# Blocking Trump: step by step history **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 7, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blocking-trump-step-by-step-history/776521 "2017-01-07T14:02:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blocking-trump-step-by-step-history/776521/41 "2017-01-13T15:44:40Z")
> [@Pearl\_Clutching\_Provocateur](#): > > Everyone hates Donald Trump except the American people. > > God bless the USA. Well… [https://poll.qu.edu/images/polling/us/us01102017\_Utb35mky.pdf/](https://poll.qu.edu/images/polling/us/us01102017_Utb35mky.pdf/) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blocking-trump-step-by-step-history/776521/42 "2017-01-13T15:46:27Z")
Those aren’t the _real_ Americans! ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blocking-trump-step-by-step-history/776521/43 "2017-01-13T16:48:54Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Because clearly, when I don’t like, trust, or respect someone, what I want most of all is for them to have a lot more power over me and my family than they already did. 🙂 > > :smack: I didn’t “like” “respect” or “trust” the alternative either. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blocking-trump-step-by-step-history/776521/44 "2017-01-13T16:50:12Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > The key phrase is “I voted for him”. That means the problem is partly of your making. Own it. > > You _don’t_ get to deplore him; you only get to \*apologize \*for your actions in saddling us with him, and work to limit the damage you have helped cause. Okay? This may surprise you, but I don’t have to “own” or “apologize” for jack shit just because you say so. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blocking-trump-step-by-step-history/776521/45 "2017-01-13T17:55:43Z")
The interesting thing in that poll, from my point view, is that there’s still a lot of anger towards the establishment. Congress opinion numbers are still super low. The view of the Republican and Democrat parties are both unfavorable both overall and to independents. It is interesting that Trump’s opinion numbers are pretty bad; however, people are slightly more optimistic than pessimistic about his upcoming presidency; however, people think he will be a worse president than Obama. Most of it seems to stem from a belief that Trump will help the economy. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blocking-trump-step-by-step-history/776521/46 "2017-01-13T20:41:54Z")
> [@BeepKillBeep](#): > > … Most of it seems to stem from a belief that Trump will help the economy. I still find this shocking. Those voters had to be at least peripherally aware that Trump is famous for stiffing his suppliers and contractors and for repeatedly declaring bankruptcy, thereby stiffing his investors. They had to know that he was born rich—and basically _would be richer toda_y if the money his father gave him had simply been invested in a decent index mutual fund. How all those voters could think that Trump had an interest in helping the US economy (or indeed the skills to do so) is astonishing. I suppose it’s a tribute to statistics: half the population of any nation must, by definition, have IQs that fall below the median IQ of that nation. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blocking-trump-step-by-step-history/776521/47 "2017-01-13T21:23:54Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > This may surprise you, but I don’t have to “own” or “apologize” for jack shit just because you say so. Not because anyone said so, but because _you did it_. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2017, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blocking-trump-step-by-step-history/776521/48 "2017-01-13T23:30:08Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Well, the Bible might burst into flames when he puts his hand on it. Failing that, his tongue might burn with fire if he dares speak the Worship Words. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blocking-trump-step-by-step-history/776521/49 "2017-01-13T23:37:27Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Not because anyone said so, but because _you did it_. I intend to spend the next four or eight years working to advance causes that are important to me. I expect to make a good bit of progress in some areas. I’ve got no intention of ‘working to limit’ what you perceive as damage unless it happens to align with my views. Typically, it does not. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blocking-trump-step-by-step-history/776521.md?page=2)