# 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:** 207
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4121 "2017-05-10T03:29:58Z")
Well put it this way. The Republicans hold power, undisputed power, for the first time in a long time. I expect most of them are just trying to get as much of their agenda rammed through as quickly as possible before the entire Trump Plaza of cards comes crashing down around them. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4122 "2017-05-10T03:32:02Z")
> [@](#): > > The amazing thing to me is that there are people, who aren’t being paid by Trump, who are still defending his actions. I marvel that we were ever able to rub two sticks together and create fire with that kind of dazzling intellect ambulating about the planet and pissing all over everything. You mean your country, not the planet. The rest of us could have told you Trump isn’t fit for dogcatcher; all you had to do was ask. But essentially you’re right. The country that landed men on the moon no longer exists. The US is the country that watches Honey-Boo-Boo and votes for Trump now. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4123 "2017-05-10T03:45:57Z")
> [@eulalia](#): > > Think Trump’ll hire Giuliani to replace Comey? It’s gotta be better than defending people for trading with Iran. Could [this be the person](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IrE6FMpai8&feature=youtu.be&t=2) to follow in the footsteps of J. Edgar Hoover? ---
**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:** [May 10, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4124 "2017-05-10T03:57:38Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > Could [this be the person](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IrE6FMpai8&feature=youtu.be&t=2) to follow in the footsteps of J. Edgar Hoover? God, warn people first! Brain bleach, please. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4125 "2017-05-10T04:05:09Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > You mean your country, not the planet. The rest of us could have told you Trump isn’t fit for dogcatcher; all you had to do was ask. > > But essentially you’re right. The country that landed men on the moon no longer exists. The US is the country that watches Honey-Boo-Boo and votes for Trump now. Yeah man, I am disappoint. I kinda question America’s exceptionalism here though. Wherever you’re from might not have a Trump to keep out of office, but every country has a, “What the FUCK happened there?” moment or two. If you haven’t had one yet, stay vigilant. We got dumb-shits everywhere, we just need to not listen to them and vote them into office! It constantly blows my mind that I have friends that voted for that. . .person. I blame years of Fox TV, Rush Limbaugh, and Glenn Beck. Dumb-asses went and got their brain dry-cleaned, voluntarily. They tried to get ME to watch Beck and listen to Limbaugh, but I’d be listening to Beck or Rush and thinking, “OK. . .yeah, I see that. . .yeah. . .OK, so, where are you going with this. . .WHAT THE FUCK!?” When they tried to take me to their crazy conclusion, my eyes crossed and I noped out. Listen to that shit enough, I guess it seeps in. ---
**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4126 "2017-05-10T04:09:59Z")
Giuliani’s at Trump’s hotel in D.C. > > > Scott Dworkin @funder ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4127 "2017-05-10T04:10:34Z")
Alberta. Like Texas, but without the guns and armadillos. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2017, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4128 "2017-05-10T04:18:54Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > God, warn people first! Brain bleach, please. **Rick Kitchen**? Criticizing someone for posting a link with negligible context? Yeah, ok, sure. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4129 "2017-05-10T04:28:22Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > Alberta. Like Texas, but without the guns and armadillos. Oh well, nothing’s perfect 😃 ---
**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:** [May 10, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4130 "2017-05-10T04:28:31Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > **Rick Kitchen**? Criticizing someone for posting a link with negligible context? Yeah, ok, sure. It’s really hard to type with bloody fingers and no eyes. And yet, _I can still see it!_ ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4131 "2017-05-10T04:32:53Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > Alberta. Like Texas, but without the guns and armadillos. Which apparently makes this [The Most Texan Thing Ever](http://cdn.caughtoffside.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/atx-pro.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4132 "2017-05-10T05:38:11Z")
I knew it. I said to my self “Self, if you click that link you’ll see an armadillo with a gun.” ---
**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:** [May 10, 2017, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4133 "2017-05-10T06:16:53Z")
The correct term is “Texas Speed Bump” ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4134 "2017-05-10T06:17:46Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > I knew it. I said to my self “Self, if you click that link you’ll see an armadillo with a gun.” And you were mistaken. He has _two_. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4135 "2017-05-10T06:51:39Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Richard Nixon Library official Twitter account tweeted a picture of Nixon with the caption, “FUN FACT: President Nixon never fired the Director of the FBI #FBIDirector #notNixonian” > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/NixonLibrary/status/862083605081862145) 😃 I suppose ‘Oh, god, they’re comparing Trump to Nixon, time for spin control!’ was inevitable. But it’s somewhat of a surprise that it’s the people in charge of Nixon’s legacy that jumped to it first. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4136 "2017-05-10T06:55:20Z")
> [@eulalia](#): > > Think Trump’ll hire Giuliani to replace Comey? It’s gotta be better than defending people for trading with Iran. Giuliani just so happens to be in DC tonight. [He _says_ he’s not being considered](http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/05/giuliani-white-house-comey-fbi-director.html?mid=twitter_nymag)…but: > [@](#): > > A source close to the president confirmed Giuliani was in consideration for the position. And he’s going to be at the White House tomorrow, for…stuff. And it might or might not involve a meeting with the president. If this happens, I’m sure John McCain and Jeff Flake and Susan Collins will make a lot of concerned noises before they fall in line and vote for him. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4137 "2017-05-10T07:11:52Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > Giuliani just so happens to be in DC tonight. [He _says_ he’s not being considered](http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/05/giuliani-white-house-comey-fbi-director.html?mid=twitter_nymag)…but: > > And he’s going to be at the White House tomorrow, for…stuff. And it might or might not involve a meeting with the president. > > If this happens, I’m sure John McCain and Jeff Flake and Susan Collins will make a lot of concerned noises before they fall in line and vote for him. Ain’t that the truth. Being “maverick-y” means bitching a lot and falling in line, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4138 "2017-05-10T09:24:26Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > And you were mistaken. > > He has _two_. > > :smack: Naw, he has more but they’re in the truck. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4139 "2017-05-10T14:37:08Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > The amazing thing to me is that there are people, who aren’t being paid by Trump, who are still defending his actions. I marvel that we were ever able to rub two sticks together and create fire with that kind of dazzling intellect ambulating about the planet and pissing all over everything. Remember, INT and WIS are separate stats. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4140 "2017-05-10T15:08:11Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I thought of all the underlings that Darth Vader force strangled as each “disappointed” him… I think that’s pretty apt! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=206) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=208)