# 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:** 233
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4641 "2018-08-06T16:58:52Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I think it’s safe to say that Trump has spent exactly 0% of his lifetime brain power on environmental issues. He must be parroting something he saw on Fox & Friends. [Possible source](https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/trump-claims-california-throwing-away-water-instead-fighting-fires-touts-cutting-trees-cure/). ---
**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:** [August 6, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4642 "2018-08-06T17:25:12Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > In all the updates from CalFire that I’ve heard, I don’t think anyone has complained about a shortage of water to fight the fires. > > I think it’s safe to say that Trump has spent exactly 0% of his lifetime brain power on environmental issues. He must be parroting something he saw on Fox & Friends. Donald Trump, the living embodiment of the Dunning-Kruger Effect. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4643 "2018-08-06T17:55:17Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > [Possible source](https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/trump-claims-california-throwing-away-water-instead-fighting-fires-touts-cutting-trees-cure/). You can not argue with the logic that cutting down trees will prevent forest fires. ---
**Author:** ![Ambrosio\_Spinola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@Ambrosio\_Spinola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambrosio_Spinola)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4644 "2018-08-06T18:01:45Z")
Okay, back on the diverting water thing: > [@the President of the United States](#): > > Governor Jerry Brown must allow the Free Flow of the vast amounts of water coming from the North and foolishly being diverted into the Pacific Ocean. Can be used for fires, farming and everything else. Think of California with plenty of Water - Nice! Fast Federal govt. approvals. At the risk of going all GQ here, what in the actual hell? Is this a thing people are talking about on Fox News or something? I have no idea what this is even supposed to mean. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4645 "2018-08-06T18:02:12Z")
Just like killing all the people will prevent rape. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4646 "2018-08-06T18:12:19Z")
I really think that Trump is still referring to the [delta smelt](https://qz.com/694841/this-is-the-3-inch-fish-trump-says-california-is-protecting-at-the-expense-of-its-farmers/) conservation controversy. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4647 "2018-08-06T18:40:07Z")
> [@Ambrosio\_Spinola](#): > > Okay, back on the diverting water thing: > > At the risk of going all GQ here, what in the actual hell? Is this a thing people are talking about on Fox News or something? I have no idea what this is even supposed to mean. I bet I could get at least one Trump supporter to buy this argument: You see, California is a blue state on the left coast as you look at it on a map. It leans left because it’s full of liberals. If the people of California would have the sense to see the brilliance of Donald Trump and his policies, they would gladly lean to the right. In a right-leaning California, the water in the rivers, due to the laws of gravity, would then flow inland away from the ocean and be available for farming and firefighting. But, noooo! Californians only see the trees to spite their face. Or, something like that. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4648 "2018-08-06T19:08:44Z")
In the world of the Donald Trumps and other right wing loons, the liberals in California are intentionally diverting water into the ocean (“diverting”) in order to destroy the farmers in the San Joaquin Valley, who vote Republican. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4649 "2018-08-06T21:31:32Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > I. . . If the people of California would have the sense to see the brilliance of Donald Trump and his policies, they would gladly lean to the right. In a right-leaning California, the water in the rivers, due to the laws of gravity, would then flow inland away from the ocean and be available for farming and firefighting… . . And never mind the fact that you can’t drink or irrigate with salt water. Or would they say that’s just scientists and journalists pushing fake news? I bring that up because part of the argument against water diversions from the California Delta (delta smelt - mainly inhabits the freshwater-saltwater mixing zone) is that many towns pump drinking and irrigating water from the delta. If you pull out fresh water and send it to points south, salt water comes up the river from SF Bay, contaminating the water source for every town the salt/fresh interface passes. For the record, the California water diversion is to Los Angeles (urban) and the Central Valley (farmland), not to the Pacific. And if California went anti-eco, there would be more diversion, not less. Well, maybe. There’s still the whole, it’s my water, don’t take it from me to enrich someone else thing. We’ve been fighting over water for a long time. Stepping into the California water fight is stepping into a domestic dispute. Not that he’s stepping in. He’s just twitting from a safe distance. After preview, I’m sure Rick Kitchen is right. But the Save the Delta folks are trying to divert the diversion, otherwise known as stopping (or slowing, or preventing additional) the diversion. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4650 "2018-08-06T21:45:21Z")
The history of California is a long exercise in moving water from places where there’s lots of water and no people, to where there’s lots of people and no water. The movie \*\*\*Chinatown \*\*\*is an excellent primer on the topic. Back to the thread. ---
**Author:** ![rat\_avatar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rat_avatar/32/255_2.png) [@rat\_avatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rat_avatar)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4651 "2018-08-06T22:13:43Z")
Worse, during the The Colorado Compact California obtained allocations through fraud. Herbert Hoover’s team in the Commerce department fraudulently overestimated flows, screwing 5 up stream states from water today. I have the feeling that tweet will lose him a tiny number of votes in Arizona, Utah, Colorado and Wyoming. Not that it will be enough to make a change. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2018, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4652 "2018-08-06T23:12:47Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > And never mind the fact that you can’t drink or irrigate with salt water. It’s got the electrolytes plants crave! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4653 "2018-08-06T23:18:13Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The California wildfires are the fault of environmental protection laws. > [https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1026228024403021824](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1026228024403021824) > > “California wildfires are being magnified & made so much worse by the bad environmental laws which aren’t allowing massive amount of readily available water to be properly utilized. It is being diverted into the Pacific Ocean. Must also tree clear to stop fire spreading!” He deleted this tweet from last night, and reposted it word for word tonight. He is seriously deranged. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4654 "2018-08-06T23:46:06Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > And never mind the fact that you can’t drink or irrigate with salt water. Or would they say that’s just scientists and journalists pushing fake news? Just don’t get Trump started on the [dangers of Dihydrogen Monoxide](https://www.lockhaven.edu/~dsimanek/dhmo.htm). > [@](#): > > The Invisible Killer > > Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide do not end there. Prolonged exposure to its solid form causes severe tissue damage. Symptoms of DHMO ingestion can include excessive sweating and urination, and possibly a bloated feeling, nausea, vomiting and body electrolyte imbalance. For those who have become dependent, DHMO withdrawal means certain death. > > Dihydrogen monoxide: > > [ul] > [li]is also known as hydroxyl acid, and is the major component of acid rain.[/li][li] contributes to the “greenhouse effect.”[/li][li] may cause severe burns.[/li][li] contributes to the erosion of our natural landscape.[/li][li] accelerates corrosion and rusting of many metals.[/li][li] may cause electrical failures and decreased effectiveness of automobile brakes.[/li][li] has been found in excised tumors of terminal cancer patients.[/li][/ul] > > Contamination Is Reaching Epidemic Proportions! > > Quantities of dihydrogen monoxide have been found in almost every stream, lake, and reservoir in America today. But the pollution is global, and the contaminant has even been found in Antarctic ice. DHMO has caused millions of dollars of property damage in the midwest, and recently California. > > Despite the danger, dihydrogen monoxide is often used: > > [ul] > [li]as an industrial solvent and coolant.[/li][li] in nuclear power plants.[/li][li] in the production of styrofoam.[/li][li] as a fire retardant.[/li][li] in many forms of cruel animal research.[/li][li] in the distribution of pesticides. Even after washing, produce remains contaminated by this chemical.[/li][li] as an additive in certain “junk-foods” and other food products.[/li][/ul] > Companies dump waste DHMO into rivers and the ocean, and nothing can be done to stop them because this practice is still legal. The impact on wildlife is extreme, and we cannot afford to ignore it any longer! Trump wouldn’t know what this chemical is and would not ban it just to spite liberal environmentalists. On the other hand, upon hearing Obama did not ban this compound, Trump surely would want to. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4655 "2018-08-07T00:09:33Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > The history of California is a long exercise in moving water from places where there’s lots of water and no people, to where there’s lots of people and no water. The movie \*\*\*Chinatown \*\*\*is an excellent primer on the topic. > > Back to the thread. Wait, she’s his daughter and his sister? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4656 "2018-08-07T00:21:50Z")
Well, with Trump she is his daughter and his wannabe wife, so, yeah! ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4657 "2018-08-07T00:49:31Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > He deleted this tweet from last night, and reposted it word for word tonight. > > He is seriously deranged. What - tha - holy - fuck! Like this guy is off his fucking chain even by Trump standards. Even Alex Jones doesn’t sound this deranged. I think he’s watching the scoreboard in the Paul Manafort trial and doesn’t like what he sees. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4658 "2018-08-07T01:05:20Z")
Yes, but Trump’s genius supporters are all like: “Ha. Yeah. Fuck you California, that’s what you get for diverting all that water. MAGA.” “That dude tells it like it is!” “Hyuk.” ---
**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:** [August 7, 2018, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4659 "2018-08-07T01:51:41Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The California wildfires are the fault of environmental protection laws. > [https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1026228024403021824](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1026228024403021824) > > “California wildfires are being magnified & made so much worse by the bad environmental laws which aren’t allowing massive amount of readily available water to be properly utilized. It is being diverted into the Pacific Ocean. Must also tree clear to stop fire spreading!” > [@eschereal](#): > > I like the part about how all that water is being diverted into the ocean. At least he got the right ocean. > [@jsc1953](#): > > In all the updates from CalFire that I’ve heard, I don’t think anyone has complained about a shortage of water to fight the fires. > > I think it’s safe to say that Trump has spent exactly 0% of his lifetime brain power on environmental issues. He must be parroting something he saw on Fox & Friends. > [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > [Possible source](https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/trump-claims-california-throwing-away-water-instead-fighting-fires-touts-cutting-trees-cure/). I think [the AP has it right](https://apnews.com/72ac1cd057dc4a96bfd73cd5014084e6/AP-FACT-CHECK:-Trump's-claims-on-Calif.-wildfires-inaccurate): > [@](#): > > Trump is raising an old dispute in California, the country’s top farm state: the competition for water between agricultural and environmental groups, fishermen and others who want more water for wildlife and habitat. But the dispute has little to do with firefighting. > > Republican lawmakers in California’s agriculture-rich Central Valley complain the state and federal governments allow too much of the state’s rainfall and snow melt to flow naturally through rivers and into the Pacific Ocean, instead of being diverted for irrigation. Trump’s an opportunist; of course he conflated water for fires with water for farming (for his rich agri-business constituent). ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/4660 "2018-08-07T03:53:05Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I think [the AP has it right](https://apnews.com/72ac1cd057dc4a96bfd73cd5014084e6/AP-FACT-CHECK:-Trump's-claims-on-Calif.-wildfires-inaccurate): > Trump’s an opportunist; of course he conflated water for fires with water for farming (for his rich agri-business constituent). Here’s the shit: I lived in California, and it ain’t the blue part of California that’s on fire; it’s the MAGA-fornia that’s on fucking fire. From the State of Jefferson on down to Mendocino, it’s red Cali that’s burning. Deny global warning all you want, you mother fuckers. How about no fucking summer tourism - like the part of the year when people actually want to visit Shasta and the Siskiyou passes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=232) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=234)