# 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:** 1982
**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:** [December 26, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39625 "2019-12-26T19:02:25Z")
Rudy Giuliani’s Twitter account calls himself a “government official” and claims that he is the former Attorney General of the United States. > **[Rudy Giuliani Says He Is a 'Government Official' on Facebook; He's Not](https://www.newsweek.com/rudy-giuliani-calls-himself-government-official-facebook-page-internet-reminds-him-hes-not-1479132)** > > Though Giuliani is an ex-government official thanks to his time served as New York City's mayor, he is currently listed as one on his Facebook profile. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39626 "2019-12-26T19:29:47Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Rudy Giuliani’s Twitter account calls himself a “government official” and claims that he is the former Attorney General of the United States. > [Rudy Giuliani Calls Himself 'Government Official' On Facebook Page, Internet Reminds Him He's Not](https://www.newsweek.com/rudy-giuliani-calls-himself-government-official-facebook-page-internet-reminds-him-hes-not-1479132) Doesn’t he have anybody in his life who cares enough about him to have him institutionalized for observation and treatment? ---
**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:** [December 26, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39627 "2019-12-26T21:54:48Z")
The Jerusalem Post is reporting that US and Russian forces got into a fistfight in Syria when they ran into each other during patrols. > **[US, Russian troops brawl in northeast Syria - report](https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/US-Russian-troops-brawl-in-northeast-Syria-report-612168)** > > Russian forces were present in the area at the same time as US troops and when the two parties met it devolved into a fist fight, "due to their presence in the same area," according to SOHR. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39628 "2019-12-26T22:02:27Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > [Giuliani says he’s more of a Jew than Soros.](https://www.businessinsider.com/rudy-giuliani-says-more-of-a-jew-george-soros-report-2019-12) > > Who keeps leaving his ward unlocked? In his defense, I read the entire interview and he was probably really drunk. Here’s the link to the NY Magazine article. If you have the freebies left or can defeat the paywall, it’s worth it. > **[A Conversation With Rudy Giuliani Over Bloody Marys at the Mark Hotel](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/12/a-conversation-with-rudy-giuliani-over-bloody-marys.html)** > > “If they’re investigating me, they’re a\*\*holes,” he said. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39629 "2019-12-26T22:07:31Z")
No fool like a senile drunk old fool. ---
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39630 "2019-12-26T23:03:59Z")
But…Guiliani’s not even licensed to practice law in DC. Although watching him try and defend Trump against, say, Kamala Harris would make me consider fund drives and donating blood just so he could _try._ [Maybe he’s renewed it since then, but that seems too sensible for a guy who acts like Rudy.](http://https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2018/06/28/plenty-of-horne-giuliani-cant-practice-law-in-d-c/) [He’s now behaving the same way as men he once jailed.](https://abovethelaw.com/2019/10/rudy-giuliani-is-not-practicing-law-and-billing-him-as-trumps-attorney-degrades-the-value-of-a-law-license/) Was this there the whole time while he prosecuted the sort of men he now orders to commit crimes? On behalf of…_Donald Trump?!_ Trump is the man over whom these people fawn and gush? Do they really think they’re to get their Yeehawd going in America? They certainly want a theocracy, all right. It’s extraordinary. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39631 "2019-12-26T23:20:16Z")
> [@margin](#): > > Was this there the whole time while he prosecuted the sort of men he now orders to commit crimes? On behalf of…_Donald Trump?!_ Drinking problems usually progress and become increasingly more pronounced over time. > [@margin](#): > > Trump is the man over whom these people fawn and gush? That’s because Trump is a cheap attention whore. They give him cheap attention and he makes them “relevant.” ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39632 "2019-12-26T23:59:32Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > No fool like a senile drunk old fool. And this one seems to think he was formerly the Attorney General of the United States (at least, per his [Facebook profile](https://www.salon.com/2019/12/26/rudy-giuliani-falsely-claims-on-facebook-that-he-is-a-former-us-attorney-general/)). ---
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39633 "2019-12-27T00:12:36Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > Drinking problems usually progress and become increasingly more pronounced over time.That’s because Trump is a cheap attention whore. They give him cheap attention and he makes them “relevant.” God help us if he starts emulating Putin’s shirtless horseback riding and karate “competitions.” Trump is like a grab bag of dictator tendencies. It’s not like the gold toilet and the outlandish lies weren’t a warning. What a teensy, tiny, weeny, whiny, whimpering, spiteful, meagre excuse for a man he is. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2019, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39634 "2019-12-27T00:59:57Z")
> [@margin](#): > > …What a teensy, tiny, weeny, whiny, whimpering, spiteful, meagre excuse for a man he is. Hmmm… this can be sung to the tune of “su·per·ca·li·fra·gil·is·tic·ex·pi·a·li·do·cious.” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39635 "2019-12-27T06:13:38Z")
I was thinking “Itsy Bitsy,Teeny Weeny, Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” sung by Rachel Maddow. Coming up next, right after this… ---
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39636 "2019-12-27T06:20:47Z")
I like both suggestions! ---
**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:** [December 27, 2019, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39637 "2019-12-27T06:34:06Z")
Canadian Television showed Home Alone 2 over the holiday, and the Individual 1 cameo was cut out. The cut took place in 2014, it’s not new, but Individual 1 and his family and his wacky followers are trying to claim that it’s Trump Derangement Syndrome. > > **[No, Justin Trudeau didn't get Trump edited out of 'Home Alone 2' | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/26/politics/home-alone-trump-justin-trudeau/index.html)** > > President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday night about a matter that had been percolating in pro-Trump media circles all day: the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. editing him out of "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York." ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39638 "2019-12-27T06:49:18Z")
The scene, for those who haven’t seen the movie, is also absolutely pointless, and existed only so that Trump would let the movie film in one of his hotels. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2019, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39639 "2019-12-27T06:56:59Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Canadian Television showed Home Alone 2 over the holiday, and the Individual 1 cameo was cut out. The cut took place in 2014, it’s not new, but Individual 1 and his family and his wacky followers are trying to claim that it’s Trump Derangement Syndrome. > [https://twitter.com/ashleyfeinberg/status/1210445564766302208](https://twitter.com/ashleyfeinberg/status/1210445564766302208) > [https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/26/politics/home-alone-trump-justin-trudeau/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/26/politics/home-alone-trump-justin-trudeau/index.html) TDS = Trump’s Delayment Syndrome. ---
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39640 "2019-12-27T07:27:15Z")
That orange fuck outed the whistleblower on twitter. He doesn’t have the guts to shoot somebody on Fifth Avenue. He’s going to whine about witch hints and why won’t anybody rid him of that troublesome priest. And fuck Bernie Sanders and all those selfish assholes, too. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39641 "2019-12-27T11:20:39Z")
> [@margin](#): > > And fuck Bernie Sanders and all those selfish assholes, too. What? ---
**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:** [December 27, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39642 "2019-12-27T13:32:21Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > The scene, for those who haven’t seen the movie, is also absolutely pointless, and existed only so that Trump would let the movie film in one of his hotels. So basically, promises were made then one of the parties – well, the exhibitor actually – “reneged” leaving Trump in the lurch. I love it. > [@CNN](#): > > The CBC is a Crown corporation – owned by the Canadian government but making its decisions on what to air independently from the party in power. (Underline mine) That probably chaps his hide as well. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39643 "2019-12-27T15:07:20Z")
Embarrassed to be a Texan today. [ **Texas could slam door on new refugees** _White House ‘opt-in’ policy for states puts final decision in the hands of Gov. Abbott_](http://digital.olivesoftware.com/olive/ODN/SanAntonioExpressNews/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=SAEN%2F2019%2F12%2F27&entity=Ar00107&sk=8710718F&mode=text) > [@](#): > > For years, more refugees have settled in Texas than in any other state. > > That now might end. > > \*\*Under a new requirement put in place by President Donald Trump, state and local governments must consent in writing before refugees can arrive starting in 2020. > \*\* > At least 34 governors have given their approval. Mayors and county leaders in all of Texas’ biggest cities — including San Antonio, Houston, Dallas and Austin — sent letters opting in. > > But [Texas] Gov. Greg Abbott, who has led efforts to block Syrian refugees and who withdrew from the federal resettlement program in a largely symbolic move in 2016, has not. > > If he doesn’t agree, no refugees could be resettled in the state with government-funded services and support, despite what local authorities may want. > > John Wittman, Abbott’s spokesman, didn’t respond to requests for comment. > > “Our understanding is that he’s still weighing his options,” said Jen Smyers, director of policy for Church World Service, one of nine national resettlement agencies in the country. “Given its size and the welcome that refugees receive in Texas, and the faith community’s support, and businesses who rely on refugees for workers in agriculture, manufacturing and meatpacking, it certainly would have a sizable impact if Texas were not to continue to resettle refugees.” > > The Trump administration has reduced the number of refugees allowed into the country to a record low of 18,000 for 2020 —down from 30,000 in 2019 and an average of 102,000 annually during the program’s peak in the 1980s. > > The cuts have forced refugee agencies to close more than 51 resettlement programs and suspend services in 23 states, the Refugee USA Council reports. > > The State Department has told the nation’s nine resettlement organizations that it won’t renew contracts in 2020 with all of them, Smyers said. > > But Smyers said the administration may have miscalculated when the president issued an executive order adding the opt-in requirement in September, thinking the White House could count on cities and counties, particularly in conservative areas of the country, to reject refugee resettlement. > > **“They were likely expecting more officials to say no, but we haven’t seen that yet,” Smyers said. “They have this idea that local people are against refugees or that Republicans are against refugees, but that’s just not the case.”** > … > > In his executive order, Trump said the government “should resettle refugees only in those jurisdictions in which both the state and local governments have consented to receive refugees under the Department of State’s Reception and Placement Program.” > > The new process has been chaotic. At first, the State Department told resettlement agencies it would contact mayors and governors to obtain consent. > > Then, last month, the department told the groups they would have to request letters from each state and municipality where they planned to place refugees. > > Now, agencies are scrambling to obtain opt-in letters and submit them before a Jan. 21 funding deadline. > > While many states and counties have yet to respond, **no jurisdiction has definitively said it will not resettle refugees** — although the absence of written consent amounts to the same thing. > … My bold. Would that the rule had been effect when [Friedrich Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_family) came calling (illegally and likely to escape military service, BTW). So, the grandson of an illegal immigrant is surprised that the country isn’t rallying behind his call to keep out the refugees?? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39644 "2019-12-27T15:32:19Z")
> [@margin](#): > > That orange fuck outed the whistleblower on twitter. He doesn’t have the guts to shoot somebody on Fifth Avenue. He’s going to whine about witch hints and why won’t anybody rid him of that troublesome priest. Gotta link? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1981) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1983)