# 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:** 298
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5941 "2018-12-30T22:35:43Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Well they DO have a great big shiny wall between them and Guatemala. > > Or so I have been told. No, just a sacbe, built during the 7th-century war between Calakmul and Tikal (no, I’m not making this up!): > **[Sacbe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacbe)** > > A sacbe, plural sacbeob (Yucatec Maya: singular sakbej, plural sakbejo'ob), or "white road", is a raised paved road built by the Maya civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. Most connect temples, plazas, and groups of structures within ceremonial centers or cities, but some longer roads between cities are also known. The term "sacbe" is Yucatec Maya for "white road"; white perhaps because there is evidence that they were originally coated with limestone stucco or plaster, which was over a s Sa... ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5942 "2018-12-31T01:01:38Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The Wall currently exists in a state of quantum flux where attempting to observe it only changes its nature. Magnificent. Shared to Facebook with link and attribution. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5943 "2018-12-31T14:02:15Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > A splendid summary. Thank you! My theory is much simpler: The memory hole stopped working. ---
**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 31, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5944 "2018-12-31T14:28:47Z")
Remember last week, when Loser Donald tweeted that we we’re building a “Steel Slat Barrier” instead of a “Concrete Wall”? Turns out that tweet was Fake News. > [@Individual-1](#): > > An all concrete Wall was NEVER ABANDONED, as has been reported by the media. Some areas will be all concrete but the experts at Border Patrol prefer a Wall that is see through (thereby making it possible to see what is happening on both sides). Makes sense to me! ---
**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 31, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5945 "2018-12-31T14:36:32Z")
How about a long window instead of a wall? Makes sense to me! ---
**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:** [December 31, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5946 "2018-12-31T14:50:42Z")
Again, if we just build the top half all issues would be solved: … extends across the entire border. … Can’t be climbed over … non-existent bottom half provides “see-thru tech™” required by Individual-1 … can be made of slits, sluts, slats, or concrete! ---
**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 31, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5947 "2018-12-31T14:54:52Z")
Makes sense to me! Plus, the top is going to have those pointy Death Points on it. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5948 "2018-12-31T16:44:35Z")
What would it cost to have two walls with tigers in between? ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5949 "2018-12-31T17:01:27Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > What would it cost to have two walls with tigers in between? If you do that, then turn it into a moat with Sharks with freakin’ laser beams on top of their heads! ---
**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 31, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5950 "2018-12-31T17:24:23Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Remember last week, when Loser Donald tweeted that we we’re building a “Steel Slat Barrier” instead of a “Concrete Wall”? > > Turns out that tweet was Fake News. > > > [@Originally Posted byIndividual-1](#): > > > > An all concrete Wall was NEVER ABANDONED, as has been reported by the media. Some areas will be all concrete but the experts at Border Patrol prefer a Wall that is see through (thereby making it possible to see what is happening on both sides). Makes sense to me! So he thinks _Star Trek_’s transparent aluminum is real? ---
**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:** [December 31, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5951 "2018-12-31T17:36:22Z")
> [@Frazzled](#): > > If you do that, then turn it into a moat with Sharks with freakin’ laser beams on top of their heads! But then the tigers would drown! ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5952 "2018-12-31T17:42:50Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > But then the tigers would drown! What if we use Tiger Sharks with Freakin’ Laser Beams on top of their heads?? ---
**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:** [December 31, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5953 "2018-12-31T17:45:55Z")
(See, Donald Trump, _this_ is how you negotiate.) Done! Tiger Sharks with Freakin’ Laser Beams it is! ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5954 "2018-12-31T17:47:31Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > But then the tigers would drown! Giving the sharks something to eat. ---
**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 31, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5955 "2018-12-31T17:49:07Z")
OK, what we need here is a compromise. How about we just add sharks to the Rio Grande? ---
**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:** [December 31, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5956 "2018-12-31T17:52:35Z")
We are well beyond that point, bobot. Agreed-upon bipartisan consensus has determined that Tiger sharks, with Freakin’ Laser Beams™, is the most optimal solution. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5957 "2018-12-31T17:54:18Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Giving the sharks something to eat. If they are eating my tigers, they will be too full to eat the border jumpers. I mean, I don’t want to point out the obvious, but, really… :rolleyes: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5958 "2018-12-31T18:19:25Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Remember last week, when Loser Donald tweeted that we we’re building a “Steel Slat Barrier” instead of a “Concrete Wall”? > > > [@](#): > > > > An all concrete Wall was NEVER ABANDONED, as has been reported by the media. Some areas will be all concrete but the experts at Border Patrol prefer a Wall that is see through (thereby making it possible to see what is happening on both sides). Makes sense to me! > > Turns out that tweet was Fake News. In case you’re not already aware: he’s referring to [Kelly, on His Way Out, Says Administration Long Ago Abandoned Idea of Concrete Wall](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/30/us/politics/john-kelly-exit-interview-wall.html). ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5959 "2018-12-31T18:31:44Z")
Actually, [Bull sharks can live in fresh water](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_shark). Big enough to eat people and carry laser beams! ---
**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:** [December 31, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/5960 "2018-12-31T19:09:38Z")
I saw some MAGA freak suggesting building the wall two miles inside the US border and put a moat and mines on the Mexico side. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=297) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=299)