# 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:** 2081
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41605 "2020-03-17T23:48:03Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Newt Gingrich believes in COVID-19 _now,_ but two weeks ago when he was bleating that it was no worse than the common cold it was because he had been misled by “dishonest left-wing media.” > > Newt’s smart guy genius logic is tough for me to follow, but I’m pleased to note that he’s living with his third wife in Italy and is an Old, so he’s got a fair to good chance of catchin’ it. Here’s the Tweet. Inscrutable logic… > [@Newt Gingrich](#): > > A reporter asked me today why conservatives were initially so skeptical of the threat of the coronavirus. I tried to explain that one of the dangerous consequences of having a totally dishonest left wing news media was that most Americans discounted their hysteria as phony. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41606 "2020-03-18T01:02:37Z")
We accept your apology, Newtie. Shake on it? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41607 "2020-03-18T01:08:42Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Newt Gingrich > A reporter asked me today why conservatives were initially so skeptical of the threat of the coronavirus. I tried to explain that one of the dangerous consequences of having a totally dishonest left wing news media was that most Americans discounted their hysteria as phony. If I was Newt Gingrich, the lesson I would have learned from this is that if you tell lies long enough, you can start believing your own lies. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41608 "2020-03-18T01:09:54Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > Here’s the Tweet. Inscrutable logic… > [@Newt Gingrich](#): > > A reporter asked me today why conservatives were initially so skeptical of the threat of the coronavirus. I tried to explain that one of the dangerous consequences of having a totally dishonest left wing news media was that most Americans discounted their hysteria as phony. You have to admit, this has a certain pleasing symmetry, a complement to another worldview that makes for an interesting reflection. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41609 "2020-03-18T01:43:25Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > We accept your apology, Newtie. Shake on it? Aw, group hug! ---
**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:** [March 18, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41610 "2020-03-18T01:45:17Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > We accept your apology, Newtie. Shake on it? That’s the real old-timey best friends’ handshake where you spit in your palm first, right? ---
**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:** [March 18, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41611 "2020-03-18T01:47:27Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Newt Gingrich believes in COVID-19 _now,_ but two weeks ago when he was bleating that it was no worse than the common cold it was because he had been misled by “dishonest left-wing media.” > > Newt’s smart guy genius logic is tough for me to follow, but I’m pleased to note that he’s living with his third wife in Italy and is an Old, so he’s got a fair to good chance of catchin’ it. I actually thought he was a Too Old To Be Bothered With During The Pandemic in Italy because I thought he was already 80. Oh, well. Who knows how long this will last? Four years might not be impossible. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41612 "2020-03-18T01:50:30Z")
It’s like the alternate ending of “The Boy who cried Wolf.” > [@](#): > > Once upon a time, in a village far away, there was a boy. One day, he was bored so he yelled “Wolf! There’s a wolf coming! Run! Hide” and the townspeople did. But when he saw them panicking he laughed and laughed and said “I fooled you! There was no wolf. Ha!” > > A few days later, he got bored again and yelled out “Oh no! A wolf is coming! Run! Run!” and the townspeople did. And he laughed and laughed at them again about how silly they looked, running when there was no wolf. > > Another few weeks passed and the boy was starved for attention and entertainment again, and so he yelled out “EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! There’s a wolf! Run!” and once again, the townspeople did a little slower, because they didn’t really believe him - but a wolf is pretty serious business. But again, he laughed at them. And they were really annoyed with him. > > Two mornings later, the townspeople woke up to hear a little girl yelling out “I just saw a wolf! Run! Run inside!” and the townspeople did because you really do need to guard against wolves. Also, the girl had a reputation for not being a lying sack of shit. But the boy stayed outside playing and laughing saying “there’s no wolf. People who cry wolf are liars. She’s just making things up the way I alw…” > > But he never finished the sentence because the wolf ate him. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41613 "2020-03-18T03:57:25Z")
I love a good bedtime story. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41614 "2020-03-18T12:16:16Z")
Now apply that logic to Trump, Newt. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41615 "2020-03-18T18:14:15Z")
This just in: the head twit vows to not let anyone down during this crisis, despite the fact that his adminstration’s mishandling already let _everyone_ down. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41616 "2020-03-18T18:34:09Z")
I wonder how the stock market would be reacting if Trump actually did something at the beginning, rather than call it another hoax? I have no doubt that the markets would still be down but maybe a more gradual decline rather than a fall off a cliff. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41617 "2020-03-18T18:40:32Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > the head twit vows to not let anyone down during this crisis [Sounds familiar.](https://apnews.com/64fbe074e90f44d58fd4f60ea5ee0e6c/The-Latest:-The-latest-developments-in-the-US-elections) ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41618 "2020-03-18T19:55:46Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I wonder how the stock market would be reacting if Trump actually did something at the beginning, rather than call it another hoax? I have no doubt that the markets would still be down but maybe a more gradual decline rather than a fall off a cliff. That’s been my line of thinking on the stock market, as well. We were due for a correction, and every sensible step to combat the spread of COVID-19 will absolutely help trigger such a drop. Instead of realizing that at the start, the Windbag In Chief tried to bluster his way through it and skip to the end, where everyone praises him and nothing bad happened. Instead, well, we get this. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41620 "2020-03-18T22:52:23Z")
Individual 1’s “spiritual advisor” Paula White is asking the gullible to send her money to cure “soul sickness”. > **[Trump Adviser Paula White Wants Money For Her Fake Coronavirus 'Hospital’](https://news.yahoo.com/paula-white-coronavirus-hospital-091536576.html)** > > She's asking followers to send "seed" money in honor of a Bible passage that promises protection against pestilence and plague. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41621 "2020-03-19T00:31:56Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > It’s like the alternate ending of “The Boy who cried Wolf.” That’s really good. FoxNews employees should give it some study; they might notice something that reminds them of … ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41622 "2020-03-19T01:37:31Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > This just in: the head twit vows to not let anyone down during this crisis, despite the fact that his adminstration’s mishandling already let _everyone_ down. In an area very close to my vulnerable in-laws, a wide outbreak has been traced to two recent, large funerals. Only a few of the suspected cases have even been tested, two people died today, and the regional hospital has resorted to sewing makeshift masks for healthcare workers. The numbers are looking catastrophic. This is the direct result of thoughts and prayers and minimizing concerns to protect the stock market, instead of directly addressing a known problem as it festered and grew. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2020, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41623 "2020-03-19T05:20:20Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > That’s really good. > > FoxNews employees should give it some study; they might notice something that reminds them of … Can wolves hear dogwhistles? If so, I should imagine that CFSG’s speeches would be agitating them greatly. We certainly do not want the wolves fighting the MAGAts for the bones being thrown them. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41624 "2020-03-19T14:51:06Z")
Have you noticed that since last Friday, Trump has been doing a passable imitation of a president? Like, doing things that kind of make sense? (I don’t necessarily agree with every step and every degree, but it’s been within normal parameters.) So I wonder who in the White House is actually responsible? It can’t possibly be Trump – you know he didn’t think of invoking the Defense Production Act on his own. somebody in the inner circle actually knows how to operate the levers … I can’t picture who it could be. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41625 "2020-03-19T15:05:08Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > It can’t possibly be Trump – you know he didn’t think of invoking the Defense Production Act on his own. Did you see the press conference where he announced he was invoking it? It was clear that he had no idea what it was or what it did. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2080) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2082)