# 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:** 693
**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 28, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13845 "2017-11-28T15:30:48Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > [Even happier.](http://www.gocomics.com/lil-donnie/2017/11/27) “They”? Is anybody but this asshole calling her Pocahontas? ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13846 "2017-11-28T15:53:29Z")
> [@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. Were there more picture than there are now in that slideshow? Because the two I saw still look like the hallway to Melania’s own, personal hell. ---
**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 28, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13847 "2017-11-28T16:14:52Z")
> [@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. Even with better ( which looks like “more”) lighting, I look at that hallway and think "If I walk down through that gauntlet of clinging branches, my sweater’s going to get caught and pull one of them down. Maybe a whole row, like dominoes. Like that row of Buddha statues in _Big Trouble in Little China_. " ---
**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 28, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13848 "2017-11-28T16:19:52Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Even with better ( which looks like “more”) lighting, I look at that hallway and think "If I walk down through that gauntlet of clinging branches, my sweater’s going to get caught and pull one of them down. Maybe a whole row, like dominoes. Like that row of Buddha statues in _Big Trouble in Little China_. " “It’s in the wrist action.” ---
**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, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13849 "2017-11-28T16:38:26Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > …like the hallway to Melania’s own, personal hell. The bedroom? ---
**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 28, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13850 "2017-11-28T16:51:58Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > The bedroom? The Lincoln bedroom. Donald makes her wear the beard and stovepipe hat. ---
**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 28, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13851 "2017-11-28T18:35:19Z")
OK. That was funny. ---
**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 28, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13852 "2017-11-28T20:07:15Z")
[Eric Trump compares ‘Pocahontas’ insult to Disney profiting off ‘Pocahontas’ movie](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/eric-trump-compares-%E2%80%98pocahontas%E2%80%99-insult-to-disney-profiting-off-%E2%80%98pocahontas%E2%80%99-movie/ar-BBFSpw2?li=BBnb7Kz) > [@](#): > > “The irony of an ABC reporter (whose parent company Disney has profited nearly half a billion dollars on the movie ‘Pocahontas’) inferring that the name is ‘offensive’ is truly staggering to me,” Eric Trump tweeted Tuesday. Is he really this stupid? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13853 "2017-11-28T20:09:09Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > [Eric Trump compares ‘Pocahontas’ insult to Disney profiting off ‘Pocahontas’ movie](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/eric-trump-compares-%E2%80%98pocahontas%E2%80%99-insult-to-disney-profiting-off-%E2%80%98pocahontas%E2%80%99-movie/ar-BBFSpw2?li=BBnb7Kz) > > Is he really this stupid? Is that really a question? ---
**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, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13854 "2017-11-28T20:44:04Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > You’re not far off. Here’s a pic of the interior staircase entrance in the library in Ljubljana, Slovenia, designed by the great Slovenian architect Jose Plecnik: > > [plecnik library ljubljana interior - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C9BKJA_enUS620US620&hl=en-US&biw=1024&bih=653&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=heccWu3RBYjF_QbJlICoBQ&q=plecnik+library+ljubljana+interior&oq=plecnik+library+ljubljana+interior&gs_l=mobile-gws-img.3...23654.25307.0.26644.10.10.0.0.0.0.313.1022.7j1j0j1.9.0....0...1c..64.mobile-gws-img..1.0.0....110.mIaiUatNddI#imgdii=DxfM887nbzJjMM:&imgrc=ie11_ZTWsPTZMM:) > > Look familiar? Are you implying that Melania has any idea what a “library” is? ---
**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 28, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13855 "2017-11-28T20:47:09Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > A lot of people have been having fun with that image: > > [Spooky White House Christmas Chamber Is Creeping Everyone The Heck Out | HuffPost Entertainment](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/white-house-christmas-nightmare_us_5a1d1259e4b04e8b2a83f8dd?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009) More than just tweeting snark about it — I haven’t seen this myself on-line, but there was a mention that people are also having fun photoshopping it. Someone mentioned a pic, for example, of that horror hallway with Jack Skellington shopped into it. (Can somebody find it and link?) ---
**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 28, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13856 "2017-11-28T20:52:03Z")
It’s on the original twitter; just scroll down. [https://twitter.com/StephGrisham45/status/934945910467031041](https://twitter.com/StephGrisham45/status/934945910467031041) ETA: It’s not Jack Skellington; it’s _Jared_ Skellington. EATA: keep scrolling; Jack is there too (and a host of others). ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13857 "2017-11-28T21:08:11Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Are you implying that Melania has any idea what a “library” is? Of course she does. It’s the place she goes that don fears to tread. ---
**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 28, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13858 "2017-11-28T21:28:38Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > [Eric Trump compares ‘Pocahontas’ insult to Disney profiting off ‘Pocahontas’ movie](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/eric-trump-compares-%E2%80%98pocahontas%E2%80%99-insult-to-disney-profiting-off-%E2%80%98pocahontas%E2%80%99-movie/ar-BBFSpw2?li=BBnb7Kz) > > > [@](#): > > > > “The irony of an ABC reporter (whose parent company Disney has profited nearly half a billion dollars on the movie ‘Pocahontas’) inferring that the name is ‘offensive’ is truly staggering to me,” Eric Trump tweeted Tuesday. > > Is he really this stupid? Well, he appears to be unaware of the distinction between “infer” and “imply,” so you do the math. ---
**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 28, 2017, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13859 "2017-11-28T22:05:10Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > More than just tweeting snark about it — > I haven’t seen this myself on-line, but there was a mention that people are also having fun photoshopping it. Someone mentioned a pic, for example, of that horror hallway with Jack Skellington shopped into it. (Can somebody find it and link?) And one with the two sisters from _The Shining_. And one with Slender Man. And one with someone with major eye damage from having gotten caught by a branch. That one seems pretty likely to actually happen. This Twitter link shows them all: [x.com](https://twitter.com/StephGrisham45/status/934945910467031041) ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13860 "2017-11-28T22:07:21Z")
I must be stupid because all I see is Trump making fun of someone for making untrue claims on their CV, and then referring to it today - okay he didn’t need to make a political point during this ceremony but he can’t help but be crass. All I know about the real Pocahontas is she was a vulnerable kid who died young. ---
**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 28, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13861 "2017-11-28T22:18:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Trump making fun of someone for making untrue claims on their CV Who did this? Not Elizabeth Warren. The Libyan government is saying since the President of the United States is saying that CNN is fake news, then their reports on the Libyan slave activity must be untrue. > **['Fake news': Libya seizes on Trump tweet to discredit CNN slavery report](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/28/libya-slave-trade-cnn-report-trump-fake-news)** > > Libyan media question CNN report on modern slave auctions in the country, a sign of US president’s attacks having real world effect ---
**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 28, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13862 "2017-11-28T22:48:18Z")
And you think Trump would give two shits about that because … ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13863 "2017-11-28T23:09:38Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > And you think Trump would give two shits about that because … It’s not that Trump should care, it’s that the president of the United States has denigrated the press sufficiently that it’s giving the Libyan government cover to continue allowing slave trading. ---
**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 28, 2017, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13864 "2017-11-28T23:18:06Z")
Yes. I understand that. You understand that. Sane, rational people understand that. I don’t really see the point in upbraiding Trump over it though. He’s a narcissistic idiot who would only start to give a shit about any of the consequences of his fat mouth when it started to affect millionaires. Libyan slave trade? May as well be Fantasy Baseball Trade Day for all he gives a shit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=692) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=694)