# 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:** 821
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16405 "2018-02-06T23:20:29Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > [Dow closes down 1,175 in biggest single-day point loss ever](https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/dow-closes-down-1175-in-biggest-single-day-point-loss-ever/ar-BBIInNX?ocid=U452DHP) > > So the question will be…How did Obama screw this one up? A direct Twitter quote from Cadet Bone Spurs himself: \*If the Dow ever falls more than 1000 “points” in a Single Day the sitting president should be “loaded” into a very big cannon and Shot into the sun at TREMENDOUS SPEED! No excuses! 12:27 AM - 25 Feb 2015\* Get that big cannon ready. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2018, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16406 "2018-02-06T23:23:11Z")
And point it at the ground. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16407 "2018-02-06T23:23:54Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > No, he was a treasonous fuck. A period take on [Nixon](https://i.imgur.com/Sp9A39p.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16408 "2018-02-06T23:27:12Z")
> [@wonky](#): > > Exactly. > > There is no happy ever after, not for us and not for our political foes. So, no complacency, no waiting for a savior, just hard work. Every country that trusted a “savior” ended up with a tyrant. Ivan the Terrible was supposed to fix everything too. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2018, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16409 "2018-02-06T23:27:59Z")
No! Wait! Point it at one of the wall-section prototypes instead. Might as well get some use out of them. ---
**Author:** ![Dorabella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f08c70/32.png) [@Dorabella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorabella)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16410 "2018-02-06T23:33:24Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > A direct Twitter quote from Cadet Bone Spurs himself: > > \*If the Dow ever falls more than 1000 “points” in a Single Day the sitting president should be “loaded” into a very big cannon and Shot into the sun at TREMENDOUS SPEED! No excuses! > > 12:27 AM - 25 Feb 2015\* > > Get that big cannon ready. That was a joke tweet but very well done. 🙂 > **[That Viral Trump 'Dow Joans' Cannon Tweet Is Sadly A Fake](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-tweet-dow-joans-cannon_n_5a790087e4b0164659c75385)** > > "Not for one second did I think people would believe that to be genuine," its creator said. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16411 "2018-02-06T23:43:22Z")
John Kelly says immigrants who didn’t file for DACA were too lazy. > **[Chief of staff Kelly suggests undocumented immigrants who didn't sign up for...](https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/06/politics/john-kelly-daca-deadline/index.html)** > > White House chief of staff John Kelly said Tuesday it's not likely that President Donald Trump will extend the March 5 deadline to end DACA ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16412 "2018-02-06T23:58:03Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Every country that trusted a “savior” ended up with a tyrant. Um, I can think of an exception to that. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16413 "2018-02-07T00:17:35Z")
> [@Dorabella](#): > > That was a joke tweet but very well done. 🙂 > [That Viral Trump 'Dow Joans' Cannon Tweet Is Sadly A Fake | HuffPost Latest News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/trump-tweet-dow-joans-cannon_us_5a790087e4b0164659c75385) Very well done, but also obviously a joke to anyone with half a brain.:smack: ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16414 "2018-02-07T01:04:59Z")
> [@naita](#): > > Very well done, but also obviously a joke to anyone with half a brain.:smack: Unless they’d seen [his definition of treason.](https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/05/politics/trump-speech-treason/index.html) A typical hyperbolic Obama-bashing has more credibility than anything he’s said since the beginning of his campaign. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16415 "2018-02-07T01:19:20Z")
Looks like our dictator wannabe is going to get to scratch his [parade envy](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-marching-orders-to-the-pentagon-plan-a-grand-military-parade/2018/02/06/9e19ca88-0b55-11e8-8b0d-891602206fb7_story.html?utm_term=.0d034dc46e9b) > [@](#): > > A date has not been selected, although officials said Trump would like to tie the parade to a patriotic holiday. Officials are weighing weather patterns as well as competing events, such as the massive annual Independence Day celebration on the Mall. > > Trump officials had discussed Memorial Day on May 28, and July 4, but the Pentagon prefers Veterans Day on Nov. 11 — in part because it would coincide with the 100th anniversary of the victorious end of World War I and therefore be less associated with the president and politics. “That’s what everyone is hoping,” said the military official. I expect everybody except the current CIC that is. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16416 "2018-02-07T01:22:38Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > A direct Twitter quote from Cadet Bone Spurs himself: > > \*If the Dow ever falls more than 1000 “points” in a Single Day the sitting president should be “loaded” into a very big cannon and Shot into the sun at TREMENDOUS SPEED! No excuses! > > 12:27 AM - 25 Feb 2015\* > > Get that big cannon ready. Actually, that was debunked. He didn’t say that, but it sure went viral. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2018, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16417 "2018-02-07T01:24:22Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Looks like our dictator wannabe is going to get to scratch his [parade envy](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-marching-orders-to-the-pentagon-plan-a-grand-military-parade/2018/02/06/9e19ca88-0b55-11e8-8b0d-891602206fb7_story.html?utm_term=.0d034dc46e9b) > > I expect everybody except the current CIC that is. Can we get Trump a uniform? I’m thinking something tan, with epaulets. And aviator shades. That’d be a good look on him. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2018, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16418 "2018-02-07T01:25:32Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Looks like our dictator wannabe is going to get to scratch his [parade envy](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-marching-orders-to-the-pentagon-plan-a-grand-military-parade/2018/02/06/9e19ca88-0b55-11e8-8b0d-891602206fb7_story.html?utm_term=.0d034dc46e9b) Like Kane and his sled Rosebud, President Very Stable Genius can never forget the yuge set of army men he had when he was nine. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16419 "2018-02-07T01:26:33Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Like Kane and his sled Rosebud, President Very Stable Genius can never forget the yuge set of army men he had when he was nine. And how much fun he had watching his personal assistant play with them. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16420 "2018-02-07T01:50:25Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > And how much fun he had watching his personal assistant play with them. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16421 "2018-02-07T02:42:02Z")
> [@Dorabella](#): > > That was a joke tweet but very well done. 🙂 > [That Viral Trump 'Dow Joans' Cannon Tweet Is Sadly A Fake | HuffPost Latest News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/trump-tweet-dow-joans-cannon_us_5a790087e4b0164659c75385) Well they sure sunk the hook and reeled me in 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16422 "2018-02-07T02:43:41Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Can we get Trump a uniform? I’m thinking something tan, with epaulets. And aviator shades. That’d be a good look on him. An orange jump suit, or something with stripes that goes well with leg weights and chains would look better. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16423 "2018-02-07T02:47:34Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Can we get Trump a uniform? I’m thinking something tan, with epaulets. And aviator shades. That’d be a good look on him. [Mirrored shades](http://www.wnd.com/files/2013/06/putin_sunglasses.jpg), like his BFF Vlad. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16424 "2018-02-07T02:50:38Z")
And a hat. A ridiculous hat, a hat so stupid you know that the guy wearing it can have you shot for laughing at it. So you don’t. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=820) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=822)