# 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:** 406
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8104 "2017-07-14T19:56:10Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [Looking more and more like Junior’s meeting had to do with offering to hack the DNC exchange for repealing the Magnitsky Act rather than sharing dirt on Clinton.](http://www.mediaite.com/online/who-is-rinat-akhmetshin-the-fifth-person-in-the-don-jr-meeting/) Either way, it’s still collusion and treason. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8105 "2017-07-14T19:57:23Z")
> [@Evil\_Economist](#): > > Wait, what? There was a former KGB agent at the meeting? That’s fucking insane. That can’t be right, not even a Trump would be that stupid. Wanna bet??? Either stupidity, supreme arrogance, or BOTH. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8106 "2017-07-14T20:26:24Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [Looking more and more like Junior’s meeting had to do with offering to hack the DNC exchange for repealing the Magnitsky Act rather than sharing dirt on Clinton.](http://www.mediaite.com/online/who-is-rinat-akhmetshin-the-fifth-person-in-the-don-jr-meeting/) So - that’s worse. ---
**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 14, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8107 "2017-07-14T20:55:33Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > It’s another grand day in the annals of International Handshakes! > > [http://theslot.jezebel.com/trump-bids-france-adieu-with-the-worst-handshake-weve-e-1796921994](http://theslot.jezebel.com/trump-bids-france-adieu-with-the-worst-handshake-weve-e-1796921994) Holy awkward, Batman. He’s like a dog that got stuck mounting another dog—he can’t pull out! That Mrs. Macron is sure in good shape though. Beautiful! ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8108 "2017-07-14T20:55:44Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > More seriously, committing suicide by replacing the oxygen in a confined space with helium is something I’ve never heard of people doing. Is it common? Would you get one of those big helium tanks they use to inflate balloons, put a wet towel at the bottom of the closet door, and open the tank? I guess that would be fairly clean as far as suicides go. > [@Bayard](#): > > Huh. Apparently it’s often done with a “suicide bag” where you put a plastic bag over your head and put an inert gas in it to avoid the feelings of panic and suffocation. I’m picturing him lying down, turning on the gas, taking a deep breath, and then reciting Psalm 23:4, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death…” in a high, squeaky voice ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8109 "2017-07-14T21:06:50Z")
> [@Evil\_Economist](#): > > Wait, what? There was a former KGB agent at the meeting? That’s fucking insane. That can’t be right, not even a Trump would be that stupid. So far, besides “it didn’t happen”, stupidity has been the main defense offered. ---
**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 14, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8110 "2017-07-14T21:23:25Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > God, what a clusterfuck. > > CNN has a pretty amusing [second-by-second analysis](http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/14/politics/a-second-by-second-analysis-of-the-trump-macron-handshake/index.html). What an asshole. He did the whole pull-the-other-guy-off-balance bullshit, too. I would love to see him do that and get punched right in the jaw. ---
**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, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8111 "2017-07-14T21:29:51Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > You joke, but I have seriously considered that the Republicans use him to test their talking points to see which ones have traction and which ones we just point and laugh at. Republican talking points that _we_ don’t point and laugh at? Do such things exist? ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8112 "2017-07-14T22:15:46Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > I’m picturing him lying down, turning on the gas, taking a deep breath, and then reciting Psalm 23:4, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death…” > > in a high, squeaky voice OK…save me a seat on that hell-bound bus. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8113 "2017-07-14T22:28:24Z")
Where are we going? Why are we in this hand basket? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8114 "2017-07-14T22:38:46Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Republican talking points that _we_ don’t point and laugh at? Do such things exist? Well, there has been some spirited defence of the “It’s not actually illegal, so that must mean it is acceptable” talking point. ---
**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, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8115 "2017-07-14T22:53:06Z")
The title of this blog entry cracked me up. > **[Daily Kos](https://www.dailykos.com)** > > Daily Kos is a progressive news site that fights for democracy by giving our audience information and resources to win elections and impact government. Our coverage is assiduously factual, ethical, and unapologetically liberal. We amplify what we... > [@](#): > > Now it’s 8—Trump Jr meeting may exceed size of daddy’s inaugural crowd ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8116 "2017-07-14T22:54:19Z")
Ok, that actually made me laugh out loud. While I was trying to bite into a cherry. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8117 "2017-07-14T23:48:01Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > OK…save me a seat on that hell-bound bus. 😃 Me too 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8118 "2017-07-14T23:49:15Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Well, there has been some spirited defence of the “It’s not actually illegal, so that must mean it is acceptable” talking point. Someone else tried something similar, and it didn’t work “It isn’t illegal if the president does it”. ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8119 "2017-07-14T23:58:40Z")
Was it Hitler? It was Hitler, wasn’t it. ---
**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 15, 2017, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8120 "2017-07-15T00:16:42Z")
I think the Hitler line was “Can’t anybody here play this game?” ---
**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 15, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8121 "2017-07-15T00:49:56Z")
> **[Opinion | Everything is a distraction from something much, much worse](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/everything-is-a-distraction-from-something-much-much-worse/2017/07/13/a42384e0-6809-11e7-a1d7-9a32c91c6f40_story.html?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.5b52da6aeed3)** > > Russia is a distraction from health care, which is a distraction from tax cuts, which is . . . The title of this article is “Everything is a distraction from something much, much worse”. Everyone should read it in its entirety because it’s a good article. But if you can’t, at least enjoy the last line: > [@](#): > > Welcome to 2017, the ouroboros of distractions, where every terrible thing is a head-fake for a ruse for a diversion for a misdirection from something else much, much worse ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8122 "2017-07-15T01:43:43Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > What? You never sang that song when you were little? Sure, but while its funny in the abstract its a but less so IMHO when discussing someone who actually committed suicide this way. YMMV ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2017, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8123 "2017-07-15T03:08:27Z")
Trump, [in France](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/13/world/europe/trump-france-brigitte-macron.html), Tells Brigitte Macron, 'You’re in Such Good Shape …" Hey! Dipstick! What ever happened to [“Freedom Fries”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_fries) ? Freak’in Prick. [Numbnutz](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rh6qqsmxNs). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=405) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=407)