# 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:** 1997
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39925 "2020-01-13T12:53:20Z")
[White House lies about first snow of the year.](https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1216539112154521601) It was 54 degrees in DC on Sunday, yet the White House twitter feed features the first snow of the year. They’re just lying for sport now. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39926 "2020-01-13T14:17:13Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > [White House lies about first snow of the year.](https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1216539112154521601) It was 54 degrees in DC on Sunday, yet the White House twitter feed features the first snow of the year. They’re just lying for sport now. This seems pretty mild - someone could have taken the picture a few days earlier (DC apparently had snow on January 7th) and stuck it on the twitter feed yesterday. I’m not seeing anything on the original tweet that claims or evens implies the picture was taken that day - just that it’s the first snowfall over the White House in 2020. It seems more clumsy than deceptive; a simple header saying “A picture of the first snow of the year, taken earlier this week” would have sufficed. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39927 "2020-01-13T14:24:44Z")
The twitter replies include a claim that it’s a coded Qanon message and another that it’s a dig at climate change science. I’m not sure how that latter idea actually works but I haven’t understood conservative nonsense for decades. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39928 "2020-01-13T14:27:32Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > The twitter replies include a claim that it’s a coded Qanon message and another that it’s a dig at climate change science. I’m not sure how that latter idea actually works but I haven’t understood conservative nonsense for decades. After Senator Inhofe’s “I have a snowball, therefore global warming isn’t happening” stunt, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if this was intended to be about that. But sometimes a picture of snow is just a picture of snow. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39929 "2020-01-13T14:47:22Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [Trump is tearing down the wall between church and state:](https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/white-house-says-trump-will-issue-new-rules-to-expand-constitutional-prayer-in-public-schools/) > See, if you just put the word “constitutional” in front of it, there’s nothing anybody can do about it. I’ve been praying for the Constitution for some time, now. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39930 "2020-01-13T15:40:52Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Well, I would not be so sure. Doing just the right thing might earn him a posthumous award. He should consider that as a career move. In the interest of fighting ignorance: the Nobel committee does not award prizes posthumously. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39931 "2020-01-13T15:50:35Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > In the interest of fighting ignorance: the Nobel committee does not award prizes posthumously. Perhaps they could make a short term one time exception… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39932 "2020-01-13T16:09:38Z")
You mean, like a promise? Say, if a certain person were to croak, they would rush to award the Peace Prize as a reward? ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39933 "2020-01-13T16:16:56Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > You mean, like a promise? Say, if a certain person were to croak, they would rush to award the Peace Prize as a reward? Precisely. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39934 "2020-01-13T16:53:45Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > The twitter replies include a claim that it’s a coded Qanon message To be fair, anything and everything is a coded Qanon message, to the dedicated Qanon loon. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39935 "2020-01-13T17:17:52Z")
> [@MacCat](#): > > Perhaps they could make a short term one time exception… Meh, It’s easier to just award the prize to [Chris Kempczinski](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-e&q=CEO+of+mcdonalds). ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39936 "2020-01-13T17:48:29Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > To be fair, anything and everything is a coded Qanon message, to the dedicated Qanon loon. Wait. _Hillary_ killed Solemani? ---
**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:** [January 13, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39937 "2020-01-13T17:51:52Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Wait. _Hillary_ killed Solemani? Now you’re catching on! ---
**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:** [January 13, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39938 "2020-01-13T18:22:12Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Wait. _Hillary_ killed Solemani? Well yes. Because of Epstein’s connection with the uranium. Dude, that’s just obvious. Wait till you make the connection with the covert Teletubbies reference in the second episode of The Witcher. That’s a definite countdown sign for The Event. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39939 "2020-01-13T18:56:51Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Well yes. Because of Epstein’s connection with the uranium. Dude, that’s just obvious. Wait till you make the connection with the covert Teletubbies reference in the second episode of The Witcher. That’s a definite countdown sign for The Event. Hey, you left out the Bidens. And Obama. Go back to the drawing board and rework this, please. You can do better. :dubious: ---
**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:** [January 13, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39940 "2020-01-13T19:11:09Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Hey, you left out the Bidens. And Obama. Go back to the drawing board and rework this, please. You can do better. :dubious: Also all the Baldwin brothers. Except Stephen. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39941 "2020-01-13T23:32:32Z")
[Of course](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-investigations/u-s-presidential-campaign-probes-to-require-top-officials-approval-barr-idUSKBN1ZC2EZ). (Reuters) > [@](#): > > U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Monday that he would raise the threshold needed to open counterintelligence investigations of presidential campaigns, a move that follows complaints by President Donald Trump about government surveillance of his 2016 election campaign. > > Any future investigations will need the signatures of both the U.S. Attorney General and the head of the FBI, Barr said at a news conference. He said he had reached the decision with FBI Director Christopher Wray. We can’t get rid of Barr fast enough. What a piece of garbage. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39942 "2020-01-13T23:58:26Z")
> [@](#): > > Any future investigations will need the signatures of both the U.S. Attorney General and the head of the FBI, Barr said at a news conference. Also the Republican president/Republican candidate. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39943 "2020-01-14T01:14:31Z")
At the college football championship game just now, Trump (accompanied by his lovely wife Melania), in a weird spectacle, marched on to the field with an honor guard for the national anthem. I fully expected him to sing. And yes, he got a big cheer. My respect for New Orleans just fell several notches. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/39944 "2020-01-14T01:25:38Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > At the college football championship game just now, Trump (accompanied by his lovely wife Melania), in a weird spectacle, marched on to the field with an honor guard for the national anthem. I fully expected him to sing. > > And yes, he got a big cheer. My respect for New Orleans just fell several notches. Unfortunately, I saw too much if that before I mercifully turned the channel. I was thinking - too bad I wasn’t in charge of the pre game. I’d be, “Mr President, you should sing the anthem! People come to me, and they say, sir, you need the President to sing! No one would sing the anthem like he can.” Maybe it would work. Most interesting anthem performance since Enrico Pallazzo. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1996) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=1998)