# The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/27247 "2018-11-16T22:35:24Z")

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> [@mistymage](#):
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> Trump only rewards people who pay him (obviously not the dead people listed) like Miriam Adelson. [Trump giving Miriam Adelson the Medal of Freedom captures the transactional nature of his presidency](https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-giving-miriam-adelson-medal-freedom-captures-transactional-nature-his-ncna937121) or to score brownie points from the GOP like Orrin Hatch.

From _Elections_:

> [@Trump not giving out medal of freedom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-not-giving-out-medal-of-freedom/823500/52):
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> [Trump to honor donor’s wife with presidential award](https://apnews.com/51b3f635cfda40289742499929ce3cc3)
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> The AP has largely stopped fucking around when writing stories and headlines about Trump and his supporters.
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> 😃

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