# 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:** 973
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19445 "2018-04-22T14:02:36Z")
> [@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… Who the heck is going? Only FOUR members of Congress, and Turtle Face declined? Seriously, it’s bad enough you have to eat his food, but you also have to spend the evening sitting in his company wondering which parts of him the prostitute pissed on. ---
**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, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19446 "2018-04-22T16:43:24Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Well, one could expect trump to say “You wanna fuck with that?” Trump wouldn’t ask. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19447 "2018-04-22T16:55:04Z")
> [@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? That story certainly hit the nail on the head in one respect: “a sharp departure from tradition” is one of the most concisely accurate descriptions of this entire administration. I hear it’s the leader in the clubhouse for being emblazoned on the next round of trucker hats in 2019-20 - #ASDFT! ---
**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 22, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19448 "2018-04-22T17:12:12Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Republicans from states that are suffering particular harm from Pruitt’s efforts to wreck the environment may eventually feel enough pressure to hold him to account, that they’ll sign on. I will bet you the Hope Diamond that not one of those venal, spineless, useless dinglebrerries will hold him accountable, despite the fact that, yeah - Pruitt really and truly is shaping up to be one of the most reprehensibly slimy, dastardly cretin-in-a-suits that ever traipsed the face of this (once-green) earth. > [@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. _4. When paying off someone to stfu - BURNER PHONES!!!_ > [@eschereal](#): > > By contrast, if Pruitt is pushed out like the turd that he is, the SCOA will double down and try to replace him with some nastier ooze-frosted shit that he got Kelly Conway to dig out of there with a bony finger. Meet whoever the fuck [Andrew Wheeler](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20900968&postcount=19068) is. ---
**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, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19449 "2018-04-22T17:37:29Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Calvin Coolidge!? Donald Trump has more money than Calvin Coolidge put together! Please, no, I like Coolidge the way he is. Putting him back together is not a good idea. ---
**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 22, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19450 "2018-04-22T17:46:31Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Please, no, I like Coolidge the way he is. Putting him back together is not a good idea. That’s an entirely different kind of President, altogether. ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19451 "2018-04-22T18:22:40Z")
President Kool-Aids ? ( Damn, that plural sort of ruins it… ) ---
**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, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19452 "2018-04-22T18:37:17Z")
Not if you turn it into some sort of perverse acronym. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19453 "2018-04-22T19:45:36Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > That’s an entirely different kind of President, altogether. “That’s an entirely different kind of President” ---
**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 22, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19454 "2018-04-22T21:08:01Z")
Goddamn you, Bagginses, for stealing my joke. ---
**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 22, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19455 "2018-04-22T21:30:00Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > I will bet you the Hope Diamond that not one of those venal, spineless, useless dinglebrerries will hold him accountable, despite the fact that, yeah - Pruitt really and truly is shaping up to be one of the most reprehensibly slimy, dastardly cretin-in-a-suits that ever traipsed the face of this (once-green) earth. I wouldn’t bet against your prediction. But, November 6-wise, it will be interesting to see how explicitly campaign opponents to our current crop of Republicans might tie them to their boy Pruitt and his many corrupt escapades. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19456 "2018-04-23T03:35:12Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > His downfall will be his vulnerability to kryptopussy. I think you mispelled kremlinpussy. Is honey trap one word or two? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19457 "2018-04-23T03:38:21Z")
I will be forever bitter that the Russkies never tried a honey trap on me. And the photos would have made great Christmas cards. There is a movement for Chump to demand the release of the three US citizens being held by North Korea as a precondition for talks, but since all three are ethnic Koreans and not white, good luck getting him to care. ---
**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 23, 2018, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19458 "2018-04-23T05:24:06Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > That’s an entirely different kind of President, altogether. I heard that Putin says Trump is a different kind of president in the altogether. ---
**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 23, 2018, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19459 "2018-04-23T05:30:53Z")
Trump is a different kind of president in the. o\_o x\_x o\_0 Wait a minute… ---
**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 23, 2018, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19460 "2018-04-23T05:39:43Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I heard that Putin says Trump is a different kind of president in the altogether. So he just uses the hair on his taint to make his pubic hair by combing it up into a combover, so his carpet matches his drapes? ---
**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 23, 2018, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19461 "2018-04-23T12:45:50Z")
More grownup behavior: [Thank Trump, or You’ll Be Sorry](https://a.msn.com/r/2/AAwd3rV?m=en-us) > [@](#): > > President Trump recently tweeted, _The United States, under my administration, has done a great job of ridding the region of ISIS. Where is our "Thank you, America?”_ (My italics.) In a rare moment of graciousness, I’ll ignore the fact that the misplaced quotation marks in that tweet screw up what he intends to say. Should be > [@](#): > > _Where is our “Thank you,” America?_ Not surprising, as punctuation is very hard. All those little squiggles–what do they mean anyway? The article continues: > [@](#): > > …Mr. Trump’s obsession with gratitude is a regular feature of his unscripted remarks and speeches. When people thank him, he likes them. But when slighted, he is quick to criticize unappreciative offenders. He has attacked Puerto Rican leaders as “politically motivated ingrates”; demanded public thanks from his cabinet and members of Congress; wants people to thank him for stock market gains; and excoriated a corporation as failing to thank him when he approved a project to its benefit. > > … > > Gratitude is central to Mr. Trump’s politics. He demands it of his followers, his cabinet and, indeed, of all citizens. He deploys gratitude against his enemies and critics to embarrass and shame. Being grateful is not an option. It is a requirement. Like his one-way loyalty. > [@](#): > > Donald Trump has made “thank you” divisive… Well, when he’s good at something, he’s really good at it. :dubious: ---
**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 23, 2018, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19462 "2018-04-23T12:54:59Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > More grownup behavior: > > [Thank Trump, or You’ll Be Sorry](https://a.msn.com/r/2/AAwd3rV?m=en-us) > (My italics.) In a rare moment of graciousness, I’ll ignore the fact that the misplaced quotation marks in that tweet screw up what he intends to say. Should be Not surprising, as punctuation is very hard. All those little squiggles–what do they mean anyway? I think he misplaced the question mark, not the quotation marks. I think he meant to say that America deserves thanks, not that America owes thanks. ---
**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 23, 2018, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19463 "2018-04-23T12:56:44Z")
> [@wonky](#): > > I think he misplaced the question mark, not the quotation marks. I think he meant to say that America deserves thanks, not that America owes thanks. Thump thanking another entity for anything?? :eek: You’ll have to explain that 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 23, 2018, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19464 "2018-04-23T12:58:47Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Thump thanking another entity for anything?? :eek: You’ll have to explain that one. He thinks the world owes thanks to America, which under his leadership “has done a great job of ridding the region of ISIS.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=972) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=974)