# 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:** 655
**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:** [November 2, 2017, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13085 "2017-11-02T00:59:48Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > T > > So, if there are thousands or millions of bad hombres in the US wanting to kill us, why are there only two or three attacks per year? Well, there WERE hundreds of such attacks when Obama was president. The evil media kept them hidden then. NOW, there are few attacks because Dear Leader is Keeping Us Safe. ---
**Author:** ![arles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@arles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arles)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13086 "2017-11-02T01:02:11Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Trump surely doesn’t know the legal rationale of why Guantanamo exists. He just knows it’s a Very Bad Place to send bad hombres. He probably thinks Guantanamo is in Puerto Rico. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2017, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13087 "2017-11-02T01:20:00Z")
Rick Santorum lives up to his name. He just said, on CNN, that terrorists in this country should be treated as enemy combatants and denied basic rights. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13088 "2017-11-02T01:31:23Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > For Trump, the information that might be gained from this guy–contacts and influences still out there working to produce more terrorists and terrorist acts–is valueless. What _counts_ is that Trump look like Mr. Tough Guy. That’s assuming this guy isn’t just some dumb shit that was actually acting on his own but swore allegiance to ISIS without any contact with them. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13089 "2017-11-02T01:45:48Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Rick Santorum lives up to his name. He just said, on CNN, that terrorists in this country should be treated as enemy combatants and denied basic rights. Rick Santorum is still a thing? ---
**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:** [November 2, 2017, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13090 "2017-11-02T01:50:19Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Rick Santorum is still a thing? Apparently, only CNN thinks he’s worth listening to. Maybe it’s for comic relief. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13091 "2017-11-02T02:30:19Z")
Clusterfuck? [What clusterfuck?](https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/im-actually-not-angry-at-anybody-trump-assures-reporters-hes-honestly-really-enjoying-being-president/) > [@](#): > > “I’m actually not angry at anybody,” Trump promised in a phone call to the New York Times’ Maggie Haberman and Peter Baker. > > “I’m not under investigation, as you know,” Trump said. (Trump’s own chief of staff John Kelly on Monday conceded it’s “very distracting to the president, as it would be to any citizen, to be investigated”). > > Turning to his personal assessment of his job as president, Trump told the Times he “just got fantastic poll numbers,” later adding he’s “in the office early and leave late; it’s very smooth.” Loser Donald has lost touch with reality. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13092 "2017-11-02T02:35:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Loser Donald has lost touch with reality. so, business as usual :dubious: ---
**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:** [November 2, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13093 "2017-11-02T03:10:36Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Clusterfuck? [What clusterfuck?](https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/im-actually-not-angry-at-anybody-trump-assures-reporters-hes-honestly-really-enjoying-being-president/) > > Loser Donald has lost touch with reality. So he watches Fox & Friends and tweets about it from his office? ---
**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:** [November 2, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13094 "2017-11-02T04:28:08Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Loser Donald has lost touch with reality. I heard about the time he tried to get in touch with reality. It jumped and backed away quickly. No one touches reality _there_ without permission. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2017, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13095 "2017-11-02T04:37:24Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Clusterfuck? [What clusterfuck?](https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/im-actually-not-angry-at-anybody-trump-assures-reporters-hes-honestly-really-enjoying-being-president/) > > > [@](#): > > > > “I’m actually not angry at anybody,” Trump promised in a phone call to the New York Times’ Maggie Haberman and Peter Baker. > > > > “I’m not under investigation, as you know,” Trump said. (Trump’s own chief of staff John Kelly on Monday conceded it’s “very distracting to the president, as it would be to any citizen, to be investigated”). > > > > Turning to his personal assessment of his job as president, Trump told the Times he “just got fantastic poll numbers,” later adding he’s “in the office early and leave late; it’s very smooth.” > > Loser Donald has lost touch with reality. When I read those quotes by Donald in the accent of [Georg and Yortuk Festrunk](https://www.nbc.com/sites/nbcunbc/files/files/images/2015/4/21/140207_2721506_The_Festrunk_Brothers_anvver_9.jpg), it becomes less sad. Of course, I have to end the reading with “And so many swinging foxes have the hots-on for me, and come to the White House at night to let me hold on to their big American breasts! After all, there is no president of United States who cruises and swing so successfully in tight slacks!” otherwise I bang my head against the table. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2017, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13096 "2017-11-02T04:44:28Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > When I read those quotes by Donald in the accent of [Georg and Yortuk Festrunk](https://www.nbc.com/sites/nbcunbc/files/files/images/2015/4/21/140207_2721506_The_Festrunk_Brothers_anvver_9.jpg), it becomes less sad. > > Of course, I have to end the reading with “And so many swinging foxes have the hots-on for me, and come to the White House at night to let me hold on to their big American breasts! After all, there is no president of United States who cruises and swing so successfully in tight slacks!” otherwise I bang my head against the table. You were doing fine until “Trump in tight slacks”. Since no one can two-click that image, I think that violates the rules. 😉 ---
**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:** [November 2, 2017, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13097 "2017-11-02T10:44:00Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > So he watches Fox & Friends and tweets about it from his office? I believe he tweets from the bathroom, not the office. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13098 "2017-11-02T11:35:43Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Why would they care if the rights apply? There is exactly zero chance a jury would acquit this guy. And the Guantanamo process is _totally broken_. Yesterday, the “court” (such as it is) [basically fell apart](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/01/guantanamo-military-military-tribunals-contemp), with the lead defense attorney (a brigadier general!) being imprisoned (probably illegally, although it’s not like any aspect of the prison camp is exactly stellar in that regard). ---
**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:** [November 2, 2017, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13099 "2017-11-02T12:43:27Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I believe he tweets from the bathroom, not the office. Tweets from the orifice: The Complete Trump Administration anthology. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13100 "2017-11-02T12:54:03Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > In a photo op today, Trump said he would “consider” sending the NY truck-driver terrorist suspect to Guantanamo. > > Apparently, NY jails and the federal justice system aren’t working. If the reporter asked whether the NY terrorist suspect should be sent to Alcatraz, President FuckingMoron would be “considering” that too. And that bovine intellect, SHS, would be giving a press conference on the long standing plans of the administration to re-open the island prison. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13101 "2017-11-02T13:35:55Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > So he watches Fox & Friends and tweets about it from his office? Does anyone else when they read the name of this show ever get an image of a certain purple dinosaur-spouting GOP spew? ---
**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:** [November 2, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13102 "2017-11-02T14:12:12Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > That’s assuming this guy isn’t just some dumb shit that was actually acting on his own but swore allegiance to ISIS without any contact with them. I guess it’s tacky to respond to my own post - but it appears that he \*\*\*is \*\*\*just some dumb shit that was actually acting on his own but swore allegiance to ISIS without any contact (beyond videos) with them: > **[FBI says NYC terror suspect asked for ISIS flag after his arrest](https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/nyc-terrorist-attack/new-york-terrorist-attack-suspect-sayfullo-saipov-recently-fell-under-n816741)** > > The FBI and other law enforcement officials describe a fervent follower of ISIS who spent a year fashioning the attack to the terrorist group's specifications. > [@](#): > > After his arrest, the 29-year-old native of Uzbekistan waived his right to remain silent and told investigators he had become radicalized by watching ISIS videos on his phone and was inspired by ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s call for revenge on the United States, the federal complaint says. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13103 "2017-11-02T14:14:29Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I liked this one: > > Fill her bucket with old candy left by her great-grandfather, then explain that she has more because she’s smarter than all the other kids. FTR, that was from JK Rowling. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13104 "2017-11-02T14:39:07Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I heard about the time he tried to get in touch with reality. It jumped and backed away quickly. No one touches reality _there_ without permission. Hilarious! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=654) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=656)