# 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:** 863
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17245 "2018-02-28T19:29:26Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Shit, let’s invoke Gaudere and talk about Hitler! Huh? ---
**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 28, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17246 "2018-02-28T19:38:25Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > …Seriously, if Sessions had ANY pride, and any sense of self worth, any balls, he’d say “Fuck you I quit” and then start talking a LOT to Meuller. > > I sure as hell would. Sessions has not accomplished his mission of setting Civil Rights back to '64… that’s _18_64. Until he does that, nothing could make him quit. ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17247 "2018-02-28T19:40:32Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > Huh? That’s one hell of a typo. ---
**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 28, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17248 "2018-02-28T19:44:12Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > I thought the cost was based on how popular the ads were, especially how many people shared those ads. If people _liked_ to read the ads and willingly shared them with friends, then it’s valuable to Facebook as a content, and something they want to encourage (by running it very cheaply). > > I guess the question is whether those were actual Trump supporters sharing the ads, or Russian trolls & bots. Still, even without Russian interference, I bet Trump supporters were much more willing to share Trump ads than Hillary supporters were to share Hillary ads. “Impressions” is a dead-tree term: the plate picks up the ink and impresses the text/image on the paper. One copy is an impression (pedantically, a full-color ad would be three or four impressions, but I do not think they count it quite like that). “CPM” using “impressions” is archaic wrt something like FB – per ad-load would make more sense. ---
**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, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17249 "2018-02-28T20:11:00Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > “Impressions” is a dead-tree term: the plate picks up the ink and impresses the text/image on the paper. One copy is an impression (pedantically, a full-color ad would be three or four impressions, but I do not think they count it quite like that). “CPM” using “impressions” is archaic wrt something like FB – per ad-load would make more sense. You “dial” your cell phone, right? People still use “taping” for recording video. Example headline [A New Implication of Cellphone Video: Citizens Taping Each Other For Police](https://www.aclu.org/blog/privacy-technology/surveillance-technologies/new-implication-cellphone-video-citizens-taping) May 2017 ---
**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 28, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17250 "2018-02-28T20:43:21Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You “dial” your cell phone, right? People still use “taping” for recording video. > Example headline > [A New Implication of Cellphone Video: Citizens Taping Each Other For Police](https://www.aclu.org/blog/privacy-technology/surveillance-technologies/new-implication-cellphone-video-citizens-taping) May 2017 Also, do you CC people on email messages? How do you attach the carbon copy? ---
**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 28, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17251 "2018-02-28T21:42:44Z")
[all Hope is lost](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376108-hope-hicks-resigns-from-white-house) ---
**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, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17252 "2018-02-28T21:56:11Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > [all Hope is lost](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376108-hope-hicks-resigns-from-white-house) What a relief. It was beginning to look as though no one in the administration would be fired, quit or get indicted this week. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17253 "2018-02-28T22:01:12Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Shit, let’s invoke Gaudere and talk about Hitler! > [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > Huh? He meant to say “Let’s talk about Hilter…” ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17254 "2018-02-28T22:01:52Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > [all Hope is lost](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376108-hope-hicks-resigns-from-white-house) Holy shit! Didn’t see that one coming. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17255 "2018-02-28T22:09:59Z")
[Trump Thought the Rules Didn’t Apply](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/the-rules-are-there-to-protect-you-not-hurt-you/554486/) > [@](#): > > The Trump administration decided early on that many guidelines were either antiquated or punitive, and is belatedly discovering that they were there for its own protection. > > \ > > What the last few weeks, and especially the last few days, have brought home is that the rules exist in part to protect the people who are supposed to follow them. Just like your elementary-school teacher told you not to run in the hallways not because she was a martinet but because you’re liable to trip and hurt yourself, ethics rules and norms can help an administration protect itself and the country. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Economist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17256 "2018-02-28T22:57:27Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > Holy shit! Didn’t see that one coming. It’s been [obvious for weeks](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=849164) that she didn’t have long. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17257 "2018-02-28T23:08:50Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Trump Thought the Rules Didn’t Apply](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/the-rules-are-there-to-protect-you-not-hurt-you/554486/) Much like [due process](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376097-trump-take-the-guns-first-go-through-due-process-second). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17258 "2018-02-28T23:21:38Z")
Presidenting is hard. ---
**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 28, 2018, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17259 "2018-02-28T23:23:09Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > [all Hope is lost](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376108-hope-hicks-resigns-from-white-house) > [@El\_Kabong](#): > > What a relief. It was beginning to look as though no one in the administration would be fired, quit or get indicted this week. > [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > Holy shit! Didn’t see that one coming. Has Donnie given her the ring yet? Does Melania know? ---
**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, 2018, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17260 "2018-02-28T23:39:30Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Presidenting is hard. Hail to the chief, He’s a bloviating blowhard. Hail to the chief, Didn’t know president’d be so hard. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17261 "2018-03-01T00:08:05Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > Much like [due process](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376097-trump-take-the-guns-first-go-through-due-process-second). “Take the Guns First, Go Through Due Process Second” Imagine for one second Obama saying this. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17262 "2018-03-01T00:36:49Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Presidenting is hard. Who knew? ---
**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:** [March 1, 2018, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17263 "2018-03-01T00:52:02Z")
Is she blonde enough for Fox News? ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17264 "2018-03-01T00:57:02Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > “Take the Guns First, Go Through Due Process Second” > > Imagine for one second Obama saying this. Imagine Obama doing pretty much _anything_ Trump gets away with. It’s white privilege wrought green. Trump’s entire life is affirmative action for the shitty crotch fruit of a racist, scumbag, parasitic landlord. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=862) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=864)