# Butt-Hurt Trump Takes to Twitter Again (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 19, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428 "2016-11-19T15:52:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 182
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/3621 "2017-12-29T19:46:30Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I think Trump hates most billionaires because he knows that most billionaires are actually real billionaires and not fake ones like him. He knows Bezos is the real deal, and not reduced to borrowing money from Putin’s mafia. That’s a good point. He hates rich people, because they know he is a fake. If I point out his lack of business acumen, it can be easily pointed out that I do not have a multibillion dollar empire, which for some reason means that I have no room to judge. If someone who is a fiscal peer to him makes criticisms, they can not be so easily dismissed. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/3622 "2017-12-29T19:48:55Z")
Remember when addled old farts watched Fox News and started ranting on Facebook or in their local bar? They were so easily ignored. Ah, the good ol’ days. Thanks Obama. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/3623 "2017-12-29T19:56:28Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Remember when addled old farts watched Fox News and started ranting on Facebook or in their local bar? They were so easily ignored. Ah, the good ol’ days. Thanks Obama. And the barber shop. One of the reasons I sport long hair these days is because the barber that I have gone to since I was a kid is very conservative. Didn’t bother me all that much when I was a republican, and during the bush years, even he didn’t have all that much to say, but I stopped going during the Obama years, as he felt having a captive audience was a great time to talk about all the evils of that kenyan. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/3624 "2017-12-29T20:03:42Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > And the barber shop. I thought barber shops were just fronts for selling drugs. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/3625 "2017-12-29T20:07:27Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I thought barber shops were just fronts for selling drugs. 😕 That would explain some things. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/3626 "2017-12-29T21:08:30Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Yeah, what is: > > even supposed to mean? It means the post office doesn’t charge enough. Which is true, at least for things like First Class mail, but has nothing to do with that the post office charges Amazon (since Amazon is not shipping letters to people). ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/3627 "2017-12-29T21:13:16Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > It means the post office doesn’t charge enough. Which is true, at least for things like First Class mail, but has nothing to do with that the post office charges Amazon (since Amazon is not shipping letters to people). Well, I can break down individual words and fragments of the sentence in that tweet. Just as a whole, it seems like gibberish. 🙂 ---
**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:** [December 29, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/3628 "2017-12-29T21:30:37Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > In fact I think that a large part of why Trump is seething about the Mueller investigation isn’t as much about the possibility of criminal convictions as it as a fear that he will eventually be exposed as being a completely fake billionaire, propped up by a kleptocratic regime. Worse, by (at best) hemming him in or (at worst) removing him from office, the investigation threatens to undercut his usefulness to his Kremlin-connected creditors (I suspect he’s already heard some warnings about his failure to get sanctions lifted), leading to possible consequences up to and including a closer personal encounter with the upper end of the periodic table. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/3629 "2017-12-30T23:57:35Z")
Hey, credit where credit is due, this is a measured and well thought out [statement](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/946949708915924994) on Iran: “Many reports of peaceful protests by Iranian citizens fed up with regime’s corruption & its squandering of the nation’s wealth to fund terrorism abroad. Iranian govt should respect their people’s rights, including right to express themselves. The world is watching!” Sounds familiar though. [Sarah Huckabee Sanders](https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/946906875462930432): “Reports of peaceful protests by Iranian citizens fed up with the regime’s corruption and its squandering of the nation’s wealth to fund terrorism abroad. The Iranian government should respect their people’s rights including their right to express themselves. The world is watching” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/3630 "2017-12-31T00:06:29Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Hey, credit where credit is due, this is a measured and well thought out [statement](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/946949708915924994) on Iran: > > “Many reports of peaceful protests by Iranian citizens fed up with regime’s corruption & its squandering of the nation’s wealth to fund terrorism abroad. Iranian govt\*\* should respect their people’s rights, including right to express themselves. \*\*The world is watching!” > > Sounds familiar though. > > [Sarah Huckabee Sanders](https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/946906875462930432): > > “Reports of peaceful protests by Iranian citizens fed up with the regime’s corruption and its squandering of the nation’s wealth to fund terrorism abroad. The Iranian government should respect their people’s rights including their right to express themselves. The world is watching” Now if only he believed that for _American_ citizens… ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/3631 "2017-12-31T02:05:23Z")
There are many fine ayatollahs on both sides… ---
**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:** [December 31, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/3632 "2017-12-31T02:43:27Z")
I don’t think Trump hates billionaires so much as he wants to be billionaire Jesus. If somebody else makes billions without his blessing, he gets all jealous and cries about how unfair it is. Again, how did somebody so ignorant and so thin-skinned make his own billions? To paraphrase Carla from _Cheers_, he attracts people like flies, he treats people like flies, and his brain is in his fly. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/3633 "2017-12-31T03:12:58Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Again, how did somebody so ignorant and so thin-skinned make his own billions? To paraphrase Carla from _Cheers_, he attracts people like flies, he treats people like flies, and his brain is in his fly. The old fashioned way. Inheritance. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/3634 "2017-12-31T11:49:56Z")
From this morning’s Twitblather: > [@Donald J. Trump](#): > > I use Social Media not because I like to, but because it is the only way to fight a VERY dishonest and unfair “press,” now often referred to as Fake News Media. Phony and non-existent “sources” are being used more often than ever. Many stories & reports a pure fiction! 1. No, you use social media because it allows you to post patent bullshit without challenge. 2. Actually, there is another way to fight what you claim, without foundation, is a dishonest “press”: with factual rebuttal. You should try it sometime. Also, what’s up with the random “quotation marks”? 3. Name any three widely reported stories of the past year that were “pure fiction”, and for which the fictional claims are still being reported as fact by a majority of media outlets. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/3635 "2017-12-31T14:18:32Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I think Trump hates most billionaires because he knows that most billionaires are actually real billionaires and not fake ones like him. He knows Bezos is the real deal, and not reduced to borrowing money from Putin’s mafia. In fact I think that a large part of why Trump is seething about the Mueller investigation isn’t as much about the possibility of criminal convictions as it as a fear that he will eventually be exposed as being a completely fake billionaire, propped up by a kleptocratic regime. His entire adult life has been a giant lie that will, in time, be eventually exposed. The greatest lie being that he’s some sort of business genius. He’s genius, but not like a businessman - more like a criminal. I think his feud with Bezos stems from the Bezos ownership of the Washington Post. I wouldn’t be surprised if he continues to tweet crap designed to try to hurt Amazons stock price - then one of Trumps henchmen will call Bezos and promise to stop if Bezos will tell WaPo to lay off the Russia story. Because that’s the kind of strong arm tactic that worked for him in business. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/3636 "2018-01-01T02:38:55Z")
I have said all along that even if, and it’s a BIG if, there’s nothing to the Russia story that trump can not afford someone with subpoena power looking into his business. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/3637 "2018-01-01T02:48:11Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I think his feud with Bezos stems from the Bezos ownership of the Washington Post. I wouldn’t be surprised if he continues to tweet crap designed to try to hurt Amazons stock price - then one of Trumps henchmen will call Bezos and promise to stop if Bezos will tell WaPo to lay off the Russia story. > > Because that’s the kind of strong arm tactic that worked for him in business. I get the impression that his negotiating style is based on his being used to dealing with people who are just as committed to ethical behavior and fair dealing as he is — _i.e._, not at all. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/3638 "2018-01-01T19:39:31Z")
Trump started out the New Year by twittertacking Pakistan: “The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools. They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!” > The Pakistan Defence Ministry responded: “Pak as anti-terror ally has given free to US: land & air communication, military bases & intel cooperation that decimated Al-Qaeda over last 16yrs, but they have given us nothing but invective & mistrust. They overlook cross-border safe havens of terrorists who murder Pakistanis.” [https://twitter.com/PakMnstrDefence/status/947843255286353921](https://twitter.com/PakMnstrDefence/status/947843255286353921)? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/3639 "2018-01-01T19:44:47Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Trump started out the New Year by twittertacking Pakistan: > “The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools. They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!” > [x.com](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/947802588174577664) > > The Pakistan Defence Ministry responded: > “Pak as anti-terror ally has given free to US: land & air communication, military bases & intel cooperation that decimated Al-Qaeda over last 16yrs, but they have given us nothing but invective & mistrust. They overlook cross-border safe havens of terrorists who murder Pakistanis.” > [x.com](https://twitter.com/PakMnstrDefence/status/947843255286353921)? Clearly, Pakistan should build a wall and get Afghanistan to pay for it. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/3640 "2018-01-01T20:13:39Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Clearly, Pakistan should build a wall and get Afghanistan to pay for it. Can they build it around DC? And make it a dome? An impenetrable dome? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=181) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=183)