# 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:** 977
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19525 "2018-04-24T19:01:38Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Another video of Trump trying to hold Melania’s hand, and Melania resisting. > [Stormy times: Cringeworthy video of Melania Trump resisting Donald's attempt to hold hands](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/4/24/1759577/-Stormy-times-Cringeworthy-video-of-Melania-Trump-resisting-Donald-s-attempt-to-hold-hands?detail=facebook) She looks like she is about ready to cry. She’s stronger than me…I’d be sobbing hysterically. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19526 "2018-04-24T19:06:15Z")
His next wife is going to have a clause in the contract stipulating that holding hands must be done at the instigation of Mr. Dennison. ---
**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 24, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19527 "2018-04-24T19:26:32Z")
[Moar Coal](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/04/white-house-reportedly-exploring-yet-another-wartime-rule-to-help-coal-nuclear/)! _… the Trump Administration has been exploring another way to help coal and nuclear generators: the Defense Production Act of 1950.… Motivated by the Korean War, it allows the president broad authority to boost US industries that are considered a priority for national security.… The goal would be to give some form of preference to coal and nuclear plants that are struggling to compete with cheap natural gas._ sigh ---
**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 24, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19528 "2018-04-24T19:55:29Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > [Moar Coal](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/04/white-house-reportedly-exploring-yet-another-wartime-rule-to-help-coal-nuclear/)! > _… the Trump Administration has been exploring another way to help coal and nuclear generators: the Defense Production Act of 1950.… Motivated by the Korean War, it allows the president broad authority to boost US industries that are considered a priority for national security.… The goal would be to give some form of preference to coal and nuclear plants that are struggling to compete with cheap natural gas._ > > sigh So when will the first coal bomb be tested? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19529 "2018-04-24T20:17:33Z")
President announces buggy whip subsidies! Hostlers cheer! ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19530 "2018-04-24T20:25:48Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > So when will the first coal bomb be tested? No need to test, they’ve been going off for a couple of hundred years now - they are very low yield, but the fallout is widespread. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19531 "2018-04-24T20:57:58Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Maybe soon. Just read about how his $25 million settlement for Trump University has been “finalized”, so he’s supposed to cough it up. > > Anybody else wondering if he actually \*has \*that much money, this billionaire? Getting a judgement is one thing. Actually getting the bastard to pay, is quite another. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19532 "2018-04-24T20:59:40Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > And now the Ronny Jackson for VA Head nomination is in trouble. > Official sources are not saying what the problems might be, but Jackson’s nomination is on hold. Steve Dorsey of CBS news said, “allegations against Ronny Jackson which include a hostile work environment, excessive drinking on the job and improperly dispensing meds.” > [x.com](https://twitter.com/steve_dorsey/status/988588759997452288) > [Ronny Jackson: Senate delays hearing for Trump’s VA secretary nominee - Vox](https://www.vox.com/2018/4/23/17273622/ronny-jackson-veterans-affairs-secretary-nominee) Cadet Bonespurs is blaming it on Obstructionist Democrats. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19533 "2018-04-24T21:02:03Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > My word, I knew Bolton was foul but this … > > He was, until his appointment as NatSec Advisor, the chairman of the Gatestone Institute, an anti-Muslim think tank. > > Some of their headlines: > > “Emmanuel Macron, Useful Idiot of Islamism” > “Europe’s Childless Leaders Sleepwalking Us to Disaster” > “Macron: President of the Elites and the Islamists” > “Germany: Infectious Diseases Spreading as Migrants Settle In” > “Is the United Kingdom an Islamist Colony?” > “Europe: The Great White Death” > > That’s … this man should not be holding any public office, ever, anywhere Only the best. Top men. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19534 "2018-04-24T21:04:24Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > She looks like she is about ready to cry. > > She’s stronger than me…I’d be sobbing hysterically. I’d hit him. Right in the face. With my foot. A lot. On live TV. ---
**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 24, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19535 "2018-04-24T21:05:02Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Another video of Trump trying to hold Melania’s hand, and Melania resisting. > [Stormy times: Cringeworthy video of Melania Trump resisting Donald's attempt to hold hands](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/4/24/1759577/-Stormy-times-Cringeworthy-video-of-Melania-Trump-resisting-Donald-s-attempt-to-hold-hands?detail=facebook) Maybe Lorena Bobbitt could give her some pointers. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19536 "2018-04-24T21:06:17Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > President announces buggy whip subsidies! Hostlers cheer! and on the West Coast, the AMTRAK, Bullet Train and Starlight Express are being put on hold, to give stagecoaches a second chance. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19537 "2018-04-24T21:14:04Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > President announces buggy whip subsidies! Hostlers cheer! Bonus points for correct usage of hostler. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19538 "2018-04-24T21:15:04Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > and on the West Coast, the AMTRAK, Bullet Train and Starlight Express are being put on hold, to give stagecoaches a second chance. and he can save the USPS by bringing back the Pony Express. Also a boost to both the alfalfa farmers who feed the ponies and Native Americans who chase them… ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19539 "2018-04-24T21:16:49Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > I’d hit him. Right in the face. With my foot. A lot. On live TV. There’s a thought bubble coming out of her head, and it says “Fuck you, asshole…go hold Stormy’s hand” in Slovenian. ---
**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 24, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19540 "2018-04-24T21:26:27Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Another video of Trump trying to hold Melania’s hand, and Melania resisting. > [Stormy times: Cringeworthy video of Melania Trump resisting Donald's attempt to hold hands](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/4/24/1759577/-Stormy-times-Cringeworthy-video-of-Melania-Trump-resisting-Donald-s-attempt-to-hold-hands?detail=facebook) Touching Donald’s little hands has probably made her a germ-a-phobe. ---
**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 24, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19541 "2018-04-24T21:39:03Z")
Did I read correctly that Trump brushed dandruff off of the French president at a press event? Then loudly announced what he was doing?! ---
**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 24, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19542 "2018-04-24T21:39:13Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Touching Donald’s little hands has probably made her a germ-a-phobe. Unfortunately, she DOES know where those hands have been. Ewwww. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19543 "2018-04-24T21:48:45Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Bonus points for correct usage of hostler. _bows_ I do have to admit that although I had a general idea of what a hostler was, I checked the definition before I posted, just to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/19544 "2018-04-24T21:51:07Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Unfortunately, she DOES know where those hands have been. Ewwww. As do we all. Double-ewww. If I were Stormy, I think I pay Donny to not talk about our “affair”, rather than the other way. I think I’d try to forget it myself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=976) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=978)