# 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:** 760
**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:** [January 10, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/15185 "2018-01-10T21:28:56Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Do I understand this correctly; Trump is concerned about being poisoned so he has food made by minimum-wage teenagers, without security clearances, then it’s revealed where he gets it and what special instructions indicate which meal is his? Unless spit is poison, he’s probably alright. > [@Folly](#): > > I think its probably more like his germaphobic fear of food poisoning. Not his food being deliberately poisoned. I have never been intentionally poisoned. I have, however gotten food poisoning on more than a few occasions because of poorly trained and equipped restaurant employees. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/15186 "2018-01-10T21:34:09Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > I think its probably more like his germaphobic fear of food poisoning. Not his food being deliberately poisoned. Right, and McD’s has such better food safety than the white house kitchen and the 5 star chefs. He just fucking likes Mc’Donalds. (Or well, I guess he could be that stupid and think that Mc’ds is cleaner/safer than the White House. Hard to say) ---
**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:** [January 10, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/15187 "2018-01-10T21:39:21Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Do I understand this correctly; Trump is concerned about being poisoned so he has food made by minimum-wage teenagers, without security clearances, then it’s revealed where he gets it and what special instructions indicate which meal is his? Too many steps in that for T to understand. But, yeah: it’s an open invitation to do something to his special order–spit or worse. In any case: if T is eating a lot of fast food, then he IS being poisoned, isn’t he? At least from the point of view of his arteries… ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/15188 "2018-01-10T21:48:00Z")
[_Super Size Me_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Size_Me) was supposed to be a cautionary tale, not an infomercial. > [@](#): > > On March 2, Spurlock makes it to day 30 and achieves his goal. In thirty days, he has “Supersized” his meals nine times along the way (five of which were in Texas, four in New York City). His physicians are surprised at the degree of deterioration in Spurlock’s health. He notes that he has eaten as many McDonald’s meals as most nutritionists say the ordinary person should eat in 8 years (he ate 90 meals, which is close to the number of meals consumed once a month in an 8-year period). > … > > The documentary’s end text states that it took Spurlock 5 months to lose 20.1 pounds (9.1 kg) and another 9 months to lose the last 4.5 pounds (2.0 kg). His then-girlfriend Alex, now his ex-wife, began supervising his recovery with her “detox diet”, which became the basis for her book, The Great American Detox Diet. And that was after only 30 days. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/15189 "2018-01-10T22:01:21Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [_Super Size Me_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Size_Me) was supposed to be a cautionary tale, not an infomercial.And that was after only 30 days. The stuff really is massively unhealthy. Maybe one sandwich once in a while wouldn’t do much harm, but from what we’re told about Trump’s eating habits, it genuinely is remarkable that he’s still alive. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/15190 "2018-01-10T22:24:03Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Do I understand this correctly; Trump is concerned about being poisoned so he has food made by minimum-wage teenagers, without security clearances, then it’s revealed where he gets it and what special instructions indicate which meal is his? Perhaps a security clearance will be required for McDonalds, employees? Along with a ‘Food taster’ sub-specialist in the Secret Service. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/15191 "2018-01-10T22:30:59Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > The stuff really is massively unhealthy. Maybe one sandwich once in a while wouldn’t do much harm, but from what we’re told about Trump’s eating habits, it genuinely is remarkable that he’s still alive. This just proves he’s the healthiest President in the history of the country. He must have the strength of an ox to still be mobile after all he’s doing to his body! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/15192 "2018-01-10T22:38:55Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > Perhaps a security clearance will be required for McDonalds, employees? Along with a ‘Food taster’ sub-specialist in the Secret Service. There’s a BP gas station near my house with a McDonald’s kiosk in it. They can’t put one in the White House? ---
**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:** [January 10, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/15193 "2018-01-10T22:44:06Z")
Spiritual advisor: All your firstborn are belong to God. ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/15194 "2018-01-10T23:01:47Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Whoa! She has got \*some \*balls! :eek: I wonder how many will do it. Probably a lot. :dubious: unfortunately churches have put the fear of god into a lot of people who believe this crap and will give all their $$$ to this con artist . I have a neighbor who I see doing this, she goes to church 2 o 3 times a day ! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/15195 "2018-01-10T23:12:38Z")
Thought that crap sounded familiar. [Prosperity gospel.](http://beta.latimes.com/local/california/la-na-tbn-gospel-pros-20160531-snap-htmlstory.html) ---
**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:** [January 10, 2018, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/15196 "2018-01-10T23:49:42Z")
Trump just waived fines for Deutsche Bank (and four others) for their activities in the LIBOR interest rate manipulation. Trump owes Deutsche Bank at least $130 million. > **[Trump Administration Gives Lucrative Waiver To Trump’s Bank](https://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/trump-administration-waives-punishment-convicted-banks-including-deutsche-which)** > > President Donald Trump owes millions to Deutsche Bank, which was one of five convicted banks that just saw its punishment waived by the Labor Department. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/15197 "2018-01-11T00:09:42Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [Donald Trump’s Spiritual Adviser Paula White Suggests People Send Her Their January Salary or Face Consequences From God](http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trumps-spiritual-adviser-paula-white-suggests-people-send-her-salary-775228) > > Holy Con-Artist, Fatman! > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Whoa! She has got \*some \*balls! :eek: I wonder how many will do it. Probably a lot. :dubious: > [@purplehearingaid](#): > > unfortunately churches have put the fear of god into a lot of people who believe this crap and will give all their $$$ to this con artist . I have a neighbor who I see doing this, she goes to church 2 o 3 times a day ! :eek: I give you… Dr. Gene Scott. [Rakin’ in the dough](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3X-GtEnjME). It starts out with Scott counting pledges – many for like $3,000. In 1977. But apparently the pledges fall short. At 4:00: ‘Not one more word tonight until that thousand comes in.’ He sits and glowers for two minutes. At 6:08: ‘Do you understand it? God’s work hangs on six hundred miserable dollars! And you sit there glued to your chair!’ Then he berates his TV audience until they meet his goal. And then he complains that he had to yell at them. ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/15198 "2018-01-11T00:15:46Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Do I understand this correctly; Trump is concerned about being poisoned so he has food made by minimum-wage teenagers, without security clearances, then it’s revealed where he gets it and what special instructions indicate which meal is his? Boy no shit. How many people spit on it, including WH staff and Secret Service, between the grill and his piehole? ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/15199 "2018-01-11T00:29:11Z")
This program can reproduce Trump’s entire brain. ```php 10 PRINT "NO COLLUSION..."; 20 GOTO 10 ``` ---
**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:** [January 11, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/15200 "2018-01-11T00:32:21Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Trump just waived fines for Deutsche Bank (and four others) for their activities in the LIBOR interest rate manipulation. Trump owes Deutsche Bank at least $130 million. > [Trump Administration Waives Punishment For Convicted Banks, Including Deutsche — Which Trump Owes Millions | IBTimes](http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/trump-administration-waives-punishment-convicted-banks-including-deutsche-which) That article says that Deutsche Bank settled with the DoJ for SEVEN POINT TWO **BILLION** QUATLOO$! Is that the amount of find that Trump waived? Or have they paid some of that? Or was it something else that Trump waived. This sounds about as corrupt as it gets! ---
**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:** [January 11, 2018, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/15201 "2018-01-11T00:46:04Z")
Did we mention [Trump’s attempt to re-write libel laws](https://apnews.com/9f9f20453665408f8a15220e1cb63743/Trump-says-administration-taking-look-at-current-libel-laws)? I don’t mean the idea of it, I mean his actually doing it: > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump said he’s going to be taking “a strong look at our country’s libel laws,” blasting the current standards as “a sham and a disgrace.” > > Speaking during a Cabinet meeting Wednesday, Trump said that people shouldn’t be able to say things that are false and then “smile as money pours into your bank account.” > > “Our current libel laws are a sham and a disgrace, and do not represent American values or American fairness,” he said. “We’re going to take a very, very strong look at that. And I think what the American people want to see is fairness.” Ya know what’s going to make it difficult to do this? How about the fact that there is no federal libel law? > [@](#): > > Brian Hauss, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, said in a statement that Trump’s threat lacks teeth. > > “There is no federal libel law, and the president does not have the authority to change state libel laws,” he said, adding that the “First Amendment provides strong protections against libel liability, particularly with respect to statements about public figures or matters of public concern.” Our president is a fucking idiot. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2018, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/15202 "2018-01-11T00:51:13Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Did we mention [Trump’s attempt to re-write libel laws](https://apnews.com/9f9f20453665408f8a15220e1cb63743/Trump-says-administration-taking-look-at-current-libel-laws)? I don’t mean the idea of it, I mean his actually doing it:Ya know what’s going to make it difficult to do this? How about the fact that there is no federal libel law?Our president is a fucking idiot. He also wants to make it illegal to knowingly print false things. That’s the very definition of libel. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2018, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/15203 "2018-01-11T01:13:34Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > He also wants to make it illegal to knowingly print false things. That’s the very definition of libel. Uh, false things that are damaging to a person’s reputation. An important detail. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2018, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/15204 "2018-01-11T01:25:53Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > He also wants to make it illegal to knowingly print false things. That’s the very definition of libel. > [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Uh, false things that are damaging to a person’s reputation. An important detail. Nobody knew libel could be so hard. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=759) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=761)