# 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:** 546
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10904 "2017-09-03T23:01:46Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > The previous human cannonball was really one of kind, though. I’m afraid we’'ll never find another man of his caliber. To bad he was fired. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10905 "2017-09-03T23:04:39Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Let them. And then arrest them and charge them with every damn thing imaginable … incitement, rebellion, sedition, treason, etc etc etc. That would _preove beyond doubt_ the existence of the Deep State! :eek: > [@SteveG1](#): > > But I am betting they don’t have the guts to actually DO it. They are most likely a bunch of “the crying Nazi” types. Most of them don’t, and are. They’re under the delusion that the military will support them (even as they are fighting the military). ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10906 "2017-09-03T23:14:50Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Speaking of getting someone to come out of his shell (thanks for that segue)… Mitch “Turtle” McConnell has been rather silent these days. Where is he? Plotting and scheming? Rest cure? Having a chin installed? Having a spine installed? Perhaps he and Ryan could get a group discount? ---
**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:** [September 4, 2017, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10907 "2017-09-04T00:27:15Z")
As the world turns… [Trump aide Keith Schiller out at the White House](https://a.msn.com/r/2/AArakKD?m=en-us) > [@](#): > > President Trump’s longtime aide and head of Oval Office operations, Keith Schiller, is leaving the White House and Washington, CBS News confirms, according to two sources familiar with the situation. > … > > Schiller had universal walk-in privileges to the Oval Office before Kelly arrived. It was customary for Schiller to meet Mr. Trump at the residence each morning and walk with him to the Oval Office. He frequently traveled with Mr. Trump as well. > > Schiller’s planned departure comes just weeks after Kelly joined the White House. Kelly has tightened all access to the president in the Oval Office, and that included Schiller. > > … ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10908 "2017-09-04T01:58:56Z")
Can’t resist sharing this headline that I just saw on RawStory(dot)com: [Conservative tells MSNBC Trump can’t stop tripping over his own d\*ck on Russia: ‘That’s a problem’](http://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/conservative-tells-msnbc-trump-cant-stop-tripping-over-his-own-dck-on-russia-thats-a-problem/) If that’s true, Trump’s legs must be even shorter than his, , , um, , , fingers. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10909 "2017-09-04T02:00:36Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > As the world turns… > > [Trump aide Keith Schiller out at the White House](https://a.msn.com/r/2/AArakKD?m=en-us) That guy was Trump’s long-time thuggish personal bodyguard, wasn’t he? Famous for roughing up protesters as he expelled them from Trump rallies? ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10910 "2017-09-04T02:12:08Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Addicting Info](http://addictinginfo.com/2017/09/02/russian-tv-host-just-admitted-russia-elected-trump/) says ‘Russian TV Host Just Admitted Russia Elected Trump’. > > There’s a link to the entire show, but Я не говорю по-русски. To be fair, there’s not a lot of semantic space between “why did we elect him?” (pochemu mi yevo izbrali) and “why did they elect him?” (pochemu ahni yevo izbrali). I can’t actually tell the difference from that link. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2017, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10911 "2017-09-04T04:45:30Z")
The EPA made personal attacks on a reporter who accurately reported that there were no EPA investigators on the ground at flooded superfund sites in the Houston area. > **[Trump’s EPA attacks AP reporter in personal terms](https://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/03/trump-epa-reporter-attacked-hurricane-242300?lo=ap_a1)** > > The agency accused the reporter of an ‘incredibly misleading story’ about its Harvey response ‘from the comfort of Washington.’ ---
**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:** [September 4, 2017, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10912 "2017-09-04T04:48:05Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The EPA made personal attacks on a reporter who accurately reported that there were no EPA investigators on the ground at flooded superfund sites in the Houston area. > [http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/03/trump-epa-reporter-attacked-hurricane-242300?lo=ap\_a1](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/03/trump-epa-reporter-attacked-hurricane-242300?lo=ap_a1) That’s fighting dirty. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10913 "2017-09-04T05:16:20Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > To bad he was fired. Bah, that’s such a hollow point. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10914 "2017-09-04T05:42:05Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > To be fair, there’s not a lot of semantic space between “why did we elect him?” (pochemu mi yevo izbrali) and “why did they elect him?” (pochemu ahni yevo izbrali). I can’t actually tell the difference from that link. Eww. That is some _ugly_ transliteration. Stop doing that. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2017, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10915 "2017-09-04T06:08:23Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > That’s fighting dirty. Clean coal dirty, brought to you by the Evasive Parrying Agency. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10916 "2017-09-04T14:26:49Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > To bad he was fired. He went out with a BANG. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10917 "2017-09-04T15:38:09Z")
They are looking for a man of higher caliber. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10918 "2017-09-04T16:50:43Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I’m afraid we’'ll never find another man of his caliber. > [@elucidator](#): > > They are looking for a man of higher caliber. There’s no holding back in this thread - he’s getting it with both barrels. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10919 "2017-09-04T17:28:10Z")
These gun puns are ruining my fun. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10920 "2017-09-04T17:38:16Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > These gun puns are ruining my fun. Do they make you recoil? ---
**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:** [September 4, 2017, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10921 "2017-09-04T17:42:12Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > These gun puns are ruining my fun. [Maybe this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGmR216Og2I) will cheer you up. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10922 "2017-09-04T17:48:22Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > There’s no holding back in this thread - he’s getting it with both barrels. Yes, he’s definitely on the firing line. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/10923 "2017-09-04T21:52:29Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Yes, he’s definitely on the firing line. He wanted to be a big shot. He went off half cocked. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=545) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=547)