# 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:** 80
**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:** [June 6, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1581 "2017-06-06T21:11:50Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > So the President of the United States is going to live-tweet a Senate hearing, like it’s the finale of The Bachelor. I don’t know if this is hilarious or horrifying. If I knew everything was going to come out all right in the end, I’d vote for hilarious. > > I imagine ancient Romans thought it was hilarious when Caligula appointed his horse to the Senate. Well, if it’s any consolation, things didn’t turn out so well for Caligula in the end. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1582 "2017-06-06T21:17:58Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Well, if it’s any consolation, things didn’t turn out so well for Caligula in the end. Nor for Rome, eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1583 "2017-06-06T21:24:46Z")
Hey, once you’ve fallen off the cliff already, you might as well enjoy the view on the way down. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1584 "2017-06-06T21:45:07Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The President of the United States will be sitting in his man cave in the middle of a work day watching television instead of doing his job. Given what tends to happen when he tries to do his job, I’d call that a “feature.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1585 "2017-06-06T22:05:35Z")
I thought there’d be all kinds of shit flung a Trump for his disgraceful tweets about the terror attack in London and the mayor’s response. He’s apparently doubling down today after getting criticism for his first go 'round. The president of the United States in a twitter fit with the mayor of London. Has it been 4 years yet??? ---
**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:** [June 6, 2017, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1586 "2017-06-06T22:05:43Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Well, if it’s any consolation, things didn’t turn out so well for Caligula in the end. Sure, but the Secret Service is annoyingly un-Praetorian-like. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1587 "2017-06-06T22:24:57Z")
Fortunately, we have other options, like elections, impeachment, yada, yada, yada. Who knew impeachment would be so difficult? 😉 ---
**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:** [June 6, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1588 "2017-06-06T22:41:41Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I thought there’d be all kinds of shit flung a Trump for his disgraceful tweets about the terror attack in London and the mayor’s response. He’s apparently doubling down today after getting criticism for his first go 'round. The president of the United States in a twitter fit with the mayor of London. Has it been 4 years yet??? He never backs down and he never apologizes. > [@](#): > > [Sept 12, 2015] Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says he’d be happy to apologize … if he ever had reason to. > > Asked by “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon on Friday, “Have you ever apologized? Ever? In your lifetime?,” Trump replied, “I think apologizing is a great thing, but you have to be wrong. If you’re not wrong …” > > The business mogul added that “they wanted me to apologize when I first announced for president because I brought up illegal immigration … but ultimately it turned out that I was right.” > > “I will absolutely apologize some time in the hopefully distant future if I’m ever wrong,” he concluded… > > [Source](http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/253465-trump-i-would-apologize-if-i-was-ever-wrong) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1589 "2017-06-06T22:48:30Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > He never backs down and he never apologizes. But if he _were_ to apologize… no one would apologize better than he would! ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1590 "2017-06-06T22:51:20Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I thought there’d be all kinds of shit flung a Trump for his disgraceful tweets about the terror attack in London and the mayor’s response. He’s apparently doubling down today after getting criticism for his first go 'round. The president of the United States in a twitter fit with the mayor of London. Has it been 4 years yet??? Even the Wall Street Journal slammed him today: > [@](#): > > Attorney General Jeff Sessions would be justified if he resigned, and this is merely the latest incident in which Mr. Trump popping off undermined his own lawyers. If this pattern continues, Mr. Trump may find himself running an Administration with no one but his family and the Breitbart staff. People of talent and integrity won’t work for a boss who undermines them in public without thinking about the consequences. and > [@](#): > > In other words, in 140-character increments, Mr. Trump diminished his own standing by causing a minor international incident, demonstrated that the loyalty he demands of the people who work for him isn’t reciprocal, set back his policy goals and wasted time that he could have devoted to health care, tax reform or “infrastructure week.” Mark it all down as further evidence that the most effective opponent of the Trump Presidency is Donald J. Trump. (The quotes are from [here](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-twitter-wall-street-journal_us_5936b8d6e4b0099e7faf418e) on Huff Post. WARNING: autoplay video at the link. I would’ve linked to the WSJ but the editorial is behind a pay wall.) ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1591 "2017-06-06T22:54:50Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > So the President of the United States is going to live-tweet a Senate hearing, like it’s the finale of The Bachelor. I don’t know if this is hilarious or horrifying. If I knew everything was going to come out all right in the end, I’d vote for hilarious. In all seriousness, do the people around him not think this is a horrible idea, or is he just going against their advice? ---
**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:** [June 6, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1592 "2017-06-06T23:11:09Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > In all seriousness, do the people around him not think this is a horrible idea, or is he just going against their advice? I’m pretty confident that every single person around Trump (with the possible exception of Mr. Rumply (Bannon) knows that this is an epic bad idea, and it is going to be a massive fuck-up. So yes, he’s going to go ahead and do it. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1593 "2017-06-06T23:12:56Z")
I am at a loss as to why any person would still be working for a Trump administration in any capacity. They will have to purge it from their resume, lest they be asked at a future job interview: “So I see you worked for Trump while he was president. What are you, a fucking moron? There’s the door.” ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1594 "2017-06-06T23:14:50Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I am at a loss as to why any person would still be working for a Trump administration in any capacity. > > They will have to purge it from their resume, lest they be asked at a future job interview: > > “So I see you worked for Trump while he was president. What are you, a fucking moron? There’s the door.” I dunno, there might be jobs where experience working under Trump would be considered an asset. Cleaning monkey cages, for example… ---
**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:** [June 6, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1595 "2017-06-06T23:19:51Z")
A question for the lawyers on the board: how would you respond if your client told you he planned to post live online commentary to ongoing testimony during an investigation which he might become involved in? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1596 "2017-06-06T23:26:59Z")
I’m a lawyer. I read that four major law firms refused to represent Trump in relation to the upcoming investigation. That. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1597 "2017-06-06T23:34:32Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > I’m a lawyer. I read that four major law firms refused to represent Trump in relation to the upcoming investigation. > > That. Well, to be fair, that was mainly because they were pretty sure he would stiff them once he got the bill. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1598 "2017-06-06T23:45:34Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Well, to be fair, that was mainly because they were pretty sure he would stiff them once he got the bill. You know that he would claim that the free publicity that they got was sufficient payment, and his supporters would think that’s just fine. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1599 "2017-06-06T23:48:57Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Well, to be fair, that was mainly because they were pretty sure he would stiff them once he got the bill. And because he wouldn’t follow advice. It was the two-parter that did it. You can imagine a law firm taking a high profile trial without guaranteed payment (stop laughing) for the lift to their reputation. Add a lunatic as a client with a global twitter platform and all bets are off, however. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1600 "2017-06-06T23:50:35Z")
I doubt that concern about payment was the real reason. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=79) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=81)