# 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:** 257
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5121 "2017-05-19T22:31:08Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > AF1 is too big. You need a Cessna to pull that off. Ah, Cold War memories! ---
**Author:** ![Cheerful\_Pessimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Cheerful\_Pessimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheerful_Pessimist)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5122 "2017-05-19T22:32:05Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > “I prefer religious groups that weren’t Holocausted.” Anybody have any tips for cleaning red wine off a keyboard? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5123 "2017-05-19T22:32:50Z")
CNN is reporting that WH counsel is researching impeachment. > **[Sources: White House lawyers research impeachment | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/19/politics/donald-trump-white-house-lawyers-research-impeachment/index.html)** > > White House lawyers have begun researching impeachment procedures in an effort to prepare for what officials still believe is a distant possibility that President Donald Trump could have to fend off attempts to remove him from office, two people... ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5124 "2017-05-19T22:39:53Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > There are odds for impeachment, odds for resignation… are there any odds for “defection”? Saudi Arabia doesn’t seem to have an extradition treaty with the US… ---
**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, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5125 "2017-05-19T22:40:03Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > CNN is reporting that WH counsel is researching impeachment. > > [http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/19/politics/donald-trump-white-house-lawyers-research-impeachment/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/19/politics/donald-trump-white-house-lawyers-research-impeachment/index.html) Found a typo in the opening paragraph: > [@](#): > > White House lawyers have begun researching impeachment procedures in an effort to prepare for what officials still believe is a distant possibility that President Donald Trump could have to fend off attempts to remove him from office, two people briefed on the discussions tell CNN. Should have been: > [@](#): > > White House lawyers have begun researching impeachment procedures in an effort to prepare for what officials still believe is a \*\*DISTINCT \*\*possibility … ---
**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, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5126 "2017-05-19T22:55:11Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Saudi Arabia doesn’t seem to have an extradition treaty with the US… He may have to convert. And be circumcised. ---
**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, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5127 "2017-05-19T23:05:05Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > “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.” That is fucking hilarious. 😃 Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5128 "2017-05-19T23:06:27Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Saudi Arabia doesn’t seem to have an extradition treaty with the US… Let’s hope the Saudis don’t have extreme vetting for refugees. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5129 "2017-05-19T23:07:18Z")
> [@Rick\_Sanchez](#): > > Y’know, we really should retire the phrase “smoking gun” if finding, like, twenty of them doesn’t change anything. My nomination is “Exploding Blunderbuss” ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5130 "2017-05-19T23:09:04Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > My nomination is “Exploding Blunderbuss” OK, who told you Trump’s Secret Service code name? ---
**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, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5131 "2017-05-19T23:15:30Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > That is fucking hilarious. 😃 Does MST3K imitate life, or does life imitate MST3K? ---
**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 20, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5132 "2017-05-20T00:29:02Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > When I think “Trump”, I definitely think “asylum.” There appears to be a rather large facility in Irkutsk. That would be ideal. East-central Siberia, far away from just about everyone. I suspect that would be Vlad’s choice. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5133 "2017-05-20T00:42:36Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > He may have to convert. And be circumcised. I hesitate to type this, but aren’t most American men’s chaps circumcised anyway? If so, that’s half the battle. ---
**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 20, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5134 "2017-05-20T00:50:50Z")
Please, people, leave the man’s penis to its own devices. Some of us might be opening this thread at lunchtime. No one wants that image, I mean, like, ever. ---
**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 20, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5135 "2017-05-20T00:51:10Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > He may have to convert. And be circumcised. Impossible – there’s just no end to that prick. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5136 "2017-05-20T00:57:39Z")
[There’s always more](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39943948), and it’s always worse : > [@](#): > > The president’s team has reportedly attempted to build downtime into his schedule wherever possible, and instructed foreign delegations that **he prefers short presentations with lots of visual aids**.His short attention span is said to have already affected preparation for the trip. **Aides threaded the president’s own name through the paragraphs of a two-page briefing memo in order to hold the president’s interest** , the New York Times reported on Friday. So, basically, “He is used to his picturebooks. Also, if at all possible only ever talk about him and how great he is.” At this point I’m wary of him travelling at all. The gravity pull of his ego is sure to provoke severe tidal disruptions. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2017, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5137 "2017-05-20T01:14:20Z")
There’s [ALWAYS MORE](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/05/19/trump-officials-he-looks-more-and-more-like-a-complete-moron), and it’s always darkly hilarious. Quotes from \*Trump’s own WH staffers : - > [@](#): > > “Trump himself hasn’t been implicated in any of these leaks except where he’s implicated himself, where he says something that makes his perhaps less-than-sterling intentions clear,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss the controversy candidly. “He keeps saying there’s no collusion, and I think he’s right. So if he would just shut his trap, what would Dems have? > [@](#): > > Okay, he fired Comey,” the official conceded. “With a semi-competent comms operation, that would blow over in 24 hours. And that’s the worst part: he has a competent comms staff. But they can’t do their jobs because he keeps running his mouth. > [@](#): > > Trump’s repeated media missteps have frustrated even longtime supporters. “Every day he looks more and more like a complete moron,” said one senior administration official who also worked on Trump’s campaign. “I can’t see Trump resigning or even being impeached, but at this point I wish he’d grow a brain and be the man that he sold himself as on the campaign.” > [@](#): > > Asked whether an administration staff change-up would ameliorate this latest crisis, a Republican source formerly involved with a pro-Trump political group told The Daily Beast, “yes, if it comes with a frontal lobotomy for Trump.” > [@](#): > > "David C. Gomez, a former FBI assistant special agent in charge, said Trump’s comments demonstrated a profound inability to grasp the potential consequences of his words. “In terms of potential criminal activity, it’s amateur night at the White House,” Gomez told The Daily Beast. “These guys—and Trump especially—don’t know how to not implicate themselves. On a big case like this, the ideal thing would be a wiretap on your number one subject,” Gomez added. “But in this case, you don’t need a wiretap. He just comes right out and says it.” ---
**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:** [May 20, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5138 "2017-05-20T01:21:50Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > He may have to convert. And be circumcised. > [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Impossible – there’s just no end to that prick. [Ba-da-BING!](https://media.tenor.co/images/fddffcc0d54fb9a6e8546f3217e49019/tenor.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Jungian\_Camisole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@Jungian\_Camisole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jungian_Camisole)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5139 "2017-05-20T01:44:46Z")
I have come to the conclusion that President Trump is so good at projection that he should just buy IMAX. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5140 "2017-05-20T01:55:25Z")
We interrupt this thread with the following. [Bob Beckel Fired From Fox News’ ‘The Five’ After Racist Remark.](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bob-beckel-fired-fox-news-five-after-racist-remark-n762191) Enjoy your weekend and carry on, Dopers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=256) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=258)