# 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:** 681
**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 16, 2017, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13605 "2017-11-16T05:27:18Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > All the poor Republicans are merely _temporarily embarrassed_ millionaire elephant hunters. > [@elucidator](#): > > “…Ma, I’ll be there. Everywhere they dine on whooping crane livers while sipping 1926 Chateau Effete Rothschild, I’ll be there, wherever baby harp seals are clubbed to make their pampered tampons, I’ll be there, Ma…” I saw what you both did there… ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13606 "2017-11-16T05:42:37Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > The twitters are having fun/outrage with that one. Example: > [Twitter Slams Donald Trump For Tweeting Condolences About The Wrong Mass Shooting](https://www.yahoo.com/news/twitter-slams-donald-trump-tweeting-085122436.html) And it now seems the Tweet in question is gone, gone, gone. Fortunately, as fast as Doddering Donald may want to send his more embarrassing moments down the memory hole, the save function is faster. ---
**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 16, 2017, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13607 "2017-11-16T06:01:13Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > And it now seems the Tweet in question is gone, gone, gone. > > Fortunately, as fast as Doddering Donald may want to send his more embarrassing moments down the memory hole, the save function is faster. I’m sure there are thousands who subscribe (or follow or whatever it’s called) just to catch and save his fuckups before he can delete 'em. ---
**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 16, 2017, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13608 "2017-11-16T09:48:00Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > Has anyone counted? Reagan holds the record at 88 “I don’t recall” or “I don’t remember” statements during his Iran-contra testimony. > [@eschereal](#): > > Eighty-eight? Now that is an interesting coincidence. If you make it to 88 lies per hour, you can go back in time and change the past so you didn’t actually do the thing Congress is asking you about. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13609 "2017-11-16T11:48:11Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > 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. 😃 I just saw Stephen Colbert showing a clip of Trump mocking someone else for the way the other person was drinking from a water bottle. Yep, the twerp’s dominant personality component is childishness. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13610 "2017-11-16T12:41:21Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I just saw Stephen Colbert showing a clip of Trump mocking someone else for the way the other person was drinking from a water bottle. > > Yep, the twerp’s dominant personality component is childishness. That would be Marco Rubio’s infamous snatching for the water bottle during his rebuttal to the State of the Union address back in 2013. At one point he sort of lurched for his PET bottle of water and quickly slurped down some water, as if he’d suddenly gotten severe dry mouth. It was a weird moment, but unforgettable. Jon Stewart on _The Daily Show_ wonderfully highlighted it as “Water for Elephants” (using the same logo that they did for the 2011 movie). Commented _The New Torker_: > [@](#): > > At the very least, Rubio has given the political world a teaching moment: position a tall, clear glass of water on an easily accessible flat surface near the politician. Remind said politician to drink from it, if absolutely necessary, in a calm and resolute manner. > **[Marco Rubio’s Water-Bottle Moment](https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/marco-rubios-water-bottle-moment)** > > By the second minute of Marco Rubio’s official Republican response to the President’s State of the Union address last night, it was clear that the … Evidently the message didn’t stick, at least with Trump, because there he was, opening the bottle and drinking from it in a thoroughly ludicrous fashion I can understand needing a drink, especially up in front of the cameras, and in any sort of tense situation. I certainly cut Rubio some slack for it. But I'm less inclined to do the same for Trump, considering how he very publicly shamed Rubio for his handling of the Water Bottle during the campaign: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Trump+mocks+Rubio+YouTube+water+bottle&view=detail&mid=6B85D9FBD6C29798D63E6B85D9FBD6C29798D63E&FORM=VIRE Rubio got a bit of his own back: > [@](#): > > Similar,but needs work on his form.Has to be done in one single motion & eyes should never leave the camera. But not bad for his 1st time [x.com](https://twitter.com/warddpatrick/status/930899999092887552) … [http://people.com/politics/trump-sip-water-speech-marco-rubio/](http://people.com/politics/trump-sip-water-speech-marco-rubio/) As did Stephen Colbert: > **[Colbert mocks Trump's awkward water bottle moment: 'That is hard to watch'](https://ew.com/tv/2017/11/15/colbert-mocks-trumps-water-bottle-moment/)** > > The president returned from Asia, and Colbert quipped, 'It was't just attention he was thirsty for' ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13611 "2017-11-16T13:03:37Z")
HuffPost has an entire page on this debacle: > **[Thirsty Trump's Desperate Dash For Water Has Everyone Crying With Laughter](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/thirsty-trump-water-jokes_n_5a0d20a6e4b0b37054f4684f?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009)** > > The president needs a drink. Badly. It includes this gem: > [@](#): > > Don’t make fun of Trump for drinking water during a press conference. Make fun of the fact that he needed two hands to drink out of one of those small Fiji bottles. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13612 "2017-11-16T13:45:44Z")
Okay, be honest here. When Trump ducked below the podium, you thought he was checking–and hoping–for a hooker, shades of _Police Academy_, didn’t you? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13613 "2017-11-16T13:59:14Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I just saw Stephen Colbert showing a clip of Trump mocking someone else for the way the other person was drinking from a water bottle. > > Yep, the twerp’s dominant personality component is childishness. Roy Moore probably wants to date him. ---
**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 16, 2017, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13614 "2017-11-16T14:08:53Z")
> [@](#): > > he needed two hands to drink out of one of those small Fiji bottles. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13615 "2017-11-16T14:22:20Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Rubio got a bit of his own back: > > > [@](#): > > > > Similar,but needs work on his form.Has to be done in one single motion & eyes should never leave the camera. But not bad for his 1st time Godammit, Rubio. That almost makes me want to like you. ---
**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 16, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13616 "2017-11-16T18:41:51Z")
If I saw a random 71yo drink from a water bottle that way, I would assume a stroke survivor. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13617 "2017-11-16T18:43:25Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > If I saw a random 71yo drink from a water bottle that way, I would assume a stroke survivor. I found that disconcerting. He looked unwell to me. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13618 "2017-11-16T18:56:52Z")
Or early-stage Parkinson’s? ---
**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 16, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13619 "2017-11-16T19:00:58Z")
I’ve seen speculation about his returning from his Asia trip earlier than scheduled because he was exhausted. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13620 "2017-11-16T19:02:39Z")
Maybe he tore a rotator cuff in that crossed-arm dance he did with the Devil. ---
**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 16, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13621 "2017-11-16T19:13:30Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > If I saw a random 71yo drink from a water bottle that way, I would assume a stroke survivor. Naw. I just don’t think his hands can handle a grown-up’s bottle. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13622 "2017-11-16T19:27:50Z")
OK, as much as I’m opposed to all things Trump, the water drinking thing looks like a stretch to me. I was expecting a spazz gushing water everywhere from all the hype, but saw nothing out of the ordinary. I get it’s karma for him mocking Rubio, but for all of Trump’s mishaps, this one ranks at the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13623 "2017-11-16T19:32:15Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Naw. I just don’t think his hands can handle a grown-up’s bottle. Our [Toddler-in-Chief](https://imgflip.com/i/1zi611). ---
**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 16, 2017, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13624 "2017-11-16T19:32:18Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Naw. I just don’t think his hands can handle a grown-up’s bottle. He needs one of [these](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jo01f5exYH0/maxresdefault.jpg)with the Presidential seal on it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=680) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=682)