# 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:** 280
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5581 "2017-05-25T17:46:18Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > His majesty, the Orange Assclown, [didn’t like people walking in front of him, so he puts his hand on a NATO leader and shoves him out of the way](https://www.facebook.com/NBCNews/videos/10155474670468689/). Absolutely pathetic human being. Somebody posted something recently about Trump having the mind of a seven-year-old boy; this is it. He’s a child. A pig-ignorant, spoiled child who has to go out of his way to make sure everyone knows how much better he is than everyone else. what an embarrassment he is :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5582 "2017-05-25T17:50:22Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > _Never_ get between Trump and a camera. Who was the other guy? That was just the prime minister of Montenegro, Dusko Markovic. Obviously, he had it coming and will know better for next time. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5583 "2017-05-25T17:52:21Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > His majesty, the Orange Assclown, [didn’t like people walking in front of him, so he puts his hand on a NATO leader and shoves him out of the way](https://www.facebook.com/NBCNews/videos/10155474670468689/). Absolutely pathetic human being. Somebody posted something recently about Trump having the mind of a seven-year-old boy; this is it. He’s a child. A pig-ignorant, spoiled child who has to go out of his way to make sure everyone knows how much better he is than everyone else. I said America FIRST, and I meant it - DJT. ---
**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 25, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5584 "2017-05-25T17:55:43Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > That was just the prime minister of Montenegro, Dusko Markovic. Obviously, he had it coming and will know better for next time. Naw, he was probably just trying to simultaneously intimidate and plant a wire on him for a Russian friend, who is not pleased with Montenegro joining NATO. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5585 "2017-05-25T17:56:34Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > what an embarrassment he is :mad: Jesus Christ. And the way he preens for the camera right after pushing the guy. ---
**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 25, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5586 "2017-05-25T18:26:43Z")
So, backing away from Donald for a bit - let’s talk about his administration. Specifically, his budget plan. Which, erm, has [a bit of a problem](https://www.axios.com/trumps-budget-has-a-huge-math-mistake-2419373391.html). Namely, it earmarks the same 2 trillion dollars (that’s trillion with a T. Or, 2 football fields covered in 100$ bills stacked 1.5 meters high) for two different things. When asked about it, his budget director says “that’s not a mistake, that’s on purpose”. OK then. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5587 "2017-05-25T18:27:20Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Jesus Christ. And the way he preens for the camera right after pushing the guy. Trump summed up in one short video. All anyone needs to know. ---
**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 25, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5588 "2017-05-25T18:33:55Z")
(ah, my mistake, that’d be stacked 3 meters high. [Two levels of pallets. The graphic is just 1 trillion.)](http://i.imgur.com/vI53JWn.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5589 "2017-05-25T18:47:25Z")
[Muslim Ban Part Zwei was struck down by the 4th Circuit of Appeals](http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/25/federal-appeals-court-upholds-block-on-trumps-travel-ban-nbcnews.html). [QUOTE=Majority Opinion] The question for this Court, distilled to its essential form, is whether the Constitution, as the Supreme Court declared in Ex parte Milligan, 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 2, 120 (1866), remains “a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace.” And if so, whether it protects Plaintiffs’ right to challenge an Executive Order that in text speaks with vague words of national security,\*\* but in context drips with religious intolerance, animus, and discrimination\*\*. Surely the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment yet stands as an untiring sentinel for the protection of one of our most cherished founding principles—that government shall not establish any religious orthodoxy, or favor or disfavor one religion over another. Congress granted the President broad power to deny entry to aliens, but that power is not absolute. It cannot go unchecked when, as here, the President wields it through an executive edict that stands to cause irreparable harm to individuals across this nation. Therefore, for the reasons that follow, we affirm in substantial part the district court’s issuance of a nationwide preliminary injunction as to Section 2(c) of the challenged Executive Order. [/QUOTE] Bolding mine. Where does it go from here? ---
**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 25, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5590 "2017-05-25T18:49:09Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > So, backing away from Donald for a bit - let’s talk about his administration. Specifically, his budget plan. Which, erm, has [a bit of a problem](https://www.axios.com/trumps-budget-has-a-huge-math-mistake-2419373391.html). Namely, it earmarks the same 2 trillion dollars (that’s trillion with a T. Or, 2 football fields covered in 100$ bills stacked 1.5 meters high) for two different things. > **When asked about it, his budget director says “that’s not a mistake, that’s on purpose”.** OK then. Carry on. Soooper geniuses, the lot of them. ---
**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 25, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5591 "2017-05-25T19:06:30Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > [Muslim Ban Part Zwei was struck down by the 4th Circuit of Appeals](http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/25/federal-appeals-court-upholds-block-on-trumps-travel-ban-nbcnews.html). This is gonna be Obamacare/Benghazi all over again, isn’t it ? Eagerly awaiting Muslim Ban v27.2 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5592 "2017-05-25T20:21:29Z")
Pee-Wee Herman is budget director? ---
**Author:** ![Crybaby\_Boobie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crybaby_boobie/32/545_2.png) [@Crybaby\_Boobie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crybaby_Boobie)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5593 "2017-05-25T20:44:47Z")
> [@](#): > > West Wing officials are prepping for a years-long war with investigators and the bureaucracy, with plans to beef up legal, surrogate, communications and rapid-response teams as part of a “new normal” for President Trump — besieged. > > “The White House is embracing the fight, which is going to last as long as Donald Trump is president,” said a Trump ally familiar with the preparations. “We’re getting street fighters ready to go.” > > A West Wing official said Trump has been frustrated by the ferocity of the incoming, and has demanded a more visible response. > > Trump aides recognize that besides being in the crosshairs of investigators on Russia, they will be the continuing target of leaks from the bureaucracy. The Trump ally referred to this second enemy as “nameless, faceless, deep-state types” who have been inflamed and are punching back through the media. > > What’s next: Proposed war-room org charts have been prepared, and final decisions on the structure will be made after Trump returns this weekend. > > Jonathan Swan hears that comms/rapid response structures are being considered for both inside the White House and on the outside. > > The moving parts: Reince Priebus and Steve Bannon broke off from the trip and returned early, in part to quarterback planning. Numerous officials are involved. There was extra urgency because fired FBI Director Jim Comey had been expected to testify on the Hill next week. But that has been postponed so he can first meet privately with special counsel Robert Mueller. > > The backstory: Aides recognize they should have built more push-back capacity from the beginning. But the weakness reflects the minimalist transition planning and thin staffing that have beset the whole Trump machine. > > Be smart: The new machinery is an effort to compartmentalize the scandals, so that some officials can focus on probes and revelations while others do their day jobs. But the success of that plan depends partly on President Trump’s willingness to compartmentalize. Close aides have trouble imagining that. Street Fightin’ Men. [https://www.axios.com/trumps-street-fighters-2421476130.html](https://www.axios.com/trumps-street-fighters-2421476130.html) ---
**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 25, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5594 "2017-05-25T20:47:51Z")
> [@Crybaby\_Boobie](#): > > Street Fightin’ Men. > [https://www.axios.com/trumps-street-fighters-2421476130.html](https://www.axios.com/trumps-street-fighters-2421476130.html) We wondered if he was going to go to war with russia, or with china, or with north korea, but it turns out, it was the US all along that he had his little heart set on waging a war against. ---
**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 25, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5595 "2017-05-25T20:49:26Z")
> **[Donald Trump bei der EU: "Die Deutschen sind böse, sehr böse"](https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/donald-trump-bei-der-eu-die-deutschen-sind-boese-sehr-boese-a-1149282.html)** > > Beim Treffen mit der EU-Spitze hat Donald Trump massive Kritik an Deutschland geübt. Der SPIEGEL erfuhr aus Teilnehmerkreisen den genauen Wortlaut. The source is in German, but the translation is, "US President Donald Trump has complained bitterly about the German trade surplus on his meeting with the EU top in Brussels. “The Germans are evil, very evil,” said Trump. This was learned by the SPIEGEL from participants in the meeting. Trump said, “Look at the millions of cars they sell in the US, and we’ll stop that.”" ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5596 "2017-05-25T20:52:13Z")
> [@Crybaby\_Boobie](#): > > Street Fightin’ Men. > [https://www.axios.com/trumps-street-fighters-2421476130.html](https://www.axios.com/trumps-street-fighters-2421476130.html) As he loves dictators, Trump must have [M. Bison](http://streetfighter.wikia.com/wiki/M._Bison) in his Rolodex… 🙂 ---
**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 25, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5597 "2017-05-25T21:09:25Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > …“The Germans are evil, very evil,” said Trump. What the fuck? Dollars to Berliners, this is something Vlad has been whispering in Trump’s ear. (Obviously a Germany fighting off insane trade shenanigans from Trump’s government would be weakened in a way that would be to Russia’s advantage.) ---
**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 25, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5598 "2017-05-25T21:16:35Z")
Nah. Angela Merkel hasn’t been fawning all over him. That’s all there is to it, nothing more whatsoever. Trump is a 6 year old toxic narcissist. And considering Macron openly snubbed him (and countered the Trump Arm Yank ™ with a yankback) I fully expect some cheese eating surrender monkeying coming out of the WH soonish, too. ---
**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 25, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5599 "2017-05-25T21:17:21Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > As he loves dictators, Trump must have [M. Bison](http://streetfighter.wikia.com/wiki/M._Bison) in his Rolodex… 🙂 TRUMP: Max, I’m in the neighbourhood. Let’s get together sometime next week. Tuesday? BISON: Sorry, Tuesday’s no good. I’m a bit busy that day. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5600 "2017-05-25T21:21:01Z")
[https://www.axios.com/trumps-street-fighters-2421476130.html](https://www.axios.com/trumps-street-fighters-2421476130.html) > [@](#): > > His attack was met with a swift response from Germany’s economy minister and vice-chancellor. > > “The American car industry is getting worse, weaker and more expensive,” Gabriel told German newspaper Bild. He added, “the U.S. needs to build better cars” if Americans are choosing German cars over American-made autos. > > “I believe BMW’s biggest factory is already in the US, in Spartanburg,” South Carolina, Gabriel added, according to The Guardian. “The US car industry would have a bad awakening if all the supply parts that aren’t being built in the US were to suddenly come with a 35% tariff. I believe it would make the US car industry weaker, worse and above all more expensive. I would wait and see what the Congress has to say about that, which is mostly full of people who want the opposite of Trump.” Sorry Mr. Gabriel, JFK is really dead. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=279) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=281)