# 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:** 2013
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40245 "2020-01-28T15:54:56Z")
Reading “removed from his plane,” I pictured much worse. ---
**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 28, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40246 "2020-01-28T18:43:12Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Pompeo had an NPR reporter removed from his plane because of his feud with NPR. > [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/pompeo-boots-npr-reporter-trip-after-ukraine-dustup-n1124326](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/pompeo-boots-npr-reporter-trip-after-ukraine-dustup-n1124326)? Ladies and gentlemen, let’s have a round of applause for America’s top diplomat! ---
**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:** [January 28, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40247 "2020-01-28T20:29:59Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Ladies and gentlemen, let’s have a round of applause for America’s top diplomat! [Bravo!](https://giphy.com/gifs/nancy-pelosi-clapping-8PBfNDoySmsRc49P4F) ---
**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:** [January 28, 2020, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40248 "2020-01-28T22:32:52Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Ladies and gentlemen, let’s have a round of applause for America’s top diplomat! I shall applaud without my hands ever coming in contact with each other — let me see, whose ears should I use … ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40249 "2020-01-29T02:19:12Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Most evangelicals would not _publicly_ concede that homosexuality is genetically-based, I could grant you, but given the chance to quietly get a test done just to make God show His work, I think the potential customer pool is there. You could be right. People who profess to believe anti-science stuff sometimes, in secret, actually do believe the science. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40250 "2020-01-29T02:22:16Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Pompeo had an NPR reporter removed from his plane because of his feud with NPR. > [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/pompeo-boots-npr-reporter-trip-after-ukraine-dustup-n1124326](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/pompeo-boots-npr-reporter-trip-after-ukraine-dustup-n1124326)? > [@wguy123](#): > > What a fucking baby! I’ve seen 3rd graders with thicker skins. “She’s asking me a tough question. I know someone on my staff agreed to that question, but boo fucking hoo”. :mad: > [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Reading “removed from his plane,” I pictured much worse. Pompeo is saving _that_ for 2024, when he’s actually running for President. ---
**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 29, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40251 "2020-01-29T15:34:30Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > You could be right. People who profess to believe anti-science stuff sometimes, in secret, actually do believe the science. They “believe” science if it suits them. Electrons are as much a theory as evolution but I haven’t heard of anyone\* refusing to use them on that account. \*Except maybe the Amish. ---
**Author:** ![pmh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@pmh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pmh)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40252 "2020-01-29T20:19:51Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > They “believe” science if it suits them. Electrons are as much a theory as evolution but I haven’t heard of anyone\* refusing to use them on that account. > > \*Except maybe the Amish. Well, there’s always Kenn Amdahl: > **[There Are No Electrons: Electronics for Earthlings: Amdahl, Kenn: 9780962781599:...](https://www.amazon.com/There-Are-Electrons-Electronics-Earthlings/dp/0962781592)** > > Buy There Are No Electrons: Electronics for Earthlings on Amazon.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders Granted, this doesn’t disprove your point in any way… ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40253 "2020-01-29T22:17:57Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > I would LOVE to see someone with a backbone just tell them to their face on **LIVE** national TV, “shut the fuck up and stop lying”. > [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Whichever Democrat ends up facing Trump in the debates (assuming he doesn’t chicken out) should do exactly that. If someone did that, I would bet my house on them winning the election. ETA: IF they followed with examples and wound up with “okay maybe some of them weren’t lies; maybe you just said whatever came into that big fat stupid head of yours; we all know you do that”, I would borrow money to bet on them AND I would seek a position in their electoral effort. ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40254 "2020-01-29T23:17:25Z")
> [@pmh](#): > > Well, there’s always Kenn Amdahl: > [https://www.amazon.com/There-Are-Electrons-Electronics-Earthlings/dp/0962781592](https://www.amazon.com/There-Are-Electrons-Electronics-Earthlings/dp/0962781592) > Granted, this doesn’t disprove your point in any way… I have never before clicked “look inside” with such speed and fear at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40255 "2020-01-30T02:41:56Z")
Apparently Mother Nature is a Never-Trumper Deep-State operative: > [@](#): > > Newly installed panels from the US border wall fell over in high winds Wednesday, landing on trees on the Mexican side of the border… > > The National Weather Service reports that winds in the area gusted as high as 37 mph Wednesday. Video from CNN affiliate KYMA shows the metal panels leaning against trees adjacent to a Mexicali, Mexico, street as the wind whips up dirt from the construction site on the other side of the border… One wonders [how such a thing could have happened](https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/he-always-brings-them-up-trump-tries-to-steer-border-wall-deal-to-north-dakota-firm/2019/05/23/92d3858c-7b30-11e9-8bb7-0fc796cf2ec0_story.html): > [@](#): > > President Trump has personally and repeatedly urged the head of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to award a border wall contract to a North Dakota construction firm whose top executive is a GOP donor and frequent guest on Fox News, according to four administration officials… Oh. Never mind… ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40256 "2020-01-30T05:26:51Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Apparently Mother Nature is a Never-Trumper Deep-State operative: > > One wonders [how such a thing could have happened](https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/he-always-brings-them-up-trump-tries-to-steer-border-wall-deal-to-north-dakota-firm/2019/05/23/92d3858c-7b30-11e9-8bb7-0fc796cf2ec0_story.html): > > Oh. Never mind… It fell onto the Mexican side. That swatting feature just needs a little calibrating. ---
**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 30, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40257 "2020-01-30T19:44:09Z")
[Rape victim seeks Twitler’s DNA.](https://apnews.com/0475983f6c1e40628d2a3058e270a747) > [@](#): > > NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for a woman who accuses President Donald Trump of raping her in the 1990s are asking for a DNA sample, seeking to determine whether his genetic material is on a dress she says she wore during the encounter. > > Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll’s lawyers served notice to a Trump attorney Thursday for Trump to submit a sample on March 2 in Washington for “analysis and comparison against unidentified male DNA present on the dress.” What are the odds of Don the Con complying with this request? I’d say roughly the same odds that he runs a four minute mile. ---
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40258 "2020-01-30T20:26:49Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > [Rape victim seeks Twitler’s DNA.](https://apnews.com/0475983f6c1e40628d2a3058e270a747) > > What are the odds of Don the Con complying with this request? I’d say roughly the same odds that he runs a four minute mile. The Republicans are basically arguing that Trump should be allowed to murder whoever he wants to in public because he _feels_ it’s in the best interest of the country. And, hey, the Attorney General says this is okay! Oh, who’s the AG? We are one vote away from seeing the end of America as a democracy. These assholes want Trump to be Putin. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40259 "2020-01-31T04:23:21Z")
Individual 1: “The Democrats are coming for your cows. You know what that means, right? You’re next.” [https://theguardiansofdemocracy.com/dems-want-to-kill-our-cows-that-means-youre-next-trump-warns-voters-at-iowa-rally/](https://theguardiansofdemocracy.com/dems-want-to-kill-our-cows-that-means-youre-next-trump-warns-voters-at-iowa-rally/) “They don’t care about the farmer,” Trump said about the Democrats. He then warned the crowd: “If we don’t win your farms are going to hell.” US farmers are filing for bankruptcy at the highest rate since 2011 > **[US farmers are filing for bankruptcy at the highest rate since 2011](https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/farmers-filing-for-bankruptcy-highest-rate-since-2011-trade-war-2020-1-1028861420)** > > Farm bankruptcies rose by nearly 20% last year, according to court filings reviewed by the American Farm Bureau. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2020, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40260 "2020-01-31T10:18:54Z")
U thought it was djt’s asinine and unnecessary trade war, not the democrats, that ran those farmers broke. ---
**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 31, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40261 "2020-01-31T15:13:15Z")
Trump is missing a golden opportunity. Farmers are going bankrupt. Trump can buy their farms for pennies on the dollar and set up a farming empire. The farmers get their debt wiped out. Trump has a new business. Trump could hire the farmers to work on his farms. TRUMP FARMS: FEEDING AMERICA! ---
**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 31, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40262 "2020-01-31T15:29:48Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > TRUMP FARMS: FEEDING AMERICA! Strong Powerful Farms! ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40263 "2020-01-31T15:30:30Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > U thought it was djt’s asinine and unnecessary trade war, not the democrats, that ran those farmers broke. Well, that isn’t what he wants them ta think! ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40264 "2020-01-31T15:40:58Z")
> [@MacCat](#): > > Strong Powerful Farms! Hey, this tastes like [rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22111283&postcount=12)! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2012) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2014)