# 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:** 559
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11164 "2017-09-14T20:09:22Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > 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? > > 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. This woman is a piece of work. Apparently last year she [published a book](https://www.amazon.com/Congos-Shadow-Louise-Linton/dp/1522708049/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1505417613&sr=8-1&keywords=louise+linton) about her supposed experiences during a ‘gap year’ she took in Zambia. An article containing excerpts was published in The Telegraph, leading to a [thorough Twitter roasting](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/05/zambians-hit-back-at-white-saviour-gap-yah-memoir) by actual Zambians, who said her account was pretty much bullshit. The Telegraph [took the article down](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/gap-year-in-africa-book--telegraph-statement/) ([here’s a reprint](http://citifmonline.com/2016/07/05/how-my-dream-gap-year-in-africa-turned-into-a-nightmare/)), and she retracted the book. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11165 "2017-09-14T20:36:50Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > This woman is a piece of work. > > Apparently last year she [published a book](https://www.amazon.com/Congos-Shadow-Louise-Linton/dp/1522708049/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1505417613&sr=8-1&keywords=louise+linton) about her supposed experiences during a ‘gap year’ she took in Zambia. An article containing excerpts was published in The Telegraph, leading to a [thorough Twitter roasting](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/05/zambians-hit-back-at-white-saviour-gap-yah-memoir) by actual Zambians, who said her account was pretty much bullshit. The Telegraph [took the article down](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/gap-year-in-africa-book--telegraph-statement/) ([here’s a reprint](http://citifmonline.com/2016/07/05/how-my-dream-gap-year-in-africa-turned-into-a-nightmare/)), and she retracted the book. Even if the book was completely accurate, why would anyone give a fuck about her gap year? The hubris is amazing. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11166 "2017-09-14T20:54:49Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > 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) In a surprise twist, the test reveals the baby’s father is Steve Mnuchin. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11167 "2017-09-14T20:59:36Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > In a surprise twist, the test reveals the baby’s father is Steve Mnuchin. :eek: And the mother is Kellyanne Conway. ---
**Author:** ![DragonAsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DragonAsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DragonAsh)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11168 "2017-09-14T21:51:10Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > With some exceptions, _ **rich people did not become rich with traits like charity, generosity, or even fair play.** _ Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11169 "2017-09-15T00:46:31Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Trump travels to Florida to look at the damage and decides to use the devastation to urge Rick Scott to run for the Senate. > [http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/14/trump-rick-scott-senate-run-242713](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/14/trump-rick-scott-senate-run-242713) I read the entire story. The best part was when he managed to mention how the plastic gloves he was given ( I think they had him handing out food ) were too small for his big giant hands. ---
**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 15, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11170 "2017-09-15T02:26:23Z")
> [@DragonAsh](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > With some exceptions, rich people did not become rich with traits like charity, generosity, or even fair play. > > Cite? Start with Donald J. Trump for one. Don’t forget Ivanka’s father-in-law who went to prison for felonies. Shrekli, Mnuchin, Koch Brothers, — assholes every one. Washington lobbyists; Kleptocrats in Russia and Africa. And those are just the most obvious names, from current affairs. Larry Ellison is widely considered an asshole; Madoff, various Wall St. financiers never charged, Chainsaw Dunlop. Et cetera. What do we do now? You post testimonials for several billionaires, and then I come up with more baddies? Should we move this topic to _Thread Games_? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11171 "2017-09-15T04:04:26Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I read the entire story. The best part was when he managed to mention how the plastic gloves he was given ( I think they had him handing out food ) were too small for his big giant hands. Whoa, deja vu! From a Sept. 2 _Huffington Post_ aticle, regarding Trump’s visit to Houston following Hurricane Harvey: > [@](#): > > It has been a while since we’ve heard President Donald Trump talk about the size of his hands, but POTUS found a golden opportunity to bring up his hand size while visiting victims of Hurricane Harvey at a shelter in Houston on Saturday. > > Trump was slipping on gloves to help serve food to the shelter’s residents at the NRG Stadium in Houston when he turned to news reporters and proclaimed, “My hands are too big!” > > Then, with both gloves successfully pulled on, Trump joined the lineup and happily handed meals to the storm’s refugees while making jokes and shaking hands. > **['My Hands Are Too Big,' Says President With Smaller-Than-Average Hands](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-my-hands-are-too-big-houston-shelter_n_59ab1b81e4b0b5e530ff16b6)** > > While at a Houston shelter, President Donald Trump took a moment to bring up his favorite subject: His hands. ---
**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 15, 2017, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11172 "2017-09-15T05:22:06Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Whoa, deja vu! From a Sept. 2 _Huffington Post_ aticle, regarding Trump’s visit to Houston following Hurricane Harvey: > > > [@](#): > > > > … Then, with both gloves successfully pulled on, Trump joined the lineup and happily handed meals to the storm’s refugees while making jokes **and shaking hands**. > > ['My Hands Are Too Big,' Says President With Smaller-Than-Average Hands | HuffPost Weird News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-my-hands-are-too-big-houston-shelter_us_59ab1b81e4b0b5e530ff16b6) umm, ok, so why was he wearing gloves again? I mean, eww. ---
**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 15, 2017, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11173 "2017-09-15T11:32:40Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > umm, ok, so why was he wearing gloves again? > > I mean, eww. I despise the man, but c’mon. Was he handing out food he was actually touching, or manning a spoon? Was he changing gloves (granted, doubtful). And finally, the ongoing paranoia over germs (germs! plague! zombies!) has struck me as overwrought for quite a while. Yeah, immune-compromised people can get dead from food poisoning, but the 99% (statistics made up on the spot!) are at worst going to spend some extra time on the toilet and go on with their lives. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11174 "2017-09-15T12:14:10Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > I despise the man, but c’mon. Was he handing out food he was actually touching, or manning a spoon? Okay, fine, but why the dental dam? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11175 "2017-09-15T12:15:17Z")
Yeh, the two prostitutes’ piss would have worn off of him long ago. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11176 "2017-09-15T14:36:44Z")
Ann Coulter has suggested that it’s time to [impeach](http://theweek.com/speedreads/724580/ann-coulter-calls-trumps-impeachment-president-pence-series-brutal-tweets) Trump. ---
**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 15, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11177 "2017-09-15T14:52:38Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Yeh, the two prostitutes’ piss would have worn off of him long ago. > [@Superdude](#): > > Ann Coulter has suggested that it’s time to [impeach](http://theweek.com/speedreads/724580/ann-coulter-calls-trumps-impeachment-president-pence-series-brutal-tweets) Trump. You could even say she is taking the piss out of Trump… ---
**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:** [September 15, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11178 "2017-09-15T15:34:25Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Ann Coulter has suggested that it’s time to [impeach](http://theweek.com/speedreads/724580/ann-coulter-calls-trumps-impeachment-president-pence-series-brutal-tweets) Trump. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. ---
**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 15, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11179 "2017-09-15T15:36:20Z")
That was his goal, to make Coultergeist pissed off. To give him something to fap to. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11180 "2017-09-15T15:38:33Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Or even a face that stops a clock. ---
**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 15, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11181 "2017-09-15T15:43:28Z")
> [@](#): > > Trump was slipping on gloves to help serve food to the shelter’s residents at the NRG Stadium in Houston when he turned to news reporters and proclaimed, “My hands are too big!” Dude, proving that your hands won’t fit in the gloves won’t clear you on the Russia thing. That was a whole 'nother case. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11182 "2017-09-15T15:44:33Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Ann Coulter has suggested that it’s time to [impeach](http://theweek.com/speedreads/724580/ann-coulter-calls-trumps-impeachment-president-pence-series-brutal-tweets) Trump. Since I don’t want her stink on my computer, can you tell me what she said? ---
**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 15, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11183 "2017-09-15T15:49:52Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Ann Coulter has suggested that it’s time to [impeach](http://theweek.com/speedreads/724580/ann-coulter-calls-trumps-impeachment-president-pence-series-brutal-tweets) Trump. I found [this Ann Coulter retweet](https://twitter.com/Pandas4Trump/status/908513050327621632) strangely amusing [Deplorable burning MAGA hat with blowtorch]. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=558) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=560)