# 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:** 297
**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:** [December 28, 2018, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5921 "2018-12-28T23:47:42Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Is it possible for him to do this? Gawd, I hope not. > … Here’s a few thoughts about how he can’t, and that as usual he has no fucking idea what he’s talking about: > **[Analysis | Trump threatens to shut down the border ‘entirely.’ Here’s why he...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/28/trump-threatens-shut-down-border-entirely-heres-why-he-cant-do-that/?utm_term=.0365b033ad17)** > > Here are a few reasons closing the border is nearly impossible. “What about closing it to foreigners crossing legally with visas? If the president tried that, it would face the same legal scrutiny as his travel ban of people from certain Muslim-majority countries, which has ping-ponged through the court system. And he’d have an even tougher sell closing off the southern border to legal entry, because he tweeted that his motivation to close the border is for political leverage and not an imminent national security threat, Fresco said.” ---
**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:** [December 29, 2018, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5922 "2018-12-29T00:17:38Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Here’s a few thoughts about how he can’t, and that as usual he has no fucking idea what he’s talking about: > > [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/28/trump-threatens-shut-down-border-entirely-heres-why-he-cant-do-that/?utm\_term=.0365b033ad17](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/28/trump-threatens-shut-down-border-entirely-heres-why-he-cant-do-that/?utm_term=.0365b033ad17) > > “What about closing it to foreigners crossing legally with visas? If the president tried that, it would face the same legal scrutiny as his travel ban of people from certain Muslim-majority countries, which has ping-ponged through the court system. And he’d have an even tougher sell closing off the southern border to legal entry, because he tweeted that his motivation to close the border is for political leverage and not an imminent national security threat, Fresco said.” He can close the border. It might take time for it to be worked out in the courts, but he can close it at midnight tonight if he wants. He’s undermining the rule of law, and he’s winning. Irrespective of what US law says, Mexico has capitulated and said they’ll be willing to keep asylum seekers in Mexico while they wait for their job. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2018, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5923 "2018-12-29T00:22:18Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > He can close the border. It might take time for it to be worked out in the courts, but he can close it at midnight tonight if he wants. He’s undermining the rule of law, and he’s winning. Irrespective of what US law says, Mexico has capitulated and said they’ll be willing to keep asylum seekers in Mexico while they wait for their job. That’s not actually a capitulation. It’s the government of Mexico extending far, far more humanity, concern, and charity to people in need than the current US administration would ever dream of doing. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2018, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5924 "2018-12-29T02:31:22Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > The company I work for has a plant in Tijuana. He’s probably just throwing words and threats around, and I can’t conceive that he has the authority to make good on that. maybe he’s talking about sealing MEXICO’s southern border… ---
**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:** [December 29, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5925 "2018-12-29T04:37:38Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Those states voted for him? Then good tidings of joy if he does have the wherewithal to shut the border and cause that much economic fallout. Maybe that’s what it will take to wake them–and congress–up to how dangerous and anti-America he is. If it only damaged Trump voters, then it would be fine. But it will also damage Blue States like California and New Mexico, as well as many Mexicans. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2018, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5926 "2018-12-29T04:42:42Z")
If Trump closes the border, it probably wouldn’t last long, but the damage would be done. Trump would leave more of his fingerprints on the military and federal law enforcement. Over time, more of the competent people leave; more of the loyalists get promoted. The new recruits take their cues from the top. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2018, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5927 "2018-12-29T05:28:41Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > maybe he’s talking about sealing MEXICO’s southern border… Well they DO have a great big shiny wall between them and Guatemala. Or so I have been told. ---
**Author:** ![JB99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@JB99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JB99)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5928 "2018-12-29T10:25:51Z")
I’d like a Republican to explain to me why Congress is expected to appropriate funds for a wall Mexico is supposed to be paying for. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2018, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5929 "2018-12-29T10:48:49Z")
> [@JB99](#): > > I’d like a Republican to explain to me why Congress is expected to appropriate funds for a wall Mexico is supposed to be paying for. Really, it’s Schrodinger’s Wall at this point. It hasn’t been built yet, but it’s mostly finished; it’s both a Concrete Wall and a Steel Slat Barrier; Mexico will pay for it, Mexico has already paid for it, it’s paying for itself with NAFTA which has now been repealed, the Democrats must pay for it, it’ll be paid for with “Shutdown Money” saved from the shutdown that’s more expensive than the Wall will ever be, which is supported by federal workers who are mostly Democrats but also want Trump to keep it shut down until the Wall is paid for; it’s needed to stop the Caravans that have already been stopped, and there are no more Caravans coming even though word is there’s one on the way right now; and if there’s no wall, we’re going to have to shut down the entire border with the wall that does not exist. The Wall currently exists in a state of quantum flux where attempting to observe it only changes its nature. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5930 "2018-12-29T13:39:17Z")
And all this to solve a problem that doesn’t exist. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5931 "2018-12-29T14:16:42Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Really, it’s Schrodinger’s Wall at this point. It hasn’t been built yet, but it’s mostly finished; it’s both a Concrete Wall and a Steel Slat Barrier; Mexico will pay for it, Mexico has already paid for it, it’s paying for itself with NAFTA which has now been repealed, the Democrats must pay for it, it’ll be paid for with “Shutdown Money” saved from the shutdown that’s more expensive than the Wall will ever be, which is supported by federal workers who are mostly Democrats but also want Trump to keep it shut down until the Wall is paid for; it’s needed to stop the Caravans that have already been stopped, and there are no more Caravans coming even though word is there’s one on the way right now; and if there’s no wall, we’re going to have to shut down the entire border with the wall that does not exist. > > The Wall currently exists in a state of quantum flux where attempting to observe it only changes its nature. Brilliant. Shared. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5932 "2018-12-29T14:52:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Mexico has capitulated and said they’ll be willing to keep asylum seekers in Mexico while they wait for their job ICE just dropped off 100 families at a local church here in Phoenix, + about 60 at the Greydog station, and has told the church to expect 100 more families manana. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5933 "2018-12-29T15:02:01Z")
> [@DummyGladHands](#): > > ICE just dropped off 100 families at a local church here in Phoenix, + about 60 at the Greydog station, and has told the church to expect 100 more families manana. And despite that the relief workers, the people expected to care for these people, were not informed, SOMEONE informed the Arizona Patriots (who are not) so they could be there to yell and throw things at the folk getting off the bus. People who didn’t ask to be dropped at a bus stop, and couldn’t stay on the bus if they wanted. What a country! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5934 "2018-12-29T15:39:07Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Brilliant. Shared. Shared and credited-Well done. ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5935 "2018-12-29T18:53:24Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > It hasn’t been built yet, but it’s mostly finished; it’s both a Concrete Wall and a Steel Slat Barrier; Mexico will pay for it, Mexico has already paid for it, it’s paying for itself with NAFTA which has now been repealed, the Democrats must pay for it, it’ll be paid for with “Shutdown Money” saved from the shutdown that’s more expensive than the Wall will ever be, which is supported by federal workers who are mostly Democrats but also want Trump to keep it shut down until the Wall is paid for; it’s needed to stop the Caravans that have already been stopped, and there are no more Caravans coming even though word is there’s one on the way right now; and if there’s no wall, we’re going to have to shut down the entire border with the wall that does not exist. I realize that when he goes on television it is to talk about the special counsel investigation and not the border wall, but I _cannot_ read this to myself in anyone other than Rudy Giuliani’s voice. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5936 "2018-12-29T18:58:33Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Really, it’s Schrodinger’s Wall at this point. It hasn’t been built yet, but it’s mostly finished; it’s both a Concrete Wall and a Steel Slat Barrier; Mexico will pay for it, Mexico has already paid for it, it’s paying for itself with NAFTA which has now been repealed, the Democrats must pay for it, it’ll be paid for with “Shutdown Money” saved from the shutdown that’s more expensive than the Wall will ever be, which is supported by federal workers who are mostly Democrats but also want Trump to keep it shut down until the Wall is paid for; it’s needed to stop the Caravans that have already been stopped, and there are no more Caravans coming even though word is there’s one on the way right now; and if there’s no wall, we’re going to have to shut down the entire border with the wall that does not exist. > > The Wall currently exists in a state of quantum flux where attempting to observe it only changes its nature. A splendid summary. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5937 "2018-12-29T20:37:44Z")
The Nazi-loving rapist has hit a new high in low this morning: > [@](#): > > Any deaths of children or others at the Border are strictly the fault of the Democrats and their pathetic immigration policies that allow people to make the long trek thinking they can enter our country illegally. They can’t. If we had a Wall, they wouldn’t even try! The two… Oh well. So long as folk like **Ditka** and **Mortiss** are happy I guess that’s the important thing. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5938 "2018-12-29T20:47:26Z")
If they already can’t enter our country illegally then why do we need the wall? Oh right…quantum flux. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5939 "2018-12-29T20:48:29Z")
Yeah, if those dumb Dems would just wake up and pass laws dictating what people in Mexico and Guatemala do, we wouldn’t have kids dying on the border! Duh. ---
**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 30, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5940 "2018-12-30T16:43:51Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Really, it’s Schrodinger’s Wall at this point. It hasn’t been built yet, but it’s mostly finished; it’s both a Concrete Wall and a Steel Slat Barrier; Mexico will pay for it, Mexico has already paid for it, it’s paying for itself with NAFTA which has now been repealed, the Democrats must pay for it, it’ll be paid for with “Shutdown Money” saved from the shutdown that’s more expensive than the Wall will ever be, which is supported by federal workers who are mostly Democrats but also want Trump to keep it shut down until the Wall is paid for; it’s needed to stop the Caravans that have already been stopped, and there are no more Caravans coming even though word is there’s one on the way right now; and if there’s no wall, we’re going to have to shut down the entire border with the wall that does not exist. > > The Wall currently exists in a state of quantum flux where attempting to observe it only changes its nature. This is great! Stealing it! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=296) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=298)