# 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:** 972
**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 22, 2018, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19425 "2018-04-22T00:58:06Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > the Shitgibbon (should this be capitalized?) Proper nouns get capitalized, right? The shitgibbon is far from proper. ---
**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 22, 2018, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19426 "2018-04-22T01:19:33Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Why not? We already have a President with a Super ego… His downfall will be his vulnerability to kryptopussy. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19427 "2018-04-22T02:02:21Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I think a lot of it is going for legal fees for himself and his family. > > [Legal fees made up 20% of Trump campaign spending this year](https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/15/politics/trump-campaign-legal-fees/index.html) So he is treating it just like his so-called “businesses”. Rob it, loot it, divert the money into his pocket/expenses/legal defense … and then run that shit into the ground, leaving everyone else to clean up the mess and foot the bill. Isn’t it illegal??? It should be. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19428 "2018-04-22T02:04:54Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Current and former Presidents and spouses arrive for Barbara Bush’s service: > [http://cnnwire.images.worldnow.com/images/16591720\_G.jpg](http://cnnwire.images.worldnow.com/images/16591720_G.jpg) It would NOT surprise me, if the Bush family told Shitgibbon to stay away. ---
**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 22, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19429 "2018-04-22T02:07:48Z")
Ajit Pai’s choice to head an FCC advisory board has been arrested for fraud. > **[Broadband adviser picked by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai arrested on fraud charges](https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/16/17245010/elizabeth-pierce-fraud-charges-bdac-fcc-ajit-pai)** > > Elizabeth Pierce allegedly tricked investors into pouring $250 million into a fiber optic scheme by forging revenue agreements ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19430 "2018-04-22T02:16:37Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Ajit Pai’s choice to head an FCC advisory board has been arrested for fraud. > [Broadband adviser picked by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai arrested on fraud charges - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/16/17245010/elizabeth-pierce-fraud-charges-bdac-fcc-ajit-pai) I know it’s getting old to say it, but… the \*best \*people. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19431 "2018-04-22T02:17:11Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Ajit Pai’s choice to head an FCC advisory board has been arrested for fraud. > [Broadband adviser picked by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai arrested on fraud charges - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/16/17245010/elizabeth-pierce-fraud-charges-bdac-fcc-ajit-pai) This administration will go down in history as the most corrupt and most inept ever. ---
**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 22, 2018, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19432 "2018-04-22T02:31:04Z")
More maturity on display. :dubious: [In a major departure from tradition, Trump will not invite Democrats or the media to his first state dinner](http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-state-dinner-no-democrats-or-media-2018-4) > [@](#): > > President Trump’s first state dinner will exclude congressional Democrats and members of the media in a sharp departure from tradition, Politico reported Friday. > > About 150 guests will join Trump in honoring French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday. The event stands in sharp contrast to the former President Barack Obama’s first state dinner— a bipartisan, lavish affair that hosted upward of 350 guests on the South Lawn. > > According to Politico, four Republican members of Congress are set to attend Trump’s first state dinner: House Speaker Paul Ryan, House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Ed Royce, and Louisiana Sens. John Kennedy and Bill Cassidy. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was also invited but will reportedly not be able to attend. > … Who the heck is going? Only FOUR members of Congress, and Turtle Face declined? ---
**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 22, 2018, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19433 "2018-04-22T03:17:17Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > More maturity on display. :dubious: > > [In a major departure from tradition, Trump will not invite Democrats or the media to his first state dinner](http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-state-dinner-no-democrats-or-media-2018-4)Who the heck is going? Only FOUR members of Congress, and Turtle Face declined? The invitation ended with “RSVP YWFWT” ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19434 "2018-04-22T03:55:14Z")
> [@robot arm](#): > > the invitation ended with “rsvp ywfwt” ywfwt?? ---
**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 22, 2018, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19435 "2018-04-22T03:56:53Z")
You want fries with that? I’m cool. ---
**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 22, 2018, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19436 "2018-04-22T04:05:09Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > You want fries with that? I was wondering if anybody would figure that out. ---
**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 22, 2018, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19437 "2018-04-22T04:12:32Z")
The F threw me off because it usually means Fuck. ---
**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 22, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19438 "2018-04-22T04:14:27Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > The invitation ended with “RSVP YWFWT” > [@kambuckta](#): > > ywfwt?? > [@dropzone](#): > > You want fries with that? > > I’m cool. > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I was wondering if anybody would figure that out. I thought it was the new covfefe. ---
**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 22, 2018, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19439 "2018-04-22T04:16:33Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > The F threw me off because it usually means Fuck. Well, one could expect trump to say “You wanna fuck with that?” ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19440 "2018-04-22T06:18:56Z")
Thanks for the explanations. Especially yours **Monty**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19441 "2018-04-22T12:04:26Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > More maturity on display. :dubious: [In a major departure from tradition, Trump will not invite Democrats or the media to his first state dinner](http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-state-dinner-no-democrats-or-media-2018-4) _Trump is also the first president since Calvin Coolidge not to host a state dinner within the first year of his presidency._ Say what you will about Coolidge, but at least he was not afflicted with the oral trots. ---
**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 22, 2018, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19442 "2018-04-22T12:54:45Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > More maturity on display. :dubious: > > [In a major departure from tradition, Trump will not invite Democrats or the media to his first state dinner](http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-state-dinner-no-democrats-or-media-2018-4)Who the heck is going? Only FOUR members of Congress, and Turtle Face declined? Pondering this situation, I’m picturing two potential future scenarios… 1. The White House throws a dinner and sends out invitations, including to Democrats, and then as guests arrive, the Democrats are loudly and rudely turned away at the door by bouncers who declare, “Those are FAKE invitations! You’re not invited! Go away!” 2. The White House throws a dinner and sends out invitations, including to Democrats, but on the Dems’ invitations, there’s an address of a warehouse someplace, and hidden cameras to catch the embarrassed looks on the faces of the formally dressed guests, when they get out of their cabs and limos in a bad part of town. Then at the end our So-Called President jumps out and yells, “Losers! Losers! Losers!” _I hereby release the rights to these two ideas to Saturday Night Live writers. Signed, ThelmaLou_ ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19443 "2018-04-22T13:19:52Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > _Trump is also the first president since Calvin Coolidge not to host a state dinner within the first year of his presidency._ > > Say what you will about Coolidge, but at least he was not afflicted with the oral trots. Calvin Coolidge!? Donald Trump has more money than Calvin Coolidge put together! ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19444 "2018-04-22T13:55:55Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Hey Rudy, you’ve been on quite a losing streak since 9/11 to here’s a few tips for you when signing up with the Trumpster: > > 1. Get your retainer up front. Bill on a regular basis. No payment extensions. No rubles. > > 2. Always have a second lawyer present during any conversation or communication with Agent Orange. Take copious notes, record, film as required. > > 3. Do not present any independent ideas or opinions without getting them in writing from the Shitgibbon (should this be capitalized?). Always refer to #2 above > > Thoughts and prayers, Rudy, thoughts and prayers. Sure he’s been on a losing streak as a politician, but Giuliani parlayed 9/11 into big bucks. His net worth is probably north of $60 million bucks now…not too shabby. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=971) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=973)