# 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:** 86
**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 28, 2017, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1701 "2017-02-28T15:06:09Z")
A case study in the Dunning–Kruger Effect, [continued](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/02/28/trump-grades-himself-on-communicating-with-the-public-needs-improvement): > [@](#): > > "In terms of messaging, I would give myself a C or a C plus,” Trump said in an interview with “Fox and Friends.” “In terms of achievement, I think I’d give myself an A. Because I think I’ve done great things, but I don’t think I have – I and my people, I don’t think we’ve explained it well enough to the American public.” ---
**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 28, 2017, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1702 "2017-02-28T15:20:21Z")
[Educator-In-Chief Betsy DeVos praises Jim Crow system for giving black people educational choices.](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/02/28/betsy_devos_press_release_praises_segregated_jim_crow_education_system.html) Fucking moron says, HBCUs are the “real pioneers when it comes to school choice…They are living proof that when more options are provided to students, they are afforded greater access and great quality. Their success has shown that more options help students flourish.” ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1703 "2017-02-28T15:21:16Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > A case study in the Dunning–Kruger Effect, [continued](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/02/28/trump-grades-himself-on-communicating-with-the-public-needs-improvement): The poor guy is just misunderstood. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1704 "2017-02-28T15:45:12Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > [Educator-In-Chief Betsy DeVos praises Jim Crow system for giving black people educational choices.](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/02/28/betsy_devos_press_release_praises_segregated_jim_crow_education_system.html) > > Fucking moron says, HBCUs are the “real pioneers when it comes to school choice…They are living proof that when more options are provided to students, they are afforded greater access and great quality. Their success has shown that more options help students flourish.” Right! You can go to Morehead State, or you can be a sharecropper. Isn’t it great to have choices? ---
**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 28, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1705 "2017-02-28T15:51:42Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Right! You can go to Morehead State, or you can be a sharecropper. Isn’t it great to have choices? Well it’s better than the previous choice: no school or no school. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1706 "2017-02-28T15:57:27Z")
[A prescient look into the Trump Oval Office](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XfqlbFvGN8): ---
**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 28, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1707 "2017-02-28T18:31:11Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > [Educator-In-Chief Betsy DeVos praises Jim Crow system for giving black people educational choices.](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/02/28/betsy_devos_press_release_praises_segregated_jim_crow_education_system.html) Capping off [a White House meeting](http://nypost.com/2017/02/28/kellyanne-conway-kneels-on-oval-office-couch-sparks-debate/) where the administration showed its deep abiding respect for historically black college and university professionals by having Kellyanne Conway kneeling on the couch with her shoes on the cushions like an uncouth bimbo and circulating photos of the event which prominently displayed her utter disdain for the guests. ---
**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 28, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1708 "2017-02-28T18:36:16Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Capping off [a White House meeting](http://nypost.com/2017/02/28/kellyanne-conway-kneels-on-oval-office-couch-sparks-debate/) where the administration showed its deep abiding respect for historically black college and university professionals by having Kellyanne Conway kneeling on the couch with her shoes on the cushions like an uncouth bimbo and circulating photos of the event which prominently displayed her utter disdain for the guests. [“Hey fellas, anyone know if Snapchat has a blackface filter? _snaps gum_ Woooo!”](http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/content/wabc/images/cms/1777118_1280x720.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1709 "2017-02-28T18:49:11Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Capping off [a White House meeting](http://nypost.com/2017/02/28/kellyanne-conway-kneels-on-oval-office-couch-sparks-debate/) where the administration showed its deep abiding respect for historically black college and university professionals by having Kellyanne Conway kneeling on the couch with her shoes on the cushions like an uncouth bimbo and circulating photos of the event which prominently displayed her utter disdain for the guests. Habits die hard. She’s just settling into her _natural_ position. ---
**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 28, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1710 "2017-02-28T19:01:56Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > I didn’t watch the interview, but from reading the article, it looks like his Friends at Fox totally lead him into that conclusion. They must love being able to lead the President the way they can. He just unashamedly makes shit up- vote stats, crime stats, massacres, anything really. It’s truly amazing, and depressing. ---
**Author:** ![Belowjob2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1711 "2017-02-28T19:08:38Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Habits die hard. She’s just settling into her _natural_ position. Zing! Real talk, Kelly Ann was always the smooth talking, shamlessly two faced procuress, not the poor girl who provided the service. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1712 "2017-02-28T19:11:36Z")
[Mayor of Vancouver boycotting grand opening of the new 69-floor Trump Tower & Hotel in his city. Developer isn’t too happy about having that name on his building, either.](http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/02/24/trump-tower-opens-in-vancouver-but-the-welcome-isnt-warm/) ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1713 "2017-02-28T19:56:12Z")
Okay, I need y’all to explain something to me. I don’t watch Fox News, and had assumed that they were largely fudging over the problems with Trump. Then this video showed up in my Twitter feed. If you don’t want to watch it, it’s Shep Smith saying that Trump keeps saying things which are “demonstrably, unquestionably, 100% false.” My jaw dropped. I assumed this must have happened today--it must be breaking news that Fox is criticizing Trump. Then I saw that the tweet had originally been posted on February 16, so it is by now almost two weeks old. Was this a big of breakout weirdness, or is Fox News really turning against Trump? (ohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease) ---
**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 28, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1714 "2017-02-28T19:56:53Z")
Shep’s always been sort of a rogue agent at Fox News. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1715 "2017-02-28T20:23:55Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Capping off [a White House meeting](http://nypost.com/2017/02/28/kellyanne-conway-kneels-on-oval-office-couch-sparks-debate/) where the administration showed its deep abiding respect for historically black college and university professionals by having Kellyanne Conway kneeling on the couch with her shoes on the cushions like an uncouth bimbo and circulating photos of the event which prominently displayed her utter disdain for the guests. Anybody here think she sits like that in front of a white power audience? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1716 "2017-02-28T20:27:54Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Anybody here think she sits like that in front of a white power audience? Anyone here think she would be allowed to attend such a meeting at the White House? ---
**Author:** ![arfurvirus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@arfurvirus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arfurvirus)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1717 "2017-02-28T20:29:12Z")
Somewhere in the last 24 hours in the Pentagon and the US Capitol Building there are people having sex on the desks of some very important people. Somewhere there is a Navy Officer laying pipe with a Junior Officer, but the picture of Kelly Anne Conway kneeling on the office couch to take some pictures bothers youc I can not wait to tell you about the 3 Muslim brothers who were running the Congressional Dem IT system with access to sensitive Congressional Select Committee on Defense intel. Man are you going to be perturbed. ---
**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 28, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1718 "2017-02-28T20:44:16Z")
> [@](#): > > I can not wait to tell you about the 3 Muslim brothers who were running the Congressional Dem IT system with access to sensitive Congressional Select Committee on Defense intel. Man are you going to be perturbed. Oh, by all means, please tell us. ---
**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 28, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1719 "2017-02-28T20:46:49Z")
> [@arfurvirus](#): > > Somewhere in the last 24 hours in the Pentagon and the US Capitol Building there are people having sex on the desks of some very important people. Somewhere there is a Navy Officer laying pipe with a Junior Officer, but the picture of Kelly Anne Conway kneeling on the office couch to take some pictures bothers youc > > **I can not wait to tell you about the 3 Muslim brothers** who were running the Congressional Dem IT system with access to sensitive Congressional Select Committee on Defense intel. Man are you going to be perturbed. So why didn’t you? ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1720 "2017-02-28T20:50:58Z")
> [@arfurvirus](#): > > Somewhere in the last 24 hours in the Pentagon and the US Capitol Building there are people having sex on the desks of some very important people. Somewhere there is a Navy Officer laying pipe with a Junior Officer, but the picture of Kelly Anne Conway kneeling on the office couch to take some pictures bothers youc > > I can not wait to tell you about the 3 Muslim brothers who were running the Congressional Dem IT system with access to sensitive Congressional Select Committee on Defense intel. Man are you going to be perturbed. Go ahead, tell us. Waiting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=85) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=87)