# 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:** 255
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5081 "2017-05-19T16:39:48Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > Who could possibly have planned this trip? A speech to 50 Arab leaders? How could that possibly go well? If he goes off script for even a moment, which seems inevitable, riots may ensue. Even if he stays 100% on script for his Islam speech, things could still go horribly wrong since this speech is being written by Stephen Miller, the genius behind the Muslim ban. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5082 "2017-05-19T16:43:13Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > For those of us without the benefit of twitter? [This](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-robin-bell-projections-20170516-story.html) again. ---
**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, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5083 "2017-05-19T16:46:30Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > “Jews are great I love Jews. There is this Jewish Deli in the basement of Trump tower, best sandwiches anywhere, the best, next time you’re in New York you’ve got to go there. Every chance I get I go down there and order some Latkes and a ham and cheese on Rye. The best, wonderful. You Jews are so hard working and so smart to. Did you know that all the banks are owned by Jews, not many people know this but its true. Every single one. That’s how I know that Jews are so smart…” The scary thing is… this sounds \*exactly \*like something Trump would say. If this was reported, I would have assumed it was completely true. Poe’s Law. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5084 "2017-05-19T17:26:39Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > [Rosenstein Says He Knew Trump Planned to Fire Comey Before Writing Memo](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/us/politics/rosenstein-memo-trump-comey.html) > > Bolding mine. > > We all knew this already, but still… > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > From the Trumpster himself: > > Bumpity bumpity bump. There goes every one of his associates under the bus. Hopefully, some of Trump’s associates would now start thinking about throwing Trump under the bus. > [@BeepKillBeep](#): > > I was thinking something very similar the other day. I think the greatest danger to the US right now is if Trump doesn’t get impeached. There’s a very real assault taking place on many of your principles and institutions. Not that I was the only one, but after the election I said many times that Trump will tear down everything that is good about the US, if not on purpose than by accident. If Trump is not impeached I think there is a very real probability that this becomes your new normal, and that’s not good for the long term health of your government. Not because of Trump directly, i.e. he’s not going to get himself declared dictator, but rather the long-term effects. Some day you’ll have somebody with a lot political savvy and a weakened democracy and I think the outcome will be bad for the US when that day comes. > > And that’s what surprises me the most about people who continue to support Trump. I understand voting for Trump for a number of reasons. But how anybody with even rudimentary levels of intelligence can continue to support him boggles my mind. Bannon has admitted they are trying to “deconstruct” the state. I’ve seen some Trump supporters post on Facebook that what is most important to them is that Trump gets rid of anything the Muslim “Haussain [sic]” did. One even commented on a post about sea salt having plastic microsphere contamination that it is good that Trump is rolling back Obama’s environmental legacy. Yes. This person is cool with having polluted food if that’s the price for sticking it to Obama and liberals. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5085 "2017-05-19T17:30:24Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > The fact that some are afraid Trump may even inadvertently quote or paraphrase _The Protocols_ is horrifying. He likes to have those people with the funny little hats count his money. “As I look out over this sea of your funny little hats, I am reminded of counting money. Why ARE you people so good at that?” ---
**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:** [May 19, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5086 "2017-05-19T17:35:39Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Sometimes I worry that we are in the beginning of the downfall of America, and no one notices. Future (Chinese 🙂 ) historians will write of the Fall Of America, and the factors will be obvious to see, in hindsight. These are the thoughts that keep me up at night. I don’t think there is much question. Given its advantage in population, as China advances it will inevitably become the world’s dominant power. The question is whether that will take 20 or 100 years. The Trump presidency, by weakening our alliances and trade partnerships throughout the world and damaging our credibility with both friends and enemies, will accelerate that process. It’s ironic that a president who says his aim is to “Make America great again” is weakening it. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5087 "2017-05-19T18:00:58Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > For those of us without the benefit of twitter? I have never tweeted in my life and don’t even have a Twitter account. Furthermore, I run uBlock and NoScript and take several other security measures that generally break fussy websites that run all kinds of scripts and/or want you to login. That is all the long way of saying that I fucking hate Twitter, yet have resigned myself to the fact that it’s here, our president unfortunately uses it to communicate, and it’s hardly possible to read any news these days without “the benefit of twitter”, so it’d be better to just figure out your technical issue than to depend on Tweet-interpreters for the foreseeable future. You shouldn’t need to login or anything to be able to see that tweet. ---
**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 19, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5088 "2017-05-19T18:04:08Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > He likes to have those people with the funny little hats count his money. > > “As I look out over this sea of your funny little hats, I am reminded of counting money. Why ARE you people so good at that?” “People don’t ask that question, but why was there the Holocaust? Why could that one not have been worked out?” ---
**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, 2017, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5089 "2017-05-19T18:15:30Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Representative Ted Lieu of CA has prepared a document to assist Trump during his overseas trip: > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/RepTedLieu/status/865568077240451074) I have been begging him to run for the Senate. Congressman Lieu is a treasure. The replies on that post are as awesome as the original. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5090 "2017-05-19T18:41:31Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > A leopard doesn’t change its spots. The Trump you saw on the campaign trail was Trump in his courtship phase. The actual Trump is actually becoming much worse and far more unhinged. Yeah, I know, like I said, it was a brief glimmer of optimism. > [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > “People don’t ask that question, but why was there the Holocaust? Why could that one not have been worked out?” “My deportation squads would have found Anne Frank.” ---
**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, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5091 "2017-05-19T18:49:35Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > “People don’t ask that question, but why was there the Holocaust? Why could that one not have been worked out?” “Apparently a lot of people were killed at the Holocaust. Nobody knew this. But it was a big thing. I promise to shut this Holocaust thing down.” ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5092 "2017-05-19T18:56:24Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > “Apparently a lot of people were killed at the Holocaust. Nobody knew this. But it was a big thing. I promise to shut this Holocaust thing down.” “I could have got a long great with Hitler who was a very smart leader. I could have negotiated peace in our time. Believe me.” Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5093 "2017-05-19T19:02:09Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > +1. Why are twitter links such a mess? The dishonest media. They’re very unfair. Very unfair. Twitter needs to fix their links. I’m they’re biggest customer and you’d think the least they could do is fix their links. Don’t pay them. Don’t pay them. Something’s wrong with my mic. Very dishonest. It’s disgraceful. Jews make great sandwiches. I’ve never tried falafel but I hear it’s great. There’s some Muslims that have a business down my street. They’re great people. Great people. I’ll bet they can make some great sandwiches too. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5094 "2017-05-19T19:08:10Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > Even if he stays 100% on script for his Islam speech, things could still go horribly wrong since this speech is being written by Stephen Miller, the genius behind the Muslim ban. Maybe he’ll suggest to the Saudi leaders that they impose their own Muslim ban. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5095 "2017-05-19T19:12:25Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Maybe he’ll suggest to the Saudi leaders that they impose their own Muslim ban. Ironically, they already have in some respects. Saudi Arabia for example won’t take in any Syrian refugees despite having millions of tents for exactly that purpose. What’s up with that? ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5096 "2017-05-19T19:14:08Z")
Breaking News: Trump called Comey a crazy nut job. Said firing him relieved great pressure. He said this to the Russians! The Trumptanic is heading straight for the iceberg. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5097 "2017-05-19T19:16:37Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > I have never tweeted in my life and don’t even have a Twitter account. Furthermore, I run uBlock and NoScript and take several other security measures that generally break fussy websites that run all kinds of scripts and/or want you to login. > > That is all the long way of saying that I fucking hate Twitter, yet have resigned myself to the fact that it’s here, our president unfortunately uses it to communicate, and it’s hardly possible to read any news these days without “the benefit of twitter”, so it’d be better to just figure out your technical issue than to depend on Tweet-interpreters for the foreseeable future. You shouldn’t need to login or anything to be able to see that tweet. I have nothing against twitter, I just couldn’t see what was linked. Maybe it’s me, I don’t know. I’m not adverse to seeing a tweet, just don’t know how. ---
**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, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5098 "2017-05-19T19:20:23Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > Breaking News: Trump called Comey a crazy nut job. Said firing him relieved great pressure. He said this to the Russians! > > The Trumptanic is heading straight for the iceberg. [I wonder how this will be spun.](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/us/politics/trump-russia-comey.html?_r=0) > [@](#): > > “I just fired the head of the F.B.I. He was crazy, a real nut job,” Mr. Trump said, according to the document, which was read to The New York Times by an American official. “I faced great pressure because of Russia. That’s taken off.” > > Mr. Trump added, “I’m not under investigation.” ---
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5099 "2017-05-19T19:31:55Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > [I wonder how this will be spun.](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/us/politics/trump-russia-comey.html?_r=0) Probably pretty much in the same way that’s noted in the article. Comey was making it too difficult for Trump to ‘engage and negotiate’ with Russia so that’s why he had to go. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5100 "2017-05-19T19:41:08Z")
“I just hatched from an egg in the hold of an alien spaceship and latched onto the face of a young yet leathery John Hurt.” Mr. Trump said, according to the document, which was read to The New York Times by an American official. “I shoved my ovipositor down his throat and laid my eggs in his chest." Mr. Trump added, “But I’m not an alien.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=254) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=256)