# 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:** 441
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8804 "2017-07-28T20:55:37Z")
Priebus was just shit-canned. ---
**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 28, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8805 "2017-07-28T20:58:32Z")
The GOP is now officially not in charge of anything. The idiots are running the asylum. If Paul Ryan has any sense or honor, he will start impeachment hearings. So they will therefore do nothing. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8806 "2017-07-28T20:59:49Z")
Trump must’ve believed Mooch’s tirade. Priebus not being the leak, and the information being public information anyway was dismissed as fake news. ---
**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 28, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8807 "2017-07-28T21:00:13Z")
And of course, like any major policy or staff announcements, it was done via tweet. Jesus. Government by a 13 year old. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8808 "2017-07-28T21:04:18Z")
It freaks me out how Trump capitalizes “great leader” into “Great Leader” in that tweet. Feels a bit too North Korea-y to me. ::shivver:: It doesn’t help seeing Kelly in his general uniform. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8809 "2017-07-28T21:11:41Z")
Trump and Scaramucci have accomplished the nearly impossible - they’ve made me feel a twinge of sympathy for Reince Priebus. During his stint at the RNC, I always felt Priebus was a massive tool. He probably still is, but getting Trumpinated by The Mooch is almost enough to make me feel sorry for him. ---
**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, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8810 "2017-07-28T21:17:05Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > That would be his problem right there: You can’t threaten a guy who has months to live. Trump likely thinks McCain is just a loser, what with being a prisoner of war and getting cancer. You know, things that only wimps do. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8811 "2017-07-28T21:32:20Z")
Does Kelly think he can actually bring some order to the White House staff? I mean, his combat experience in Iraq doesn’t really prepare him for that kind of vicious fighting. I just checked Kelly’s Wikipedia page. One of the headings briefly read “Russian Puppet of Staff to President Trump” before reverting to “Chief of Staff to President Trump.”🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8812 "2017-07-28T21:33:13Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > The GOP is now officially not in charge of anything. The idiots are running the asylum. If Paul Ryan has any sense or honor, he will start impeachment hearings. > > So they will therefore do nothing. They still could, but it definitely wouldn’t be because of “honor”. ---
**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, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8813 "2017-07-28T21:33:50Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Is trump able to remove the sanctions before the bill goes into effect? Even with veto proof numbers, he can still hold it 10 days before he has to sign or veto. Could he not just go ahead and do all the stuff the bill says he will not be allowed to do in that window? Nope. He either signs the bill into law as is or he vetoes the thing (including “pocket veto”). I wouldn’t be surprised if Occupy White House doesn’t know he can veto a bill and send it back to Congress with a written explanation of his objections. After all, tbe dumb S.O.B. obviously thinks he’s America’s Cecil B. DeMille-style pharaoh. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8814 "2017-07-28T21:34:44Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Priebus was just shit-canned. CNN reporting that he resigned privately yesterday. Not that this is a distinction with a difference. ---
**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, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8815 "2017-07-28T21:35:50Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > The GOP is now officially not in charge of anything. The idiots are running the asylum. If Paul Ryan has any sense or honor, he will start impeachment hearings. > > So they will therefore do nothing. Yep. But your description is a bit off. The idiots are in charge of the asylum and they’re not running it. They’re not even trying. And that includes the idiot-in-chief. ---
**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 28, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8816 "2017-07-28T21:37:54Z")
Scaramucci’s wife is divorcing him, apparently because of Trump. [http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/344395-scaramuccis-wife-files-for-divorce](http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/344395-scaramuccis-wife-files-for-divorce) > [@](#): > > Deidre Ball was tired of Scaramucci’s “naked ambition, which is so enormous that it left her at her wits’ end,” a source told the Post in a Friday story. > … > “Deidre is not a fan of Trump,” a source told the paper, “and she hasn’t exactly been on board and supportive of Anthony and his push to get back into the White House.” Other sources are saying “she despises Trump”. I’m finding this hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8817 "2017-07-28T21:39:46Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > CNN reporting that he resigned privately yesterday. Not that this is a distinction with a difference. Yeh, I prefer the more liberal interpretation. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8818 "2017-07-28T21:47:18Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Hey, let’s not forget Murkowski and Collins, who have been voting NO all along during these healthcare votes. I heard someone on NPR this morning talking about all the attention on McCain and his No vote, and comparing him to that guy at work who gets added to the project at the last minute, doesn’t do any work, and winds up getting all the credit. ---
**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 28, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8819 "2017-07-28T21:49:49Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > Trump and Scaramucci have accomplished the nearly impossible - they’ve made me feel a twinge of sympathy for Reince Priebus. He got up with fleas, and deservedly so. ---
**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 28, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8820 "2017-07-28T21:53:12Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I heard someone on NPR this morning talking about all the attention on McCain and his No vote, and comparing him to that guy at work who gets added to the project at the last minute, doesn’t do any work, and winds up getting all the credit. It angers me that he’s getting all the attention instead of Murkowski and Collins. The red state democrats who voted against it also deserve some credit. ---
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8821 "2017-07-28T21:55:21Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > It angers me that he’s getting all the attention instead of Murkowski and Collins. The red state democrats who voted against it also deserve some credit. Well, you can’t expect _women_ to get the same level of praise as a man. That’s just crazy talk. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8822 "2017-07-28T21:56:55Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > It angers me that he’s getting all the attention instead of Murkowski and Collins. The red state democrats who voted against it also deserve some credit. It’s arguable he’s actually taking the heat off of them. You can see him as either taking the credit, or taking the blame, depending on how charitable you want to be. ---
**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, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/8823 "2017-07-28T22:28:28Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > He got up with fleas, and deservedly so. Yeah, fuck him. I briefly felt bad for Spicer when Trump excluded him from meeting the Pope, but again, fuck him. Anyone in the Trump admin gets no sympathy from me. Anyone who enables or cozies up to Trump gets no sympathy from me. Random schmoes who voted for him, I can with difficulty, forgive. But the professionals who join up with him … fuck them all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=440) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=442)