# 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:** 92
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1821 "2017-03-03T22:19:26Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > **xenophon41** already forgot about. Riiight. Is it your thesis that if Trump is a sexist asshole it means we must give Democrats a pass, due to the fact if we chide them for sexism it makes Trump look less bad, sexism being a zero sum game and all that? ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1822 "2017-03-03T22:19:58Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > If it’s any consolation, I would like you as President just as much as I like Trump. > > 😃 I would only deport Red Sox fans. And cut off health care for Red Sox players. And name NY Yankee legends to my cabinet. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1823 "2017-03-03T23:40:48Z")
I don’t post here enough to follow the trends. But how does “Talk like Trump” sound for a thread? You would praise yourself or your fantastic idea, while getting as many things wrong as possible in a tweet size post. Or Talk like Trump day? April 1 would work. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1824 "2017-03-03T23:46:23Z")
A Yankees fan from Queens. Oh, dear. Who’s the other candidate? 😉 ---
**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:** [March 4, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1825 "2017-03-04T00:53:21Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > A Yankees fan from Queens. Oh, dear. Who’s the other candidate? 😉 Yeah, really. C’mon, man, there are SOME things we Outer Boroughers just shouldn’t DO. (Da Bronx is excepted in this case.) ---
**Author:** ![Okrahoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90db22/32.png) [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1826 "2017-03-04T03:18:29Z")
> **[The Basic Formula For Every Shocking Russia/Trump Revelation](https://medium.com/theyoungturks/the-basic-formula-for-every-shocking-russia-trump-revelation-e9ae390d9f05#.e9k45hrgi)** > > The basic formula for every breaking Trump/Russia story is essentially as follows: Describes this shameful resurrected neo-McCarthyism perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1827 "2017-03-04T04:25:43Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I find poutine revolting but I love puns, so my feelings are mixed. I’m from Minnesota, your southernmost province, and I find myself poutine-curious. All my favorite foods, drenched in gravy from an envelope. Could there be mushrooms from a can? Yeah, **luci** , show YOUR fuckin’ creds! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1828 "2017-03-04T04:43:31Z")
> [@xenophon41](#): > > Who cares whether they “really” find it distasteful. It damn well _is_ distasteful, and it damn well _should_ be condemned. And the congressman should make a sincere apology, not just to Ms. Conway but to his constituents and presumably his spouse and family. I wouldn’t go that far, but Richmond’s joke wasn’t as bad as the one that occurred to me: In the picture, Conway has just realized she’s in a room filled with black men. She’s on her phone, texting a friend: “I think I’m about to be mugged.” ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1829 "2017-03-04T04:44:20Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Yeah, really. > > C’mon, man, there are SOME things we Outer Boroughers just shouldn’t DO. (Da Bronx is excepted in this case.) Speaking professionally as an outsider, does Queens really need so many sub-burroughs? Speaking as a Chicagoan who knows our various subdivisions, which have become informal and not mentioned in addresses, I’m sick of assuming that a 61 zip is probably some manner of Queens and hoping for the best. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1830 "2017-03-04T04:50:35Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I wouldn’t go that far, but Richmond’s joke wasn’t as bad as the one that occurred to me: > > In the picture, Conway has just realized she’s in a room filled with black men. She’s on her phone, texting a friend: “I think I’m about to be mugged.” Happily. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1831 "2017-03-04T05:42:14Z")
Poor little Trump. [https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170304/ba52a09d278b5aeba63b96161379e7d8.jpg](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170304/ba52a09d278b5aeba63b96161379e7d8.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1832 "2017-03-04T05:48:56Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > Poor little Trump. > > [https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170304/ba52a09d278b5aeba63b96161379e7d8.jpg](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170304/ba52a09d278b5aeba63b96161379e7d8.jpg) That’s really repulsive. On SO many levels. ---
**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 4, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1833 "2017-03-04T18:42:38Z")
Despite Trump’s promise, the Keystone Pipeline will not be using American made steel. > **[Keystone Pipeline Won't Use US Steel Despite Trump Pledge](https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/keystone-pipeline-wont-use-us-steel-despite-trump-pledge/2032902/)** > > The Keystone XL oil pipeline won’t have to use American steel in its construction, despite what President Donald Trump says. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Friday that’s due to language in a presidential directive Trump issued in... ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1834 "2017-03-04T19:08:23Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Yeah, really. > > C’mon, man, there are SOME things we Outer Boroughers just shouldn’t DO. (Da Bronx is excepted in this case.) Blame on Old Man D\_Odds. Come April in the D\_Odds household, there was no WOR, only WPIX (old time NYCers will understand). And we were taught NYC only had one major league baseball team. It didn’t help that Granddaddy D\_Odds was a diehard Dodger and never forgave the Amazin’s. We were indoctrinated! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1835 "2017-03-04T19:40:57Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > I’m from Minnesota, your southernmost province, and I find myself poutine-curious. All my favorite foods, drenched in gravy from an envelope. Could there be mushrooms from a can? > > Yeah, **luci** , show YOUR fuckin’ creds! Wasn’t born here. Abandoned by wolves, raised by Texans. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1836 "2017-03-04T21:53:52Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > I remember the good old days of last November, when I thought we had elected an incompetent boob who would have to be told what to do by more competent staff. > > Then I remember the good old days of December, when it became clear from the people he was appointing to key positions that he was not only an incompetent boob, but he was deliberately setting out to dismantle as much environmental and social progress as possible. > > Now I’m wondering if, after learning that he and his team colluded with Russia to undermine Hillary Clinton, and lied under oath about even talking to any Russians, that these will soon seem like the good old days, when we find out even more about this abomination in chief. > > There is one thing we can do — we need to start a popular demand to see his tax returns, and learn the extent of his business ties to Russia (although I’m sure half of his stuff was off the books). > > Every Democratic congressman and senator should adopt Cato the Elder’s tactic, and end every speech, interview, and pizza order with, “And it is also my opinion that Trump should release his tax returns.” Wait until people start harking back to the good old days of his first 100 days in office. > [@alphaboi867](#): > > Really? :dubious: Isn’t she a bit long in the tooth for Trump’s taste? Nah, she’s got the hair. > [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I wouldn’t go that far, but Richmond’s joke wasn’t as bad as the one that occurred to me: > > In the picture, Conway has just realized she’s in a room filled with black men. She’s on her phone, texting a friend: “I think I’m about to be mugged.” Or she could be texting: “It’s twue! It’s twue!” ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1837 "2017-03-04T22:01:44Z")
But I am seriously wondering if thhis new shtick of his – “Obama wiretapped me! Wah, wah wah!” – means he could be removed from office at least temporarily while a psychiatric evaluation can be performed on him. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2017, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1838 "2017-03-05T01:00:29Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > But I am seriously wondering if thhis new shtick of his – “Obama wiretapped me! Wah, wah wah!” – means he could be removed from office at least temporarily while a psychiatric evaluation can be performed on him. Has ANY Republican in Congress even commented on this or reacted to it? ---
**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:** [March 5, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1839 "2017-03-05T01:02:25Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Has ANY Republican in Congress even commented on this or reacted to it? Dunno, we’ll be checking the wiretaps on their phones a bit later this evening. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1840 "2017-03-05T01:09:19Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Despite Trump’s promise, the Keystone Pipeline will not be using American made steel. > [Keystone Pipeline Won’t Use US Steel Despite Trump Pledge – NBC Chicago](http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Keystone-Pipeline-Wont-Use-US-Steel-Despite-Trump-Pledge-415371663.html?_osource=SocialFlowFB_CHBrand) The foreign steel was already acquired. No point in throwing away good foreign steel that’s already there.\* Going forward\*, pipeline steel can be U.S.-sourced, but for now, using existing steel is the right thing to do. Had Trump discarded perfectly good foreign steel just for the sake of “Buy American”, he’d be criticized as wasteful. This decision was the right call. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=91) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=93)