# 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:** 947
**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:** [April 10, 2018, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18925 "2018-04-10T00:58:02Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > Washington Post reporter @CarolLeonnig tweets: > > > [@](#): > > > > EXCLUSIVE – @realDonaldTrump lawyer is under investigation for possible bank fraud, wire fraud and violations of election law, per person familiar with search warrant of @MichaelCohen212 . Lawyer argues raid was inappropriate. Me w/ @thamburger Well, Trump did say there was election fraud. Guess he’s finally rooted it out. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2018, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18926 "2018-04-10T03:46:04Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > Washington Post reporter @CarolLeonnig tweets: > An angry Trump calls it “an attack on our country.” > Geez Louise! This is getting serious. Trump could fire Mueller. If he does, what happens next? Trump himself is a one-man attack on our country. Anyway, from all reports I’ve read today, should Mueller be fired, the investigation of Cohen by the US attorney for the southern district of New York will continue. Can open, worms everywhere. Tomorrow’s Presidential Tweetstorm (and you know there’s going to be one) should be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18927 "2018-04-10T03:47:25Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > 50th floor. Who knew there was a dumpster up there? Suspect (faulty) wiring, and no sprinklers. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18928 "2018-04-10T03:49:05Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Fuck John Kelly. > > His only accomplishment has been enabling the worst of the president’s tendencies and essentially helping to normalize his behavior. And in the end, being the so-called “adult in the room” didn’t change him one bit. Agreed. To hell with him. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18929 "2018-04-10T03:58:39Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > These “Christians” dissembling for Trump are infuriating. > > [Inside the White House bible study group.](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43534724) > This mealy-mouthed asshole, pastor Ralph Drollinger, who apparently has an ongoing sexual relationship with a thesaurus, spells out one contradictory position after another. For example: > > Ah, so you’re picking and choosing. You know what that means: > > Worse, this bible-thumping, Trump supporter has a broken hypocrisy meter and a serious vitamin I(rony) deficiency: > > What kind of moral leadership can you get from a twice divorced, pussy-groping, serial adulterer, eh Ralphie? > Does this “man of God” also counsel democrats? Why sure, even though it’s probably hopeless. For example, this one liberal bitch, who is pretty much a whore: > > So just fuck you Ralphie. And fuck you Pence and all the rest of the Jesus freaks in the cabinet. Take your sicko, perverted version of Christianity and keep it far, far away from secular government. May they go to the hell they want for us. That book the keep beating on says they are fucked. Matthew 7:21-33 21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’ 1 John 4:20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. Mark 7:8 He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: “ ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Luke 20:46-47 “Beware of the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. 47 They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.” Romans 2:1-5 1 You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. 2 Now we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. 3 So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment? 4 Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance? 5 But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. Timothy 3:1-5 1 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2018, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18930 "2018-04-10T04:03:54Z")
Yeah, but all that buybull blaming stuff is toward the back, as they probably see it. And meanwhile, where are the repubbies that are denouncing this bust or in support of it are? Oh, yeah… ---
**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:** [April 10, 2018, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18931 "2018-04-10T04:20:15Z")
You want to take a mulligan on that second paragraph, **Locrian**? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18932 "2018-04-10T06:49:41Z")
9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Stephen Reinhardt died this week. Jeff Greenfield recently said on PBS Newshour that Reinhardt was apparently one of the most liberal judges in the country, and his position, along with seven other from that court, are part of the 100 federal vacancies that McConnell is _sooooo_ chomping on the bit to fill, like, A.S.A.F’N.P., that he’ll flout a long-standing tradition in the Senate that a home senator can block a federal judge from his or her state along with the spectre of President Dumb chomping on _his_ bit for Ginsburg and Kennedy to somehow disappear, which would enable President Gulag to reshape the Court in what Greenfield calls what would be by far the most consequential political action The Orange Bum will have taken so far. (The Nuclear Tax Cut was nothing to sneeze at either, IMO.) (well, maybe in a sneezing-in-Donald’s-face-in-hopes-he-somehow-contracts-gonorrhea,-scabies,-colitis,-face-crabs-(whatever-the-hell-_those_-are)-dengue-mumps kinda way.) > **[Possible U.S.-China trade war poses political problems for GOP](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/possible-u-s-china-trade-war-poses-political-problems-for-gop)** > > President Trump this weekend went on the offensive in a series of tweets, tackling a trade war with China and Syria's alleged use of chemical weapons, while unleashing harsh words about immigration in the U.S. The comments came as pressure mounts... Cool that Ginsburg hired on clerks through 2020, letting Trump know she’ll outlast him.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18933 "2018-04-10T09:09:34Z")
MAGA: _My Attorney Got Arrested_ ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18934 "2018-04-10T09:47:04Z")
_Making America Go Apeshit._ ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18935 "2018-04-10T11:35:49Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > Washington Post reporter @CarolLeonnig tweets: > > > [@](#): > > > > EXCLUSIVE – @realDonaldTrump lawyer is under investigation for possible bank fraud, wire fraud and violations of election law, per person familiar with search warrant of @MichaelCohen212 . Lawyer argues raid was inappropriate. Me w/ @thamburger Appropriately enough, the investigation into bank, wire and electoral fraud happened on the same day [the judge finalized the $25m Trump University fraud settlement](http://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-finalizes-25-million-settlement-victims-donald-trumps/story?id=54347237). We got all kinds of fraud going on. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18936 "2018-04-10T14:49:16Z")
Frankly, I’m quite tired of Putin pimp slapping his little blonde dotard. And the dotard fails to realize he’s being slapped by his pimp. Sad. Trump, Bolton and Pence are in so far over their pointed little heads. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18937 "2018-04-10T15:10:54Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I read something about the prayer meetings too, and I think it had to do with women not being allowed to \*teach \*(lead the studies) at the meetings, which are actually led by Ralph Dollinger, who firmly adheres to the old-school notion that women can’t preach or teach the gospel. So ol’ Bets may be limited in what she’s allowed to say or share, but I don’t think she’s actually prohibited from speaking there. > > I’ve been around enough old-school conservative evangelical Christians to know that keeping women absolutely silent in Bible/prayer meetings isn’t something even they would do. [Just following the Bible.](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Timothy+2&version=NKJV) > [@](#): > > 11 Let a woman learn in silence with all submission. 12 And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence. 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve. 14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18938 "2018-04-10T15:22:50Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > An angry Trump calls it “an attack on our country.” Loser Donnie _ **is** _ America! Just ask him. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18939 "2018-04-10T15:52:36Z")
[Trump’s homeland security adviser Bossert resigning](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trumps-homeland-security-adviser-bossert-resigning/ar-AAvIotK) > [@](#): > > “The president is grateful for Tom’s commitment to the safety and security of our great country,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said in a statement. > “Tom led the White House’s efforts to protect the homeland from terrorist threats, strengthen our cyber defenses, and respond to an unprecedented series of natural disasters,” Sanders said. He did a great job. But fuck that guy, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18940 "2018-04-10T16:07:16Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Loser Donnie _ **is** _ America! When Crapton America hurls his mighty tweets All those who choose to oppose his tweets must bleat… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18941 "2018-04-10T16:31:03Z")
Its a treat to bleat your tweet in the Mississippi mud… ---
**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:** [April 10, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18942 "2018-04-10T16:36:41Z")
Larry Kudlow: “Of course he can compartmentalize. I’m going to bet you he holds his regular schedule today. … I’ll be traveling with him with a group going to Latin America … I don’t think it’s going to stop him.” Shortly after Trump cancels his trip to Latin America. So much for compartmentalization. I think Trump is going to put a picture of Rod Rosenstein’s face on a punching bag in the White House gym and spend the day punching it since Rosenstein personally approved the F.B.I. raid on Cohen. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2018, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18943 "2018-04-10T16:40:20Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > Larry Kudlow: “Of course he can compartmentalize. I’m going to bet you he holds his regular schedule today. … I’ll be traveling with him with a group going to Latin America … I don’t think it’s going to stop him.” > > Shortly after Trump cancels his trip to Latin America. So much for compartmentalization. I think Trump is going to put a picture of Rod Rosenstein’s face on a punching bag in the White House gym and spend the day punching it since Rosenstein personally approved the F.B.I. raid on Cohen. That would require physical activity. It’s more likely he’ll make Melania pee on the pic. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18944 "2018-04-10T16:41:15Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > [Trump’s homeland security adviser Bossert resigning](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trumps-homeland-security-adviser-bossert-resigning/ar-AAvIotK)He did a great job. But fuck that guy, I guess. Rachel’s going to have to use teenier print, even on her new, bigger wall of people who have left the administration so far. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=946) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=948)