# 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:** 2222
**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 8, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44427 "2020-06-08T18:06:58Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > If he starts ad libbing, then it will be a rant about the evil Democrats, the terrorist Antifa, and **how the police need to quit being so nice.** Sprinkeed with statements that he is the least racist president ever, and how good the blacks have it under his administration, and that the Democrats are the true racists. Remember [when he did that](https://time.com/4878838/president-donald-trump-police-officers/)during his campaign? And some of the police behind him applauded? ---
**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 8, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44428 "2020-06-08T18:07:32Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I keep hoping for the 3rd option. He goes right off the rails, and appears with his underpants on his head. He then starts spouting racist language, and demands that everyone must now call him God Emperor Trump. > > It would be fun to see the usual suspects try to spin this. “Once again, he masterfully owned the Liberal Lamestrream Media with his blistering sarcasm!” ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44429 "2020-06-08T18:09:05Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I imagine it’ll go something like: > > Trump: “How do you guys feel about this ‘Defund the Police’ stuff they’re yelling about?” > LEO’s: “We hate it. Terrible idea” > Trump: “OK…good meeting. Let’s have lunch.” I think it will be more like: Trump: You’re still endorsing me in December, right LEOs: As long as you don’t defund us Trump: Good-let’s eat ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44430 "2020-06-08T18:23:40Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > I think it will be more like: > > Trump: You’re still endorsing me in December, right > LEOs: As long as you don’t defund us > Trump: Good-let’s eat “December?” “Forget it, he’s rolling.” ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44431 "2020-06-08T18:49:19Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > I think it will be more like: > > Trump: You’re still endorsing me in December, right > LEOs: As long as you don’t defund us > Trump: Good-let’s eat Or, and just as plausible IMO: Shock & Awe, shock & awe, shock & awe. One big titanic push, and get it done and over with, because if we don’t do this now, we never will. Slippery slopes and all. ---
**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 8, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44432 "2020-06-08T19:01:53Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > If he starts ad libbing, then it will be a rant about the evil Democrats, the terrorist Antifa, and how the police need to quit being so nice. Sprinkeed with statements that he is the least racist president ever, and how good the blacks have it under his administration, and that the Democrats are the true racists. "Make America great again. Vote for me. Make America great again. Vote for me. I would say more but my staff said something about how my speech was supposed to have fourteen words in it for some reason." ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44433 "2020-06-08T21:01:10Z")
14 words. This is more serious than I thought. I knew his vocabulary was down to under 150 words - three syllables maximum; but this revelation is very troubling, sad, hugely bad, bigly hermbingder, covfeevidorona, … Maybe he’ll just show charts, upside down, but in color. A few sharpie marks for emphasis. ---
**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 8, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44434 "2020-06-08T22:11:30Z")
I don’t think Trump will ever change, being the 73 year old diaper that he is. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44435 "2020-06-08T22:23:47Z")
Did he MAKE that 3PM speech about race and unity? I’m not seeing any news coverage online. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44436 "2020-06-08T22:40:07Z")
I think he had the sainted Jared Kushner declare victory. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44437 "2020-06-08T22:44:01Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Did he MAKE that 3PM speech about race and unity? I’m not seeing any news coverage online. I"m curious about that, too. Did FOX turn out? Any details about this? > [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Trump is holding a law enforcement roundtable today. No press allowed. > > [Donald Trump Holds Law Enforcement Roundtable as Joe Biden Meets George Floyd Family](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-law-enforcement-roundtable-biden-meets-george-floyd-family-1509288) > "The president’s roundtable with law enforcement will take place in the State Dining Room at 3 p.m. this afternoon, according to a White House pool report. > > It is unclear which law enforcement officials are scheduled to attend the roundtable, and the meeting will be closed press—meaning reporters and other media will not be given access to the discussion." > Well, that’s not worrisome at all. Attendees? Menu? ---
**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 8, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44438 "2020-06-08T23:34:06Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > "The president’s roundtable with law enforcement will take place in the State Dining Room at 3 p.m. this afternoon, according to a White House pool report. > > It is unclear which law enforcement officials are scheduled to attend the roundtable, and the meeting will be closed press—meaning reporters and other media will not be given access to the discussion." > Well, that’s not worrisome at all. My guess is he’s going to propose using tactical nuclear weapons against protesters. ---
**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 8, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44439 "2020-06-08T23:41:37Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > My guess is he’s going to propose using tactical nuclear weapons against protesters. The Combover Cowboy is going with _precision_? ---
**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 8, 2020, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44440 "2020-06-08T23:54:42Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > The Combover Cowboy is going with _precision_? Only in the cities where he owns property. ---
**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 9, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44441 "2020-06-09T01:33:28Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I"m curious about that, too. Did FOX turn out? _ **There won’t be defunding. There won’t be dismantling of our police, and there’s not going to be any disbanding of our police. Our police have been letting us live in peace, and we want to make sure we don’t have any bad actors in there.** _ Apparently he is somehow going to make sure that [all the PDs](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/501701-trump-allies-go-on-attack-over-push-to-defund-the-police) in the country get federal funds to make up from what their municipalities are taking away from them. Or something. Because, he says, 99% of officers are great people. ---
**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 9, 2020, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44442 "2020-06-09T02:00:24Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Maybe he’ll just show charts, upside down Hey, if it’s good enough for the Bible, it’s good enough for the charts! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44443 "2020-06-09T02:10:22Z")
We just need to make the new fence around the White House a little bigger and stronger every single day. Problem solved. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44444 "2020-06-09T02:16:18Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > We just need to make the new fence around the White House a little bigger and stronger every single day. > > Problem solved. Not until the gate locks from the outside. ---
**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 9, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44445 "2020-06-09T02:26:23Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Not until the gate locks from the outside. Gate? ---
**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 9, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/44446 "2020-06-09T02:49:38Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Gate? It’s a section of fence that swings open like a door. At least it did before the welding. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2221) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2223)