# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![CatandMouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@CatandMouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatandMouse)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/141 "2016-12-12T16:47:21Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Makes me wonder if Trump will have his minions scouring message boards like this one to find out who is saying tacky things about him. If that happens, I’m screwed! Mayberry will be too hot to hold me! :eek: I’m surprised Donald hasn’t blocked me on Twitter. lol ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/142 "2016-12-12T18:55:17Z")
> [@eulalia](#): > > I just wish he’d put Tommy Chong in charge of the DEA. or Walter White 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/143 "2016-12-12T18:58:34Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > Weren’t a lot of Trump voters the ones who never shut up about Obamas drone policy? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/144 "2016-12-12T19:00:28Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > …How much more “Give Trump a chance!” are we supposed to extend to him, again? … How about… None. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/145 "2016-12-12T19:01:35Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > How many jobs will this cost the #1 exporter of American products? This bastard is so nearsighted. Not nearsighted, psychopathic. He cares about\*\*\* nothing\*\*\* but himself; he doesn’t care if Boeing collapses, or if America collapses for that matter. He cares about himself. _Period._ Everything he does is about indulging his ego and profiting himself, regardless of the cost to anyone else. It’s part of what makes him such a perfect incarnation of the American Right. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2016, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/146 "2016-12-13T00:02:18Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Not just “radical Islam,” but ALL Islam, which Trump and the extreme right view as the enemy of Western Civilization. To them, Putin is our new best friend in this epic global struggle. Trump’s people are on board with this blanket condemnation of an ancient religious civilization. Obama refused to use the term “radical Islam” because of the word Islam-- he didn’t want to condemn the whole religion. Trump, _et al_. have no such hesitation. And his people are too incapable of critical thinking and too uneducated to see the difference. :smack: Ironically enough, this is exactly what Al Qaeda and other jihadists have been trying to provoke. This is the best way to radicalize more Muslims and increase their ranks. Trump plays right into their hands. ---
**Author:** ![CatandMouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@CatandMouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatandMouse)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/147 "2016-12-13T01:34:02Z")
> [@Calatin](#): > > It’s bumping them down. There are currently 6 specifically anti-Trump threads currently in the Pit. I guess anti-Trump threads are more popular. Is there a limit on how many anti-Trump threads we’re allowed to start? ---
**Author:** ![CatandMouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@CatandMouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatandMouse)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/148 "2016-12-13T02:20:59Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Trump doesn’t need daily intelligence briefings because he is “[too smart](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/donald-trump-says-hes-too-smart-for-daily-intelligence-briefings-a7468456.html)”. > > He also says Pence does get daily briefings. > > I don’t know if he’s saying Pence is “not smart”, or if he’s admitting Pence is really going to be running the country. I think what he’s saying is that Pence is in charge of domestic & foreign policy. Donald is busy being a cheerleader for himself, along with his part time job at The Apprentice & Twitter. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/149 "2016-12-13T14:07:01Z")
> [@Calatin](#): > > It’s bumping them down. There are currently 6 specifically anti-Trump threads currently in the Pit. How many did George W bush have 10 to 15 years ago? Its the same sort of temper tantrum that we would have seen if McCain won in 2008 or Romney won in 2012. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/150 "2016-12-13T14:10:28Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Ironically enough, this is exactly what Al Qaeda and other jihadists have been trying to provoke. This is the best way to radicalize more Muslims and increase their ranks. Trump plays right into their hands. I find it more useful to see the two sides, in this issue, as the pro-religious-war side and the anti-religious-war side, rather than the pro-extremist-Muslim side and anti-extremist-Muslim side. Just like I look at issues of racial justice in terms of pro-race-war and anti-race-war. Al Qaeda, ISIS, Frank Gaffney, John Bolton, and Michael Flynn are, by their rhetoric, all on the pro-religious-war side – they all want a giant conflict between Islam and the west. Just like Dylan Roof (Charleston church shooter) and the guy who shot several Dallas police officers are both on the pro-race-war side. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/151 "2016-12-13T15:11:50Z")
I just got an alert from WSJ that he tapped Rick Perry for Energy. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/152 "2016-12-13T16:55:11Z")
> [@Ruken](#): > > I just got an alert from WSJ that he tapped Rick Perry for Energy. Wait, wasn’t that one of the departments he would have gotten rid of? ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/153 "2016-12-13T16:56:34Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > Wait, wasn’t that one of the departments he would have gotten rid of? I believe that’s the actual one he forgot in the oops moment. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/154 "2016-12-13T17:00:33Z")
Hey, we’re all set. He can’t eliminate it if he can’t remember it, even if he heads it. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/155 "2016-12-13T17:07:33Z")
I hear this on the radio and thought it was a joke. [Trump picks ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be secretary of state](http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-picks-exxonmobil-ceo-rex-tillerson-to-be-secretary-of-state/ar-AAlucb7?li=BBnb7Kz) ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/156 "2016-12-13T17:20:49Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > I believe that’s the actual one he forgot in the oops moment. Correct. I’m not sure he knew what it does. Maybe he’s done some homework? ---
**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:** [December 13, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/157 "2016-12-13T17:22:58Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > I hear this on the radio and thought it was a joke. > > [Trump picks ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be secretary of state](http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-picks-exxonmobil-ceo-rex-tillerson-to-be-secretary-of-state/ar-AAlucb7?li=BBnb7Kz) In a totally unrelated item, Tillerson’s company, Exxon, stands to make BILLIONS of dollars in deals with Russia, once the sanctions have been lifted. I’m sure that the fact that Tillerson is the CEO of Exxon, and has been given the Russian Order of Friendship (highest award a non-Russian can get) by Putin himself will have NO. BEARING. WHATSOEVER. on the soon to be announced lifting of sanctions. Just think about that again… the man whose company stands to make BILLIONS in business deals from his good Russian friends has just been named Secretary State. Enjoy this, Republicans. Revel in it. This is now what you support - open, in-your-face, totally obvious corruption. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/158 "2016-12-13T18:18:02Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > Wait, wasn’t that one of the departments he would have gotten rid of? Exactly. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/159 "2016-12-13T18:19:04Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > I hear this on the radio and thought it was a joke. > > [Trump picks ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be secretary of state](http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-picks-exxonmobil-ceo-rex-tillerson-to-be-secretary-of-state/ar-AAlucb7?li=BBnb7Kz) It’s true. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/160 "2016-12-13T18:23:06Z")
Is Secretary of State one of the positions that has to do the “blind trust” thing? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=9)