# The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 11, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068 "2024-11-11T06:19:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/301 "2024-11-20T14:27:55Z")
Yes, I get a lot of Trump supporters telling me Trump didn’t say something he literally said on camera in front of a crowd. Because the methodology is simply “Assume that which you wish to be true is true, and that which you wish to be untrue is untrue”. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/302 "2024-11-20T14:31:25Z")
Here’s my little ‘canned’ comment on that subject – from back when I used to participate in a rather mixed comments section: What’s amazing is how often we have/had Trump _in his own words_, on tape, or video evidence of the 1/6 insurrection, or the transcripts of Trump’s “perfect call” with Zelensky, or the phone call with Georgia Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger: “I just want to find 11,780 votes.” Or the tapes of interviews with Bob Woodward. Or the Access Hollywood tape. Or “I’M COMING AFTER YOU!” And the bombshell revelations from the Dominion lawsuit. And the Mar-A-Lago documents case, including the audiotape of him sharing the military plan for invading Iran (at Bedminster). In every single case, Trump’s supporters will tell us that we’re wrong … that we didn’t see or hear what we thought we saw and heard. With our own eyes and ears. _“Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation in which the abuser attempts to sow self-doubt and confusion in their victim’s mind. Typically, gaslighters are seeking to gain power and control over the other person, by distorting reality and forcing them to question their own judgment and intuition.”_ Trust your eyes. Trust your ears. Don’t trust the propaganda and outright lies that come from the MAGA crowd, Trump’s lawyers, and the craven media handmaidens enabling them. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/303 "2024-11-20T16:20:18Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > _Well, you remember he said “repeal and replace, on day one.” And to my knowledge he’s still never so much as proposed an outline of the replace part._ > > He never said that. Borrow $100 from them; you know what to say when they ask for it back. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/304 "2024-11-20T20:55:46Z")
They will say, “Fuck you, asshole!” because that ploy ONLY works when they do it. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/305 "2024-11-20T21:28:04Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > And thankfully I went to mighty fine public schools where the teachers knew how to teach history. My High School history class was taught by the football coach. He spoke with a really weird cadence and inflection. The entirety of WWII was summed up thus: _“Stay away… from the tanks! Every… Body likes to shoot at the tanks!”_ This was immediately followed up by his experience with ordering beer while stationed in Germany. Holding up your index finger got you two beers, when you only wanted one. To get one, you need to hold up your thumb. He spent about 3 times longer on the latter than the former. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/306 "2024-11-20T21:47:16Z")
Trump is selling guitars now. > **['Unsurpassed in grifting': Trump's newest merch release stuns onlookers](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2669960560/)** > > President-elect Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he was selling guitars at $1,500 a piece, sending a chorus of laughs rippling through social media.In a Truth Social post to his followers, the incoming president said “Limited Edition American... ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/307 "2024-11-20T22:43:32Z")
Dear Mr. President-Elect Eat A Dick, you Gross, Bloated Eructation! ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/308 "2024-11-20T23:00:43Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Bloated > Eructation Band Name! Featuring DJT on guitar. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/309 "2024-11-20T23:18:30Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Trump is selling guitars now. I know people say you can’t tell reality from parody any more, but genuinely in 2024 when it comes to trump, his grifts and his appointees, you really can’t. What would be too absurd at this point? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/310 "2024-11-20T23:19:06Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > What would be too absurd at this point? Good governance and human decency? ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/311 "2024-11-20T23:22:48Z")
Haha sadly true. The onion should do an article about a day where maga solved a real issue and engaged in thoughtful rhetoric. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/312 "2024-11-20T23:30:11Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Eat > A > Dick, you > Gross, > Bloated > Eructation! That’s not quite the mnemonic device I learned, but it works! 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/313 "2024-11-20T23:41:03Z")
Oh, very good. I’m trying to learn to play, but nerve damage has made two fingers on my left hand numb. I can probably figure it out. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/314 "2024-11-21T00:01:46Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > That’s not quite the mnemonic device I learned Wasn’t there a promiscuous girl named violet? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/315 "2024-11-21T00:07:08Z")
‘I never met Violet, I call her va-va-va-Vi, and she not my type.’ ~ DJT ---
**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:** [November 21, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/316 "2024-11-21T00:13:13Z")
Nope. Just a dumb guy named Eddie who ate some explosives and is no longer with us. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/317 "2024-11-21T00:30:11Z")
That would be the biggest hit to the collective IQ of the Senate since the election of Tommy Tuberville. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/318 "2024-11-21T00:37:58Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > Haha sadly true. The onion should do an article about a day where maga solved a real issue and engaged in thoughtful rhetoric. Every time I see a link to _Raw Story_ about Trump or his flacks, I cannot help reading it as _Raw Onion Story_. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/319 "2024-11-21T01:22:15Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Someone told me yesterday that DeSantis is going too replace him with Lara Trump. Were they just messin’ with me? I’m honestly expecting DeSantis to appoint himself. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/320 "2024-11-21T02:10:56Z")
[Trump looking at naming right-wing radio host Dan Bongino to head the Secret Service: Report](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-looking-at-naming-right-wing-radio-host-dan-bongino-to-head-the-secret-service-report/ar-AA1usKuZ?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=1af03a9f45454ab8aef7bb4a28edb2a4&ei=87) It may help to have someone incompetent and uniquely unqualified to run anything be the head of the people in charge of his safety. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068.md?page=17)