# 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:** 67
**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:** [February 15, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1321 "2017-02-15T17:34:00Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Like insults, a degree of trolling is tolerated in the Pit. Oh, so if I never post anywhere other than the pit, I can just be a completely worthless, braindead, shitfaced troll with no further problems, and the moderation won’t even bat an eye? Good to know?! 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1322 "2017-02-15T17:36:06Z")
> [@Evil\_Economist](#): > > Wow. That article would be really great satire. “Some people you don’t have to satirize, you just quote 'em.”-Tom Paxton ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1323 "2017-02-15T17:39:46Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Oh, so if I never post anywhere other than the pit, I can just be a completely worthless, braindead, shitfaced troll with no further problems, and the moderation won’t even bat an eye? > > Good to know?! > > 😕 You seem to be completely unfamiliar with the Pit.😃 I said there was a degree of tolerance, not unlimited tolerance. You’re not obligated to feed him, or for that matter even read his posts. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1324 "2017-02-15T17:45:55Z")
Wait, what? We don’t have to read them!?! After seventeen friggin’ years, now you tell me? ---
**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:** [February 15, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1325 "2017-02-15T17:50:29Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > He can’t be insane because people love him? What I got out of that was that Trump can’t be insane because there are quite nice ties with his name on them, and the hotel bearing Trump’s name ( that is built and run by another company ) is quite nice. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1326 "2017-02-15T18:46:42Z")
Oh and he nominated candidates with such gravitas as Ben (pyramids were built to store grain) Carson. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1327 "2017-02-15T19:19:19Z")
Um, guys, is it against the rules to reveal the real name of a poster? > [@Blinkyandpinky](#): > > The traitors here are the Obama holdouts and moles still in the admin that are leaking all sorts of info including top secret info. > > That is of course highly illegal, not to mention treasonous and when they’re found out, they will have to pay for their crimes. [QUOTE=Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump] This Russian connection non-sense is merely an attempt to cover-up the many mistakes made in Hillary Clinton’s losing campaign. 4:08 AM - 15 Feb 2017 [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump] Information is being illegally given to the failing @nytimes & @washingtonpost by the intelligence community (NSA and FBI?).Just like Russia 4:19 AM - 15 Feb 2017 [/QUOTE] ---
**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:** [February 15, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1328 "2017-02-15T19:34:58Z")
Er. [Trump blames “fake news” for Flynn’s downfal](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-russia-ties-reaction-235039)l. But, er, isn’t he the one who fired him? ---
**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:** [February 15, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1329 "2017-02-15T19:41:52Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Er. [Trump blames “fake news” for Flynn’s downfal](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-russia-ties-reaction-235039)l. But, er, isn’t he the one who fired him? Thank you, DJT!! I’ve been waiting see exactly how he would tap dance around this. Of course: it’s the media’s fault! Well, we knew it would be **somebody’s** fault. Shoulda seen that coming. :smack: ---
**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:** [February 15, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1330 "2017-02-15T19:42:49Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Um, guys, is it against the rules to reveal the real name of a poster? Could the mods please see if the IP address comes right out of Trump’s unsecured smart phone? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1331 "2017-02-15T19:49:25Z")
If it did and we knew it did, we would not tell you. Anyway, parroting Trump is common amongst Trumpists. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1332 "2017-02-15T19:58:19Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > He can’t be insane because people love him? Nah, I was just saying that any apparent affection coming from his wife and children admitted of another extremely plausible explanation. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1333 "2017-02-15T19:58:42Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Dude, you’re delusional. Blinkie needs his blankie, the poor little snowflake. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1334 "2017-02-15T20:01:30Z")
Oh, and [speaking of snowflakes](https://twitter.com/MajorCBS/status/831938564715732993): [QUOTE=Major Garrett] Source very close to Labor Secretary nominee Andy Puzder tells me he expects Puzder to withdraw. “He’s very tired of the abuse.” [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1335 "2017-02-15T20:05:37Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Anyway, parroting Trump is common amongst Trumpists. Look at the time stamps. Trump said almost exactly what Blinky said over an hour AFTER Blinky posted. ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1336 "2017-02-15T20:05:40Z")
Wait, we can put out lots of fake news and Trump will fire people because of it? Seems like we’ve found a loophole! ---
**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:** [February 15, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1337 "2017-02-15T20:10:24Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Oh, and [speaking of snowflakes](https://twitter.com/MajorCBS/status/831938564715732993): When tape surfaces of your ex wife alleging that you abused her and made off like a bandit in the divorce, it does kind of put a damper on your political career. > **[Tape Emerges Of Puzder’s Ex-Wife Alleging Abuse On ‘Oprah’ In 1990 (VIDEO)](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/andrew-puzder-ex-wife-alleged-abuse-oprah-1990)** > > Update, 5:05 p.m. ET: Puzder has withdrawn his nomination to lead the Department of Labor. Politico on Wednesday published what had been until now a missing tape of the ex-wife of President Donald… ---
**Author:** ![Blinkyandpinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@Blinkyandpinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blinkyandpinky)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1338 "2017-02-15T20:51:51Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Blinkie needs his blankie, the poor little snowflake. Reality check. Snowflakes are found exclusively on the left. The ones who need safe spaces, the ones who are anti-free speech, the ones who claim to put other posters on ignore, the ones who attempt to get rid of posters that they don’t like, the college campus liberal brownshirts that attempt to shut down all speech that they disapprove of, etc. These and other weak liberals are the snowflakes. A not so small percentage of liberals have severe mental issues, and that is becoming more and more evident for every passing day. They along with the Democrat party are totally losing it. There are so many snowflakes here that it’s practically a full scale blizzard. And for the record, I do not have a single person on ignore here, because I am not afraid of any words written by any liberal, and no liberal person is significant enough to warrant their placement on an ignore list. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1339 "2017-02-15T20:54:29Z")
BP’s reality check bounced. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1340 "2017-02-15T20:59:37Z")
> [@Blinkyandpinky](#): > > There are so many snowflakes here that it’s practically a full scale blizzard. That’s right: Winter is Coming. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=66) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=68)