# 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:** 665
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13285 "2017-11-06T01:50:33Z")
This thread’s fucked. Sorry I fucked it up. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13286 "2017-11-06T02:01:31Z")
Wow, with all the controversy that rule has caused since it was implemented, I’m kinda surprised that there are some people who still don’t know about it. ---
**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 6, 2017, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13287 "2017-11-06T02:10:48Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > He became the retirement age mutant [_ **d** inya_](https://plus.google.com/113906683119434141447/posts/jDjdFQJumAT) turtle? Naw, I think he probably has more in common with one of [these things](http://growabrain.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/12/28/durian_chocolate_2.jpg). ---
**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:** [November 6, 2017, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13288 "2017-11-06T05:09:05Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > Oh, fuck off. > > But don’t fuck off and die, as that is forbidden. Fuck laws against euthanasia, fuck off and die if you want to fuck off and die. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13289 "2017-11-06T05:46:38Z")
Wait, does that mean if Donald Trump Hisself joins this message board, we can’t tell him to go fuck himself anymore? ---
**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:** [November 6, 2017, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13290 "2017-11-06T06:21:22Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Wait, does that mean if Donald Trump Hisself joins this message board, we can’t tell him to go fuck himself anymore? I’m waiting for the day when someone in Trump’s administration wises up and buys ad time and ad space on MSNBC and the Washington Post, since they both have official policies requiring their reporters not to criticize their advertisers. It doesn’t matter what they sell; bring back Trump Steaks for all it matters, and just list them as out of stock all the time. And pay the outlets ten times the going rate for the ads. ---
**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 6, 2017, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13291 "2017-11-06T08:45:17Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Wait, does that mean if Donald Trump Hisself joins this message board, we can’t tell him to go fuck himself anymore? Sad! ---
**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 6, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13292 "2017-11-06T13:28:11Z")
[Is Lindsay Lohan auditioning for one of those open positions at the State Department?](https://twitter.com/lindsaylohan/status/927183725804187648) ---
**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 6, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13293 "2017-11-06T13:42:30Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > [Is Lindsay Lohan auditioning for one of those open positions at the State Department?](https://twitter.com/lindsaylohan/status/927183725804187648) She _would_ add some style and class to the Administration. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13294 "2017-11-06T15:01:25Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Wait, does that mean if Donald Trump Hisself joins this message board, we can’t tell him to go fuck himself anymore? Nah, he would be insta-banned as a troll. ---
**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 6, 2017, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13295 "2017-11-06T17:48:28Z")
This recent publication > [@"\[CSSR Executive Summary](#): > > ([Executive Summary - Climate Science Special Report](https://science2017.globalchange.gov/chapter/executive-summary/))"]… > This assessment concludes, based on extensive evidence, that it is extremely likely that human activities, especially emissions of greenhouse gases, are the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century. For the warming over the last century, there is no convincing alternative explanation supported by the extent of the observational evidence. > … is stamped at the bottom of the page with the seals of USDA, Commerce, DoD, Energy, HHS, Interior, State, DoT, EPA, NASA, NSF, Smithsonian and USAID. The report is required by law to be released at regular intervals. Embarrassing. Got to get some proper shills and pliables into that group post haste. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13296 "2017-11-06T18:16:06Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > This recent publication - CSSR Executive Summary > > is stamped at the bottom of the page with the seals of USDA, Commerce, DoD, Energy, HHS, Interior, State, DoT, EPA, NASA, NSF, Smithsonian and USAID. The report is required by law to be released at regular intervals. > > Embarrassing. Got to get some proper shills and pliables into that group post haste. Has anyone seen a response from Trump about this? Is it ‘Fake News’? Or maybe someone told him the best thing to do would be ignore it. ---
**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 6, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13297 "2017-11-06T18:26:17Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Has anyone seen a response from Trump about this? Is it ‘Fake News’? Or maybe someone told him the best thing to do would be ignore it. There was [something](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/11/03/trump-administration-releases-report-finds-no-convincing-alternative-explanation-for-climate-change/), \*… The White House on Friday sought to downplay the significance of the study and its findings. “The climate has changed and is always changing. As the Climate Science Special Report states, the magnitude of future climate change depends significantly on ‘remaining uncertainty in the sensitivity of Earth’s climate to [greenhouse gas] emissions,'” White House spokesman Raj Shah said in a statement. “In the United States, energy related carbon dioxide emissions have been declining, are expected to remain flat through 2040, and will also continue to decline as a share of world emissions.” Shah added that the Trump administration “supports rigorous scientific analysis and debate.” …\* Somehow, that last line looks hilarious to me. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13298 "2017-11-07T01:17:29Z")
> [@](#): > > “In the United States, energy related carbon dioxide emissions have been declining, are expected to remain flat through 2040, and will also continue to decline as a share of world emissions.”. We CANNOT have the US declining in this important number! SAD! #MORECOAL4EVERY1 ---
**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 7, 2017, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13299 "2017-11-07T03:25:50Z")
Dutifully presenting Asia with the stereotypical image of [the ugly amerian](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/world/asia/trump-japan-shinzo-abe.html), President Plop _implicitly acknowledged his disappointment that Mr. Abe did not shoot down missiles that North Korea recently fired over Japan. “He will shoot them out of the sky when he completes the purchase of lots of additional military equipment from the United States,” (the Shitgibbon) said, standing alongside Mr. Abe at the Akasaka Palace in Tokyo. “The prime minister of Japan is going to be purchasing massive amounts of military equipment, as he should.”_ ---
**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 7, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13300 "2017-11-07T03:43:40Z")
Donald Trump, representing the United States before the world at a state dinner: “[a]fter I had won, everybody was calling me from all over the world. I never knew we had so many countries.” > **[At Japanese state banquet, Trump recalls being surprised by the number of...](https://theweek.com/speedreads/735678/japanese-state-banquet-trump-recalls-being-surprised-by-number-countries-world)** ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13301 "2017-11-07T04:50:08Z")
[This 7-minute Bill Maher monologue sums up the Trumpistration eloquently.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XbAqreF6i4) ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13302 "2017-11-07T05:43:09Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Donald Trump, representing the United States before the world at a state dinner: “[a]fter I had won, everybody was calling me from all over the world. I never knew we had so many countries.” > [At Japanese state banquet, Trump recalls being surprised by the number of countries in the world | The Week](http://theweek.com/speedreads/735678/japanese-state-banquet-trump-recalls-being-surprised-by-number-countries-world) Ok so he really is just trolling everyone, right? There no way that sounded good in his head, right? Right? ---
**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:** [November 7, 2017, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13303 "2017-11-07T06:07:33Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > Ok so he really is just trolling everyone, right? There no way that sounded good in his head, right? > > Right? I try never to make the mistake of believing Trump actually thinks before he opens his mouth. It escalates mild headache into searing migraine. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13304 "2017-11-07T16:05:55Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Dutifully presenting Asia with the stereotypical image of [the ugly amerian](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/world/asia/trump-japan-shinzo-abe.html), President Plop _implicitly acknowledged his disappointment that Mr. Abe did not shoot down missiles that North Korea recently fired over Japan. “He will shoot them out of the sky when he completes the purchase of lots of additional military equipment from the United States,” (the Shitgibbon) said, standing alongside Mr. Abe at the Akasaka Palace in Tokyo. “The prime minister of Japan is going to be purchasing massive amounts of military equipment, as he should.”_ So we are going to sell massive amounts of military equipment to Japan. Is this setting them up to engage North Korea? Then they can take all the blame when things go horribly wrong? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=664) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=666)