# 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:** 2098
**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 28, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41946 "2020-03-28T18:27:27Z")
No Democrats were invited to Individual 1’s signing of the stimulus bill. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41947 "2020-03-28T18:40:47Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > The president exerted “absolute privilege” and they went gently into that good night about it. I have zero doubt that Trump will get his way. I’m gobsmacked. This is completely out of character. He’s been entirely co-operative to date with every investigation. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41948 "2020-03-28T19:04:49Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > No Democrats were invited to Individual 1’s signing of the stimulus bill. Good. Did you see how crowded together they were? And he handed over pens directly. \*Not \*the behaviour we want to see modeled. Plus, maybe we’ll get lucky … ---
**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:** [March 28, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41949 "2020-03-28T19:33:52Z")
Here’s what gobsmacked me: I thought Congress was going to create an oversight board to watch over the corporate bail-outs, and maybe another board to make the recommendations for who to bail out. (And maybe all that is true?) But then they went and created this new Inspector General and, wait for it, … made it a position to be nominated by Trump and confirmed by the Senate :smack: So. Trump doesn’t need no steenkin “signing statement” here. All he has to do is appoint a crony to the position, which the Senate will readily confirm. Or maybe even name an “acting” IG and skip the Senate confirmation. You know he will. ---
**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 28, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41950 "2020-03-28T19:44:28Z")
ABC News John Santucci: “During marathon day of meetings earlier this week, President Trump continued outreach across the country regarding coronavirus & phoned former Yankees baseball player Alex Rodriguez.” > ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41951 "2020-03-28T20:22:44Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Here’s what gobsmacked me: I thought Congress was going to create an oversight board to watch over the corporate bail-outs, and maybe another board to make the recommendations for who to bail out. (And maybe all that is true?) > > But then they went and created this new Inspector General and, wait for it, > > … made it a position to be nominated by Trump and confirmed by the Senate :smack: > > So. Trump doesn’t need no steenkin “signing statement” here. All he has to do is appoint a crony to the position, which the Senate will readily confirm. Or maybe even name an “acting” IG and skip the Senate confirmation. > > You know he will. Gosh, just _how_ does Jared find the time? ---
**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 28, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41952 "2020-03-28T20:28:32Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > With the orange makeup and the economic collapse, we can now officially rebrand Trump as > > (•\_•) > > ( •\_•)\>⌐■-■ > > (⌐■\_■) > > … **Sherbert Hoover** No. Hoover may have been somewhat misguided I. His efforts to address the economic collapse, but ultimately he was not an utterly fetid piece of ferret shit. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41953 "2020-03-28T21:02:40Z")
And Hoover has a most excellent monstrous statue of **Isis** outside his museum. > **[Creepy Goddess of Life: Gift for Herbert Hoover, West Branch, Iowa](https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/31346)** > > A bronze statue of the goddess Isis, blackened with age, was a gift from the Belgians to Herbert Hoover and his wife in 1922. It looks like a cemetery monument from a bad horror movie. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41954 "2020-03-28T23:31:56Z")
As you may have heard, Dear Leader has announced that he is looking into an “enforceable” quarantine of parts of NY, NJ, and CT. Aside from the issue of whether he actually has the power to do this, and ignoring the potential stampede of people trying to get out of the affected areas before the quarantine goes into effect, the governors of the states involved all apparently say that they were not given any indication that such a plan was in the works before Trump’s public announcement. Yeah, totally surprising behavior from the White House, I know. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41955 "2020-03-28T23:49:07Z")
Why issue a quarantine now when Dear Leader has assured us that everything will be back to normal by Easter? Besides, the virus is supposed to go away on it’s own in April. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41956 "2020-03-29T00:06:31Z")
Trump’s Easter Miracle! ---
**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 29, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41957 "2020-03-29T00:19:00Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Damn, man. Reading your attempts at clever rhetoric is like watching a nine-year-old’s attempts at performing a magic trick they read about. > I’ll tell you what I tell them: go practice in front of a mirror until you’ve got the hang of it, and then go show it to your mom or dad and get feedback, and only perform it for other people once you’ve gotten the hang of it. ^ Seconded. > [@jsc1953](#): > > Stalinism. There. > During WWII, Detroit stopped producing cars for 3 years and turned out nothing but tanks and planes. > I’m OK with this. This, as well. ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41958 "2020-03-29T00:20:48Z")
A federal quarantine at this point is like closing the barn door when the horse is already dead, right? ---
**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 29, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41959 "2020-03-29T00:22:12Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > As you may have heard, Dear Leader has announced that he is looking into an “enforceable” quarantine of parts of NY, NJ, and CT. Aside from the issue of whether he actually has the power to do this, and ignoring the potential stampede of people trying to get out of the affected areas before the quarantine goes into effect, the governors of the states involved all apparently say that they were not given any indication that such a plan was in the works before Trump’s public announcement. > > Yeah, totally surprising behavior from the White House, I know. > [@Smapti](#): > > Why issue a quarantine now when Dear Leader has assured us that everything will be back to normal by Easter? Besides, the virus is supposed to go away on it’s own in April. Because it’s nothing to do with the virus. Obviously the virus is all over the nation at this point. Walling off NY, NJ and CT has no medical rationale whatsoever. What it’s about is letting states (and cities and counties) know that failure to A) vote for Trump, and B) kiss Trump’s ass sufficiently passionately, will result in harassment from the federal government, you betcha. It’s a power move. It’s nothing to do with health issues. ---
**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 29, 2020, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41960 "2020-03-29T01:24:33Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Why issue a quarantine now when Dear Leader has assured us that everything will be back to normal by Easter? Besides, the virus is supposed to go away on it’s own in April. Go away? I thought the Itsy Bitsy Bits Orange thought the virus is a hoax? > [@Sherrerd](#): > > Because it’s nothing to do with the virus. Obviously the virus is all over the nation at this point. Walling off NY, NJ and CT has no medical rationale whatsoever. > > What it’s about is letting states (and cities and counties) know that failure to A) vote for Trump, and B) kiss Trump’s ass sufficiently passionately, will result in harassment from the federal government, you betcha. > > It’s a power move. It’s nothing to do with health issues. That’s spot on. And the Itsy Bitsy Bits Orange probably still does think the virus is a hoax. ---
**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 29, 2020, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41961 "2020-03-29T04:22:50Z")
[Dr. Fauci explains to Individual-ONE why it would not be a good idea to hold a parade to celebrate the grate job he is doing fighting this virus thingie](https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/fauci-gently-tells-trump-why-he-cant-hold-parade-to-celebrate-great-job-he-is-doing) (_Andy Borowitz_) ---
**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:** [March 29, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41962 "2020-03-29T04:23:37Z")
[California received 170 broken ventilators from the national stockpile.](https://www.kron4.com/news/170-broken-ventilators-sent-to-california-will-be-fixed-by-san-jose-company/) Sure it was just a coincidence that they got so many broken ones. Luckily, they will be fixed but still, I’m sure it had nothing to do with the state being a safe Democratic win in November. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2020, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41963 "2020-03-29T04:34:07Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Because it’s nothing to do with the virus. Obviously the virus is all over the nation at this point. Walling off NY, NJ and CT has no medical rationale whatsoever. > > What it’s about is letting states (and cities and counties) know that failure to A) vote for Trump, and B) kiss Trump’s ass sufficiently passionately, will result in harassment from the federal government, you betcha. > > It’s a power move. It’s nothing to do with health issues. …and he’s already changed his mind again. > [@Typhoid Donny](#): > > On the recommendation of the White House CoronaVirus Task Force, and upon consultation with the Governor’s of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, I have asked the CDC to issue a strong Travel Advisory, to be administered by the Governors, in consultation with the Federal Government. A quarantine will not be necessary. Full details will be released by CDC tonight. Thank you! I eagerly look forward to tomorrow when he announces that he’s sending Snake Plissken into Trump Tower to rescue Barron, then wanders off without signing the bill in front of him and starts rage-tweeting about Kathy Griffin. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41964 "2020-03-29T04:34:42Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > [Dr. Fauci explains to Individual-ONE why it would not be a good idea to hold a parade to celebrate the grate job he is doing fighting this virus thingie](https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/fauci-gently-tells-trump-why-he-cant-hold-parade-to-celebrate-great-job-he-is-doing) (_Andy Borowitz_) A sign of the times…didn’t realize that was satire until after I finished the article. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2020, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/41965 "2020-03-29T04:34:46Z")
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