# 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:** 2153
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43047 "2020-04-30T01:13:17Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It’s not real > [No, the White House is not selling coronavirus-themed commemorative coins for $100](https://www.businessinsider.com/the-white-house-is-not-selling-a-125-coronavirus-coin-2020-4) Okay, so it’s not the White House, but it’s also not a joke. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43048 "2020-04-30T01:45:43Z")
> [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > I want to say it to his face. Think the Secret Service would shoot me if I did? Look on the bright side. Maybe they’d shoot at you and hit Trump instead. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43049 "2020-04-30T01:49:46Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > This morbidly curious Canuck looked into this [letter thingy](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/28/coronavirus-trump-letter-stimulus-check-recipients-causes-stir/3040031001/) and I’m like wow you guys are lucky, getting a good hard pat on the back (+shoulder rub?) in the form of this letter! Just trying to imagine him saying “My Fellow Canadians”. “That will damage the IRS’s reputation…” Donald Motherfucking Trump is America’s so-called president. Damaged reputations are what we as a country stand for. It’s our #1 priority, and we are kicking ass at it. ---
**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 30, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43050 "2020-04-30T01:54:09Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Getcher [official White House COVID-19 commemorative coin](https://www.whitehousegiftshop.com/product-p/covid-heroes.htm)! & > [@running\_coach](#): > > The podium is empty. > How fitting. There is also a spelling/punctuation error (comma instead of period). That, too, is very fitting. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Okay, so it’s not the White House, but it’s also not a joke. :dubious: Today’s White House is a joke. So I’ll throw out a question to all those who, when Obama was president, mouthed “Let’s put the White back in the White House”: how do you like that Caucasian you got in there now? ---
**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 30, 2020, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43051 "2020-04-30T02:33:27Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Getcher [official White House COVID-19 commemorative coin](https://www.whitehousegiftshop.com/product-p/covid-heroes.htm)! They misspelled Mnuchin. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43052 "2020-04-30T02:53:01Z")
I see the Trump - Kim Jong Un summit coins are already worth $350. I knew they’d be collectable (you may as well have a coin of Chamberlain holding up the Munich agreement), but balked at paying 2x the coin’s price at that time in shipping ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43053 "2020-04-30T03:03:10Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > They misspelled Mnuchin. “Munchkin”, right? ---
**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 30, 2020, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43054 "2020-04-30T03:52:53Z")
Individual 1 threatens to sue his campaign manager because his poll numbers are slipping. > **[Trump erupts at campaign manager as reelection stress overflows | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/29/politics/donald-trump-brad-parscale-campaign-coronavirus/index.html)** > > As he huddled with advisers on Friday evening, President Donald Trump was still fuming over his sliding poll numbers and the onslaught of criticism he was facing for suggesting a day earlier that ingesting disinfectant might prove effective against... ---
**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 30, 2020, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43055 "2020-04-30T06:54:57Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 threatens to sue his campaign manager because his poll numbers are slipping. > [https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/29/politics/donald-trump-brad-parscale-campaign-coronavirus/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/29/politics/donald-trump-brad-parscale-campaign-coronavirus/index.html) That’s fucking awesome. Way back when I was a PO2 in the USN, a SCPO started screaming over the phone at me very late one night when I refused to do something illegal (issue a ticket to the US for an emergency leave before verification of the emergency) so that the SCPO would look good, no matter how much legal trouble I would have gotten into. So, I told the SCPO that if he did not stop screaming, I would hang up. He screamed. I hung up. Ten minutes later, my LPO came in to help out and also to ensure that fucked up piece of shit SCPO (a fucking YEOMAN who did not even know yeomen have to pass a fucking typing test; I still hate that shithead) didn’t fuck me over. So with that in mind, and realizing I already have zero sympathy for Parscale since that jackass wants to inflict four more years of Trump on us, I do hope that when Trump started screaming, the jackass said, “Fuck it; I’m out of here”. Hopefully nobody else takes over his position and that piece of shit Trump who’s whining because he’s not looking good has to run his damn campaign by himself. Who knows? Maybe that’s what it’ll take to finally get the tangerine toddler in jail. ---
**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 30, 2020, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43056 "2020-04-30T07:02:53Z")
But, of course, reality is not so kind. The jackass and the toddler made up. Yeah, that took the jackass flying back to DC during the pandemic, exposing himself and others, but, hey, I guess you can’t draw the pretty pictures with crayons over the phone. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43057 "2020-04-30T07:21:55Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > So I’ll throw out a question to all those who, when Obama was president, mouthed “Let’s put the White back in the White House”: how do you like that Caucasian you got in there now? I’d be willing to bet cash that anyone who was saying “Let’s put the White back in the White House” is extremely pleased with the Caucasian in there now. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43058 "2020-04-30T09:14:09Z")
Yep. Anything negative about dear leader is fake news. So it’s all good. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2020, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43059 "2020-04-30T11:11:31Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It’s not real > [No, the White House is not selling coronavirus-themed commemorative coins for $100](https://www.businessinsider.com/the-white-house-is-not-selling-a-125-coronavirus-coin-2020-4) The real giveaway is that the site has a link “44th President Gifts: Barack Obama”. No way would that be on a site that if il Doofus had any control over. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43060 "2020-04-30T11:53:01Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 threatens to sue his campaign manager because his poll numbers are slipping. > [https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/29/politics/donald-trump-brad-parscale-campaign-coronavirus/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/29/politics/donald-trump-brad-parscale-campaign-coronavirus/index.html) It’s always a great idea to threaten people that are trying to help you because you’re such a loser. Keep it up Donald, please. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43061 "2020-04-30T12:45:28Z")
[Trump says China wants him to lose his bid for re-election](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-china-exclusive/exclusive-trump-says-china-wants-him-to-lose-his-bid-for-re-election-idUSKBN22C01F). Already starting the setup for his ‘illegitimate’ election loss. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43062 "2020-04-30T12:59:39Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Did you see the other coins in the series? Let me just point out this one: > Number 7: Title: GENIUS MAKES ITS OWN RULES with a Monograph "President Donald J. Trump: A Study in Genius“ > > Words fail me. You can’t make this up. The one I don’t get is this: > [@](#): > > #3 COIN IN HISTORIC MOMENTS COLLECTION, NOT THE VIETNAM COIN, AS SEEN IN NEWS WORLDWIDE, THE GATHERING OF LEADERS What if I want the Vietnam Coin? Where’s that? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43063 "2020-04-30T13:05:13Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > The one I don’t get is this: > > What if I want the Vietnam Coin? Where’s that? They have a little machine in the basement, and they’ll fix one right up for you. 😃 Like those [Lucky Penny](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/Bf36YLsQXG3fxCrtqJWROEgr3tengWEM60KFvvQaIIb4M0fiOxK7JH_3elTDPiU7M1VHMWsWuQJu26tP2w) machines they used to have at carnivals. In fact, that’s probably where all the Lucky Penny machines wound up. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43064 "2020-04-30T13:08:36Z")
Just a reality check here. All those coins selling for $125? You can make them for like $3 each. $6, tops. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43065 "2020-04-30T13:35:25Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Just a reality check here. All those coins selling for $125? > > You can make them for like $3 each. $6, tops. Ain’t capitalism great! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43066 "2020-04-30T13:50:41Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I’d love to know what the Secret Service thinks of him. I bet they have internal discussions on the subject “Would you take a bullet for this asshole?” > > I think I’ve found something better: the excommunication of Spinoza Naw. A simple [retirement](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP1DqABvvN8) will do. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2152) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2154)