# 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:** 638
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12745 "2017-10-23T04:33:08Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Coming from you, that’s a compliment. That’s an ugly thing to say. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2017, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12746 "2017-10-23T04:52:22Z")
[quote=“Rick\_Kitchen, post:12744, topic:774070”] Tom Steyer’s first anti-Trump ad. [/QUOTE] I like how many times he said the guy’s name ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12747 "2017-10-23T05:17:16Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > **Okra** banned?? :eek: > > 🙂 Twice now, heh. 😃 Now if they can only finally figure out **Urbanredneck’s** sock, which shouldn’t be too hard since he admitted it. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12748 "2017-10-23T13:02:33Z")
He’s rushed [condolence letters](https://www.gq.com/story/trump-rush-delivery-condolence-letters) out to the families of all the service members he’s gotten killed, after claiming he had done it all along. ---
**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 23, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12749 "2017-10-23T13:10:14Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > He’s rushed [condolence letters](https://www.gq.com/story/trump-rush-delivery-condolence-letters) out to the families of all the service members he’s gotten killed, after claiming he had done it all along. Lying and Failing Postal Office waited weeks to stamp the date on letters mailed long ago! Claimed fog got in the way! Sad. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12750 "2017-10-23T13:19:13Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Lying and Failing Postal Office waited weeks to stamp the date on letters mailed long ago! Claimed fog got in the way! Sad. “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds” - Don’t say nothin’ 'bout no fog!! ---
**Author:** ![AI\_Proofreader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@AI\_Proofreader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AI_Proofreader)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12751 "2017-10-23T14:29:29Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > He’s rushed [condolence letters](https://www.gq.com/story/trump-rush-delivery-condolence-letters) out to the families of all the service members he’s gotten killed, after claiming he had done it all along. “He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.” - George Orwell ---
**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 23, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12752 "2017-10-23T14:35:24Z")
> [@AI\_Proofreader](#): > > “He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.” > > - George Orwell “Major Tom to ground control…” - David Bowie ---
**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:** [October 23, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12753 "2017-10-23T17:02:55Z")
Funeral of Sgt. La David Johnson was held Saturday. Trump was, of course, too busy to attend, as he was golfing at Trump golf club in Virginia. Priorities. Also, the widow of Johnson has confirmed that Trump and Kelly are both lying, nasty sacks of shit, who are only too happy to throw her husbands body under the bus in order to protect their own fragile little egos. > [@](#): > > Trump vehemently denied Wilson’s account, stating\*\* without evidence\*\* that he had proof it was “totally fabricated." \*\*Myeshia Johnson said Monday that Wilson’s version of events was “100 per cent correct.” \*\* Go ahead Trump. Start attacking Myeshia Johnson. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12754 "2017-10-23T17:05:28Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Go ahead Trump. Start attacking Myeshia Johnson. To his rabid fans, he could shit in his hand and rub it in her face and they’d call it brilliant leadership. ---
**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 23, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12755 "2017-10-23T17:10:39Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Go ahead Trump. Start attacking Myeshia Johnson. > [@BobLibDem](#): > > To his rabid fans, he could shit in his hand and rub it in her face and they’d call it brilliant leadership. And talk loudly and often about how she totally deserved it. ---
**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 23, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12756 "2017-10-23T17:24:20Z")
Well, she \*is \*black, so anything she says \*has \*to be taken with a grain of salt by Trump supporters. Black folks, as everyone knows, just aren’t on \*our \*side. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12757 "2017-10-23T18:06:15Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Well, she \*is \*black, so anything she says \*has \*to be taken with a grain of salt by Trump supporters. Black folks, as everyone knows, just aren’t on \*our \*side. Sadly, this. I’m surprised he hasn’t said that Obama called her and told her to lie. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12758 "2017-10-23T18:16:03Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Sadly, this. > > I’m surprised he hasn’t said that Obama called her and told her to lie. It’s only Monday. Give it time. ---
**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 23, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12759 "2017-10-23T18:19:32Z")
At this rate, by Thursday he’ll be tweeting that he likes heroes who don’t get killed in an ambush. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12760 "2017-10-23T19:28:55Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > To his rabid fans, he could shit in his hand and rub it in her face and they’d call it brilliant leadership. 4D Chess. ---
**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 23, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12761 "2017-10-23T20:44:22Z")
The Army has banned green card holders form joining the Army Reserve. > **[Exclusive: Army Reserve bans green card holders from enlisting, a move that...](https://www.mic.com/articles/185297/exclusive-army-bans-green-card-holders-from-enlisting-a-move-that-may-break-federal-law)** > > Oct. 18, 2017, 4:39 p.m.: On Wednesday, an Army public affairs officer responded to Mic’s Tuesday report, clarifying that “for the time being,” green card holders cannot enlist in the Army Reserve specifically, rather than barring enlistment in the… ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12762 "2017-10-23T21:12:54Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > **Okra** banned?? :eek: > > 🙂 It’s like that episode of Seinfeld when the cops show up at Newman’s door after they tried to dog-nap Elaine’s neighbor’s yapping dog. “What took you so long?” ---
**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:** [October 23, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12763 "2017-10-23T21:34:01Z")
You have to admit, though, that Shitgibbon is well-versed in distraction. I suspect it may be because he has so much experience in the high-finance con game. He got this brouhaha going between kelly and wilson, which has completely obscured the [clusterfuck](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mccain-says-trump-administration-not-being-upfront-about-niger-attack/) that resulted in the death of 4 soldiers. Had to do it, though: three weeks of intense work and no one in the west wing is willing to let Shitgibbon try to say “Niger”. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/12764 "2017-10-23T22:31:03Z")
[US cancels visa for an Indonesian general to attend a conference…that they invited him too](http://www.en.netralnews.com/news/currentnews/read/13566/indonesia.seek.clarification.on.tni.commander...s.denial.of.entry.to.us) Highlights from the newspapers article in front of me (different source from the one linked above) is that General Gatot “is believed to have political aspirations at the highest level” - ie likely to be influential in government for a long time- and the General “was invited to a countering violent extremism conference by US General Joseph Dunford” Indonesia, of course, IS a Muslim country. They on the travel ban yet? Give it time… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=637) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=639)