# 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:** 2122
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42426 "2020-04-11T01:12:17Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > To Snowborder Bo’s point about Barr, consider the timing of all this: the removal of inspector generals. It’s clear that Trump and his entourage intend to remove all restraint and weaponize the justice department. They want direct top-down control over federal agencies that have anything to do with law enforcement, national security, and intelligence collection. For his entire life, Trump has had two concerns. Staying out of jail and making money. If he can appoint a bunch of incompetent ass kissing judges, he will not feel the full force of a system of justice. And win, win, he can continue his con game. He has actually been smart enough to figure that out. STAY OUT OF JAIL. He figured that out. He still can’t find his ass with both hands though. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42427 "2020-04-11T15:18:12Z")
Can we hire that team of CGI artists whose job was to digitally erase the buttholes from the movie **Cats** to go to work on this administration? I’m sure we can generate enough to pay them if we took up a collection > **[Someone actually released a ‘butthole cut’ of Cats](https://www.polygon.com/2020/4/6/21207710/cats-release-the-butthole-cut)** > > The people meowed ‘#ReleaseTheButtholeCut!’ so here’s the next best thing ---
**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 11, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42428 "2020-04-11T18:21:51Z")
Individual 1 is running an anti-Biden ad with pictures of Biden with Chinese officials. One of those “Chinese” officials former Washington governor Gary Locke. > **[Image of former Washington Gov. Gary Locke in Trump ad prompts charges of racism](https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/apr/10/image-of-former-washington-gov-gary-locke-in-trump/)** > > An unlikely Washington Democrat shows up in the latest campaign ad for President Donald Trump, prompting criticism of racism from supporters of former Vice President Joe Biden. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42429 "2020-04-11T18:22:40Z")
But if we have all the buttholes in this administration erased, who will run the country? ---
**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 11, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42430 "2020-04-11T18:23:59Z")
Trump: “We have to get our country open.” Question: “Will you say, sir, what metrics you will use to make that decision?” Trump: “The metric’s right here.” [Points to head] [https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1248966782297059328](https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1248966782297059328)? ---
**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 11, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42431 "2020-04-11T18:25:13Z")
The White House is criticizing the Voice of America for running official statistics on US coronavirus numbers. [White House rips U.S.-funded outlet Voice of America in daily newsletter - POLITICO](https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/04/10/white-house-attacks-voice-of-america-daily-newsletter-179191)? ---
**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 11, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42432 "2020-04-11T18:26:12Z")
US is back on top! USA! USA! USA! WINNING! US has overtaken Italy, and now leads the world in Covid-19 deaths. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42433 "2020-04-11T18:30:37Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Trump: “We have to get our country open.” > > Question: “Will you say, sir, what metrics you will use to make that decision?” > > Trump: “The metric’s right here.” [Points to head] Translation: “I don’t know what ‘metrics’ are.” ---
**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:** [April 11, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42434 "2020-04-11T18:46:09Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > US is back on top! > > USA! > USA! > USA! > > WINNING! > > US has overtaken Italy, and now leads the world in Covid-19 deaths. Yep, great job that coronavirus task force is doing. ---
**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 11, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42435 "2020-04-11T19:12:59Z")
Pence’s, Jared’s, or that other wanker’s? ---
**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 11, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42436 "2020-04-11T19:16:55Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > US is back on top! > > USA! > USA! > USA! > > WINNING! > > US has overtaken Italy, and now leads the world in Covid-19 deaths. We’re winning the Coronalympics! Bring home the gold!!! ---
**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 11, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42437 "2020-04-11T19:17:46Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Yep, great job that coronavirus task force is doing. Well, for those smart enough to get onto the task force, I’m sure profits are up! Great Job! You’re probably just jealous of their great business smarts. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42438 "2020-04-11T19:48:12Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Trump: “We have to get our country open.” > > Question: “Will you say, sir, what metrics you will use to make that decision?” > > Trump: “The metric’s right here.” [Points to head] > [https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1248966782297059328](https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1248966782297059328)? Question: So, you’ve got nothing then? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42439 "2020-04-11T19:54:47Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Translation: “I don’t know what ‘metrics’ are.” Thinking REAL hard : “Has something to do with those confusing distances. Killo something” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42440 "2020-04-11T21:35:09Z")
A metric is something a meh-whore does for money. ---
**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 11, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42441 "2020-04-11T21:48:45Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Well, for those smart enough to get onto the task force, I’m sure profits are up! Great Job! > > You’re probably just jealous of their great business smarts. They’re giving the country (if not the world) the business, and it smarts. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42442 "2020-04-11T21:57:46Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Trump: “We have to get our country open.” > > Question: “Will you say, sir, what metrics you will use to make that decision?” > > Trump: “The metric’s right here.” [Points to head] > [https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1248966782297059328](https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1248966782297059328)? I pointed out in another thread that when Nicolle Wallace duplicated the gesture (in reference to a similar comment), she used her middle finger. Which **may** have been inadvertent, but certainly appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42443 "2020-04-11T22:41:19Z")
I might have missed this since the stupid is overwhelming. > **[The Washington Post - Breaking news and latest headlines, U.S. news, world...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/)** > > Breaking news, live coverage, investigations, analysis, video, photos and opinions from The Washington Post. Subscribe for the latest on U.S. and international news, politics, business, technology, climate change, health and wellness, sports,... "U.S. Customs and Border Protection needlessly spent around $12 million last year to guard, house and feed as many as 2,500 people in a private detention center in Texas that never held more than 68 detainees on any given day, according to a report from a congressional watchdog. Over five months, Customs and Border Protection paid $5.3 million for 650,000 meals that were never ordered, according to the Government Accountability Office report released Thursday." Who might have benefitted from the food contracts? The private security firms? The construction of the facility? Note that during some of the time, a single detainee was guarded by 8 individuals. I’m feeling so much safer now. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42444 "2020-04-11T23:15:52Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > A metric is something a meh-whore does for money. Meretricious and metricicious! Or is it mehretricious? ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42445 "2020-04-11T23:19:30Z")
“Once we OPEN UP OUR GREAT COUNTRY, and it will be sooner rather than later, the horror of the Invisible Enemy, except for those that sadly lost a family member or friend, must be quickly forgotten. Our Economy will BOOM, perhaps like never before!!!” — President Trump, on Twitter Ah, so we’re supposed to forget. > **[Opinion | Can we all agree to just forget this happened?](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/10/can-we-all-agree-just-forget-this-happened/)** > > Trump's message for the American people. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2121) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2123)