# Awesome Trump Answer at Presser **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-trump-answer-at-presser/779999 "2017-02-16T19:09:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-trump-answer-at-presser/779999/41 "2017-02-16T23:07:40Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I just wanted to say that when I first saw the thread title, I thought it said “Awesome Trump Answer at Passover.” “This Seder will be great. You won’t believe how good it’ll be…it’ll be amazing. But, that Lying Pharaoh. Sad!” ---
**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:** [February 16, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-trump-answer-at-presser/779999/42 "2017-02-16T23:08:17Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I just wanted to say that when I first saw the thread title, I thought it said “Awesome Trump Answer at Passover.” What a door you have just opened. [ul] [li]How is this President different from all other Presidents? [/li][li]I bought a cabinet seat for two zuzim. [/li][li]List the plagues (I challenge you to stop at only 12). [/li][li]Which of the four sons is he? The one who is wise, the one who is wicked, the one who is simple, or the one who does not know how to ask a question. How about the fifth son, the one who does not know how to \*answer \*a question?[/li][/ul] There’s a lot more potential material here. And the season is coming up, too. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-trump-answer-at-presser/779999/43 "2017-02-16T23:11:02Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Pretty much answers the thread about Trump being a barely functioning illiterate? How so? ---
**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:** [February 16, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-trump-answer-at-presser/779999/44 "2017-02-16T23:14:22Z")
Sorry, I mean 10 plagues. But that was then. We’ve already had more than 10 in just the first month. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-trump-answer-at-presser/779999/45 "2017-02-16T23:17:33Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > He’s going to try and corral the hippy vote! All this talk about peace, love and understanding. Far out! Groovy! Gotta say, a diet of brown rice and veggies would do him a world of good! It’s be an improvement over what seems to be his current diet of brown acid and shrooms. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-trump-answer-at-presser/779999/46 "2017-02-16T23:27:37Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Out of that swirling froth of verbiage I dragged up this slimy old thing: > > “The price is going to come down”? On the wall that Mexico was supposedly going to pay for? Is this a tacit acknowledgement that any such wall will, in fact, be paid for by the US government (i.e., us taxpayers), rather than Mexico? Prices coming down _is good_, right? That’s all you need to hear. Don’t think beyond that, it will only make your head hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-trump-answer-at-presser/779999/47 "2017-02-16T23:39:00Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > Takes a torpedo in the rear then sails in circles until sunk after being abandoned by it’s crew. Most appropriate. That’s the Post of the Day, right there. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-trump-answer-at-presser/779999/48 "2017-02-16T23:54:52Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > “This Seder will be great. You won’t believe how good it’ll be…it’ll be amazing. But, that Lying Pharaoh. Sad!” “This night is different from all other nights because: 306 electoral college votes. We were not supposed to crack 220. You know that, right? There was no way to 221 but then they said there’s no way to 270. I have the hugest hands” ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-trump-answer-at-presser/779999/49 "2017-02-17T00:00:00Z")
> [@Crybaby\_Boobie](#): > > That god just happens to be Cthulu. [Cthulhu 2020: Why Vote For The Lesser Evil?](https://cthulhuforamerica.com) ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-trump-answer-at-presser/779999/50 "2017-02-17T00:02:27Z")
What this press conference shows is that the hatred pouring out from sane people everywhere is really getting to Trump. So the only sane thing to do is amp up the hatred. Make sure he hears it every time he turns on a tv. Make sure he sees it every time he goes out in public. Make sure he feels it whenever he dares stray outside his bubble. Keep the pressure on. Don’t let up for a minute. Anything else he’ll read as weakness and that will sustain him. Ignore those who say we need to give the president a chance or that we need to mend fences. That might work with an ordinary politician but not with Trump. Hate is our only weapon. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-trump-answer-at-presser/779999/51 "2017-02-17T00:09:48Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > What this press conference shows is that the hatred pouring out from sane people everywhere is really getting to Trump. > > So the only sane thing to do is amp up the hatred. Make sure he hears it every time he turns on a tv. Make sure he sees it every time he goes out in public. Make sure he feels it whenever he dares stray outside his bubble. Keep the pressure on. Don’t let up for a minute. Anything else he’ll read as weakness and that will sustain him. Ignore those who say we need to give the president a chance or that we need to mend fences. That might work with an ordinary politician but not with Trump. Hate is our only weapon. I get that he won’t like it, but what do you think it will make him do? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-trump-answer-at-presser/779999/52 "2017-02-17T00:16:24Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > What do you mean, ‘we’? > > [RIGHT]I was over here. > [/RIGHT] > [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > What you mean ‘we,’ white man? Yeah, I was going for a old movie quote (see below), but since I didn’t vote for Trump, I had to use "we’ as in “We, the USA”. [quote=“Horatius, post:22, topic:779999”] Thank God I bookmarked this just after the election: [/QUOTE] I was actually thinking of an Alec Guinness line, I think the movie is well-known enough to not mention: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlvKydE0EVA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlvKydE0EVA) And upon further review, I should have added these words, spoken just after the above: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU7\_G2grxJE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU7_G2grxJE) ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-trump-answer-at-presser/779999/53 "2017-02-17T00:25:40Z")
This is not about Elections, (or even politics). If we had a “Laugh Scornfully At Trump” forum, it would go there, but I guess I’ll send this to MPSIMS. I presume that the OP was intended as sarcasm. [/Moderating] ---
**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:** [February 17, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-trump-answer-at-presser/779999/54 "2017-02-17T00:46:25Z")
Best Trump quote: his administration is not in chaos, it is “a fine-tuned machine.” R-I-I-I-I-GHT. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-trump-answer-at-presser/779999/55 "2017-02-17T00:51:22Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Best Trump quote: his administration is not in chaos, it is “a fine-tuned machine.” > R-I-I-I-I-GHT. The Bluesmobile was also a ‘fine-tuned machine’ - right up until the end 😃 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8G0e81hN4M](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8G0e81hN4M) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-trump-answer-at-presser/779999/56 "2017-02-17T00:56:56Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > “This Seder will be great. You won’t believe how good it’ll be…it’ll be amazing. But, that Lying Pharaoh. Sad!” > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > What a door you have just opened. > > [ul] > [li]How is this President different from all other Presidents? [/li][li]I bought a cabinet seat for two zuzim. [/li][li]List the plagues (I challenge you to stop at only 12). [/li][li]Which of the four sons is he? The one who is wise, the one who is wicked, the one who is simple, or the one who does not know how to ask a question. How about the fifth son, the one who does not know how to \*answer \*a question?[/li][/ul] > > There’s a lot more potential material here. And the season is coming up, too. > [@drad\_dog](#): > > “This night is different from all other nights because: 306 electoral college votes. We were not supposed to crack 220. You know that, right? There was no way to 221 but then they said there’s no way to 270. I have the hugest hands” You guys crack this Gentile up. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-trump-answer-at-presser/779999/57 "2017-02-17T01:21:08Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > The Bluesmobile was also a ‘fine-tuned machine’ - right up until the end 😃 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8G0e81hN4M](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8G0e81hN4M) It’s got a Trump motor, a short-fingered Russian plant, it’s got Trump tires, Trump suspensions, Trump shocks. It’s a model made before catalytic converters so it’ll run good once we dismantle the EPA. What do you say, is it the new administration or what? ---
**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:** [February 17, 2017, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-trump-answer-at-presser/779999/58 "2017-02-17T01:29:19Z")
“Cummings: ‘No idea why President Trump would make up a story about me like he did today’” [http://wapo.st/2lQoRtt](http://wapo.st/2lQoRtt) > [@](#): > > Rep. Elijah E. Cummings swatted away President Trump’s claim that the Baltimore Democrat wouldn’t meet with him after repeated calls from the White House. > > Trump made the comment during a wide-ranging news conference Thursday and speculated that Cummings may have been dissuaded from coming to the White House for political reasons, perhaps by Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), whom Trump dismissed as a “lightweight.” > > “I have no idea why President Trump would make up a story about me like he did today. Of course, Senator Schumer never told me to skip a meeting with the President,” Cummings said in a statement. > Trump said Cummings “was all excited and then he said, ‘Well, I can’t move, it might be bad for me politically. I can’t have that meeting.’ ” > > Trump continued: “But he probably was told by Schumer or somebody like that — some other lightweight. . . . He was probably told: ‘Don’t meet with Trump. It’s bad politics.’ And that’s part of the problem with this country.” > > The musings came in response to a question about whether Trump would meet with the Congressional Black Caucus — of which Cummings is a high-profile member — to discuss crime in poor, urban areas… It appears that The Donald is not capable of uttering one word of truth. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-trump-answer-at-presser/779999/59 "2017-02-17T01:38:37Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > It’s got a Trump motor, a short-fingered Russian plant, it’s got Trump tires, Trump suspensions, Trump shocks. It’s a model made before catalytic converters so it’ll run good once we dismantle the EPA. What do you say, is it the new administration or what? 😃 We may be referencing the wrong movie. I can’t see Trump going to any effort to pay off a debt. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-trump-answer-at-presser/779999/60 "2017-02-17T01:43:19Z")
I really don’t know which is more horrifyingly funny: characterizing Trump House as “a finely tuned machine” or the Obama administration as “[leaving] a mess.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-trump-answer-at-presser/779999.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-trump-answer-at-presser/779999.md?page=4)