# 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:** 272
**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:** [November 28, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5421 "2018-11-28T14:50:02Z")
Nevermind, I found it in a Snopes article. From Canada, for a family of legal refugees, in Canadian money :smack::smack::smack: [Link](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/monthly-refugee-benefits/) ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5422 "2018-11-28T14:50:20Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Where does that highly specific number come from? It’s the number that is received by a family of five. In Canada. So, [totally relevan](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/monthly-refugee-benefits/)t. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5423 "2018-11-28T14:50:55Z")
Missed edit window. But wait, it gets better. On further research, the “$3874” figure comes from a 2017 Facebook post that actually refers to benefits due a family of refugees, not individual illegal immigrants. Refugees in **Canada**. > **[Do 'Illegal' Refugees Receive $3,874 Per Month from the Government?](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/monthly-refugee-benefits/)** > > A viral Facebook post of an apparently authentic document showing refugee benefits grossly misrepresents the document's contents. OK, gotta laugh over that one. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5424 "2018-11-28T14:52:17Z")
Yeah, I don’t think the statement “Illegals can get up to $3,874 a month under Federal Assistance program” could possibly BE more wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5425 "2018-11-28T14:52:57Z")
I think we all just proved that it wouldn’t have taken all that much effort for Trump to get the actual facts. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5426 "2018-11-28T15:00:50Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > I think we all just proved that it wouldn’t have taken all that much effort for Trump to get the actual facts. Well now, clearly with the sinister forces of the Deep State arrayed against him as they are, there’s no way he can trust anything some minion from a government department tells him, eh? ---
**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:** [November 28, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5427 "2018-11-28T15:05:54Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > I think we all just proved that it wouldn’t have taken all that much effort for Trump to get the actual facts. Obviously, _any_ effort is too much. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5428 "2018-11-28T15:12:25Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > I think we all just proved that it wouldn’t have taken all that much effort for Trump to get the actual facts. Why would he want actual facts? They are irrelevant to his followers. I’m just surprised the figure has any connection to any real number, and wasn’t just made up out of thin air. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5429 "2018-11-28T16:09:25Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Why would he want actual facts? They are irrelevant to his followers. I’m just surprised the figure has any connection to any real number, and wasn’t just made up out of thin air. It’s $CAD 3874i. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5430 "2018-11-28T16:22:14Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > It’s $CAD 3874i. I thought it was 124C41+ Ralphs. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5431 "2018-11-28T20:13:07Z")
Our McCarthyesque\* White House Occupant sez: > [@Trumpelthinskin](#): > > While the disgusting Fake News is doing everything within their power not to report it that way, at least 3 major players are intimating that the Angry Mueller Gang of Dems is viciously telling witnesses to lie about facts & they will get relief. This is our Joseph McCarthy Era! \*in both the “similar to Joe McCarthy in his political behavior” and “similar to Charlie McCarthy in his relationship to Uncle Vlad” senses. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5432 "2018-11-28T21:04:51Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Our McCarthyesque\* White House Occupant sez: > > \*in both the “similar to Joe McCarthy in his political behavior” and “similar to Charlie McCarthy in his relationship to Uncle Vlad” senses. I can hardly believe that Trump has any conception of McCarthyism. I suppose something like this: Sycophant: “Write something about McCarthy!” Trump: “Who the fuck is McCarthy?” Sycophant: “Well, some historic guy with a bad reputation. He’s famous for a witch hunt.” Trump: “Witch hunt, that’s good! Done. McCarthy, McCarthy!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5433 "2018-11-28T21:20:13Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Our McCarthyesque\* White House Occupant sez: > > \*in both the “similar to Joe McCarthy in his political behavior” and “similar to Charlie McCarthy in his relationship to Uncle Vlad” senses. Come now…as bad a ventriloquist as Edgar Bergen was, he was far less obvious than Putin. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2018, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5434 "2018-11-29T06:31:55Z")
The AP is on the case: [AP FACT CHECK: Entire Trump tweet on immigrant aid is wrong](https://apnews.com/762d797a91284a018388ba69fbf703b8) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump is spreading a false claim from supporters that people who are in the United States illegally receive more in federal assistance than the average American gets in Social Security benefits. > > Everything about the tweet he passed on to his 56 million listed Twitter followers Tuesday is wrong. > [@](#): > > THE FACTS: Wrong country, wrong numbers, wrong description of legal status of the recipients. Besides that, immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally do not qualify for most federal benefits, even when they’re paying taxes, and those with legal status make up a small portion of those who use public benefits. But wait; there’s more! > [@](#): > > Apart from confusing Canada with the United States, the tweet distributed by the president misstated how much Americans get from Social Security on average — $1,419 a month for retired workers, not $1,200. What a fucking ignoramus Trump is. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5435 "2018-11-29T07:27:57Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Opposite of saint. Sinner? I thought that was what we all are, per christianity. Not really, since per christianity saints are also sinners. Maybe tempt… tem… ok, I’m having a WTF-language moment, why do I know the female version but not the male one? So. Dictionary. A tempter. Dunnow, I can think of other people to whom that would apply more fittingly. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2018, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5436 "2018-11-29T07:38:38Z")
[Trump suggests he’s looking into tariffs on car imports](https://apnews.com/39b53222d41c483c885484e7f3c7fe2e). I certainly can’t see any downside or unintended negative consequences of such an action. :rolleyes: > [@](#): > > Trump’s comments about GM’s plan are the latest example of his willingness to try to meddle in the affairs of private companies and threaten to use government power to influence their business decisions. > [@Trump](#): > > The reason that the small truck business in the U.S. is such a go to favorite is that, for many years, Tariffs of 25% have been put on small trucks coming into our country. If we did that with cars coming in, many more cars would be built here and G.M. would not be closing their plants in Ohio, Michigan & Maryland. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5437 "2018-11-29T23:54:56Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [Trump suggests he’s looking into tariffs on car imports](https://apnews.com/39b53222d41c483c885484e7f3c7fe2e). > > > [@](#): > > > > Trump’s comments about GM’s plan are the latest example of his willingness to try to meddle in the affairs of private companies and threaten to use government power to influence their business decisions. Daddy, what did you say the difference between Republicans and Democrats was, again??? ---
**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:** [November 30, 2018, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5438 "2018-11-30T02:33:13Z")
The shit is hitting the fan. Tomorrow morning’s tweet storm should be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5439 "2018-11-30T02:38:32Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > The shit is hitting the fan. > > Tomorrow morning’s tweet storm should be interesting. For those who wish to follow that in real time, please set your clocks to UTC+3. ---
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