# 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:** 606
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12104 "2017-10-10T18:14:44Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > “I will prove my IQ is higher than Rex’s”, Trump said testily. He’s not that swift. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12105 "2017-10-10T18:15:33Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Ivana says in her new book that Marla Maples walked up to her at an event and said “I’m Marla and I love your husband; do you?” The book may be new but that story’s very old; Ivana was telling it [back in an interview with Barbara Walters in 1991](http://gawker.com/remember-when-donald-trumps-wife-and-donald-trumps-mist-1754977102). ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12106 "2017-10-10T18:26:26Z")
Classic NY Daily News headline from the divorce days: “IVANA BETTER DEAL”. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12107 "2017-10-10T18:29:19Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > “I will prove my IQ is higher than Rex’s”, Trump said testily. > [@TonySinclair](#): > > He’s not that swift. This is bad and everyone involved should feel bad. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12108 "2017-10-10T18:31:22Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > “I have a very good brain.” - Trump really. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I would need to see it in a jar to confirm that. [Here you go](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/1c/17/d6/1c17d69d7ec17a9a167c9ab791f747c0--mel-brooks-movies-mary-shelley.jpg). ---
**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:** [October 10, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12109 "2017-10-10T18:41:24Z")
Lyin’ Sanders is now claiming the IQ remark was a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12110 "2017-10-10T18:46:57Z")
We’re in luck! Mensa is willing to hold a testing session for Trump and Tillerson! We must make this happen with all speed. > **[Mensa offers to host IQ test for Trump and Tillerson](https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/354718-mensa-offers-to-host-iq-test-for-trump-and-tillerson/)** > > Bring on the IQ test — Mensa says it’s willing to host President Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in a battle of the brains.In an interview with Forbes published Tuesday, Trump sugge… ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12111 "2017-10-10T19:12:03Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > We’re in luck! Mensa is willing to hold a testing session for Trump and Tillerson! We must make this happen with all speed. > > [http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/354718-mensa-offers-to-host-iq-test-for-trump-and-tillerson](http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/354718-mensa-offers-to-host-iq-test-for-trump-and-tillerson) They’ll have to work up to find the limits of trump’s intelligence. They can’t start out with “describe string theory and how it relates to the formation of dynamic wormholes”, no, they have to start out “name a day that ends in Y” and work up. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12112 "2017-10-10T19:14:15Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > They’ll have to work up to find the limits of trump’s intelligence. They can’t start out with “describe string theory and how it relates to the formation of dynamic wormholes”, no, they have to start out “name a day that ends in Y” and work up. “Christmas! No wait, Halloweenday!” ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12113 "2017-10-10T19:25:06Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > We’re in luck! Mensa is willing to hold a testing session for Trump and Tillerson! We must make this happen with all speed. > > [http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/354718-mensa-offers-to-host-iq-test-for-trump-and-tillerson](http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/354718-mensa-offers-to-host-iq-test-for-trump-and-tillerson) Oh that would be so fun. 1\> Trump trying to bribe them into giving him a higher score. 2\> Trump trying to threaten them into giving him a higher score. 3\> Trump threatening to end their funding (hint: they don’t get any.) 4\> Trump calling them idiots and the tests unfair. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12114 "2017-10-10T19:28:49Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Oh that would be so fun. > > 1\> Trump trying to bribe them into giving him a higher score. > 2\> Trump trying to threaten them into giving him a higher score. > 3\> Trump threatening to end their funding (hint: they don’t get any.) > 4\> Trump calling them idiots and the tests unfair. You forgot… 5\> “Fake” score. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12115 "2017-10-10T19:31:01Z")
They were very unfair to me, very unfair. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12116 "2017-10-10T19:37:10Z")
Nobody knew IQ tests could be so hard. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12117 "2017-10-10T19:56:27Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I would need to see it in a jar to confirm that. Abby someone. Abby… Normal. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12118 "2017-10-10T20:02:36Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > “I will prove my IQ is higher than Rex’s”, Trump said testily. “I don’t even know what to write in the YOUR NAME box,” Trump said blankly. ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12119 "2017-10-10T20:05:21Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > This is bad and everyone involved should feel bad. said Budget Player Cadet disapprovingly ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12120 "2017-10-10T20:46:17Z")
> [@Frazzled](#): > > said Budget Player Cadet disapprovingly _That’s not even a good Tom Swifty._ :mad: Meanwhile, anyone still fucking the liberal tear schadenfreude chicken deserves to be permanently relocated to their choice of Guam or South Korea. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12121 "2017-10-10T21:46:40Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > “I don’t even know what to write in the YOUR NAME box,” Trump said blankly. “We had to go way over budget redecorating the testing site for the President,” said Tillerson guiltily. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12122 "2017-10-10T21:58:52Z")
Now the White House is claiming it was said as a joke. NOPE. Trump is a joke, but no, that wasn’t a joke, it was a childish statement by a childish man. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12123 "2017-10-10T22:15:10Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I would need to see it in a jar to confirm that. It would be in the jar labeled “Abnormal.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=605) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=607)