# 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:** 206
**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:** [May 3, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4101 "2018-05-03T16:46:11Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > So, Donnie, what you’re saying is Stormy was going to tell lies about sleeping with you, so you paid her $130,000 to not tell those lies? I’m not sure that makes sense. Heck, I’d refrain from telling lies about sleeping with Donald Trump for half that much! You’d think paying fifty cents on the dollar would be a deal that appeals to him, what with it being his SOP for dealing with contractors… ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4102 "2018-05-03T16:49:14Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > So, Donnie, what you’re saying is Stormy was going to tell lies about sleeping with you, so you paid her $130,000 to not tell those lies? I’m not sure that makes sense. > > “Extortionist” I can kinda see, but you don’t pay off people because they’re making up stuff about you. He didn’t pay her to keep quiet about having sex with him. He paid her to lie about his dick size. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4103 "2018-05-03T20:56:46Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > So, Donnie, what you’re saying is Stormy was going to tell lies about sleeping with you, so you paid her $130,000 to not tell those lies? I’m not sure that makes sense. I’d just like to take this opportunity to say that I had sex with Donald Trump on multiple occasions and will respond to any interested parties with my routing number and checking info. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4104 "2018-05-03T21:06:05Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Does anyone have a link to a clear statement from Trump stating he didn’t know anything about the $130,000? No link, but I think this all stems from a video taken of a Q&A on Air Force 1. He’s asked if he knows anything about Stormy and the $130k, and he says “No…talk to Michael”. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4105 "2018-05-03T21:21:56Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Does anyone have a link to a clear statement from Trump stating he didn’t know anything about the $130,000? Wow… I envy you, since you must’ve been living on a private island with no access to the obnoxious cable news for the past couple of months! 🙂 [Trump denies knowing about Stormy Daniels payment, tells press to ask Michael Cohen.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0QvjiG4sYM) Transcript: > [@](#): > > Reporter: Did you know about the $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels? > > Trump: No. What else? > > Reporter: Then why did Michael Cohen make it\* if there was no–no truth to the allegations? > > Trump: You’ll have to ask Michael Cohen. Michael’s my attorney and you’ll have to ask Michael. > > Reporter: Do you know where he got the money to make the payment? > > Trump: No, I don’t know. > > Reporter: Did you ever set up a fund of money that he could draw from? > > (No answer.) This was back in early April. - She means “why did he make the payment,” presumably. ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4106 "2018-05-03T21:29:05Z")
The NY times has a [list of contradictory statements about the Stormy payment](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/03/us/politics/giuliani-stormy-trump-statements.html): March 7 | Sarah Huckabee Sanders: “There was no knowledge of any payments from the president.” “I’ve had conversations with the president about this,” said Ms. Sanders, the White House press secretary. “He has denied all these allegations.” April 5 | President Trump: “No.” This was Mr. Trump’s response when he was asked by a reporter if he knew about the payment to Ms. Clifford. In what were his first public remarks about the matter, Mr. Trump denied knowing about the $130,000 payment. He added, “You’ll have to ask Michael Cohen.” ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4107 "2018-05-03T21:33:46Z")
News flash! President is a lying sack of shit. Film at 11. So the Trump story and they’re sticking to it (for now…) is apparently. Trump did not have sex with that woman. Michael Cohen decided all on his own that he should pay her $130k, for [reasons]. Cohen paid himself back out of his regular retainer. Trump had some vague, general impression that this took place. None of this had anything to do with the campaign. Rock solid! ---
**Author:** ![jshore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jshore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jshore)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4108 "2018-05-04T00:00:43Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > So, Donnie, what you’re saying is Stormy was going to tell lies about sleeping with you, so you paid her $130,000 to not tell those lies? I’m not sure that makes sense. And, of course, the agreement said that she had to destroy any evidence like tapes, pictures, etc. from the non-existent affair. Come to think of it, I may have some super-secret tapes of me not having an affair with Donald Trump. (And, in my case, I guess it would be a non-existent homosexual affair, which ought to make it more salacious.) My guess is that there may be about 300 million people in the U.S. who might also have tapes of that sort, although given how much Donnie slept around, that may be a high estimate. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4109 "2018-05-04T00:45:12Z")
> [@jshore](#): > > And, of course, the agreement said that she had to destroy any evidence like tapes, pictures, etc. from the non-existent affair. > > Come to think of it, I may have some super-secret tapes of me not having an affair with Donald Trump. (And, in my case, I guess it would be a non-existent homosexual affair, which ought to make it more salacious.) My guess is that there may be about **300 million people in the U.S**. who might also have tapes of that sort, although given how much Donnie slept around, that may be a high estimate. $300 million times $130,000 is $39 trillion. Donnie’s raking that in from the bribes/hotel stays by heads of state alone, so …he can afford to pay us all off. (Now _that_ will stimulate the economy!) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4110 "2018-05-04T00:50:57Z")
Actually, it’s $39 trillion _squared_… ---
**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:** [May 4, 2018, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4111 "2018-05-04T00:56:09Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Actually, it’s $39 trillion _squared_… It is? It’s not 39 followed by twelve zeroes? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4112 "2018-05-04T01:07:48Z")
Of course it is. The dollar sign is what needs to be squared, based on the equation you wrote. Disclaimer: I do not profess to know what a squared dollar looks like, nor what effect squaring a dollar has on its buying power. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4113 "2018-05-04T01:14:17Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Of course it is. The dollar sign is what needs to be squared, based on the equation you wrote. > > Disclaimer: I do not profess to know what a squared dollar looks like, nor what effect squaring a dollar has on its buying power. I’m going to assume this is a woosh. Otherwise, you would be saying that if I undertake to pay 10 accusers-of-extramarital-sex $5 each (my top figure!), I will have to come up with $2,500: (5 x 10) times (5 x 10). The new Trumpian math! Who knew it could be so complicated!?! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4114 "2018-05-04T01:17:30Z")
If you don’t want your dollar signs multiplied by one another, you need to only put dollar sign on one of your terms. You originally wrote it as $300 million times $130,000. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2018, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4115 "2018-05-04T01:22:31Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > If you don’t want your dollar signs multiplied by one another, you need to only put dollar sign on one of your terms. OH. The light dawneth. A complaint about the typo (of putting a $ in front of the population figure.) We went a long way down a road of indeterminate merit, didn’t we? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4116 "2018-05-04T01:32:09Z")
:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4117 "2018-05-04T03:28:42Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > We went a long way down a road of indeterminate merit, didn’t we? ☹ That’s the schtick here, lately. > [@Wise Old Sensei](#): > > Indeed, grasshoppah, “a thread of a thousand posts may be derailed with a single mark of punctuation”. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4118 "2018-05-04T13:05:23Z")
> [@choie](#): > > Wow… I envy you, since you must’ve been living on a private island with no access to the obnoxious cable news for the past couple of months! 🙂 Not sure if I should be insulted or not 🙂 I’ve seen numerous stories where the reporter said that “Trump said”. But that would just be passed off as fake news if I show it to certain friends of mine. Thanks for the video link! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4119 "2018-05-04T21:26:55Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Disclaimer: I do not profess to know what a squared dollar looks like, nor what effect squaring a dollar has on its buying power. It’s very simple. If you try to buy a Hawaiian shirt with Square dollars, the salesman gives you an Argyle sweater vest instead. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4120 "2018-05-04T21:46:59Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > If you don’t want your dollar signs multiplied by one another, you need to only put dollar sign on one of your terms. You originally wrote it as $300 million times $130,000. That comes to $$39,000,000,000,000. Collecting the bounty on [Vash the Stampede](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vash_the_Stampede) would get you 1/650th of the way there… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=205) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=207)