# 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:** 925
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18485 "2018-03-26T13:16:26Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > “President is disappointed that conflicts prevent Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing from joining the president’s special counsel legal team,” Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow says. > > Trump’s main Mueller-probe lawyer Dowd resigned and even the crazy FoxNews conspiracy theory lawyer diGenova doesn’t want to join his legal team. No lawyer wants to represent an antagonistic client that refuses to listen. Maybe Trump will have to get a public defender or call 1-800-LAWYERS to find representation in the Mueller probe. Good. diGenova may be a crazy bastard and/or a no good asshole, but apparently even he isn’t stupid enough to get onboard this trainwreck. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18486 "2018-03-26T13:19:56Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I don’t want to sound like a whiner, but I’ve been hoisting that banner since November 2016. Supporting this guy just on what they knew \*then \*disqualifies them from ever talking about immoral politicians again. ad yet, they STILL won’t shut the fuck up. ---
**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 26, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18487 "2018-03-26T19:51:07Z")
With Melania at Mar a lago, ostensibly because it’s Barron’s spring break, will there be a White House Easter egg roll this year? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18488 "2018-03-26T20:01:37Z")
Probably. It’ll be hosted by the wife Trump wishes he had - his daughter. ---
**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 26, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18489 "2018-03-26T20:46:42Z")
Trump, Financial Genius [crows about the great gains made by the stock market](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/978368319542702080) today. Missed / ignored / failed to mention / didn’t know about the greater loss it suffered Friday. > [@](#): > > CNBC Now: BREAKING: Dow posts third best one-day point gain ever [http://cnb.cx/2G6ga8Y](http://cnb.cx/2G6ga8Y) > > Trump: Great news! #MAGA ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18490 "2018-03-26T21:24:35Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Trump, Financial Genius [crows about the great gains made by the stock market](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/978368319542702080) today. Missed / ignored / failed to mention / didn’t know about the greater loss it suffered Friday. Especially Ironic given that the gains were due to his backing off on his original plan to start a world wide trade war. With luck he may learn the the economy fairs better when he keeps his grubby little mitts off it, but he probably won’t. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18491 "2018-03-26T21:26:12Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Especially Ironic given that the gains were due to his backing off of his previously declared sanctions. MAGA! I have to wonder how many millions he and his buddies made off this clusterfuck. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18492 "2018-03-26T21:27:45Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Michael Cohen’s lawyer is demanding that Stormy Daniels retract the claim that he sent a thug to threaten her. A claim she never made. Someone really needs to give Cohen his own treatment. Send some no-neck gorilla to his house and break his fucking legs. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18493 "2018-03-26T22:11:07Z")
[Stormy Daniels 60 Minutes interview gets better ratings than Donald Trump’s 60 Minutes interview in 2016.](http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/26/media/anderson-cooper-stormy-daniels-60-minutes-ratings/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18494 "2018-03-26T22:48:13Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [Stormy Daniels 60 Minutes interview gets better ratings than Donald Trump’s 60 Minutes interview in 2016.](http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/26/media/anderson-cooper-stormy-daniels-60-minutes-ratings/index.html) “Fake News! Fake News! Sad!” ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18495 "2018-03-27T00:00:55Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > I have to wonder how many millions he and his buddies made off this clusterfuck. ^This. Trump may come to realize that the economy is a yo-yo attached to his finger. He would need advice from sleazy friends of course. Jared would know. And his Russian connections. Don Jr., not so much. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2018, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18496 "2018-03-27T01:05:08Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Trump, Financial Genius [crows about the great gains made by the stock market](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/978368319542702080) today. Missed / ignored / failed to mention / didn’t know about the greater loss it suffered Friday. > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Especially Ironic given that the gains were due to his backing off on his original plan to start a world wide trade war. With luck he may learn the the economy fairs better when he keeps his grubby little mitts off it, but he probably won’t. Remember, all his news/tweets/emails are filtered. He only gets the best, the goodest news. Forget the intelligence report - even reduced to comics like in Reagan’s day; it’s see-no-evil, hear-no-evil every day. He probably didn’t even here that the gun protest crowd was bigger than his inaugural crowd. (I made that up - was it?) ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18497 "2018-03-27T02:26:14Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > He probably didn’t even here that the gun protest crowd was bigger than his inaugural crowd. (I made that up - was it?) Depends on who you listen to, I suppose. One estimate of his inauguration crowd was somewhere between [300,000 and 600,000](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/24/14354036/crowds-presidential-inaugurations-trump-average). If you believe Sean Spicer’s counting \, it was about 720,000. The March for Our Lives crowd was at least 800,000. ---
**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 27, 2018, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18498 "2018-03-27T02:35:25Z")
Trump’s Stupid Idea of the Day: Trump Talks of Bringing Back Rob Porter, Aide Accused of Spousal Abuse > **[Trump Talks of Bringing Back Rob Porter, Aide Accused of Spousal Abuse...](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/26/us/politics/trump-rob-porter.html)** > > The president has remained in touch with Mr. Porter, the former White House staff secretary, since his resignation, according to people familiar with the conversations. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18499 "2018-03-27T02:47:30Z")
Yup, in Trump’s world, you’re never completely out. He may fire you a half-dozen times, but if you remain loyal, he’ll take you back sometime. ---
**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 27, 2018, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18500 "2018-03-27T03:16:47Z")
Thump has [gotten on board](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-administration-expels-60-russian-officers-shuts-seattle-consulate-in-response-to-attack-on-former-spy-in-britain/2018/03/26/8ada3d8e-30f0-11e8-8bdd-cdb33a5eef83_story.html?utm_term=.e89d82cd0c48) with being outraged at the Russians for poisoning those two people in England. We’ve even expelled a boatload Russian diplomats and shut down a Consulate in Seattle. Isn’t he afraid of pissing \ off Putin? I don’t understand–I thought Vlad was his BFF and Best Bud. Is the bromance over? ---
**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 27, 2018, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18501 "2018-03-27T03:17:45Z")
More Trump brilliance. The 2020 census which will include a new citizenship question. No doubt if you check the wrong box, ICE agents will show up at your door to deport you. I think everyone should throw the census in the garbage as a protest. > **[Ross: 2020 Census Will Ask About Citizenship Status - Roll Call](https://rollcall.com/2018/03/26/ross-2020-census-will-ask-about-citizenship-status/)** > > The Commerce Department has agreed to a request from the Justice Department to include a citizenship status question on the 2020 Census. Commerce made the announcement late Monday, saying that the question would line up with the language used the... The Commerce Department has agreed to a request from the Justice Department to include a citizenship status question on the 2020 Census. ---
**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 27, 2018, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18502 "2018-03-27T03:29:37Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Isn’t he afraid of pissing \ off Putin? I don’t understand–I thought Vlad was his BFF and Best Bud. Is the bromance over? You will notice that Trump still hasn’t criticized Putin. However, he had to do this reluctantly to try to convince Republicans that he isn’t a Russian agent (which he in fact is). He probably called Putin today and apologized profusely. “Sorry boss. We’ll let them back in a week or two when the whole thing blows over.” ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18503 "2018-03-27T03:31:01Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > …I think everyone should throw the census in the garbage as a protest. > … Please don’t do this. You’re potentially throwing away your representation while achieving nothing as a protest. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18504 "2018-03-27T04:00:05Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > More Trump brilliance. The 2020 census which will include a new citizenship question. No doubt if you check the wrong box, ICE agents will show up at your door to deport you. I think everyone should throw the census in the garbage as a protest. > > [https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/2020-census-will-ask-citizenship-status](https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/2020-census-will-ask-citizenship-status) > The Commerce Department has agreed to a request from the Justice Department to include a citizenship status question on the 2020 Census. There’s a “cutting down on the number of illegal immigrants is okay, but not the number of guns or gun deaths” question in there, but I’m on too much Nyquil to complete it and have it make sense. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=924) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=926)