# 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:** 2103
**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 31, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42046 "2020-03-31T13:55:39Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > That would make Denver the most heavily populated major city in the country! When Donald gets wind of this, he’ll order the USNS Comfort to sail for Denver. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42047 "2020-03-31T14:13:51Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > You’re being too kind. After SimpleWiki at least has a tether to reality, if simply put. > > [This](https://www.conservapedia.com/Main_Page) is most likely what they use. Take a gander at the _In the News_ sidebar on (naturally) the right. Okay, color me naive. This is satire, right? Like _The Onion_ or something? Tell me this isn’t on the level. People aren’t really reading this and believing it, are they? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42048 "2020-03-31T14:17:59Z")
Yeah, of course. A lot of conservatives swear by it. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42049 "2020-03-31T14:22:27Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Yeah, of course. A lot of conservatives swear by it. Sorry, your answer is unclear to me. I’m not asking if some people believe the site. I’m asking about the intention of the site. Are you saying the site IS satire (i.e., meant to be a potentially humorous exaggeration, a la _The Onion_), or that it is NOT satire (i.e., the statements there are MEANT to be true and to be taken as truth)? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42050 "2020-03-31T14:25:44Z")
Never ran into Conservapedia before? It’s Poe’s Law in action. Some are certainly in earnest. Others (perhaps a majority?) are parody. That’s the thing about a wiki. Anybody can contribute, even people who aren’t taking it seriously. They just need it to sound convincing enough to get past other editors. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42051 "2020-03-31T15:11:56Z")
But to answer ThelmaLou’s question directly, yes, the creator of Conservapedia (Phyllis Schlafly’s son), did/do intend it to be taken seriously. ---
**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 31, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42052 "2020-03-31T15:16:36Z")
Amazing how many obvious Trump supporters are in my Facebook “people you may know” list. They might as well wear “I R DUM” signs. ---
**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 31, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42053 "2020-03-31T15:18:53Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > But to answer ThelmaLou’s question directly, yes, the creator of Conservapedia (Phyllis Schlafly’s son), did/do intend it to be taken seriously. They seem to be big boosters of lupus medicine as a cure for coronavirus. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42054 "2020-03-31T15:24:41Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Never ran into Conservapedia before? … Nope. I don’t get out much. Even less than before. 😛 > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > But to answer ThelmaLou’s question directly, yes, the creator of Conservapedia (Phyllis Schlafly’s son), did/do intend it to be taken seriously. WHOA! That is scary. QAnon and stuff like that looks fringe-y and nutso, but this acts like it’s scholarly. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42055 "2020-03-31T16:45:45Z")
There is also [Infogalactic](https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Infogalactic). ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42056 "2020-03-31T17:33:34Z")
Who would have thought that mentally ill people would migrate off the street corners into the internet? I guess it’s hard to take someone seriously who is screaming into the sky about conspiracies while simultaneously peeing in their pants - but a nice webpage just looks authoritative. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42057 "2020-03-31T17:50:48Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Who would have thought that mentally ill people would migrate off the street corners into the internet? Everybody? ---
**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 31, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42058 "2020-03-31T17:52:08Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > But to answer ThelmaLou’s question directly, yes, the creator of Conservapedia (Phyllis Schlafly’s son), did/do intend it to be taken seriously. I believe he was/is also involved in a project to re-edit the xtian bible to get rid of all the gooey liberal nonsense that corrupts the message. ---
**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 31, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42059 "2020-03-31T18:39:33Z")
Individual 1 declares gun shops essential services and says they should stay open. [https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-administration-rules-gun-shops-essential-amid-virus-69882359](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-administration-rules-gun-shops-essential-amid-virus-69882359) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42060 "2020-03-31T18:43:04Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 declares gun shops essential services and says they should stay open. > [https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-administration-rules-gun-shops-essential-amid-virus-69882359](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-administration-rules-gun-shops-essential-amid-virus-69882359) People have to be able to shoot the virus. DUH! ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42061 "2020-03-31T19:45:33Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I believe he was/is also involved in a project to re-edit the xtian bible to get rid of all the gooey liberal nonsense that corrupts the message. Yup, the [Conservative Bible Project](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/conservative-bible-projec_n_310037). Please note that the link goes to the Huffington Post commentary; you can also find a link on Conservapedia, but for multiple reasons (mainly having to do with my sanity) I refuse to go there. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42062 "2020-03-31T19:59:17Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Yeah, of course. A lot of conservatives swear by it. You misspelled “reactionaries.” ---
**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:** [March 31, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42063 "2020-03-31T19:59:36Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > People have to be able to shoot the virus. DUH! I’ll bet a single .45 will take out _billions_ of those little suckers! ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42064 "2020-03-31T22:19:15Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > They seem to be big boosters of lupus medicine as a cure for coronavirus. It’s never lupus. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42065 "2020-04-01T00:36:14Z")
Its like _The Grapes of Wrath_ written by Ayn Rand. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2102) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2104)