# 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:** 212
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4221 "2017-05-11T13:50:40Z")
Donald has the best words, even if he has to [coin them himself](http://www.economist.com/Trumptranscript): > [@](#): > > **Economist:** But beyond that it’s OK if the tax plan increases the deficit? > **Trump:** It is OK, because it won’t increase it for long. You may have two years where you’ll… you understand the expression “prime the pump”? > **Economist:** Yes. > **Trump:** We have to prime the pump. > **Economist:** It’s very Keynesian. > **Trump:** We’re the highest-taxed nation in the world. Have you heard that expression before, for this particular type of an event? > **Economist:** Priming the pump? > **Trump:** Yeah, have you heard it? > **Economist:** Yes. > **Trump:** Have you heard that expression used before? Because I haven’t heard it. I mean, I just… I came up with it a couple of days ago and I thought it was good. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4222 "2017-05-11T13:50:48Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Over the last week, Quinnipiac University asked Americans for the first word that comes to mind when they think of President Trump. [Top three choices](http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/05/voters-call-trump-idiot-and-liar-in-disastrous-new-poll.html): “idiot”, “incompetent”, and “liar”. 407 answers. 61.4% negative views, assuming “trying” is taken to be a good thing. Approval rating is going up! ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4223 "2017-05-11T13:53:00Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Donald has the best words, even if he has to [coin them himself](http://www.economist.com/Trumptranscript): [Thank you kindly, Desert Pete](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPkALvJkWpg) What a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4224 "2017-05-11T13:54:25Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I never watch cable news; but Tues night I flipped between CNN, MSNBC, and (briefly) Fox. When I landed on Fox I heard the word “unmasking” within 30 seconds, so I was out of there. > > I’m guessing that they’re following the party line: the real story is leaks and Susan Rice and unmasking names. > > :rolleyes: Well, in Foxland, Comey wasn’t fired. [He “resigned”.](http://www.snopes.com/fox-news-comey/) ---
**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:** [May 11, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4225 "2017-05-11T14:04:07Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Well, in Foxland, Comey wasn’t fired. [He “resigned”.](http://www.snopes.com/fox-news-comey/) As of 8:00p (PDT), on CNN, Jeffery Lord was still pushing the resigned story. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4226 "2017-05-11T14:09:01Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > As of 8:00p (PDT), on CNN, Jeffery Lord was still pushing the resigned story. Jeffery Lord is the CNN village idiot with those photos of Reagan hanging behind him. He’s the network clown they keep around for comic relief. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4227 "2017-05-11T14:36:31Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Donald has the best words, even if he has to [coin them himself](http://www.economist.com/Trumptranscript): Nobody knew Keynesian economics could be so complicated! ---
**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:** [May 11, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4228 "2017-05-11T14:39:36Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Jeffery Lord is the CNN village idiot with those photos of Reagan hanging behind him. He’s the network clown they keep around for comic relief. I know that. But the “resigned” claim isn’t totally dead. I saw a photo of him and didn’t even recognize him without the “MUTE” in the bottom corner. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4229 "2017-05-11T15:05:08Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Donald has the best words, even if he has to [coin them himself](http://www.economist.com/Trumptranscript): Worse than that word bullshit is the fact that the US is nowhere near the highest taxed nation in the world. Among its advanced peers, it has extremely low taxes. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4230 "2017-05-11T15:09:14Z")
[Was Russia the Real Reason Trump Fired James Comey?](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/what-was-the-real-reason-for-trump-firing-james-comey/526080/) > [@](#): > > Yet in a letter attached to Rosenstein’s memo, Sessions, now the attorney general, told Trump that “for the reasons expressed by the Deputy Attorney General in the attached memo,” he recommended firing Comey in order to reaffirm the Justice Department’s **“commitment to longstanding principles that ensure the integrity and fairness of federal investigations.”** [my bold] My irony meter just vaporized in a nuclear explosion. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4231 "2017-05-11T15:33:10Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > My irony meter just vaporized in a nuclear explosion. Has 45 been firing missiles again? 😉 ---
**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:** [May 11, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4232 "2017-05-11T15:35:30Z")
The short-fingered vulgarian has just signed an “executive order” to establish a federal commission to investigate “voter fraud” and explain why Il Douche actually “WON” the popular vote. I assume they’ll be working hand in hand with the “Voter Fraud Task Force” he set up back in January which has, to date, done “absolutely nothing.” This will be worth every penny! > **[President Trump launches commission on 'election integrity'](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-trump-expected-launch-commission-election-integrity/story?id=47337222)** ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4233 "2017-05-11T16:05:07Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Over the last week, Quinnipiac University asked Americans for the first word that comes to mind when they think of President Trump. [Top three choices](http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/05/voters-call-trump-idiot-and-liar-in-disastrous-new-poll.html): “idiot”, “incompetent”, and “liar”. Why do we have to argue? Can’t it be all three? > [@QuickSilver](#): > > Jeffery Lord is the CNN village idiot with those photos of Reagan hanging behind him. He’s the network clown they keep around for comic relief. Then what is Jason “C\*ntface” Miller’s role? > [@dasmoocher](#): > > My irony meter just vaporized in a nuclear explosion. That may not be as metaphorical as you’d like. Trump likes [“the power, the devastation”](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zSrP1KSR0H4). It is very important to him. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4234 "2017-05-11T16:16:33Z")
Even putting aside the political implications, this seems like gross negligence on the part of the white house: [Presence of Russian photographer in Oval Office raises alarms](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-to-meet-russian-foreign-minister-at-the-white-house-as-moscows-alleged-election-interference-is-back-in-spotlight/2017/05/10/c6717e4c-34f3-11e7-b412-62beef8121f7_story.html?utm_term=.eb8519694f34) > [@](#): > > The administration official also said the White House had been misled about the role of the Russian photographer. Russian officials had described the individual as Lavrov’s official photographer without disclosing that he also worked for Tass. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4235 "2017-05-11T16:48:10Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > Even putting aside the political implications, this seems like gross negligence on the part of the white house: [Presence of Russian photographer in Oval Office raises alarms](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-to-meet-russian-foreign-minister-at-the-white-house-as-moscows-alleged-election-interference-is-back-in-spotlight/2017/05/10/c6717e4c-34f3-11e7-b412-62beef8121f7_story.html?utm_term=.eb8519694f34) I guess they only extremely vet people from Muslim countries. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4236 "2017-05-11T16:53:35Z")
[I’ve got a pretty good idea about who will be fired next.](http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/11/politics/andrew-mccabe-hearing-senate-intelligence-committee/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Okrahoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90db22/32.png) [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4237 "2017-05-11T17:09:06Z")
> [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > [I’ve got a pretty good idea about who will be fired next.](http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/11/politics/andrew-mccabe-hearing-senate-intelligence-committee/index.html) The acting FBI director is a very temporary position. An interim FBI director will be appointed soon (they are interviewing for that position now). ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4238 "2017-05-11T17:13:10Z")
> [@Okrahoma](#): > > The acting FBI director is a very temporary position. An interim FBI director will be appointed soon (they are interviewing for that position now). You mean, as soon as the Sante confirms the appointee, right? How soon would _that_ be? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4239 "2017-05-11T17:15:04Z")
Ivanka or Jared? ---
**Author:** ![Okrahoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90db22/32.png) [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4240 "2017-05-11T17:20:45Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > You mean, as soon as the Sante confirms the appointee, right? How soon would _that_ be? No. Interim FBI director appointment does not require Senate confirmation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=211) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=213)