# 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:** 688
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13745 "2017-11-24T14:30:56Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > If he seriously believes the plane is invisible, that’s proof that he has no grasp of reality. It’s kind of embarrassing. You know, like he watches on the movies. Like Wonder Woman. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13746 "2017-11-24T14:33:22Z")
Apparently the F-35 is the plane flown by [Wonder Woman](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a3/Invisible_plane.jpg). ETA: ninja’d! ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13747 "2017-11-24T16:37:14Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Even translated, Kim’s comments are more lucid and grammatical than Trump’s. > > I’m surprised he didn’t ask how the pilots find the plane. Captain Kirk: “Okay, everyone! Remember where we parked!” ---
**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 24, 2017, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13748 "2017-11-24T18:17:25Z")
> [@HelenGawn](#): > > Captain Kirk: “Okay, everyone! Remember where we parked!” In Golden Gate Park. Just find your way back there after visiting nuclear wessel. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13749 "2017-11-24T18:38:35Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > You have to wear the special glasses from inside the cereal box and THEN it’s invisible. No, Trump just accidentally threw his towel over the cockpit. Since the plane couldn’t see him, he couldn’t see it. (Any inferred comparison between His Orangeness and the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Trall is purely coinci … oh, who am I trying to kid?) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13750 "2017-11-24T18:56:50Z")
The F-35, the Flying Money Pit! The Trump University of Armament! ---
**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 24, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13751 "2017-11-24T18:56:58Z")
Is there a thread to speculate on _Time’s Person of the Year 2017_ ? Nominations should include Kim Jong-Un - showed he wasn’t the most childish leader with nukes Robert Mueller — America’s great hope Jared Kushner - reinvented government, solved the opioid epidemic, worked on criminal justice reform, operated a shadow Dept of State, and found Middle East peace solution Others? John McCain? Roy Moore? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13752 "2017-11-24T18:58:48Z")
How about that guy that went to the newsstand and actually bought a copy of _Time_? ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13753 "2017-11-24T18:59:33Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I’m surprised he didn’t ask how the pilots find the plane. I’m sure he wanted to, but thought he’d look smart pretending that he already knew. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13754 "2017-11-24T18:59:43Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > I hope this one makes the rounds. The Military rank and file coming to the inescapable realization that their CIC is a clueless imbecile, and could get them killed over nothing, is one source that could make a dent in the titanium reinforced delusion of the Trump cultists. You’d think it would make a dent. You would be wrong. If Trump says the plane is invisible, then, The. Plane. Is. Invisible. That’s it. As one recent Trumpster said in an interview, he would believe Trump before he would believe Jesus. The power of self-delusion is very, very strong. ---
**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 24, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13755 "2017-11-24T20:49:18Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Is there a thread to speculate on _Time’s Person of the Year 2017_ ? > Nominations should include > Kim Jong-Un - showed he wasn’t the most childish leader with nukes > Robert Mueller — America’s great hope > Jared Kushner - reinvented government, solved the opioid epidemic, worked on criminal justice reform, operated a shadow Dept of State, and found Middle East peace solution > Others? John McCain? Roy Moore? > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > You’d think it would make a dent. You would be wrong. > If Trump says the plane is invisible, then, > The. > Plane. > Is. > Invisible. > > That’s it. As one recent Trumpster said in an interview, he would believe Trump before he would believe Jesus. _There’s_ Time’s cover: **Brain-Disorder of the Year**. This particular brain disorder gave the US ‘President Trump,’ and placed the entire globe in peril. Surely it deserves widespread acknowledgement. ---
**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 24, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13756 "2017-11-24T20:52:52Z")
Trump is golfing with Tiger Woods today. Press pool is not allowed on the golf course, but members are posting pics. ---
**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 25, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13757 "2017-11-25T01:34:41Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Trump is golfing with Tiger Woods today. Press pool is not allowed on the golf course, but members are posting pics. Betcha Trump beats Tiger! Even though Tiger is a GOOD n…, he’s still not allowed to beat Trump. Nobody beats the Trump. ---
**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 25, 2017, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13758 "2017-11-25T02:14:08Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Is there a thread to speculate on _Time’s Person of the Year 2017_ ? > [@elucidator](#): > > How about that guy that went to the newsstand and actually bought a copy of _Time_? Whoo-hoo! ---
**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 25, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13759 "2017-11-25T02:32:41Z")
[Trump sez he passed on being on the cover of Time.](http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/24/politics/president-donald-trump-time-magazine/index.html) Guess he figured he could just as easily [make his own cover](http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/28/politics/trump-time-magazine/index.html) and have it pass for the real thing. ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13760 "2017-11-25T04:56:22Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > [Trump sez he passed on being on the cover of Time.](http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/24/politics/president-donald-trump-time-magazine/index.html) > > Guess he figured he could just as easily [make his own cover](http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/28/politics/trump-time-magazine/index.html) and have it pass for the real thing. The story’s developed from being strange and embarrassing, to outright bizarre. > > [@](#): > > The President is incorrect about how we choose Person of the Year. TIME does not comment on our choice until publication, which is December 6. So did Trump dream the phone call? Misunderstand a wrong number? Just make it up? Get pranked by Don Jr? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13761 "2017-11-25T05:51:10Z")
Given the Psychology of Trumps, initially made it up, almost immediately came to believe it. ---
**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 25, 2017, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13762 "2017-11-25T05:54:53Z")
> [@Junior\_Spaceman](#): > > So did Trump dream the phone call? Misunderstand a wrong number? Just make it up? Get pranked by Don Jr? He gets people talking about him, makes it look like he was the real Person of the Year regardless of who gets picked, and gets to boast about how modest he is. It’s the perfect Trump trifecta. ---
**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 25, 2017, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13763 "2017-11-25T06:11:50Z")
> [@Junior\_Spaceman](#): > > So did Trump dream the phone call? Misunderstand a wrong number? Just make it up? Get pranked by Don Jr? I generally assume that whenever Loser Donald says he “got a call” from someone that he was just yelling into a handset that isn’t plugged in while the voice in his head responds “Yes, Mr. Trump, you are very smart and rich and your hands are very big and manly”. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13764 "2017-11-25T06:51:27Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I generally assume that whenever Loser Donald says he “got a call” from someone that he was just yelling into a handset that isn’t plugged in while the voice in his head responds “Yes, Mr. Trump, you are very smart and rich and your hands are very big and manly”. Maybe Time talked to John, his imaginary publicist. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=687) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=689)