# 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:** 859
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17165 "2018-02-27T02:22:43Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > He is saying if he had been there, he’d have gone all “Rambo” on the shooter. > Remember this is Cadet Bone Spurs. The same coward who hid behind 5 phony deferments for supposed Bone Spurs. > > This is the guy who was terrorizd by a mosquito > > This is the guy who cowered in fear from an UNARMED person. > > This is the guy who ran from an injured person, later saying “I’m not good for medical. In other words, if you cut your finger and there’s blood pouring out, I’m gone,”. And who had nearly fought the Dragon of Angnor, who had nearly stood up to the Vicious Chicken of Bristol, and who had personally wet himself at the Battle of Badon Hill? [[Eric Idle & Neil Innes, that’s your cue](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYFefppqEtE)] ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17166 "2018-02-27T02:32:06Z")
Weaponless trump charging a guy with an automatic rifle. That thought puts me in a happy place. ---
**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 27, 2018, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17167 "2018-02-27T02:40:42Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Weaponless trump charging a guy with an automatic rifle. That thought puts me in a happy place. Except for the well-armed Secret Service agents surrounding him. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17168 "2018-02-27T03:21:40Z")
> [@Mr.Duality](#): > > Said, not salid. If you’re not gonna eat your salid, can I have it? ---
**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 27, 2018, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17169 "2018-02-27T03:32:22Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Weaponless trump charging a guy with an automatic rifle. That thought puts me in a happy place. How fast can you charge, riding a golf cart? ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17170 "2018-02-27T03:36:02Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Weaponless trump charging a guy with an automatic rifle. That thought puts me in a happy place. Can you imagine Trumpo _charging_ anywhere under any circumstances? Maybe if he had a bulletproof golf cart and the scene was cleared by his security team, he might slowly drive around the perimeter for a minute or so. But Trumpo is not rescuing anyone in a crisis. He’s the kind of guy who will throw a paper towel at you if your home was destroyed in a hurricane. He won’t do anything heroic or helpful. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17171 "2018-02-27T03:39:45Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > How fast can you charge, riding a golf cart? Great minds think alike. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17172 "2018-02-27T04:04:37Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > How fast can you charge, riding a golf cart? Hahahaha! Thank you! 😃 To answer, probably not so fast while throwing paper towels as a deterrent. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17173 "2018-02-27T04:18:05Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > Can you imagine Trumpo _charging_ anywhere under any circumstances? Maybe if he had a bulletproof golf cart and the scene was cleared by his security team… I had to google “armored golf cart” and it turns out [it exists](https://jalopnik.com/5473646/india-builds-anti-terrorist-armored-electric-golf-cart). ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17174 "2018-02-27T04:28:54Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > I had to google “armored golf cart” and it turns out [it exists](https://jalopnik.com/5473646/india-builds-anti-terrorist-armored-electric-golf-cart). Good find but it needs some work. Paint it the tackiest gold you can find, slap Trump and MAGA logos on it and it would be suitable for our fearless, bone-spurred hero to use in crisis situations. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17175 "2018-02-27T04:36:40Z")
A lot of people, like John Dean (see below), are theorizing that Manafort is the lynchpin in the Russia collusion case. Now that Mueller has Gates, he can hopefully get Manafort to cooperate next. > > > Ken Dilanian @KenDilanianNBC > [@](#): > > Mueller is throwing everything he can against Manafort, including Gates who can nail him. Increasingly it appears Manafort is the link to Russian collusion. If Gates can testify that Manafort was acting with Trump’s blessings, it’s the end of his presidency. That’s substantial. ---
**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 27, 2018, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17176 "2018-02-27T04:46:40Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > A lot of people, like John Dean (see below), are theorizing that Manafort is the lynchpin in the Russia collusion case. Now that Mueller has Gates, he can hopefully get Manafort to cooperate next. > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/JohnWDean/status/967595667542589441) Yeah, but what does _he_ know about Presdidential scandals and investigations? ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17177 "2018-02-27T14:14:45Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Well, dang, I guess thump doesn’t have the Supremes in his pocket like he thought he did. Hehe. > > [Supreme Court rejects Trump over ‘Dreamers’ immigrants](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-immigration/supreme-court-rejects-trump-over-dreamers-immigrants-idUSKCN1GA1UO) > Not only that, but… > Yeah. Sad. :dubious: Everybody is against him. Sad. Unfair. Crooked judges, and probably all illegal Mexicans too. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17178 "2018-02-27T14:15:48Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > And who had nearly fought the Dragon of Angnor, who had nearly stood up to the Vicious Chicken of Bristol, and who had personally wet himself at the Battle of Badon Hill? > > [[Eric Idle & Neil Innes, that’s your cue](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYFefppqEtE)] and brave Sir Donald ran away, away he bravely ran away, away ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17179 "2018-02-27T15:57:42Z")
And in [the latest episode](http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/375757-hud-official-says-she-was-replaced-after-refusing-to-fund) of _He Only Hires The Best People_[tm]: > [@](#): > > An official with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) said she was replaced in her role after she refused to fund a redecoration of Secretary Ben Carson’s office… > > She said in the complaint she told [then-Acting HUD Secreatry Craig] Clemmensen there was a $5,000 legal limit that could be spent on improvements to his suite. > > Clemmensen then allegedly told Foster that administrations had “always found ways around that in the past.” > > She was later told to “find money” for the redecoration. > > “$5,000 will not even buy a decent chair,” Clemmensen reportedly told Foster… ---
**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 27, 2018, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17180 "2018-02-27T16:12:30Z")
Does the Met have any golden toilets left? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17181 "2018-02-27T16:16:10Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Yeah, but what does _he_ know about Presdidential scandals and investigations? Poor John Dean. He thinks it’s still the 1970s, when things mattered. ---
**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 27, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17182 "2018-02-27T16:28:56Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > Good find but it needs some work. Paint it the tackiest gold you can find, slap Trump and MAGA logos on it and it would be suitable for our fearless, bone-spurred hero to use in crisis situations. Golf Cart One ---
**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 27, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17183 "2018-02-27T16:39:55Z")
> [@](#): > > “$5,000 will not even buy a decent chair,” Clemmensen reportedly told Foster… What does that say about me and the $19 chair from Big Lots that I’m currently sitting in? ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17184 "2018-02-27T17:12:02Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > What does that say about me and the $19 chair from Big Lots that I’m currently sitting in? That you are a hopeless peasant that has no taste? (me too, but hey, what can we do?) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=858) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=860)