# 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:** 860
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17185 "2018-02-27T17:28:27Z")
Would you call it a \*decent \*chair? No? Well, there you go, then. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17186 "2018-02-27T17:35:40Z")
Oh, look at me, all high and mighty on my Big Lots chair. My chair was found on the side of the road and has a drywall screw keeping it from falling backwards. Luxury! ---
**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, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17187 "2018-02-27T17:38:55Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > What does that say about me and the $19 chair from Big Lots that I’m currently sitting in? If you don’t know the value of a $5,000 chair, then how can you run a department that deals with people living in poverty? ---
**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, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17188 "2018-02-27T17:39:54Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Oh, look at me, all high and mighty on my Big Lots chair. > > My chair was found on the side of the road and has a drywall screw keeping it from falling backwards. > > Luxury! I concede to your [del]superior[/del] inferior quality chair. ---
**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 27, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17189 "2018-02-27T17:53:43Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Oh, look at me, all high and mighty on my Big Lots chair. > > My chair was found on the side of the road and has a drywall screw keeping it from falling backwards. > > Luxury! Luxury indeed! I’m sitting on a wooden crate! ---
**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, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17190 "2018-02-27T17:55:16Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Luxury indeed! > > I’m sitting on a wooden crate! Geez… one-\*downing \*each other. :dubious: Is this competitiveness or anti-competitiveness? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17191 "2018-02-27T17:58:35Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Luxury indeed! > > I’m sitting on a wooden crate! I _wish_ I had a wooden crate! I’m sitting on a pile of garbage, and glad to have it! ---
**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 27, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17192 "2018-02-27T17:59:45Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Luxury indeed! > > I’m sitting on a wooden crate! Count yourself lucky. I am sitting on a German Shepherd. Which is comfy most of the time, except when she has to got eat or befoul the lawn. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17193 "2018-02-27T18:01:11Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Geez… one-\*downing \*each other. :dubious: Is this competitiveness or anti-competitiveness? I think it’s a Monty Python reference. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17194 "2018-02-27T18:02:39Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Geez… one-\*downing \*each other. :dubious: Is this competitiveness or anti-competitiveness? [This will explain everything.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKHFZBUTA4k) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17195 "2018-02-27T18:03:28Z")
[The Four Yorkshiremen sketch.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue7wM0QC5LE) ---
**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 27, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17196 "2018-02-27T18:04:37Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I think it’s a Monty Python reference. I rather doubt that it began with Monty Python. It is probably much older. Now, when we see DHS establish the Bureau of Silly Walks, then we should start worrying. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17197 "2018-02-27T18:31:00Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Except for the well-armed Secret Service agents surrounding him. scene: secret service debriefing room, Day, eight secret service agents in dark glasses and impeccable suits sit ramrod straight on chairs, looking straight ahead with a fixed stare, not daring to catch anyone’s eye. Head of Secret Service: "so let me get this straight gentlemen…_everyone’s_ weapon jammed?..guys?..guys? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17198 "2018-02-27T18:56:11Z")
> [@](#): > > …Now, when we see DHS establish the Bureau of Silly Walks, then we should start worrying. By God, sir, I would _celebrate_ the dawning of a Republican sense of humor, and do so here, after I shovel the gravel high enough to sit upon. ---
**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 27, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17199 "2018-02-27T19:04:17Z")
Must be nice for you fuckers who are priveliged enough to rest on your fat asses all day long. All I can afford to do is lean on a broken broomstick. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17200 "2018-02-27T19:06:56Z")
I do hope the part that was broken off was promptly removed. ---
**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, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17201 "2018-02-27T19:07:04Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > What does that say about me and the $19 chair from Big Lots that I’m currently sitting in? We are peasants. We don’t matter. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17202 "2018-02-27T19:08:26Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Must be nice for you fuckers who are priveliged enough to rest on your fat asses all day long. All I can afford to do is lean on a broken broomstick. Lucky you. We just get the dustpan to lean on. ---
**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, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17203 "2018-02-27T19:12:15Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > That you are a hopeless peasant that has no taste? > > (me too, but hey, what can we do?) Well, we don’t have the quiet good taste of Ben Carson — whose Maryland house is stuffed with self-portraits, including one with Jesus. Nothing says “class” like commissioning a self portrait with Jesus in it. > **[Ben Carson's house: a homage to himself – in pictures](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2015/nov/07/ben-carson-house-homage-to-himself-in-pictures)** > > The decor at Ben Carson’s home in Maryland shows that Donald Trump may not have the biggest ego among the Republican candidates ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17204 "2018-02-27T19:23:16Z")
We both have long auburn hair, firm chin, steely blue eyes. He, however, had a perfectly trimmed beard, which should prevent any confusion. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=859) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=861)