# 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:** 2218
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44347 "2020-06-06T19:32:07Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 retweets Candace Owens saying George Floyd was not a good person. > [https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-shares-candace-owens-interview-131400391.html](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-shares-candace-owens-interview-131400391.html) The right-wing spin machine is off its game. Based on what we saw about Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown, I thought we’d be flooded with memes and bullshit about George Floyd’s secret criminal history already. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44348 "2020-06-06T19:34:11Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > _“TRA-DI-TION!”_ > > _\_ [Funny you should mention that!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d02A9nmJxcM&t=3s) (This is a couple of weeks old so it doesn’t incorporate the latest news.) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44349 "2020-06-06T20:18:26Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > The right-wing spin machine is off its game. Based on what we saw about Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown, I thought we’d be flooded with memes and bullshit about George Floyd’s secret criminal history already. Saw one of those today from a Trumpista relation, with a nifty new spin. To summarize a lengthy incoherent screed: “It doesn’t matter that George Floyd was a violent criminal with a history of theft and armed robbery, because Black Lives Matter!”. Subtle as a brick, that one. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44350 "2020-06-06T20:34:37Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Trump contaminated a swab factory, [and now everything has to be thrown away.](https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/health/all-swabs-will-be-thrown-out-following-trump-visit-puritan-says/97-2777a555-dc39-4088-b597-3a1a367ca3ed) Didn’t we see this coming? Remember that visit he did a week-or-so ago to the factory making face masks? The pictures showed him, sans mask, breathing on a bin full of masks. I’m sure somebody on this very board (maybe in this very thread?) remarked that those masks were probably contaminated. This one-man walking cesspool of a president in our very own Typhoid Trump. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44351 "2020-06-06T21:08:08Z")
“I saw a big white house down on Pennsylvania Avenue I said 'open up the gate, this can’t wait” and they said ‘who are you?’ I said I was a citizen trying to cut a deal on a Russian unicycle with a missing wheel and they let me through. I saw a clown with a combover trying to float a loan through the C.I.A. while he tweeted on his phone But there’s nobody home." [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rgGNHdDE_X4/hqdefault.jpg "Chris Smither - "Nobody Home" - The Green House at Green River Festival") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgGNHdDE_X4) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44352 "2020-06-06T21:16:50Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Trump contaminated a swab factory, [and now everything has to be thrown away.](https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/health/all-swabs-will-be-thrown-out-following-trump-visit-puritan-says/97-2777a555-dc39-4088-b597-3a1a367ca3ed) In his entire life, has this self-absorbed moron ever touched anything that didn’t turn to shit as a consequence? ---
**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:** [June 6, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44353 "2020-06-06T21:19:24Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > In his entire life, has this self-absorbed moron ever touched anything that didn’t turn to shit as a consequence? It’s a rhetorical question, right? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44354 "2020-06-06T21:41:41Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > In his entire life, has this self-absorbed moron ever touched anything that didn’t turn to shit as a consequence? It’s almost as if he has the reverse of the Midas touch (which sounds clever and original, but I was a little disappointed to find is in the Urban Dictionary). ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44355 "2020-06-06T21:45:58Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > It’s a rhetorical question, right? Meta! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44356 "2020-06-06T22:02:53Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > It’s almost as if he has the reverse of the Midas touch (which sounds clever and original, but I was a little disappointed to find is in the Urban Dictionary). The Mierda Touch. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44357 "2020-06-06T23:34:49Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Also saw #toddlergate and #orange-juliusCaesargate > > 😃 Laughter is the Best Medicine (for an endangered republic/democracy)… ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44358 "2020-06-07T01:33:34Z")
[Trump demanded 10,000 active-duty troops deploy to streets in heated Oval Office meeting](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-demanded-10000-active-duty-troops-deploy-to-streets-in-heated-oval-office-meeting/) > [@](#): > > In a heated and contentious debate in the Oval Office last Monday morning, \*\*President Trump demanded the military put 10,000 active duty troops into the streets immediately, \*\*a senior administration official told CBS News. Attorney General William Barr, Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley objected to the demand, the official said. > > In an attempt to satisfy Mr. Trump’s demand, Esper and Milley used a call with the nation’s governors later that morning to implore them to call up the National Guard in their own states, the official said. If these governors didn’t “call up the Guard, we’d have (active duty) troops all over the country,” this official said. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44359 "2020-06-07T02:01:20Z")
A failed state with a fascist president. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44360 "2020-06-07T02:13:41Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [Trump demanded 10,000 active-duty troops deploy to streets in heated Oval Office meeting](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-demanded-10000-active-duty-troops-deploy-to-streets-in-heated-oval-office-meeting/) It’d be great to have tape of this to show to the orange-loving ingrates. Might get at least 100 to vote against him! 🙂 ---
**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:** [June 7, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44361 "2020-06-07T02:17:34Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > The right-wing spin machine is off its game. Based on what we saw about Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown, I thought we’d be flooded with memes and bullshit about George Floyd’s secret criminal history already. I’ve seen claims that George Floyd and the cop are both actors and they were paid by Soros to make Individual 1 look bad. ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44362 "2020-06-07T02:48:16Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I’ve seen claims that George Floyd and the cop are both actors and they were paid by Soros to make Individual 1 look bad. Even putting ridiculous conspiracy theories like this aside, murdering someone, and then searching for reasons why they were guilty, is something that totalitarian governments have always done. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44363 "2020-06-07T03:33:29Z")
Individual 1 visits Maine, says he will allow fishing in a marine conservation area, says the governor is a dictator for not opening up the state. > **[Trump: 'She's like a dictator' Talks shift to Mills and reopening Maine amid...](https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/politics/trump-shes-like-a-dictator-talks-shift-to-mills-and-reopening-maine-amid-roundtable-in-bangor/97-dfe61b12-7041-49f8-b074-bc0a0e612f64)** > > The President and former Gov. Paul LePage criticized Gov. Janet Mills coronavirus response and efforts to reopen the state's economy. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44364 "2020-06-07T04:00:20Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Trump contaminated a swab factory, [and now everything has to be thrown away.](https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/health/all-swabs-will-be-thrown-out-following-trump-visit-puritan-says/97-2777a555-dc39-4088-b597-3a1a367ca3ed) Trump bragged about how many of those swabs he’s used up while contaminating an entire day’s worth of production. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2020, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44365 "2020-06-07T04:16:46Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 visits Maine, says he will allow fishing in a marine conservation area, says the governor is a dictator for not opening up the state. > [President Trump calls Maine Gov. Janet Mills a dictator | newscentermaine.com](https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/politics/trump-shes-like-a-dictator-talks-shift-to-mills-and-reopening-maine-amid-roundtable-in-bangor/97-dfe61b12-7041-49f8-b074-bc0a0e612f64) The Governor’s response. My favorite part is, “I have spent the better part of my career listening to loud men talk tough to disguise their weakness. That’s what I heard today.” > **['I don't care what the President says about me': Gov. Mills responds to...](https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/politics/i-dont-care-what-the-president-says-about-me-gov-mills-responds-to-trumps-visit-and-comments/97-5969b12b-dee9-49d5-a478-b8bb1be21abe)** > > "The President’s absolute lack of any leadership whatsoever during this pandemic has only hurt, not helped, Maine," Mills said in a statement. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44366 "2020-06-07T04:32:21Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I’ve seen claims that George Floyd and the cop are both actors and they were paid by Soros to make Individual 1 look bad. How was a cop killing a suspect in Minneapolis supposed to make the President of the United States look bad? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2217) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2219)