# 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:** 376
**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 28, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/7504 "2017-06-28T22:07:21Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Fuck Fox “News”, the “vote” has been delayed regardless what Fox does or doesn’t choose to report. > [@k9bfriender](#): > > I was just making a joke that I would like to see Obama back in the job that he had the last 8 years, rather than the current placeholder in chief. > > Added to that that fox must think that Obama is still the president, if they are still giving him coverage and talking and complaining about him, rather than focussing on the issues of the current administration and legislative mess that he “leads”. The commentator said that FOX was just playing to their particular audience. The audience would not want to know about any problems with the health care bill, but the WOULD want to know how the Obamas are partying and spending money. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/7505 "2017-06-28T22:27:57Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > Naw, that’s not it. I used to be pretty ambivalent about politics, for much the same reason ThelmaLou was - the government used to be markedly less infested with evil shitheads, or at least they bothered to hide it back then. Then over the past couple of decades the shittyness of the republicans became more and more overt… See, I’m this close to going the other way. I’ve been a news/political junkie for years and I’m starting to realize that that addiction is doing me absolutely no good. I mean, what is the point of caring when reality is so skewed and the political atmosphere is so absolutely fucked to the point where we put Donald Trump in the White House? Donald Fucking Trump! He’s a reality TeeVee star. Why don’t we fucking put Tila Tequila in there while were at it, ferchrissakes. And I blame the Democrats for my oncoming ambivalence as well. You give and you give and you give some more, you support them, you have their back, you apologize for them and the best they can do is absolutely nothing. They continually get bent over by the Republicans like the little guy at the frat house and I’m getting sick of watching it. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/7506 "2017-06-28T22:48:37Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > That Time magazine think amuses me. I think I went to a Bar Mitzvah once when I was a teenager where they could photoshop you into a Time magazine Person of the Year cover. I think that I would have thought it cool at age 13 but been ashamed to display it in public after about age 15. Then again, the President is still emotionally a pre-teen… How on earth do Trump’s defenders spin _this_ one? From the reporting on the way the covers are placed on the club walls among real covers, it’s quite clear that the fake covers _are_ intended to impress people, rather than being intended to be seen as a joke. How can anyone spin this as anything other than _pathetic_??? ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/7507 "2017-06-28T23:03:31Z")
My ex-wife and I got one of those photos-on-a-fake-cover-of-Rolling-Stone when we were at Worlds of Fun over 30 years ago. Trump is welcome to hang that in his golf clubs, as well. Except I doubt that picture still actually exists … Much like Trump’s integrity! \ ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/7508 "2017-06-28T23:11:03Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > The commentator said that FOX was just playing to their particular audience. The audience would not want to know about any problems with the health care bill, but the WOULD want to know how the Obamas are partying and spending money. The motto of Fox News: “Only The News You Want to Hear” ---
**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 28, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/7509 "2017-06-28T23:13:09Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > How on earth do Trump’s defenders spin _this_ one? From the reporting on the way the covers are placed on the club walls among real covers, it’s quite clear that the fake covers _are_ intended to impress people, rather than being intended to be seen as a joke. > > How can anyone spin this as anything other than _pathetic_??? “The covers are real. TIME magazine altered corporate records to make Mr. Trump look bad. Anyone who says they have the original cover is a liar. How can millions of people have the original cover? There can only be one original. They’re all lying.” How’d I do? 😃 ---
**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 28, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/7510 "2017-06-28T23:19:19Z")
You needed to finish off with “Period.” ---
**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 28, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/7511 "2017-06-28T23:44:08Z")
Sad! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/7512 "2017-06-29T00:40:36Z")
Watch enough TV to entertain my self. I never watched the Apprentice. I’ve known that Trump is a complete asshole for decades. Why would I want to watch him? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/7513 "2017-06-29T00:58:31Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > How on earth do Trump’s defenders spin _this_ one? From the reporting on the way the covers are placed on the club walls among real covers, it’s quite clear that the fake covers _are_ intended to impress people, rather than being intended to be seen as a joke. > > How can anyone spin this as anything other than _pathetic_??? This is nothing compared to other antics. He, and his cabinet, have no shame. They seem happy to deny people health care so their rich friends can make a few more bucks. It’s a total disgrace. His supporters only want to ‘stick’ it to them libruls. Even if they screw themselves in the process. That seems to be the only thing that is important to them. And when his supporters come out with the short end of the stick, they will blame Obama. We know this will happen. ---
**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 29, 2017, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/7514 "2017-06-29T01:14:47Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > How on earth do Trump’s defenders spin _this_ one? From the reporting on the way the covers are placed on the club walls among real covers, it’s quite clear that the fake covers _are_ intended to impress people, rather than being intended to be seen as a joke. > > How can anyone spin this as anything other than _pathetic_??? Better than Crooked Hitlery, or Benghazi!, or Fake News!! Their Little Golden Playbook covers it all. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/7515 "2017-06-29T01:46:07Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > How on earth do Trump’s defenders spin _this_ one? From the reporting on the way the covers are placed on the club walls among real covers, it’s quite clear that the fake covers _are_ intended to impress people, rather than being intended to be seen as a joke. > > How can anyone spin this as anything other than _pathetic_??? An attempt at a good faith effort: “You’re overreacting. This is a big deal over nothing. So Trump dummied up a publicity piece. Who cares? That has nothing to do with him or his presidency. See, this is why I know the Russia thing is bull: because libs react hysterically over every little insignificance.” ---
**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 29, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/7516 "2017-06-29T01:49:36Z")
I meant to post this earlier; sorry for the delay: [**White House Reporter Says He’s Tired Of Being Bullied**](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MEDIA_CONFRONTATION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-06-28-13-19-44) > [@](#): > > Brian Karem, an editor at the Washington-area Sentinel newspapers, became an instant symbol in the tense relationship between the president and journalists when he interrupted Sanders on Tuesday. > [@](#): > > Karem, 56, is not a representative of the large national media organizations repeatedly described as “fake news” by the president. Besides his editing, he writes for Playboy, where his first-person account of the confrontation was posted late Tuesday. > [@](#): > > Sanders opened Tuesday’s briefing by calling on a reporter from the conservative Breitbart News, who asked about the CNN story, and she expressed frustration with media coverage. > > “If we make the slightest mistake, the slightest word is off, it is just an absolute tirade from a lot of people in this room,” Sanders said. “But news outlets get to go on, day after day, and cite unnamed sources, use stories without sources.” > > That’s where Karem broke in. > > “Come on!” he said. “You’re inflaming everybody right here, right now with those words.” He said that Sanders is there to answer questions “and what you did is inflammatory to people all over the country who look at it and say, ‘See, once again, the president’s right and everybody else out here is fake media.’ And everybody in this room is only trying to do their job.” > > Sanders said that “if anything has been inflamed, it’s the dishonesty that often takes place by the news media and I think it is outrageous for you to accuse me of inflaming a story when I was simply trying to respond to his question.” > [@](#): > > “There’s a time and a place for everything and the time has come to stand up and be counted,” Karem told The Associated Press on Wednesday. “I’m tired of taking it. I want friendly relationships, but those who want respect, show respect. We have shown that man and shown the administration respect for six months, and all we’re getting in return is a lack of respect, derision and bullying.” I had never heard of him before today, but he’s now got a lot of respect from me. Talk about speaking truth to power! Mr. Karem, you totally fucking rock! ---
**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 29, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/7517 "2017-06-29T02:07:29Z")
T-Rex goes ballistic on the head of the presidential personnel office for interfering with his hiring of staff at the State Department. > **[Tillerson blows up at top White House aide](https://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/28/tillerson-blows-up-at-white-house-aide-240075?cmpid=sf)** > > The secretary of state, frustrated by negative press coverage and delays in appointing staff, unleashed his anger in front of Reince Priebus, Jared Kushner and others. ---
**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 29, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/7518 "2017-06-29T02:21:32Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I meant to post this earlier; sorry for the delay: [**White House Reporter Says He’s Tired Of Being Bullied**](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MEDIA_CONFRONTATION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-06-28-13-19-44) > I had never heard of him before today, but he’s now got a lot of respect from me. Talk about speaking truth to power! Mr. Karem, you totally fucking rock! Wow! Bravo! Finally, someone finds his gonads! ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/7519 "2017-06-29T05:33:57Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I meant to post this earlier; sorry for the delay: [**White House Reporter Says He’s Tired Of Being Bullied**](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MEDIA_CONFRONTATION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-06-28-13-19-44) > I had never heard of him before today, but he’s now got a lot of respect from me. Talk about speaking truth to power! Mr. Karem, you totally fucking rock! I love that Sara tries to use “I was just answering a question”. I believe you mean you were just responding to a setup by Breitbart, Sara. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/7520 "2017-06-29T05:38:22Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > “The covers are real. TIME magazine altered corporate records to make Mr. Trump look bad. Anyone who says they have the original cover is a liar. How can millions of people have the original cover? There can only be one original. They’re all lying.” > > How’d I do? 😃 How sad is it that I had to read a few sentences of that before realizing it wasn’t real? :eek: ---
**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 29, 2017, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/7521 "2017-06-29T06:26:51Z")
Only one press conference since taking office. Excluding cameras from press briefings. Weird syphilitic rantings on Twitter in the wee hours of the morning. Unhealthy obsessions with his election foe from last year, his predecessor, his penis size. Traitor Trump looks to be turning into the Hermit President. Like that weird old guy in lots of people’s neighborhoods that children are warned away from. ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/7522 "2017-06-29T09:36:56Z")
Did the people who eventually voted for Trump or their supposed billionaire financial supporters (cough Koch cough) ever pay people to protest Obama? Did they ever protest in such a way that Obama supporters were hounded from public universities (supposed places of ‘free speech’)? Were there any actual violent protests against Obama? Did Republican supporters ever hound Democrat town meetings with loud mouthed vile and hate and treat it as a justified casual political response? No they didn’t. I am not the liar here. I am not the hater. Look in the mirror, Lefties, the hate you see is your own. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/7523 "2017-06-29T09:56:23Z")
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