# Things you didn't see coming about Trump administration **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 1, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-didnt-see-coming-about-trump-administration/831882 "2019-04-01T19:53:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-didnt-see-coming-about-trump-administration/831882/61 "2019-04-04T21:18:59Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > One area in which Trump and the GOP haven’t shown incompetence is in the judiciary. They’ve conveyor-belted judges onto circuit and district courts with extreme efficiency so far. Well, that depends on whether you’re picky about qualifications. Trump’s judicial nominees have been [the worst](https://ballotpedia.org/ABA_ratings_during_the_Trump_administration) of any president since ratings began. Certainly, the administration has done well in getting judges appointed in absolute terms, but that is largely thanks to Mitch McConnell, who ensured there was a record number of vacancies to fill. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2019, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-didnt-see-coming-about-trump-administration/831882/62 "2019-04-06T00:47:09Z")
> [@steronz](#): > > One thing that has surprised me is how doggedly Trump is sticking to his campaign promises. Yeah? The one thing I didn’t see coming was how quickly he would stab gun owners in the back. I thought for sure it would be in his second term or the end of his lame duck first term. He blathered away at NRA and GOA conventions. I knew it was bullshit but didn’t think he’d bail so fast. Less than a year in he was talking about bump stock bans, age limits, concealed carry restrictions, registration, and even flirted with banning certain weapons. The NRA rolled over and played dead, those of us in the GOA will not. With friends like Trump who needs Democrats? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2019, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-didnt-see-coming-about-trump-administration/831882/63 "2019-04-06T01:31:44Z")
Another thing I should have added is that I didn’t expect the blatant nepotism. The fact that I forgot it is, to me, a clear indicator of how far down the rabbit whole we’ve fallen. It hit home just this last week as I was reading about his dubious security clearance, and realized that it no longer registered with me or the person who wrote the article that this was Trump son in law who had no business being in any position in the first place. We all just go used to his being there and accepted it as the new normal. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2019, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-didnt-see-coming-about-trump-administration/831882/64 "2019-04-06T07:52:29Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Well, in 1928, Calvin Coolidge refused to vacate until they found his other waterproof shoe. Coolidge is the first 20th century President I want to punch in the mouth for his personality rather than his politics. Trump is the second. > > [Bado's blog: My Favourite Cartoons (7): Gluyas Williams (1888-1982)](http://bado-badosblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-favourite-cartoons-7-gluyas-williams.html) Nice blog there, thanks! Favorited in the comic folder. Interesting you classify Trump as a 20th century President. I would put him in the 19th, early 20th at the most. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-didnt-see-coming-about-trump-administration/831882.md?page=3)