# 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:** 2023
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40445 "2020-02-10T09:43:10Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > That’s because they look at politics like football - in terms of winners vs losers instead of right vs wrong. They look at Trumps impeachment escape like their favorite team making a good trade. Wouldn’t a better analogy be the favorite team’s linebacker whacking the opposing quarterback and breaking his nose, with no penalty called by the ref they bribed? ---
**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:** [February 10, 2020, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40446 "2020-02-10T11:08:48Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 once more hinting at staying more than two terms. > [Trump says supporters could 'demand' he not leave after two terms](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/06/16/trump-says-supporters-could-demand-he-not-leave-after-two-terms/1471915001/) Remember when the bigots were freaking out about “Obama changing the constitution to be president for more than two terms”? ---
**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 10, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40447 "2020-02-10T12:45:33Z")
So, reading that, Trump appears to think a second Presidential term end after two years and the ‘masses’ can ‘request’ he stay on for an extra two??? CMC fnord! ---
**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:** [February 10, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40448 "2020-02-10T14:11:57Z")
Well, he’s been wiping his ass with the Constitution fr three years, now. What’s one more article? ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40449 "2020-02-10T14:59:55Z")
Rudy on Fox yesterday: [Rudy Giuliani lays out the Biden’s corruption in Ukraine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxvoFfjn2do) See, apparently, some of that Hunter Biden Burisma board money might have gone from Hunter into Joe’s pocket. The Bidens are up to their eyeballs in bribery schemes (although, isn’t Trump the one who lamented that bribing foreign businesses was illegal under US law?). Rudy has documents and “documents don’t lie” (maybe ask Dan Rather about that). The Biden family was monetizing Joe’s political office for their personal profit. Republicans are treated harshly while Democrats are constantly let off the hook (remind me how many Benghazi hearings there were, and didn’t a certain someone just skate on impeachment charges?). Bolton is lying about Rudy. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40450 "2020-02-10T15:44:03Z")
Yeah, think for now I’m gonna take the word of Professor Walrus over that of Donald Trump’s alcoholic pocket monkey. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40451 "2020-02-10T16:38:48Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > That’s because they look at politics like football - in terms of winners vs losers instead of right vs wrong. They look at Trumps impeachment escape like their favorite team making a good trade. Democrats better start looking at winning vs. losing before they find themselves out of the game. Fuck right vs. wrong; it’s a no-brainer: my side is right. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40452 "2020-02-10T17:36:49Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Remember when the bigots were freaking out about “Obama changing the constitution to be president for more than two terms”? Nah, its just Rick robbing the grave yard again. The article is dated Jun 2019. I assume the Trump was saying 6 years after Jan 2019. ---
**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 10, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40453 "2020-02-10T18:39:21Z")
A fun new video for your entertainment. I’m thinking this will go viral… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-Ue5F57dZMU/maxresdefault.jpg "THE DAY DEMOCRACY DIED - by Founders Sing with Don McLean & Founding Fathers") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ue5F57dZMU) ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40454 "2020-02-10T18:46:05Z")
For those who don’t like clicking on YouTube links without any idea of what one is clicking on, based on 3 seconds of watching, it is a parody of “American Pie” sung by “The Founding Fathers”. Information that should have been in **Mind’s Eye, Watering** ’s post. ---
**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 10, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40455 "2020-02-10T18:47:03Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > Information that should have been in **Mind’s Eye, Watering** ’s post. You’re right. Sorry. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40456 "2020-02-10T19:14:20Z")
Individual 1, that well known medical man, says that coronavirus will die out in April as the weather warms up. > **[President Trump tweeted the coronavirus could weaken as weather warms....](https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/07/health/trump-coronavirus-weaker-warm-weather/index.html)** > > On Friday morning, President Trump tweeted about his phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the response to the coronavirus outbreak. ---
**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 10, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40457 "2020-02-10T19:42:28Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > So, reading that, Trump appears to think a second Presidential term end after two years and the ‘masses’ can ‘request’ he stay on for an extra two??? > > CMC fnord! “The masses” demanded that evolution not be taught in schools about 95 years ago. They even had their own rigged trial and everything to back it up. In the end, that movement’s own hare-brainedness was its undoing. I’m not going to bite on the “he won’t leave” fears. People who storm the WH grounds tend to get shot. If Trump outstays his welcome, he’s just another one of those guys. ---
**Author:** ![Levolor\_the\_Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc8723/32.png) [@Levolor\_the\_Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Levolor_the_Blind)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40458 "2020-02-10T19:54:18Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1, that well known medical man, says that coronavirus will die out in April as the weather warms up. > [https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/07/health/trump-coronavirus-weaker-warm-weather/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/07/health/trump-coronavirus-weaker-warm-weather/index.html) How long until the CDC issues a correction and then how long does it take him get out the sharpie? ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40459 "2020-02-10T19:59:33Z")
If you read about back when Jeffrey Epstein was convicted, there was a whole bunch of nonsense with high-ups getting involved, people being reassigned, the case getting drawn out, and suddenly everything getting turned around to be nice and friendly to poor ol’ Jeff with the prosecution offering the world’s sweetest deal. I take that to be what corruption looks like. Meanwhile: > **[Feds seek delay in Michael Flynn case](https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/09/feds-seek-delay-michael-flynn-case-112761)** > > The new filings say the former national security adviser’s claims that he received ineffective legal assistance will require more information. Between purges and wearing out those with consciences, I think it’s reasonable to say that the Executive Branch has successfully achieved the freedom of full corruption. ---
**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 10, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40460 "2020-02-10T20:26:54Z")
> [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > A fun new video for your entertainment. I’m thinking this will go viral… > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ue5F57dZMU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ue5F57dZMU) The animation is pretty nicely done, but each FF has the same voice, which kind of ruins it, and the chorus at the end is just a tad too synchronous. Good effort, though. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40461 "2020-02-10T22:13:35Z")
You have got to be kidding me. [https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/trumps-plan-make-architecture-classical-again/606286/](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/trumps-plan-make-architecture-classical-again/606286/) If there is anyone in the world we don’t want dictating architectural style, it’s Donnie 2 scoops. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40462 "2020-02-10T22:30:30Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > You have got to be kidding me. > > [https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/trumps-plan-make-architecture-classical-again/606286/](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/trumps-plan-make-architecture-classical-again/606286/) > > If there is anyone in the world we don’t want dictating architectural style, it’s Donnie 2 scoops. Title of the linked article: \*\*Trump’s Bizarre Plan to Make Architecture Classical Again A fringe group of traditionalists persuades the White House to take its side.\*\* Maybe Trump is working on his real-world reality shit-show sets in preparation of becoming Emperor. [According to legend, the founder of the Roman Empire [Augustus Caesar] once famously boasted, “I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.”](http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/from-brick-to-marble:-did-augustus-caesar-really-transform-rome) ---
**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:** [February 10, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40463 "2020-02-10T22:39:58Z")
I’m waiting for him to rename the capital _trumpington_. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40464 "2020-02-10T22:44:15Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Title of the linked article: > > \*\*Trump’s Bizarre Plan to Make Architecture Classical Again > > A fringe group of traditionalists persuades the White House to take its side.\*\* > > Maybe Trump is working on his real-world reality shit-show sets in preparation of becoming Emperor. > > [According to legend, the founder of the Roman Empire [Augustus Caesar] once famously boasted, “I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.”](http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/from-brick-to-marble:-did-augustus-caesar-really-transform-rome) [Berlin had potential](http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/02/totalitarian-architecture-of-third.html)… until ANTIFA came in their B-17s and Lancasters and destroyed everything. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2022) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2024)