# 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:** 2110
**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:** [April 4, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42186 "2020-04-04T00:04:04Z")
And a better tailor. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42187 "2020-04-04T00:06:34Z")
Jesus Christ. He actually wrote that? WTF is a “senior military officer” This can’t have possibly come from the White House. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42188 "2020-04-04T00:16:15Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Jesus Christ. He actually wrote that? > > WTF is a “senior military officer” > > This can’t have possibly come from the White House. It likely did but no way Der Bungle wrote it. One of his speechwriters probably did. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42189 "2020-04-04T00:16:29Z")
I knew we where fucked with the 5 year old in charge, but it’s clear that no one is in charge. Not at all. They can’t even get a fucking 5 year old to mind his manners. Or check his fucking homework. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42190 "2020-04-04T00:20:32Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Jesus Christ. He actually wrote that? > > WTF is a “senior military officer” Speaking of senior military officers, when is someone in those press conferences going to call him on that ridiculous story about the military having no ammunition? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42191 "2020-04-04T00:27:37Z")
> [@Skypist](#): > > What does the weasel mean by “our” stockpile? It’s for trumps and kushners only? It’s not for the people living in this country? It’s for trump to hoard so he can say he has supplies? It’s for people who are citizens of the US, but not residents of any state. Yeah, I know that didn’t make sense. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42192 "2020-04-04T00:57:49Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > It’s for people who are citizens of the US, but not residents of any state. > Yeah, I know that didn’t make sense. Finally, some recognition for Puerto Ricans! Jared Kushner, we never would have guessed you had their backs! J/K, of course. By the way, Seth Meyers (and/or his writers) are absolutely _on fire_ with their characterizations of everyone’s favorite Nepotism poster boy. On April 1, Seth called Jared > [@](#): > > **a Victorian-era teenage ghost** And last night, it was > [@](#): > > **the guy Slenderman has nightmares about** I suspect they’re on a roll; tune in Monday for the next new show! The Guardian on the second description: > **[Seth Meyers to Jared Kushner: 'You’re not qualified to do anything'](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/apr/03/seth-meyers-late-night-recap-jared-kushner-coronavirus)** > > Late-night hosts discuss Kushner’s bad advice on ventilators and extra security for Dr Anthony Fauci ---
**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:** [April 4, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42193 "2020-04-04T01:41:47Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Jesus Christ. He actually wrote that? > > WTF is a “senior military officer” > > This can’t have possibly come from the White House. Where the fuck have you been for the last three years? > [@jsc1953](#): > > It’s for people who are citizens of the US, but not residents of any state. Right. And there’s no way that’s true either. Look at the clusterfuck the Clusterfuck did in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico’s residents are citizens of the United States, but they do not reside in any state. Same with Guam and a couple of other places, including Washington, DC. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42194 "2020-04-04T02:38:30Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Where the fuck have you been for the last three years? Right here with the rest of you suffering from Trump. But I thought for sure that that might have been a spoof. No, I’m not expecting anything to improve, but since that did not come promptly and directly out of his pie hole, I thought that SOMEONE might have the ability to straighten up his bullshit before it hit [Whitehouse.gov](http://Whitehouse.gov) official website. Scary thing is, someone probably did. ---
**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 4, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42195 "2020-04-04T03:36:04Z")
Meanwhile, the Republicans allow Trump to continue disassembling oversight of his administration: [https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/03/trump-fires-intelligence-community-inspector-general-164287](https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/03/trump-fires-intelligence-community-inspector-general-164287) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump has fired the intelligence community’s chief watchdog, Michael Atkinson, who was the first to sound the alarm to Congress last September about an “urgent” complaint he received from an intelligence official involving Trump’s communications with Ukraine’s president. It’s not just Atkinson who gets this message; it’s other inspectors general. There are fewer and fewer guardrails. I’ll say it again: I want COVID-19 to be bad. A total fucking disaster. I want the economy and the health system to collapse. I wish it didn’t have to come to this, but it does. Yes, I’m sick. But I’m no more sick than the millions of mother fuckers who are willfully living a lie just so they can have their America back. I want the system to collapse so that there might be collective outrage and an awakening before it’s too late. But I concede it might already be too late. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2020, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42196 "2020-04-04T04:24:11Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I’ll say it again: I want COVID-19 to be bad. A total fucking disaster. I want the economy and the health system to collapse. I wish it didn’t have to come to this, but it does. How many million human lives do you consider to be acceptable losses in order to ensure Joe Biden’s election, you screeching, amoral, heartless Chicken Little? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42197 "2020-04-04T04:27:29Z")
Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there! You think **asahi** just wants Biden to win the election? That’s hilarious! Get a clue, **Smapti** : the United States of America is a shithole led by a shithead who is not just allowing Americans to die needlessly, he’s the direct cause of it. All that stuff they peddled for decades about liberty and justice for all and freedom was all just bullshit meant to keep people hungry and wanting, reaching for a brass ring they can never grab. They’re winning and they’re not gonna stop what they’re doing, ever, unless people actually force them to. And I mean FORCE them to. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2020, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42198 "2020-04-04T04:53:31Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Get a clue, **Smapti** : the United States of America is a shithole led by a shithead who is not just allowing Americans to die needlessly, he’s the direct cause of it. All that stuff they peddled for decades about liberty and justice for all and freedom was all just bullshit meant to keep people hungry and wanting, reaching for a brass ring they can never grab. They’re winning and they’re not gonna stop what they’re doing, ever, unless people actually force them to. And I mean FORCE them to. Agreed. That doesn’t justify wishing for “the economy and the health system to collapse”, because the net result of that would be millions of preventable deaths. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42199 "2020-04-04T07:58:51Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Agreed. > > That doesn’t justify wishing for “the economy and the health system to collapse”, because the net result of that would be millions of preventable deaths. The current so-called “system” with an ignorant, evil buffoon in “charge” is ALSO going to lead to millions of preventable deaths. We have the various states and large cities scrambling for a limited pool of resources while the oligarchs laugh over them bidding up the cost for what is necessary for life. The country is run by people who really do value money over human lives, from the crowd in DC to Florida ministers who keep holding weekly assemblies with people shoulder to shoulder in a time of plague because they want to keep the tithes flowing into their pocket. We are out of good choices. There are only bad choices left. Oh, by the way - The economy has ALREADY collapsed. The healthcare system is on track to do the same by next week. It’s not a matter of wishing, it’s a matter of reality. Wake up and smell the coffee that shortly most Americans will no longer be able to buy. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2020, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42200 "2020-04-04T08:28:26Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > We are out of good choices. There are only bad choices left. Cool. So, the number of megadeaths you consider an acceptable loss is…? ---
**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:** [April 4, 2020, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42201 "2020-04-04T10:43:48Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I’ll say it again: I want COVID-19 to be bad. A total fucking disaster. I want the economy and the health system to collapse. You are a gigantic sack of shit, and if there is any trace of justice in the universe, you will be one to soon die from it. ---
**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 4, 2020, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42202 "2020-04-04T13:08:27Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > You are a gigantic sack of shit, and if there is any trace of justice in the universe, you will be one to soon die from it. You can call me whatever you want, but what I am saying is pretty accurate: we are a country that is asleep at the wheel and we have been for a long time. We cannot go back to ‘normal.’ We need to fundamentally change the balance of power, fundamentally make a fairer economy, and have a healthcare system that provides care for all. We’re not going to have that by thinking happy thoughts, cheering healthcare workers, making viral videos, and what not. That doesn’t change shit. We need radical action and the only thing that will change it is a national crisis, and it has finally arrived. But as I said, even this might not be enough. ---
**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 4, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42203 "2020-04-04T13:14:55Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Cool. > > So, the number of megadeaths you consider an acceptable loss is…? We should have thought about that before we elected an administration full of incompetent, corrupt sociopaths. We should have been thinking about healthcare as a national priority long before now - it shouldn’t take a once in a century pandemic to make us wake up. But I guess it does. As Broom said, it’s not a matter of wishing; this is our reality. I just hope that maybe that Trump’s voters start feeling the kind of pain they’ve been laughing at or shrug off when they see brown children in cages. I’m tired of living in a country where we have to pay for their willful ignorance. ---
**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 4, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42204 "2020-04-04T13:28:55Z")
It’s a matter of time before Trump Land turns on Dr. Fauci for speaking the truth. [https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/03/trump-downplays-fauci-coronavirus-briefing-absence-164123](https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/03/trump-downplays-fauci-coronavirus-briefing-absence-164123) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed suggestions that his relationship with Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert, might have soured, after Fauci was conspicuously absent from Friday’s news briefing by the White House coronavirus task force. > > “I don’t know. But every time you ask that question, whenever he’s not here, you say, look, where is he? And you’ll say, is there a problem? No problem whatsoever,” Trump told CNN’s Jim Acosta, who inquired about Fauci’s absence, after his network reported Fauci was removed from the group of briefers at the last minute. It’s a terminating offense to contradict a conspiracy theory president. That was a Navy Captain’s crime as well. > [@](#): > > During a press conference the same day, Trump dismissed assertions that the move could be seen as punishing a senior official for putting his sailors’ lives ahead of military bureaucracy. > > “I don’t agree with that at all,” he said. “Not at all. Not even a little bit.” ---
**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:** [April 4, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42205 "2020-04-04T15:25:52Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I’m tired of living in a country where we have to pay for their willful ignorance. You might not have to. You may think that you are sneering from up on high from all the useless masses of mooks that are dying from this, but you are actually right down there with them. You are at as much risk of dying as anyone else, and thanks to this virus you are cumming in your pants over you could draw your last watery breath before the end of this year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2109) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2111)