# 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:** 424
**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:** [July 22, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8464 "2017-07-22T18:22:19Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > If he’s asleep when his turn comes, can we skip him? No, if we don’t wake him up, he’ll be the best republican president ever. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8465 "2017-07-22T18:29:56Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > True, but my understanding is that impeachment (and conviction) cannot be pardoned, period. So even if Pence wanted to pardon Trump, he could at most keep him out of court. He could not undo the impeachment (and conviction), even if he somehow wanted to. > > Trump would still be permanently out of office. Just a thought. Anything preventing an impeached president from running again? ---
**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:** [July 22, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8466 "2017-07-22T18:35:31Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > Just a thought. Anything preventing an impeached president from running again? As part of the impeachment, congress can (but does not necessarily have to) also bar the impeachee from holding office again. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2017, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8467 "2017-07-22T18:40:32Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > [Donald Trump's Defense? Obama Is to Blame for Russia, Syria, Michael Flynn and Every Other Disgrace - Newsweek](http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-plays-blame-game-636282) > > [Targeting Obama, Republicans play the Russia blame game poorly](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/targeting-obama-republicans-play-the-russia-blame-game-poorly) > > Are you saying they are not doing this, or just that it won’t take off? > > The story will go as long as they want to keep saying it to their syrup sucking base and oppositional right wing media. I’m saying it won’t take off in the way the President would like AND it appears to me Grassley is no longer pushing that angle in his committee. Both of the links you offer simply make note that the President keeps blaming Obama and Hillary for everything he can. That’s hardly news given he has been doing that since Day 1 whenever something crops up that he finds upsetting. Both links also make note of how poorly that strategy is working out for them, which is basically the point I was making. The Trump base will always buy anything he says. Nothing new there either. ---
**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 22, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8468 "2017-07-22T19:07:36Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > If he’s asleep when his turn comes, can we skip him? He’ll just point at the next guy in line and say, “I believe you want him.” ---
**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 22, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8469 "2017-07-22T19:17:37Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > He’ll just point at the next guy in line and say, “I believe you want him.” [http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/farsidehed.jpg?resize=1100x740](http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/farsidehed.jpg?resize=1100x740) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8470 "2017-07-22T19:57:16Z")
If these scandals stink enough, and the Dems sweep the House next election, then Nancy Pelosi becomes Speaker. Knock off Trump, Pence and then…_voila_! Me? Tequila and bongwater, why do you ask? ---
**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:** [July 22, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8471 "2017-07-22T20:14:05Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > ‘I feel like every time a Trump employee quits, Oompa Loomas should appear & sing a song to teach us about the perils of gluttony & greed.’ - Frankie on Twitter THANK YOU for passing that on: I’d have hated to have missed it! ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8472 "2017-07-22T20:35:31Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/farsidehed.jpg?resize=1100x740](http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/farsidehed.jpg?resize=1100x740) For every situation there is a Far Side, and a Far Side for every situation under Heaven. ---
**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 22, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8473 "2017-07-22T20:37:21Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > If these scandals stink enough, and the Dems sweep the House next election, then Nancy Pelosi becomes Speaker. Knock off Trump, Pence and then…_voila_! Nah, let’s start now; kill off as many of them as possible. Think of _Kind Hearts and Coronets._ ---
**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 22, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8474 "2017-07-22T21:26:58Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Scaramucci looks like he stepped straight out of _The Sopranos_. What was with the kiss gesture at the end of his speech like he’s a pop star or something? This may not work out as well as Trump thinks. This guy seems like a real attention whore. If he starts hogging the spotlight, Trump won’t like that. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8475 "2017-07-22T22:15:03Z")
Whore, certainly. He should change his name to Puttanesca. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8476 "2017-07-22T22:23:54Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > For every situation there is a Far Side, and a Far Side for every situation under Heaven. Yep, just like [this one showing how today’s Republican party sees America](http://veggiebunch.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/larsonhowbirdsseetheworld.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8477 "2017-07-23T00:12:36Z")
Scaramucci looks like he was chiseled out of a block of douche. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8478 "2017-07-23T01:31:14Z")
> [@DoctorJ](#): > > Scaramucci looks like he was chiseled out of a block of douche. > [@](#): > > Anthony Scaramucci looks like an extra in the Wolf of Wall Street that they had to fire because he kept trying to talk to Leo [- Ike Barinholtz](https://twitter.com/ikebarinholtz/status/888442616051671040) ---
**Author:** ![Inferior\_Desecrator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9f8e36/32.png) [@Inferior\_Desecrator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inferior_Desecrator)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8479 "2017-07-23T01:38:25Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > There are only presidential elections every 4 years, pretty much no matter what. > > If Trump is out, Pence is in. A hypothetical president Pence would at some point get to assign a new VP, I believe, although it requires some level of confirmation and approval (not certain on the details). If Pence is out before assigning a new VP, next in line is speaker of the house (Paul Ryan, of the “reasonable” wing of the Republican party), followed by the president pro tempore of the senate (no one knows or cares who that is), followed by a bunch of cabinet posts. So no Democrats in sight, sadly. This what I thought, tks to all who FTI. > [@running\_coach](#): > > If he’s asleep when his turn comes, can we skip him? Ha! Re-write time. In our parliamentary system (Canada), we don’t technically vote for the Prime Minister (although he does run in a riding like every other MP). ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8480 "2017-07-23T02:34:50Z")
The President pro tempore of the Senate is 83 year old ultraconservative Orrin Hatch. > **[Orrin Hatch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orrin_Hatch)** > > Orrin Grant Hatch (March 22, 1934 – April 23, 2022) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Utah from 1977 to 2019. Hatch's 42-year Senate tenure made him the longest-serving Republican U.S. senator in history, overtaking Ted Stevens, until Chuck Grassley surpassed him in 2023. > Hatch chaired the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions from 1981 to 1987. He served as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 1995 to 2001 and 200... No, we do not want this man as president. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8481 "2017-07-23T02:51:38Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > The President pro tempore of the Senate is 83 year old ultraconservative Orrin Hatch. > > [Orrin Hatch - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orrin_Hatch) > > No, we do not want this man as president. I don’t want any of the people in the direct line as president. Only way we get someone good is if shit goes down in 2019 and the dems take back the house first. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8482 "2017-07-23T03:09:53Z")
> [@DoctorJ](#): > > Scaramucci looks like he was chiseled out of a block of douche. To me, he looks like Nick Satan- I mean Saban. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8483 "2017-07-23T03:36:58Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > Whore, certainly. He should change his name to Puttanesca. Isn’t that one of those elitist sandwich fillings? Trump hasn’t said that the claim of J. Beauregard Sessions having met with the Russian ambassador despite his denial, isn’t true. Instead, he’s saying that it was leaked intelligence. Does that make it true? Although this might be a case of Trump throwing Beauregard under the bus, and he actually leaked the story. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=423) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=425)