# 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:** 455
**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:** [August 1, 2017, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/9084 "2017-08-01T04:37:40Z")
Can someone tell SCROTUS that now, with the firing of the Mooch, he is in the history books? Maybe once he feels sufficiently honored,he will go away. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/9085 "2017-08-01T04:53:01Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > And let us not forget Berke Breathed, who wrote the definitive account of Mr Trump’s brain being transplanted into Bill the Cat’s skull. That was Bill Gates. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/9086 "2017-08-01T05:12:51Z")
> [@galen\_ubal](#): > > [Per the Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/trump-dictated-sons-misleading-statement-on-meeting-with-russian-lawyer/2017/07/31/04c94f96-73ae-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html), Trump dictated Trump Jr’s misleading initial statement on Jr’s meeting with Russian lawyer. Oh, and back on the 18th of July, Jay Sekulow said on Meet The Press: > [@](#): > > the President was not involved in the drafting of the statement and did not issue the statement. It came from Donald Trump Jr. [Meet the Press Twitter.](https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/892232384271314944) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/9087 "2017-08-01T06:00:01Z")
> [@galen\_ubal](#): > > [Per the Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/trump-dictated-sons-misleading-statement-on-meeting-with-russian-lawyer/2017/07/31/04c94f96-73ae-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html), Trump dictated Trump Jr’s misleading initial statement on Jr’s meeting with Russian lawyer. I think this is going to be a serious issue. If it’s substantiated, it’s the “smoking gun”. It’s the President personally getting involved in the cover-up and obstructing justice by telling people to lie. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/9088 "2017-08-01T06:04:48Z")
> [@galen\_ubal](#): > > Oh, and back on the 18th of July, Jay Sekulow said on Meet The Press: Probably not an issue. Sekulow made it clear that he wasn’t present at the meeting. So he can honestly say he knows something even if it isn’t true because his knowledge is going to be based on what other people told him. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/9089 "2017-08-01T06:21:07Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > I think bulldozing and burning them would send a wonderful F U message to Putin. The FBI director may work at the pleasure of the President but the Counter-Intelligence division does not. Those compounds would have more bugs in them than the reactor on LV-426. If anyone bulldozed them it would be the Russians themselves and they’d probably make a tidy profit from recycling the rare earth metals in all the listening devices and cameras. ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/9090 "2017-08-01T08:29:45Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > The tape that would doom Trump would be video of Melania having sex with another man. > Or another woman. With a black man ( or several - perhaps Obama himself, or even Arabs ), while Trump sits all limp in his lazy chair watching and getting manicured ? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2017, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/9091 "2017-08-01T09:56:35Z")
> [@SaneBill](#): > > > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > > > The tape that would doom Trump would be video of Melania having sex with another man. > > Or another woman. > > With a black man ( or several - perhaps Obama himself, or even Arabs ), while Trump sits all limp in his lazy chair watching and getting manicured ? Nah. This is the real reason he started bleating “fake news”. He’s paranoid, after all, so he’s probably afraid such a scenario is not only possible, but happening. As long as his base believes it’s fake, there’s no problem in his warped little mind. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2017, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/9092 "2017-08-01T12:20:09Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I think this is going to be a serious issue. If it’s substantiated, it’s the “smoking gun”. It’s the President personally getting involved in the cover-up and obstructing justice by telling people to lie. This administration has more smoking guns than a Civil War reenactment, and almost 40% of Americans still think everything is going just peachy. Jesus, what kind of people are we? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/9093 "2017-08-01T12:47:04Z")
Adaptable. And comfortable right now. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/9094 "2017-08-01T12:51:46Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > This administration has more smoking guns than a Civil War reenactment…( I think this is brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/9095 "2017-08-01T12:57:13Z")
James Comey Sally Yates Michael Flynn Sean Spicer Reince Priebus Anthony Scaramucci\* It’s as bad as the Defense Against the Dark Arts post at Hogwarts. I’m just glad we no longer have a Communications Chief who could be believably played by Joe Pesci. \*not to mention Mike Corallo, Walter Shaub, and Mike Dubke ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/9096 "2017-08-01T13:30:22Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > What’s hilarious is that “False Witness” Sarah claimed there’s no chaos in the WH by comparing the clusterfuck to her children at home. The Trump Administration - less chaotic than a house full of preschoolers. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/9097 "2017-08-01T14:01:43Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > The Trump Administration - less chaotic than a house full of preschoolers. And more calm, decisive and commanding than a barbeque pit filled with rabid wolverines. It’s all about where you set the bar. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/9098 "2017-08-01T15:07:53Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > James Comey > > Sally Yates These two were President Obama appointees - they never really stood a chance. President Obama could have appointed Jesus, and Trump would fire him and his base would cheer it, still clutching their bibles. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/9099 "2017-08-01T15:18:04Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > These two were President Obama appointees - they never really stood a chance. President Obama could have appointed Jesus, and Trump would fire him and his base would cheer it, still clutching their bibles. So true! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/9100 "2017-08-01T15:55:32Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > The Trump Administration - less chaotic than a house full of preschoolers. Not sure I’d agree that it is. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/9101 "2017-08-01T15:58:41Z")
Eric “Qusay” Trump delivers [a limp, lame, and blubbery whine](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/eric-trump-i-want-somebody-start-fighting-for-my-father): > [@](#): > > Appearing on Fox’s “Hannity” show, the favorite media outlet of the Trump family, Eric Trump said his father is carrying the “whole weight” of the Republican party on his shoulders… > > “But how much weight does he have to carry by himself? How can a party that is doing so much better than the Democrats… Why wouldn’t they embrace this? My father has the voice of this country. The people of this country love him. Why wouldn’t they get in line?” he said… Where did I put my Trump-hand-sized violin? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/9102 "2017-08-01T16:02:55Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Eric “Qusay” Trump delivers [a limp, lame, and blubbery whine](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/eric-trump-i-want-somebody-start-fighting-for-my-father): > > Where did I put my Trump-hand-sized violin? :rolleyes: I continue to be amazed at how readily Trump’s supporters pin his leadership failures on those he’s supposed to be leading. Republicans won’t fall in line, leakers are the real story, constant turnover is just shaking up the establishment, etc. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/9103 "2017-08-01T16:06:18Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Quite unsurprising, actually. From the little I know about Kelly, he would have no patience for the coke snorting, jumped up little con man. A part of me wishes that Kelly grabbed him by the throat and held him up against the wall, while shouting in the Mooch’s reddening face “You are nothing, you little man! You give me any shit and I’ll break your spine in half!” > > At least that’s how it’s going to go down in my screenplay; “The Trump Administration; A Clusterfuck in the Making” Shouldn’t it be “The Trump Administration, the Making of a Clusterfuck.”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=454) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=456)