# Anagrams in the news **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 26, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anagrams-in-the-news/807499 "2018-01-26T02:11:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anagrams-in-the-news/807499/1 "2018-01-26T02:11:50Z")
I’ve been finding some amusing/appropriate anagrams of various names and phrases in the news recently. Some examples: BUILD THE WALL = DUB IT ‘HELL LAW’ IMPEACH DONALD TRUMP = DETATCH A PLUMP NIMROD ROBERT MUELLER = BELT RULER MORE and: SENATE MAJORITY = I ENJOY TAME RATS Anyone keen to add others? ---
**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:** [January 26, 2018, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anagrams-in-the-news/807499/2 "2018-01-26T02:18:51Z")
I’m keen, just not smart enough. ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anagrams-in-the-news/807499/3 "2018-01-26T03:35:14Z")
Pussy grabber…Preys, bags rub Locker room talk…Roll or toke, Mack That’s all I have right now. The senate majority one makes me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anagrams-in-the-news/807499/4 "2018-01-26T03:35:47Z")
NASSAR SENTENCED = TEEN DANCERS ‘N’ ASS [Sorry about that.](https://new.wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram.cgi?anagram=Nassar+sentenced&t=500&a=n) ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anagrams-in-the-news/807499/5 "2018-01-26T04:04:40Z")
Well, I got two Jared Kushner -Unheard Jerks Melania Trump -Manipulate Mr Edit Steve Bannon. Ban Seen on TV ---
**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anagrams-in-the-news/807499/6 "2018-01-26T09:04:31Z")
Liking those! 🙂 Recent comments about the Middle East - is Trump just wanting a lapdog? MAKE PEACE OR LOSE AID = SEEK A POODLE, AMERICA ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anagrams-in-the-news/807499/7 "2018-01-26T09:23:18Z")
Hint: Manage answers ---
**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anagrams-in-the-news/807499/8 "2018-01-26T09:26:31Z")
Ok, just one more for now: STORMY DANIELS PAID OFF = SOILED DRAMA NOT ‘SPIFFY’ ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anagrams-in-the-news/807499/9 "2018-01-26T11:06:52Z")
No deal on DACA = A code, anal Don ---
**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:** [January 26, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anagrams-in-the-news/807499/10 "2018-01-26T18:05:23Z")
Trumps speech at Davos - A Starched Stove Pumps OR A Caved Prophets Smuts ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anagrams-in-the-news/807499/11 "2018-01-26T18:12:04Z")
nm ---
**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:** [January 26, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anagrams-in-the-news/807499/12 "2018-01-26T18:14:58Z")
Mexico to pay for the wall = Relax, a Olympic theft woo ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anagrams-in-the-news/807499/13 "2018-01-26T19:53:51Z")
MUELLER FIRING FAKE NEWS -\> Weakeners Muffle Riling ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anagrams-in-the-news/807499/14 "2018-01-26T20:15:15Z")
> [@Ferris](#): > > …IMPEACH DONALD TRUMP = DETATCH A PLUMP NIMROD… Bzzzzzt. Where did the second “T” come from? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anagrams-in-the-news/807499/15 "2018-01-26T21:25:16Z")
I came soooo close with this: Solar panel trade protectionism Treat strip mine coale donor pals ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anagrams-in-the-news/807499/16 "2018-01-26T21:52:16Z")
Not my president—modernity spent OR money pits trend OR enmity portends ---
**Author:** ![c\_carol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@c\_carol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_carol)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anagrams-in-the-news/807499/17 "2018-01-26T22:42:14Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Bzzzzzt. Where did the second “T” come from? You don’t need one, it should be “DETACH” ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anagrams-in-the-news/807499/18 "2018-01-26T23:06:49Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Hint: Manage answers A newsman rages? Renews answer, man? Man earns wages? Got a bunch for The Mango Menace: Ace among the men. :rolleyes: Hangmen, come eat. Change a 'net memo. A change? Me? Not me!!! Enact homage, men! Me cogent? Ha! Amen! ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anagrams-in-the-news/807499/19 "2018-01-27T02:10:56Z")
> [@Hopeful\_Crow](#): > > A newsman rages? Renews answer, man? Man earns wages? Darn. Skip that middle one, please. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anagrams-in-the-news/807499/20 "2018-01-27T03:33:15Z")
> [@c\_carol](#): > > You don’t need one, it should be “DETACH” That’s why I asked. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anagrams-in-the-news/807499.md?page=2)