# 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:** 958
**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:** [April 14, 2018, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19145 "2018-04-14T12:43:05Z")
Jubilant news everyone! It’s [Mission Accomplished](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/mission-accomplished-president-trump-declares-in-tweeted-response-to-syria-strike-2018-04-14)! ---
**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 14, 2018, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19146 "2018-04-14T12:52:42Z")
Did he bring all those poor people back to life, or reverse the effects of the poison gas on the wounded? No? Well then, surely the Assad regime has been overthrown as a result of the airstrikes No, again? Well then, wtf was the mission? ---
**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 14, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19147 "2018-04-14T13:00:40Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Did he bring all those poor people back to life, or reverse the effects of the poison gas on the wounded? No? > > Well then, surely the Assad regime has been overthrown as a result of the airstrikes > > **No, again? Well then, wtf was the mission?** Are his approval numbers up? ---
**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:** [April 14, 2018, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19148 "2018-04-14T13:10:17Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Did he bring all those poor people back to life, or reverse the effects of the poison gas on the wounded? No? > > Well then, surely the Assad regime has been overthrown as a result of the airstrikes > > No, again? Well then, wtf was the mission? Same as it is every night, Pinky… MAGA! ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19149 "2018-04-14T13:19:42Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Did he bring all those poor people back to life, or reverse the effects of the poison gas on the wounded? No? > > Well then, surely the Assad regime has been overthrown as a result of the airstrikes > > No, again? Well then, wtf was the mission? Actually, there really is good news there. Apparently trump listen to his Mattis, instead of Bolton, and gave Syria a bloody nose. That’s all, a bloody nose. But assholes learn from bloody noses. Trump gets credit here for listening to Mattis. And by God, he\* almost \*kept it secret too. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19150 "2018-04-14T13:42:37Z")
[_Fire and Fury_ author Michael Wolf says Trump is having an extra-marital affair in the White House.](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/michael-wolff-claims-trump-affair-white-house-article-1.3767521) ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19151 "2018-04-14T13:43:07Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Actually, there really is good news there. Apparently trump listen to his Mattis, instead of Bolton, and gave Syria a bloody nose. That’s all, a bloody nose. But assholes learn from bloody noses. > > Trump gets credit here for listening to Mattis. And by God, he\* almost \*kept it secret too. I’m sorry, didn’t the US launch over 50 missiles at Syria in April of 2017 following a chemical attack by the Assad regime? Apparently that was a waste of time as the gassing continues. So why would over 100 missiles make any difference now? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19152 "2018-04-14T13:52:23Z")
> [@Grey](#): > > I’m sorry, didn’t the US launch over 50 missiles at Syria in April of 2017 following a chemical attack by the Assad regime? Apparently that was a waste of time as the gassing continues. So why would over 100 missiles make any difference now? Target boy, it’s about the target. ---
**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 14, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19153 "2018-04-14T14:07:49Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > I wonder if Putin gave the okay about how far Chump could go in insulting him. > Or maybe not. If Putin gets really pissed, this would be an excellent time for the video to leak. > > Pardon the expression. Urine a lot of trouble. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19154 "2018-04-14T14:34:38Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > The US [attack Syria](https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/us-trump-syria). > > Remember when repubs said that Clinton only lobbed cruise missiles at Bin Laden to take focus off of the Whitewater investigation? … and all THAT investigation ever found, was an unrelated blowjob. And “Benghazi” never found shit, although there is that asshole ADMITTING it was all about hurting the Clinton’s polling number. But the Trumpies and who know how many other “people” committing treason with the Russkies is OK. \*Sometimes the biggest sin you can commit in D.C. is to tell the truth. … This may not be politically correct, but I think that there was a big part of this investigation that was designed to go after people and an individual, Hillary Clinton, … After what Kevin McCarthy said, it’s difficult to accept at least a part of it was not. I think that’s the way Washington works. But you’d like to expect more from a committee that’s spent millions of dollars and tons of time." – Rep. Richard Hanna, R-New York, on New York’s’ WIBX 950 Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right? But we put together a Benghazi special committee, a select committee. What are her numbers today? Her numbers are dropping. Why? Because she’s untrustable. But no one would have known any of that had happened had we not fought. – Kevin McCarthy\* Meanwhile we have a corrupt, incompetent traitor running things now and all these “patriots” are fine with it, ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19155 "2018-04-14T14:39:21Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > Don’t get distracted by those missiles in Syria. The evidence for collusion is growing. > > The developing story is Mueller has proof that Michael Cohen was in Prague in 2016, confirming part of the Steele dossier. The dossier claimed Cohen met Russians and Eastern European hackers in Prague and discussed “how deniable cash payments were to be made to hackers in Europe who had worked under Kremlin direction against the Clinton campaign.” > > Fortunately, the FBI has seized all of Cohen’s computers. So they probably have the evidence even if Mueller is fired. > > [http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article208870264.html](http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article208870264.html) > [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-prague/special-counsel-has-evidence-michael-cohen-traveled-to-prague-mcclatchy-idUSKBN1HL00J](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-prague/special-counsel-has-evidence-michael-cohen-traveled-to-prague-mcclatchy-idUSKBN1HL00J) > [Mueller has evidence Trump attorney Michael Cohen was in Prague in 2016, confirming part of Steele dossier – New York Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/mueller-proof-michael-cohen-prague-confirming-dossier-article-1.3932945) Next thing you know, they’ll be doing the same line of shit they did with George W when he lied us into a war … _“How dare you question the PeePeePretzeldent when we’re at war! Treason! Arrrrgghghgh!”_ ---
**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 14, 2018, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19156 "2018-04-14T14:48:25Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [_Fire and Fury_ author Michael Wolf says Trump is having an extra-marital affair in the White House.](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/michael-wolff-claims-trump-affair-white-house-article-1.3767521) This is old and probably fake news. Wolff insinuated the affair was with Nikki Haley but no one corroborated it. This White House leaks like a sieve and if no unnamed White House source will corroborate it, it probably isn’t true. ---
**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 14, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19157 "2018-04-14T16:00:47Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > … and all THAT investigation ever found, was an unrelated blowjob. > > And “Benghazi” never found shit, although there is that asshole ADMITTING it was all about hurting the Clinton’s polling number. > > But the Trumpies and who know how many other “people” committing treason with the Russkies is OK. > \*Sometimes the biggest sin you can commit in D.C. is to tell the truth. … > This may not be politically correct, but I think that there was a big part of this investigation that was designed to go after people and an individual, Hillary Clinton, … After what Kevin McCarthy said, it’s difficult to accept at least a part of it was not. I think that’s the way Washington works. But you’d like to expect more from a committee that’s spent millions of dollars and tons of time." – Rep. Richard Hanna, R-New York, on New York’s’ WIBX 950 > > Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right? But we put together a Benghazi special committee, a select committee. What are her numbers today? Her numbers are dropping. Why? Because she’s untrustable. But no one would have known any of that had happened had we not fought. – Kevin McCarthy\* > > Meanwhile we have a corrupt, incompetent traitor running things now and all these “patriots” are fine with it, If lawyers and tabloid papers paying to keep trump’s affairs a secret can be considered to be illegal campaign contributions, shouldn’t spending millions of tax payer dollars on negative advertising for his opponent be at least as noteworthy? ---
**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 14, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19158 "2018-04-14T18:27:02Z")
> [@Grey](#): > > I’m sorry, didn’t the US launch over 50 missiles at Syria in April of 2017 following a chemical attack by the Assad regime? Apparently that was a waste of time as the gassing continues. So why would over 100 missiles make any difference now? It’s called feeding the base. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19159 "2018-04-14T18:43:17Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [_Fire and Fury_ author Michael Wolf says Trump is having an extra-marital affair in the White House.](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/michael-wolff-claims-trump-affair-white-house-article-1.3767521) > [@AnalogSignal](#): > > This is old and probably fake news. Wolff insinuated the affair was with Nikki Haley but no one corroborated it. This White House leaks like a sieve and if no unnamed White House source will corroborate it, it probably isn’t true. For the benefit of those that think liberals never call each other out . Mika Brzezinski, the queen of Trump hate and the co-host of a morning news show that might well be titled “Donald Trump is a Big Fat Liar, Let Us Count the Ways” — came down hard on a Michael Wolfe for making that insinuation. [https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/01/mika-brzezinski-michael-wolff-fight-381268](https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/01/mika-brzezinski-michael-wolff-fight-381268) ---
**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 14, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19160 "2018-04-14T21:41:58Z")
Bill Maher calls attack on Syria “Operation Desert Stormy” 🙂 > **[Bill Maher's 'Operation Desert Stormy' Quip Leads Skepticism About Syria Strikes](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/distraction-skepticim-on-trump-syria-strikes_n_5ad1740de4b0edca2cb9fd18)** > > People will wonder if the strikes were meant at least partly as a distraction from White House scandals, said Rachel Maddow. ---
**Author:** ![Mithras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mithras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mithras)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19161 "2018-04-14T22:14:20Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > Bill Maher calls attack on Syria “Operation Desert Stormy” 🙂 > > [Bill Maher's 'Operation Desert Stormy' Quip Leads Skepticism About Syria Strikes | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/distraction-skepticim-on-trump-syria-strikes_us_5ad1740de4b0edca2cb9fd18) As she was in a movie with the same name a decade ago, he loses points for lack of originality. ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19162 "2018-04-14T22:24:34Z")
Was she actually famous before this ? What are the odds people knowing any of her films ? But sure, even without that film that’s a pretty obvious quip. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19163 "2018-04-14T23:04:23Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > If lawyers and tabloid papers paying to keep trump’s affairs a secret can be considered to be illegal campaign contributions, shouldn’t spending millions of tax payer dollars on negative advertising for his opponent be at least as noteworthy? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19164 "2018-04-14T23:21:23Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > Bill Maher calls attack on Syria “Operation Desert Stormy” 🙂 > > [Bill Maher's 'Operation Desert Stormy' Quip Leads Skepticism About Syria Strikes | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/distraction-skepticim-on-trump-syria-strikes_us_5ad1740de4b0edca2cb9fd18) That’s nice, but people die in war. To let Trump feed his base, pretend to be a tough guy (he is not), to distract from the Russia mess, etc etc etc. Paul Krugman asks: \*“How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a pee tape?” “I’ve met a fair number of serving officers in the U.S. military. They’re very impressive – smart, sophisticated, well-informed. And they take honor very seriously. What must it be like for them now? 1/ They know perfectly well that the current commander-in-chief is a man of no honor whatsoever – dishonest, corrupt, quite possibly being blackmailed by a hostile foreign power. 2/ Could such a man deliberately wag the dog? That is, might he engage in military action – killing people, and putting U.S. servicemen and women at risk – to distract from his scandals? Of course he could. 3/ Was the Syria strike an example? Not clear. But the suspicion is obvious and unavoidable. And who knows what comes next? So if you’re in the military, you have to be asking yourself: how do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a pee tape? 4/”\* And keep in mind, this motherfucker is **Cadet Bone Spurs**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=957) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=959)