# 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:** 583
**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 29, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11644 "2017-09-29T21:02:40Z")
It only remains to be seen what OTHER sort of human monster Trump will name to replace Price. Wonder if the other high-flyers are on their way out, as well. I’d love to see Munchkin disappear, as well as the ol’ cowpoke at Interior. ---
**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 29, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11645 "2017-09-29T21:03:51Z")
I hope the celebrations are not premature. With Fuckhead and Asswad no longer in the inner circle, the administration may put a little more consideration into a replacement – someone who generates less attention to himself and burns more stuff behind the scenes. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11646 "2017-09-29T21:08:27Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Price is rotten to his core, but yes, I’m sure they’ll find another disgusting bottom feeder to take the job. I mean, look who the Senate Judiciary Committee just approved as the head of the DOJ Criminal Division. [Brian Benczkowski, a lawyer who represented Alfa Bank (ties to Putin), and who has no prosecutorial experience](https://www.courthousenews.com/judiciary-committee-approves-trump-pick-doj-crime-chief/). (Courthouse News) > > This is the person who will decide which cases the Justice Department will prosecute. And which they won’t. Is it too early to agree this administration is the most corrupt in American history? I wonder if Price will be made to cough up his ill-gotten insider trading profits. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rY0WxgSXdEE/hqdefault.jpg "Queen - Another One Bites the Dust (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE) ---
**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:** [September 29, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11647 "2017-09-29T21:11:12Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Tweeto just got on TV and said he would decide the fate of Tom Price tonight. But he also called him “a fine person”. So I guess he’ll be fired, that seems to be the Trump death kiss. I was thinking the exact same thing. You nailed it. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11648 "2017-09-29T21:13:32Z")
[quote=“BigAppleBucky, post:11646, topic:774070”] Is it too early to agree this administration is the most corrupt in American history? I wonder if Price will be made to cough up his ill-gotten insider trading profits. [/QUOTE] Not too soon in my opinion. I’ve been saying it since November 9th. I honestly can’t think of one single good thing they have done on behalf of the citizens of this country. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11649 "2017-09-29T21:32:23Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > And he seems confused on Puerto Rico, he said -I swear this is close to a direct quote “Things are going really well there, total devastation”. Or he could approve of the devastation. Of course it’s more likely a typical misspeak like when he accidentally accused Mexicans of being rapists due to poorly thought-out parallelism and they’re-their confusion. ---
**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 29, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11650 "2017-09-29T21:33:21Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I honestly can’t think of one single good thing they have done on behalf of the citizens of this country. depends on **which citizens** you mean ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11651 "2017-09-29T21:38:35Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > depends on **which citizens** you mean Fair point. I suppose I would qualify the statement to say a majority of citizens. ---
**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 29, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11652 "2017-09-29T22:23:26Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > depends on **which citizens** you mean Indeed. There’s no doubt that Donald J. Swamp will appoint a replacement for Price who meets with the approval of the Kochs, the Mercers, and the other owners of our government. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11653 "2017-09-29T22:27:52Z")
Well, trump does seem to know what an island is. > **[Trump on Puerto Rican crisis: 'This is an island surrounded by water, big...](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-puerto-rican-crisis-island-164503473.html)** > > President Donald Trump on Friday said "there's never been anything like" the devastation in... ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11654 "2017-09-29T22:32:59Z")
“This is an island…surrounded by…water…big water…ocean water.” ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11655 "2017-09-29T22:46:38Z")
Wet water!!! ---
**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:** [September 29, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11656 "2017-09-29T22:49:45Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > “This is an island…surrounded by…water…big water…ocean water.” Can’t wait to hear “Sassy Trump” say that. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11657 "2017-09-29T22:54:06Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Not in the slightest. I made it very clear in post #11594 that I find this attitude problematic no matter who is doing it. That SteveG1 now needs to cast me on a particular side, and into a particular role, just shows that he wasn’t paying attention. After several years of seeing and reading the same tired lame ass bullshit, usually from the same assholes, why bother looking for nuance and detail that just is not there? A quick scan is adequate. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11658 "2017-09-29T23:10:50Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Fair point. I suppose I would qualify the statement to say a majority of citizens. You’re counting _per capita_. They’re counting _per dollarium_. ---
**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 29, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11659 "2017-09-29T23:17:08Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > After several years of seeing and reading the same tired lame ass bullshit, usually from the same assholes, why bother looking for nuance and detail that just is not there? A quick scan is adequate. I have no idea what you are like irl, but your posts that I have seen on these topics portray you as an angry, bitter dick letting your animosity consume any ability to perceive those other guys as actual humans. It is embarrassing to me to admit that a poster who habitually foments the very divisiveness that is eating our country alive is on the same side as me. ---
**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 29, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11660 "2017-09-29T23:53:30Z")
With Price departing for too many trips at the people’s expense, does this mean that Trump will also leave for doing the same sort of thing with all his weekends at his golf courses and his security for Trump Tower where he was not living? ---
**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 29, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11661 "2017-09-29T23:58:41Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > With Price departing for too many trips at the people’s expense, does this mean that Trump will also leave for doing the same sort of thing with all his weekends at his golf courses and his security for Trump Tower where he was not living? No. Also: hahahaha! (Bully-worshippers permit the Chief Bully to grift, but feel resentment when sub-bullies such as Price try to do the same thing. So such sub-bullies have to be a lot more subtle about their grifting than Price was.) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11662 "2017-09-30T00:04:47Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Crowing about the “sweet, sweet conservative tears” can only serve to antagonize. Once the knife is in, why twist it? > [@SteveG1](#): > > But sweet sweet librul tears and all the associated bullshit “you” assholes spew is A-OK. > > Get as antagonized as you please, SNOWFLAKE. > > What happened to “I’m no PC and I say what I want”, SNOWFLAKE? Honestly, reading this, I feel I need a program. **Robot Arm** has not struck me in the past as a particularly avid supporter of the America-hating fuckstick currently defiling the Oval Office\*. Or, verily, as any kind of supporter. His commentary above could be interpreted as an observation that graciousness in victory is cost-free, and that triumphal declamations of _schadenfreude_ do nothing to ennoble one. _This could be due to an inattention to detail on my part._\* However, even if he is as despicable as **Okrahoma** and as contemptible as. . .umm, okay, **Okrahoma** , that does not make the observation invalid, or him wrong for pointing it out. \*\*I’d appreciate it if someone would point out anything relevant I’ve missed in **Robot Arm** ’s posting history. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/11663 "2017-09-30T00:11:33Z")
> [@PatriotX](#): > > That’s kind of what I was thinking about this analogy. > > By the time I reach the point that I have decided to put a blade inside of a person, I am firmly committed to to my goal of ending that life. > > Maybe different analogy woulda been better. > [@k9bfriender](#): > > Please tell me you are not a surgeon. > [@PatriotX](#): > > That was pretty funny. > I wish I had an appropriate come back Uhhh, you _could_ just tell him you’re not a surgeon. It may not be the funniest post ever submitted to the SDMB, but it may help him to breathe easier… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=582) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=584)