# 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:** 2149
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42967 "2020-04-28T17:13:11Z")
If the schools reopen, that would \*prove \*that he’s beaten the virus. ---
**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 28, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42968 "2020-04-28T17:13:35Z")
With no clear successor in place, I’m thinking Trump hopes he’ll be named the new head of North Korea. He’s already picked out his title: Hugest Leader. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42969 "2020-04-28T17:35:47Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > With no clear successor in place, I’m thinking Trump hopes he’ll be named the new head of North Korea. He’s already picked out his title: Hugest Leader. And he’ll re-name it “North Covfefe”. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42970 "2020-04-28T18:18:10Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > An Op-Ed in the New York Times now claims that there was a deliberate cover-up about CoVID-19 for five days Well, maybe. But anyone who has noticed our long human history of believing what we need to believe rather than the bleeding obvious…will pause. Not proven. Probably not provable. ---
**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 28, 2020, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42971 "2020-04-28T19:03:19Z")
How is this supposed to work? [Trump to sign order keeping meat processing plants open](https://apnews.com/67cb4bad7ffe500beabdf8e7e7efea5d). > [@](#): > > The order will use the Defense Production Act to classify meat processing as critical infrastructure to keep production plants open. > > The order comes after industry leaders warned that consumers could see meat shortages in a matter of days after workers at major facilities tested positive for the virus. A senior White House official said the administration was working to prevent a situation in which a majority of processing plants shut down for a period of time, which could lead to an 80% drop in the availability of meat in supermarkets. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the order before its release. I mean, if everyone who works at a plant becomes ill and cannot work, how is the executive order going to change that? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42972 "2020-04-28T19:05:44Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > How is this supposed to work? [Trump to sign order keeping meat processing plants open](https://apnews.com/67cb4bad7ffe500beabdf8e7e7efea5d).I mean, if everyone who works at a plant becomes ill and cannot work, how is the executive order going to change that? 😕 I saw that a bit ago and can’t decide if it’s necessary. We don’t NEED meat, after all. And better to let the processing plants work with skeleton crews or shut down selected facilities to keep SOME open, rather than eventually shutting them all down because there are too many sick workers to operate them. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42973 "2020-04-28T19:17:55Z")
Today, Mike Pence visited the Mayo Clinic and interacted with patients; I think they were COVID-19 patients. The Mayo Clinic has a 100% “you must wear a mask” rule in place. Pence didn’t wear a mask. He was the only one there not wearing a mask. And he was elbow bumping with lots of people, so you know he \*also \*wasn’t maintaining a 6-foot distance, either. ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42974 "2020-04-28T19:19:43Z")
Yeah I don’t get it. If everyone at meat packing plants get sick, then how is an EO going to keep the plants running? I guess he’s worried about his supply of hamberders. It was weird because over the weekend a taco cabana near us wasn’t making enchiladas because of the meat shortage, but they did have soft tacos stuffed full of chicken. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42975 "2020-04-28T19:22:42Z")
He’s worried because a meat shortage is one of the few things that would make his supporters take this seriously ---
**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 28, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42976 "2020-04-28T19:25:16Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Today, Mike Pence visited the Mayo Clinic and interacted with patients; I think they were COVID-19 patients. The Mayo Clinic has a 100% “you must wear a mask” rule in place. > > Pence didn’t wear a mask. He was the only one there not wearing a mask. And he was elbow bumping with lots of people, so you know he \*also \*wasn’t maintaining a 6-foot distance, either. Clearly, Mike Pence doesn’t know Boris Johnson. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42977 "2020-04-28T19:30:01Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Today, Mike Pence visited the Mayo Clinic and interacted with patients; I think they were COVID-19 patients. The Mayo Clinic has a 100% “you must wear a mask” rule in place. > > Pence didn’t wear a mask. He was the only one there not wearing a mask. And he was elbow bumping with lots of people, so you know he \*also \*wasn’t maintaining a 6-foot distance, either. I wonder if the Secret Service detail were wearing them. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42978 "2020-04-28T19:38:34Z")
> [@Skypist](#): > > Yeah I don’t get it. If everyone at meat packing plants get sick, then how is an EO going to keep the plants running? I guess he’s worried about his supply of hamberders. It’ll take subtlety and synecdoche: first he gets the mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin was to change the name of the team to the Green Bay Air Traffic Controllers… > [@Skypist](#): > > It was weird because over the weekend a taco cabana near us wasn’t making enchiladas because of the meat shortage, but they did have soft tacos stuffed full of chicken. That _is_ weird. Haven’t they ever heard of cheese enchiladas? Or _chicken_ enchiladas? ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42979 "2020-04-28T19:53:00Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > It’ll take subtlety and synecdoche: first he gets the mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin was to change the name of the team to the Green Bay Air Traffic Controllers… > > That _is_ weird. Haven’t they ever heard of cheese enchiladas? Or _chicken_ enchiladas? Enchiladas Suizas are made with chicken. Oh, and I love turkey tacos. ---
**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 28, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42980 "2020-04-28T19:58:20Z")
I’ve made turkey enchiladas with Thanksgiving leftovers. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42981 "2020-04-28T19:59:38Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I wonder if the Secret Service detail were wearing them. Everyone except for Pence was wearing a mask. They were all pretty close together, though. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42982 "2020-04-28T20:01:30Z")
I sure hope Pence didn’t pick up the coronavirus and spread it to the President. #trumpiansarcasm ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42983 "2020-04-28T20:06:34Z")
Yes, but then they could just chug some disinfectant, and all would be well. #trumpiansarcasm ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42984 "2020-04-28T20:13:47Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > He’s worried because a meat shortage is one of the few things that would make his supporters take this seriously Ding. Ding. Ding! Empty food shelves at the grocery store next week would make him look bad. Of course he’ll look worse when the shelves are empty for several weeks when all the workers are sick. But that would be thinking ahead, something Trump is not good at. ---
**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 28, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42985 "2020-04-28T20:20:34Z")
Trump is not good at thinking, period. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42986 "2020-04-28T20:43:10Z")
According to our friends at _Daily Kos_, Mayo tweeted to Pence regarding their policy, which he ignored. Then, they deleted the tweet. > **[The Mayo Clinic told Pence to wear a goddamned mask in the hospital. He refused](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/28/1941096/-Pence-embodies-GOP-COVID-19-denial-by-refusing-to-wear-a-damn-mask-in-a-damn-hospital)** > > Republican coronavirus denial has already gone to ridiculous and dangerous lengths. Now this. Vice President Mike Pence isn’t going to let a little thing like possibly infecting people in a hospital setting by not wearing a mask make him actually... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2148) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2150)