# 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:** 482
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/9624 "2020-10-22T18:06:11Z")
your eFired ---
**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:** [October 22, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/9625 "2020-10-22T18:35:31Z")
I have a hard time believing this to be true. There must be a thousand bots running 24/7 to figure out his password. “maga2020!” would have been cracked in minutes. In fact, that password is one character short of what [Twitter appears to require](https://help.twitter.com/en/safety-and-security/account-security-tips). ---
**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:** [October 22, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/9626 "2020-10-22T18:40:58Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > In fact, that password is one character short of what [Twitter appears to require](https://help.twitter.com/en/safety-and-security/account-security-tips). I read that as a recommendation, not a requirement. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/9627 "2020-10-22T18:42:30Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I read that as a recommendation, not a requirement. Perhaps. Or maybe it’s been updated. Either way: **maga2020!** … 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/9628 "2020-10-22T19:46:58Z")
And apparently Twitter turned on 2-factor authentication on the account not long after, because obviously 2FA isn’t the bare minimum someone like the POTUS might want on their accounts. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/9629 "2020-10-22T23:16:14Z")
I’m a little bit disappointed that the guy’s first action upon cracking the password wasn’t to change it, and let the America-hating fuckstick stew in it for a day or so, before notifying WH authorities. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/9630 "2020-10-22T23:18:47Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I’m a little bit disappointed that the guy’s first action upon cracking the password wasn’t to change it, To BIDENRULES. 😂 ---
**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:** [October 23, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/9631 "2020-10-23T12:40:42Z")
He likely didn’t have access to Trumps ‘TittyTwittyBoy@aol.com’ email so he could click the verification link asking him to verify the password change. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/9632 "2020-10-23T12:44:13Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > He likely didn’t have access to Trumps ‘TittyTwittyBoy@aol.com’ email so he could click the verification link asking him to verify the password change. - He couldn’t take a guess at the password? ---
**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:** [October 23, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/9633 "2020-10-23T16:44:18Z")
2020maga ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/9634 "2020-10-23T21:44:45Z")
Here’s an article (in English) from [Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/10/hacker-says-he-correctly-guessed-trumps-twitter-password-it-was-maga2020/). ---
**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:** [October 26, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/9635 "2020-10-26T14:16:59Z")
I didn’t know that the Fake News Media was a branch of the armed forces… > ---
**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:** [October 26, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/9636 "2020-10-26T14:29:08Z")
COVID, COVID, COVID Keep that virus flowin’ You never know who’s goin’ … TO DIE! Cough it up, Sneeze it out Suck it in, Breathe it down Infect your wife, Spread it wide … WE DIE! COVID cough, rally hell Pence is sick, So is Mel And now they’re probably going … TO DIE … TO DIE! {bull whip} ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/9637 "2020-10-26T14:42:45Z")
(Golf clap) bravo! ---
**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:** [October 26, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/9638 "2020-10-26T14:52:35Z")
That song might fit in the Jokes that, nowadays, need explaining thread. Thank you for making me feel old. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![knavette57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knavette57/32/3871_2.png) [@knavette57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knavette57)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/9639 "2020-10-26T15:06:16Z")
No one calls my city, St Louis, “the Lou”, either. Or Saint Louie. Generally, we just call it “the City”. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/9640 "2020-10-26T15:14:40Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > COVID, COVID, COVID > Keep that virus flowin’ > You never know who’s goin’ … TO DIE! Heh. Excellent! ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/9641 "2020-10-26T16:28:42Z")
> [@knavette57](#): > > No one calls my city, St Louis, “the Lou”, either. Or Saint Louie. Generally, we just call it “the City”. San Francisco is also called just “the City.” ---
**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:** [October 26, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/9642 "2020-10-26T16:31:51Z")
Joe Friday said of Los Angeles, ‘This is the city.’ ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/9643 "2020-10-26T17:20:33Z")
But in which one of them does [the tick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tick_(1994_TV_series)) operate in? Because that really is The City. ``` //i\\ ``` [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=481) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=483)