# 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:** 861
**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, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17205 "2018-02-27T19:42:58Z")
Trump has named his former digital campaign manager as his re-election campaign manger for 2020. Brad Parscale. Looking him up online from prior to today, I found this: [A long-overlooked player is emerging as a key figure in the Trump-Russia investigation](http://www.businessinsider.com/brad-parscale-trump-russia-investigation-2017-6) ---
**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, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17206 "2018-02-27T19:45:45Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > We both have long auburn hair, firm chin, steely blue eyes. He, however, had a perfectly trimmed beard, which should prevent any confusion. All we have to do is wait for him to talk. Once we hear that he does not have that goofy accent, we will know it is not you. ---
**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, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17207 "2018-02-27T19:46:18Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > scene: secret service debriefing room, Day, eight secret service agents in dark glasses and impeccable suits sit ramrod straight on chairs… On $19 chairs from Big Lots. ---
**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, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17208 "2018-02-27T20:24:29Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > Lucky you. We just get the dustpan to lean on. We don’t even get dust. > [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > 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 | US news | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2015/nov/07/ben-carson-house-homage-to-himself-in-pictures) He’s just helping out, giving Jesus a black friend. ---
**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, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17209 "2018-02-27T20:40:46Z")
Jefferson Beauregard just announced that he’s going to investigate FISA case abuse. How is that recusal think working out, now, Jefferson? > **[Jeff Sessions: DOJ will open investigation into FISA abuses](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/jeff-sessions-doj-will-open-investigation-into-fisa-abuses)** > > Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday that the Justice Department will investigate alleged abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, months after President Trump has argued that the Obama administration used FISA to spy on his... ---
**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 27, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17210 "2018-02-27T21:06:32Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Trump has named his former digital campaign manager as his re-election campaign manger for 2020. Brad Parscale. Looking him up online from prior to today, I found this: > [A long-overlooked player is emerging as a key figure in the Trump-Russia investigation](http://www.businessinsider.com/brad-parscale-trump-russia-investigation-2017-6) Two days ago, he admitted that Facebook was selling ads 1/100 - 1/200th of the CPM rate FB was charging the Hillary campaign: > [@](#): > > I bet we were 100x to 200x her. We had CPMs that were pennies in some cases. This is why @realDonaldTrump was a perfect candidate for FaceBook. > ---
**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, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17211 "2018-02-27T21:20:15Z")
That post needs more explanation and clarification. Which is to say, huh? ---
**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, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17212 "2018-02-27T21:26:11Z")
CNN is reporting that [Jared Kushner has had his security clearance down-graded](https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/27/politics/jared-kushner-security-clearance/index.html) to “Secret”. Which begs the question as to how he’s going to be able to bring peace to the Middle East and cure cancer and everything else in his portfolio. ---
**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 27, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17213 "2018-02-27T21:29:09Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > That post needs more explanation and clarification. Which is to say, huh? Let me… elucidate: Facebook charged the Trump campaign $.01, while charging the Clinton team $1-$2 for the same service. So, if FB said to Clinton “you will get 50k impressions” for a sum, they would tell Trump “you will get 5 million impressions” for the same sum. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17214 "2018-02-27T21:56:04Z")
So Parscale is saying that the Trump and Clinton campaigns did not pay for Facebook ads on a … par scale. 🆒 ---
**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, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17215 "2018-02-27T22:04:40Z")
Sincere repentance can lead to forgiveness. Sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17216 "2018-02-27T22:17:23Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > 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? It could happen. There have been police shootings/beatings where everyone’s dash and vest cam has been inoperative.:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17217 "2018-02-28T00:06:26Z")
> [@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. Beats sitting on a broken broomstick. Most days I think the broomstick is Trump and the butt is the USA ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17218 "2018-02-28T01:11:41Z")
So, we learn that Jared Kushner is openly spoken of as ‘easily manipulated’ by four nations: > [@](#): > > A handful of foreign countries see Jared Kushner as a potential target for manipulation, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday. > > At least four nations — China, the United Arab Emirates, Mexico, and Israel — pinpointed Kushner’s senior ranking in the Trump administration, his troubled financial dealings, and his lack of government experience as an opening for political influence… > **[At least 4 countries have privately discussed ways they can manipulate Jared...](https://www.businessinsider.com/jared-kushner-contacts-foreign-powers-influence-security-clearance-2018-2)** > > Kushner faces scrutiny for his contacts with foreign officials, complex financial dealings, and lack of government experience that could make him vulnerable.. I try to picture Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell just a bustin’ with pride at what they’ve enabled. Truly this administration/clusterfuck will be their lasting legacy. (We who are paying attention must _make sure of that_. Ryan and McConnell deserve full credit for letting this debacle continue.) ---
**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 28, 2018, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17219 "2018-02-28T02:44:09Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Trump has named his former digital campaign manager as his re-election campaign manger for 2020. Brad Parscale. Best typo of the entire thread. ---
**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, 2018, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17220 "2018-02-28T02:54:37Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > So, we learn that Jared Kushner is openly spoken of as ‘easily manipulated’ by four nations: > > [Jared Kushner Could Be Targeted, Manipulated by Foreign Powers: Report - Business Insider](http://www.businessinsider.com/jared-kushner-contacts-foreign-powers-influence-security-clearance-2018-2) > > I try to picture Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell just a bustin’ with pride at what they’ve enabled. Truly this administration/clusterfuck will be their lasting legacy. (We who are paying attention must _make sure of that_. Ryan and McConnell deserve full credit for letting this debacle continue.) For definitions of “learned” which mean “confirmed what we pretty much expected” and for values of “4 countries” which include the set of “all countries”, yes, I agree. They deserve all the credit they can get. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17221 "2018-02-28T15:16:59Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Jefferson Beauregard just announced that he’s going to investigate FISA case abuse. How is that recusal think working out, now, Jefferson? > [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/jeff-sessions-doj-will-open-investigation-into-fisa-abuses/article/2650184](http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/jeff-sessions-doj-will-open-investigation-into-fisa-abuses/article/2650184) The Keebler Elf General is going about it wrong way according to his too-orange dipshit boss: Why is A.G. Jeff Sessions asking the Inspector General to investigate potentially massive FISA abuse. Will take forever, has no prosecutorial power and already late with reports on Comey etc. Isn’t the I.G. an Obama guy? Why not use Justice Department lawyers? DISGRACEFUL! ---
**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, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17222 "2018-02-28T15:22:32Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > The Keebler Elf General is going about it wrong way according to his too-orange dipshit boss: > > Why is A.G. Jeff Sessions asking the Inspector General to investigate potentially massive FISA abuse. Will take forever, has no prosecutorial power and already late with reports on Comey etc. Isn’t the I.G. an Obama guy? Why not use Justice Department lawyers? DISGRACEFUL! Don’t these guys have meetings? Does President Fatass not realize he can call the attorney general into his office? ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17223 "2018-02-28T15:26:06Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Don’t these guys have meetings? Does President Fatass not realize he can call the attorney general into his office? Nothing like a private meeting held over twitter. That’s the way I prefer my boss to give me criticism. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17224 "2018-02-28T15:42:28Z")
Hadn’t seen this mentioned here yet, so, just for the sake of completeness: [Trump (apparently) wants his personal pilot to head the Federal Aviation Administration](https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinenegroni/2018/02/27/in-pushing-his-personal-pilot-for-faa-trump-shows-disregard-for-air-safety/#550b5e1a6cac) > [@](#): > > There is no reason to believe that Capt. John Dunkin isn’t a capable pilot and a genuinely nice guy. But President Trump does his friend no service by putting him forward as a candidate to lead the Federal Aviation Administration which is being reported in several publications this week. If the stories are correct, it is the second time Donald Trump has suggested his personal pilot has the right stuff to lead the most influential air safety organization in the world. Always remember, in the Trump White House it’s not what you know, it’s who you know (of course, not crashing his plane with him in it helps as well). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=860) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=862)