general) started paying attention to what he was doing. > > Death is too good for him. > > \*Or an enhancement to the Trump brand, I can’t tell which. I’ve been thinking I want to get a bumper sticker made, that looks like a Trump/Pence 2020 campaign sticker, except the word “Pence” is replaced with “Prison”. Or maybe I can get a real Trump/Pence bumper sticker and just do it myself in Sharpie. ---
**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 18, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38870 "2019-11-18T18:47:40Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > He is [meeting with people](https://twitter.com/EamonJavers/status/1196460209432125440) in the residence today instead of the Oval Office. I don’t know if any of the grand interpretations of this event are remotely accurate, but the official explanation is fairly unlikely. I wonder if he’s in his jammies? Maybe he’s going to revive that custom that past monarchs had of conducting meetings from their beds. Or sometimes while on the potty. Well, he already does that. Sort of. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2019, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38871 "2019-11-18T19:16:28Z")
I solved all my bumper sticker problems for the upcoming election. Mine reads, “The Democrat 2020.” Done and dusted. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38872 "2019-11-18T19:38:30Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Do you know who else thought he was a superman with perfect genes? Charlie Sheen? ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38873 "2019-11-18T19:39:15Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I solved all my bumper sticker problems for the upcoming election. > > Mine reads, “The Democrat 2020.” > > Done and dusted. I saw a pretty good bumper sticker the other day: “Any Functioning Adult, 2020” ---
**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 18, 2019, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38874 "2019-11-18T20:14:42Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Charlie Sheen? Don’t be glib. His body produces tiger blood. Does that seem perfect to you, in a human ? He’s going to need some form blood filtration or replacement for the rest of his life. Shame on you for making light of a genetic medical condition. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38875 "2019-11-18T20:17:11Z")
> [@Defensive\_Indifference](#): > > I saw a pretty good bumper sticker the other day: “Any Functioning Adult, 2020” Mmmm, that’s more tricky. I mean, a bumper sticker like that could include purely evil functioning adults like Dick Cheney, Karl Rove and Condi Rice. Dare we leave it to such chance? ---
**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:** [November 18, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38876 "2019-11-18T20:53:34Z")
[Chief Justice Roberts has signed a stay](https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/18/supreme-court-temporarily-halts-court-order-requiring-accountants-to-turn-over-trumps-tax-returns-to-congress.html) that, for now, protects the Criminal-in-Chief’s 1040s. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38877 "2019-11-18T21:47:50Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I wonder if he’s in his jammies? Maybe he’s going to revive that custom that past monarchs had of conducting meetings from their beds. Or sometimes while on the potty. Well, he already does that. Sort of. The recurrence of bone-spurs is a horrible thing and not to be scoffed at. I wish Mr. Trump well in his desire to spend more time with his family in a non-extradition county. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2019, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38878 "2019-11-19T01:25:54Z")
Senior State Department [resigns after media maligns her](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/senior-trump-admin-official-mina-chang-resigns-after-nbc-news-n1085186) for trumping up her resumé. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38879 "2019-11-19T01:27:30Z")
From [Donald Trump's Mysterious Hospital Visit](https://www.theroot.com/are-we-pretending-donald-trump-wasn-t-secretly-rushed-t-1839925135) some possibilities: ``` Mitch McConnellitis: An infection caused by the Senate Majority Leader’s head being stuck up Trump’s ass. Copping Tunnel Syndrome: A common condition caused by repeatedly grabbing women by the … let’s just call it “copping a feel.” Lie-abetes: Most people don’t know that excessive bullshitting can damage the bullshituitary gland, which secretes the hormone that causes pathological lying. Gonorrhea: I mean, he does like to have unprotected sex with porn stars. Russian Influence-za: An STD caused by fellating a Russian dictator. There are only two known cures. An experimental drug called “Kremlinsulin” and a more traditional medical procedure called “impeaching the motherfucker.” A wypipodectomy: A non-invasive procedure that removes the “racist bone” Trump insists that he doesn’t have. ``` ---
**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 19, 2019, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38880 "2019-11-19T01:40:01Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > The recurrence of bone-spurs is a horrible thing and not to be scoffed at. I wish Mr. Trump well in his desire to spend more time with his family in a non-extradition county. Something I read somewhere on the Internet today in reference to the emergency hospital visit: “I hope he lives a long life and dies peacefully in prison, surrounded by his family.” ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38881 "2019-11-19T01:51:44Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the country has a “behavioral problem” as he called on both sides of the political spectrum to defuse the anger now swirling around political debates.](https://news4sanantonio.com/news/connect-to-congress/mcconnell-lack-of-civility-is-countrys-biggest-problem) > > Let’s start with getting Trump and his family of trolls off social media! Fuck McConnell. He can drop dead too. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38882 "2019-11-19T01:52:44Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Senior State Department [resigns after media maligns her](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/senior-trump-admin-official-mina-chang-resigns-after-nbc-news-n1085186) for trumping up her resumé. bye, Felicia! ---
**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 19, 2019, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38883 "2019-11-19T14:10:02Z")
Definitely gonna need a bigger bus. With big fat tires (lotsa room under, dontcha know). **[Trump’s impeachment ire turns on Pompeo](https://a.msn.com/r/2/BBWVTD5?m=en-us&referrerID=InAppShare)** > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON — The impeachment inquiry has created the first rift between President Donald Trump and the Cabinet member who has been his closest ally, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, according to four current and former senior administration officials. > > Trump has fumed for weeks that Pompeo is responsible for hiring State Department officials whose congressional testimony threatens to bring down his presidency, the officials said. The president confronted Pompeo about the officials — and what he believed was a lackluster effort by the secretary of state to block their testimony — during lunch at the White House on Oct. 29, those familiar with the matter said. > … > > A crack in the seemingly unbreakable bond between Trump and Pompeo is striking because Pompeo, a former Kansas congressman, is viewed as the “Trump whisperer” who has survived — and thrived — working for a president who has routinely tired of and discarded senior members of his team. > > But the impeachment inquiry has put Pompeo in what one senior administration official described as an untenable position: trying to manage a bureaucracy of 75,000 people that has soured on his leadership and also please a boss with outsized expectations of loyalty. > … Ya really fucked up, Mike! You hired good, honorable, professional people who won’t go along with the shitshow that is this administration. :smack: Dang! You should have hired losers and toadies, bereft of principles, willing to have their mouths tapes shut, and ideally, dumb as a box of hair. What were you thinking?? ---
**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:** [November 19, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/38884 "2019-11-19T14:22:05Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I’ve been thinking I want to get a bumper sticker made, that looks like a Trump/Pence 2020 campaign sticker, except the word “Pence” is replaced with “Prison”. > > Or maybe I can get a real Trump/Pence bumper sticker and just do it myself in Sharpie. I’m so doing that when I can get a hold of a Trump sticker. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1943) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1945)