# 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:** 864
**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:** [March 1, 2018, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17265 "2018-03-01T00:58:18Z")
I am getting dizzy keeping up with the chaos of the last 48 hours: - Trump berates Hope Hicks for being “stupid” for admitting to “white lies.” Hope Hicks, Trump’s emotional support, resigns. - Trump holds a reality TV meeting with Congress members where he suddenly takes an **anti** -gun stance. Trump wants to take guns away from the mentally ill: “Take the guns first, go through due process second.” - Trump calls Sessions “disgraceful” on Twitter. Trump tells his friends Sessions is “Mr. Magoo.” Sessions issues a statement pushing back against Trump. - Kelly downgrades Kushner’s security access. As the Kushner-Kelly battle escalates, Kushner is described as “paranoid.” Kushner’s spokesman for the Office of American Innovation, Josh Raffel, resigns abruptly. ---
**Author:** ![jshore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jshore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jshore)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17266 "2018-03-01T01:10:01Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > I am getting dizzy keeping up with the chaos of the last 48 hours: And, the sad part is that this is arguably a SLOW news week by Trump Administration standards. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2018, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17267 "2018-03-01T01:10:08Z")
Steve Mnuchin is heckled and booed at a public meeting at UCLA, and retracts permission for the university to release video of the meeting. > **[Mnuchin, Dogged By Protesters, Doesn’t Want Video Posted](https://www.wsj.com/articles/mnuchin-dogged-by-protesters-doesnt-want-video-posted-1519849427)** > > Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin asked the University of California, Los Angeles not to post a video of his recent public appearance at which he was heckled by students. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2018, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17268 "2018-03-01T01:17:14Z")
Got a link that’s NOT behind a paywall? ---
**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, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17269 "2018-03-01T01:21:22Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > - Trump holds a reality TV meeting with Congress members where he suddenly takes an **anti** -gun stance. Trump wants to take guns away from the mentally ill: “Take the guns first, go through due process second.” … I just can’t get over the stupid. Where is **Bricker** , by the way. Only a lawyer could explain how due process could succeed process. So keeping a tally of retarded Trump solutions to complex problems: Immigration: Wall. Drugs: Kill Dealers. Guns: Arm Everyone. Guns: Take Them Away First. Protect Medicare and Medicaid: Defund. Tax Reform: Give the obscenely rich more money. Has this useless cunt ever had a good idea? Any smart and ambitious eighth-grader has a better grasp of government than Trump, and would probably make a better president. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2018, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17270 "2018-03-01T01:57:54Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Hail to the chief, > He’s a bloviating [del]blowhard[/del] queef. FTFY. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17271 "2018-03-01T02:04:40Z")
> **[Kushner’s Family Business Received Loans After White House Meetings...](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/business/jared-kushner-apollo-citigroup-loans.html)** > > Apollo, the private equity firm, and Citigroup made large loans last year to the family real estate business of Jared Kushner, President Trump’s senior adviser. After White House meetings, “Apollo, the private equity firm, and Citigroup made large loans last year to the family real estate business of Jared Kushner, President Trump’s senior adviser.” ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17272 "2018-03-01T02:10:51Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/business/jared-kushner-apollo-citigroup-loans.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/business/jared-kushner-apollo-citigroup-loans.html) > > After White House meetings, “Apollo, the private equity firm, and Citigroup made large loans last year to the family real estate business of Jared Kushner, President Trump’s senior adviser.” Looking at one of the pictures, I gotta wonder–does Kushner have a problem that starts with the letter H? ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17273 "2018-03-01T02:12:19Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > He meant to say “Let’s talk about Hilter…” It’s Godwin, right? ---
**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:** [March 1, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17274 "2018-03-01T02:20:41Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > I just can’t get over the stupid. Where is **Bricker** , by the way. Only a lawyer could explain how due process could succeed process. Bricker doesn’t participate in the Trump-Russia-CF threads very often. Even this thread… 17k posts and counting… and he has 6 posts. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17275 "2018-03-01T02:25:53Z")
Mueller is still one step ahead. While Trump is actively trying to [oust Sessions now](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/375981-trump-launches-new-attack-on-sessions-disgraceful), Mueller is investigating whether Trump tried to [oust him earlier](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376163-mueller-investigating-whether-trump-tried-to-oust-sessions-report). ---
**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:** [March 1, 2018, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17276 "2018-03-01T02:37:52Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Got a link that’s NOT behind a paywall? [http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376113-mnuchin-asked-ucla-not-to-post-video-of-speech-where-he-was-heckled](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376113-mnuchin-asked-ucla-not-to-post-video-of-speech-where-he-was-heckled) ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17277 "2018-03-01T03:28:49Z")
Oops, already posted. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17278 "2018-03-01T03:30:30Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/business/jared-kushner-apollo-citigroup-loans.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/business/jared-kushner-apollo-citigroup-loans.html) > > After White House meetings, “Apollo, the private equity firm, and Citigroup made large loans last year to the family real estate business of Jared Kushner, President Trump’s senior adviser.” Still surprising how corrupt this admin is. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17279 "2018-03-01T03:52:38Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Still surprising how corrupt this admin is. Hey, it was only $184 million from Apollo and $325 million from Citi - just a smidge over a half billion, no bigee. ---
**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, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17280 "2018-03-01T03:53:05Z")
The Republican president is now endorsing the extrajudicial confiscation of guns. The very policy that Democrats were falsely accused of endorsing for years. How long till he backs down from that idea or someone explains it away by telling us what he actually meant to say? ---
**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:** [March 1, 2018, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17281 "2018-03-01T03:55:43Z")
It’s not surprising, just shocking. You don’t buy a ticket to the haunted house at a fair, walk inside, then act all surprised when a guy in a ghost costume jumps out and says “boo”. He might startle you, but don’t be surprised; it’s a haunted house and you knew it when you bought the ticket. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2018, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17282 "2018-03-01T03:58:58Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > The Republican president is now endorsing the extrajudicial confiscation of guns. The very policy that Democrats were falsely accused of endorsing for years. How long till he backs down from that idea or someone explains it away by telling us what he actually meant to say? Sarah Huckabee, tomorrow: “What the President really said was …” ---
**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:** [March 1, 2018, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17283 "2018-03-01T04:04:46Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Sarah Huckabee, tomorrow: “What the President really said was …” “…I will only take guns from rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shit-kickers and _Methodists!_” ---
**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:** [March 1, 2018, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/17284 "2018-03-01T04:12:42Z")
Obama never said to take the guns without regulation. Everyone believed he did. Howling Yam says no gun control, okay maybe bump stocks, raise the age, take the guns from the retards, tomorrow he’ll switch… And everyone on pro-gun rights doesn’t even twitch. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=863) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=865)