# 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:** 538
**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:** [August 29, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10744 "2017-08-29T19:29:31Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I had to check, thinking this couldn’t be true. Of course, it is. Same here. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10745 "2017-08-29T20:19:08Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > One of the alleged undercover White House rogue accounts is claiming that staff is being ordered to make sure that Trump stay dry during his stay. Of course, none of those rogue accounts can be verified. (Emphasis added) [Depends](https://smile.amazon.com/Depend-Underwear-Maximum-Large-Extra/dp/B001U5XH9U/ref=sr_1_2_s_it?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1504037863&sr=1-2&keywords=depends+for+men&refinements=p_n_target_audience_browse-bin%3A6970124011)– they come in large sizes. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10746 "2017-08-29T20:44:58Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Melania makes a daring footwear choice for visiting a flood zone: > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/902513259022045185) Is she planning on gigging some frogs? ---
**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:** [August 29, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10747 "2017-08-29T20:55:09Z")
Trump is claiming this will be the most expensive disaster ever. [This page](https://www.trustedchoice.com/insurance-articles/weather-nature/most-expensive-disasters/) says Katrina cost 149 billion and 1836 fatalities. I’m appalled he’s making this another “great” in his administration. Let’s wait and see. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10748 "2017-08-29T21:05:05Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Trump is claiming this will be the most expensive disaster ever. Not to mention the most “historically damaging”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10749 "2017-08-29T21:12:57Z")
Like the statue thing! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10750 "2017-08-29T21:44:47Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [Brock Long.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brock_Long) > Looks like Trump screwed up bigly and appointed a competent person. After Katrina, [Congress passed a law](https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/3721) requiring the FEMA head to have a minimum of five years’ experience. So 45\* got stuck with appointing someone competent. > [@](#): > > Sets forth provisions regarding the role, qualifications, authority, and responsibilities of the Administrator of FEMA, who shall: (1) have not less than five years of executive leadership and management experience, significant experience in crisis management or another relevant field, and a demonstrated ability to manage a substantial staff and budget; ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10751 "2017-08-29T21:46:36Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Trump is claiming this will be the most expensive disaster ever. Most of us have been saying that since he was elected. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10752 "2017-08-29T21:46:59Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > After Katrina, [Congress passed a law](https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/3721) requiring the FEMA head to have a minimum of five years’ experience. So 45\* got stuck with appointing someone competent. Thanks, didn’t know that. Too bad they didn’t apply it to all the agencies. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10753 "2017-08-29T21:53:42Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Thanks, didn’t know that. Too bad they didn’t apply it to all the agencies. Yeh, no kidding. Side note: That bill was introduced by Sen. Susan Collins (R. Maine). ---
**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:** [August 29, 2017, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10754 "2017-08-29T21:57:56Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Chump at the flood: “What a crowd, what a turnout!” > > :smack: This is beyond fucking embarrassing for us. Their homes washed away, orange moron. > > Frankly I’m surprised he didn’t mention he’ll be taking advantage of the new cheap real estate he’ll be buying in the Texas area. Aw geez… he never surprises and never disappoints… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10755 "2017-08-29T22:17:36Z")
Sorry if this has already been mentioned: [Trump fires event coordinator over empty floor space at Phoenix rally](http://www.thedailybeast.com/report-trump-dumps-event-coordinator-over-empty-floor-space-at-phoenix-rally). > [@](#): > > Trump reportedly told a security aide to tell event coordinator George Gigicos that he would never manage a Trump rally again. Gigicos was one of Trump’s four longest-serving aides. Before taking the stage at the Phoenix Convention Center, Trump reportedly watched the crowd from a waiting-room television. Gigicos had arranged the rally in a large room with a wall that left part of the floor empty, to the dismay of Trump, who reportedly grew angry at how the empty spaces would look on television. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10756 "2017-08-29T22:33:07Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > Sorry if this has already been mentioned: > > [Trump fires event coordinator over empty floor space at Phoenix rally](http://www.thedailybeast.com/report-trump-dumps-event-coordinator-over-empty-floor-space-at-phoenix-rally). Yep, in true Trump fashion, it’s always someone else’s fault. Always take the credit, but never take the blame. Funny, since Trump WAS bragging about the immense size of the yuge crowd for a little while. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10757 "2017-08-30T00:27:12Z")
Trump and Obama somehow end up in the same barber shop at the same time. The barbers are terrified of starting an argument, so they remain silent. When Trump’s barber is done, he asks Trump if he wants any aftershave. Trump says 'No, Melania won’t like me smelling like a brothel." Obama’s barber asks him if he wants aftershave. Obama says 'Sure, Michelle doesn’t know what a brothel smells like." ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10758 "2017-08-30T00:36:55Z")
TIL that aftershave smells like brothels. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2017, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10759 "2017-08-30T03:04:07Z")
And TIL what TIL means. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10760 "2017-08-30T06:45:31Z")
After they damn quickly\* pass a bill for Harvy aid, things will look [interesting, as in…fucking busy](https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/29/harvey-just-gave-congress-yet-another-political-fight-to-wage-in-september.html) in September for congress. > [@](#): > > Both raising the debt limit and funding the government will likely come with complications. The White House has called for a “clean” debt ceiling increase without other provisions attached. Some conservative Republicans have previously called for spending cuts along with raising the borrowing limit and could seek concessions in the bill this time around. Along with tax reform, dealing with President Septic Tank Explosion’s whining about gov’t shutdown if congess doesn’t puke up wall money, yada, yada. I see a genuine el supremo clusterfuck here. \*and fucking pronto ---
**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:** [August 30, 2017, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10761 "2017-08-30T11:47:55Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > After they damn quickly\* pass a bill for Harvy aid, things will look [interesting, as in…fucking busy](https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/29/harvey-just-gave-congress-yet-another-political-fight-to-wage-in-september.html) in September for congress. > > Along with tax reform, dealing with President Septic Tank Explosion’s whining about gov’t shutdown if congess doesn’t puke up wall money, yada, yada. > > I see a genuine el supremo clusterfuck here. > > \*and fucking pronto There are [rafts of fire ants](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/houston-floods-fire-ants-form-giant-rafts-to-survive-harvey/) floating around Houston right now. I can’t help but feel this would be a possible solution to President Whiny Baby’s threats of a shutdown. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2017, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10762 "2017-08-30T13:24:37Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > There are [rafts of fire ants](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/houston-floods-fire-ants-form-giant-rafts-to-survive-harvey/) floating around Houston right now. I can’t help but feel this would be a possible solution to President Whiny Baby’s threats of a shutdown. Naw…he’d just want to add a moat filled with them to the wall. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10763 "2017-08-30T13:27:35Z")
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