# 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:** 954
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19065 "2018-04-13T02:55:02Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Hey, take a look at that train wreck over there. > > Ok, you can stop looking now. > > Seriously, stop looking. > > Come on, there is stuff to do elsewhere. > > Please, take your eyes off of that mess. > > I give up, I will check on you later. [The lot of a White House Press Secretary](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdFl__NlOpA). ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19066 "2018-04-13T03:06:21Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > But why would he ask comey to prove a negative? How could you ask someone repeatedly to prove that something doesn’t exist? That’s what I’m trying to wrap my head around. If there’s absolutely positively no way a videotape of you could possibly exist (because you never were part of what supposedly took place, for instance), why on earth would you ask the head of the FBI to prove that? > . Because he’s a fucking idiot that doesn’t understand things - ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19067 "2018-04-13T03:40:47Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I’d love nothing better than to feel I could go for a day without looking at the news. But you have no problem linking to [fatbergs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatberg)? ---
**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:** [April 13, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19068 "2018-04-13T03:54:32Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [Trump poised to pardon Scooter Libby, Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-trump-poised-pardon-scooter-libby-dick-cheneys/story?id=54433032) He’s just telling all his allies “lie to the FBI, perjure yourself, I don’t care. Project me and I’ll pardon you.” Dangerous. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19069 "2018-04-13T03:57:53Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > But you have no problem linking to [fatbergs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatberg)? Your comment doesn’t make sense to me, but maybe I’m just tired. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19070 "2018-04-13T04:14:28Z")
nevermind ---
**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 13, 2018, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19071 "2018-04-13T04:38:25Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > He’s just telling all his allies “lie to the FBI, perjure yourself, I don’t care. Project me and I’ll pardon you.” > > Dangerous. Yeah, I don’t see any other reason for it. Dude’s not in prison, he now has his law license back and he had his voting rights restored by the governor of Virginia. This is nothing but a message. And we have to keep reminding ourselves that Orangeanus can’t pardon for state crimes, so fuck his “messages.” ---
**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 13, 2018, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19072 "2018-04-13T04:38:31Z")
Some good news - Judy Woodruff was mentioning tonight that if Pruitt has to vacate his position as EPA head, he will replaced by Andrew Wheeler, an anomaly among republicans for his surprisingly strong support of regulations, clean air, and coal reductions… oh wait, actually, hold on a sec - no, no he isn’t. He has nothing the fuck to do with any of that stuff whatsoever, and is much more of a scum-belching toady lobbyist for coal. My bad. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19073 "2018-04-13T05:12:37Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Your comment doesn’t make sense to me, but maybe I’m just tired. Well, you said you don’t like looking at the news, but you posted a link to something almost as disgusting. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2018, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19074 "2018-04-13T05:16:14Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > But why would he ask comey to prove a negative? How could you ask someone repeatedly to prove that something doesn’t exist? That’s what I’m trying to wrap my head around. If there’s absolutely positively no way a videotape of you could possibly exist (because you never were part of what supposedly took place, for instance), why on earth would you ask the head of the FBI to prove that? > > A man who has never been in a room with Russian prostitutes peeing on a bed doesn’t worry about the existence of a videotape that shows Russian prostitutes peeing on a bed. > > But a man who has? Well, he’s the guy who starts sweating once the rumors start… There’s an allusion to this in the excellent film _Wag the Dog_, when William H Macy and Robert DeNiro are talking about the fictional war with Albania: > [@](#): > > Macy’s character: There is no War. > > ``` > DeNiro's character: > (GESTURES AT THE TV, WHERE WE SEE TRUDY LAROUCHE RUNNING ACROSS THE BURNING BRIDGE) > Of course there's a war. I'm watching it on Television. > > ``` ---
**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 13, 2018, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19075 "2018-04-13T06:43:10Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > This would require GOD ALMIGHTY to reach down into his tiny narcissistic weasel cranium and implant a conscience and Human empathy. > > I’m not even sure that five grams of really good shrooms could give him a glance at that level of Humanity and Humility. There’s no need for God Almighty. Just put the idea into Agent Orange’s regular Faux News viewing hours. That’s what is driving our foreign and domestic policies right now (for some trivial value of policy). ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19076 "2018-04-13T06:58:10Z")
> [@simster](#): > > Because he’s a fucking idiot that doesn’t understand things - Even Trump understands that there can’t be a video of something he didn’t do. I think. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19077 "2018-04-13T06:59:27Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > If only the train wreck were stationary and at rest. If only we could leave it alone and know that when we come back to it, nothing will have changed or shifted or grown. > > Sadly, this is more of an erupting volcano. A chain of earthquakes. A series of tidal waves. Or maybe it’s one of those [fatbergs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatberg)that clogs up sewer systems. It does have to be watched and looked at and monitored. And commented on. > > I’d love nothing better than to feel I could go for a day without looking at the news. I lived through Watergate, and that was like an investigation of someone littering compared to this. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19078 "2018-04-13T07:04:41Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I’d love nothing better than to feel I could go for a day without looking at the news. I need to get around to making that “safe space from politics” hypnosis file at some point. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19079 "2018-04-13T08:01:40Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Trump will, of course, deny it. But since everyone knows he lies about everything, his denial will carry no weight. What planet have you been on for the last two years? His denial will be gospel to his supporters. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2018, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19080 "2018-04-13T09:26:57Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Your comment doesn’t make sense to me, but maybe I’m just tired. > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Well, you said you don’t like looking at the news, but you posted a link to something almost as disgusting. “Almost” says it all. ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19081 "2018-04-13T09:36:11Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Are Melania and Barron back staying in New York? Or are they at the WH? Just curious. If I where her, I would have packed my bags a long time ago. You’re assuming normal marital arrangements, it’s more a companion contract. Makes him look more normal than a lonely, loveless old guy image. Safe to say infidelity was never a deal breaker. ---
**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 13, 2018, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19082 "2018-04-13T12:39:20Z")
Another classic [_New York Daily News_ cover](http://thehill.com/homenews/media/382965-ny-daily-news-cover-hits-trump-over-comey-book-revelations)… ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19083 "2018-04-13T12:45:42Z")
Trump _really_ [wants to be president for life](http://www.newsweek.com/trump-president-16-years-life-884073). ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19084 "2018-04-13T12:48:28Z")
He wants 16 years to life? Okay by me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=953) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=955)