# 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:** 278
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5541 "2017-05-24T20:07:03Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Congressional Democrats are accusing Trump of directing government agencies to ignore requests for information on any subject. > (I’m using this link because I’ve used up my Washington Post views for the month, but this link has a link to the Post article). > [http://bipartisanreport.com/2017/05/24/just-in-trump-instructing-federal-agencies-to-ignore-requests-for-info-on-him/](http://bipartisanreport.com/2017/05/24/just-in-trump-instructing-federal-agencies-to-ignore-requests-for-info-on-him/) Clear your cookies and you should be back to zero. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5542 "2017-05-24T20:09:33Z")
Or right-click, open in new incognito window. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5543 "2017-05-24T20:44:24Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > As I understand it, the presence of the sub _USS Michigan_ was publicly known, as it had docked in South Korea, but the presence of the second sub was not. To be fair, this could be another of those instances where Trump skillfully revealed a secret as part of a larger negotiation strategy. With Rodrigo Duterte. AIUI, the movements of nuclear submarines is classified Top Secret. But it’s not as if he told Kim Jong-un, and it’s not as if Little Fatty has a television or the DPRK has an intelligence agency. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5544 "2017-05-24T20:47:16Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Disney should make a deal with a certain Danish toy company and call that mini-golf course Par-a-Lego. With Lego versions of the typical obstacles. Where’s the bloody “Like” button? ---
**Author:** ![APB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@APB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APB)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5545 "2017-05-24T21:20:31Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > The Catholic Church has not required head coverings in church in 50 years. The news article I read said that they wore head coverings “out of papal respect”. I think they just made that up. It used to be that the formal court dress for women being received by the Pope was a black dress and a black veil. [Even Queen Elizabeth II used to wear this, although she always combined this with one of blingier tiaras. But more recently she has just dressed as she normally does](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/royalty/10741212/In-pictures-The-Queens-audiences-with-Popes-over-the-years.html). [Some Catholic queens still exercise their _privilège du blanc_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privil%C3%A8ge_du_blanc#In_recent_years). So the fairer criticism is probably that Melania and Ivanka were overcompensating. Presumably in the expectation that Trump would be an embarrassment. ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5546 "2017-05-24T21:21:10Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > What happens to a hundred million Donald Trump postage stamps that go unsold in Democratic states like California? Do they ship them to States like Iowa? Or do they get destroyed? “They’re not defective! People just keep spitting on the wrong side!” ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5547 "2017-05-24T21:22:43Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > It’s like a big stupid game of Battleship. When Trump plays Battleship, he only plays with a 5x5 grid, and even then he usually forgets the last row and column. “Give me a ‘T’!” “Donnie, the grid only goes up to ‘E’.” “There is no ‘E’ in Trump. SAD!” Milton Bradley is coming out with a new version of Battleship to meet the Trump specification. It is called “Stupid Battleship”. Stranger ---
**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:** [May 24, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5548 "2017-05-24T21:52:26Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > What happens to a hundred million Donald Trump postage stamps that go unsold in Democratic states like California? Do they ship them to States like Iowa? Or do they get destroyed? As the economy goes south, perhaps one-percenters will buy up sheets of the stamps and donate them to those who will now be living in cardboard boxes–glue them around the box-seams, and it diverts the rain. You can also make a hinged door if you use enough of them. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5549 "2017-05-24T21:59:21Z")
So sorry, we can’t [donate the profits](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-organization-donate-profits-self-reported-foreign-government-170143009.html) after all. > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump’s businesses say it would be “impractical” to require customers representing foreign nations to identify themselves, raising questions about how Trump will fulfill a pledge to donate all profits from overseas governments to the U.S. Treasury. > > The umbrella Trump Organization sent a pamphlet to the general managers at each hotel, golf course, social club, and winery owned or operated by Trump, saying it would only donate profits from guests who declare they represent foreign governments. > > The pamphlet was sent to the House of Representatives Oversight and Reform Committee in response to a request for information on how the Trump Organization was fulfilling the pledge Trump made in January. How long until Trump keeps his Presidential salary? ---
**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:** [May 24, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5550 "2017-05-24T22:01:39Z")
> [@Crybaby\_Boobie](#): > > I was really sad when I realized he was going to end up in Disney’s Hall of Presidents. > [@The\_Tooth](#): > > Put it on display with the real presidential robots for a week, then move it to a mini-golf course. In the Hall of Presidents, the life-sized figures stand on a stage in front of stylized windows made of neoclassical columns. Disney could save a mint by putting a green “grass” plane behind the windows, and place on it a little nine-iron-wielding doll. The forced perspective technique Disney is so well known for could mean that a foot-high Trump would be visible to the entire auditorium, yet would cost pennies on the dollar to make. Win, win! ---
**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 24, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5551 "2017-05-24T22:14:29Z")
Just scrap the thing and replace it with a sign that says it wanted to spend more time with its family. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5552 "2017-05-24T22:21:24Z")
Why not dress it in tar and feathers? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5553 "2017-05-24T22:24:57Z")
Well look on the bright side. If Trump is impeached and removed from office, his robot will likely be repeatedly vandalized. My choice would be to put a dunce cap on it and a sign saying “traitor” around its neck. ---
**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 24, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5554 "2017-05-24T22:55:15Z")
Is Melania Catholic? I think Slovenians are generally Catholic, aren’t they? ---
**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 24, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5555 "2017-05-24T23:02:54Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Is Melania Catholic? I think Slovenians are generally Catholic, aren’t they? Probably not practicing, though, which may be why she wasn’t aware of the “no head gear necessary” change in policy. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5556 "2017-05-24T23:09:12Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > He’s in the Vatican now - and boy does Francis [look overjoyed to be in the company of](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/24/donald-trump-vatican-meeting-pope-francis)the Orange Clan. I guess Trump took cues on Putin re:trolling too, because he gave Francis a boxset of Martin Luther King’s writings. That’s right, he gave the Pope some preaching by a Protestant minister. Casting for the _Adams Family_ reboot is coming along nicely. ---
**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 24, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5557 "2017-05-24T23:55:59Z")
Donald Trump Jr. takes his eldest boy to the Smithsonian National Zoological Park [for his first-ever hunting trip](http://www.theonion.com/article/donald-trump-jr-takes-son-hunting-trip-national-zo-55802), sources said Wednesday. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5558 "2017-05-25T00:35:50Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > At least it wasn’t the writings of Martin Luther. Are you sure? I would guess that Steve Bannon hands out copies of “On The Jews and Their Lies” to everyone he sees. ---
**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 25, 2017, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5559 "2017-05-25T01:12:53Z")
The headline on [Foxnews.com](http://Foxnews.com) right now: “FOX NEWS POLL: Trump approval down, voters support special counsel on Russia investigation” So I guess Fox is fake news now too. Where can a poor President turn to get honest, positive news? ---
**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 25, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5560 "2017-05-25T01:25:55Z")
[The Donald’s gift to the Pope (there’s a picture of it at the link)](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-pope-sculpture_us_592600f1e4b0265790f4dd58): > [@](#): > > Trump … gifted the Pope with a bronze sculpture of lotus flowers that just screams dentist waiting room. Seriously, the seafoam green figure makes Dale Chihuly seem like Auguste Rodin. > > The piece, called “Rising Above,” is the work of Florida-based artist Geoffrey C. Smith, whose sculptures often depict various species of plants and wildlife. “Art is important. It was man’s first form of communication and still one of the most powerful forms today,” Smith quotes himself as saying on his website. > > Too true. Could Smith possibly let Trump, who’d like little more than to defund the National Endowment for the Arts, know? > > According to the White House, Trump selected the sculpture because the sacred flower “evokes two universal values: unity and resilience.” … I’m quite sure Donald does not have the word resilience in his vocabulary (too many syllables). Before I clicked into the story, I saw that Donald had give the Pope a sculpture, and I was sure it was a bust of Donnie himself. So \*\*that \*\*was a relief anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=277) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=279)