# 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:** 289
**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 30, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5761 "2017-05-30T03:32:59Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > My mistake. He tweeted. Makes me feel so much better. > > :rolleyes: A staffer tweeted on the official POTUS account. The Orange Chimp didn’t do it. ---
**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 30, 2017, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5762 "2017-05-30T04:14:45Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > This is interesting, because the ones I run into at this point are “fiscal conservatives”. They’ll sell their souls to get a tax break, and look like business folks or ladies that lunch. I think the ones we see interviewed on TV are the ones the media is digging up to show the little guys that Trump is screwing over. I wonder how long his support will really last with that group. I haven’t seen any signs of a decrease in the Donny love. I live in an area that went heavily Trump (Heavily Trump, another band name). They seem to be tuning out the daily dose of news from the Kremlin. ---
**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 30, 2017, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5763 "2017-05-30T04:31:45Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > I haven’t seen any signs of a decrease in the Donny love. > I live in an area that went heavily Trump (Heavily Trump, another band name). > They seem to be tuning out the daily dose of news from the Kremlin. There’s a building effect where fox news is not covering the news and these people can’t get away from that fact. Ratings are down for Fox and trump. They’re both in a bunker. Something’s gonna give. Patience. ---
**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 30, 2017, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5764 "2017-05-30T07:37:28Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A staffer tweeted on the official POTUS account. The Orange Chimp didn’t do it. [QUOTE=President Camacho] The violent attacks in Portland on Friday are unacceptable. The victims were standing up to hate and intolerance. Our prayers are w/ them. 7:51 AM 29 May 2017 [/QUOTE] Yeah, you are right. Nowhere is there a “Sad” or “Unfair!” Clearly not a bad-hair-guy tweet. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2017, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5765 "2017-05-30T08:26:30Z")
[QUOTE=President Camacho] The violent attacks in Portland on Friday are unacceptable. The victims were standing up to hate and intolerance. Our prayers are w/ them. 7:51 AM 29 May 2017 [/quote] You know who else was standing up to hate and intolerance? Yep, those who voted against Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5766 "2017-05-30T08:29:17Z")
[“President Trump has a magnetic personality and exudes positive energy, which is infectious to those around him”](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/05/29/a_nutso_white_house_statement_lauds_donald_trump_s_magnetic_personality.html), according to a White House statement that totally wasn’t written while Loser Donald was staring over the writer’s shoulder. ---
**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 30, 2017, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5767 "2017-05-30T10:04:36Z")
Hmm. I doubt Donald knows “magnetic” \*or \*“infectious”, so it can’t have been him. ---
**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 30, 2017, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5768 "2017-05-30T10:37:25Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [“President Trump has a magnetic personality and exudes positive energy, which is infectious to those around him”](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/05/29/a_nutso_white_house_statement_lauds_donald_trump_s_magnetic_personality.html), according to a White House statement that totally wasn’t written while Loser Donald was staring over the writer’s shoulder. I think Trump emits a [psedo reality distortion field](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_distortion_field) ala Steve Jobs except Trump imbues his distortion field with [major bogosity](http://www.hacker-dictionary.com/terms/bogosity). ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5769 "2017-05-30T12:38:45Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [“President Trump has a magnetic personality and exudes positive energy, which is infectious to those around him”](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/05/29/a_nutso_white_house_statement_lauds_donald_trump_s_magnetic_personality.html), according to a White House statement that totally wasn’t written while Loser Donald was staring over the writer’s shoulder. All hail Trump. Signed, Little Girl ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5770 "2017-05-30T12:44:02Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [“President Trump has a magnetic personality and exudes positive energy, which is infectious to those around him”](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/05/29/a_nutso_white_house_statement_lauds_donald_trump_s_magnetic_personality.html), according to a White House statement that totally wasn’t written while Loser Donald was staring over the writer’s shoulder. This article is comedy gold. I don’t laugh this hard at the standup routines of some of the world’s most skilled comedians. ---
**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 30, 2017, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5771 "2017-05-30T13:05:37Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [“President Trump has a magnetic personality and exudes positive energy, which is infectious to those around him”](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/05/29/a_nutso_white_house_statement_lauds_donald_trump_s_magnetic_personality.html), according to a White House statement that totally wasn’t written while Loser Donald was staring over the writer’s shoulder. I fully believe that Trumpo is “infectious,” but “positive energy” is not the first thing that comes to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5772 "2017-05-30T13:15:14Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [“President Trump has a magnetic personality and exudes positive energy, which is infectious to those around him”](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/05/29/a_nutso_white_house_statement_lauds_donald_trump_s_magnetic_personality.html), according to a White House statement that totally wasn’t written while Loser Donald was staring over the writer’s shoulder. 2020’s televised White House wedding between the President and Hope Hicks is going to be something to behold. ---
**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 30, 2017, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5773 "2017-05-30T13:26:48Z")
Dubke [resigns](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/05/30/dubke-resigns-as-white-house-communications-director/?utm_term=.f34bcfdf5544#comments) as White House communications director. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5774 "2017-05-30T13:37:03Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Dubke [resigns](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/05/30/dubke-resigns-as-white-house-communications-director/?utm_term=.f34bcfdf5544#comments) as White House communications director. Rats, sinking ship, you know how it is. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5775 "2017-05-30T13:37:52Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > Rats, sinking ship, you know how it is. I think this is the first time I’ve ever heard Dubke’s name, so I can’t get _too_ excited. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5776 "2017-05-30T13:53:34Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Dubke [resigns](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/05/30/dubke-resigns-as-white-house-communications-director/?utm_term=.f34bcfdf5544#comments) as White House communications director. This is like a baseball team on a 20 game losing streak deciding that the real solution is to fire the team’s PR guy. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5777 "2017-05-30T14:58:56Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > I haven’t seen any signs of a decrease in the Donny love. > I live in an area that went heavily Trump (Heavily Trump, another band name). > They seem to be tuning out the daily dose of news from the Kremlin. Heck, they now all love Putin and the Kremlin. I kid you not. Local right wing nuts here, who demonstrated for eight years, seven of them calling for the impeachment of President Obama, and one of them calling for Hillary Clinton to be locked up, had a sign up last week saying Putin was our friend. Team before country. (or morality, for that matter.) ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5778 "2017-05-30T15:24:37Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > This has been one of Trump’s (and the Republicans’) prime strategies. Prove the ACA doesn’t work, by throwing roadblocks and more costs in the way, forcing insurance companies to bail out of the exchanges and putting the hurt on individuals in the market. > > It’s the GOP way - big government doesn’t work, because we aren’t going to let it! Vote Republican and prove that government is stupid, ineffective, corrupt and wasteful. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5779 "2017-05-30T15:38:21Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > 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. Between Trudeau and Macron, I’m thinking we may need to send more Presidents/Premiers/whatever from French-speaking places to play a few rounds of hand-wrestling with Trump. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I’ve never seen a women in an audience with whatever Pope who **wasn’t** in black, with long sleeves, and some kind of black veil/mantilla. But then, I’m old, and that \*was \*the custom in the past. I have, but it was Doña Sofi 🙂 ---
**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 30, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5780 "2017-05-30T17:39:42Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > I fully believe that Trumpo is “infectious,” but “positive energy” is not the first thing that comes to mind. I had to “nuke & pave” because I discovered my computer had caught a trump. Might not have noticed had it not started exhibiting signs of severe Stockholm Syndrome. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=288) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=290)