# 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:** 55
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1081 "2017-02-06T21:30:35Z")
> [@](#): > > 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.” - I wonder how many business that Trump has fucked over in the last 20 years are lining up for some payback. \*Quote function’s not working properly for me ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1082 "2017-02-06T21:57:36Z")
> [@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] Although Putin gets the popular focus, Trump has a [history of admiration](http://www.salon.com/2016/07/06/its_not_just_saddam_hussein_trump_has_a_long_history_of_goggly_eyed_admiration_for_dictators/) for many authoritarian leaders for their ability to crush dissent, ignore human rights, and kill terrorists. He probably likes the fact that America isn’t “innocent.” Only a matter of time before he puts on one of those goofy general costumes that dictators seem to like so much. He already has a purple heart. ---
**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 7, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1083 "2017-02-07T00:01:34Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > 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. > [Trump: Terrorism "Gotten To A Point Where It's Not Even Being Reported" By "Very Dishonest Press" | Video | RealClearPolitics](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) Yep. What attacks is he referring to? Who committed them? Where and when did they happen? ---
**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 7, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1084 "2017-02-07T00:07:29Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Yep. What attacks is he referring to? Who committed them? Where and when did they happen? \ "Well how are we supposed to know that? They’re all part of the massive conspiracy and coverup! The very fact that we don’t know about them PROVES that they actually occurred! " \ ---
**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:** [February 7, 2017, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1085 "2017-02-07T02:25:13Z")
Behind the scenes at the Puppet Poltroon’s White House: > [@](#): > > [Stephen Bannon fooled Trump into signing executive order that gave him national security role](https://boingboing.net/2017/02/06/stephen-bannon-fooled-trump-in.html) > > Here’s an interesting suspicion: Trump is only marginally literate, and hates reading so much he deals with even complex correspondence by talking it out and trusting that whatever is put in from of him at the conclusion is an accurate reflection of the discussion. This strategy has come into contact with one Stephen K. Bannon, and Bannon has already done well by it… > > Which is to say that two weeks into the administration, there is already a striking instance of Bannon exercising power over Trump, implying serious questions about whether the latter has the intelligence and focus to resist being exploited by him and anyone else who can put something under his nose… ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1086 "2017-02-07T02:42:10Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Yep. What attacks is he referring to? Who committed them? Where and when did they happen? …jesus fucking christ. [List of “unreported terror attacks” mainly front page news or obscure minor crimes. The list excludes the Quebec attacks. And they can’t spell.](http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/46854_Trump_Releases_List_of_Unreported_Terror_Attacks_Many_of_Which_Were_Front_Page_News) ---
**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 7, 2017, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1087 "2017-02-07T04:05:16Z")
Scot Pelley of CBS News opened his news tonight with, > [@](#): > > It has been a busy day for presidential statements divorced from reality. > **[Scott Pelley: ‘It Has Been A Busy Day For Presidential Statements Divorced...](https://crooksandliars.com/2017/02/scott-pelley-it-has-been-busy-day)** > > The CBS News anchor had an interesting opening tonight. ---
**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 7, 2017, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1088 "2017-02-07T04:27:10Z")
[Melania wanted to use her position as First Lady to make a profit.](http://occupydemocrats.com/2017/02/07/melanias-lawyers-just-admitted-wanted-cash-first-lady-status/) ---
**Author:** ![jshore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jshore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jshore)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1089 "2017-02-07T13:37:34Z")
It has come to the point where the [pronouncements of the Supreme Leader of Iran](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/world/middleeast/trump-iran-ayatollah-ali-khamenei.html) are closer to the mark than those of the President of the United States (and the supposed leader of the free world). [Not saying I agree with all that he said there … but I found it hard to argue against some of it.] ---
**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 7, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1090 "2017-02-07T20:09:51Z")
[Trump threatens to destroy the career of a Democrat who has the temerity to introduce a bill that one of his supporters doesn’t like.](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-offers-to-destroy-career-texas-state-senator) ---
**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 7, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1091 "2017-02-07T20:36:03Z")
Baghdad said that CNN has retracted their claims of Kellyanne Conway as having serious issues with her credibility. CNN says, “[Not so much](https://twitter.com/CNNPR/status/829045193131380736)”. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1092 "2017-02-07T20:41:17Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Trump threatens to destroy the career of a Democrat who has the temerity to introduce a bill that one of his supporters doesn’t like.](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-offers-to-destroy-career-texas-state-senator) I take it that the law he didn’t like was restrictions on civil forfeiture? So the sheriff hates that they actually have to show that a defendant is guilty before they can steal their money. WTF. ---
**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 7, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1093 "2017-02-07T20:56:34Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Baghdad said that CNN has retracted their claims of Kellyanne Conway as having serious issues with her credibility. CNN says, “[Not so much](https://twitter.com/CNNPR/status/829045193131380736)”. Whoops. I meant to say Baghdad SEAN there. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2017, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1094 "2017-02-08T01:28:18Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Melania wanted to use her position as First Lady to make a profit.](http://occupydemocrats.com/2017/02/07/melanias-lawyers-just-admitted-wanted-cash-first-lady-status/) Equal opportunity graft! ---
**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:** [February 8, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1095 "2017-02-08T03:18:31Z")
[Jesus. H. Fucking. CHRIST!](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-administration-leaks_us_589a45f1e4b04061313a1fbb) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump was confused about the dollar: Was it a strong one that’s good for the economy? Or a weak one? > > So he made a call – except not to any of the business leaders Trump brought into his administration or even to an old friend from his days in real estate. Instead, he called his national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, according to two sources familiar with Flynn’s accounts of the incident. > > Flynn has a long record in counterintelligence but not in macroeconomics. And he told Trump he didn’t know, that it wasn’t his area of expertise, that, perhaps, Trump should ask an economist instead… ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1096 "2017-02-08T06:59:05Z")
**Steve MB** already mentioned this astounding fact, but cited boingboing. The fact actually emerged in the nation’s paper of record. Trump signed an executive order making Bannon one of the most powerful men in the country, and [_didn’t even know what he was signing_](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/05/us/politics/trump-white-house-aides-strategy.html). [QUOTE=N.Y. Times] For the moment, Mr. Bannon remains the president’s dominant adviser, despite Mr. Trump’s anger that he was not fully briefed on details of the executive order he signed giving his chief strategist a seat on the National Security Council, a greater source of frustration to the president than the fallout from the travel ban. [/QUOTE] ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Almost as astounding is **Steve MB** ’s latest posts. The sociopath can’t decide if he wants a weak dollar or a strong dollar, so calls his friend, the general-turned-lobbyist. Why? Jarvanka and Bannon didn’t know the answer? ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1097 "2017-02-08T07:33:57Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > [Jesus. H. Fucking. CHRIST!](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-administration-leaks_us_589a45f1e4b04061313a1fbb) > > > [@](#): > > > > President Donald Trump was confused about the dollar: Was it a strong one that’s good for the economy? Or a weak one? > > > > So he made a call – except not to any of the business leaders Trump brought into his administration or even to an old friend from his days in real estate. Instead, he called his national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, according to two sources familiar with Flynn’s accounts of the incident. > > > > Flynn has a long record in counterintelligence but not in macroeconomics. And he told Trump he didn’t know, that it wasn’t his area of expertise, that, perhaps, Trump should ask an economist instead… This does make me feel better about Flynn. He knows what he doesn’t know. The current officeholder doesn’t have that quality. ---
**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 8, 2017, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1098 "2017-02-08T07:56:21Z")
[Republican Senators Vote to Formally Silence Elizabeth Warren](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/us/politics/republican-senators-vote-to-formally-silence-elizabeth-warren.html) Fuck’in maggots. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1099 "2017-02-08T08:11:56Z")
“Hey, the guy you’re nominating is a terrible racist and a fucking awful person.” “You’re not allowed to say that about him!” Perhaps if republicans would like their nominees to be treated with decorum they should nominate people who are distinguishable from sentient piles of pig shit. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1100 "2017-02-08T13:13:28Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > So now Trump is agreeing with critical-theory political scientists, neo-Marxist human geographers, and leftist historians that the US post-colonial hegemony continues earlier incarnations of the world system in which the US intervened militarily and in less overt applications of power to further its questionable goals in cahoots with unsavory local leaders, perpetuating violence, socioeconomic inequality, and loss of human rights. > > Strange bedfellows indeed! Bannon claims to be a Leninist. So not sure what else to expect. :shrug: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=54) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=56)