# 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:** 2042
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40825 "2020-02-26T00:25:16Z")
> [@Fretful\_Porpentine](#): > > [Contradictory conspiracy beliefs](https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2012-28528-016) are apparently a thing. Leave it to **Fretful Porpentine** to bring a scholarly paper to a Pit thread. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40826 "2020-02-26T01:34:43Z")
Apparently the President and his wife did not even taste the Indian food they were given at one meal [Link](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/donald-trump-india-vegetarian-menu-samosa-broccoli-modi-gandhi-ashram-a9356666.html). However, I don’t know why they would make broccoli samosas. Apparently everybody disliked them and it seems to me that Trump would be more comfortable with potato-filled ones. In other news, Ronnie Jackson says he tried to hide the ice cream and to secretly add cauliflower to the President’s mashed potatoes to get him to eat more healthfully since apparently our President is 5. ---
**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 26, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40827 "2020-02-26T01:55:01Z")
Broccoli and corn in a samosa sounds horrible and a really dumb idea. ---
**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 26, 2020, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40828 "2020-02-26T02:23:50Z")
The funniest thing was a story on NPR where an Indian chef said corn and broccoli should not be used because they are not native to India, as opposed to potatoes :dubious: ---
**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 26, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40829 "2020-02-26T02:35:39Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Sure. Right. He said that before the midterms, and it was a lie then, too. Perhaps not, though. It all depends on how you define “middle class”. ISTR a graphic attributed to the Rs which seemed to put the centerline of middle class somewhere in the neighborhood of $400K/year (about a decade ago). ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40830 "2020-02-26T02:41:30Z")
> **[Trump Says Sotomayor, Ginsburg Should Recuse Themselves From Cases Involving Him](https://www.npr.org/2020/02/25/809178462/trump-says-sotomayor-ginsburg-should-recuse-themselves-from-cases-involving-him)** > > The president's remarks are an apparent reference to a dissent by Justice Sotomayor, who wrote that the government had claimed "one emergency after another" to seek an "unprecedented number" of stays. And now it begins: the executive attempting to control the judiciary. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40831 "2020-02-26T03:17:06Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Perhaps not, though. It all depends on how you define “middle class”. ISTR a graphic attributed to the Rs which seemed to put the centerline of middle class somewhere in the neighborhood of $400K/year (about a decade ago). There was no additional tax cut in 2018 for the middle class or anyone else. ---
**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 26, 2020, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40832 "2020-02-26T09:38:08Z")
And now [the vindictive toddler-in-chief is trying to intimidate and harass jurors](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-goes-roger-stone-juror-211033926.html). Seriously, why is this clown still president? ---
**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:** [February 26, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40833 "2020-02-26T13:09:12Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > And now [the vindictive toddler-in-chief is trying to intimidate and harass jurors](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-goes-roger-stone-juror-211033926.html). Seriously, why is this clown still president? Because for about 30% of the population, if he shat in their living room they’d be honored to spoon it up and eat it and then lick the spoon. And you have one party that is absolutely terrified of that 30% and have learned that anything but uninterrupted adoration is political suicide. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40834 "2020-02-26T17:35:21Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > In other news, Ronnie Jackson says he tried to hide the ice cream and to secretly add cauliflower to the President’s mashed potatoes to get him to eat more healthfully since apparently our President is 5. Pity the poor staffer stuck with feeding duty: “Here comes Air Force One! _Vroom vroom!_ Open wide!!” ---
**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 26, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40835 "2020-02-26T18:01:15Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Pity the poor staffer stuck with feeding duty: “Here comes Air Force One! _Vroom vroom!_ Open wide!!” That has also been heard coming from The Presidential Bedroom. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40836 "2020-02-26T22:54:55Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > That has also been heard coming from The Presidential Bedroom. But Melania doesn’t sleep with him anymore…! How could that be coming from The Presidential Bedroom? The only person around was Iva… oh, now That’s Gross!!! ---
**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 26, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40837 "2020-02-26T22:56:37Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > But Melania doesn’t sleep with him anymore…! How could that be coming from The Presidential Bedroom? The only person around was Iva… oh, now That’s Gross!!! She uses the most recent model – steely dan #45. Steam-powered. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40838 "2020-02-26T23:18:04Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > … In just over eight months we either get rid of this louse or he becomes dictator for life. Worse case, 4 more years. Then he’s out. Really. For real, then he’s out, if it comes to 4 more. But after that, he’s really truly out of there. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40839 "2020-02-26T23:20:00Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Well, Trump’s pet fool, Limbaugh, just bleated [this nonsense](https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/rush-limbaugh-coronavirus-trump-023911730.html): Just to clarify on this, as it sounds like someone with a brain made the mistake of trying to communicate something to Limbaugh at some point: Coronaviruses are responsible for around 10-20% of what we group as “the common cold”. Most adults will have experienced several coronavirus infections. COVID-19 however, while a coronavirus, has too severe symptoms and mortality to be lumped together with the common cold. That said, the hyperbole in much of the news reporting has been insane IMO. (And while I’d like to elaborate on what I mean, there are already multiple threads hashing this out, so I’ll leave it at that) ---
**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 26, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40840 "2020-02-26T23:22:48Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > …That said, the hyperbole in much of the news reporting has been insane IMO. In just a few minutes the Liar-in-Chief will be adding to the misinformation floating around: > **[Trump Appoints Pence To Lead Government's Coronavirus Response](https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/02/26/809578063/trump-to-address-response-to-coronavirus)** > > "Mike is going to be in charge," Trump said in an evening news conference, as officials said a case in the U.S. may have been transmitted within the community. ---
**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 27, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40841 "2020-02-27T01:39:57Z")
Individual 1 said “only 15 people have come down with the virus in the US.” That’s just trying to make things seem better, because there are a lot of people in the US who have it, they just didn’t contract it here. ---
**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 27, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40842 "2020-02-27T02:17:42Z")
Since Individual-2 has now been put in charge of dealing with the virus plague thing, it is my understanding that he will push for an executive order declaring the virus illegal and anyone caught in possession of it is to be sent to a camp for conversion therapy to make them aware that they are not really infected. ---
**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 27, 2020, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40843 "2020-02-27T03:00:27Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Since Individual-2 has now been put in charge of dealing with the virus plague thing, it is my understanding that he will push for an executive order declaring the virus illegal and anyone caught in possession of it is to be sent to a camp for conversion therapy to make them aware that they are not really infected. When he was Governor of Indiana and there was an outbreak HIV in one country in Indiana, he said he was going to go home and pray on it. “Pastor” Rick Wiles said that all China needs to do to end coronavirus is to convert to Christianity. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/40844 "2020-02-27T03:12:24Z")
Just as Trump was babbling about second amendment rights (in answer to a question about how the corona virus might impact our economy), a man was killing 5 people (and himself) in a Milwaukee workplace with a gun. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2041) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2043)