# 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:** 316
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6302 "2017-06-09T00:04:58Z")
> [@Old\_Time\_Hockey](#): > > I guess you just have to show us daily what a stupid ignorant fuck you are. I haven’t seen \*\*doorhinge \*\*around much lately, so \*somebody’s \*got to assume the mantle of SDMB’s Dumbest Wingnut until he gets his head unstuck from the cat door. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6303 "2017-06-09T00:08:06Z")
> [@Old\_Time\_Hockey](#): > > I guess you just have to show us daily what a stupid ignorant fuck you are. Daily? In a way. Okrahoma’s ultimate brainwashed cult member lack of independent thought has been demonstrated dozens of times today alone. So, yeah, daily. Lots of times a day. ---
**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 9, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6304 "2017-06-09T00:08:40Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I haven’t seen \*\*doorhinge \*\*around much lately, so \*somebody’s \*got to assume the mantle of SDMB’s Dumbest Wingnut until he gets his head unstuck from the cat door. Hahahahahahahaha. ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Time\_Hockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9adbd/32.png) [@Old\_Time\_Hockey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Time_Hockey)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6305 "2017-06-09T00:12:31Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Daily? In a way. Okrahoma’s ultimate brainwashed cult member lack of independent thought has been demonstrated dozens of times today alone. So, yeah, daily. Lots of times a day. I’ve had the idiot on ignore for months. I have no doubt he shits himself in every post, but I’ll only read his posts when he’s quoted. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6306 "2017-06-09T00:32:25Z")
Visit the James Comey memo thread in Elections, you’ll see lots of Okrahoma quotes stating amazingly dumb shit. ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6307 "2017-06-09T00:46:31Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I haven’t seen \*\*doorhinge \*\*around much lately… Oops! Sorry. I made a mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6308 "2017-06-09T01:11:05Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I just watched an interesting interview with KellyAnne. She was asked about the tapes. She said she couldn’t discuss them. Not they don’t exist, but that she couldn’t discuss them. I’m guessing they’ll be subpoenaed. Do you have a link to that? I’d love to see it. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6309 "2017-06-09T01:45:14Z")
I’m still trying to work out how the House passing a bill qualifies as a Trump campaign promise fulfilled. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6310 "2017-06-09T01:57:58Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Do you have a link to that? I’d love to see it. [Et voilà](http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/08/kellyanne-conway-completely-shuts-down-fox-news-over-questions-on-comey-tapes/). I got the wording a little off, but the content right. ---
**Author:** ![Okrahoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90db22/32.png) [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6311 "2017-06-09T02:33:34Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I’m still trying to work out how the House passing a bill qualifies as a Trump campaign promise fulfilled. It is half of it. The other half will be when Senate passes it as well. [Getting rid of Dodd-Frank was one of Trump’s campaign promises](http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/10/501610842/trump-team-promises-to-dismantle-dodd-frank-bank-regulations). ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6312 "2017-06-09T02:35:27Z")
> [@Okrahoma](#): > > It is half of it. The other half will be when Senate passes it as well. [Getting rid of Dodd-Frank was one of Trump’s campaign promises](http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/10/501610842/trump-team-promises-to-dismantle-dodd-frank-bank-regulations). Samantha Bee coined the phrase “campaign threat” to cover things like this. ---
**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 9, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6313 "2017-06-09T02:42:07Z")
> [@Okrahoma](#): > > It is half of it. The other half will be when Senate passes it as well. [Getting rid of Dodd-Frank was one of Trump’s campaign promises](http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/10/501610842/trump-team-promises-to-dismantle-dodd-frank-bank-regulations). Do you ever consider consequences or is the desire to fuck the world that overwhelming? ---
**Author:** ![Okrahoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90db22/32.png) [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6314 "2017-06-09T02:59:31Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Do you ever consider consequences or is the desire to fuck the world that overwhelming? I am sure all the people who [object to Dodd Frank](https://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeleef/2014/01/10/one-bad-law-usually-leads-to-others-the-housing-bubble-and-dodd-frank/#4f995e5f5be3) are just out to “fuck the world”. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6315 "2017-06-09T03:38:04Z")
Sorry, but doesn’t Dodd-Frank stop banks from tacking on overdraft charges more than once on an account? ---
**Author:** ![Okrahoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90db22/32.png) [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6316 "2017-06-09T03:39:05Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Sorry, but doesn’t Dodd-Frank stop banks from tacking on overdraft charges more than once on an account? [Yep](https://assets.nerdwallet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/v2-dodd-frank_infographic_1450px_060115.jpg). That’s the only thing it does. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6317 "2017-06-09T03:41:24Z")
[for the last time, you are a leaky bag of shit](https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/12/for-the-last-time-fannie-and-freddie-didnt-cause-the-housing-crisis/250121/) ---
**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 9, 2017, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6318 "2017-06-09T03:45:30Z")
> [@Okrahoma](#): > > [Yep](https://assets.nerdwallet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/v2-dodd-frank_infographic_1450px_060115.jpg). That’s the only thing it does. That only has to do with how it affects checking accounts. That’s a small portion of what D-F does. You got fooled by a pretty picture. ---
**Author:** ![Okrahoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90db22/32.png) [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6319 "2017-06-09T03:49:35Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > That only has to do with how it affects checking accounts. That’s a small portion of what D-F does. > You got fooled by a pretty picture. Whoosh. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6320 "2017-06-09T04:06:40Z")
> [@Okrahoma](#): > > [Yep](https://assets.nerdwallet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/v2-dodd-frank_infographic_1450px_060115.jpg). That’s the only thing it does. So you get paid next Friday, tomorrow you overdraw by $1. You’ll get 7 overdraft charges (not just on business days). And this is okay for you? Because for me, a overall limit for a one-time $20 fee is still over the top. ---
**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 9, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6321 "2017-06-09T04:13:32Z")
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