# 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:** 625
**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:** [October 18, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12484 "2017-10-18T16:18:22Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > When you feel the need to defend your _ **presidential condolence conversations** _ by calling a grieving widow and Congresswoman liars, you’ve lost control of everything. You are a soulless and rotten piece of shit. Not that we didn’t already know this about him, but for fuck’s sake, I’m getting sick of yelling “For fuck’s sake…” every single day. I’m not even sure our Republic deserves to survive at this point. We have failed you, George Washington. We have failed you. You may find [this site](https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/) helpful for your daily quota of “What the fuck…?!?” ---
**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:** [October 18, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12485 "2017-10-18T16:25:10Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > You guessed it. “He knew what he signed up for” was [“Fake news!”](http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/17/politics/frederica-wilson-widow-fallen-soldier/index.html) > > > [@](#): > > > > “Democrat Congresswoman totally fabricated what I said to the wife of a soldier who died in action (and I have proof). Sad!” he tweeted. [I hope he tries to show us the proof!](https://apnews.com/d3bf716591bd49d4a8a86f229efe900f/Family-of-slain-sergeant-says-Trump-showed-%22disrespect%22) > [@](#): > > La David Johnson’s mother, Cowanda Jones-Johnson, told The Associated Press Wednesday that the congresswoman’s account was correct. > > “Yes the statement is true,” Jones-Johnson said. “I was in the car and I heard the full conversation. Not only did he disrespect my son,” but he disrespected his wife and me and my husband. > [@](#): > > “It’s disgraceful for him to even tweet about this,” she told CNN. She added a personal insult: “And as I say, this gentleman has a brain disorder and he needs to be checked out.” ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12486 "2017-10-18T16:36:27Z")
President Fucking Moron strikes again. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12487 "2017-10-18T16:54:02Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > [Our real Ruling Triumvirate…](http://www.theviewscreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/thegamestersoftriskelion1-300x227.jpg) I’d buy that for a quatloo. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12488 "2017-10-18T17:09:08Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > At this point, the House of Representatives Articles of Impeachment could be: > > Article I. The President is completely unfit for office, and we’re sick of this bullshit. > > End. And after he’s removed from office, they ought to set up a pillory in Lafayette Square, and put Trump in it for an hour each day for the rest of his life, and let passersby pelt him with rotten fruit and vegetables. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12489 "2017-10-18T17:10:24Z")
The extent to which Trump is still so incredibly butthurt over Obama’s WHCD set from SIX YEARS AGO that ANYTHING that Obama did must be undone, even things that only happened to occur during his presidency and weren’t actually done BY him, is unbelievable. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12490 "2017-10-18T17:12:45Z")
> [@betonbill](#): > > About the call to the soldier’s wife: How hard would it have been for somebody to come up with a statement for him to read over the phone to the relatives? Does anybody in the White House have half a brain? For all we know he did have a script. But decided in the heat of the moment decided to add his own personal touch. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12491 "2017-10-18T17:21:13Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I was thinking that the congresswoman from Florida was laying a trap for Trump, but of course that’s entirely unnecessary. He happily blunders into every pit, hoists himself on his and everybody else’s petard – there’s no need to set traps. Setting a trap to make Trump look foolish is as difficult as tricking my dog into eating a piece of bacon. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12492 "2017-10-18T17:28:43Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [Mrs. Johnson’s mother was there and confirms it.](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-congresswoman-call-army-widow_us_59e73b81e4b00905bdadb6dc?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009) > > Now, time for “I have proof” to kick in. If Trump denies something, that’s proof enough for me…(that the things is true). ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12493 "2017-10-18T17:39:39Z")
He recently implied at a press conference that if the congresswoman tells her story again, he will prove that she is lying. He said multiple times “Let her make her statement again, and you’ll find out.” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12494 "2017-10-18T17:49:55Z")
If he really had proof that the black Congresswoman was lying, and he was innocent, he would have put it out immediately! Instantly, the time gap would be measured in nanoseconds. Fox Gnaws would have it on loop, 24/7. Skywriters. Sound trucks with giant-ass speakers. Not crickets. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12495 "2017-10-18T18:07:16Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [Mrs. Johnson’s mother was there and confirms it.](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-congresswoman-call-army-widow_us_59e73b81e4b00905bdadb6dc?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009) > > Now, time for “I have proof” to kick in. I assume the proof is right next to his “tapes” of Comey and the amazing evidence his investigators found about Obama’s birth certificate. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12496 "2017-10-18T18:08:34Z")
Congresswoman Wilson also says that Trump didn’t even know Sgt. Johnson’s name, but kept referring to him as “your guy”. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12497 "2017-10-18T18:14:03Z")
About an hour ago the Fox News headline on this story was “Rep Wilson LYING, says Trump,” and most of the comment section (why do I DO this to myself) was posts making fun of her appearance. Also mocking Sgt Johnson with comparisons to Trevon Martin, as if he was a scary kid in a hoodie instead of a Green Beret. Now the story seems to have vanished from the front page. How strange. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12498 "2017-10-18T18:19:36Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Now the story seems to have vanished from the front page. How strange. Did it look anything [like this](https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/laura-ingraham-nutbag-rep-wilson-is-lying-about-trump-call-to-military-widow-because-she-wears-a-funny-hat/)? ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12499 "2017-10-18T18:20:19Z")
I found a Time magazine transcript of his denial. An old line about protesting too much comes to mind. > [@Thelyingfuckingmoron](#): > > Didn’t say what that congresswoman said. Didn’t say it at all. She knows it. And now she is not saying it. I did not say what she said, and, uh, I’d like her to make the statement again, because I did not say what she said. I had a very nice conversation with the woman, with the wife who is, sounded like a lovely woman. Did not say what the congresswoman said, and most people aren’t too surprised to hear that. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12500 "2017-10-18T18:25:50Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > And after he’s removed from office, they ought to set up a pillory in Lafayette Square, and put Trump in it for an hour each day for the rest of his life, and let passersby pelt him with rotten fruit and vegetables. Are pumpkins fruits or vegetables? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12501 "2017-10-18T18:29:31Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Did it look anything [like this](https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/laura-ingraham-nutbag-rep-wilson-is-lying-about-trump-call-to-military-widow-because-she-wears-a-funny-hat/)? …“How many of you give much credibility to the woman who walks around with a rhinestone cowboy hat that looks like it came from Dolly Parton’s costume closet?”… Dennis Miller, watch your back! Laura Ingrown is in the house! (Laura? Pro tip. Don’t mess with Dolly. Really. Just don’t.) Dolly sometime took questions from the audience. One asked how expensive her stage finery was. "It costs a lot of money to look this cheap” ---
**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 18, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12502 "2017-10-18T18:48:20Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Congresswoman Wilson also says that Trump didn’t even know Sgt. Johnson’s name, but kept referring to him as “your guy”. Can Mattis, Kelly, and McMaster just give Trump a Code Red already? “General Kelly, did you order the Code Red?!” “Yes I did. Fuck that guy.” “Oh, thank you.” “My pleasure.” ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12503 "2017-10-18T18:50:18Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Did it look anything [like this](https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/laura-ingraham-nutbag-rep-wilson-is-lying-about-trump-call-to-military-widow-because-she-wears-a-funny-hat/)? Is there some sort of competition between Laura Ingraham and Ann Coulter for who can say the most shockingly disgusting and ridiculous things? Seriously. I can’t decide who is better at it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=624) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=626)