# 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:** 948
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18945 "2018-04-10T16:43:11Z")
> [@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. The problem with compartmentalization is that he only has two compartments: himself and everything else. When there’s something going on with compartment 1, “everything else” is always going to fall by the wayside. ---
**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, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18946 "2018-04-10T17:20:58Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > 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. With his tiny fists? Not likely. ---
**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, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18947 "2018-04-10T17:27:59Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > 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 I doubt he could spend more than a minute or two in such strenuous activity (frankly, I wonder how he made it this long without stroking out or otherwise keeling over, given his stress level, bad temper, junk-food addiction, and general physical unfitness). ---
**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, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18948 "2018-04-10T17:32:35Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > That would require physical activity. You are right. He will send off an angry tweetstorm instead. He can do this while watching TV (his main job) without moving from his chair. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2018, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18949 "2018-04-10T17:44:51Z")
> [@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. What does \*\*\*Homeland \*\*\*Security have to do with foreign events? ---
**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, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18950 "2018-04-10T18:00:31Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > What does \*\*\*Homeland \*\*\*Security have to do with foreign events? He’s thinking of ‘Motherland’. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18951 "2018-04-10T18:08:14Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > I doubt he could spend more than a minute or two in such strenuous activity (frankly, I wonder how he made it this long without stroking out or otherwise keeling over, given his stress level, bad temper, junk-food addiction, and general physical unfitness). He’s saving his health by treating the Presidency as his retirement job (which takes a bit too much of his time, but what can a man do?). By not working hard, he can eat all the Big Macs he wants. Win-win! ---
**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:** [April 10, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18952 "2018-04-10T18:42:49Z")
> [@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. Bolton fired him. From the story, “…has resigned at the request of new national security adviser John Bolton…” First of many in Bolton’s purge. It will be quite an administration. Dotard, Bolton, Miller, Sleepy (Ross), Dopey (DeVos or Perry), Doc (Carson), Grumpy (Sessions). Kelly, Pruitt, Kellyanne, Sarah; I don’t see them making the long march. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18953 "2018-04-10T19:33:49Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > He’s saving his health by treating the Presidency as his retirement job (which takes a bit too much of his time, but what can a man do?). By not working hard, he can eat all the Big Macs he wants. Win-win! I loved this quote from his rant yesterday: “I’ve been President now for what seems like a lengthy period of time.” He doesn’t know how long it’s been? Or it just seems sooooo much longer than it really is? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18954 "2018-04-10T19:42:04Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > Or it just seems sooooo much longer than it really is? It seems awfully long from my perspective. Interminable. The long night from which dawn may never come. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18955 "2018-04-10T19:42:44Z")
“Client-attorney privilege is dead. Unfair!” tweets the guy running the administration that has gutted the consumer protection agency, sidelined the EPA, opposes rules requiring money managers to act in the best interest of its clients, screws people over leveraged with NDAs. Tells everyone that Mexicans are rapists and that Muslims should be banned. The guy in the party that stands for exactly One Thing- tax cuts for the wealthy. The party that got elected through a combination of gerrymandering, running propaganda networks that fill the heads of the proles with hatred and lies, and probably with election interference from Russia. _Unfair!_ Fuck you, Donnie. Fuck you up the ass with a giant pineapple wrapped in an angry porcupine. Fuck. You. ---
**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, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18956 "2018-04-10T20:04:13Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > “Client-attorney privilege is dead. Unfair!” tweets the guy running the administration that has gutted the consumer protection agency, sidelined the EPA, opposes rules requiring money managers to act in the best interest of its clients, screws people over leveraged with NDAs. Tells everyone that Mexicans are rapists and that Muslims should be banned. The guy in the party that stands for exactly One Thing- tax cuts for the wealthy. The party that got elected through a combination of gerrymandering, running propaganda networks that fill the heads of the proles with hatred and lies, and probably with election interference from Russia. _Unfair!_ > > Fuck you, Donnie. Fuck you up the ass with a giant pineapple wrapped in an angry porcupine. Fuck. You. Friendly Amendment Proposal: “…giant _habanero-glazed_ pineapple…” ---
**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:** [April 10, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18957 "2018-04-10T20:04:13Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > Fuck you, Donnie. **Fuck you up the ass with a giant pineapple wrapped in an angry porcupine.** Fuck. You. The Humane Society wants a word with you. ---
**Author:** ![Celidin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Celidin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celidin)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18958 "2018-04-10T20:21:32Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > I loved this quote from his rant yesterday: > > “I’ve been President now for what seems like a lengthy period of time.” > > He doesn’t know how long it’s been? Or it just seems sooooo much longer than it really is? My mother in law (who’s 70 - almost Trump’s age) had a fairly minor stroke last year and since then has had a somewhat nebulous relationship with time and durations. Meaning that if we say we’re picking her up at 9am to go to brunch or something, she has trouble figuring out what time to set her alarm for to get up to be sure she’s showered/ready and such. Maybe Trump has a similar difficulty? ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18959 "2018-04-10T20:23:46Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > The Humane Society wants a word with you. I rescued a cat from the Humane Society this year. That comes with a Mulligan. ---
**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, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18960 "2018-04-10T20:31:40Z")
How odd that a fella who has made being unfair to random schmoes a virtue and practically a life’s work, should bleat so often and loudly about unfairness. ---
**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, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18961 "2018-04-10T21:48:25Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > It seems awfully long from my perspective. Interminable. The long night from which dawn may never come. Dawn may well come. Any time of the day or night, suddenly and blindingly. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18962 "2018-04-10T22:12:48Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > [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. Well, Paul clearly had some sort of issue with femaleness. The obsessiveness rather stands out. (And thanks, SteveG1, for your excellent compilation of New Testament quotations, a few posts back. Amazing how much there is in there that’s applicable to the current crop of “holy men.”) ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18963 "2018-04-10T22:27:55Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Well, Paul clearly had some sort of issue with femaleness. The obsessiveness rather stands out. > > (And thanks, SteveG1, for your excellent compilation of New Testament quotations, a few posts back. Amazing how much there is in there that’s applicable to the current crop of “holy men.”) Blaming Eve for the Fall always seemed unfair to me. She was deceived by the Master Deceiver - she never had a chance. Adam, OTOH, couldn’t look past the words of this woman he has authority over and remember the word of God. Was Adam the first man to think with his dick? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2018, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/18964 "2018-04-10T22:38:09Z")
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