# 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:** 298
**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:** [June 2, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5942 "2017-06-02T21:21:22Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > It might be [worse than that](https://www.statnews.com/2017/05/23/donald-trump-speaking-style-interviews/) > \*STAT reviewed decades of Trump’s on-air interviews and compared them to Q&A sessions since his inauguration. The differences are striking and unmistakable. Research has shown that changes in speaking style can result from cognitive decline. STAT therefore asked experts in neurolinguistics and cognitive assessment, as well as psychologists and psychiatrists, to compare Trump’s speech from decades ago to that in 2017; they all agreed there had been a deterioration, and some said it could reflect changes in the health of Trump’s brain. > > In interviews Trump gave in the 1980s and 1990s (with Tom Brokaw, David Letterman, Oprah Winfrey, Charlie Rose, and others), he spoke articulately, used sophisticated vocabulary, inserted dependent clauses into his sentences without losing his train of thought, and strung together sentences into a polished paragraph, which — and this is no mean feat — would have scanned just fine in print.… Now, Trump’s vocabulary is simpler. He repeats himself over and over, and lurches from one subject to an unrelated one … > > For decades, studies have found that deterioration in the fluency, complexity, and vocabulary level of spontaneous speech can indicate slipping brain function due to normal aging or neurodegenerative disease.… The experts noted clear changes from Trump’s unscripted answers 30 years ago to those in 2017, in some cases stark enough to raise questions about his brain health. They noted, however, that the same sort of linguistic decline can also reflect stress, frustration, anger, or just plain fatigue.… > > The change in linguistic facility could be strategic; maybe Trump thinks his supporters like to hear him speak simply and with more passion than proper syntax. “He may be using it as a strategy to appeal to certain types of people,” said (psychologist Ben) Michaelis.… > > (Neuropsychologist at U. of Wisconsin Sterling) Johnson cautioned that language can deteriorate for other reasons. “His language difficulties could be due to the immense pressure he’s under, or to annoyance that things aren’t going right and that there are all these scandals,” he said. “It could also be due to a neurodegenerative disease or the normal cognitive decline that comes with aging.” Trump will be 71 next month.\* > > So maybe the weight of the office is dragging him down. Or, maybe he is becoming senile. I’ve been saying for months that Trump reminds me of my mother when she first started showing signs of Alzheimers’. The way he holds himself, the way he dresses, the time he walked out of the Oval Office without signing an executive order, that little aphasia incident a couple of days ago–he’s got it and it’s only going to get worse. They won’t be able to handwave it away much longer. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5943 "2017-06-02T21:26:41Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Oh, they’re absolutely compatible, I was just nitpicking the root cause, the aaah root Trumpness of it if you will. You believe he thinks himself a gigantic legend. I believe he’s been a terrified child his entire life. > In any event, fuck but he’s a broken, broken person. [Donald Trump]: I…was…working hard/at a reality TV job Grabbing pussy/but it made me ocher One day I was/tweeting a lot And so/I decided to go To Washington, District of Columbia Brand-new pals and new career It happens to be where Kislyak lives But that’s not why I’m here! [Backup singers]: He’s the crazy ex-TV host! [Trump, speaking]: What? No, I’m not. [Backup singers]: He’s the crazy ex-TV host! [Trump, speaking]: That’s fake news! [Backup singers]: He’s the crazy ex-TV host! [Trump, speaking]: Can you guys just stop making fun of me? No president has ever been treated more unfairly in the history of the world. [Backup singers]: He’s so broken inside! [Trump speaking]: The situation’s a lot more bigly that that! [Backup singers]: See, Are, Aa, Zee, Why [Trump, speaking]: Spicey, come defend me! [Backup singers]: Crazy Ex-TV host! Stranger ---
**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:** [June 2, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5944 "2017-06-02T23:07:40Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > [Donald Trump]: > > I…was…working hard/at a reality TV job > > Grabbing pussy/but it made me ocher > > One day I was/tweeting a lot > > And so/I decided to go > > To Washington, District of Columbia > > Brand-new pals and new career > > It happens to be where Kislyak lives > > But that’s not why I’m here! > > [Backup singers]: He’s the crazy ex-TV host! > > [Trump, speaking]: What? No, I’m not. > > [Backup singers]: He’s the crazy ex-TV host! > > [Trump, speaking]: That’s fake news! > > [Backup singers]: He’s the crazy ex-TV host! > > [Trump, speaking]: Can you guys just stop making fun of me? No president has ever been treated more unfairly in the history of the world. > > [Backup singers]: He’s so broken inside! > > [Trump speaking]: The situation’s a lot more bigly that that! > > [Backup singers]: See, Are, Aa, Zee, Why > > [Trump, speaking]: Spicey, come defend me! > > [Backup singers]: Crazy Ex-TV host! > > Stranger That’s awesome! C to the R to the Ay-Zee! ---
**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:** [June 2, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5945 "2017-06-02T23:16:20Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Oh, they’re absolutely compatible, I was just nitpicking the root cause, the aaah root Trumpness of it if you will. You believe he thinks himself a gigantic legend. I believe he’s been a terrified child his entire life. > In any event, fuck but he’s a broken, broken person. People who claim to believe they are giant legends are generally hiding a terrified child inside… or else they wouldn’t try so hard to prove it over and over. I’m wondering what lengths he will go to in a futile attempt to silence that broken, battered, sniveling toddler inside. One thing is for sure, someone else will pay the price-- probably us. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Sanchez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Rick\_Sanchez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Sanchez)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5946 "2017-06-02T23:29:53Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Ugh. The comments at the Breitbart and Fox News sites…“HAR HAR lib heads are exploding at CNN!” Etc. > > Looks like the stupidest among us “got their country back!” What has an IQ of 300 and 600 legs? 298 Trump supporters, and a dog. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5947 "2017-06-02T23:34:30Z")
> [@Rick\_Sanchez](#): > > What has an IQ of 300 and 600 legs? > > 298 Trump supporters, and a dog. Good lord is that a smart dog! ---
**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:** [June 2, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5948 "2017-06-02T23:48:24Z")
These are the people who will never abandon the Trumpster. Paul Waldman (@paulwaldman1) tweeted at 8:03 AM on Fri, Jun 02, 2017: “Email of the day, from a Trump supporter who has absolutely no sexual hangups whatsoever, no sir, absolutely not.” [https://t.co/7HzjnEbWJu](https://t.co/7HzjnEbWJu) ---
**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:** [June 2, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5949 "2017-06-02T23:56:35Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Did these so-called accords have any enforcement or penalties? Any concrete plans or targets? Besides empty symbolism what would these accords have accomplished? Eat shit, turd-for-brains. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5950 "2017-06-02T23:57:12Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > People who claim to believe they are giant legends are generally hiding a terrified child inside… or else they wouldn’t try so hard to prove it over and over. I’m wondering what lengths he will go to in a futile attempt to silence that broken, battered, sniveling toddler inside. One thing is for sure, someone else will pay the price-- probably us. I’d like to find his inner child And kick its little ass Get over it! ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5951 "2017-06-03T01:22:26Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Eat shit, turd-for-brains. Oh goodness, senile ole Colibri needs to pipe in! Engineering trumps bird counting in average intellect. Just saying. I like your retort though, potty mouth. It’s full of a vigor and potency that your image betrays. Now on the subject of a smart dog and Trump voters, what does it say about Mrs. Clinton and her supporters that they got beat by Trump? According to CNN, perhaps it was Russia using their Romulan technology to cloak Wisconsin that did it. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb2MA9s9cvg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb2MA9s9cvg) Maybe that’s 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:** [June 3, 2017, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5952 "2017-06-03T01:30:57Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > …what does it say about Mrs. Clinton and her supporters that they got beat by Trump? > … [broken record]SHE BEAT HIM BY 3 MILLION VOTES.[/broken record] ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Sanchez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Rick\_Sanchez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Sanchez)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5953 "2017-06-03T01:37:15Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Now on the subject of a smart dog and Trump voters, what does it say about Mrs. Clinton and her supporters that they got beat by Trump? It says that they don’t live in the right states. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5954 "2017-06-03T01:42:59Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > [broken record]SHE BEAT HIM BY 3 MILLION VOTES.[/broken record] Which is as relevant as if she beat him in a spelling bee. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5955 "2017-06-03T01:48:56Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Which is as relevant as if she beat him in a spelling bee. Go away you idiot wanker. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2017, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5956 "2017-06-03T01:50:57Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Which is as relevant as if she beat him in a spelling bee. It’s relevant because Trump(and his Drooling Millions) thinks he has a majority and a mandate. He (and his Drooling Millions) needs constant reminding that more people are against him than for him. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5957 "2017-06-03T01:55:35Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Which is as relevant as if she beat him in a spelling bee. EXACTLY! Now you’re getting it! He’s a loser. Hell, my dog could beat him in a spelling bee. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5958 "2017-06-03T02:09:02Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Which is as relevant as if she beat him in a spelling bee. Keep telling yourself that, and maybe, one day, you and your beloved Messiah may, in fact, believe it. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5959 "2017-06-03T03:39:38Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Go away you idiot wanker. I don’t wank idiots. And what’s up with your stalker tendencies? They aren’t very becoming. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2017, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5960 "2017-06-03T03:44:05Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > I don’t wank idiots. I can think of one. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/5961 "2017-06-03T03:44:35Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It’s relevant because Trump(and his Drooling Millions) thinks he has a majority and a mandate. > He (and his Drooling Millions) needs constant reminding that more people are against him than for him. Well, that’s great. I’m sure President Trump, which admittedly still feels surreal, cares. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > EXACTLY! Now you’re getting it! He’s a loser. Hell, my dog could beat him in a spelling bee. He’s a loser? Perhaps. But he’s the one in the Oval Office while you guys, gals, and undefined are creating 20 pit threads a day in impotent fury. > [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Keep telling yourself that, and maybe, one day, you and your beloved Messiah may, in fact, believe it. My Messiah? No. Do I believe Mrs. Clinton’s popular vote is relevant? Again, no. Since she’s the one in retirement and being clowned on by CNN and Trump is president I think the facts are on my side with regards to the relevancy of the popular vote. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=297) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=299)