# 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:** 378
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7542 "2019-09-09T03:24:33Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > He already did. He had a chance at doing something grown up and presidential looking, but had to tweet a “Hey, look at me” moment and turn it into a toddler moment. [Look what I can do!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyvbFMGmImg) ---
**Author:** ![kirkrapine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ea924/32.png) [@kirkrapine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirkrapine)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7543 "2019-09-09T04:08:57Z")
I once sent Trump a letter: "Dear Mr. President, The president of the United States does not tweet. It is beneath the dignity of your office." He never answered, not even by form letter. Of course, it has been obvious since he came down the escalator that he cares nothing for the dignity of the office. (And yes, I know Obama sent out a few tweets while in office, but there is really no comparison.) ---
**Author:** ![kirkrapine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ea924/32.png) [@kirkrapine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirkrapine)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7544 "2019-09-09T04:11:09Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > He already did. He had a chance at doing something grown up and presidential looking, but had to tweet a “Hey, look at me” moment and turn it into a toddler moment. Yeah, he does that. Remember his “Pocohantas” crack against Warren, when he was receiving the Navajo code-talkers in the OO? The really disturbing thing was that even at an event so innocuous and nonpartisan as a ceremony to honor heroes of the Second World War, he could not resist a bit of ill-natured partisan sniping. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7545 "2019-09-09T05:54:13Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Look what I can do!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyvbFMGmImg) I don’t even have to click that link to know it’s about “stuarting”, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7546 "2019-09-09T07:02:52Z")
> [@kirkrapine](#): > > I once sent Trump a letter: > > "Dear Mr. President, > > The president of the United States does not tweet. It is beneath the dignity of your office." > > He never answered, not even by form letter. Of course, it has been obvious since he came down the escalator that he cares nothing for the dignity of the office. > > (And yes, I know Obama sent out a few tweets while in office, but there is really no comparison.) No one ever went wrong underestimating the dignity of Donald Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7547 "2019-09-09T08:08:05Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > He already did. He had a chance at doing something grown up and presidential looking, but had to tweet a “Hey, look at me” moment and turn it into a toddler moment. Yes, and I know this is a thread to complain about the tweets, but I’m just saying: if the worst he’s done on the taliban thing is tweet something idiotic, then this is about as good as it gets. I’ll take that over him tweeting something actually dangerous and/or offensive, or doing or saying anything. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7548 "2019-09-09T09:45:04Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > [Economist article](https://www.economist.com/asia/2019/09/08/donald-trump-pulls-out-of-afghan-peace-talks-with-the-taliban) on the peace talks with the Taliban. > > I think they are implying that this should \*not \*be filed in one of the vaults of Trump’s mistakes. > a) It made sense to organize peace talks, because in fact the Taliban have captured a lot of Afghanistan at this point, and any peace must now involve negotiations with them. > b) Then it made sense to cancel those talks, because the deal being proposed had virtually no concessions from the Taliban, and they were using the dreadful tactic of ramping up attacks to try to strengthen their negotiating hand further. > > It’s not the end though, so Trump still has a chance to do something stupid. That assumes that the meeting plan actually existed in the first place and isn’t being invented (and confirmed by sycophantic/armtwisted minions) after the fact. The Camp David (instead of Trump property) venue points toward the latter – since when does the Crook-in-Chief pass up an opportunity for graft? ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7549 "2019-09-09T10:40:50Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > That assumes that the meeting plan actually existed in the first place and isn’t being invented (and confirmed by sycophantic/armtwisted minions) after the fact. > The Camp David (instead of Trump property) venue points toward the latter – since when does the Crook-in-Chief pass up an opportunity for graft? But in fact The Economist, and other news agencies, were already reporting about peace talks with the taliban being set up before Trump’s tweets on the matter. And they are now reporting about what is currently being done to try to reboot the process. So he’s not making the whole thing up. Though yes, it’s always possible that he heard grown-ups talking about something and decided to season the facts with his own brand of bullshit and/or didn’t understand. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7550 "2019-09-09T13:37:33Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > That assumes that the meeting plan actually existed in the first place and isn’t being invented (and confirmed by sycophantic/armtwisted minions) after the fact. > The Camp David (instead of Trump property) venue points toward the latter – since when does the Crook-in-Chief pass up an opportunity for graft? He probably saw a Taliban peace deal as another shot at a Nobel Peace Prize. I just wonder how he was convinced to cancel. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7551 "2019-09-09T13:44:52Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > He already did. He had a chance at doing something grown up and presidential looking, but had to tweet a “Hey, look at me” moment and turn it into a toddler moment. > [@jsc1953](#): > > He probably saw a Taliban peace deal as another shot at a Nobel Peace Prize. I just wonder how he was convinced to cancel. The article really doesn’t have much detail, but yeah: [Trump reportedly wanted to show off his negotiation skills by inviting the Taliban to Camp David](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-reportedly-wanted-to-show-negotiation-skills-by-inviting-taliban-2019-9) > [@](#): > > - A proposed meeting of President Donald Trump, the Taliban, and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani at Camp David was axed in part over disagreements over the political showmanship, a new report says. > > - According to The New York Times, the idea of a meeting on US soil was subject to an argument between Trump and his National Security Council as to whether it should come before or after any concrete progress was made toward peace. > > - Trump wanted to go sooner, The Times reported, so the optics of making a deal could be part of the negotiation. > > … > > Trump, who dispensed with decades of political norms when he abruptly met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Demilitarized Zone on the Korean Peninsula, reportedly wanted to be perceived as the chief negotiator of peace with the extremist group. Yes, because ending the US’s longest war should depend on how it affects Trump’s ego. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7552 "2019-09-09T14:09:23Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > Yes, and I know this is a thread to complain about the tweets, but I’m just saying: if the worst he’s done on the taliban thing is tweet something idiotic, then this is about as good as it gets. I’ll take that over him tweeting something actually dangerous and/or offensive, or doing or saying anything. The bar just keeps getting lower and lower, doesn’t it? :dubious: > [@Mijin](#): > > But in fact The Economist, and other news agencies, were already reporting about peace talks with the taliban being set up before Trump’s tweets on the matter. And they are now reporting about what is currently being done to try to reboot the process. > So he’s not making the whole thing up. Though yes, it’s always possible that he heard grown-ups talking about something and decided to season the facts with his own brand of bullshit and/or didn’t understand. > [@jsc1953](#): > > He probably saw a Taliban peace deal as another shot at a Nobel Peace Prize. I just wonder how he was convinced to cancel. Listen to yourselves, people! This is the level of normalcy that this craziness has sunk to! We’re (I’ll include myself) speculating that the so-called president MADE UP this whole Taliban meeting thing! Maybe yes, maybe no, but we all know he is CAPABLE of making up such a thing because most every word out of his mouth (or thumbs) is a LIE. Anyway, I say he made it up, because otherwise it would have been set to be held at one of his properties. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7553 "2019-09-09T15:12:57Z")
Twitler is on a roll this morning. **GOD DAMNIT I’M THE BEST FUCKING PRESIDENT EVERRRRRR IF YOU WOULD JUST OPEN YOUR EYES!!! ADORE ME PLEASE!!!** ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7554 "2019-09-09T15:33:24Z")
I have long thought Twitter would be the downfall of society. This thread says why. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7555 "2019-09-09T15:51:07Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I have long thought Twitter would be the downfall of society. This thread says why. Facebook has done its part, too! ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7556 "2019-09-09T17:09:59Z")
As I recall, one of Trump’s campaign talking points was the world was laughing at the US under Obama. I seem to remember the UN General Assembly literally laughing at Trump when he claimed his admin has accomplished more than any other president’s in history in a speech there. You must be pretty lame to get dissed by the Taliban: [TALIBAN MOCK TRUMP’S ‘ASTONISHING’ AFGHANISTAN U-TURN, SUGGEST DECISION ‘CERTAINLY DAMAGED HIS CREDIBILITY’](https://www.newsweek.com/afghanistan-trump-u-turn-taliban-credibility-talks-1458238) > [@](#): > > The Taliban have hit back at President Donald Trump’s dramatic cancellation of an imminent Afghanistan peace agreement, suggesting his erratic diplomacy is damaging his credibility. > > According to BBC correspondent Lyse Doucet, a Taliban spokesperson said Sunday that the president’s weekend tweets had come as a surprise to the group. Trump announced on Twitter on Saturday that he was shelving the peace deal following the killing of a U.S. soldier in Kabul last week. > > … > > Doucet cited Taliban spokesperson Suhail Shaheen, who reportedly said on Sunday that an agreement was reached between U.S. and Taliban negotiators in Qatar several days ago. He described Trump’s Twitter tirade as “astonishing” and suggested the messages had “certainly damaged his credibility.” Wow. The Taliban is shading Trump. Still, why would anyone but a MAGAss think Trump has any credibility? ---
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7557 "2019-09-09T17:16:04Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Twitler is on a roll this morning. **GOD DAMNIT I’M THE BEST FUCKING PRESIDENT EVERRRRRR IF YOU WOULD JUST OPEN YOUR EYES!!! ADORE ME PLEASE!!!** Since when does Trump ever say, “Please”? ---
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7558 "2019-09-09T17:45:21Z")
Not really Twitter related, at least not yet; maybe after Trump hears about it tho: [Sweden rejects TRUMP vanity license plate request](https://apnews.com/384d8a995635452b914d60645a3aac51): > [@](#): > > Swedish authorities say that a man has been denied a vanity plate with the letters TRUMP because it violated motor vehicle department rules, calling the letter combination “offensive.” 😃 ---
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7559 "2019-09-09T18:21:44Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > As I recall, one of Trump’s campaign talking points was the world was laughing at the US under Obama. I seem to remember the UN General Assembly literally laughing at Trump when he claimed his admin has accomplished more than any other president’s in history in a speech there. > > You must be pretty lame to get dissed by the Taliban: > > [TALIBAN MOCK TRUMP’S ‘ASTONISHING’ AFGHANISTAN U-TURN, SUGGEST DECISION ‘CERTAINLY DAMAGED HIS CREDIBILITY’](https://www.newsweek.com/afghanistan-trump-u-turn-taliban-credibility-talks-1458238) > > Wow. The Taliban is shading Trump. Still, why would anyone but a MAGAss think Trump has any credibility? It’s a sad day in Mudville when the Taliban is a more credible source than the White House. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7560 "2019-09-09T20:36:25Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > The bar just keeps getting lower and lower, doesn’t it? :dubious: > > Listen to yourselves, people! This is the level of normalcy that this craziness has sunk to! We’re (I’ll include myself) speculating that the so-called president MADE UP this whole Taliban meeting thing! Maybe yes, maybe no, but we all know he is CAPABLE of making up such a thing because most every word out of his mouth (or thumbs) is a LIE. > > Anyway, I say he made it up, because otherwise it would have been set to be held at one of his properties. Not to mention there’s no way he woudl’ve kept such a thing secret in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7561 "2019-09-09T20:59:59Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > You must be pretty lame to get dissed by the Taliban: > > [TALIBAN MOCK TRUMP’S ‘ASTONISHING’ AFGHANISTAN U-TURN, SUGGEST DECISION ‘CERTAINLY DAMAGED HIS CREDIBILITY’](https://www.newsweek.com/afghanistan-trump-u-turn-taliban-credibility-talks-1458238) The Taliban are full of it. Tump’s credibility is so low that nothing can damage it any more. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=377) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=379)