# 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:** 576
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11504 "2017-09-26T19:07:17Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > “LOOOK AT MEEEEE!!!” is the basic motivator for Trump. You can tell this by how fixated he is on crowd sizes and TV ratings of both himself and his opponents. One of his main go to insults it to say that such and so show or celebrity is losing ratings. It may be that the best way to get rid of Trump is to let him know that his impeachment hearings will be televised and garner a larger audience than the superbowl. ---
**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 26, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11505 "2017-09-26T19:38:09Z")
[Trump explains](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-sports-nfl/trump-says-not-distracted-by-nfl-protests-idUSKCN1C12OB) that (appearances notwithstanding) there’s nothing wrong with his priorities: > [@Donald Dotard](#): > > “I wasn’t preoccupied with the NFL. I was ashamed of what was taking place because to me, that was a very important moment,” Trump said, adding later, “I have plenty of time on my hands. All I do is work.” ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11506 "2017-09-26T19:44:02Z")
Does he not even understand what “time on my hands” actually means? :dubious: ---
**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 26, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11507 "2017-09-26T19:44:23Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > This. > > Trump does not put any thought into what he is saying. “Will it get me attention?” is his only motivator. > > He is the functional equivalent of an 8 year old at his parents party, who goes over an kicks a guest in the shins because nobody is paying attention to him. > > “LOOOK AT MEEEEE!!!” is the basic motivator for Trump. I’ve watched the clip of him going off at the NFL players during the Alabama rally several times now ( because it gets lots of play on cable news ). I really think that he really wanted to pull that stupid “YOU’RE FIRED!” schtick because he needed an audience reaction and they just happened to be the first target that came into his deranged head. Like Tom Price was the target when he pulled that stunt at the Boy Scout rally. Speaking of, I wonder if he will fire Price because he couldn’t get ObamaCare repealed like he promised at that rally. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11508 "2017-09-26T19:45:10Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Yeah, I know – Red Meat to the Loyal Supporters and all. But I didn’t realize they were this far divorced from reality. So you’re saying that even after they voted for Trump, you still thought they were sufficiently connected to reality? That alone wasn’t enough for you? I mean, in your opinion, voting for Donald Trump for President of the United States of America was a rational, viable option that decent, thinking, logical, knowledgable, reasonable people could make? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11509 "2017-09-26T19:47:15Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > Yeah, I thought it was **Obama** who was going to do that. > > Perhaps not to be outdone, Roy Moore [pulled out his gun](http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/352410-roy-moore-pulls-out-gun-while-speaking-at-rally) while speaking at a rally. Even in Alabama it’s illegal to carry a gun at a public demonstration, but whatever… Since when has Roy Moore ever given a shit about personally obeying the law? ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11510 "2017-09-26T20:00:05Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I think I could handle radical behavior like silently taking a knee when the anthem is played. Introducing a baseball metaphor into a football topic, Trevor Noah really hit one out of the park last night: [When Is the Right Time for Black People to Protest?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-Gx23vH0CE) (Youtube) ---
**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 26, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11511 "2017-09-26T20:01:44Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > So you’re saying that even after they voted for Trump, you still thought they were sufficiently connected to reality? That alone wasn’t enough for you? I mean, in your opinion, voting for Donald Trump for President of the United States of America was a rational, viable option that decent, thinking, logical, knowledgable, reasonable people could make? > > :dubious: It’s always surprising as to how far from reality they have wondered. It’s like the flat earthers. There is plenty of debate as to the exact age and shape of the planet, so if someone said the earth was a sphere, they’d be wrong. If they insisted it’s a sphere after being informed as to the oblateness around the equator and other imperfections, then they are refusing to accept reality, preferring instead their simpler view. This is where most of us keep thinking that trump supporters are, just a bit wrong, and refusing to acknowledge it. It’s only when you realize that these people are actually saying that the earth is flat that you get knocked back a step, and have to reevaluate how far someone can be from reality while still feeding and clothing themselves. This is where we keep ending up with trump supporters. We thing that there is some nuanced thing that there is that maybe we just aren’t really understanding where they are coming from, and if we did, then we would understand their support. But that’s the problem, we keep assuming that these people are rational, and just operating out of a slightly different book, but they are not. They are completely fucking nuts, and they threw away the book because reading’s for librul elitists. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11512 "2017-09-26T20:09:45Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > So you’re saying that even after they voted for Trump, you still thought they were sufficiently connected to reality? That alone wasn’t enough for you? I mean, in your opinion, voting for Donald Trump for President of the United States of America was a rational, viable option that decent, thinking, logical, knowledgable, reasonable people could make? > > :dubious: If you scratch the words “decent” and “reasonable” out of that sentence, then yes. Voting for Donald Trump for President of the United States of America was a rational, viable option that thinking, logical, knowledgable, reasonable people could make. There are surely many different flavors of Trump supporters, but they are equally certainly _not_ all crazy, stupid, or otherwise disconnected from reality. Some of them are simply evil. In fact, I would go so far as to say that a significant portion of his remaining supporters, if not a majority, are quite rationally of the opinion that his flaws can be ignored because he’s so good for their desired ends. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11513 "2017-09-26T20:11:43Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Introducing a baseball metaphor into a football topic, Trevor Noah really hit one out of the park last night: [When Is the Right Time for Black People to Protest?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-Gx23vH0CE) (Youtube) Aye; that was fantastic! Thanks for linking it! ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11514 "2017-09-26T20:25:39Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Introducing a baseball metaphor into a football topic, Trevor Noah really hit one out of the park last night: [When Is the Right Time for Black People to Protest?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-Gx23vH0CE) (Youtube) That was phenomenal! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11515 "2017-09-26T20:31:59Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > let him know that his impeachment hearings will be televised and garner a larger audience than the superbowl. Tell him each Senator will vote by saying “You’re fired!”. ---
**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:** [September 26, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11516 "2017-09-26T20:44:25Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Introducing a baseball metaphor into a football topic, Trevor Noah really hit one out of the park last night: [When Is the Right Time for Black People to Protest?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-Gx23vH0CE) (Youtube) Yes, brilliant, thanks. And racist Trump supporters, please wrap an American flag around a cactus, make sure the pricky things penetrate the fabric, stuff your mouth with a confederate flag, and then see how many of your remaining bodily orifices you can stuff with said cactus. ---
**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 26, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11517 "2017-09-26T20:47:06Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Introducing a baseball metaphor into a football topic, Trevor Noah really hit one out of the park last night: [When Is the Right Time for Black People to Protest?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-Gx23vH0CE) (Youtube) That’s just about the best thing I’ve seen from Noah since he took over TDS. ---
**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 26, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11518 "2017-09-26T21:11:32Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Does he not even understand what “time on my hands” actually means? :dubious: It means you just made me have to listen to a Styx song. Damn you. :mad: ---
**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 26, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11519 "2017-09-26T21:56:45Z")
Trump on delivering aid to Puerto Rico: “This is an island sitting in the middle of an ocean. It’s a big ocean, it’s a very big ocean.” > ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11520 "2017-09-26T22:01:20Z")
If only we had airplanes. Or ships. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11521 "2017-09-26T22:36:45Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Trump on delivering aid to Puerto Rico: “This is an island sitting in the middle of an ocean. It’s a big ocean, it’s a very big ocean.” > [x.com](https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/912709793873256448) Before long, “able to listen to Donald Trump speaking and keep a straight face” will start appearing on resumes, and will be acknowledged as a legitimate skill. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11522 "2017-09-26T22:37:00Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Does he not even understand what “time on my hands” actually means? :dubious: In fairness, Trump’s time to hand ratio is very large due to his tiny hands. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11523 "2017-09-26T22:38:23Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Trump on delivering aid to Puerto Rico: “This is an island sitting in the middle of an ocean. It’s a big ocean, it’s a very big ocean.” > [x.com](https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/912709793873256448) The biggest ocean! A _tremendous_ ocean! Seriously, I think he just found out today that Puerto Rico is an island in an ocean, because [he repeated his new fun fact a few hours later;](https://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/internet-appalled-as-trump-blames-this-thing-called-the-atlantic-for-bungled-puerto-rico-response/) > [@](#): > > “This is a thing called the Atlantic Ocean. This is tough stuff,” President Trump stated in a Rose Garden press conference with Prime Minister of Spain Mariano Rajoy. Nobody knew oceans could be so complicated! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=575) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=577)