# 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:** 808
**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 30, 2018, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16145 "2018-01-30T23:56:25Z")
I’m not watching the STFU, er, SOTU speech tonight, but here are my predictions: 1. Rosenstein is fired in a rambling, 4-minute word salad riff 2. North Korea will get hit hard in the speech, so hard it will move the doomsday clock to 5 seconds after midnight. 3. Since Iron Stache will be there, I’m looking for some reaction shots. 4. Any Dreamers who show up better expect they will get tagged for expedited deportation. 5. It will be ugly and hate-filled. Somebody should make a SOTU thread soon… I would, but like I said, I’m not watching it. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16146 "2018-01-31T00:03:29Z")
Any predictions on “shortest SOTU speech ever”? ---
**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 31, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16147 "2018-01-31T00:05:47Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I’m not watching the STFU, er, SOTU speech tonight, but here are my predictions: > > 1. Rosenstein is fired in a rambling, 4-minute word salad riff > 2. North Korea will get hit hard in the speech, so hard it will move the doomsday clock to 5 seconds after midnight. > 3. Since Iron Stache will be there, I’m looking for some reaction shots. > 4. Any Dreamers who show up better expect they will get tagged for expedited deportation. > 5. It will be ugly and hate-filled. > > Somebody should make a SOTU thread soon… I would, but like I said, I’m not watching it. [Started one after I saw your post, eh](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=848226). ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16148 "2018-01-31T00:42:43Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Any predictions on “shortest SOTU speech ever”? Plus an hour of “how great I am!” ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16149 "2018-01-31T01:06:17Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > Plus an hour of “how great I am!” I predict this is all it will be. He will of course show what a self important ass he is. Not like there will be any news or information. Don’t think I can watch it. I’m already too pissed off as it is. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2018, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16150 "2018-01-31T01:13:57Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > …Don’t think I can watch it. I’m already too pissed off as it is. The cure for that is to get pissed.\* \*pissed - “probably the most commonly used word in the UK to describe being drunk” ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16151 "2018-01-31T01:17:40Z")
All I know is that some talking heads will talk about how presidential and pivot-y he is. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16152 "2018-01-31T01:19:47Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I predict this is all it will be. He will of course show what a self important ass he is. Not like there will be any news or information. > > Don’t think I can watch it. I’m already too pissed off as it is. I can only watch it with the sound off and a glass of whiskey and soda in my hand. I take a sip for each time I yell, “Fuck you!” at the tee vee. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16153 "2018-01-31T01:29:36Z")
You could take a sip every time Pence gazed at him adoringly, but you’d probably end up in a coma. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2018, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16154 "2018-01-31T01:34:31Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > You could take a sip every time Pence gazed at him adoringly, but you’d probably end up in a coma. Nobody can sip fast enough to keep up. Just insert an IV. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16155 "2018-01-31T01:35:09Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > You could take a sip every time Pence gazed at him adoringly, but you’d probably end up in a coma. Or when trump says “I”. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16156 "2018-01-31T01:43:05Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > You could take a sip every time Pence gazed at him adoringly, but you’d probably end up in a coma. I would, except I’d sick it all up. I try to keep my eyes off Pence. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16157 "2018-01-31T01:44:13Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Or when trump says “I”. I think that’s the recipe for suicide-by-drink. 😉 ---
**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:** [January 31, 2018, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16158 "2018-01-31T01:58:29Z")
I just wonder if the words “fake news” will make their way into a SOTU address. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16159 "2018-01-31T02:03:53Z")
I’m watching the run-up to the SOTU - if history is any indicator I’ll probably last about 5 minutes into the actual speech before I can’t take it anymore - unless batshit Trump shows up. That I’d watch. But they just said something really scary - that Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is the designated survivor. I’ll think I’ll turn the TV off and spend the next two hours praying. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2018, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16160 "2018-01-31T02:04:55Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16161 "2018-01-31T03:40:14Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Nobody can sip fast enough to keep up. Just insert an IV. 😃 Thanks, **bobot** and **running coach** ; I needed a good laugh. ---
**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 31, 2018, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16162 "2018-01-31T04:26:51Z")
FEMA has announced it is stopping delivery of food and water to Puerto Rico. > **[FEMA to stop distributing food and water to Puerto Rico](https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-fema-puerto-rico-20180130-story.html)** > > Four months after Puerto Rico was devastated by a pair of hurricanes, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said it will stop distributing food and water on ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16163 "2018-01-31T05:02:38Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I’m watching the run-up to the SOTU - if history is any indicator I’ll probably last about 5 minutes into the actual speech before I can’t take it anymore - unless batshit Trump shows up. That I’d watch. > > But they just said something really scary - that Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is the designated survivor. I’ll think I’ll turn the TV off and spend the next two hours praying. Horrible, but is there anyone better? This cabinet is the mother of all clown cars. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16164 "2018-01-31T05:06:55Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I’m not watching the STFU, er, SOTU speech tonight, but here are my predictions: > > 1. Rosenstein is fired in a rambling, 4-minute word salad riff > 2. North Korea will get hit hard in the speech, so hard it will move the doomsday clock to 5 seconds after midnight. > 3. Since Iron Stache will be there, I’m looking for some reaction shots. > 4. Any Dreamers who show up better expect they will get tagged for expedited deportation. > 5. It will be ugly and hate-filled. > > Somebody should make a SOTU thread soon… I would, but like I said, I’m not watching it. Jeezus H. Christ, you are so far wrong, you’re not even in the same zip code with correct. Especially #5. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=807) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=809)