# 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:** 401
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8004 "2017-07-13T15:54:18Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Julian Assange admits he has a direct connection to the Trumps. > [x.com](https://twitter.com/JulianAssange/status/884853347815235584) He also has direct connections to the Russians. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8005 "2017-07-13T16:24:38Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > I’ll go even further. They’re damn traitors. I’m on board with this. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8006 "2017-07-13T16:59:16Z")
They’re just political naifs. They’ve gone back and amended the forms that they innocently left off one or two [or “more than 100 names”](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/12/us/politics/trump-says-son-is-innocent-amid-reports-of-russia-meeting.html). ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8007 "2017-07-13T17:03:30Z")
Guys… Donald Trump, the President of the United States, [may have an imaginary friend](https://apnews.com/e18f254c4ac84e6bab4ceed56401cc65). ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8008 "2017-07-13T17:07:55Z")
> [@Calatin](#): > > Guys… > > Donald Trump, the President of the United States, [may have an imaginary friend](https://apnews.com/e18f254c4ac84e6bab4ceed56401cc65). That could well be the only kind of friend he has. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8009 "2017-07-13T17:10:31Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > That could well be the only kind of friend he has. i heard that even his imaginary friends wish they voted differently. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8010 "2017-07-13T17:56:04Z")
You thought the Trumpistas were being snowflakes about the reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th? Well, the world’s toughest snowflakes just had some more shitfits [about some CUSTARD](https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/vbmz8d/trump-supporters-enraged-by-18th-century-custard-recipe?utm_campaign=trendsus&utm_source=munchiesfbus) ---
**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:** [July 13, 2017, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8011 "2017-07-13T18:13:40Z")
> [@Calatin](#): > > Guys… > > Donald Trump, the President of the United States, [may have an imaginary friend](https://apnews.com/e18f254c4ac84e6bab4ceed56401cc65). Sure, Jim looks like a cloth doll to everybody else, but that doesn’t make him _imaginary_… ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Economist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8012 "2017-07-13T18:46:47Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > You thought the Trumpistas were being snowflakes about the reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th? > > Well, the world’s toughest snowflakes just had some more shitfits [about some CUSTARD](https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/vbmz8d/trump-supporters-enraged-by-18th-century-custard-recipe?utm_campaign=trendsus&utm_source=munchiesfbus) To be fair to the Trumpists, the dish was called Orange Fool. I could see how everyone would assume it referred to Trump, on account of how Trump is orange-colored and stupid. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8013 "2017-07-13T18:51:21Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > You thought the Trumpistas were being snowflakes about the reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th? > > Well, the world’s toughest snowflakes just had some more shitfits [about some CUSTARD](https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/vbmz8d/trump-supporters-enraged-by-18th-century-custard-recipe?utm_campaign=trendsus&utm_source=munchiesfbus) That looks like a really cool YouTube channel! I’ll have to send the link to my wife. She loves historical cooking stuff. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8014 "2017-07-13T18:52:28Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > You thought the Trumpistas were being snowflakes about the reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th? > > Well, the world’s toughest snowflakes just had some more shitfits [about some CUSTARD](https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/vbmz8d/trump-supporters-enraged-by-18th-century-custard-recipe?utm_campaign=trendsus&utm_source=munchiesfbus) Well they can do what they always want to tell everyone else to do. Man up and suck it up. Grow some ballz. It’s free speech and we don’t cotton to no feelz and political correctness. If they don’t like it, fuck 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8015 "2017-07-13T18:57:58Z")
“Custard won! Get over it!” ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8016 "2017-07-13T18:58:11Z")
> [@Evil\_Economist](#): > > To be fair to the Trumpists, the dish was called Orange Fool. I could see how everyone would assume it referred to Trump, on account of how Trump is orange-colored and stupid. I can’t remember the exact quote or where I heard/read it (maybe _Dune_), but to paraphrase ~“I offer a general suit and you claim it is cut to fit you”. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8017 "2017-07-13T19:10:49Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Sure, Jim looks like a cloth doll to everybody else, but that doesn’t make him _imaginary_… Just ask his publicity guy, John Miller. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8018 "2017-07-13T19:23:42Z")
> [@Calatin](#): > > Guys… > > Donald Trump, the President of the United States, [may have an imaginary friend](https://apnews.com/e18f254c4ac84e6bab4ceed56401cc65). At least now we know have a good idea who the “everybody” talking about Podesta’s email at the G20 was. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8019 "2017-07-13T19:27:37Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > I can’t remember the exact quote or where I heard/read it (maybe _Dune_), but to paraphrase ~“I offer a general suit and you claim it is cut to fit you”. Yup. _Dune_. “My son displays a general garment and you claim it’s cut to your fit?" ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8020 "2017-07-13T19:57:41Z")
Kellyanne needs to show Trump her “delusional” flashcard: [8 over-the-top claims in President Trump’s Reuters interview](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/07/13/8-really-over-the-top-claims-in-president-trumps-reuters-interview/?tid=hybrid_collaborative_1_na&utm_term=.32e0fa1c8bcf) > [@](#): > > In an increasingly rare interview with a nonconservative journalist, President Trump sat down with Reuters for an extended chat Wednesday amid a ton of controversy stemming from Donald Trump Jr.'s emails. > > Trump’s response: All is well. And not just well: Fantastic. Also: I’m the best. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8021 "2017-07-13T20:05:13Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > You thought the Trumpistas were being snowflakes about the reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th? > > Well, the world’s toughest snowflakes just had some more shitfits [about some CUSTARD](https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/vbmz8d/trump-supporters-enraged-by-18th-century-custard-recipe?utm_campaign=trendsus&utm_source=munchiesfbus) From article: “The typically quaint comments section of the Townsends video was quickly inundated with mentions of “cucks” and MAGA.” Trump is afraid of the rest of the world laughing at us. You’re right to be concerned, Trump. Your supporters are easy fuckin targets for a laugh. (As are you, idiot.) ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8022 "2017-07-13T20:10:40Z")
More delusion: [‘Category 5 hurricane’: White House under siege by Trump Jr.’s Russia revelations](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/category-5-hurricane-white-house-under-siege-by-trump-jrs-russia-revelations/2017/07/11/1e091478-664d-11e7-8eb5-cbccc2e7bfbf_story.html?utm_term=.d0d3cb83e465) > [@](#): > > President Trump — who has been hidden from public view since returning last weekend from a divisive international summit — is enraged that the Russia cloud still hangs over his presidency and is exasperated that his eldest son and namesake has become engulfed by it, said people who have spoken with him this week. Does this moron think the “Russia thing” is going to go away? The jig is up. This shit has just started, thanks to your equally moronic son. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8023 "2017-07-13T20:10:47Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > That looks like a really cool YouTube channel! I’ll have to send the link to my wife. She loves historical cooking stuff. It is an excellent channel and no one who watched the actual video, recreating a dessert from Martha Washington’s cookbook, could have possibly mistaken it for a political comment. No sane person, anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=400) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=402)