# 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:** 2019
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40365 "2020-02-06T18:02:23Z")
> [@Fretful\_Porpentine](#): > > How would mandating architectural styles for all future federal buildings by executive order even _work?_ What’s to stop the next president from issuing a contrary executive order requiring all federal buildings to be in Art Nouveau style and painted pink? Don’t government buildings normally take more than one presidential term to go from original design to completed project? I’m sure a sane President following Trump would restore the old guidelines that had no preferred architectural style. However, it’s par for the Trumpian course for him and his sycophantic supporters to act like he’s going to be President indefinitely. :eek: All his authoritarian heroes – especially Putin – are going to be in charge indefinitely. :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [February 6, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40366 "2020-02-06T18:09:51Z")
Now he’s attacking Steve Scalise’s wife again. Trumpism is a mental disease. ---
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40367 "2020-02-06T18:36:11Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > You all got to turn on the TV and watch Trump give his victory lap/spike the football talk. It’s classic Trump in extemporaneous mode. In other words, it’s horrifying. He’s doing nothing but venting and airing all the grievances of the past 3 years. How DARE those evil liberals criticize him by quoting him verbatim and citing actual reality, instead of good American patriotic alternative facts! ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40368 "2020-02-06T19:08:52Z")
I think construction in the Trump Administration should follow the lead of the Dali Museum [https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-hms-tmobile-us&sxsrf=ACYBGNTJw9KRX6fEK1x\_xXoT09tIHSIC7g%3A1581015958962&ei=lmM8XuOrOtTQtQbcj66YAg&q=dali+museum+golden+turds&oq=dali+museum+golden+turds&gs\_l=mobile-gws-wiz-serp.3...26614.32102..32840...0.1..0.159.1968.1j14....2..0....1.........0i71j35i305i39j0i7i30j35i39j0i273j0i67j0j0i22i30j33i160j33i299j33i22i29i30.KsuEQayz07Q#imgrc=CHreC0QXii0ZSM:](https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-hms-tmobile-us&sxsrf=ACYBGNTJw9KRX6fEK1x_xXoT09tIHSIC7g%3A1581015958962&ei=lmM8XuOrOtTQtQbcj66YAg&q=dali+museum+golden+turds&oq=dali+museum+golden+turds&gs_l=mobile-gws-wiz-serp.3...26614.32102..32840...0.1..0.159.1968.1j14....2..0....1.........0i71j35i305i39j0i7i30j35i39j0i273j0i67j0j0i22i30j33i160j33i299j33i22i29i30.KsuEQayz07Q#imgrc=CHreC0QXii0ZSM:) Yes, those are golden turds. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40369 "2020-02-06T19:51:50Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Trumpism is a mental disease. The _real_ “TDS”. ---
**Author:** ![Meme\_Chose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Meme\_Chose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meme_Chose)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40370 "2020-02-06T22:11:35Z")
“Well, Nancy Pelosi was sitting there, four chairs away and I…not everybody would do it, but I… I SAID THINGS!” Ha! That’ll teach her; IMPOTUS is tougher than… the skin on your orange juice. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40371 "2020-02-06T23:10:37Z")
> [@John\_Bredin](#): > > :eek: All his authoritarian heroes – especially Putin – are going to be in charge indefinitely. :rolleyes: I read that as “his authoritarian herpes”. 😛 ---
**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:** [February 7, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40372 "2020-02-07T00:43:44Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > The _real_ “TDS”. I keep telling Trump supporters they’ve identified the correct mental illness but are attributing it to the wrong clinical trial population. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40373 "2020-02-07T00:52:55Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > The _real_ “TDS”. TDS? Oh, right. Trump Derangement Syndrome. Makes sense - Traitor Trump and his MAGAtrash fans ARE deranged. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40374 "2020-02-07T01:16:33Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I keep telling Trump supporters they’ve identified the correct mental illness but are attributing it to the wrong clinical trial population. That’s because, like Trump, they also suffer from psychological projection. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40375 "2020-02-07T03:55:12Z")
“They’ve been after me since I came down that elevator” (or close enough)… except he came down an escalator. He just lies. FB Colbert’s show: [Redirecting...](https://www.facebook.com/colbertlateshow/posts/2052616671549740) ---
**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:** [February 7, 2020, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40376 "2020-02-07T04:02:13Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > The _real_ “TDS”. which has become _real_ tedious ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40377 "2020-02-07T06:06:47Z")
I expected more bombastic bullshit, sounded kinda weak by comparison. Even the baldfaced lies were kinda humdrum and dull. He needs new batteries, better cocaine. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40378 "2020-02-07T15:11:00Z")
> [@mistymage](#): > > “They’ve been after me since I came down that elevator” (or close enough)… except he came down an escalator. Eric was stuck on an escalator for four hours during a power failure. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40379 "2020-02-07T16:57:43Z")
Don Jr. tweeted out [“Likelihood of Nancy Pelosi praying for Trump is about the same as the likelihood of Satan running around quoting the Scriptures.”](https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1225436957179830279?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1225436957179830279&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Fdonald-trump-jr-nancy-pelosi-bible-satan_n_5e3cd3aac5b6f1f57f0e4b6d) Apparently, he isn’t familiar with the Biblical account of Christ’s temptation ([Matthew 4:1-11](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+4%3A1-11&version=NIV) & [Luke 4: 1-13](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+4%3A1-13&version=NIV)) ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40380 "2020-02-07T17:54:37Z")
It isn’t in Two Corinthians. CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40381 "2020-02-07T18:08:15Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Don Jr. tweeted out [“Likelihood of Nancy Pelosi praying for Trump is about the same as the likelihood of Satan running around quoting the Scriptures.”](https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1225436957179830279?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1225436957179830279&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Fdonald-trump-jr-nancy-pelosi-bible-satan_n_5e3cd3aac5b6f1f57f0e4b6d) > > Apparently, he isn’t familiar with the Biblical account of Christ’s temptation ([Matthew 4:1-11](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+4%3A1-11&version=NIV) & [Luke 4: 1-13](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+4%3A1-13&version=NIV)) Or Shakespeare. “The devil can cite scripture for his purpose.” (Merchant of Venice) ---
**Author:** ![Anxious\_Squirrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anxious_squirrel/32/1083_2.png) [@Anxious\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anxious_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40382 "2020-02-07T19:09:17Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > It isn’t in Two Corinthians. > > CMC fnord! We always said “second Corinthians.” Two Corinthians sounds weird to me. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40383 "2020-02-07T19:13:01Z")
> [@TheMysteryWriter](#): > > We always said “second Corinthians.” Two Corinthians sounds weird to me. It should. But dipshit Trump thinks it’s Two Corinthians. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-PX2SicPw1A/hqdefault.jpg "Trump elicits laughter quoting Bible verse to evangelicals") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PX2SicPw1A) ---
**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:** [February 7, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40384 "2020-02-07T19:21:10Z")
Regarding the “Two Corinthians” gaffe, [Trump blamed the notes he received](https://www.cnn.com/2016/01/20/politics/donald-trump-tony-perkins-sarah-palin/index.html), which didn’t specify that it’s referred to as Second Corinthians. If he were really as religious as he claims to be, he would have known that without needing the notes. And yet evangelicals supported him and continue to support him. (Meanwhile, there are lots of people on the Democratic side who actually do practice their faith, but don’t get support from those groups.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2018) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2020)