# The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making

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**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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**Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42721 "2020-04-22T20:25:53Z")

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> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#):
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> Individual 1, Melania, and Mike Pence all ignored social distancing and planted a tree on the White House grounds today for Earth Day. Individual 1’s incomprehensible statement:  
> “We’re planting 10 beautiful specimen trees. They’re specimens. All specimens. People may think that’s an exaggeration or that’s a Trump term. Actually, they’re sold as specimens. They cost more money but they are better. I buy a lot of ‘em,”  
> [Trump mocked for planting trees on Earth Day amid his continued failure to deal with climate crisis | The Independent | The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/trump-earth-day-2020-tree-planting-melania-white-house-climate-crisis-environmental-a9478846.html)

Reminds me of John Madden trying to suss out what a cantilever is:

> [@John Madden Retires From Broadcasting, NBC Says](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-madden-retires-from-broadcasting-nbc-says/493287/30):
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> “And then kinda out, too, and then…that’s probably because it’s a…a cantilever. This is a cantilever field. And, yaknow, ‘cantilever’ I think means this stuff where we’ve got this overhang. See, I think…I think when you go up and come out like that, that means ‘cantilever’…or that’s what ‘cantliever’ means. And we got a cantilever stadium here and…and then we’re up above in the cantilever…the cantilever’s over our head and we’re up above lookin’ down.” - Madden rambling during a game at the University of Washington.

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