# 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:** 2144
**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:** [April 24, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42867 "2020-04-24T23:37:23Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > I would never suggest that the Toddler-in-Chief has an IQ above 80. Plainly, he does not. > > But when he advocates an action (e.g. taking some quack remedy) _ **but declines to publicly take it himself** _, we can reasonably infer that he knows it’s something that could cause harm.\*\* If he genuinely believed it to be beneficial, he’d be doing it—\*\*so we know he realizes it’s _not_ beneficial. I would not be surprised if some of his Secret Service detail is specifically tasked to prevent him from doing himself harm. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42868 "2020-04-24T23:41:22Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I would not be surprised if some of his Secret Service detail is specifically tasked to prevent him from doing himself harm. I’d love to see them tackle him as he starts to ingest bleach. ---
**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 25, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42869 "2020-04-25T00:03:47Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I would not be surprised if some of his Secret Service detail is specifically tasked to prevent him from doing himself harm. Let’s just hope they’re also tasked with keeping him away from the Nuclear Football. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42870 "2020-04-25T00:04:19Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I’d love to see them tackle him as he starts to ingest bleach. He’ll just say he was kidding. It was really diluted bleach. Base forgives. ---
**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 25, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42871 "2020-04-25T00:49:15Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Base forgives. Well done! ---
**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 25, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42872 "2020-04-25T00:52:43Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > o\_o > > \>\_\< > > o\_0 > > Did you – did you just make a typo of **Og** , the OG\* of SDMB typo-based inside jokes? Are we in for a rash of **Of SMASH** riffs? > > \*You should pardon the expression. AIUI, “Og” was originally a typo of “of” or something like that. The universe is round and everything comes back. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42873 "2020-04-25T02:10:04Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I’d love to see them tackle him as he starts to ingest bleach. “I was just trying to dye my hair, from the inside” ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42874 "2020-04-25T02:13:19Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > He’ll just say he was kidding. It was really diluted bleach. Base forgives. What an acidic thing to say. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42875 "2020-04-25T02:17:15Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I would not be surprised if some of his Secret Service detail is specifically tasked to prevent him from doing himself harm. Much like President Ford’s Press Secretary Ron Nessen on SNL sagely advising a Chevy Chase Ford: “No chewing gum.” ---
**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 25, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42876 "2020-04-25T03:03:20Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > But when he advocates an action (e.g. taking some quack remedy) _ **but declines to publicly take it himself** _, we can reasonably infer that he knows it’s something that could cause harm. If he genuinely believed it to be beneficial, he’d be doing it—so we know he realizes it’s _not_ beneficial. You’ve got it backwards. It’s not that he realizes it isn’t beneficial, it’s that he thinks he doesn’t need it because he’s the healthiest person who’s ever lived and his genetic perfection renders him immune to all diseases. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42877 "2020-04-25T03:10:41Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Meanwhile, while we were all watching the monkey perform, Congress has slipped billions of dollars of tax breaks into the new relief package which will benefit large corporations and households making more than $500K. So fuck all y’all, each and every one. Maybe that is the answer to the question of why Trump was promoting hydroxychlorolquine: as a distraction. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42878 "2020-04-25T03:27:37Z")
[The New York Times reports](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-west-point.html) that because Trump is unhappy that he didn’t get a chance to deliver the commencement address at West Point (though he did so at the other service academies), the thousand graduating cadets are being ordered back to campus for the event, to be held in June. ---
**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 25, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42879 "2020-04-25T03:33:31Z")
The Onion published an article on **March 25** about Individual 1 suggesting drinking disinfectants. ---
**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 25, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42880 "2020-04-25T03:40:20Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > [The New York Times reports](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-west-point.html) that because Trump is unhappy that he didn’t get a chance to deliver the commencement address at West Point (though he did so at the other service academies), the thousand graduating cadets are being ordered back to campus for the event, to be held in June. What a crying little baby he is. Truly pathetic. And showing absolutely no concern at all for the risk to the cadets or to the general public either. But, June, you say? Well, there’s still time for him to get removed from office or die. At this point, I really don’t care which happens, so long as it happens soon. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42881 "2020-04-25T03:41:04Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > Maybe that is the answer to the question of why Trump was promoting hydroxychlorolquine: as a distraction. You’re assuming Trump is capable of forming a plan or even following a plan that was formed by other people. I’m going to assume that Trump is just spouting random nonsense as it pass through his head. And other Republicans are taking advantage of the distraction it provides to advance their own interests. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42882 "2020-04-25T05:38:25Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I’d love to see them tackle him as he starts to ingest bleach. [Willy Wonka] Wait. Stop. Don’t. [/WW] ---
**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 25, 2020, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42883 "2020-04-25T06:09:34Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Onion published an article on **March 25** about Individual 1 suggesting drinking disinfectants. [The actual piece](https://local.theonion.com/man-just-buying-one-of-every-cleaning-product-in-case-t-1842493766?utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_source=Twitter&utm_content=Main&utm_campaign=SF) does not go quite to that extreme. Close, though. ---
**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 25, 2020, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42884 "2020-04-25T09:36:49Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I personally don’t know anyone who would be stupid enough to consume disinfectants internally. But for any Bozos who do try it at Chump’s prompting, their demise would at least raise the average intelligence of the human race. I don’t personally know anyone stupid enough to drink aquarium tank cleaner, either, but it happened. So I can only presume there are people out there stupid enough to drink or worse yet inject bleach because someone on TV said to do it. The fact that someone is a person in a position of authority just makes them even more likely to do it. ---
**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 25, 2020, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42885 "2020-04-25T09:39:33Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > I would never suggest that the Toddler-in-Chief has an IQ above 80. Plainly, he does not. > > But when he advocates an action (e.g. taking some quack remedy) _ **but declines to publicly take it himself** _, we can reasonably infer that he knows it’s something that could cause harm. If he genuinely believed it to be beneficial, he’d be doing it—so we know he realizes it’s _not_ beneficial. Except that he and the VP are, supposedly, tested weekly for this virus (they’ve certainly been tested at least once) and people coming into his vicinity are also screened. The safety net around the president isn’t perfect, but he’s much better protected than the average senior citizen. So I can see it getting it into his head he doesn’t need bleach or a malaria drug because he’s already protected. Or he’s just got it into his head he’s invulnerable. ---
**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 25, 2020, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42886 "2020-04-25T09:45:43Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > [The actual piece](https://local.theonion.com/man-just-buying-one-of-every-cleaning-product-in-case-t-1842493766?utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_source=Twitter&utm_content=Main&utm_campaign=SF) does not go quite to that extreme. Close, though. Great. We have now reached the point where real life parodies _The Onion._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2143) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2145)