# 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:** 970
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19385 "2018-04-20T09:31:55Z")
Trump supporters do not give a shit, and will not criticize Trump. To do so would be to admit they got suckered. For example: If Obama were to hypothetically skip Barbara Bush’s funeral had she hypothetically passed on his watch, right wing heads would be exploding with rage across this land. Trump skips it and everyone will whistle and look at their shoes. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19386 "2018-04-20T11:23:59Z")
The only way Trump voters will give a shit is when he turns this country into a shithole that they have to live in. When the Republicans and Trump blow the budget so badly out of the water that they have to choose between military deployments and Medicare, or keeping military bases open and Social Security, then they’ll start to care. When the current economic policies have had five years to bake into the system and trigger another massive economic contagion, then they’ll care. But not until then. Not until we’re standing in lines at charity soup kitchens. And I’m afraid that, yes, this is inevitable. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19387 "2018-04-20T11:51:09Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > The only way Trump voters will give a shit is when he turns this country into a shithole that they have to live in. > > When the Republicans and Trump blow the budget so badly out of the water that they have to choose between military deployments and Medicare, or keeping military bases open and Social Security, then they’ll start to care. When the current economic policies have had five years to bake into the system and trigger another massive economic contagion, then they’ll care. But not until then. Not until we’re standing in lines at charity soup kitchens. > > And I’m afraid that, yes, this is inevitable. Nah. That sounds like a failure of imagination. “Just imagine how much worse off we’d be if the Deep State liberals had been in charge. As bad as this is, they would’ve made it worse. Lucky we had Trump et al or things’d be even worse.” ---
**Author:** ![Batano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@Batano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batano)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19388 "2018-04-20T12:39:16Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > So you can explain it to them for the 45th time; point out the problems Kansas and Oklahoma are facing; use pie charts, mining deaths, and examples of rampant Republican corruption. It won’t matter. I’d love it if it did, but it likely won’t. There is a group of Americans who think liberals are patronizing them. The irony, is that liberals are treatin them respectfully by assumingt hey can persuaded by facts. The ones patronizing them are the people that understand then can be easily influenced by slogans like death panels and MAGA or by ridiculous theories that Mexico will pay for a wall tax cuts for the rich help the poor ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19389 "2018-04-20T12:54:05Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > That will not work. The trump supporters will simply continue to do what they are doing now and have been doing all along: blame Obama, "the Alt-Left, and “liberal snowflakes”, along with blaming minorities. That’s the problem. Most trump supporters are cut out of the same cloth as **Clothahump** , and aren’t capable of seeing any issue beyond the color of a politician’s tie. It’s like they go to default “dumb” setting when discussing politics, yet post rationally and reasonably in other threads. Republititius is a dangerous disease. HD is the same way. Republititius has destroyed his brain in all things political, yet he posts like a normal person in threads that are not political. ---
**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 20, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19390 "2018-04-20T14:05:03Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Most trump supporters are cut out of the same cloth as **Clothahump** , and aren’t capable of seeing any issue beyond the color of a politician’s tie. You libtards think Trump is a bad president, but Obama once wore a _tan suit!_ :mad: ---
**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 20, 2018, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19391 "2018-04-20T14:48:57Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > “I’m a germaphobe,” Trump told Comey in a phone call on Jan. 11, 2017, according to the book. “There’s no way I would let people pee on each other around me. No way.” > > I say, yes way! As Colin Jost said on SNL Weekend Update, germaphobes do not diddle with porn stars. ---
**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 20, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19392 "2018-04-20T14:54:31Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > WH says Melania Trump will attend Barbara Bush funeral on behalf of the First Family. "To avoid disruptions due to added security, and out of respect for the Bush Family and friends attending the service, President Trump will not attend.” > > Is that what you would call respect? To be fair, President Obama did not attend Nancy Reagan’s funeral. ---
**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 20, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19393 "2018-04-20T15:42:53Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > To be fair, President Obama did not attend Nancy Reagan’s funeral. and everyone said how bad that was, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19394 "2018-04-20T15:44:54Z")
[Here’s a nice link about it](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/03/09/obama-takes-heat-for-skipping-nancy-reagans-funeral-for-festival.html) ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19395 "2018-04-20T15:46:53Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > As Colin Jost said on SNL Weekend Update, germaphobes do not diddle with porn stars. Then why did he marry one? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19396 "2018-04-20T16:22:53Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > You libtards think Trump is a bad president, but Obama once wore a _tan suit!_ :mad: You forgot “You fucking moron loser idiot snowflakes can only call people names!” ---
**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19397 "2018-04-20T17:04:18Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > WH says Melania Trump will attend Barbara Bush funeral on behalf of the First Family. "To avoid disruptions due to added security, and out of respect for the Bush Family and friends attending the service, President Trump will not attend.” > > Is that what you would call respect? The Bushes do NOT like Trump. I think it’s likely they asked him not to attend. ---
**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 20, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19398 "2018-04-20T17:13:47Z")
> [@eulalia](#): > > The Bushes do NOT like Trump. I think it’s likely they asked him not to attend. I doubt that was necessary. The recently departed dismissed him as someone not worth thinking about. Seems he took that in the spirit it was intended. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19399 "2018-04-20T17:22:23Z")
> [@eulalia](#): > > The Bushes do NOT like Trump. You’d at least expect Dubya to show a little gratitude. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2018, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19400 "2018-04-20T17:31:42Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > You’d at least expect Dubya to show a little gratitude. For ousting him from “Worst modern president ever”? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19401 "2018-04-20T18:02:07Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > You’d at least expect Dubya to show a little gratitude. For going after his wonderfully successful AIDS program in Africa, his (rightfully) proudest achievement? Yeah, I bet that thrills him. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19402 "2018-04-20T19:26:16Z")
A [lawsuit](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia/democrats-sue-russia-trump-campaign-for-alleged-2016-election-conspiracy-idUSKBN1HR2BE)has been filed by the Democratic Party against Russia and the Trump campaign, naming Jared Kushner and Donald Jr. among others, for conspiring to influence the 2016 election. The campaign is described as “a racketeering organization” and the concerted actions “unprecedented treachery.” So…this is new. Not sure I can recall a lawsuit like this being filed before. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19403 "2018-04-20T19:50:19Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > Not sure I can recall a lawsuit like this being filed before. Yet again we find a parallel in Watergate; from [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democratic-party-files-lawsuit-alleging-russia-the-trump-campaign-and-wikileaks-conspired-to-disrupt-the-2016-campaign/2018/04/20/befe8364-4418-11e8-8569-26fda6b404c7_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f7bae1052a5b): "The lawsuit echoes a similar legal tactic that the Democratic Party used during the Watergate scandal. In 1972, the DNC filed suit against then-President Richard Nixon’s reelection committee seeking $1 million in damages for the break-in at Democratic headquarters in the Watergate building. “The suit was denounced at the time by Nixon’s attorney general, John Mitchell, who called it a case of “sheer demagoguery” by the DNC. But the civil action brought by the DNC’s then-chairman, Lawrence F. O’Brien, was ultimately successful, yielding a $750,000 settlement from the Nixon campaign that was reached on the day in 1974 that Nixon left office.” ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19404 "2018-04-20T19:54:07Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > Yet again we find a parallel in Watergate; from [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democratic-party-files-lawsuit-alleging-russia-the-trump-campaign-and-wikileaks-conspired-to-disrupt-the-2016-campaign/2018/04/20/befe8364-4418-11e8-8569-26fda6b404c7_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f7bae1052a5b): > > "The lawsuit echoes a similar legal tactic that the Democratic Party used during the Watergate scandal. In 1972, the DNC filed suit against then-President Richard Nixon’s reelection committee seeking $1 million in damages for the break-in at Democratic headquarters in the Watergate building. > > “The suit was denounced at the time by Nixon’s attorney general, John Mitchell, who called it a case of “sheer demagoguery” by the DNC. But the civil action brought by the DNC’s then-chairman, Lawrence F. O’Brien, was ultimately successful, yielding a $750,000 settlement from the Nixon campaign that was reached on the day in 1974 that Nixon left office.” Wow, I have no memory of this part of the Watergate scandal [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=969) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=971)