# 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:** 691
**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 27, 2017, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13805 "2017-11-27T04:56:50Z")
Richard Cordray resigned from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday, and named Leandra English as his replacement. Trump named Mick Mulvaney (who voted to kill the agency when he was in Congress) to serve as acting director instead, so English has filed suit to prevent Mulvaney from taking over. The agency is supposed to be an independent agency, but by naming his Budget Director to also serve as the director of the CFPB, Trump has commingled the two agencies in a way which was supposed to be prevented under federal law. > **[Showdown over top post at key watchdog agency | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/26/politics/leandra-english-cfpb-lawsuit-donald-trump/index.html)** > > A showdown over the leadership of a major consumer fraud protection agency was underway Monday, as both President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the person tapped by its former director showed up to work. ---
**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 27, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13806 "2017-11-27T13:41:30Z")
Poor Senator Hatch. Sherrod Brown criticized the Republican tax plan. The man from Utah [responded](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/17/16669820/sen-orrin-hatch-sherrod-brown-tax-plan-shouting), _I come from the poor people, and I have been here working my whole stinking career for people who don’t have a chance, and I really resent anybody who says I’m just doing this for the rich — give me a break. Listen I have honored you by allowing you to spout off here, and what you’ve said is not right. I come from the lower middle class originally. We didn’t have anything, so don’t spew that stuff on me. I get a little tired of crap._ Really, if you are tired of crap, old man, stop rolling in it. ---
**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 27, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13807 "2017-11-27T21:23:42Z")
[Dictionary.com](http://Dictionary.com) has chosen “complicit” as the word of the year. [http://thehill.com/homenews/news/361929-dictionarycom-picks-complicit-as-2017-word-of-the-year](http://thehill.com/homenews/news/361929-dictionarycom-picks-complicit-as-2017-word-of-the-year) ---
**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 27, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13808 "2017-11-27T21:39:02Z")
Melania’s first attempt at Christmas decor for the White House looks like something out of a horror film A tweet from her communications director: [https://twitter.com/StephGrisham45/status/934945910467031041](https://twitter.com/StephGrisham45/status/934945910467031041) ---
**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 27, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13809 "2017-11-27T21:44:25Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Richard Cordray resigned from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday, and named Leandra English as his replacement. Trump named Mick Mulvaney (who voted to kill the agency when he was in Congress) to serve as acting director instead, so English has filed suit to prevent Mulvaney from taking over. > The agency is supposed to be an independent agency, but by naming his Budget Director to also serve as the director of the CFPB, Trump has commingled the two agencies in a way which was supposed to be prevented under federal law. > [http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/26/politics/leandra-english-cfpb-lawsuit-donald-trump/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/26/politics/leandra-english-cfpb-lawsuit-donald-trump/index.html) The next step: Presidential Medals of Freedom for the Wells Fargo executives who carried out the creation of 3.5 million fake accounts for its customers, charging them upwards of $6.1 million in fees and charges for those accounts they didn’t know they had. It’s an inspiration to all American businesses! The numbers are from [Wells Fargo review finds 1.4M more potentially fake accounts](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/08/31/wells-fargo-review-finds-1-4-m-more-unauthorized-accounts/619794001/) ---
**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:** [November 27, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13810 "2017-11-27T22:20:47Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Melania’s first attempt at Christmas decor for the White House looks like something out of a horror film > A tweet from her communications director: > [x.com](https://twitter.com/StephGrisham45/status/934945910467031041) That definitely looks like she hired the White Witch of Narnia to design it. (And I see someone compared it to the maze from “The Shining.”) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13811 "2017-11-27T22:27:23Z")
It’s Christmastime in Ljubljana! An extra portion of sour turnip stew for every pannikin! ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13812 "2017-11-27T22:31:46Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Melania’s first attempt at Christmas decor for the White House looks like something out of a horror film > A tweet from her communications director: > [x.com](https://twitter.com/StephGrisham45/status/934945910467031041) Oh, dear. I mean, she and the other apolitical family members are pretty well off limits to me, but…oh, dear. ---
**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 27, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13813 "2017-11-27T22:38:42Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Melania’s first attempt at Christmas decor for the White House looks like something out of a horror film > A tweet from her communications director: > [x.com](https://twitter.com/StephGrisham45/status/934945910467031041) Best reply ever: “Who’s the funeral for? Oh wait, democracy in America. I forgot.” :D:(:mad: ---
**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 27, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13814 "2017-11-27T22:51:36Z")
> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#): > > Best reply ever: “Who’s the funeral for? Oh wait, democracy in America. I forgot.” :D:(:mad: I liked this reply: “Are Christmas decorations supposed to give you creeping anxiety and a feeling of lingering dread?” Um… in this case, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13815 "2017-11-27T22:58:23Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Melania’s first attempt at Christmas decor for the White House looks like something out of a horror film > A tweet from her communications director: > [x.com](https://twitter.com/StephGrisham45/status/934945910467031041) Love this - > ---
**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 27, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13816 "2017-11-27T22:59:46Z")
In fairness, that one shot doesn’t tell the whole story. Check out this [slide show.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/melania-trump-unveils-christmas-white-slideshow-wp-145220833/photo-p-white-house-christmas-tree-photo-145220250.html)The hall of branches looks quite stylish under brighter lighting. ---
**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 27, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13817 "2017-11-27T23:17:45Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Melania’s first attempt at Christmas decor for the White House looks like something out of a horror film > A tweet from her communications director: > [x.com](https://twitter.com/StephGrisham45/status/934945910467031041) Donald must be so disappointed. Not a single bit of gold leaf to be found. SAD! ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13818 "2017-11-27T23:33:11Z")
At an event honoring [Navajo code talkers](http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/27/politics/trump-pocahontas-navajo-code-talkers/index.html), Trump referenced “Pocahontas” and said “But you know what, I like you. You are special people.” There’s some additional babbling about who’s been where longer. I can’t speak for all Americans, but I extend my apologies to Native Americans for this president. I didn’t vote for him, but he’s still there, making an ass of himself, and us, every day. This has been today’s reminder to vote. ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13819 "2017-11-28T01:41:28Z")
I didn’t vote for the jackass either and when I saw that about Warren it didn’t made me feel proud to be an American ! trump make a shit show out of everything he does ! I am pretty sure my daughter wouldn’t hold this against you Sunny Daze . My daughter’s dad was Black and Native American . This was so disrespectful to Native Americans being honored for being Codes Talkers and Heroes . ---
**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 28, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13820 "2017-11-28T01:47:07Z")
Pocahontas was a Navajo? Huh. Learn something new every day. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13821 "2017-11-28T01:49:55Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > At an event honoring [Navajo code talkers](http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/27/politics/trump-pocahontas-navajo-code-talkers/index.html), Trump referenced “Pocahontas” and said “But you know what, I like you. You are special people.” There’s some additional babbling about who’s been where longer. > > I can’t speak for all Americans, but I extend my apologies to Native Americans for this president. I didn’t vote for him, but he’s still there, making an ass of himself, and us, every day. > > This has been today’s reminder to vote. At times like this, it’s hard to tell whether he’s just being an asshole as usual, or whether he’s desperately trying to create a distraction: [Flynn’s lawyer meets with Mueller’s team](https://nypost.com/2017/11/27/flynns-lawyer-meets-with-muellers-team/) ---
**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 28, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13822 "2017-11-28T01:54:54Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > In fairness, that one shot doesn’t tell the whole story. Check out this [slide show.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/melania-trump-unveils-christmas-white-slideshow-wp-145220833/photo-p-white-house-christmas-tree-photo-145220250.html)The hall of branches looks quite stylish under brighter lighting. I like #5, the closeup of some titles on the book tree: Tainted Evidence, World of Golf, America in Mourning, and on top of course, Holding Up the World (what exactly does that mean?) ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13823 "2017-11-28T02:02:33Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > At times like this, it’s hard to tell whether he’s just being an asshole as usual, or whether he’s desperately trying to create a distraction: > > [Flynn’s lawyer meets with Mueller’s team](https://nypost.com/2017/11/27/flynns-lawyer-meets-with-muellers-team/) I go with being an asshole, trump couldn’t let a chance like pass him to insult Warren ! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13824 "2017-11-28T02:25:57Z")
Probably just figured that any _real_ Native American must loathe and despise her so much that they will swear their loyalty to Donald, of House Harkonnen, worst of his name… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=690) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=692)