# 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:** 431
**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:** [May 3, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8602 "2020-05-03T22:37:38Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > He may have delegated the decision to launch nuclear weapons to Jared. “Why did I fire those big beautiful nyukes? Many people told me, ‘Sir, those nyukes, those missuls aren’t doing any good unless you use them’. Did you know!!! that Misyls are powerful? I didn’t. But they’re american, so I threw them at the enuhmee. The lying dems who hate americuh said I can not do that, it’s a war crime. I’ll tell you what a crime is. Crooked Hillary and her mails. Locker her up! Lok r up!!!” ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8603 "2020-05-03T22:45:59Z")
> [@Toffe](#): > > Allegedly the nuclear launch codes for a long time were “00000000”, [though that’s disputed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permissive_Action_Link#Development_and_dissemination). > > If that were still the case, just tell the cancerous tangerine the launch codes are the balance on his bank statement. It would be pretty much true, and his fatuous need to lie about his wealth would guarantee no nuclear launch could ever be successfully authorised by him. There’s a problem: there is neither a minus sign nor a red font on the keyboard. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8604 "2020-05-03T23:43:10Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > He may have delegated the decision to launch nuclear weapons to Jared. Jared doesn’t have to know how to read. His daddy gave Harvard $2.5 million to let him in. If anyone can show some evidence that either Trump or Kushner wrote one of their own papers whilst visiting Penn or Harvard, I’ll buy you a beverage. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8605 "2020-05-04T11:26:14Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > There’s a problem: there is neither a minus sign nor a red font on the keyboard. That’s a feature, not a bug. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8606 "2020-05-05T18:05:17Z")
What happens if Trump just wants a latte and pushes the wrong button? [Made in 2009 but eerily prescient.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vCaMmP1fP8) ---
**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 14, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8607 "2020-05-14T16:11:53Z")
He’s rapidly approaching the “run through the Rose Garden with his pants on his head howling at the moon” stage: > [@il Doofus](#): > > If I were a Senator or Congressman, the first person I would call to testify about the biggest political crime and scandal in the history of the USA, by FAR, is former President Obama. He knew EVERYTHING. Do it @LindseyGrahamSC, just do it. No more Mr. Nice Guy. No more talk! ---
**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 14, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8608 "2020-05-14T16:24:46Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > He’s rapidly approaching the “run through the Rose Garden with his pants on his head howling at the moon” stage: I would love it if they gave Obama the national spotlight at a congressional hearing. Do it @Sen.Graham. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8609 "2020-05-14T16:24:56Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > He’s rapidly approaching the “run through the Rose Garden with his pants on his head howling at the moon” stage: Oh, Lordy. He knows he can’t launch an actual criminal investigation into this bogus nonsense, so he throws his buddy Lindsey under the bus by putting him on the hook for it. If Trump goes down and takes Graham with him, so much the better. ETA: I like how he says “no more talk!” when he’s the one doing all the talking himself. Do it Lindsey! ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8610 "2020-05-14T16:34:09Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally Posted by il Doofus > > If I were a Senator or Congressman, the first person I would call to testify about the biggest political crime and scandal in the history of the USA, by FAR, is former President Obama. He knew EVERYTHING. Do it @LindseyGrahamSC, just do it. No more Mr. Nice Guy. No more talk! > > He’s rapidly approaching the “run through the Rose Garden with his pants on his head howling at the moon” stage: So he’s admitting on the record that Obama knew far more about what was happening in his administration than Trump knows about what’s happening in his own administration. (Yes, I know Obamagate is nothing but lies and the rotting fluff between Trump’s ears.) Does he even recognize how much that reveals about his own incompetence? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8611 "2020-05-14T16:48:09Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > So he’s admitting on the record that Obama knew far more about what was happening in his administration than Trump knows about what’s happening in his own administration. (Yes, I know Obamagate is nothing but lies and the rotting fluff between Trump’s ears.) > > Does he even recognize how much that reveals about his own incompetence? I remember the last time (and maybe the only time) a bunch of Republicans asked Obama questions on camera. It didn’t go well. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8612 "2020-05-14T21:56:05Z")
Obama can’t have committed a crime. As Loser Donald has told us, when someone is president, their authority is total. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8613 "2020-05-14T23:39:02Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I would love it if they gave Obama the national spotlight at a congressional hearing. Do it @Sen.Graham. Dear Mr. Obama, I’m willing to lend you my microphone… oh, hell, I’ll GIVE it to you. Just tested it, makes a reverberating THUNK when you drop it. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2020, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8614 "2020-05-15T00:41:44Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Obama can’t have committed a crime. As Loser Donald has told us, **when someone is president, their authority is total**. Well, so long as they’re a member of the right party. And race. (my emphasis) ---
**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:** [May 15, 2020, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8615 "2020-05-15T06:02:48Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Well, so long as they’re a member of the right party. > > And race. > > (my emphasis) Ah, but you’re also forgetting that when Obama was president he had an Article 2, which let him do anything he wanted. 🙂 ---
**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 15, 2020, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8616 "2020-05-15T06:23:21Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Ah, but you’re also forgetting that when Obama was president he had an Article 2, which let him do anything he wanted. 🙂 No, O-bummer had the other Article 2 — the soopersekret one the Founders wrote with their fingers crossed behind their backs. In case one of “them” cheated his way into the Presidency. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8617 "2020-05-15T09:36:05Z")
Well, according to the founding fathers, Obama would only get three fifths of Article 2 … so, Article 1.2? ---
**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:** [May 16, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8618 "2020-05-16T02:22:50Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Ah, but you’re also forgetting that when Obama was president he had an Article 2, which let him do anything he wanted. 🙂 And he wasted it on saluting with coffee in his hand, and wearing a tan suit. No imagination, that guy. > [@OttoDaFe](#): > > No, O-bummer had the other Article 2 — the soopersekret one the Founders wrote with their fingers crossed behind their backs. In case one of “them” cheated his way into the Presidency. Kind of like what the Republican legislatures of North Carolina, and later Wisconsin, did to the ‘governor’s powers’ when Democrats won in their states. _‘Ha, ha, you don’t get the same powers the GOP Governor got, hahahahaha!’_ > [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Well, according to the founding fathers, Obama would only get three fifths of Article 2 … so, Article 1.2? Good one! But of course Obama had one African parent and one European-heritage parent, so maybe it’s Article 0.6… ---
**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:** [May 20, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8619 "2020-05-20T14:38:49Z")
> [@](#): > > **Breaking: Michigan sends absentee ballots to 7.7 million people ahead of Primaries and the General Election. This was done illegally and without authorization by a rogue Secretary of State. I will ask to hold up funding to Michigan if they want to go down this Voter Fraud path!..** Completely oblivious to the fact that those were _applications_ for absentee ballots! ---
**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 20, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8620 "2020-05-20T16:18:44Z")
[ **Trump Is Brazenly Interfering With the 2020 Election** _The president appears to be gambling that openly tweeting his threats will let him get away with them._](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/trump-out-open/611875/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+TheAtlantic+%2528The+Atlantic+-+Master+Feed%2529) > [@](#): > > Imagine that the White House chief of staff wrote a secret memo, at the behest of the president of the United States, to the Treasury secretary and the director of the Office of Management and Budget. In the carefully hidden memo, the chief of staff directs the two to secretly and illegally cut off all federal funding to two key swing states, both led by Democratic governors, with the goal of rigging turnout in favor of the president’s party in the 2020 election. > > Now imagine that the memo leaked to _The Wall Street Journal_, which splashed the story across its front page. The other major papers would quickly follow. Cable news would cover it wall to wall. There would be congressional investigations. > > Now imagine that instead of conducting all this skulduggery in private, the president just openly tweeted it out. Actually, you don’t have to imagine it. You can just surf over to Donald Trump’s Twitter feed this morning: > > > [@](#): > > > > Donald J. Trump > > @realDonaldTrump > > > > Breaking: Michigan sends absentee ballots to 7.7 million people ahead of Primaries and the General Election. This was done illegally and without authorization by a rogue Secretary of State. I will ask to hold up funding to Michigan if they want to go down this Voter Fraud path!.. > > > [@](#): > > > > Donald J. Trump > > @realDonaldTrump > > > > State of Nevada “thinks” that they can send out illegal vote by mail ballots, creating a great Voter Fraud scenario for the State and the U.S. They can’t! If they do, “I think” I can hold up funds to the State. Sorry, but you must not cheat in elections. @RussVought45 @USTreasury > > …This is one of the many things that makes Trump’s Twitter feed such a bizarre phenomenon. If he did this privately, it would—rightly—be a massive scandal. Yet when he does it as part of a few dozen wildly varied missives over the course of a morning, it’s written off as just another wacky missive from the wacky president. > … > > In short, Trump is trying to use the force and funds of the federal government to enhance his reelection chances—and if that sounds familiar, it’s because he was impeached in December for doing much the same. > … Next step: shooting someone in broad daylight on Fifth Avenue. If he can find anyone out in the open. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8621 "2020-05-20T16:34:36Z")
The Atlantic article should more accurately be titled “Trump Brazenly Attempts to Sow Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt About the Validity of the Upcoming Election”. He can’t stop states from distributing absentee ballots, or going all-in on all-mail elections. Elections are under state control. It’s also very uncertain that he could shut off funding to the states. So all he can do is prepare the groundwork for “Michigan election fraud!” in November. And that’s precisely what he’s doing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=430) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=432)