# 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:** 679
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13565 "2017-11-15T09:27:51Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Benjamin Wittes has a thread on how this might be [less than it seems.](https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/930269970268852224) It might be Sessions actually shutting this down. Might. Credit where it’s due, today Jim Jordan (R-Wingnut) was badgering Sessions to appoint a special counsel to investigate Hillary, and Sessions responded, “I would say, ‘looks like’ is not enough basis to appoint a special counsel.” ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13566 "2017-11-15T10:26:17Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The State Department has just hired a Russian company to run security _ **within the US Embassy in Moscow** _. The company was founded by Viktor Budanov, who was the head of the KGB in East Germany when Putin was an agent there. > [U.S. Embassy Hires Security Firm of Former Putin Spy](https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-embassy-hires-security-firm-of-former-putin-spy) Madre de Dios… If I was a worker in the US Embassy I’d make sure to leave my credit cards and any ID that wasn’t strictly required at home. And the pictures of my cat. ---
**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 15, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13567 "2017-11-15T17:29:13Z")
[Trump copy-pastes](http://start.att.net/news/read/article/people-trump_confuses_mass_shootings_tweeting_condolences-rtime/category/news) his Texas shooting tweet in response to the recent shooting in California. > [@](#): > > While others claimed Trump disclosed his template for post-massacre tweets. > > Trump just tweeted again about the church shooting in Sutherland Springs. The 1st tweet was the day of the event, 9 days ago. Is this his shooting tweet template? He forgot to change the location to today’s shooting: California. [pic.twitter.com/IToC7UXkyP—](http://pic.twitter.com/IToC7UXkyP%E2%80%94)[Shannon Ritenour](https://twitter.com/ShannonRitenour/status/930660769573883910) (@ShannonRitenour) November 15, 2017 ---
**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 15, 2017, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13568 "2017-11-15T17:48:08Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Their loyalty was rather easily captured by Trump and would be easily transferred to someone else. The Republicans just need another charismatic populist; there’s apparently tens of millions of people who will follow one as long as they hate the right people. Sounds like a job for Lonesome Rhodes (except that Andy Griffith died)! ---
**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 15, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13569 "2017-11-15T18:26:02Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [Trump copy-pastes](http://start.att.net/news/read/article/people-trump_confuses_mass_shootings_tweeting_condolences-rtime/category/news) his Texas shooting tweet in response to the recent shooting in California. The twitters are having fun/outrage with that one. Example: > [@](#): > > My God be with the people of [insert next mass shooting location here]. The FBI and Law Enforcement _have_ (correct grammar mine) arrived. #GunControlNow#TrumpIsAMoron [Twitter Slams Donald Trump For Tweeting Condolences About The Wrong Mass Shooting](https://www.yahoo.com/news/twitter-slams-donald-trump-tweeting-085122436.html) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13570 "2017-11-15T18:31:43Z")
Well, when you have to do something with numbing regularity (like send out tweets about mass shootings), it’s best to automate the process, yes? ---
**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 15, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13571 "2017-11-15T18:39:41Z")
I am posting agreement with the position put forth by the previous poster! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13572 "2017-11-15T19:15:24Z")
+1 ---
**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 15, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13573 "2017-11-15T19:23:01Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I am posting agreement with the position put forth by the previous poster! I’m posting agreement with the position I put forth previously! ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13574 "2017-11-15T19:39:48Z")
Previous post perfectly personifies my presumed personal position on proposed prior preposition, with a preponderance of punctuation. ---
**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 15, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13575 "2017-11-15T19:52:42Z")
Jefferson Beauregard may have set a record for the most "I don’t recall"s in a single testimony. On The View today, they ran a clip of Hillary testifying before the Senate when she said “I don’t recall” and Sessions, then a Senator, said that the repeated use of “I don’t recall” was a criminal act. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13576 "2017-11-15T19:59:40Z")
Running Johnson is right about Snowboarder Johnson being right. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13577 "2017-11-15T20:43:40Z")
Is anyone watching this speech? I have the sound down, but I’ve read at least 11 lies by watching his lips. ETA: OMG. THere’s the water bottle we love so much. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13578 "2017-11-15T23:33:22Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Jefferson Beauregard may have set a record for the most "I don’t recall"s in a single testimony. On The View today, they ran a clip of Hillary testifying before the Senate when she said “I don’t recall” and Sessions, then a Senator, said that the repeated use of “I don’t recall” was a criminal act. Has anyone counted? Reagan holds the [record](http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-02-23/news/9001160156_1_iran-contra-testimony-recall) at 88 “I don’t recall” or “I don’t remember” statements during his Iran-contra testimony. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13579 "2017-11-16T00:02:44Z")
Don’t worry. The Mnuchin’s have [learned their lesson](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/11/15/treasury-boss-mnuchin-wife-raise-eyebrows-with-big-money-photo-op.html) about looking like entitled assholes. (Also, why is his wife traveling with him, exactly?) ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13580 "2017-11-16T00:03:56Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Don’t worry. The Mnuchin’s have [learned their lesson](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/11/15/treasury-boss-mnuchin-wife-raise-eyebrows-with-big-money-photo-op.html) about looking like entitled assholes. > > (Also, why is his wife traveling with him, exactly?) They could have used $100 bills. So, there’s some progress. ---
**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 16, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13581 "2017-11-16T00:05:55Z")
[Trump’s pick for assistant labor secretary for mine safety and health was confirmed today](https://apnews.com/27a97368d6be47d1a6546b60ac5f572f/Senate-confirms-retired-coal-boss-to-oversee-mine-safety): > [@](#): > > David Zatezalo was confirmed as assistant labor secretary for mine safety and health by a 52-46 vote. > > Zatezalo, of West Virginia, retired in 2014 as chairman of Rhino Resources, a coal company cited for repeated safety violations. A miner died at a Rhino mine in West Virginia in 2011. > > Zatezalo said at his confirmation hearing last month that safety will be his top priority, noting that he replaced the managers of the mine where the employee died. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13582 "2017-11-16T00:36:00Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Shep Smith of Fox News explains why the uranium thing is no story. And Neil Cavuto says he sees not point in interviewing Trump. > [http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/as-shep-smith-shoots-down-the-uranium-one-scandal-neil-cavuto-says-he-wont-have-trump-on-his-show/348660](http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/as-shep-smith-shoots-down-the-uranium-one-scandal-neil-cavuto-says-he-wont-have-trump-on-his-show/348660) This isn’t the first time Shep has forcefully pushed back on the Faux News Bullshit Story Of the Week, he did the same thing with the “Obama Tapped My Wires” story back in the spring (seems like a hundred years ago, doesn’t it?). His show is actually like a real newscast, that’s why they keep him in a mid-afternoon slot. He looks like he’s being held hostage, I expect him to make a break for it soon and escape to CNN. ---
**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 16, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13583 "2017-11-16T01:11:02Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > Has anyone counted? Reagan holds the [record](http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-02-23/news/9001160156_1_iran-contra-testimony-recall) at 88 “I don’t recall” or “I don’t remember” statements during his Iran-contra testimony. Eighty-eight? Now that is an interesting coincidence. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13584 "2017-11-16T01:11:32Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Don’t worry. The Mnuchin’s have [learned their lesson](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/11/15/treasury-boss-mnuchin-wife-raise-eyebrows-with-big-money-photo-op.html) about looking like entitled assholes. > > (Also, why is his wife traveling with him, exactly?) She looks like the femme fatale who ropes him in, only to betray and kill him later in the movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=678) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=680)