# 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:** 423
**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:** [January 12, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8442 "2020-01-12T03:19:21Z")
Individual 1 tweeted out something in Arabic lettering: > It’s addressed to the Iranian people direct “The Iranian government should allow human rights groups to monitor and report the current truth of protests during the Iranian people’s movement. We should not witness the killing of peaceful protesters or the internet disconnection. The world is watching these events.” ---
**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:** [January 12, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8443 "2020-01-12T03:29:17Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 tweeted out something in Arabic lettering: > [https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1216130169477439488](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1216130169477439488) > > It’s addressed to the Iranian people direct > “The Iranian government should allow human rights groups to monitor and report the current truth of protests during the Iranian people’s movement. We should not witness the killing of peaceful protesters or the internet disconnection. The world is watching these events.” And of course the US media hypes this up as the moment of truth for Iran’s regime, as though the Iranian street might somehow have a change of heart and side with Trump and overthrow the Ayatollah now. There have been anti-Ayatollah, anti-Rouhani, ant-whatever protesters since 1979. Iran is a lot more complex than most people in the West realize. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8444 "2020-01-13T19:16:01Z")
Individual 1 retweeted an image of Schumer and Pelosi in Islamic headgear standing in front of an Iranian flag. [Trump Retweets Fake Image of Pelosi in Hijab Standing in Front of Iranian Flag](https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-retweets-fake-image-of-pelosi-in-hijab-standing-in-front-of-iranian-flag)? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8445 "2020-01-13T20:00:05Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 retweeted an image of Schumer and Pelosi in Islamic headgear standing in front of an Iranian flag. > [Trump Retweets Fake Image of Pelosi in Hijab Standing in Front of Iranian Flag](https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-retweets-fake-image-of-pelosi-in-hijab-standing-in-front-of-iranian-flag)? If ever there was a time to post a picture of Trump blowing Putin while getting it up the ass from MbS. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8446 "2020-01-13T20:02:15Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > If ever there was a time to post a picture of Trump blowing Putin while getting it up the ass from MbS. The Trumpers would applaud it as an example of his great diplomatic skills. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8447 "2020-01-13T20:09:19Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > The Trumpers would applaud it as an example of his great diplomatic skills. Yeah, they would claim he got the two to meet in the middle. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8448 "2020-01-13T23:32:33Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 retweeted an image of Schumer and Pelosi in Islamic headgear standing in front of an Iranian flag. > [Trump Retweets Fake Image of Pelosi in Hijab Standing in Front of Iranian Flag](https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-retweets-fake-image-of-pelosi-in-hijab-standing-in-front-of-iranian-flag)? …And then the White House offered their “defense” of the retweet: > [@](#): > > After President Trump retweeted a doctored image of Democratic leaders dressed in Islamic garb, the White House offered a curious justification: Trump retweeted that image to send the message that Democrats are on the side of terrorists. > > … It’s important to note that this came right after [WH Press Secretary Stephanie] Grisham was asked a question about an Islamic tweeter’s lament that Trump’s tweet discriminated against Muslims. The Fox anchor read aloud from a tweet asking why Trump was wielding the “dress” and “religious beliefs” of millions of Muslim Americans as a “slur.” > > Grisham’s response was to openly say that Trump was doing this for the express purpose of illustrating Democrats’ sympathy with terrorists. > **[Opinion | Trump retweeted Pelosi in Muslim garb. The White House made it worse.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/13/trump-retweeted-pelosi-muslim-garb-white-house-made-it-worse/)** > > The White House press secretary's loathsome defense of Trump's elevation of bigotry. That’s right: _ **the official position of the Trump Administration is that Muslim garb = terrorism.** _ ---
**Author:** ![Boycott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boycott/32/6741_2.png) [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8449 "2020-01-13T23:39:32Z")
Tammy Duckworth has the best response to that > [@](#): > > Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) fired back at Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) over his claim that Democrats are “in love with terrorists,” reminding the congressman on Thursday that she paid a huge price fighting terrorists during the Iraq War. Besides saying Dems love terrorists during a Fox Business appearance on Wednesday, Collins also insisted that they “mourn” the death of top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani “more than they mourn our Gold Star families who are the ones who suffered under Soleimani.” > > “I’m not going to dignify that with a response,” Duckworth said on CNN on Thursday, adding: “I left parts of my body in Iraq fighting terrorists. I don’t need to justify myself to anyone.” Duckworth, a Black Hawk pilot during the Iraq War, lost both of her legs in 2004 when her helicopter was shot down. > **[Trump Retweets Fake Image of Pelosi in Hijab Standing in Front of Iranian Flag](https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-retweets-fake-image-of-pelosi-in-hijab-standing-in-front-of-iranian-flag)** > > The image showed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer in traditional Islamic clothing. Doug Collins apologised after that spectacular own-goal. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8450 "2020-01-14T00:25:05Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > That’s right: _ **the official position of the Trump Administration is that Muslim garb = terrorism.** _ And this is news to you? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8451 "2020-01-14T00:48:28Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Yeah, they would claim he got the two to meet in the middle. Trump as “Lucky Pierre?” Sorry, I can only picture him as being fucked. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2020, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8452 "2020-01-14T06:00:01Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > And this is news to you? That ship has indeed sailed a long time ago. Remember after 9/11, when Dubya would hammer on that “the US isn’t at war with Islam, but terrorists !” ? Man, those were some good few hours… ---
**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:** [January 15, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8453 "2020-01-15T00:03:01Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > And this is news to you? Before this they haven’t been so bald-faced about it. It was more of a ‘nudge nudge wink wink’ sort of attitude that accompanied announcements about travel bans. But in this case, DUI Stephanie just out and out said that wearing Islamic garb denotes terrorism. Yeesh. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2020, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8454 "2020-01-15T02:23:46Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Before this they haven’t been so bald-faced about it. It was more of a ‘nudge nudge wink wink’ sort of attitude that accompanied announcements about travel bans. > > But in this case, DUI Stephanie just out and out said that wearing Islamic garb denotes terrorism. > > Yeesh. I’m sure you’ve heard it before, but if you haven’t, look up “death of euphemism” in relation with the Trump admin. Or the Johnson admin, really. They don’t even bother saying the quiet part quiet any more. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8455 "2020-01-16T01:53:32Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > I’m sure you’ve heard it before, but if you haven’t, look up “death of euphemism” in relation with the Trump admin. Or the Johnson admin, really. They don’t even bother saying the quiet part quiet any more. Yep. Power does tend to make the disreputables arrogant, and arrogance leads to blunt expressions of their appalling beliefs. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8456 "2020-01-16T02:30:58Z")
Before Trump “got elected” he called for a total and complete shutdown on “Mooslims” from entering the country. Who is surprised here? (Cue Lee Greenwood…) ---
**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:** [January 19, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8457 "2020-01-19T23:00:40Z")
“A massive 200 Billion Dollar Sea Wall, built around New York to protect it from rare storms, is a costly, foolish & environmentally unfriendly idea that, when needed, probably won’t work anyway. It will also look terrible. Sorry, you’ll just have to get your mops & buckets ready!” > ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8458 "2020-01-19T23:21:48Z")
It is important to note that when Trump spouts off on Twitter, he is not actually addressing the world or the American people, or anything like that. What he is doing is speaking DIRECTLY TO HIS FOLLOWERS, people who are going to believe him no matter what, people who will vote for him regardless, people who will follow him to Helen Waite, those upon whom reason and thought and speech are wasted. He’s talking to his fan club. He’s not talking to ME, or anyone with a brain in their heads that they are likely to use. This doesn’t much excuse anything, but I find that it makes ME feel better whenever he says some bit of damnfool nonsense on Twitter. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8459 "2020-01-20T12:13:53Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > “A massive 200 Billion Dollar Sea Wall, built around New York to protect it from rare storms, is a costly, foolish & environmentally unfriendly idea that, when needed, probably won’t work anyway. It will also look terrible. Sorry, you’ll just have to get your mops & buckets ready!” > [https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1218674016942219265](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1218674016942219265) What if New York gets Mexico to pay for it? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8460 "2020-01-20T16:04:22Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > “A massive 200 Billion Dollar Sea Wall, built around New York to protect it from rare storms, is a costly, foolish & environmentally unfriendly idea that, when needed, probably won’t work anyway. It will also look terrible. Sorry, you’ll just have to get your mops & buckets ready!” > [https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1218674016942219265](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1218674016942219265) The one-word answer to that bullshit is [Doonbeg](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-climate-change-golf-course/). Seawalls for me but not for thee. :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [January 20, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8461 "2020-01-20T19:30:59Z")
Hey, did you folks see Trump’s thoughtful, considered Tweet on the legacy of Dr. King this morning? Kidding; there wasn’t one, of course. Instead, he apparently chose instead to spend his time whining about Schiff and inflating his approval numbers (“51%!” No clue where he’s getting this from, given that the average of all polls continues to be around 42% and has been for months), with this hilarious bit of verbal Sharpie added: > [@Fuckstick in Chief)](#): > > And they say you can add 7% to 10% to all Trump numbers! Who knows? Ah, yes. The ever-reliable Them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=422) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=424)