# 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:** 2108
**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:** [April 2, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42146 "2020-04-02T22:52:21Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Trump says it ‘doesn’t seem fair’ that 30 million Americans are uninsured and suggests he may expand Medicare or Medicaid](https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-trump-says-he-might-help-millions-of-uninsured-americans-2020-4) Well, dang! How come the rest of us never heard of this?? And what about Obummer? He has a lot to answer for! :mad: Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42147 "2020-04-02T23:05:08Z")
And they’re calling him our “War Time President” - we’re all gonna die ---
**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:** [April 3, 2020, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42148 "2020-04-03T00:48:50Z")
> [@DummyGladHands](#): > > And they’re calling him our “War Time President” - we’re all gonna die Well of course. That’s rather the whole \*point \*of a war. Send others to die so the King, or lord, or country (wealthy people) can enrich themselves. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42149 "2020-04-03T00:50:57Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The New York Times has an [article](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/02/us/coronavirus-social-distancing.html) that uses cellphone location data to track in which counties people stayed at home and in which they continued to travel as before. The ones where people continued to travel were mostly in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah, frankly Trump territory. The Northeast, Midwest and far West did a much better job of obeying the stay-at-home order. I’m working for a "supplier to an essential industry"so I’m going to work everyday. I’m on the road 6:30 AM to about 7:00 AM. I travel I-69 and US 30. Traffic seems exactly like always. Apparently, everyone works for an “essential industry”. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42150 "2020-04-03T00:59:42Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Thanks for the quote. > > [I made a meme](https://twitter.com/GordonHeliboy/status/1245794476448083968). _You’re going to have to answer to the CocaCola company for that._ ---
**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:** [April 3, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42151 "2020-04-03T03:22:48Z")
Captain Brett Crozier of the USS Theodore Roosevelt has been begging for help for his crew, which is sick with the coronavirus. And the Navy jumped into action and … removed him from command. > **[Capt. Brett Crozier of the San Diego-based USS Theodore Roosevelt relieved of...](https://www.kusi.com/capt-brett-crozier-of-the-san-diego-based-uss-theodore-roosevelt-relieved-of-duty/)** > > SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The captain of a San Diego-based nuclear aircraft carrier was relieved of duty Thursday by the U.S. Navy in the wake of his request in a highly-publicized letter for more resources and “decisive action” from Navy leadership as the... ---
**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:** [April 3, 2020, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42152 "2020-04-03T03:24:44Z")
Captain Brett Crozier of the USS Theodore Roosevelt has been begging for help for his crew, which is sick with the coronavirus. And the Navy jumped into action and … removed him from command. > **[Capt. Brett Crozier of the San Diego-based USS Theodore Roosevelt relieved of...](https://www.kusi.com/capt-brett-crozier-of-the-san-diego-based-uss-theodore-roosevelt-relieved-of-duty/)** > > SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The captain of a San Diego-based nuclear aircraft carrier was relieved of duty Thursday by the U.S. Navy in the wake of his request in a highly-publicized letter for more resources and “decisive action” from Navy leadership as the... ---
**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:** [April 3, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42153 "2020-04-03T03:25:55Z")
Little Jared says he knows better than the governors what equipment is in their states. > ---
**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:** [April 3, 2020, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42154 "2020-04-03T03:48:21Z")
Individual 1 campaign sends a letter to Jefferson Beauregard telling him to stop tying himself to Individual 1. > **[Trump campaign sends letter to Sessions demanding he stop invoking Trump |...](https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/02/politics/donald-trump-jeff-sessions-letter/index.html)** > > President Donald Trump's campaign has sent a letter to Jeff Sessions demanding the former attorney general stop using Trump's name in his campaign materials for his US Senate bid. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42155 "2020-04-03T04:55:35Z")
If the nutters have a right to practice their religion by congregating, then just don’t let them out of their churches for the duration. Problem solved. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42156 "2020-04-03T06:05:04Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > …We’re living in an 60s satire. Only it’s real and not as funny. Went to the movies to see it. Funny, yeah, but not a smile, more like a chagrin. ---
**Author:** ![SailorHG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SailorHG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SailorHG)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42157 "2020-04-03T07:06:37Z")
> [@Skypist](#): > > They can still practice their religion because they can do it online. They’re not being stopped. What’s causing their insistence on in-person services? Do they want to stick it to the libs and prove that you won’t catch COVID if you’re a fundie? The first thought that comes to my mind: it is much harder to pass around the donations basket when your congregation is at home sitting in front of a computer screen. Money is more important than getting sick, after all. [Assuming they still do that. I admit it has been a few years since I last attended. :D] ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42158 "2020-04-03T07:21:17Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Trump says it ‘doesn’t seem fair’ that 30 million Americans are uninsured and suggests he may expand Medicare or Medicaid](https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-trump-says-he-might-help-millions-of-uninsured-americans-2020-4) I’m sure by now his “advisors” have explained to him what he said and he’ll rescind it tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42159 "2020-04-03T07:37:27Z")
Something very scary just occured to me. If he does this, he wins in a landslide. But playing the most devilish devil’s advocate, in the long run maybe it would be worth it. Trump may not even live for another five years. How many lives could be saved, and bankrupty familys avoided (not only in this crisis), if everyone had insurance? But as I said in my first post, it won’t happen. Monkeys will fly out of his butt first. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2020, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42160 "2020-04-03T11:06:57Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > Something very scary just occured to me. If he does this, he wins in a landslide. > > But playing the most devilish devil’s advocate, in the long run maybe it would be worth it. Trump may not even live for another five years. How many lives could be saved, and bankrupty familys avoided (not only in this crisis), if everyone had insurance? > > But as I said in my first post, it won’t happen. Monkeys will fly out of his butt first. And Unca Mitch has to get on board, and THAT ain’t gonna happen. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2020, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42161 "2020-04-03T11:27:29Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Little Jared says he knows better than the governors what equipment is in their states. > [https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1245853869113917440](https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1245853869113917440) Guess who stands to benefit from the federal stimulus bill? Waka waka waka! [https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/03/jared-kushner-company-benefit-recovery-bill-162652](https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/03/jared-kushner-company-benefit-recovery-bill-162652) > [@](#): > > Jared Kushner’s family business could be a prime beneficiary of a provision in the federal recovery bill that allows owners of apartment buildings to freeze federal mortgage payments on low- and moderate-income properties. > > Kushner Companies, the real estate firm started in 1985 by Kushner’s father, Charles, controls thousands of low- and moderate-housing units across the country, some of which are funded through an $800 million federally backed loan the firm received in 2019. Corruption, kleptocracy…it’s the new norm. The message that Trump, Republicans, and the plutocrats have been sending since January 20, 2017 is that they will do whatever the fuck they want, and there’s nothing we can do to stop them. ---
**Author:** ![Boycott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boycott/32/6741_2.png) [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42162 "2020-04-03T12:00:38Z")
Republicans love to rail against “unelected bureaucrats” yet Donny put his son in law to lead the Middle East peace process for three years to no avail and now on the pandemic response team. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2020, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42163 "2020-04-03T12:03:28Z")
> [@Boycott](#): > > Republicans love to rail against “unelected bureaucrats” yet Donny put his son in law to lead the Middle East peace process for three years to no avail and now on the pandemic response team. IOWRDI It’s okay when Republicans do it. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42164 "2020-04-03T13:10:50Z")
Aaron Rupar seems to have [run across a bit of expert testimony](https://www.vox.com/2020/4/2/21204228/trump-coronavirus-crisis-impeachment-trial-professor-pamela-karlan-warning) from the impeachment hearings, early in December, where one Professor Pamela Karlan of Stanford cautioned us that, if there were some sort of national emergency, Individual-ONE’s behavior suggested that he might start using aid as a way to extract favors from states in need. Lying bitch, that would never happen. No no no. Not ever. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42165 "2020-04-03T13:17:04Z")
> [@Boycott](#): > > Republicans love to rail against “unelected bureaucrats” yet Donny put his son in law to lead the Middle East peace process for three years to no avail and now on the pandemic response team. The whole presidency is about corruption, plain and simple. They’re enriching themselves at taxpayers’ expense, and why the mother fuck republitard voters who scream bloody hell the moment so much as one black or brown person gets a penny in welfare is not only not saying anything but cheering them on the way they cheer for Stone Cold at WWE matches says a lot about them and their “culture.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2107) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2109)