# 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:** 698
**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 30, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13945 "2017-11-30T21:29:39Z")
Buzzfeed is reporting that the WHite House is considering a proposal to turn off intelligence operations to a private company. > **[The Trump Administration Is Mulling A Pitch For A Private “Rendition” And Spy...](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/aramroston/trump-administration-mulls-private-rendition)** > > A private company has proposed that the US government pay it millions to undertake intelligence and covert operations. ---
**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 30, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13946 "2017-11-30T21:49:16Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Sanders is doing the press briefing and it looks like she drew on her expression. Her left eyebrow has a more pronounced arc than her right. > Makes her look like Spock. She had botox shot up there for exactly that reason. They told her that the Spock look would make people take her seriously. ---
**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 30, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13947 "2017-11-30T22:00:02Z")
It doesn’t make up for her googly cookie-monster eyes. ---
**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 30, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13948 "2017-11-30T22:28:44Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I do not; carry on. Carry on? _Yee-Haaaw!_ Oh, uh, What does this mean? > [@"\[justia](#): > > ([§26-12-101. Vacancies in Congress. :: 2015 Oklahoma Statutes :: US Codes and Statutes :: US Law :: Justia](https://law.justia.com/codes/oklahoma/2015/title-26/section-26-12-101/))"] **26 OK Stat § 26-12-101** (2015) > A. Except as otherwise provided by law, whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of a member of the United States Senate or United States House of Representatives from Oklahoma, such vacancy shall be filled at a Special Election to be called by the Governor within thirty (30) days after such vacancy occurs. > > B. No special election shall be called if the vacancy occurs in an even-numbered year if the term of the office expires the following year. In such case, the candidate elected to the office at the regular General Election shall be appointed by the Governor to fill the unexpired term. (assuming it is still in effect) ---
**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 30, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13949 "2017-11-30T22:47:08Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Buzzfeed is reporting that the WHite House is considering a proposal to turn off intelligence operations to a private company. > [The Trump Administration Is Mulling A Pitch For A Private “Rendition” And Spy Network](https://www.buzzfeed.com/aramroston/trump-administration-mulls-private-rendition?utm_term=.bwy2pq1x5#.ff4L5b3YB) Let me guess: A private company based in Russia? ---
**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 30, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13950 "2017-11-30T22:48:38Z")
Close, Whitefish. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13951 "2017-12-01T01:19:15Z")
[Bo-bo to the rescue](https://www.ora.tv/embed/partner/rawstory_large/playlist/277/v/4). Remember Walter Scott? The man who ran away from a Charleston police officer, only to be shot in the back, and then, as amateur video shows, the officer dropped his taser next to Scott to frame a case that Scott had tried to wrestle it from him? Apparently, _… federal prosecutors have charged the ex-officer with obstruction of justice, which Slager is attempting to beat by relying on the case of another well-known liar: Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Slager’s defense team is pointing to Sessions’ constantly shifting and contradictory congressional testimony to show that their client suffers from the same condition that makes it so hard for the Trump administration official to remember the truth._ they do it, so, so can I. Welcome to normal – _New! and Improved!_ ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13952 "2017-12-01T02:52:11Z")
It’ll be worth it if they call Sessions as a witness to bolster their claim. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13953 "2017-12-01T03:22:57Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Carry on? _Yee-Haaaw!_ > Oh, uh, > > What does this mean? > (assuming it is still in effect) I thought you were about to quote lyrics from the 1970s rock band “Kansas” ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13954 "2017-12-01T03:27:57Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Buzzfeed is reporting that the WHite House is considering a proposal to turn off intelligence operations to a private company. > [The Trump Administration Is Mulling A Pitch For A Private “Rendition” And Spy Network](https://www.buzzfeed.com/aramroston/trump-administration-mulls-private-rendition?utm_term=.bwy2pq1x5#.ff4L5b3YB) Of all the creepy things about Trump’s presidency, this might be the creepiest of them all, and it’s a terrifying warning. When authoritarians begin floating the idea of their own private armies, watch the fucking fuck out. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13955 "2017-12-01T03:33:34Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Of all the creepy things about Trump’s presidency, this might be the creepiest of them all, and it’s a terrifying warning. When authoritarians begin floating the idea of their own private armies, watch the fucking fuck out. The IC being outsourced to a private company loyal to him wouldn’t be a private army. It would be a private secret police. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13956 "2017-12-01T03:39:33Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > The IC being outsourced to a private company loyal to him wouldn’t be a private army. It would be a private secret police. Precisely. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2017, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13957 "2017-12-01T04:23:28Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > It’ll be worth it if they call Sessions as a witness to bolster their claim. “Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?” “No.” “No further questions.” ---
**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:** [December 1, 2017, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13958 "2017-12-01T05:18:09Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I thought you were about to quote lyrics from the 1970s rock band “Kansas” We will always remember… Nothing equals the splendor. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13959 "2017-12-01T12:18:53Z")
> [@AI\_Proofreader](#): > > We will always remember… > > Nothing equals the splendor. I set a course for winds of fortune… ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13960 "2017-12-01T15:05:28Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > I set a course for winds of fortune… How long to the point of no\* return? HOW LONG? \*I no it was spelt know. For this administration, NO is more accurate ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13961 "2017-12-01T19:02:17Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > If this tax bill passes, am I allowed to throw my hands up and just say, “Thanks for the tax cut that I didn’t need, idiot Trump voters”? They still don’t understand, that tax cut for the uber rich (the political donor class and the Kochs) will be paid for through the planned gutting of their social security and Medicare benefits, and will result increased taxes for THEM. It’s trickle down voodoo economics, and they will pay the bill for it. It will also greatly increase the federal deficit (which deficit hawks usually like to scream about) … even though the idea of a federal deficit is bullshit too. Of course they will then us this deficit as an excuse to fuck the “base” and raise taxes on them. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13962 "2017-12-01T19:04:39Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I was listening to NPR this morning, and heard someone I presume was a British official (extremely bad traffic this morning, so radio listening had to take a lower precedence) said that Loser Donnie is ‘racist, unqualified, stupid, or all three.’ Prime Minister May possibly?? 🆒 ---
**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:** [December 1, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13963 "2017-12-01T19:27:47Z")
Flynn took a plea. Heehee. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/13964 "2017-12-01T19:41:03Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Prime Minister May possibly?? 🆒 It was a male. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=697) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=699)