# 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:** 439
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8764 "2017-07-28T11:36:23Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > The Pres has a party who can’t give him a win. > > The GOP has a President who can’t give them a win. > > Surely this is unsustainable? I’ve been waiting for the GOP, as a political mechanism, to catch fire and crash spectacularly for at least 25 years. I can’t imagine that I’m lucky enough for it to actually happen within the next 4. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8765 "2017-07-28T12:08:12Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > And it comes back to this. > > My, my, what a goddamn joke we must look like to the rest of the civilized world, and we’re probably a joke to the parts of the world that are less civil. Yep. When American politics is covered on the TV news now, the newsreaders don’t even bother to conceal their smirks. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8766 "2017-07-28T12:13:22Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Surely this is unsustainable? Not as long as they can blame the Democrats. Which, you’ll notice, is what they’re doing. ---
**Author:** ![Crybaby\_Boobie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crybaby_boobie/32/545_2.png) [@Crybaby\_Boobie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crybaby_Boobie)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8767 "2017-07-28T12:29:28Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I’ve been waiting for the GOP, as a political mechanism, to catch fire and crash spectacularly for at least 25 years. I can’t imagine that I’m lucky enough for it to actually happen within the next 4. I was hoping it was happening when he was nominated. It’s unfortunate we had to give them all the power first. But I guess some people just have to touch that stove to prove it’s hot. Although, I actually don’t believe the Republicans will face any backlash for this or anything they ever do. I no longer have any faith in the American voter. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8768 "2017-07-28T13:17:46Z")
No tweets from the Orange One this morning. TrumpCare failed, da Mooch is out of control, Republicans are backing Sessions, the Pentagon won’t implement his trans ban, and The Failing Cheeto is speechless. Probably silently sulking in bed and won’t come out of his room like a big baby. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8769 "2017-07-28T13:44:35Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > No tweets from the Orange One this morning. TrumpCare failed, da Mooch is out of control, Republicans are backing Sessions… The Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, has made it absolutely, one hundred percent clear that he’s totally fine with Trump firing Sessions. And if Trump were to do that and move on to having Mueller fired and the investigation dismantled, I am confident Ryan will be fine with that too. I don’t know what Republicans you’re hearing from, but the one who matters - the one who can start impeachment proceeding if Trump openly, brazenly engages in the obstruction of justice - had made it perfectly clear that he’s fine with Trump doing it. And if you’re referring to the likes if Lindsey Graham, forget that crap. Graham talks a good game. Talk is cheap. Graham has called the GOP health care effort a “fraud” - and has voted in favour on every single vote so far. That’s the GOP way; all thoughts and prayers. No courage to act. ---
**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 28, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8770 "2017-07-28T13:45:17Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > No tweets from the Orange One this morning. TrumpCare failed, da Mooch is out of control, Republicans are backing Sessions, the Pentagon won’t implement his trans ban, and The Failing Cheeto is speechless. Probably silently sulking in bed and won’t come out of his room like a big baby. It isn’t even 10 AM on the east coast yet. He’s probably still asleep. ---
**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 28, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8771 "2017-07-28T14:34:30Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > The Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, has made it absolutely, one hundred percent clear that he’s totally fine with Trump firing Sessions. And if Trump were to do that and move on to having Mueller fired and the investigation dismantled, I am confident Ryan will be fine with that too. > > I don’t know what Republicans you’re hearing from, but the one who matters - the one who can start impeachment proceeding if Trump openly, brazenly engages in the obstruction of justice - had made it perfectly clear that he’s fine with Trump doing it. > > And if you’re referring to the likes if Lindsey Graham, forget that crap. Graham talks a good game. Talk is cheap. Graham has called the GOP health care effort a “fraud” - and has voted in favour on every single vote so far. That’s the GOP way; all thoughts and prayers. No courage to act. **AnalogSignal’s** post made me smile for a whole 5 seconds. But you had to ruin it with facts, didn’t you? :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8772 "2017-07-28T14:51:39Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > No tweets from the Orange One this morning. TrumpCare failed, da Mooch is out of control, Republicans are backing Sessions, the Pentagon won’t implement his trans ban, and The Failing Cheeto is speechless. Probably silently sulking in bed and won’t come out of his room like a big baby. He may have legit had a stroke. I mean the dude is 70+ years old, is yugely overweight, eats fast food because he thinks it’s healthy, believes exercise drain’s one’s strength and energy, and has a raging three-year-old-like temper. How much longer can this man’s heart continue pumping? ---
**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 28, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8773 "2017-07-28T14:53:32Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Okay, so let’s go with this and let’s assume Cheeto Jesus and Mooch collaborate and fire the entire cabinet. Who are the likely replacements? Here’s what I got so far: > > Press Sec: Snooki > > HUD: Flava Flav > > Sec of Defense: Dustin Diamond > > Attorney General: OJ Simpson > > Treasurer: Vince McMahon > > Homeland Security: Stone Cold Steve Austin > > Sec of State: Fedor Emilianenko Hey! What about Big Bad Vlad? Isn’t there a Cabinet post for him? He earned it. ---
**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 28, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8774 "2017-07-28T14:54:53Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > The Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, has made it absolutely, one hundred percent clear that he’s totally fine with Trump firing Sessions. And if Trump were to do that and move on to having Mueller fired and the investigation dismantled, I am confident Ryan will be fine with that too. > > I don’t know what Republicans you’re hearing from, but the one who matters - the one who can start impeachment proceeding if Trump openly, brazenly engages in the obstruction of justice - had made it perfectly clear that he’s fine with Trump doing it. > > And if you’re referring to the likes if Lindsey Graham, forget that crap. Graham talks a good game. Talk is cheap. Graham has called the GOP health care effort a “fraud” - and has voted in favour on every single vote so far. That’s the GOP way; all thoughts and prayers. No courage to act. Plus side, it’s a message that may get dem voters off their asses come 2018. ---
**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 28, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8775 "2017-07-28T14:58:42Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Hey! What about Big Bad Vlad? Isn’t there a Cabinet post for him? He earned it. We made a new cabinet position for him. “Director of the President.” ---
**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 28, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8776 "2017-07-28T15:02:21Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Plus side, it’s a message that may get dem voters off their asses come 2018. Do the Dem voters outnumber the Rep voters in the jurisdictions currently with Rep office holders? If not, it doesn’t matter if those Dem voters turn out in droves. 2016 proved that people will vote party line for even the most dumbass of reasons. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8777 "2017-07-28T15:04:57Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > No tweets from the Orange One this morning. TrumpCare failed, da Mooch is out of control, Republicans are backing Sessions, the Pentagon won’t implement his trans ban, and The Failing Cheeto is speechless. Probably silently sulking in bed and won’t come out of his room like a big baby. Oh, Drumpf tweeted some sort of unintelligible bullshit, but all I have to say is Thank you McCain and Democrats for saying NO, and go fuck yourself you fat orange fascist loofah faced shit gibbon, and fuck you McConnell. Maybe I judge McCain to soon yesterday. It’s funny, he voted and dropped the hammer RIGHT AFTER “mister deal maker” talked to him on the phone. Wanna bet he was trying to make threats? ---
**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 28, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8778 "2017-07-28T15:07:58Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Hey! What about Big Bad Vlad? Isn’t there a Cabinet post for him? He earned it. > [@k9bfriender](#): > > We made a new cabinet position for him. “Director of the President.” I guess I spoke too soon. The honeymoon must be over. Vlad sent back the ring and refused the flowers. Now Trump has to get that tattoo removed from his upper thigh. [Russia demands U.S. reduce diplomatic staff in new round of conflict over election hacking](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/russia-demands-us-reduce-diplomatic-staff-in-new-round-of-conflict-over-election/2017/07/28/42a567fe-7378-11e7-803f-a6c989606ac7_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-low_russiasanctions-655a%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.c23cb01a6e8b) > [@](#): > > MOSCOW — Russia announced Friday it would seize U.S. diplomatic properties and demand that the State Department reduce its staff in Russia, possibly by hundreds of people, in a retaliation that the Russian Foreign Ministry said was spurred by a financial sanctions bill now awaiting a signature from President Trump. > > “The passing of the new bill on sanctions clearly showed that relations with Russia have become a hostage of the internal political struggle in the U.S.,” the Russian Foreign Ministry wrote in a statement announcing Russia’s response. > > The announcement came the morning after U.S. Senate voted 98 to 2 in support of a new sanctions bill against Russia that would also limit Trump’s ability to lift anti-Russian sanctions already in place. The Trump administration has given mixed signals about whether the president will sign the bill, which also targets Iran and North Korea. Russia has promised additional retaliation against the new sanctions once they are signed into law, possibly by targeting U.S. commercial or trade interests tied to Russia. … Trump is just having a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day. That makes me happy. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8779 "2017-07-28T15:11:31Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Maybe I judge McCain to soon yesterday. It’s funny, he voted and dropped the hammer RIGHT AFTER “mister deal maker” talked to him on the phone. Wanna bet he was trying to make threats? That would be his problem right there: You can’t threaten a guy who has months to live. ---
**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 28, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8780 "2017-07-28T15:22:04Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > That would be his problem right there: You can’t threaten a guy who has months to live. ‘What’re you gonna do? _Fire_ me?’ ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8781 "2017-07-28T15:23:09Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Thank you McCain and Democrats for saying NO, Hey, let’s not forget Murkowski and Collins, who have been voting NO all along during these healthcare votes. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8782 "2017-07-28T15:26:18Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Hey, let’s not forget Murkowski and Collins, who have been voting NO all along during these healthcare votes. We owe them a debt too. For real. ---
**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 28, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8783 "2017-07-28T15:29:46Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > That would be his problem right there: You can’t threaten a guy who has months to live. And who was tortured by the Viet Cong for five years. Hmmm…I’m getting a warm, fuzzy feeling picturing Trump in one of those [bamboo cages](https://donmooreswartales.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/chirichigno-cage.jpg)… XXL, of course. For FIVE YEARS?? Der Trumpster wouldn’t last five minutes. I forgot–Trump had his own Vite Nam agony, trying to avoid STDs because of all the women he was screwing. And someone DID give him a Purple Heart, didn’t they? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=438) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=440)