# 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:** 833
**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 11, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16645 "2018-02-11T18:09:24Z")
[This](http://www.fontspace.com/hank-gillette/st-francis) is the classic font one should use for resumés. ---
**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 11, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16646 "2018-02-11T18:15:53Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > [This](http://www.fontspace.com/hank-gillette/st-francis) is the classic font one should use for resumés. ‘Give me a job or else.’ [Here is a résumé for the Trump Administration](https://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/paper-620x362.jpeg). ---
**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:** [February 11, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16647 "2018-02-11T18:18:07Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > [This](http://www.fontspace.com/hank-gillette/st-francis) is the classic font one should use for resumés. While [Earwig Factory](http://il.cdn.1001fonts.net/e/a/earwig-factory-font-8-big.png) is the proper font for ransom notes. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16648 "2018-02-11T18:18:17Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > [This](http://www.fontspace.com/hank-gillette/st-francis) is the classic font one should use for resumés. Yeah, if you’re a kidnapper by trade. ---
**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 11, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16649 "2018-02-11T18:50:55Z")
It doesn’t take much to send this thread off the rails. :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [February 11, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16650 "2018-02-11T19:07:52Z")
Lukewarm hotpockets? ---
**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 11, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16651 "2018-02-11T19:11:00Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > While [Earwig Factory](http://il.cdn.1001fonts.net/e/a/earwig-factory-font-8-big.png) is the proper font for ransom notes. > [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > Yeah, if you’re a kidnapper by trade. See, that’s the problem with the country. Everyone wants the easy way. No pride in craftsmanship anymore. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16652 "2018-02-11T19:14:19Z")
But they keep saying that print is a dying media. Ransom noters are going to need a 21st century alternative. ---
**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 11, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16653 "2018-02-11T19:16:55Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > But they keep saying that print is a dying media. Ransom noters are going to need a 21st century alternative. Used bookstores often have magazines and you can still buy newspapers. One of each should last the typical kidnapper to the end of his or her career. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16654 "2018-02-11T19:22:51Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Used bookstores often have magazines and you can still buy newspapers. One of each should last the typical kidnapper to the end of his or her career. Nah. We’re always running low on E and S. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16655 "2018-02-11T19:25:06Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Used bookstores often have magazines and you can still buy newspapers. One of each should last the typical kidnapper to the end of his or her career. Not with enough ambition. ---
**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 11, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16656 "2018-02-11T19:26:33Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > It doesn’t take much to send this thread off the rails. :rolleyes: I think the kidnapping theme fits, though. Not sure about you, but I know I am feeling a bit like a hostage right now – hopefully Stockholm Syndrome is not going to kick in any time soon. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16657 "2018-02-11T19:49:24Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > What if it’s a resume or funeral announcement for a cartoonist? 🙂 Then it’s OK. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16658 "2018-02-11T19:50:41Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I think the kidnapping theme fits, though. Not sure about you, but I know I am feeling a bit like a hostage right now – hopefully Stockholm Syndrome is not going to kick in any time soon. It seems it has for a large swath of the country. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16659 "2018-02-11T19:51:03Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > ‘Give me a job or else.’ > > [Here is a résumé for the Trump Administration](https://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/paper-620x362.jpeg). not just under Trump, we saw that shit under GWB too. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16660 "2018-02-11T19:54:44Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > ‘Give me a job or else.’ > > [Here is a résumé for the Trump Administration](https://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/paper-620x362.jpeg). I think more accurately it’s “I’m willing to give up some of YOUR constitutional rights… Eager, even!” ---
**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 11, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16661 "2018-02-11T20:06:28Z")
A former Kentucky judge sentenced to 20 years for child sex trafficking. [http://kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=AttorneyGeneral&prId=497](http://kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=AttorneyGeneral&prId=497) Oh, he’s a former Trump campaign manager. > **[Trump-backing former judge pleads guilty to human trafficking charges ](https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/trump-backing-ex-judge-pleads-guilty-human-trafficking-charges-article-1.3810898)** > > Former Judge Tim Nolan pleaded guilty to 21 federal charges, including human trafficking. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16662 "2018-02-11T20:08:37Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A former Kentucky judge sentenced to 20 years for child sex trafficking. > [… > > Oh, he’s a former Trump campaign manager. > [Trump-backing former judge pleads guilty to human trafficking charges – New York Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/trump-backing-ex-judge-pleads-guilty-human-trafficking-charges-article-1.3810898) Of course he is. I expected no different. It seems to be a common thing with Trump and his drones. ---
**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 11, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16663 "2018-02-11T20:11:52Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A former Kentucky judge sentenced to 20 years for child sex trafficking. > [http://kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=AttorneyGeneral&prId=497](http://kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=AttorneyGeneral&prId=497) > > Oh, he’s a former Trump campaign manager. > [Trump-backing former judge pleads guilty to human trafficking charges – New York Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/trump-backing-ex-judge-pleads-guilty-human-trafficking-charges-article-1.3810898) Not sentenced yet. > [@](#): > > As part of his plea agreement with prosecutors from Beshear’s Special Prosecutions Division, Nolan pleaded guilty to 21 counts against 19 victims and prosecutors’ recommended sentences totaling 20 years in prison. Nolan will remain in custody at the Campbell County Detention Center **pending his sentencing March 29, 2018, at 9 a.m.** ---
**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:** [February 11, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16664 "2018-02-11T20:13:17Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A former Kentucky judge sentenced to 20 years for child sex trafficking. > [http://kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=AttorneyGeneral&prId=497](http://kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=AttorneyGeneral&prId=497) > > Oh, he’s a former Trump campaign manager. > [Trump-backing former judge pleads guilty to human trafficking charges – New York Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/trump-backing-ex-judge-pleads-guilty-human-trafficking-charges-article-1.3810898) Surprised there’s no pizza parlor involved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=832) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=834)