# 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:** 2030
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40585 "2020-02-14T21:24:14Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > He’s best friends with Stephen Miller. I know this sentence is composed entirely in grammatically correct basic English, but I am having trouble parsing it for some reason. ---
**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 14, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40586 "2020-02-14T21:34:36Z")
Is it because Nazis don’t have _friends_ they have _co-consipirators_? ---
**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:** [February 14, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40587 "2020-02-14T21:45:44Z")
The latest effort to undermine the rule of law, coming up: [Barr Taps Outside Prosecutor to Review Case Against Michael Flynn](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-justice-flynn/attorney-general-barr-taps-outside-prosecutor-to-review-case-against-ex-trump-adviser-michael-flynn-idUSKBN2082I4?il=0) (Reuters) > [@](#): > > U.S. Attorney William Barr has tapped the top federal prosecutor in St. Louis to review the Justice Department’s politically-charged case against President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn, a department official said on Friday. I wonder what Judge Emmett Sullivan will do. ---
**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 14, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40588 "2020-02-14T21:51:03Z")
Aye; this seems totally plausible: > [@](#): > > The Justice Department official stressed that Jensen’s role was not to oversee career prosecutors’ work on the Flynn case, but to work alongside them. > > Jensen is assisting the department and prosecution team “to get a complete and thorough understanding of the facts and the record in a complicated case,” the person told Reuters, speaking anonymously in order to discuss sensitive personnel matters. :dubious::rolleyes: Yeah, it’s totally plausible that you’d bring in a new guy to teach the existing guys what they’ve been doing already for years. Totally above-board and nothing to see here… ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40589 "2020-02-14T21:55:04Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I think this means no one else would have them and only the dipshit in the Oval wants them. I think you got it. They are slime and scum. And everyone knows it. And the fact that they were abused and fired and then abused some more, and are now crawling back, shows how fucking slimy they are. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40590 "2020-02-14T22:07:58Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > I think you got it. They are slime and scum. And everyone knows it. And the fact that they were abused and fired and then abused some more, and are now crawling back, shows how fucking slimy they are. Someone with better video editing skills than me could put together quite the droll montage, of Trump praising one his new team members to the skies, then the news report of that person quitting/being fired, followed by Trump’s tweet saying they were losers and morons and never-Trumpers from Day 1. Sessions, McMasters, Kelly, Omarosa, Tillerson…lots to choose from. ---
**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 15, 2020, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40591 "2020-02-15T03:46:02Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Donnie is having a no-good very-bad day. > > [ul] > [li]Former Chief of Staff John Kelly is saying mean things about him in public, including defending Col. Vindman.[/li] > [li]The Senate just voted to require that he get congressional approval before doing anything stupid in Iran. 8 Republicans crossed party lines to vote Yes.[/li] > [li]A judge just ruled in favor of Amazon (Trump’s nemesis) and ordered work to halt on Microsoft’s multi-billion dollar defense contract.[/li] > [li]And the DOJ / Roger Stone shit-show keeps on rolling.[/li][/ul] It did [not get better for him](https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/14/politics/andrew-mccabe-justice-department-investigation/index.html) today, as DoJ decided to cease their explorations of Andrew McCabes closets due to lack of any evidence of dead girls or live boys. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40592 "2020-02-15T20:49:22Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > It did [not get better for him](https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/14/politics/andrew-mccabe-justice-department-investigation/index.html) today, as DoJ decided to cease their explorations of Andrew McCabes closets due to lack of any evidence of dead girls or live boys. I knew that fuckin Barr was part of the Deep State. ---
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40593 "2020-02-15T22:42:36Z")
> [@Borborygmi](#): > > I know this sentence is composed entirely in grammatically correct basic English, but I am having trouble parsing it for some reason. Stephen Miller looks like Lurch and Nosferatu had a child, yet imparted none of their charm. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40594 "2020-02-15T23:57:31Z")
> [@margin](#): > > Stephen Miller looks like Lurch and Nosferatu had a child, yet imparted none of their charm. Though at least he does have the ability to do Nosferatu’s ‘elevate from lying down to standing with feet as the hinge’ thing. That often comes in handy when Trump gets bored with whatever’s on _Fox and Friends_. “_Get Stephen in to do his Nosferatu move!_” Sometimes he does it with his little Nazi outfit on, and that’s even more entertaining! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40595 "2020-02-16T00:42:45Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Though at least he does have the ability to do Nosferatu’s ‘elevate from lying down to standing with feet as the hinge’ thing. That often comes in handy when Trump gets bored with whatever’s on _Fox and Friends_. “_Get Stephen in to do his Nosferatu move!_” > > Sometimes he does it with his little Nazi outfit on, and that’s even more entertaining! You made me think of his little Nazi rising to attention. For shame!!! ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40596 "2020-02-16T01:48:14Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You made me think of his little Nazi rising to attention. For shame!!! Which raises the question: can a vampire even have an erection? The have no circulating blood, do they? Especially a Nazi chief vampire… ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40597 "2020-02-16T02:39:32Z")
If they don’t have circulation then the steak through the heart thing doesn’t make much sense, but I make no claim of expertise on vamparism ---
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40598 "2020-02-16T03:40:41Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > If they don’t have circulation then the steak through the heart thing doesn’t make much sense, but I make no claim of expertise on vamparism I would like to bold the “steak” but I’m not sure if that’s allowed. It makes for a hillariou mental image. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40599 "2020-02-16T03:46:28Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Which raises the question: can a vampire even have an erection? The have no circulating blood, do they? Especially a Nazi chief vampire… True Blood seemed to think so. Those vampires were always fucking like bunnies. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40600 "2020-02-16T03:52:56Z")
Loser Donald must have been bored stiff after the rain ruined his golf today, because he thought it was a good idea to [retweet an audio clip of a Texas politician using the bathroom.](https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/internet-disgusted-after-trump-retweets-gross-video-of-texas-mayor-in-bathroom-i-think-you-have-hit-a-new-low/) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40601 "2020-02-16T04:13:38Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > If they don’t have circulation then the steak through the heart thing doesn’t make much sense, but I make no claim of expertise on vamparism Now I want a steak. Bone-in rib, medium rare, with thick slices of slightly underdone cremini mushrooms. ---
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40602 "2020-02-16T04:30:38Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > True Blood seemed to think so. Those vampires were always fucking like bunnies. I read that as “fucking bunnies.” I think that means my damned eyes are tired. ---
**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 16, 2020, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40603 "2020-02-16T06:33:48Z")
Individual 1 staffer Larry Kudlow trying to explain to Fox News’s Jesse Watters that the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau are not government agencies. > ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40604 "2020-02-16T07:12:49Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Now I want a steak. > > Bone-in rib, medium rare, with thick slices of slightly underdone cremini mushrooms. Here ya go, **Ukulele Ike** : > [@My husband's ball scratching is driving me nuts.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husbands-ball-scratching-is-driving-me-nuts/326571/7): > > Erg, seriously, people, all this talk is making me crave my great, big, juicy mushrooms. > > I can’t wait! (Hint: You gotta read the [whole thread that came from](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=340106), or at least the first 50 posts, to get the whole context. Mushroom ensued.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2029) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2031)