# 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:** 57
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1121 "2017-02-09T09:23:21Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Trump was confused about which was better for the economy; a strong dollar or a weak one. So he called a noted economist… wait… that’s wrong; he called Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn at 3:00 a.m. and asked him. Sure, but since the 2008 financial crisis you’re allowed to just say “What the bleep do economists know?” and then any opinion, from anybody, no matter whether they’ve ever studied the topic, is equally good. (wow I’m ranting about something other than trump) ---
**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 9, 2017, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1122 "2017-02-09T09:27:04Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > [Betsy DeVos Orders Immediate Flattening Of All School Globes](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-schlarmann/betsy-devos-orders-immediate-flattening-of-all-school-globes_b_14639376.html). You don’t have to go to a satire site to mock the current administration; those clowns are satire itself. And [check out the caliber of the opposition](http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/world/2017/02/684_223493.html). Why can’t we have a test for running for public office? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1123 "2017-02-09T11:15:25Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > … And [check out the caliber of the opposition](http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/world/2017/02/684_223493.html). Why can’t we have a test for running for public office? A stupid, factually wrong thing to say. An important thing to observe: Will she repeat it? ---
**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 9, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1124 "2017-02-09T18:30:04Z")
The Donald [shows his mettle](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-putin-idUSKBN15O2A5) as leader of the Free World: > [@](#): > > When Putin raised the possibility of extending the 2010 treaty, known as New START, Trump paused to ask his aides in an aside what the treaty was, these sources said. > > Trump then told Putin the treaty was one of several bad deals negotiated by the Obama administration, saying that New START favored Russia. Trump also talked about his own popularity, the sources said… ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1125 "2017-02-09T18:41:55Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > You don’t have to go to a satire site to mock the current administration; those clowns are satire itself. And [check out the caliber of the opposition](http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/world/2017/02/684_223493.html). Why can’t we have a test for running for public office? It’s much worse when a democrat makes a mistake because they admit it and show weakness. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1126 "2017-02-09T19:14:57Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > You don’t have to go to a satire site to mock the current administration; those clowns are satire itself. And [check out the caliber of the opposition](http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/world/2017/02/684_223493.html). Why can’t we have a test for running for public office? Because too many voters want representatives (something the article gets wrong, she is not a Senator) who are their own reflections, only greedier and more corrupt. And voters don’t know Crimea versus Korea and could’t find Aleppo on a map. But they better learn where Moscow is. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1127 "2017-02-09T19:24:22Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > So each city and state can dictate immigration policy now? That’s pretty stupid. No, they are telling the fascist loofah faced shit-gibbon and his Nazi buddy to go get fucked. _But this is funny. The states rights conservative right wing is now worried and upset about states exercising their vocal cords._😃 ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1128 "2017-02-09T19:25:47Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > [Betsy DeVos Orders Immediate Flattening Of All School Globes](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-schlarmann/betsy-devos-orders-immediate-flattening-of-all-school-globes_b_14639376.html). I like the new Dept of Education shield too 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1129 "2017-02-09T19:26:48Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > They don’t actually care in the slightest about terrorism, beyond using it as an excuse for war, public surveillance and religious/racial persecution. Nazi Bannon’s been agitating for a global race/religious war for YEARS. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1130 "2017-02-09T19:32:16Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > Because too many voters want representatives (something the article gets wrong, she is not a Senator) who are their own reflections, only greedier and more corrupt. And voters don’t know Crimea versus Korea and could’t find Aleppo on a map. But they better learn where Moscow is. Some of them want to start dropping bombs on Agraba > **[A Lot of Americans Support Bombing the Fictional Country From 'Aladdin'](https://time.com/4155228/amiercans-bomb-aladdin-agrabah/)** > > 30% of Republican primary voters say they would support bombing Agrabah The poll came from Democratic firm Public Policy Polling, which likes to troll reporters and social media with humorously worded survey questions. A previous canvass compared the favorability of Vladimir Putin, the Republican-controlled Congress and dog poop, for example). They were stupid enough to get trolled in an admittedly fake poll 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1131 "2017-02-09T19:47:49Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > I like the new Dept of Education shield too 🆒 I’m not really a Twitter guy, but I’ve been following [this Betsy DeVos twitter feed](https://twitter.com/SecEdBetsyDeVos) and it slays me. Who knew BDV was such a potty mouth? ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1132 "2017-02-09T20:05:32Z")
Donald Trump Jr.? Nope, never met the man. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKgiy0w3V8s) ---
**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:** [February 9, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1133 "2017-02-09T20:11:23Z")
The Snowflake-In-Chief thinks the handtowels [are not soft enough.](https://uk.news.yahoo.com/president-trump-files-complaint-hand-112600704.html) > [@](#): > > The Huffington Post has reported that, according to a White House aide, Mr Trump “registered a complaint about the hand towels aboard Air Force One, because they are not soft enough.” ---
**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 9, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1134 "2017-02-09T20:17:51Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > The Donald [shows his mettle](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-putin-idUSKBN15O2A5) as leader of the Free World: Any day now, the strawberries are going to get locked up. And the breadfruit trees, too. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1135 "2017-02-09T20:21:12Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Donald Trump Jr.? Nope, never met the man. > > [https://youtu.be/LKgiy0w3V8s](https://youtu.be/LKgiy0w3V8s) I love Maddow’s tag: “And Trump organization personnel, stop lying to news organizations. We catch you when you do 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 9, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1136 "2017-02-09T20:33:12Z")
[Kellyanne Conway went on Fox News today to tell us to go buy Ivanka’s products.](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38925753?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook) ---
**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 9, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1137 "2017-02-09T20:35:12Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Kellyanne Conway went on Fox News today to tell us to go buy Ivanka’s products.](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38925753?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook) “…and also buy Brawndo, to get the electrolytes plants crave…” ---
**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:** [February 9, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1138 "2017-02-09T20:38:39Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Kellyanne Conway went on Fox News today to tell us to go buy Ivanka’s products.](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38925753?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook) Do you even read the articles you post? Actual headline: [Trump aide Kellyanne Conway ‘wrong’ over Ivanka plug](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38925753?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook) The actual content doesn’t match your “headline”. > [@](#): > > Jason Chaffetz, a Republican who heads the House of Representatives oversight committee, said the promotion was “wrong, wrong, wrong, clearly over the line, unacceptable”. > > He said the White House should notify the Office of Government Ethics so it could initiate an inquiry. > > Mr Chaffetz said he and his Democratic counterpart would write to President Trump. > > “It needs to be dealt with,” he told the Associated Press. “There’s no ifs, ands or buts about it.” The real question is why does the White House notify the ethics office? Why won’t the (Dis)Honorable Asshole Chaffetz do 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 9, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1139 "2017-02-09T20:45:40Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Kellyanne Conway went on Fox News today to tell us to go buy Ivanka’s products.](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38925753?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook) [So many people tried to contact the Office of Government Ethics after KC’s ad for Ivanka, that their website crashed.](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/office-of-government-ethics-breaks-down-234857) Although the cynical amongst us may wonder whether that wasn’t intentional. ---
**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 9, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1140 "2017-02-09T20:46:49Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Do you even read the articles you post? > > Actual headline: [Trump aide Kellyanne Conway ‘wrong’ over Ivanka plug](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38925753?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook) > The actual content doesn’t match your “headline”. > The real question is why does the White House notify the ethics office? > Why won’t the (Dis)Honorable Asshole Chaffetz do it? What part of she went on Fox News to tout Ivanka’s products was wrong? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=58)