# 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:** 402
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8024 "2017-07-13T20:23:14Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > 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) I love this one. > [@](#): > > 1. “The mood in the White House is fantastic. … We have done more in five months than practically any president in history. … There’s not a thing that we’re not doing well in. The White House is functioning beautifully, despite the hoax made up by the Democrats.” ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8025 "2017-07-13T20:33:02Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > I love this one. See, I guess this is the difference between me and a journalist. If I was presented with that, my immediate, knee-jerk reaction would be, “So do you actually believe that bullshit, or are you just expecting the rest of us to go along with it?” ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8026 "2017-07-13T20:34:31Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > I’ve cycled through a few, but lately I’ve been a fan of President WTF. I still like the one I coined --“Old Dickory”. ---
**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, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8027 "2017-07-13T20:51:36Z")
The Cheeto in Chief [endorses transparency](http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/13/trump-explains-why-he-wants-to-be-able-to-see-through-his-border-wall.html)… for the border wall: > [@](#): > > One of the things with the wall is you need transparency. You have to be able to see through it. In other words, if you can’t see through that wall – so it could be a steel wall with openings, but you have to have openings because you have to see what’s on the other side of the wall. > And I’ll give you an example. As horrible as it sounds, when they throw the large sacks of drugs over, and if you have people on the other side of the wall, you don’t see them – they hit you on the head with 60 pounds of stuff? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8028 "2017-07-13T21:47:34Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > “Custard won! Get over it!” “Not at Little Big Horn!” ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8029 "2017-07-13T21:50:37Z")
Maybe the whole thing could be built from Gorilla Glass. Actually, sandwich and LED panel in the center (like the big electronic “whiteboards” on crime scene procedurals) and display a constant stream of sponsored ads. Build the wall and make advertisers pay for 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:** [July 13, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8030 "2017-07-13T22:04:48Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Sure, Jim looks like a cloth doll to everybody else, but that doesn’t make him _imaginary_… Jim is like Hobbes. He only comes to life when Trump is alone with him. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8031 "2017-07-13T22:16:23Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > See, I guess this is the difference between me and a journalist. If I was presented with that, my immediate, knee-jerk reaction would be, “So do you actually believe that bullshit, or are you just expecting the rest of us to go along with it?” He was probably still reeling from the other bullshit. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8032 "2017-07-13T22:51:41Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > The Cheeto in Chief [endorses transparency](http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/13/trump-explains-why-he-wants-to-be-able-to-see-through-his-border-wall.html)… for the border wall: So with spaces so you can see through…kind of like the wall that’s already there. [https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170713/ca50f36678a2d54117b7a6a59c6e70d2.jpg](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170713/ca50f36678a2d54117b7a6a59c6e70d2.jpg) ---
**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:** [July 14, 2017, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8033 "2017-07-14T00:06:26Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > The Cheeto in Chief [endorses transparency](http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/13/trump-explains-why-he-wants-to-be-able-to-see-through-his-border-wall.html)… for the border wall: An invisible wall to go with his invisible friend! A wag on FB said > [@Jason P](#): > > I see what he doing. He’s telling his supporters he’s building an invisible wall so they’ll be happy. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8034 "2017-07-14T00:08:25Z")
Did he actually say “cray” or is that a typo in the article? ---
**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:** [July 14, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8035 "2017-07-14T00:26:14Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Did he actually say “cray” or is that a typo in the article? [From here.](https://heisenbergreport.com/2017/07/13/trump-we-need-see-through-border-wall-so-cray-mexicans-dont-hit-agents-with-60-pound-sacks-of-drugs/) > [@](#): > > [Portion of Trump statement]\* And I’ll give you an example. As horrible as it sounds, when they throw the large sacks of drugs over, and if you have people on the other side of the wall, you don’t see them — they hit you on the head with 60 pounds of stuff? It’s over. > > As cray as that sounds, you need transparency through that wall. But we have some incredible designs. \* [/poTs] > > Now for one thing, that is from the official transcript. > > Which means either Donald Trump actually used the pop culture term “cray” or they mistyped it – either way, it’s hilarious. ---
**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 14, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8036 "2017-07-14T00:29:51Z")
> [@](#): > > I see what he doing. He’s telling his supporters he’s building an invisible wall so they’ll be happy. All he has to do is hire a few mimes to show off the wall, and he can check it off as his first big achievement. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8037 "2017-07-14T00:40:05Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > All he has to do is hire a few mimes to show off the wall, and he can check it off as his first big achievement. That’s thinking inside the box. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8038 "2017-07-14T00:56:08Z")
> **[Trump Scopes 'Beautiful' French Hottie, Known to Everyone Else as First Lady...](https://jezebel.com/trump-scopes-beautiful-french-hottie-known-to-everyone-1796890391)** > > Donald Trump, a personified banshee’s shriek, has yet again not been able to contain himself at the sight of a living, breathing female homosapien. This time, the woman he fawned over was none other than Brigitte Macron, the wife of French President... Trump’s little performance today involving the First Lady of France, which included hauling her in for smoochies, yanking her arm like a puppeteer, and commenting on her body. I would have put this in “How Has Trump Pissed You Off Today” but it’s fallen off the page. ---
**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 14, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8039 "2017-07-14T01:13:29Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > [http://theslot.jezebel.com/trump-scopes-beautiful-french-hottie-known-to-everyone-1796890391](http://theslot.jezebel.com/trump-scopes-beautiful-french-hottie-known-to-everyone-1796890391) > > Trump’s little performance today involving the First Lady of France, which included hauling her in for smoochies, yanking her arm like a puppeteer, and commenting on her body. > > I would have put this in “How Has Trump Pissed You Off Today” but it’s fallen off the page. At least he didn’t try to grab her by the pussy. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8040 "2017-07-14T01:19:28Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > [http://theslot.jezebel.com/trump-scopes-beautiful-french-hottie-known-to-everyone-1796890391](http://theslot.jezebel.com/trump-scopes-beautiful-french-hottie-known-to-everyone-1796890391) > > Trump’s little performance today involving the First Lady of France, which included hauling her in for smoochies, yanking her arm like a puppeteer, and commenting on her body. > > I would have put this in “How Has Trump Pissed You Off Today” but it’s fallen off the page. > [@Bayard](#): > > At least he didn’t try to grab her by the pussy. True. Sadly, that’s how low the bar is now. :dubious: ---
**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:** [July 14, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8041 "2017-07-14T01:23:06Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > The Cheeto in Chief [endorses transparency](http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/13/trump-explains-why-he-wants-to-be-able-to-see-through-his-border-wall.html)… for the border wall: > [@](#): > > One of the things with the wall is you need transparency. You have to be able to see through it. In other words, if you can’t see through that wall – so it could be a steel wall with openings, but you have to have openings because you have to see what’s on the other side of the wall. > And I’ll give you an example. As horrible as it sounds, when they throw the large sacks of drugs over, and if you have people on the other side of the wall, you don’t see them – they hit you on the head with 60 pounds of stuff? So he thinks bad hombres will throw 60 pounds of drugs over the wall just randomly? Is he concerned about American drug dealers getting hurt and not having beautiful insurance coverage? I’m really not following his logic here. Oh, wait. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8042 "2017-07-14T01:43:30Z")
The Cowardly Lyin’ [isn’t near as tough](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/13/us/politics/trump-russia-putin.html?partner=rss&emc=rss) as he pretends to be. > [@](#): > > PARIS — President Trump said on Wednesday that he had confronted President Vladimir V. Putin twice about whether Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election, and changed the subject after Mr. Putin flatly denied it because, “What do you do? End up in a fistfight?” > > Speaking to reporters on Air Force One as he flew to Paris to take part in Bastille Day celebrations, Mr. Trump offered his first extended account of a dramatic closed-door meeting he held with Mr. Putin last week in Hamburg, Germany. And there’s this little narcissistic moment. > [@](#): > > Even by Mr. Trump’s freewheeling standards, his comments were unguarded. They came during an impromptu visit to the press cabin about 90 minutes after Air Force One took off from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Wednesday. **The White House initially put the session off the record** , but then released excerpts from Mr. Trump’s remarks on Thursday after **he asked why reporters had not published his statements.** Well co-ordinated communications there, Trumpy. ---
**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 14, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8043 "2017-07-14T01:47:39Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > All he has to do is hire a few mimes to show off the wall, and he can check it off as his first big achievement. The Emperor’s new wall. > [@running\_coach](#): > > That’s thinking inside the box. Ouch. Ouch-ouch. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=401) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=403)