# 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:** 2214
**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:** [June 5, 2020, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44267 "2020-06-05T05:11:53Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > No, of course the black community has to pay for that wall. Well, of course they will\*. The damn wall is black, isn’t it? I’d bet real money the cheeto clown actually does take a piss on it. \*Of course not! ---
**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:** [June 5, 2020, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44268 "2020-06-05T05:20:33Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > But it’s the old trick of accusing another party of hypocrisy to deflect from your own. Sure, which is of course the problem of giving up the moral high ground. We’ve got officials acting out cargo cult outrage without a leg to stand on. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44269 "2020-06-05T14:25:08Z")
> [@jshore](#): > > Yeah…although I found her logic somewhat confusing. She strongly endorses the statement and says how important it is to be said (and even that it should have been said earlier) but then goes on to say that she is “struggling” with whether to support Trump for re-election. > > I mean, Mattis’s statement basically compares Trump to the Nazis and talks about him as a threat to the Constitution…and Murkowski is thinking, “Hmmm…Nazis or the Constitution, boy that’s a hard choice”? She can’t actually bring herself to put out a statement of her own. She’s reduced to saying “Yeah, what that guy said.” It’s total cowardice, and this kind of cowardice is how the Republican party has become the party of Trump. They once thought they could manage him and use him for their purposes, completely forgetting that by pandering to the worst among us instead of helping the country maintain a higher standard of behavior, that they’ve created a monster - a monster composed of millions of Republican voters, donors, and activists. Senator Murkowski, like Senator Collins and others, is a slave - not even a slave to ideology but a slave to a political nihilism. It’s fucking disgusting. Fuck her and her goddamned, weak sauce “criticism.” ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44270 "2020-06-05T15:02:42Z")
The orange buffoon actually did it. [He finally built The Wall](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-white-house-wall-fence-security-george-floyd-protests-police-racism-a9550591.html). ---
**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:** [June 5, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44271 "2020-06-05T15:16:55Z")
So the unemployment rate dropped to about 13% for May, lower than expected, and trump is crowing about it. I suppose it’s smooth sailing to reelection for him now since obviously he single handedly fixed the economy and triumphed over the deep state that was trying to take him down (gag). It’s my understanding these are mostly hospitality jobs so probably not exactly rescuing people from a life of poverty but obviously if those people were worth anything they’d start their own business and become rich!!!11 ---
**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:** [June 5, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44272 "2020-06-05T15:24:53Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > The orange buffoon actually did it. [He finally built The Wall](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-white-house-wall-fence-security-george-floyd-protests-police-racism-a9550591.html). _but it was too high, as you can see no matter how he tried, he could not break free and the worms ate into his “brain”_ ---
**Author:** ![Neo-Calredic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/96bed5/32.png) [@Neo-Calredic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neo-Calredic)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44273 "2020-06-05T16:11:31Z")
Trump hopes George Floyd is looking down from the clouds, so he can see the wonderful police response to the protests Responding to his death: > [@](#): > > [https://americanindependent.com/donald-trump-george-floyd-looking-down-great-day-protests-police-violence-white-house/](https://americanindependent.com/donald-trump-george-floyd-looking-down-great-day-protests-police-violence-white-house/) > > Here are Trump’s comments made during a speech in the Rose Garden on June 5: > > "You have to dominate the streets. You can’t let what is happening happen. It’s called dominate the streets — you can’t let that happen in New York, where they’re breaking in stores and all of the things, and by the way hurting a lot of small businesses. You can’t let it happen. > > Equal justice under the law must mean that every American receives equal treatment in every encounter with law enforcement, regardless of race, color, gender, or creed. They have to receive fair treatment from law enforcement. They have to receive it. > > We all saw what happened last week. We can’t let that happen. > > Hopefully, George is looking down right now and saying, there’s a great thing that’s happening for our country. There’s a great day for him. It’s a great day for everybody." ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44274 "2020-06-05T16:13:38Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > _but it was too high, as you can see > no matter how he tried, he could not break free > and the worms ate into his “brain”_ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44275 "2020-06-05T16:14:13Z")
It kills me to look at the title of this thread every day now - “a clusterfuck _in the making_”. Oh, if only. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44276 "2020-06-05T16:17:50Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > The orange buffoon actually did it. [He finally built The Wall](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-white-house-wall-fence-security-george-floyd-protests-police-racism-a9550591.html). “Mr. Trump ------ Tear Down This Wall!” ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44277 "2020-06-05T16:48:16Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > “Mr. Trump ------ Tear Down This Wall!” Cue [Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5HfOipwvts). ---
**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:** [June 5, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44278 "2020-06-05T16:54:30Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Cue [Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5HfOipwvts). Not a bad idea. Has anyone checked with the HOA Design Committee to see if that thing complies with CC&Rs? ---
**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:** [June 5, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44279 "2020-06-05T17:00:26Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > “Mr. Trump ------ Tear Down This Wall!” God if Biden would only step up to the wall, get a bullhorn, and should that very phrase. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44280 "2020-06-05T17:03:15Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > _but it was too high, as you can see > no matter how he tried, he could not break free > and the worms ate into his “brain”_ Mother should I run for President? Mother should I trust the government? Mother will they put me in the firing line? Ooh ah, Is it just a waste of time? Hush now baby, baby, don’t you cry. Mama’s gonna make all your nightmares come true… ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44281 "2020-06-05T17:13:01Z")
> [@Lamoral](#): > > It kills me to look at the title of this thread every day now - “a clusterfuck _in the making_”. > > Oh, if only. well each and every day he makes it just a bit (or a lot) more of a clusterfuck, so I think it still fits. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44282 "2020-06-05T17:23:18Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > God if Biden would only step up to the wall, get a bullhorn, and should that very phrase. Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun Shine on you crazy diamond Now there’s a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky Shine on you crazy diamond You were caught on the crossfire of childhood and stardom Blown on the steel breeze Come on you target for faraway laughter Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine…! ( I believe in you, Joe. I’ll always have your back. ) “Victoriae fulgur urbe” ---
**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:** [June 5, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44283 "2020-06-05T17:30:12Z")
I think this one is very apropos: Hey you, Whitehouse Ha, ha, charade you are You house proud town mouse Ha, ha, charade you are You’re trying to keep our feelings off the street You’re nearly a real treat All tight lips and cold feet And do you feel abused? You got to stem the evil tide And keep it all on the inside ---
**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:** [June 5, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44284 "2020-06-05T17:32:38Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > The orange buffoon actually did it. [He finally built The Wall](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-white-house-wall-fence-security-george-floyd-protests-police-racism-a9550591.html). As much as I loathed Richard Nixon, he had far more balls than the current occupant of the White House. At the height of protests against his invasion of Cambodia, [he actually went out one night to walk among the protesters and talk to them.](https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/05/17/richard-nixon-kent-state-protests-white-house-lincoln-memorial/) It’s impossible to imagine Trump doing any such thing. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44285 "2020-06-05T18:06:52Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I think this one is very apropos: > Hey you, Whitehouse > Ha, ha, charade you are > You house proud town mouse > Ha, ha, charade you are > You’re trying to keep our feelings off the street > You’re nearly a real treat > All tight lips and cold feet > And do you feel abused? > You got to stem the evil tide > And keep it all on the inside You left off the next few lines: _You’re nearly a laugh You’re nearly a laugh But you’re really a cry_ (Yes, I know that for the last verse, the repeated lines are “Mary, you’re nearly a treat”, but the current occupant is nowhere near a “treat”) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44286 "2020-06-05T18:20:53Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I think this one is very apropos: > Hey you, Whitehouse > Ha, ha, charade you are > You house proud town mouse > Ha, ha, charade you are > You’re trying to keep our feelings off the street > You’re nearly a real treat > All tight lips and cold feet > And do you feel abused? > You got to stem the evil tide > And keep it all on the inside Nice! Wow, Nostradamus-like, most Pink Floyd lyrics were a warning prophecy of the trump admin, apparently [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2213) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2215)