# 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:** 558
**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 14, 2017, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11144 "2017-09-14T13:01:39Z")
No joke, but to Septimus’s point, I just received the two following news alerts: CNN: Trump Denies DACA Deal, disputes claims by Pelosi and Schumer Business Insider: Trump says he’s ‘fairly close’ to deal on ‘Dreamers’ says ‘the wall will come later’. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11145 "2017-09-14T13:53:26Z")
**Ann Hedonia @11137:**. “…the Mnuchins…” Who in their right mind would formally change their surname from “Linton” to “Mnuchin?” Even for all the yummy money in his bank accounts? I got two bucks says she convinced him she needed to keep her name for “professional purposes.” She certainly doesn’t want to listen to the pool boy shout out “Ooooooo…Missus MNUCHIN!!!” when he comes. ---
**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 14, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11146 "2017-09-14T13:56:08Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Check out the wedding pics in post #11128. You can tell she married for Love. Who could resist that face? Hey, you can’t say she doesn’t work for her money. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11147 "2017-09-14T13:59:08Z")
Yeah, the incredible part of that article septimus linked is that it was written before Donald’s insane DACA Dance. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11148 "2017-09-14T14:00:42Z")
[No surprise here; yet another Trump toadie’s dishonesty comes to light.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/d180173f-0225-3fd4-9a6f-623bdd7ef5ac/ss_trump-nominee-withdraws-after.html) ---
**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:** [September 14, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11149 "2017-09-14T16:01:20Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Jesus. Is this whole administration nothing but grifters? [Treasury Secretary Mnuchin requested government jet for European honeymoon.](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/treasury-secretary-mnuchin-requested-government-jet-european-honeymoon/story?id=49777076) Some will profess surprise that a man worth $300,000,000 and given a job where he can easily steer Billions more to his friends would want to cheat the taxpayers out of a mere hundred grand. These people do not understand the mentality of most people who acquired great wealth, especially if they got it on Wall St. With some exceptions, _ **rich people did not become rich with traits like charity, generosity, or even fair play.** _ ---
**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:** [September 14, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11150 "2017-09-14T16:18:15Z")
[Sean Spicer admits that **his job was to lie**](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/09/14/sean-spicer-basically-admitted-that-he-was-willing-to-lie-for-trump/?utm_term=.5c4e8f5711da) but justifies it as “fighting back against a press corps that was treating the president unfairly.” I guess “unfairly” refers to pointing out the sociopath’s lies. :smack: ---
**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 14, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11151 "2017-09-14T16:28:29Z")
Yeah, poor bastard’s never gonna live that down. I’m surprised he had the nerve to show his lying face on a talk show. How did he think that was going to play out for him? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11152 "2017-09-14T16:31:51Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I’m surprised he had the nerve to show his lying face on a talk show. How did he think that was going to play out for him? The little fuck got himself a job at _Harvard._. What the fuck, Harvard? > **[Sean Spicer and Chelsea Manning Join Harvard as Visiting Fellows (Published...](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/us/spicer-manning-harvard.html?_r=0)** > > Mr. Spicer and Ms. Manning will be part of a fellowship class that reads like a who’s who of tense political debates in the United States. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11153 "2017-09-14T16:36:07Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > His face is like “She might actually let me touch her tonight!” And her smile says “no, I won’t.” ---
**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 14, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11154 "2017-09-14T16:47:01Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > The little fuck got himself a job at _Harvard._. What the fuck, Harvard? > > [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/us/spicer-manning-harvard.html?\_r=0](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/us/spicer-manning-harvard.html?_r=0) Well, not so much a job as a speaking engagement, right? I mean, it’s not like he’ll be getting tenure or teaching an actual class. ---
**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 14, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11155 "2017-09-14T16:49:17Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > And her smile says “no, I won’t.” She will. If he agrees to the price and she gets the money up front. ---
**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 14, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11156 "2017-09-14T17:21:53Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > She will. If he agrees to the price and she gets the money up front. I guess the days of scooping it off the dresser in the morning are behind her. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11157 "2017-09-14T17:37:38Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Jesus. Is this whole administration nothing but grifters? [Treasury Secretary Mnuchin requested government jet for European honeymoon.](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/treasury-secretary-mnuchin-requested-government-jet-european-honeymoon/story?id=49777076) Remember when the trophy missus [got all snippy](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/22/us/politics/mnuchin-louise-linton-treasury-instagram.html) when someone criticized her for her tacky tagging of her designer bling? > [@Louise "Let Them Eat Cake" Linton](#): > > Do you think the US govt paid for our honeymoon or personal travel?! Lololol. At the time, this comment seemed a bit random, but in retrospect it would seem that Miz Linton was nursing some butthurt over having hubby’s request rejected by some piddling peasant. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11158 "2017-09-14T18:02:39Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Well, not so much a job as a speaking engagement, right? > > I mean, it’s not like he’ll be getting tenure or teaching an actual class. I hope he’s not paid for 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:** [September 14, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11159 "2017-09-14T18:04:00Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > There are a couple of things about that wedding (which skipped my notice when it happened back in June) that make me roll my eyes and laugh. > > [Photos: Extravagant Wedding of Steven Mnuchin, Actress Louise Linton - Business Insider](http://www.businessinsider.com/steve-mnuchin-louise-linton-wedding-dress-trump-pence-photos-2017-6/#commerce-secretary-wilbur-ross-was-there-he-accidentally-let-it-slip-that-mnuchin-was-getting-married-earlier-in-the-week-when-he-introduced-his-friend-for-a-speech-10) > > The bride is in her mid-thirties and it’s not her first marriage. Yet she wore an over the top Cinderella wedding dress and…in her words…heaps of diamonds. From the Business Insider account – Linton reportedly wore a pile of jewelry including a tiara, a diamond necklace, pearl drop earrings, multiple diamond rings, diamond bracelets and, of course, her giant Oval diamond engagement ring. > > I’m thinking Lintons jewelry pieces could serve the same function as the rings on a tree stump. Count them and you’ll know how many times she has sex with Mnuchin. (Funny side note - I just had quite the wrestling match with autocorrect to keep Mnuchin from being changed to Munchkin.) > > But, back to the wedding … Mike Pence officiated. Now I guess maybe Vice Presidents are like sea captains or something but more likely it’s just like …Oh, Pence is the religious White House guy and he’ll look distinguished in the photos so he’s the obvious choice. Even though Mnuchin is Jewish. > > And the official wedding portraits show the Mnuchins with the Trumps and Pences. Now, I know most people that get married are photographed with their boss and his second in command… no, actually normal people are photographed with their families. Which are no where to be found in the photos. Maybe because they’re Jewish. And possibly embarrassed. I wonder where his three children by his second marriage were. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11160 "2017-09-14T18:06:23Z")
This is his THIRD marriage? I guess he has to keep looking – and keep piling up cash – before he finds a woman who will actually touch his dick. ---
**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 14, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11161 "2017-09-14T18:16:33Z")
Trump travels to Florida to look at the damage and decides to use the devastation to urge Rick Scott to run for the Senate. > **[Trump pushes Rick Scott to run for Senate during Irma recovery visit](https://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/14/trump-rick-scott-senate-run-242713)** > > "I hope this man right here, Rick Scott, runs for the Senate,” Trump said. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11162 "2017-09-14T18:22:35Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > [No surprise here; yet another Trump toadie’s dishonesty comes to light.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/d180173f-0225-3fd4-9a6f-623bdd7ef5ac/ss_trump-nominee-withdraws-after.html) There’s a James Bond or probably better _Cowboys vs. Aliens_ joke in there somewhere. ---
**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 14, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11163 "2017-09-14T18:50:41Z")
He may be gone but he’s not forgotten. [Anthony Scaramucci wants paternity test for newborn son](http://start.att.net/news/read/article/page_six-anthony_scaramucci_wants_paternity_test_for_newbor-rnypost) > [@](#): > > Anthony Scaramucci’s divorce is turning nasty, because he believes the newborn son whose birth he missed during his historically-brief tenure in the White House is not his – and he is demanding a paternity test. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=557) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=559)