# 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:** 426
**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 23, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8504 "2017-07-23T19:43:05Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > While pondering a great debates thread about how the world would look if ruled by women I was curious who would be president if all men suddenly up and died. > > Answer: Betsy Devos :eek: > > One of the very few people in government who is actually less qualified to be running the country than Trump. > > (Elaine Chao is higher up the list but wasn’t born in the US and so isn’t eligible) If all men up and die, Betsy DeVos as president is the least of MY problems. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8505 "2017-07-23T19:53:20Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Can we slow our roll on the whole chain of command talk please? I despise Trump as next as the next person with functioning brain cells, but I’m not seeing Congressional Republicans ever putting country above party enough to actually impeach a Republican President. I have to agree. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8506 "2017-07-23T19:56:57Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > I think you misunderstood **Buck Godot’s** post. DeVos is actually the first eligible woman in the line of succession and so would be prez if all males disappeared! Mckinney hasn’t been in congress since 2007 and is in line for nothing. I meant as an example of a woman less qualified to be running the country than Trump. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hocus\_Pocus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/41988e/32.png) [@Hocus\_Pocus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hocus_Pocus)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8507 "2017-07-23T21:12:16Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Can we slow our roll on the whole chain of command talk please? I despise Trump as next as the next person with functioning brain cells, but I’m not seeing Congressional Republicans ever putting country above party enough to actually impeach a Republican President. The republicans fail to act at the peril of their own party. They would make the 2018 midterms a landslide for the dems as a whole. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8508 "2017-07-23T21:22:20Z")
I’m sure there is a Republican hard core scenario plan to come in as a knight in shinning armor when the goods on trump become to obvious. Why wouldn’t they? Pence is a conservative Republican wet dream that could never ever be elected running as the lead ticket. Pure ruling party calculus. ---
**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 23, 2017, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8509 "2017-07-23T21:31:45Z")
> [@China\_Guy](#): > > I’m sure there is a Republican hard core scenario plan to come in as a knight in shinning armor when the goods on trump become to obvious. Why wouldn’t they? Pence is a conservative Republican wet dream that could never ever be elected running as the lead ticket. Pure ruling party calculus. They may just be waiting for the 2 year mark so that pence can get a full 10 years in. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8510 "2017-07-23T22:12:17Z")
> [@Hocus\_Pocus](#): > > The republicans fail to act at the peril of their own party. They would make the 2018 midterms a landslide for the dems as a whole. I fear you severely underestimate the the Republicans base and their ongoing gerrymandering abilities. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8511 "2017-07-23T22:36:59Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > I fear you severely underestimate the the Republicans base and their ongoing gerrymandering abilities. I have to agree with this. Not only are things gerrymandered to hell, Republicans are amazing at getting their base to actually vote. Progressives will sit out an election because the candidate isn’t ideologically pure enough. Conservatives will vote for whoever as long as there’s an “R” next to their name (2016, for example). ---
**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 23, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8512 "2017-07-23T23:32:53Z")
> [@Hocus\_Pocus](#): > > The republicans fail to act at the peril of their own party. They would make the 2018 midterms a landslide for the dems as a whole. I’ll believe that when I see 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 23, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8513 "2017-07-23T23:42:21Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > I have to agree with this. Not only are things gerrymandered to hell, Republicans are amazing at getting their base to actually vote\*\*. Progressives will sit out an election because the candidate isn’t ideologically pure enough. \*\*Conservatives will vote for whoever as long as there’s an “R” next to their name (2016, for example). That’s why I have no patience for the progressives. 2016 is the shining example of why ideological purity doesn’t matter on a national level. I have a feeling my volunteer time for 2018 will be spent with GOTV campaigns. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8514 "2017-07-23T23:49:31Z")
[Donald Trump said 414 false things in his first six months.](https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/07/20/donald-trump-said-397-false-things-in-six-months-heres-what-weve-learned.html) The Star is doing a running total. 45 gives off a false statement more than twice a day on average. (2.3) ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8515 "2017-07-24T00:23:42Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [Donald Trump said 414 false things in his first six months.](https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/07/20/donald-trump-said-397-false-things-in-six-months-heres-what-weve-learned.html) > > The Star is doing a running total. 45 gives off a false statement more than twice a day on average. (2.3) And Cult45 doesn’t seem to care. ---
**Author:** ![HeweyLogan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heweylogan/32/547_2.png) [@HeweyLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeweyLogan)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8516 "2017-07-24T00:25:10Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > That’s why I have no patience for the progressives. 2016 is the shining example of why ideological purity doesn’t matter on a national level. What would have been your “ideological purity” vote in 2016? ---
**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 24, 2017, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8517 "2017-07-24T00:27:48Z")
> [@HeweyLogan](#): > > What would have been your “ideological purity” vote in 2016? Anyone other than an asshole Republican. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8518 "2017-07-24T00:34:40Z")
Why does Loser Donald think health insurance costs $12 a year? [Maybe it’s because of a commercial for the Gerber Life Plan he saw on Fox News.](http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/did-trumps-bizarre-idea-that-health-insurance-costs-12-a-year-come-from-this-fox-news-commercial/) ---
**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 24, 2017, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8519 "2017-07-24T01:50:29Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Why does Loser Donald think health insurance costs $12 a year? > > [Maybe it’s because of a commercial for the Gerber Life Plan he saw on Fox News.](http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/did-trumps-bizarre-idea-that-health-insurance-costs-12-a-year-come-from-this-fox-news-commercial/) That’s fuckin hysterical, because I saw Sarah Huckabee Sanders today dodge again the question of why Trump believes that. On George Stephanopolis’ show, he asked her if she had a response to that, as she’d promised to ask about it once before. She said that she hadn’t had a chance yet to ask about it, but good golly she sure would. On a side note, I watched Stephanopolis’ show today instead of Meet The Press, because MTP was preempted again by FUCKING **GOLF!!** ---
**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 24, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8520 "2017-07-24T01:59:39Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > That’s fuckin hysterical, because I saw Sarah Huckabee Sanders today dodge again the question of why Trump believes that. On George Stephanopolis’ show, **he asked her if she had a response to that, as she’d promised to ask about it once before. She said that she hadn’t had a chance yet to ask about it, but good golly she sure would.** > > On a side note, I watched Stephanopolis’ show today instead of Meet The Press, because MTP was preempted again by FUCKING **GOLF!!** She’s busy. Every time she lies, she has to be saved again. All day long, lie then save, lie then save. No time for anything else. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8521 "2017-07-24T02:04:35Z")
I wish a reporter would just ask Trump, or one of his “people” why they don’t just submit to Congress his wonderful health care plan that would cover everyone, be much cheaper, and would be so easy to pass. If they have it, put it out there. What can they do? Admit that Trump just lies about everything? ---
**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 24, 2017, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8522 "2017-07-24T02:28:10Z")
Newsweek report on the Right’s calls for civil war and the murders of liberals. > **[Trump's Favorite Broadcaster Calling for Civil War](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-alex-jones-infowars-violence-639912?utm_campaign=NewsweekTwitter&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social)** > > The calls for civil war gained momentum after the shooting at the Congressional baseball game last month. ---
**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 24, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8523 "2017-07-24T02:31:07Z")
Just a month into the Administration, Spicey apparently stole a mni-fridge from junior staffers. > **[The Curious Tale Of Sean Spicer And The Mini-Fridge In The Night](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sean-spicer-and-the-mini-fridge_n_59735686e4b00e4363dfcf5d)** > > "You can't make this s\*\*t up." [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=425) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=427)