# 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:** 339
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/6762 "2019-05-17T13:39:33Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Also, for some reason, he turned [“Bleachbit” into “acid washing”](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1129360082783875074), and I’d bet money that he thinks this means literally pouring acid on the computer: > > _“Will Jerry Nadler ever look into the fact that Crooked Hillary deleted and acid washed 33,000 emails AFTER getting a most powerful demand notice for them from Congress?”_ He’s been watching too many bluejeans commercials. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/6763 "2019-05-17T13:44:20Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > _“Will Jerry Nadler ever look into the fact that Crooked Hillary deleted and acid washed 33,000 emails AFTER getting a most powerful demand notice for them from Congress?”_ Umm…isn’t Trump’s own admin ignoring “demand notices” from Congress? ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/6764 "2019-05-17T13:45:13Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Somebody, I think you, made the observation that the US elected a black man as president (twice) and as a result, a third of the country went insane. Obama’s race was likely a contributing factor. But I also remember a third of the country also going insane when Bill Clinton got elected (twice). I’m not exactly sure why it started at that point - I guess the it was the first time we had anything like a countercultural liberal as president… but the right has worked itself into such a fever dream of hysteria bout liberals being in charge that I guess this is the new normal now. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/6765 "2019-05-17T13:55:57Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > Obama’s race was likely a contributing factor. But I also remember a third of the country also going insane when Bill Clinton got elected (twice). > > I’m not exactly sure why it started at that point - I guess the it was the first time we had anything like a countercultural liberal as president… but the right has worked itself into such a fever dream of hysteria bout liberals being in charge that I guess this is the new normal now. Well, Clinton was the first baby-boomer president and the first president going back to WW2 with no military service of any kind. Obama has no military experience, either, and I wonder, besides the obvious factor of his race, how much this fueled some of the resentment. Can’t have non-miltary-serving libruls running the country. Oh, wait. The irony is that Trump was basically a draft dodger during Vietnam with mysterious bone spurs he can’t remember on which foot they were. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/6766 "2019-05-17T14:07:43Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > [L’état, c’est moi.](https://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/intelligencer/2017/07/20/20-donald-trump-louis-xiv.w600.h315.2x.jpg) Ha! He can only hope for that much hair. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/6767 "2019-05-17T14:29:54Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > **Democrats in Congress must vote to close the terrible loopholes at the Southern Border. If not, harsh measures will have to be taken!** … does he think barbed wire rolls are loopholes? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/6768 "2019-05-17T14:36:17Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > Obama’s race was likely a contributing factor. But I also remember a third of the country also going insane when Bill Clinton got elected (twice). > > I’m not exactly sure why it started at that point - I guess the it was the first time we had anything like a countercultural liberal as president… but the right has worked itself into such a fever dream of hysteria bout liberals being in charge that I guess this is the new normal now. I wonder how much demographics have to do with it. I’ve heard for years about the aging U.S. population. The baby boomers were a driving cultural force in the 1960s, '70s, '80s; as they age it will put extra strain on the health care system; the ratio of workers to those on Social Security will affect federal budgeting; etc. I’ve also heard for years that older people tend to vote conservative/Republican. But I think there’s even more going on; resistance to change, preyed upon by advertisers, losing their collective influence. They have much to fear (or at lest they think they do) and are susceptible to those who stoke those fears. I’ve been wondering when the U.S. will reach peak average age, how quickly that number will start to come down, and whether that will bring about a shift in American politics. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/6769 "2019-05-17T14:37:06Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Ha! He can only hope for that much hair. :dubious: Hair’s one thing, but no matter how ridiculous the outfit Louis XIV fucking _rocked_ those tights. It’s a rare man who can wear that many ribbons and red high heels yet still make you feel like the bitch. But having seen that painting IRL, it does somehow make you feel small. And judged. OTOH I simply refuse to imagine Trump in thigh-high silk tights. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/6770 "2019-05-17T14:38:37Z")
Whatever the fuck this means: > [@Orange Julius Caesar](#): > > All people that are illegally coming into the United States now will be removed from our Country at a later date as we build up our removal forces and as the laws are changed. Please do not make yourselves too comfortable, you will be leaving soon! I’m assuming this is just more bluster candy for the base. Still, removal forces? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/6771 "2019-05-17T14:49:27Z")
> [@](#): > > do not make yourselves too comfortable, you will be leaving soon! Good campaign slogan for Dems 2020. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/6772 "2019-05-17T15:12:32Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Good campaign slogan for Dems 2020. Stealing. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/6773 "2019-05-17T16:04:35Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Well, Clinton was the first baby-boomer president and the first president going back to WW2 with no military service of any kind. Obama has no military experience, either, and I wonder, besides the obvious factor of his race, how much this fueled some of the resentment. Can’t have non-miltary-serving libruls running the country. > > Oh, wait. > > The irony is that Trump was basically a draft dodger during Vietnam with mysterious bone spurs he can’t remember on which foot they were. To me, another reason the right wing went apeshit over Clinton is that he upset their applecart. After eight years of Reagan and four of GHWB they probably felt pretty secure that given another four years and a few electoral tweaks, they could remain in power indefinitely — then this hillbilly came out of (seemingly) nowhere and ruined everything. The conservative reaction to Clinton’s election reminded me of nothing more than a spoiled child who’d suddenly had his toys taken away. And Obama, who had the temerity to seek the Presidency while black, was even worse. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/6774 "2019-05-17T18:40:16Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > To me, another reason the right wing went apeshit over Clinton is that he upset their applecart. After eight years of Reagan and four of GHWB they probably felt pretty secure that given another four years and a few electoral tweaks, they could remain in power indefinitely — then this hillbilly came out of (seemingly) nowhere and ruined everything. The conservative reaction to Clinton’s election reminded me of nothing more than a spoiled child who’d suddenly had his toys taken away. > > And Obama, who had the temerity to seek the Presidency while black, was even worse. GHW Bush also successfully kicked Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait and was riding pretty high after that and seemed a shoo-in for re-election before his “Read my lips” promise came back to bite him in the ass. [Rally 'round the flag effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rally_%27round_the_flag_effect) > [@](#): > > Operation Desert Storm (Persian Gulf War): According to Gallup polls, President George H. W. Bush was rated at 59% approval in January 1991, but following the success of Operation Desert Storm, Bush enjoyed a peak 89% approval rating in February 1991. From there, Bush’s approval rating slowly decreased, reaching the pre-crisis level of 61% in October 1991. The 89% approval rating made me wonder what was the highest and the answer is in the next example: > [@](#): > > Following the September 11 attacks in 2001, President George W. Bush received an unprecedented increase in his approval rating. On September 10, Bush had a Gallup Poll rating of 51%. By September 15, his approval rate had increased by 34 percentage points to 85%. Just a week later, Bush was at 90%, the highest presidential approval rating ever. Over a year after the attacks occurred, Bush still received higher approval than he did before 9/11 (68% in November 2002). Both the size and duration of Bush’s popularity after 9/11 are believed to be the largest of any post-crisis boost. Many people believe that this popularity gave Bush a mandate and eventually the political leverage to begin the War in Iraq. Let’s hope Trump himself doesn’t get any ideas and he seems at present to be publically walking back military action against Iran, although I’m sure Bolton (Wormtongue the Lesser) and Miller (Wormtongue the Greater) would see an approval ratings boost as an added bonus to Bolton’s wet dream of regime change. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/6775 "2019-05-17T21:00:06Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Well, Clinton was the first baby-boomer president and the first president going back to WW2 with no military service of any kind. Obama has no military experience, either, and I wonder, besides the obvious factor of his race, how much this fueled some of the resentment. Can’t have non-miltary-serving libruls running the country. At the time, conservatives were still pretending like traditional American values existed and that they owned them entirely. We’re well past that now. It does occur to me that the “2 for 1” deal was likely a contributor, the implication that we were going to have a First Lady who would do some actual presidenting and who was painted as an anti-military liberal commie. Personally I disliked the “2 for 1” trope as well, I think it’s wrong for someone to author major policy initiatives just because of who they’re married to. I tolerated it because conservatives are always worse, but upon reflection I think Hillary is what drove a third of the country insane in 1992, and she never really went away. (Voted for her 3 times, don’t attack me). ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/6776 "2019-05-18T03:22:51Z")
[Trump blames Obama for not warning him about Michael Flynn. Which Obama did.](https://www.vox.com/2019/5/17/18629545/trump-michael-flynn-tweet-obama-warned-him) _Trump tries to shift blame — and rewrites history in the process._ > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump wants you to believe that he had no way of knowing about former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s shady dealings with Russia before he made him his first national security adviser. In reality, the president is trying to rewrite history. > > On Friday, Trump tweeted his lament that nobody warned him about Flynn, a retired Army lieutenant general who was dismissed from his job as director of national intelligence by then-President Barack Obama in 2014. After his dismissal, Flynn wasted little time cozying up to the Kremlin, and then spent 2016 as one of Trump’s key campaign surrogates. > > “It now seems the General Flynn was under investigation long before was common knowledge,” Trump tweeted. “It would have been impossible for me to know this but, if that was the case, and with me being one of two people who would become president, why was I not told so that I could make a change?” Poor Donald. Always the victim. Always being treated unfairly. Well, of course, you did the opposite of what Obama recommended out of spite. But you know who else warned you about Flynn? Chris Christie–your guy. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/6777 "2019-05-18T04:22:38Z")
Interesting article on how Trump uses Twitter: [‘Get Scavino in here’: Trump’s Twitter guru is the ultimate insider](https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/16/trump-scavino-1327921) _The president turns to his digital strategy director for validation of his policies on everything from immigration to troop levels in Syria._ > [@](#): > > Shortly after President Donald Trump announced plans to yank U.S. troops out of Syria last December, a group of lawmakers came to the White House to talk him out of the idea, which critics called a threat to national security. > > Trump responded by calling in the man who oversees his Twitter account. > > “Get Dan Scavino in here,” Trump called out in the middle of the meeting earlier this year. In walked a man in his early 40s with close-cropped brown hair. > > “Tell them how popular my policy is,” Trump instructed Scavino, who, according to two people with knowledge of the exchange, proceeded to walk lawmakers through the positive reaction he had picked up on social media about Trump’s Syria decision. > > The sudden pivot from geostrategy to retweets and likes surprised the lawmakers. It was a remarkable moment given that not long ago Scavino was managing Trump’s golf club. But for Scavino himself, it was just another day on the job. > > … > > While Trump used to dictate many of his tweets to Scavino, who would post them on his behalf, the president has grown more accustomed to tweeting unilaterally from his own account. When he does dictate his tweets to Scavino, the president is particular about exactly how they should be written, specifying capitalization and punctuation, White House officials said. The result is a sometimes-confounding presidential style guide in which the first letter of words like “collusion” and “witch hunt” are almost always capitalized. > > … > > Trump often asks Scavino to tell visitors how many followers he has on social media — insisting that his aide tally followers across Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and other platforms, instead of just Twitter, where former President Barack Obama dwarfs Trump’s follower count of 60 million by more than 45 million. > > “How many people do I have?” Trump asked Scavino during the Syria meeting earlier this year with lawmakers, referring to his follower count. TL;DR Trump’s Twitter guru used to be his 16-year-old caddy, the crazy punctuation, spelling, and grammar are Trump, and Trump still obsesses about his Twitter “crowd size” and is jealous and insecure about Obama. SAD! ---
**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:** [May 18, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/6778 "2019-05-18T14:07:12Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Ha! He can only hope for that much hair. :dubious: He is hoping for the [return of wigs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2awO5vqaOUs). It would make his life so much easier. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/6779 "2019-05-18T15:00:10Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Interesting article on how Trump uses Twitter: > > [‘Get Scavino in here’: Trump’s Twitter guru is the ultimate insider](https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/16/trump-scavino-1327921) > > _The president turns to his digital strategy director for validation of his policies on everything from immigration to troop levels in Syria._ > > TL;DR > > Trump’s Twitter guru used to be his 16-year-old caddy, the crazy punctuation, spelling, and grammar are Trump, and Trump still obsesses about his Twitter “crowd size” and is jealous and insecure about Obama. SAD! Thump seems to believe that the number of Twitter followers is a direct indication of his popularity. But plenty of people who DESPISE him also follow him on Twitter so they can read his tweets, comment on them, reply to him, and write op-eds about them. He really doesn’t have one single clue. :smack: ---
**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:** [May 18, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/6780 "2019-05-18T15:20:04Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Thump seems to believe that the number of Twitter followers is a direct indication of his popularity. But plenty of people who DESPISE him also follow him on Twitter so they can read his tweets, comment on them, reply to him, and write op-eds about them. He really doesn’t have one single clue. :smack: The child that throws a tantrum in the middle of a group of people doesn’t care _why_ attention is given. ---
**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 18, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/6781 "2019-05-18T16:53:17Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Thump seems to believe that the number of Twitter followers is a direct indication of his popularity. So he’s Czar of the Trolls and Lord of the Bots. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=338) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=340)