# 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:** 2166
**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:** [May 10, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43307 "2020-05-10T01:52:47Z")
> [@Anny\_Middon](#): > > Now L’il Donny wants the [wall painted black.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/05/07/donald-trump-wants-border-wall-painted-black-report/5181469002/) Apparently, this is supposed to make it look more imposing and be too hot in the summer to climb. > > This quite naturally had Rex Huppke, columnist for the Chicago Tribune, tweeting: “I see a racist wall/And I want it painted black.” He’s gonna need a wall first, though. How’s that campaign promise FUCKING CON coming along? And props to Rex Huppke for lots of things he says and gets published. ---
**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 10, 2020, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43308 "2020-05-10T02:58:59Z")
Well, it’s gonna be black, you see, and to Individual 1, black is just skeery. ---
**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 10, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43309 "2020-05-10T03:38:31Z")
[Fauci now needs to self-quarantine](https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/09/politics/fauci-modified-quarantine-coronavirus/index.html). So do the heads of the CDC and FDA. The virus is moving inexorably closer to Chump and Pence. Christmas may be coming early this year. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43310 "2020-05-10T03:59:01Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > [Fauci now needs to self-quarantine](https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/09/politics/fauci-modified-quarantine-coronavirus/index.html). So do the heads of the CDC and FDA. > > The virus is moving inexorably closer to Chump and Pence. Christmas may be coming early this year. Our country is has been managed by a man sitting on a golden toilet with a cell phone for 3 years. Sort of like North Korea. I don’t see any change coming. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43311 "2020-05-10T03:59:25Z")
Those fuckers are seriously asking for it. With some of his Inner Circle testing positive, it’s only a matter of time before Don will have to admit complete and outright aesthetic defeat to his base by donning a mask. Or, by fucking dieing. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43312 "2020-05-10T04:05:55Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Those fuckers are seriously asking for it. > > With some of his Inner Circle testing positive, it’s only a matter of time before Don will have to admit complete and outright aesthetic defeat to his base by donning a mask. > > Or, by fucking dieing. 🙂 He won’t wear a mask. It would mess up his daily orange paint job. Better call Maaco. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2020, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43313 "2020-05-10T04:10:11Z")
And if he eventually _did_ have to wear a mask, how on earth could he possibly pretzel and contort justifiying such an image that his base would somehow find palatable / understandable? ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43314 "2020-05-10T04:30:14Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > And if he eventually _did_ have to wear a mask, how on earth could he possibly pretzel and contort justifiying such an image that his base would somehow find palatable / understandable? Easy. He either lies about what he said before or flips his position like he’s done a thousand times before. Trump has never worried about consistency. He often contradicts himself within the same briefing – why would he worry about what he said or did yesterday? ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43315 "2020-05-10T04:59:56Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Our country is has been managed by a man sitting on a golden toilet with a cell phone for 3 years. He’s starting a movement. Bigly. ---
**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 10, 2020, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43316 "2020-05-10T05:09:30Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Well, it’s gonna be black, you see, and to Individual 1, black is just skeery. No truer words were ever typed. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2020, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43317 "2020-05-10T05:09:38Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > He’s starting a movement. Bigly. +1 or should that be 2. ETA: for Mr. Sinclair’s post. Yeah, timeouts today - brutal. ---
**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 10, 2020, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43318 "2020-05-10T05:20:47Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Those fuckers are seriously asking for it. > > With some of his Inner Circle testing positive, it’s only a matter of time before Don will have to admit complete and outright aesthetic defeat to his base by donning a mask. > > Or, by fucking dieing. 🙂 Chump reminds me of the Black Knight in the _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_. He’ll insist he’s not defeated even after his arms and legs have been sliced off. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2020, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43319 "2020-05-10T09:36:06Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > With some of his Inner Circle testing positive, it’s only a matter of time before Don will have to admit complete and outright aesthetic defeat to his base by donning a mask. > > Or, by fucking dieing. 🙂 His last words would likely be something along the lines of “I have the best health. I’ve been getting calls from doctors, very respected in terms of medical, they say sir, you’re the healthiest president there’s ever been.” ---
**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:** [May 10, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43320 "2020-05-10T14:47:13Z")
The level of crap that trump [continues to generate](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-deaths-mount-trump-tries-to-convince-americans-its-safe-to-inch-back-to-normal/2020/05/09/bf024fe6-9149-11ea-a9c0-73b93422d691_story.html) is a marvel to behold… > [@](#): > > …On Friday, as the unemployment rate reached a historically high 14.7 percent, Trump urged Americans to think of this period as a “transition to greatness,” adding during a meeting with Republican members of Congress: “We’re going to do something very fast, and we’re going to have a phenomenal year next year.” The president predicted the virus eventually would disappear even without a vaccine — a prediction at odds with his own science officials… “Transition to greatness”?? Are you fucking kidding me?? :smack: > [@](#): > > …But Trump’s outward projections of assurance and hope masked the more sober acknowledgments of some outside advisers and experts who worry **the number of deaths will either stabilize around 2,000 per day or continue to climb** over the next month. > > “The question is, will people become anesthetized to it? Are they willing to accept that?” said one adviser to the White House coronavirus task force who, like many others interviewed for this story, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters or offer candid assessments… My bold. > [@](#): > > …[Deborah] Birx and others were frustrated with the CDC’s antiquated system for tracking virus data, which they worried was inflating some statistics — such as mortality rate and case count — by as much as 25 percent… Oh, so maybe there are only 1,500 deaths per day. WHEW! That’s not so bad. We can live with that! Naughty CDC, trying to make Dear Leader look like a bad man. For shame! Holy fuck. Reading that article makes my head swim. It’s exactly like watching the [mad teacup ride at Disneyland.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfw4ivW8kPw)Everyone going around and around in circles, nothing intersecting or touching. No starting or stopping point, no square corners, just endless dizzying curves. Dear God, our country is so fucked. \<\*\*ThelmaLou \*\*heads off to lie down with an ice bag on her forehead\> ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43321 "2020-05-10T15:11:12Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > T > Oh, so maybe there are only 1,500 deaths per day. WHEW! That’s not so bad. We can live with that! Naughty CDC, trying to make Dear Leader look like a bad man. For shame! For the past month or so, the #1 cause of death for each day in the US has been COVID-19. More than cancer, more than heart disease, more than accidents, more than swimming pools (a shock for Dr Phil, I’m sure). Be sure to point that out the next time somebody says “this is just the flu.” ---
**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:** [May 10, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43322 "2020-05-10T17:30:14Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > For the past month or so, the #1 cause of death for each day in the US has been COVID-19. More than cancer, more than heart disease, more than accidents, more than swimming pools (a shock for Dr Phil, I’m sure). Be sure to point that out the next time somebody says “this is just the flu.” They’ve moved past “this is just the flu” Now they are onto “It’s just _those other people_ dying, so who gives a shit.” ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43323 "2020-05-10T17:33:13Z")
I’ve actually seen the argument that “the hospitals are way over-inflating the number of deaths, even deaths that have nothing to do with covid-19 are being included in the numbers.” In other words: don’t trust doctors, don’t trust scientists, don’t trust numbers. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43324 "2020-05-10T17:39:11Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I’ve actually seen the argument that “the hospitals are way over-inflating the number of deaths, even deaths that have nothing to do with covid-19 are being included in the numbers.” > > In other words: don’t trust doctors, don’t trust scientists, don’t trust numbers. Dear Leader is the only one you can trust. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43325 "2020-05-10T18:19:57Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > …weapons made of tennis rackets and engine rotors running the streets. Are these real things? I’m having trouble visualizing them. ---
**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 10, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43326 "2020-05-10T18:28:00Z")
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