# 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:** 54
**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:** [March 30, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1061 "2017-03-30T20:59:19Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Trump wants to be able to sue the New York Times for libel… I know that threatening to sue is Trump’s favorite.thing.EVAR., but he might want to consider his win/loss ratio so far this year before volunteering to rush into a courtroom. The fucking psychopath. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1062 "2017-03-30T21:00:19Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > They don’t allow twitting at work-What did he say? Tweet from the Orange One > [@](#): > > The failing @nytimes has disgraced the media world. Gotten me wrong for two solid years. Change libel laws? ---
**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:** [March 30, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1063 "2017-03-30T21:14:27Z")
But aren’t Trump and lawyers currently claiming that he can’t be sued while he is in office? IF that were true, would it be fair that he could sue others? ---
**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:** [March 30, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1064 "2017-03-30T21:23:34Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > But aren’t Trump and lawyers currently claiming that he can’t be sued while he is in office? IF that were true, would it be fair that he could sue others? If the President does it, it’s fair. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1065 "2017-03-30T21:26:39Z")
To his golf partners’ consternation. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1066 "2017-03-30T21:54:39Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > They don’t allow twitting at work-What did he say? Strange. Half the people I work with are twits… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1067 "2017-03-30T21:59:22Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I know that threatening to sue is Trump’s favorite.thing.EVAR., but he might want to consider his win/loss ratio so far this year before volunteering to rush into a courtroom. The fucking psychopath. Doesn’t care about winning. Cares about making his victim spend more than he can afford on lawyers. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1068 "2017-03-30T22:06:39Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Trump wants to be able to sue the New York Times for libel. > [x.com](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/847455180912181249) He can sue them now, if he wants. Guaranteed to fail, but when has that ever stopped him before? ---
**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:** [March 31, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1069 "2017-03-31T00:12:13Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > He can sue them now, if he wants. Guaranteed to fail, but when has that ever stopped him before? Well, to be accurate, it seems he wants to change the libel laws. I imagine he wants to take out the ability to use “The Truth” as a defense, and make it illegal to hurt the feelings of the precious Snowflake-in-Chief, even if you are telling the truth. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1070 "2017-03-31T03:31:41Z")
Trump is calling out Freedom Caucus members by name. > ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1071 "2017-03-31T03:43:49Z")
Apparently it took him 3 tries to get it right. Wondering where the deleted versions are. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1072 "2017-03-31T03:57:45Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Trump is calling out Freedom Caucus members by name. > [x.com](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/847559239149158401) To quote Kent “Flounder” Dorfman from Animal House: “Oh boy, this is great!” Sent from my LGLS990 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1073 "2017-03-31T04:01:13Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Apparently it took him 3 tries to get it right. Wondering where the deleted versions are. Great negotiating takes practice. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1074 "2017-03-31T12:37:35Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Trump is calling out Freedom Caucus members by name. > [x.com](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/847559239149158401) I thought they were walking away from health care reform. Oh, I guess it was another amateurish attempt at negotiation. Mr Art of the Deal strikes again. You know, how when you walk out of the car dealership hoping the salesman will come running after you offering to give you that better deal. They thought that when they walked away, announcing pompously that “ObamaCare is the law of the land”, the American public would rise up in outrage, causing the disobedient Congresscritters to come running back to vote yes. Especially after they threatened to “work with Democrats”. But a REAL negotiator would know that the walk away technique never works when you buy a car and it seldom works at all. It’s a risky move and you should only use it when you really don’t care and are really prepared to walk away. Because the car salesman isn’t going to come running after you and if you walk back into the dealership you have weakened your position and look like a fool. And threatening the Congressmen isn’t going to go well, it will make them less likely to relent even if they want to. They don’t work for you. When you are negotiating from the idea that the negotition itself doesn’t matter and that you will win because the other guys HAVE to ultimately relent because you are their “boss”, it comes off as patronizing. But it is entertainment. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2017, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1075 "2017-03-31T13:05:56Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Apparently it took him 3 tries to get it right. “I [hear by](http://nymag.com/selectall/2017/03/president-trump-its-spelled-h-e-r-e-b-y.html) call you out…” ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1076 "2017-03-31T13:10:36Z")
His fabulous negotiating skills see to amount to “threaten, demean, and lie to your opponent until he capitulates.” ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1077 "2017-03-31T13:56:04Z")
At what point in time will Trump accept that he was elected president and not appointed emperor? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1078 "2017-03-31T14:17:48Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > And threatening the Congressmen isn’t going to go well, it will make them less likely to relent even if they want to. **They don’t work for you.** When you are negotiating from the idea that the negotition itself doesn’t matter and that you will win because the other guys HAVE to ultimately relent because you are their “boss”, it comes off as patronizing. > > But it is entertainment. [bolding mine]. That’s the key – I don’t think Trump has figured out that Republicans in Congress _don’t_ work for him. And apparently[some idiot from Texas](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/31/opinion/he-works-for-the-president.html?_r=0)is laboring under the same misapprehension. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1079 "2017-03-31T14:20:46Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > At what point in time will Trump accept that he was elected president and not appointed emperor? When the Trumpettes stop treating him like an emperor? ---
**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:** [March 31, 2017, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1080 "2017-03-31T14:28:58Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > [bolding mine]. That’s the key – I don’t think Trump has figured out that Republicans in Congress _don’t_ work for him. And apparently[some idiot from Texas](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/31/opinion/he-works-for-the-president.html?_r=0)is laboring under the same misapprehension. Correction: Yahoo – er, Yoho, my typing fingers got a bit too Swift there – is a Florida Man, not a Texas Twit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=55)