# 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:** 290
**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, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5781 "2017-05-30T17:41:34Z")
Trump’s connections with Kazakh criminals, wanted in multiple countries for multiple legal problems. [http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article152935164.html](http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article152935164.html) Excerpts: > [@](#): > > Crucial to Trump and his businesses — and the ability of lawyers to establish whether the Trump Organization had any knowledge of or benefit from any illegal money flows — is whether the United States or Switzerland hears the lawsuits against the Khrapunovs. > > … > > Trump personally dealt with Bayrock, giving the developer a one-year exclusive right to build a Trump International Hotel and Tower in Moscow. In exchange he’d get a 20-25 percent stake in it. > > “I am delighted at having the opportunity to partner with Bayrock Group LLC on yet another world-class development,” Trump wrote in a Jan. 1, 2005, letter to Tevfik Arif, a Kazakh partner of Bayrock, that was entered into evidence in a New Jersey lawsuit. “Moscow is one of the fastest growing cities in the world and offers the best location for a Signature Donald J. Trump development.” > > At the time it entered the condo-branding deal with Trump, Bayrock was co-run by a twice-convicted Russian émigré and Trump associate named Felix Sater. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5782 "2017-05-30T18:02:19Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > If that senior citizen has made it a very public habit of turning every handshake into a dickish and insecure dominance ritual, it’s pretty funny. Exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5783 "2017-05-31T01:07:18Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I could point out that it’s inappropriate to wish anyone a “happy” day on a day that starts with the flags at half-staff honoring those who died for their country. But that would be petty. 🙂 One of Ivanka’s accounts tweeted a recipe for “champagne popsicles” on Memorial Day. Because what better way to honor the fallen than by using up any champagne you might have lying around the yacht making frikkin popsicles. ---
**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 31, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5784 "2017-05-31T01:37:08Z")
Trump supporters can easily adapt that recipe into “Coors Litesicles.” Refreshing! ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5785 "2017-05-31T02:38:43Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Trump supporters can easily adapt that recipe into “Coors Litesicles.” Refreshing! Cheap champagne rivals even Coors for low-cost alcoholism. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5786 "2017-05-31T02:42:42Z")
> [@lisiate](#): > > I find nothing creditable in crushing the hand of a senior citizen. Try it sometime. It’s a lot of fun. ---
**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 31, 2017, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5787 "2017-05-31T13:39:07Z")
How many [superlatives](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/superlative) can you [jam up](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-aides-are-starting-to-rival-their-boss-when-it-comes-to-praising-him/2017/05/30/a849b2b8-4565-11e7-a196-a1bb629f64cb_story.html?utm_term=.f6ccc0826bd1) a fascist’s ass? ---
**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 31, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5788 "2017-05-31T13:44:28Z")
[Trump likely to announce the US’s withdrawal from the Paris climate deal.](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/31/trump-paris-climate-change-agreement-238974) Ever the basic showman: “I will be announcing my decision on the Paris Accord over the next few days. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” What a fucking turd this man is. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5789 "2017-05-31T13:47:18Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > [Trump likely to announce the US’s withdrawal from the Paris climate deal.](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/31/trump-paris-climate-change-agreement-238974) > > Ever the basic showman: “I will be announcing my decision on the Paris Accord over the next few days. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” > > What a fucking turd this man is. Maybe he’ll sit at a table with 3 baseball caps in front of him, and don (heh!) the chosen one, to a fanfare and clash of cymbals. ---
**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 31, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5790 "2017-05-31T15:23:21Z")
Good grief. When is that joke of a human being, let alone president, going to kick off? Evidently nothing else is going to stop him from screwing the world up beyond all recognition. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5791 "2017-05-31T17:59:36Z")
I’ll be looking forward to Trump’s reaction to Comey’s testimony if this report is accurate: > **[CNN: Comey To Testify Publicly That Trump Pressured Him To End Flynn Probe](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/comey-testify-pressure-trump-russia-probe)** > > Ousted FBI Director James Comey plans to testify in public that President Donald Trump pressured him to quash the bureau's investigation into Trump's former national security adviser… ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5792 "2017-05-31T18:02:18Z")
Fake news, unfair media covfefe, sad! You know the drill. ---
**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 31, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5793 "2017-05-31T18:23:33Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Good grief. When is that joke of a human being, let alone president, going to kick off? Evidently nothing else is going to stop him from screwing the world up beyond all recognition. [His potential assassins are as competent as he is.](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/police-man-arrested-dc-trump-hotel-guns-47743753) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5794 "2017-05-31T18:25:03Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I’ll be looking forward to Trump’s reaction to Comey’s testimony if this report is accurate: > > [CNN: Comey To Testify Publicly That Trump Pressured Him To End Flynn Probe - TPM – Talking Points Memo](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/comey-testify-pressure-trump-russia-probe) Oh they’ve already tried to downplay this as just a suggestion between friends and not some silly obstruction of justice. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5795 "2017-05-31T18:26:24Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Good grief. When is that joke of a human being, let alone president, going to kick off? Not soon enough! ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5796 "2017-05-31T18:35:14Z")
Trump will think he’s a genius for inventing a new word. ---
**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 31, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5797 "2017-05-31T19:16:56Z")
It occurs to me that Trump’s problem with Angela Merkel is that she presents a Hillary Clinton vibe-- smart, unsexy, strong woman, politically experienced, very wonky, not someone likely to be flattered/amused by or forgiving of a pussy-grab. Don’t you just wish he’d try it with Merkel? She’d probably deck him as she uttered a perfect, spontaneous, multi-syllabic German insult. A pan of cashew fudge to the Doper who can come up with that insult. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5798 "2017-05-31T19:33:01Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > It occurs to me that Trump’s problem with Angela Merkel is that she presents a Hillary Clinton vibe-- smart, unsexy, strong woman, politically experienced, very wonky, not someone likely to be flattered/amused by or forgiving of a pussy-grab. > > Don’t you just wish he’d try it with Merkel? She’d probably deck him as she uttered a perfect, spontaneous, multi-syllabic German insult. A pan of cashew fudge to the Doper who can come up with that insult. Kurzfinger-Vulgär. German for Short Fingered Vulgar. or Kurtzfinger-Plebejer Short fingered ‘Plebeian’, which is what Google Translate wants to translate ‘vulgarian’ into. ---
**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 31, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5799 "2017-05-31T19:33:37Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > [Trump likely to announce the US’s withdrawal from the Paris climate deal.](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/31/trump-paris-climate-change-agreement-238974)… I haven’t come across a reputable economist who thinks this will be anything other than a disaster for the US economy (we can’t go back to coal. Not even Exxon or BP want to go back to coal). It seems highly likely that there is a personal payoff (from Vlad?) to Trump’s personal accounts behind this plan. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5800 "2017-05-31T19:34:31Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Trump will think he’s a genius for inventing a new word. Like when he invented _“priming the pump”_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=289) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=291)