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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 05:21 PM Jul 2017

Is the Trump maladministration more or less of a s--t show than you expected?


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Is the Trump maladministration more or less of a s--t show than you expected? (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2017 OP
EXACTLY what I expected. Shell_Seas Jul 2017 #1
I don't know... DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2017 #2
Surprisingly, less jberryhill Jul 2017 #3
I am going with less as well The Genealogist Jul 2017 #6
Oh, I KNEW he would be horrid but this is a GIANT shitshow and clusterfuck beyond belief. CurtEastPoint Jul 2017 #4
I think it's more or less a shit show as I expected. defacto7 Jul 2017 #5
I'm going with lib-ruhl Jul 2017 #7
I thought he'd make better cabinet picks and spend more time golfing marylandblue Jul 2017 #8
About what I expected--some of the details are surprising ismnotwasm Jul 2017 #9
I thought Mike Pence was supposed to basically be president Tiggeroshii Jul 2017 #10
I thought the grown-ups would take away his Tweeter MiddleClass Jul 2017 #11
It's much, much worse. I thought that worst case scenario we'd have to endure 4 years Vinca Jul 2017 #12
I didn't think they would be this functionality fucked up on a personal level YCHDT Jul 2017 #13
It is a different kind of a shit show than I thought it would be virtualobserver Jul 2017 #14
Exactly what I expected. NRaleighLiberal Jul 2017 #15
I didn't know WHAT to expect.. nt. jazzimov Jul 2017 #16
Thread winner!! LeftInTX Jul 2017 #17
Bannon likes to claim that chaos was his goal... VOX Jul 2017 #20
Expected more Schutzstaffel and not so much KGB... VOX Jul 2017 #18
Coming in right around my expectations. Maybe not quite as bad, because we are still here. DanTex Jul 2017 #19
I never expected it to be this bad. It's a daily effing nightmare. smirkymonkey Jul 2017 #21
I expect it to get worse and worse as time goes by and he's allowed to remain in office. Solly Mack Jul 2017 #22
More. But... Johnny2X2X Jul 2017 #23
I voted "more" but NastyRiffraff Jul 2017 #24
Oh it's easily a category 5 shit storm! Initech Jul 2017 #25
Their utter ineptitude is surprising mythology Jul 2017 #26
I expected the collapse of our government. What we have is not quite as terrible. Gravitycollapse Jul 2017 #27
I was expecting him to be more of a NY democrat, more than most applegrove Jul 2017 #28
About what I expected. ImpeachTheGOP Jul 2017 #29
More beyond my wildest dreams JDC Jul 2017 #30
 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
3. Surprisingly, less
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 05:30 PM
Jul 2017

My bet was that he'd do something overtly, blatantly and unquestionably impeachable inside of a month.

But we are comparing "shit show", "all star shit review", and "The Aristocrats" here.

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
6. I am going with less as well
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 05:37 PM
Jul 2017

Considering the nightmarish scenarios playing in my head, this is pretty tame. I fully expected WWIII to be raging by this time, started by Two Scoops getting the stink eye during a meeting with one leader or another.

 

Tiggeroshii

(11,088 posts)
10. I thought Mike Pence was supposed to basically be president
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 05:39 PM
Jul 2017

While trump does the White House version of the apprentice. Yes that would have been less of a shit show than this.

MiddleClass

(888 posts)
11. I thought the grown-ups would take away his Tweeter
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 05:42 PM
Jul 2017

I assumed, Reince Priebus would be the adult in the room, more of a political guru that everyone would run things by him, just to gauge the political response.

They are way more out of control, "I know better" morons, then I realize could be possible

Vinca

(50,267 posts)
12. It's much, much worse. I thought that worst case scenario we'd have to endure 4 years
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 05:42 PM
Jul 2017

of the country treading water because the know nothings knew nothing. Instead, we've got a full blown criminal enterprise aided and abetted by the Republican party.

 

virtualobserver

(8,760 posts)
14. It is a different kind of a shit show than I thought it would be
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 05:45 PM
Jul 2017

All Republican administrations misrepresent reality in areas that they deem necessary , but I did not expect that this administration and Trump would lie about literally every detail in every moment. Lying about things as ridiculous as crowd sizes, and Trump's consistent tendency to contradict his own spokespersons, right after they lie from the podium for him. Trump's direct confession on Russia....His son posting incriminating emails. Normally, I would interpret things like that as a cry for help.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
20. Bannon likes to claim that chaos was his goal...
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 07:51 PM
Jul 2017

But these jerks do chaos so naturally, it appears to be a lifestyle!

VOX

(22,976 posts)
18. Expected more Schutzstaffel and not so much KGB...
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 07:49 PM
Jul 2017

Actually, I expected a biblical-proportioned shitshow, which we've been served daily; what stupefies me is the utter lack of skill (finesse, ability, whatever) these traitors possess in plying their shadowy trade. If they cared a whit about how inept they appear to 3/4 of the U.S. and the entire world, it doesn't show. They don't give a fuck about their blatant lies. And they all lie. They never even HEARD of Russia. They are completely psychopathic and haven't a shred of empathy.

I've come to the realization that the coup wasn't so much right-wing as it is overtly criminal. The United States was overthrown by organized crime. And they mean to rob us (poor & middle class) blind, just suck up what little we have, and take it all upstream.



 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
21. I never expected it to be this bad. It's a daily effing nightmare.
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 07:53 PM
Jul 2017

I thought we would have periods of normalcy punctuated by a shit-show here and there, but I didn't think it would be one big non-stop clusterfuck. It's making me physically ill.

Johnny2X2X

(19,042 posts)
23. More. But...
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 07:58 PM
Jul 2017

It's been less than 6 months, people who are shocked havent seen anything yet! It's going to get about 50 times crazier.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
24. I voted "more" but
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 08:01 PM
Jul 2017

that DOES NOT mean that I expected anything good. I fully expected a shit show, but Dump and his odious family have far exceeded my expectations.

Initech

(100,063 posts)
25. Oh it's easily a category 5 shit storm!
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 08:05 PM
Jul 2017
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I don't know if it's reached category 6 yet but it's definitely in 5 territory!
 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
26. Their utter ineptitude is surprising
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 08:07 PM
Jul 2017

I figured they wouldn't actually be this bad at trying to accomplish things. Their actual plans are as bad as I thought, but it's like the Keystone Kops, except the Trump administration isn't trying to be funny.

Gravitycollapse

(8,155 posts)
27. I expected the collapse of our government. What we have is not quite as terrible.
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 08:08 PM
Jul 2017

Still thoroughly terrible on an unprecedented level.

applegrove

(118,622 posts)
28. I was expecting him to be more of a NY democrat, more than most
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 08:12 PM
Jul 2017

republicans because he was quoted in so many interviews saying liberal things over tge years. Turns out he is letting the right wing nuts run all policy. He really does not care what happens to people, many of whom voted for him.

 

ImpeachTheGOP

(89 posts)
29. About what I expected.
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 08:16 PM
Jul 2017

Except I thought a false flag might have happened already. Then I remembered there is no Cheney in this group and the alphabet agencies hate them.

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