# 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:** 323
**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:** [June 11, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6442 "2017-06-11T02:01:03Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > There has to be a joke in there about what happens when you sit on your phone, butt I am _not_ going there … That should have been “but I’ll not go there” because “but I’ll” sounds kind of like “butt dial.” hee hee hee ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6443 "2017-06-11T02:36:53Z")
Karl Rove is done with Trump. > **[Karl Rove is done with Trump: He 'lacks the focus or self-discipline to do...](https://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/karl-rove-is-done-with-trump-he-lacks-the-focus-or-self-discipline-to-do-the-basic-work-required-of-a-president/)** > > Republicans have been slow to come out against President Donald Trump but conservative strategist Karl Rove is done. In a blistering op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Rove said, "Trump lacks the focus or self-discipline to do the basic work required... > [@](#): > > In a blistering op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Rove said, “Trump lacks the focus or self-discipline to do the basic work required of a president.” When _Karl Rove_ says that… ---
**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:** [June 11, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6444 "2017-06-11T02:47:31Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Karl Rove is done with Trump. > [Karl Rove is done with Trump: He 'lacks the focus or self-discipline to do the basic work required of a president'](http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/karl-rove-is-done-with-trump-he-lacks-the-focus-or-self-discipline-to-do-the-basic-work-required-of-a-president/) > > When _Karl Rove_ says that… donald is an example of an extreme bubble, just like tech stocks. Everyone believes there’s a bigger fool than them, until suddenly there isn’t. It’s going to be a deluge. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6445 "2017-06-11T03:43:42Z")
The Washington Post is reporting that US led forces are using white phosphorus on ISIS in Raqqa and other ISIS-held territories. > **[U.S.-led forces appear to be using white phosphorus in populated areas in...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/06/09/u-s-led-forces-appear-to-be-using-white-phosphorous-in-populated-areas-in-iraq-and-syria/?utm_term=.f97a34dcd348)** > > The munitions have a valid military use, but their appearance over densely populated areas has raised concern among rights groups. ---
**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 11, 2017, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6446 "2017-06-11T03:50:27Z")
The NY Times has a similar article: > **[U.S.-Led Forces Said to Have Used White Phosphorus in Syria (Published 2017)](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/10/world/middleeast/raqqa-syria-white-phosphorus.html)** > > Images and reports from witnesses in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa suggest the presence of the material in munitions. Its use in populated areas is prohibited under international law. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6447 "2017-06-11T05:53:52Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I can’t really describe this tweet from Sarah Huckabee, you just have to see it. No telling how long it will be left up, either, but as of right now, it’s been there for nine hours. > [x.com](https://twitter.com/SHSanders45/status/873524794557333504) I think it’s a rebus. Solving it, I get, “Sean Spicer is all man. ROWR.” ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6448 "2017-06-11T07:24:51Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Trump actually is doing all he can, with the help of Jeff Sessions, to please and gratify the base with actions such as these: > > [http://abc7ny.com/news/ice-detains-high-school-student-on-day-of-his-prom/2077512/](http://abc7ny.com/news/ice-detains-high-school-student-on-day-of-his-prom/2077512/) > > As far as I can see so far in this story that broke yesterday, the kid has no criminal record of any kind apart from the illegal entry into the USA. **But that’s exactly what thrills Trump’s base:** the way he’s making every non-white person fearful _24/7_ of being harassed by the cops, even if they and their parents and their grandparents were all born in the USA. What. The. F%&$. They didn’t even make him wear a yellow star for a few months first! (I grew up three miles from Ossining). ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6449 "2017-06-11T07:27:47Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > How much does it cost to educate a child for 12 years? If you throw that child out of the country, are you just throwing away that investment, with no hope of getting any of it back? Good point. And it works both ways – neo-Marxist social geographer Don Mitchell has written about how the Mexican government – i.e., all Mexican taxpayers – plus Mexican families – work to raise and educate young people, who then come to the US to offer their labor. In other words, we OWE Mexico a lot more than we think, not the other way around. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2017, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6450 "2017-06-11T07:54:43Z")
But you forget that Trump’s base is convinced that the Mexicans sneaking in have a horrible education what with it being Mexican, and most irinically that the base are convinced the Mexicans aren’t vaccinated. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6451 "2017-06-11T10:29:19Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > … the base are convinced the Mexicans aren’t vaccinated. That’s hilarious. Mexican doctors are (or were) famous for injecting medicines in situations where American doctors would prescribe pills. (Apparently this method has certain advantages, but I think it’s becoming less common in Mexico). ---
**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 11, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6452 "2017-06-11T12:17:36Z")
The Mexicans only come over here to commit crimes and steal our precious bodily fluids. And laugh at us. In Spanish. We can’t allow that. ---
**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 11, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6453 "2017-06-11T14:18:00Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > Looks like her kid got hold of her phone. Though It’s 3pm in DC, she should of noticed by now. > Just “sowing discord”. [From here](https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/happens-3-year-old-steals-white-house-officials-phone-175341769.html) > [@](#): > > Roughly 2 hours after the initial message went out, Huckabee Sanders finally chimed in herself, explaining, “This is what happens when your 3 year old steals your phone. Thanks Huck! **#neverleaveyourphoneunlocked** ” I guess we’ll never know if she likes having sex with sheep. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6454 "2017-06-11T14:38:13Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [From here](https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/happens-3-year-old-steals-white-house-officials-phone-175341769.html) > > I guess we’ll never know if she likes having sex with sheep. That’s okay, the sheep know. They know all too well. ---
**Author:** ![Okrahoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90db22/32.png) [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6455 "2017-06-11T14:49:42Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Karl Rove is done with Trump. > [Karl Rove is done with Trump: He 'lacks the focus or self-discipline to do the basic work required of a president'](http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/karl-rove-is-done-with-trump-he-lacks-the-focus-or-self-discipline-to-do-the-basic-work-required-of-a-president/) > > When _Karl Rove_ says that… Yeah, cuz rove was [such](https://www.teaparty.org/rove-leads-secret-anti-trump-conclave-gop-politicians-billionaires-147967/) a big Trump [supporter](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/karl-rove-donald-trump-cant-win_us_580cb4c1e4b000d0b15727dc). ---
**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:** [June 11, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6456 "2017-06-11T14:49:52Z")
It’s a John Brunner novel, isn’t it? “The Sheep Look Ill”? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6457 "2017-06-11T15:53:38Z")
It seems that the Sceptered Isle will be [spared the cloddish footfalls of Trumpelthinskin](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/11/donald-trump-state-visit-to-britain-put-on-hold): > [@](#): > > Donald Trump has told Theresa May in a phone call he does not want to go ahead with a state visit to Britain until the British public supports him coming. > > The US president said he did not want to come if there were large-scale protests and his remarks in effect put the visit on hold for some time… (Translation: Theresa May has enough problems and told the dolt to bugger off before he makes things even worse for her.) ---
**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 11, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6458 "2017-06-11T15:55:45Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > The Mexicans only come over here to commit crimes and steal our precious bodily fluids. And laugh at us. In Spanish. We can’t allow that. Their not bringing their best; they’re bringing their rapists, their murderers, their drug dealers. But don’t worry: my $25 billion wall will stop 'em. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYZKrn7Bbl8) ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6459 "2017-06-11T15:56:28Z")
> [@Okrahoma](#): > > Yeah, cuz rove was [such](https://www.teaparty.org/rove-leads-secret-anti-trump-conclave-gop-politicians-billionaires-147967/) a big Trump [supporter](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/karl-rove-donald-trump-cant-win_us_580cb4c1e4b000d0b15727dc). Which is exactly my point. Glad you agree. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6460 "2017-06-11T16:00:15Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > It seems that the Sceptered Isle will be [spared the cloddish footfalls of Trumpelthinskin](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/11/donald-trump-state-visit-to-britain-put-on-hold) The [British governmnet is denying](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-usa-idUSKBN1920OC) that Trump’s visit has been delayed. Although the date for the visit isn’t officially set yet anyway. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/6461 "2017-06-11T16:01:53Z")
Hell, if he won’t go to Great Britain because he’s afraid of protests, I guess he’ll never go. Too bad. I was looking forward to videos of Brits throwing dogshit at him as he trundled up to the palace in the open Golden Carriage ride he wanted. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=322) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=324)