# 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:** 824
**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:** [February 7, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16465 "2018-02-07T19:45:47Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Imagine being Melania with 293 pounds of grunting, sweating Cheeto on top of you and that hair thing flopping in your face. > [@BobLibDem](#): > > I thought maybe it rubbed off because that’s where Vlad holds his head. Now, if we combine these two images into one scenario, this thread will officially be destined for the dumpster. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16466 "2018-02-07T19:48:01Z")
I hope he gets his 2 hour long military parade. We’ll call it the MakeMerikaGreat parade. 420 soldiers marching while singing _One toke over the line, left, right, one toke over the line_. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16467 "2018-02-07T19:58:56Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Apparently the stock market is unpatriotic and treasonous, since it’s apparently too stupid to keep going up when his economy is so good. > [https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/07/trump-stock-market-wall-street-395986](https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/07/trump-stock-market-wall-street-395986) I’m sure he put the finest financial minds on this conundrum. I look forward to the explanation as to how a “market”, which is an amalgamation of millions of investor decisions, can be “wrong”. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16468 "2018-02-07T20:41:53Z")
Deep State operatives at the SEC manipulating the stock market to make “Trump” look bad. Must be stopped! #IAssumeThisIsComingSoon ---
**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, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16469 "2018-02-07T20:44:42Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Deep State operatives at the SEC manipulating the stock market to make “Trump” look bad. Must be stopped! #IAssumeThisIsComingSoon You’re a day late. “Far-right figures are saying the deep state is responsible for the stock market crash.” > **[Far-right figures are saying the deep state is responsible for the stock...](https://www.mediamatters.org/alex-jones/far-right-figures-are-saying-deep-state-responsible-stock-market-crash)** > > They're claiming that yesterday’s historic drop in the stock market is part of a deep state plot to destroy Trump and that Trump is “hitting back.” No matter how cynical you get, it’s impossible to keep up. (Lily Tomlin, I think.) ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16470 "2018-02-07T20:45:00Z")
He may literally think that the DJIA is an applause-o-meter wired to the financial news of the day, and somebody screwed up. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16471 "2018-02-07T20:56:22Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Imagine being Melania with 293 pounds of grunting, sweating Cheeto on top of you and that hair thing flopping in your face. She’ll just stare at the sign you know she has over her bed that says, “THINK OF THE MONEY!” ---
**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 7, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16472 "2018-02-07T21:06:11Z")
\*\*\*After \*\*\*the news reports came out that Rob Porter had beaten both of his ex wives, and before he had offered his resignation, John Kelly called Porter “a man of true integrity and honor” and a “trusted professional.” > **[“Beyond Disbelief”: John Kelly’s Defense of Rob Porter Roils the West Wing](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/02/john-kelly-defense-of-rob-porter-roils-the-west-wing)** > > Staff Secretary Rob Porter, who has been accused of abusing his former wives, is Kelly’s right hand—and dating Hope Hicks, one of Trump’s closest confidantes. But Kelly’s declaration that Porter is a man of “true integrity and honor” was seen as... ---
**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, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16473 "2018-02-07T21:20:31Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > She’ll just stare at the sign you know she has over her bed that says, “THINK OF THE MONEY!” “THINK OF THE PRE-NUP!” is more specific. ---
**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, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16474 "2018-02-07T21:33:10Z")
My response to the whole “parade” thing on another board was to simply post the picture of the man standing in front of the tanks. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16475 "2018-02-07T21:56:40Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > I hope he gets his 2 hour long military parade. We’ll call it the MakeMerikaGreat parade. 420 soldiers marching while singing _One toke over the line, left, right, one toke over the line_. Will the Joint Chiefs of Staff be there? ---
**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:** [February 7, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16476 "2018-02-07T22:12:02Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > \*\*\*After \*\*\*the news reports came out that Rob Porter had beaten both of his ex wives, and before he had offered his resignation, John Kelly called Porter “a man of true integrity and honor” and a “trusted professional.” > [“Beyond Disbelief”: John Kelly’s Defense of Rob Porter Roils the West Wing | Vanity Fair](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/02/john-kelly-defense-of-rob-porter-roils-the-west-wing) Well, hey-- up is down, hot is cold, good is bad, east is west, only one black eye on your ex-wife as opposed to two shows integrity… ---
**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:** [February 7, 2018, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16477 "2018-02-07T22:29:24Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > Will the Joint Chiefs of Staff be there? Well, after they weed out the bluntly anti-administration ones. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2018, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16478 "2018-02-07T23:39:16Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Well, after they weed out the bluntly anti-administration ones. You’re thinking of the Chief Staff of Joints. I drew a cartoon with that caption, decades ago. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16479 "2018-02-07T23:45:03Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Well, after they weed out the bluntly anti-administration ones. I’m sure they’ll hash it out. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2018, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16480 "2018-02-08T00:22:39Z")
[EPA chief Scott Pruitt is a fucking idiot](https://apnews.com/6698295a317b4124950e76ab2cc660ff/AP-FACT-CHECK:-EPA-chief-sees-good-in-warming,-experts-don't). > [@](#): > > In an interview with KSNV-TV in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Pruitt made several statements that are undercut by the work of climate scientists, including those at his own agency. > > The Associated Press shared a transcript of Pruitt’s remarks with top U.S. scientists, and a dozen of them faulted his understanding of science. > > Asked for references to any climate data or scientific studies Pruitt was relying on, EPA spokesman Jahan Wilcox instead provided a link to a recent Fox News report questioning the accuracy of a statement made by former Vice President Al Gore in 2006. The AP story transcribes and rebuts a few comments, but [here’s the Las Vegas TV station’s story with the interview video embedded](http://news3lv.com/news/local/epa-chief-scott-pruitt-goes-one-on-one-with-news-3). WARNING: STUPIDITY! ---
**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:** [February 8, 2018, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16481 "2018-02-08T01:21:46Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I thought maybe it rubbed off because that’s where Vlad holds his head. Vlad needs a place to put his beer down. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16482 "2018-02-08T01:54:15Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > That link goes to a very sweet birthday party for a dog. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > [For those who missed it](https://i.imgur.com/e7frItU.mp4). Note that each dog has a Mickey D burger all his own. 😃 That isn’t about Trump but I don’t care. There’s nothing sweeter than a doggie birthday party. On the occasion of his own birthday, my Bernese would have (among other things) a bacon-wrapped filet off the barbecue (rare to medium-rare, of course) and a bowl of Haagen-Dazs vanilla for desert. Whenever I went to Mickey D’s, I always got him a kid’s cheeseburger as a treat. Getting back to the Orange Peril, the Parade has already been mentioned. Here’s a take from the international news: U.S. President Donald Trump has asked the Pentagon to plan a grand parade of the U.S. armed forces in Washington this year to celebrate military strength, officials said Tuesday. _The Washington Post_, which was first to report the plan, said Trump wants an elaborate parade this year with soldiers marching and tanks rolling, but no date has been selected. … Muscular military parades of the kind that are common in authoritarian countries like China and North Korea are not quintessentially American. The U.S. traditionally has not embraced showy displays of raw military power, such as North Korea’s parading of ballistic missiles as a claim of international prestige and influence. U.S. military members commonly participate in parades on the Fourth of July and other holidays to mark appreciation and remembrance of military veterans, but these typically do not include gaudy displays of military hardware. > **[Trump orders elaborate military parade 'like the one in France' | CBC News](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-orders-military-parade-pentagon-washington-1.4524502)** > > U.S. President Donald Trump has asked the Pentagon to plan a parade of the U.S. armed forces in Washington this year to celebrate military strength, officials say. The US path to the status of a banana republic is well under way. ---
**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 8, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16483 "2018-02-08T02:11:30Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > That isn’t about Trump but I don’t care. There’s nothing sweeter than a doggie birthday party. On the occasion of his own birthday, my Bernese would have (among other things) a bacon-wrapped filet off the barbecue (rare to medium-rare, of course) and a bowl of Haagen-Dazs vanilla for desert. Whenever I went to Mickey D’s, I always got him a kid’s cheeseburger as a treat. You, sir, are a fine human being. 🙂 > [@](#): > > The US path to the status of a banana republic is well under way. This might be a good time to stock up on khaki shirts with epaulets and mirrored aviator glasses to sell to thump supporters at gun shows and on ebay. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16484 "2018-02-08T02:12:02Z")
In today’s news…White House aide Rob Porter resigned, when his 2 ex-wives both went public with stories of physical abuse (including a picture of one of them with a black eye.) Chief of Staff Kelly knew about his background, as it came up on his background check and prevents Porter from getting the clearance he needs to actually, you know, work in the White House. But Kelly and Sarah Huckabee Sanders both sang Porter’s praises today as a really swell guy and it’s a shame he’s leaving. But here’s the really interesting part: he’s currently dating … wait for it … Hope Hicks. Can that poor woman please go on [Match.com](http://Match.com) and find somebody to date who doesn’t work for Trump? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=823) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=825)