# 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:** 673
**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 11, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13445 "2017-11-11T12:34:08Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Well, they can’t very well debrief Trump in public, can they? And besides, I’m sure he has a lot more intel to turn in to his handlers that would be embarrassing if the public saw it. I wouldn’t want him debriefed in public either. A wedgie, maybe. That would be fun. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13446 "2017-11-11T14:57:48Z")
Trump believes Putin over US intelligence leaders and theirs them all under the bus. Jesus Christ. [https://t.co/d7Ra0Adooi?amp=1](https://t.co/d7Ra0Adooi?amp=1) ---
**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:** [November 11, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13447 "2017-11-11T15:42:34Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Trump believes Putin over US intelligence leaders and theirs them all under the bus. Jesus Christ. > > [http://wapo.st/2iMLQlo](https://t.co/d7Ra0Adooi?amp=1) Oh, man, I saw the headline on [CNN.com](http://CNN.com) and laughed and laughed and laughed and… Damn near put a crick in my neck, laughing so hard while shaking my head like that. The eye-rolling didn’t help, either. ---
**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 11, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13448 "2017-11-11T16:07:36Z")
**Was it just the “White House Press Corps” or all press that were banned?** Whose order was it? Did the Trumplickers(\*) instigate the order? - - I’m not trying to be [del]emphasis[/del] offensive. I don’t know the best shorthand for the various ilks of GOP hacks, etc. (I’ve mentioned my very mild aphasia before: a tendency to type homonyms, or near-homonyms. Open another thread to debate whether ‘emphasis’ and ‘offensive’ are near-homonyms.) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ I’ve watched Putin tell news reporters that Russia never meddles in other countries’ elections. Even I could tell he was almost winking his eye at the camera, with a big smirk on his face. That Trump repeats this just confirms my model of Trump voters (at this point anyone who votes ® at all. — I used to write “anyone who votes ® for national office”, but the corruption is now so severe that state R-legislatures helping gerrymander and sabotage for the national R’s are major problems. Let’s stamp out the Republican Party.) Trump’s words are especially appealing to those with IQ’s of 85 or less. Many in the 85 - 90 range won’t go along with stupidities quite as gross as this, but will finally nod their heads when it’s explained sarcastically by the studly Huckabee lass, or when his brain is massaged by one of the shrieking vixens on FoxNews. ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13449 "2017-11-11T16:18:57Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > R’s That sounds about right. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2017, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13450 "2017-11-11T16:33:51Z")
> [@](#): > > “Having a good relationship with Russia’s a great, great thing. And this artificial Democratic hit job gets in the way,” Trump told reporters. **“People will die because of it.”** [😕:eek:](https://apnews.com/6a54a956998740f98997fc6461f7d132/Trump:-Putin-is-'insulted'-by-and-denies-meddling-accusation) ---
**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:** [November 11, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13451 "2017-11-11T16:49:22Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Trump believes Putin over US intelligence leaders and theirs them all under the bus. Jesus Christ. > > [http://wapo.st/2iMLQlo](https://t.co/d7Ra0Adooi?amp=1) I believe him: Putin didn’t _personally_ meddle. His subordinates did. Like how 9/11 was planned and pulled off by one of Osama’s subordinates and Osama didn’t even know about it until after the fact. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13452 "2017-11-11T16:54:26Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > I believe him: Putin didn’t _personally_ meddle. His subordinates did. > > Like how 9/11 was planned and pulled off by one of Osama’s subordinates and Osama didn’t even know about it until after the fact. Osama was who some of Obama’s subordinates contracted to do the job. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13453 "2017-11-11T17:17:17Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Osama was who some of Obama’s subordinates contracted to do the job. Just more proof of Obama’s radical Islamism. Only one letter off from Osama! ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13454 "2017-11-11T20:58:19Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Well, they can’t very well debrief Trump in public, can they? And besides, I’m sure he has a lot more intel to turn in to his handlers that would be embarrassing if the public saw it. One wonders how many undercover-in-Russia American and Western European agents (or _formerly_ undercover), will be “falling out of windows” in the days and weeks to come. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13455 "2017-11-11T21:17:25Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > One wonders how many undercover-in-Russia American and Western European agents (or _formerly_ undercover), will be “falling out of windows” in the days and weeks to come. Fucking A. (Is that still an expression?) ---
**Author:** ![buffalobill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@buffalobill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buffalobill)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13456 "2017-11-11T22:12:47Z")
Buffalo is definitely NOT a good city, you should avoid it if you are from a bigger, better place especially. This is a closed society that is not welcoming of outsiders. They say they are “friendly” but they are not. They will help you with directions or restaurant recommendations but will not invite you out with them or their clique. They actually are unfriendly in total, which I have heard from numerous people who relocated here and later wished they hadn’t. The sports teams are losers, the education system sucks, the politics are whatever, and the weather is legendary for being horrible. The locals think this place is much better than what it really is, because they haven’t seen better to know better. It is boring, boring, boring! I would AVOID BUFFALO and go elsewhere. They are starting to have $20 burgers here that are worth about $7 at the most. Bad idea, and those places will soon be out of business.This is still Buffalo! Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit, and other rust belt cities are now all ahead of Buffalo. And don’t tell me about Canalside, LOL - a boardwalk with a stage, so what? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13457 "2017-11-11T22:19:39Z")
Huh? ---
**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 11, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13458 "2017-11-11T22:20:07Z")
> [@buffalobill](#): > > Buffalo is definitely NOT a good city, you should avoid it if you are from a bigger, better place especially. This is a closed society that is not welcoming of outsiders. They say they are “friendly” but they are not. They will help you with directions or restaurant recommendations but will not invite you out with them or their clique. They actually are unfriendly in total, which I have heard from numerous people who relocated here and later wished they hadn’t. The sports teams are losers, the education system sucks, the politics are whatever, and the weather is legendary for being horrible. The locals think this place is much better than what it really is, because they haven’t seen better to know better. It is boring, boring, boring! I would AVOID BUFFALO and go elsewhere. They are starting to have $20 burgers here that are worth about $7 at the most. Bad idea, and those places will soon be out of business.This is still Buffalo! Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit, and other rust belt cities are now all ahead of Buffalo. And don’t tell me about Canalside, LOL - a boardwalk with a stage, so what? Wow, you came back after 4 years to bitch about Buffalo a second time. That’s some serious commitment to hating a city. I mean, I don’t like St. Louis, but I wouldn’t spend 4 years proselytizing about how everyone should hate St Louis on random message boards. ---
**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 11, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13459 "2017-11-11T22:30:42Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > Fucking A. (Is that still an expression?) autodefenestration ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13460 "2017-11-11T23:14:23Z")
I’m eagerly awaiting **buffalobill** ’s scheduled 2021 Yelp review of Buffalo, NY. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13461 "2017-11-11T23:20:47Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > autodefenestration pseudoautodefenestration ---
**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:** [November 11, 2017, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13462 "2017-11-11T23:36:47Z")
> [@buffalobill](#): > > Buffalo is definitely NOT a good city, you should avoid it if you are from a bigger, better place especially. …\… > [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > Huh? > [@AI\_Proofreader](#): > > Wow, you came back after 4 years to bitch about Buffalo a second time. > > That’s some serious commitment to hating a city. I mean, I don’t like St. Louis, but I wouldn’t spend 4 years proselytizing about how everyone should hate St Louis on random message boards. Apart from that, what the hell is this post doing in this thread?? ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13463 "2017-11-12T00:24:27Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > pseudoautodefenestration Yeah, that one. They won’t be doing it to themselves. It’ll just be made to look that way. Possibly an industry will arise to explain the link between Trump’s contacts with Putin during this overseas trip, and the subsequent window traversals; this industry, dependent on conjecture, may well be called “cryptopseudoautodefenestration.” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13464 "2017-11-12T00:31:47Z")
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