# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/81 "2016-12-08T17:42:02Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > No, Nugent is going to be director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, shortly to be renamed to the “Department of Homeland Hammerdown and Hunting”. > > Stranger Dammit, you got in ten minutes ahead of me. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/82 "2016-12-08T17:44:00Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > I doubt in 12 months that you will find one sorry Son Of A Bitch who will admit that they voted for this Sack-O-Shit. Would these be the same sorry SOBs that swore they would never vote for this SOS in the first place? ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/83 "2016-12-08T17:45:03Z")
Oh, and Trump’s pick for Secretary of Labor? [Andrew Puzder, CEO of the parent company that owns Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr.](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/08/us/politics/andrew-puzder-labor-secretary-trump.html), noted opponent to expanded overtime protection, increased minimum wage, and the Affordable Care Act because he claims (with no basis whatsoever) that it impacts his bottom line profit because people can’t afford to eat as much of his shitty food. Trump is draining the swamp, alright…directly into his own candy bowl of advisors and Cabinet secretaries. > [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Dammit, you got in ten minutes ahead of me. That’s okay, you can cut in front of me in the line for the re-education camps when Trump starts arresting every single person who mocks him. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/84 "2016-12-08T18:15:42Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Oh, and Trump’s pick for Secretary of Labor? [Andrew Puzder, CEO of the parent company that owns Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr.](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/08/us/politics/andrew-puzder-labor-secretary-trump.html), noted opponent to expanded overtime protection, increased minimum wage, and the Affordable Care Act because he claims (with no basis whatsoever) that it impacts his bottom line profit because people can’t afford to eat as much of his shitty food. > > Trump is draining the swamp, alright…directly into his own candy bowl of advisors and Cabinet secretaries. > > That’s okay, you can cut in front of me in the line for the re-education camps when Trump starts arresting every single person who mocks him. > > Stranger The brazenness of his picks is, well, brazen. At Trump’s first Cabinet meeting, everyone should be issued both [a clown suit and clown car.](https://www.google.com/search?q=clown+car&tbm=isch&imgil=4tD-jMSigCtZ1M%253A%253Bj_C1G7n8l-sV_M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.bluestemprairie.com%25252F.a%25252F6a00d834516a0869e201bb0920c37d970d-popup&source=iu&pf=m&fir=4tD-jMSigCtZ1M%253A%252Cj_C1G7n8l-sV_M%252C_&usg=__Y4mPshCULV0wSyAO8rQM6G-mZmQ%3D&biw=1600&bih=770&ved=0ahUKEwiKnuPemeXQAhVJ1mMKHS8RAn8QyjcINg&ei=BqNJWIqDOsmsjwOvooj4Bw#imgrc=4tD-jMSigCtZ1M%3A) ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/85 "2016-12-08T19:00:41Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > The brazenness of his picks is, well, brazen. At Trump’s first Cabinet meeting, everyone should be issued both [a clown suit and clown car.](https://www.google.com/search?q=clown+car&tbm=isch&imgil=4tD-jMSigCtZ1M%253A%253Bj_C1G7n8l-sV_M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.bluestemprairie.com%25252F.a%25252F6a00d834516a0869e201bb0920c37d970d-popup&source=iu&pf=m&fir=4tD-jMSigCtZ1M%253A%252Cj_C1G7n8l-sV_M%252C_&usg=__Y4mPshCULV0wSyAO8rQM6G-mZmQ%3D&biw=1600&bih=770&ved=0ahUKEwiKnuPemeXQAhVJ1mMKHS8RAn8QyjcINg&ei=BqNJWIqDOsmsjwOvooj4Bw#imgrc=4tD-jMSigCtZ1M%3A) I thought all the clowns were supposed to pile out of the same car? ---
**Author:** ![Neo-Calredic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/96bed5/32.png) [@Neo-Calredic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neo-Calredic)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/86 "2016-12-08T19:02:40Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > What? That can’t be a real thing. > > [in which leftfeild6 opens a new tab in his browser and checks multiple news sites, drops his head in disbelief, and then returns to this tab] > > Holy fuck. Seriously? Is he not even going to make an effort to make his administration seem like a legitimate thing? What’s next, Ted Nugent heading up the National Endowment for the Arts? At this point, can you honestly say you’d be surprised? ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/87 "2016-12-08T19:02:53Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > What? That can’t be a real thing. > > [in which leftfeild6 opens a new tab in his browser and checks multiple news sites, drops his head in disbelief, and then returns to this tab] > > Holy fuck. Seriously? Is he not even going to make an effort to make his administration seem like a legitimate thing? What’s next, Ted Nugent heading up the National Endowment for the Arts? Don’t give him ideas. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/88 "2016-12-08T19:05:24Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > I thought all the clowns were supposed to pile out of the same car? More money to be made if you buy them each their own car. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/89 "2016-12-08T19:06:43Z")
> [@Neo-Calredic](#): > > At this point, can you honestly say you’d be surprised? I certainly would be-I thought Nugent would get the ATF. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/90 "2016-12-08T19:10:17Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I certainly would be-I thought Nugent would get the ATF. Nugent could be the Government Waste Czar. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/91 "2016-12-08T19:11:26Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Nugent could be the Government Waste Czar. I think you dropped a comma there. 😃 ---
**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:** [December 8, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/92 "2016-12-08T19:27:31Z")
And Ted Kaczynski for Postmaster General! He knows the mails! ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/93 "2016-12-09T00:01:48Z")
Maybe Trump can teach the TSA how to properly execute the one handed Trump lock on a woman’s genitals. Seems legit. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/94 "2016-12-09T00:06:08Z")
Too bad Bill Cosby is black. He would be the perfect Ombudsmen. It’s going to be a big job. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Ayebaw](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darth_ayebaw/32/9870_2.png) [@Darth\_Ayebaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Ayebaw)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/95 "2016-12-09T00:17:03Z")
I appreciate your threads TL. Within the rules, I wouldn’t mind seeing more. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/96 "2016-12-09T01:28:52Z")
> [@Darth\_Ayebaw](#): > > I appreciate your threads TL. Within the rules, I wouldn’t mind seeing more. You mean me?? _\_ Thank you. 🙂 You’re very kind. When I find Trump-related news items, I will post them in this thread. So it will be easy for people who don’t want to see them to avoid them. And easy for people who want to be biting and critical to find me, too. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/97 "2016-12-09T03:18:25Z")
From CNN _As Trump prepares to take office, 41% say they approve of the job he has done explaining his plans and policies for the future of the American people, while 55% say they disapprove of the job Trump has done._ The muppet hasn’t even taken office yet and 55% of the people disapprove of the job he’s done? ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/98 "2016-12-09T03:30:28Z")
Don’t insult Muppets. They have a lot more substance than Donald Trump, and also larger hands. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/99 "2016-12-09T04:12:22Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > … hasn’t even taken office yet and 55% of the people disapprove of the job he’s done? Isn’t that a first??? ---
**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:** [December 9, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/100 "2016-12-09T04:44:11Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Isn’t that a first??? Well, he likes to be the firstest with the bestest. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=6)