# 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:** 834
**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, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16665 "2018-02-11T20:14:49Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Surprised there’s no pizza parlor involved. Does Kentucky allow foreign foods? ---
**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, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16666 "2018-02-11T20:21:53Z")
> [@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) So often, the locals will defend these accused and convicted. “I’ve known him for years. He’s a good man” or “He couldn’t have done that. I don’t care what you say.” Refreshing to see local comments in this case of “Evil”, “Slime”, and “Throw away the key!” ([Campbell County News Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/campbellcountynews/)) ---
**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, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16667 "2018-02-11T20:52:48Z")
Senator Wyden of Oregon [want to know](https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/10/politics/russia-trump-real-estate-deal-wyden/index.html) more about a Florida real estate deal where the numbers do not seem to make sense. Some property appears to have been sold to a Russian guy who paid around three times the assessed value, and Wyden thinks there is a scent of detergent all over the deal. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16668 "2018-02-11T21:41:24Z")
(sorry, I’m dealing with all the disgusting 'Pubbie behavior here by focusing on our latest tangent…) > [@bobot](#): > > But they keep saying that print is a dying media. Ransom noters are going to need a 21st century alternative. I’ll bet there’s even an app that’ll replace having to devote a whole wall of your dingy apartment to “The Wall Of Crazy” (you know, with crime scenes circled on torn maps and “They Must Die, Too!” scrawled in lipstick across dozens of stalker photos connected by strings). But “Whoa, look at the suspect’s Obsession App” just wouldn’t have the same drama as the nearly-obligatory scene where the detectives or the next victim are confronted with The Wall Of Crazy… ---
**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, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16669 "2018-02-11T22:04:50Z")
> [@digs](#): > > But “Whoa, look at the suspect’s Obsession App” just wouldn’t have the same drama as the nearly-obligatory scene where the detectives or the next victim are confronted with The Wall Of Crazy… Has anyone actually seen the Shitgibbon’s office? Not the Oval, that is mostly ceremonial, I mean his working office, which I think is adjacent. Per’ps he has a wall o’ crazy in there. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16670 "2018-02-11T22:59:25Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Has anyone actually seen the Shitgibbon’s office? Not the Oval, that is mostly ceremonial, I mean his working office, which I think is adjacent. Per’ps he has a wall o’ crazy in there. 65" Flatscreen autotuned to FoxNews - all a person needs for that. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16671 "2018-02-11T23:00:31Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Surprised there’s no pizza parlor involved. K.F.C. (i’ll let you figure out the words) ---
**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, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16672 "2018-02-11T23:06:15Z")
> [@simster](#): > > K.F.C. > > (i’ll let you figure out the words) Kentuckians Favor Children? ---
**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, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16673 "2018-02-11T23:12:02Z")
> [@simster](#): > > K.F.C. > > (i’ll let you figure out the words) **k9bfriender** for congress? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16674 "2018-02-11T23:15:03Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > It doesn’t take much to send this thread off the rails. :rolleyes: We are all getting tired of this clusterfuck. Comedy is sometimes the only way to deal with it. But we must stay on top of this mess. trump should have been out of office 8 months ago. If he was a democrat, he certainly would have been. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16675 "2018-02-11T23:18:10Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Has anyone actually seen the Shitgibbon’s office? Not the Oval, that is mostly ceremonial, I mean his working office, which I think is adjacent. Per’ps he has a wall o’ crazy in there. Wonder what his staff thought about the case of gold spray paint. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16676 "2018-02-11T23:51:47Z")
> [@simster](#): > > K.F.C. > > (i’ll let you figure out the words) [There ard no words](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/KFC). Way back in 1992, the restaurant’s name was changed. But, hey, since this thread’s about Trump and his so-called administration, how about “Keep Fucking the Chickens”? ---
**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 12, 2018, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16677 "2018-02-12T00:20:56Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > We are all getting tired of this clusterfuck. Comedy is sometimes the only way to deal with it. > > But we must stay on top of this mess. trump should have been out of office 8 months ago. If he was a democrat, he certainly would have been. I know. From time to time you have to step into the padded room and just scream. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16678 "2018-02-12T00:42:04Z")
Eh, the Republicans have a dupe to sign all the legislation they can put forward and force through with their narrow majority and a base who loves the guy. They’re going to run as much interference as possible to maintain that majority power, as we’re seeing in DC as well as places like Pennsylvania. If and when Trump falls, they’ll all pretend they were just innocently following their agenda and were completely unaware of all this other stuff. Their media, of course, will blame everyone but the Republicans. The rubes will eat it up. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16679 "2018-02-12T00:42:08Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > [There ard no words](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/KFC). Way back in 1992, the restaurant’s name was changed. > > But, hey, since this thread’s about Trump and his so-called administration, how about “Keep Fucking the Chickens”? Or “Keep Fucking the Country”. Or “Constitution”, “Common man” etc. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16680 "2018-02-12T00:49:47Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Has anyone actually seen the Shitgibbon’s office? Not the Oval, that is mostly ceremonial, I mean his working office, which I think is adjacent. Per’ps he has a wall o’ crazy in there. You missed this [documentary](https://youtu.be/_nTpsv9PNqo) about it? ---
**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:** [February 12, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16681 "2018-02-12T01:23:04Z")
[Dozens at White House lack permanent security clearances](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/dozens-at-white-house-lack-permanent-security-clearances/2018/02/08/50e3cfd6-0d15-11e8-8890-372e2047c935_story.html?utm_term=.74fa64fca4a7) > [@](#): > > Kushner’s situation has drawn intense scrutiny, in part because his conduct is under investigation as part of the probe into possible Russian coordination with Trump associates and because he has repeatedly amended disclosure forms to add new information. > > It is unusual for senior White House personnel to wait more than three months for a permanent top secret/sensitive compartmented information clearance though it has happened, said a former senior White House official in the Obama administration familiar with the process. [As Jared Kushner’s security clearance is delayed, White House hesitates to act on others with possible problems](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/as-jared-kushners-security-clearance-is-delayed-white-house-hesitates-to-act-on-others-with-possible-problems/2018/02/09/256fa1e6-0dbe-11e8-8b0d-891602206fb7_story.html?utm_term=.befbd8470b8d) > [@](#): > > Abbe Lowell, Kushner’s attorney, said in a statement: “I have inquired and been told that there are a dozen or more people at Mr. Kushner’s level whose process is delayed like his; that it is not uncommon for this process to take this long in a new administration (some taking as long as two years); that Mr. Kushner’s will take longer than usual because of the extent of his holdings, travels and lengthy submissions; and that there was no concern about the process or Mr. Kushner’s ability to do his job. This is just the latest in unnamed sources quoting second-hand hearsay concerning Mr. Kushner that, like the others, will be shown to be untrue.” > > Those in McGahn’s office, people familiar with the matter said, feel they cannot take action on other people whose background checks have dragged on because they did not take similar steps with Kushner. This is not a mere quibble. It’s damned important and seems to be casually disregarded by this clustrerfuck administration. ---
**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 12, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16682 "2018-02-12T02:28:12Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [Dozens at White House lack permanent security clearances](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/dozens-at-white-house-lack-permanent-security-clearances/2018/02/08/50e3cfd6-0d15-11e8-8890-372e2047c935_story.html?utm_term=.74fa64fca4a7) > > [As Jared Kushner’s security clearance is delayed, White House hesitates to act on others with possible problems](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/as-jared-kushners-security-clearance-is-delayed-white-house-hesitates-to-act-on-others-with-possible-problems/2018/02/09/256fa1e6-0dbe-11e8-8b0d-891602206fb7_story.html?utm_term=.befbd8470b8d) > > This is not a mere quibble. It’s damned important and seems to be casually disregarded by this clustrerfuck administration. Does thump have a security clearance? Just askin’. ---
**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 12, 2018, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16683 "2018-02-12T04:47:41Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > You missed this [documentary](https://youtu.be/_nTpsv9PNqo) about it? Oh man, I’m not even kidding: Say the words “President Charlie Kelly” a few times out loud and tell me you don’t feel a renewed sense of optimism about our country. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16684 "2018-02-12T05:49:49Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Does thump have a security clearance? Just askin’. I think the President gets one automatically, by virtue of being the guy in charge of the whole classification thing. This has not been a problem heretofore… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=833) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=835)