# 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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**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:** [August 13, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/9828 "2017-08-13T01:21:27Z")

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I posted this Aug 19, 2016, a year ago almost to the day. That was back in the lost happy days when it seemed impossible for Trump to be elected.

> [@Coming soon: Trump News Network](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-trump-news-network/763332/1):
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> From \*The Atlantic \*online-
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> [Introducing The Trump News Channel—Coming in 2017?](http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/08/introducing-the-trump-news-channelcoming-in-2017/496562/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheAtlantic+%28The+Atlantic+-+Master+Feed%29)…

It has happened. Sort of.

Aug 8, 2017. [Trump launches “real” Trump TV news with Kayleigh McEnany](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-launches-real-trump-tv-news-with-kayleigh-mcenany/)

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> A former CNN commentator is now being featured as the host of an mock-TV news report touting President Trump’s successes in what is being dubbed “Trump TV” on his official campaign Facebook page.
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> A post on Mr. Trump’s social media site reads, “Join Kayleigh McEnany as she provides you the news of the week from Trump Tower in New York!” The post went up on Sunday, just one day after McEnany left her role at the cable network.
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> In the minute and a half-long video, McEnany summarizes positive stories for Mr. Trump, including the positive economic data, the awarding of the Medal of Honor to a Vietnam war veteran, his endorsement of a Senate immigration bill named the RAISE act, which would limit the number of legal immigrants allowed into the U.S. primarily through the use of a points-based system.
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> McEnany announced, “President Trump has created more than 1 million new jobs,” noted the low unemployment rate, high consumer confidence and surging stock market and concluded, “President Trump has clearly steered the economy back in the right direction.”
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> As McEnany ends her segment, she signs out, “And that is the real news.”  
> …

Sure it is.

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