# 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:** 2164
**Author:** ![PackerMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@PackerMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PackerMan)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43267 "2020-05-08T21:07:29Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Never thought I’d care whether Stephen Miller got laid recently… If only he got it before they were married…😃 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43268 "2020-05-08T21:10:58Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Anonymous WH sources say that Trump went ballistic yesterday on the news that his valet – whom he hardly ever sees – tested positive. I’m imagining it’s worse today, which fills my heart with schadenfreude. I’m sure Trump will still refuse to wear a mask. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43269 "2020-05-08T21:23:14Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I’m sure Trump will still refuse to wear a mask. Don’t want that self tanner to come off. ---
**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 8, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43270 "2020-05-08T21:54:23Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Anonymous WH sources say that Trump went ballistic yesterday on the news that his valet – whom he hardly ever sees – tested positive. I’m imagining it’s worse today, which fills my heart with schadenfreude. “Well, sir; we we told that the virus just miraculously disappeared last month…” ---
**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:** [May 8, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43271 "2020-05-08T21:56:14Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Anonymous WH sources say that Trump went ballistic yesterday on the news that his valet – whom he hardly ever sees – tested positive. I’m imagining it’s worse today, which fills my heart with schadenfreude. What the fuck is the damn dirty lying sack of dung mad about? After all, the coronavirus is a hoax, right? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43272 "2020-05-08T22:44:32Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Is that why Trump won’t wear a mask? All that shit on his face will rub of and everyone will laugh at the old man who uses make-up? I think that is quite probably the main reason. > [@CalMeacham](#): > > When I heard about Trump’s valet being sick, my first thought was the title of an episode of **Get Smart!** from 1970 – _How Green was my Valet_ > > [How Green Was My Valet | Get Smart Wiki | Fandom](https://getsmart.fandom.com/wiki/How_Green_Was_My_Valet) > (The title is a play on a 1941 film and 1939 novel _How Green was my Valley_, which is probably pretty much forgotten today > > [How Green Was My Valley (film) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Green_Was_My_Valley_(film)) > [How Green Was My Valley - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Green_Was_My_Valley) > ) If it’s not, it should be. Dreadful film. And it won the Best Picture Oscar! Beating out _Citizen Kane_, _Sergeant Yor_k and _The Maltese Falcon_. > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The person on Mike Pence’s staff who has tested positive for coronavirus is Katie Miller, Stephen Miller’s wife. So does that mean Miller was exposed, and therefore, Individual 1? > [Another Coronavirus Case In The White House, Stephen Miller's Wife - News & Guts Media](https://www.newsandguts.com/another-coronavirus-case-in-the-white-house-stephen-millers-wife) I said before that I hoped two people in the White House got it. Make it three, as the thought of Stephen Miller with Covid gives me the warm fuzzies. > [@jsc1953](#): > > Anonymous WH sources say that Trump went ballistic yesterday on the news that his valet – whom he hardly ever sees – tested positive. I’m imagining it’s worse today, which fills my heart with schadenfreude. You see, when Chump sold his soul to the Devil in exchange for the presidency, he didn’t figure on coronavirus. Never think you can outsmart the Devil! ---
**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 8, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43273 "2020-05-08T22:49:21Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > You see, when Chump sold his soul to the Devil in exchange for the presidency, he didn’t figure on coronavirus. Never think you can outsmart the Devil! If he got more than $1.98 in exchange for his soul, he already outsmarted the Devil. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43274 "2020-05-08T23:28:49Z")
The virus in the house. A chilling thought that I don’t know which way I go on. I’m about 51% sure that Trump will catch the virus - if he doesn’t have it already. What if he actually kicks it before the election. Yeah, yeah, I know, ding dong the witch and all that shit, but it would absolute chaos. Pandemic still running wild, death rates spiking, economy tanking, leadership completely absent and what passes for it in complete melt-down disarray. Well. 2016’ers wanted something different. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43275 "2020-05-08T23:30:36Z")
[Let’s Break Everything](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-intelligence/acting-u-s-spy-chief-overhauls-agency-in-defiance-of-congressional-concerns-idUSKBN22K2ZW?il=0). (Reuters) > [@](#): > > Defying congressional oversight concerns, U.S. President Donald Trump’s acting director of national intelligence on Friday unveiled organizational changes to his agency. > > Richard Grenell, who is expected to be replaced in coming months by Trump’s full-time nominee, said the changes were the result of a lengthy review and would make more efficient use of funds and enhance intelligence support for the Pentagon. Anyone who doesn’t yet understand that we’re watching a deliberate takeover of our government by Trump and his supporters, one that intends to stay in power by any means necessary irrespective of any election outcome, is not adequately informed. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43276 "2020-05-08T23:31:24Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > The virus in the house. A chilling thought that I don’t know which way I go on. I’m about 51% sure that Trump will catch the virus - if he doesn’t have it already. What if he actually kicks it before the election. Yeah, yeah, I know, ding dong the witch and all that shit, but it would absolute chaos. **Pandemic still running wild, death rates spiking, economy tanking, leadership completely absent and what passes for it in complete melt-down disarray.** Hell, that describes the situation today. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43277 "2020-05-08T23:32:03Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > …it would absolute chaos. Pandemic still running wild, death rates spiking, economy tanking, leadership completely absent and what passes for it in complete melt-down disarray. In other words: status quo. Like Dorothy Parker said when Calvin Coolidge died: how can they tell? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43278 "2020-05-08T23:35:26Z")
Touché, but I’m picturing the same but with burning garbage in the streets and punks with weapons made of tennis rackets and engine rotors running the streets. That kind of thing. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43279 "2020-05-08T23:38:31Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Touché, but I’m picturing the same but with burning garbage in the streets and punks with weapons made of tennis rackets and engine rotors running the streets. That kind of thing. So, Washington DC on a Tuesday? ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43280 "2020-05-08T23:49:26Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I said before that I hoped two people in the White House got it. Make it three, as the thought of Stephen Miller with Covid gives me the warm fuzzies. I’m no expert, but I think Covid only attacks warm-blooded creatures. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43281 "2020-05-08T23:59:53Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Touché, but I’m picturing the same but with burning garbage in the streets and punks with weapons made of tennis rackets and engine rotors running the streets. That kind of thing. Do you actually think Trump is doing anything other than trying to _foster_ such scenarios?? He is the _cause_ of the chaos, not the gatekeeper against. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43282 "2020-05-09T00:21:45Z")
If Don the Con gets it, I will be overjoyed. I hope he mutters “Democratic Hoax” as he gasps for his last breath. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43283 "2020-05-09T01:03:05Z")
^I hope someone says it to him loudly, clearly, but in one-syllable words: > [@](#): > > Nah. It is a dem hoax. And then dances for joy in front of him. ---
**Author:** ![arles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@arles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arles)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43284 "2020-05-09T01:41:38Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > If Don the Con gets it, I will be overjoyed. I hope he mutters “Democratic Hoax” as he gasps for his last breath. And immediately reincarnated as a mucus leaking inflamed hemorrhoid on Jared’s ass. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43285 "2020-05-09T02:38:19Z")
> [@arles](#): > > And immediately reincarnated as a mucus leaking inflamed hemorrhoid on Jared’s ass. Which would be an improvement for him. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43286 "2020-05-09T03:43:15Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > November 2nd is the earliest because All Saint’s Day (November 1) is a religious holiday for many (the day after Halloween!). Sigh. All Hallows’ Eve (Hallows’ E’en, Halloween) is the day before All Hallows, All Saints. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2163) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2165)