# 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:** 54
**Author:** ![Belowjob2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2017, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1061 "2017-02-05T23:36:41Z")
> [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](#): > > The only possible spin I can see the current administration putting on this incredibly dangerous/ignorant statement is that (and this is a YUUUUUGGGEEE stretch) it fits Trump’s original “Make America Great Again” narrative. > > “Hey, America ain’t so innocent!” = America Ain’t So Great, so we’re going to make it innocent again! Insight! Denigrate the current state of affairs, then offer yourself, your program, as the savior. I get it, that’s this clown’s endgame. Fuck him with a rusty fence pole. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1062 "2017-02-06T00:16:05Z")
Um, that’s been his game all along. I never knew what a shithole the US is until he told me. ---
**Author:** ![AtomThought](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@AtomThought](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomThought)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1063 "2017-02-06T00:41:55Z")
The Aspiring Autocrat just threatened to [defund the State of California](https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2017/02/05/trump-threatens-to-defund-california-in-fight-against-sanctuary-cities.html) as “a weapon against illegal immigration”. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1064 "2017-02-06T03:09:04Z")
Dammit, Flag Day is already a pseudo-holiday. Is God-Emperor Donald I going to think it’s in honor of His birthday? ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1065 "2017-02-06T03:33:30Z")
> [@AtomThought](#): > > The Aspiring Autocrat just threatened to [defund the State of California](https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2017/02/05/trump-threatens-to-defund-california-in-fight-against-sanctuary-cities.html) as “a weapon against illegal immigration”. California already told him to get fucked. Both on Trump’s attempts to scuttle any climate research that doesn’t agree with his (and big oil’s) agenda, and on the immigration/illegals issue. So did the mayors of Los Angeles and San Francisco, and the LAPD Chief of Police. “We may be called upon to defend those laws and defend them we will. We will defend everybody – every man, woman and child – who has come here for a better life and has contributed to the well-being of our state.” - Governor Jerry Brown “I don’t intend on doing anything different. We are not going to engage in law enforcement activities solely based on somebody’s immigration status. We are not going to work in conjunction with Homeland Security on deportation efforts. That is not our job, nor will I make it our job.” - Police Chief Charlie Beck “Our city is still a sanctuary city and we are going to remain a sanctuary city.” - SF Mayor Ed Lee “We regularly cooperate with immigration authorities — particularly in cases that involve serious crimes — and always comply with constitutional detainer requests. What we don’t do is ask local police officers to enforce federal immigration laws — and that’s an official LAPD policy that has been enforced for nearly 40 years. That is for everyone’s good, because trust between police and the people they serve is absolutely essential to effective law enforcement.” - LA mayor Eric Garcetti ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1066 "2017-02-06T05:08:43Z")
[White House staffers can’t even figure out how to turn on the lights.](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/05/us/politics/trump-white-house-aides-strategy.html) I wonder if Joe Biden hid the light bulbs. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2017, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1067 "2017-02-06T05:08:59Z")
> [@AtomThought](#): > > The Aspiring Autocrat just threatened to [defund the State of California](https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2017/02/05/trump-threatens-to-defund-california-in-fight-against-sanctuary-cities.html) as “a weapon against illegal immigration”. What Shit-For-Brains is unaware of is that California is one of the [least dependent states](https://wallethub.com/edu/states-most-least-dependent-on-the-federal-government/2700/) on Fed Dollars. Wanna guess [who the top 10 slacker states](http://www.salon.com/2014/09/20/10_red_states_that_mooch_off_the_federal_government_partner/) are? ---
**Author:** ![Belowjob2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1068 "2017-02-06T05:31:01Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Um, that’s been his game all along. I never knew what a shithole the US is until he told me. Sure, but I never thought he would take it as far as slandering his own country. There’s a fundamental principle at stake here: anyone who wants to be our leader has to acknowledge that we’re the good guys (with flaws, of course); but there’s no comparison to the Evil Fucking Empire. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2017, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1069 "2017-02-06T06:15:39Z")
Oh Joy! I’m going to have to post this in a few threads. [Check this out](http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/create-your-own-trump-signed-executive-order-with-online-generator-1.13066643). ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1070 "2017-02-06T09:32:11Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Every freaking day, the current president makes [this](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/3c/05/e0/3c05e0c2b179d79108011658bd3fd499.jpg) true. He may be loud, but he ain’t long. You know what they say about men with short fingers. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2017, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1071 "2017-02-06T09:37:51Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Oh Joy! I’m going to have to post this in a few threads. [Check this out](http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/create-your-own-trump-signed-executive-order-with-online-generator-1.13066643). I think someone else beat you to that a couple of days ago, **Little\_Pig**. > [@JKellyMap](#): > > He may be loud, but he ain’t long. You know what they say about men with short fingers. I know Trump buys into that nonsense. That’s why he freaks out when his “little fingers” are highlighted. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1072 "2017-02-06T09:43:44Z")
Yay Wisconsin! We’re the first state to actually force the Orange Moron to change his plans. At first I was somewhat skeptical about all this protesting (too late now! Didja VOTE?), but I see they can have an impact. (At the very least, we’re showing the rest of the world that only SOME Americans have lost their minds and their morals). [Trump Cancels Milwaukee Visit Due to Protest Concerns](http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/31/donald-trump-cancels-milwaukee-visit/97302470/) ---
**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:** [February 6, 2017, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1073 "2017-02-06T14:08:20Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Yay Wisconsin! We’re the first state to actually force the Orange Moron to change his plans. At first I was somewhat skeptical about all this protesting (too late now! Didja VOTE?), but I see they can have an impact. (At the very least, we’re showing the rest of the world that only SOME Americans have lost their minds and their morals). > > [Trump Cancels Milwaukee Visit Due to Protest Concerns](http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/31/donald-trump-cancels-milwaukee-visit/97302470/) Oh, BRA\*-VO!\* I’ve always appreciated the state of Wisconsin. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![snoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@snoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snoe)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1074 "2017-02-06T15:50:11Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > What Shit-For-Brains is unaware of is that California is one of the [least dependent states](https://wallethub.com/edu/states-most-least-dependent-on-the-federal-government/2700/) on Fed Dollars. Wanna guess [who the top 10 slacker states](http://www.salon.com/2014/09/20/10_red_states_that_mooch_off_the_federal_government_partner/) are? Coincidentally, I just heard someone talking about how much better the federal budget would be if California were cut loose. We have the most welfare recipients, you know. He’s a California public school teacher. :smack::smack::smack: ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1075 "2017-02-06T16:47:17Z")
Any second now, the millions who were screaming “Obama hates America!” for eight years are going to voice their outrage over a president who truly seems to hate America. Our president, Mister “We’re killers too”. [crickets] ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1076 "2017-02-06T20:32:10Z")
Trump said the press is intentionally not covering terrorist attacks. Although, unless he’s referring to the Bowling Green Massacre, he didn’t bother to let us know which attacks were not covered. [http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/02/06/trump\_terrorism\_gotten\_to\_a\_point\_where\_its\_not\_even\_being\_reported\_by\_very\_dishonest\_press.html](http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/02/06/trump_terrorism_gotten_to_a_point_where_its_not_even_being_reported_by_very_dishonest_press.html) ---
**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:** [February 6, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1077 "2017-02-06T20:45:52Z")
[Nearly 100 companies](http://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdrange/2017/02/06/nearly-100-tech-companies-join-forces-to-oppose-donald-trumps-immigration-ban/#310a5868124b) have joined a legal brief opposing President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban. These include Apple, Google, Microsoft, Intel, Facebook, Paypal, Netflix etc. > [@](#): > > Nearly 100 companies, including some of high-tech’s biggest names, joined a legal brief opposing President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban, arguing that **it would give companies incentives to move jobs outside the United States.** > The companies - including Apple Inc, Google Inc and Microsoft Corp - banded together late on Sunday to file a “friend-of-the-court” brief with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco arguing that the ban “inflicts significant harm on American business.” I think that bolded part is actually a bit of a threat to Trump. “Keep this shit up, and we’ll just move everything overseas.” ---
**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:** [February 6, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1078 "2017-02-06T21:10:35Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Any second now, the millions who were screaming “Obama hates America!” for eight years are going to voice their outrage over a president who truly seems to hate America. Our president, Mister “We’re killers too”. > > [crickets] And they don’t really mind that Steve Bannon has been given a spot on the National Security Council. Steve. Fucking. Bannon. Who said "“Lenin wanted to destroy the state, and that’s my goal, too. I want to bring everything crashing down, and destroy all of today’s establishment.”\*\* Fucking Republicans have no problem with this guy being a prime player in the nations security. . . . . - but of course he claims to not remember saying that. So he’s either a fucking liar, or has a brain tumour. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1079 "2017-02-06T21:12:38Z")
[The Speaker of the House of Commons says Trump will not be allowed to speak to Parliament.](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/donald-trump-uk-state-visit-speaker-address-parliament-a7565651.html) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1080 "2017-02-06T21:21:43Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Oh, BRA\*-VO!\* I’ve always appreciated the state of Wisconsin. 🙂 I know, I know…we (collectively, as a state) have a LOT to atone for (along with Michigan and Pennsylvania. And, I’d include Iowa, too.) Well, at least it’s a start. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=55)