# 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:** 2183
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43647 "2020-05-19T13:20:12Z")
Sudden, inexplicable episodes of reasonable behavior. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43648 "2020-05-19T13:37:47Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Related question: Would he allow a competent doctor to examine him? Every doctor that sees him is competent. Better than that. They’re the best. Genius doctors. They’ve all won the Best Medical Prize. Or they should. And they all say he’s in perfect health. The best. Nobody has better health. They look at him and say, “Sir, I wish I had your health”. > [@simster](#): > > Would any competent doctor prescribe this based on the whim of a patient? More seriously, yes, some would and have. There are reports of this, and I believe (but am not 100% sure) I’ve seen some posts on the board relating stories of that very thing. Though it’s probably less common now than it was a month ago. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43649 "2020-05-19T14:09:06Z")
> [@simster](#): > > Would any competent doctor prescribe this based on the whim of a patient? Sorry to shatter any illusions you might have had, but in a world driven by patient satisfaction where doctors are rated like Uber drivers, far dumber things are done every day based on the whims of patients. And for someone with the money and power of Trump, it would be no challenge at all to find a doctor willing to obtain and administer black tar heroin for him. Yes, I am a bit cynical about my profession, why do you ask? ---
**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:** [May 19, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43650 "2020-05-19T14:26:23Z")
All those folks addicted to prescription pain killers didn’t buy them at McDonald’s ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43651 "2020-05-19T14:34:34Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Agreed - I seriously doubt he’s actually taking it. He’s pimping snake oil. Are you kidding? He \*loves \*getting his hydroxychloroquine. Every day, the Surgeon General brings him his pill. Sometimes, it’s shaped like Barney, sometimes Fred or Wilma. Chewable, too! ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43652 "2020-05-19T15:23:47Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Every doctor that sees him is competent. Better than that. They’re the best. Genius doctors. They’ve all won the Best Medical Prize. Or they should. And they all say he’s in perfect health. The best. Nobody has better health. They look at him and say, “Sir, I wish I had your health”. With tears in their eyes… ---
**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:** [May 19, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43653 "2020-05-19T15:56:28Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > All those folks addicted to prescription pain killers didn’t buy them at McDonald’s Yeah, McDonald’s is more about uppers. Remember their old [coke spoon](https://imgur.com/gallery/WH3UR)? ---
**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:** [May 19, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43654 "2020-05-19T16:21:33Z")
nm. dupe. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43655 "2020-05-19T16:23:57Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Besides the much-discussed dangers of cardiac adverse effects, it can cause a laundry list of other weird side effects, including mental disruptions. > [@Fretful\_Porpentine](#): > > How can they tell? 😕 > [@elucidator](#): > > Sudden, inexplicable episodes of reasonable behavior. Like when Fred Flintstone gets bonked on the noggin with his bowling ball, and wakes up as Reginald van Gleason? Hey, it’s worth a try. To borrow from the America-hating fuckstick, _what have we got to lose?_ ---
**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:** [May 19, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43656 "2020-05-19T16:34:26Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Yeah, McDonald’s is more about uppers. Remember their old [coke spoon](https://imgur.com/gallery/WH3UR)? Those were so awesome. I wish I had saved one. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43657 "2020-05-19T17:27:04Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Those were so awesome. I wish I had saved one. You can still find some on eBay. Just sayin’. ---
**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 19, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43658 "2020-05-19T17:36:53Z")
> [@simster](#): > > Would any competent doctor prescribe this based on the whim of a patient? I’m not convinced a competent doctor would be willing to take the role of White House physician at this time. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43659 "2020-05-19T17:55:54Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Nancy Pelosi says that Individual 1 should not be taking hydroxychloroquine because he’s old and morbidly obese. > [https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Nancy-Pelosi-Trump-morbidly-obese-malaria-drug-CNN-15279305.php](https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Nancy-Pelosi-Trump-morbidly-obese-malaria-drug-CNN-15279305.php) When pressed for further comment, Pelosi said that he was ugly and he smelled bad. ---
**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 19, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43660 "2020-05-19T18:05:24Z")
The White House doctor put out a press release where he waffles and doesn’t specifically say he’s prescribed hydrox cookies for Individual 1. [READ: White House Physician Sean Conley Says Potential of Treating Trump with Hydroxychloroquine 'Outweighed the Relative Risks' - Second Nexus](https://secondnexus.com/donald-trump-physician-hydroxychloroquine-statement)? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43661 "2020-05-19T19:36:15Z")
Fascinating…but not surprising. IANAL but it sure seems like it would be malpractice to prescribe HXQ for someone with no symptoms (of either malaria or Covid). ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43662 "2020-05-19T20:16:05Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I would not be at all surprised if he’s not taking it. He lies about any- and everything just for grins. But we can hope. He might have muscled his doctor into prescribing it for him, but I doubt he’s taking it. I could see him taking one just to say he’s taking it, but I even doubt that. No need to take them when he could take the bottle and pour the pills into the toilet. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43663 "2020-05-19T20:18:18Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Fascinating…but not surprising. IANAL but it sure seems like it would be malpractice to prescribe HXQ for someone with no symptoms (of either malaria or Covid). Quick! Somebody schedule a summit in a remote part of Borneo where there are lots of mosquitoes! ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43664 "2020-05-19T21:13:23Z")
Republicans are now poised to [subpoena](https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/18/lindsey-graham-obama-subpoena-trump-266471) former Obama administration officials. Apparently they have forgotten that Republicans told us that nobody has to respond to Congressional subpoenas anymore, so I’m not sure what the point is. ---
**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 19, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43665 "2020-05-19T21:24:42Z")
On the other hand, anyone who takes hydroxychloroquine solely on Chump’s say-so and then dies is not someone I’m going to miss anyway. Not to mention one less vote for Chump. He ought to be thinking about that, that it will be mainly his voters who will die from this example he’s setting. ---
**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 19, 2020, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/43666 "2020-05-19T22:30:09Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Republicans are now poised to [subpoena](https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/18/lindsey-graham-obama-subpoena-trump-266471) former Obama administration officials. Apparently they have forgotten that Republicans told us that nobody has to respond to Congressional subpoenas anymore, so I’m not sure what the point is. No no no. Silly! \*Republicans \*don’t have to respond to Congressional subpoenas. Democrats, on the other hands, must do so, since they are criminals and degenerates. It’s in the Constitution. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2182) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2184)