# 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:** 85
**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:** [June 15, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1681 "2017-06-15T14:39:32Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > If the travel ban was to prevent some notional “bad hombres” from getting in the country No, that’s what the wall is for. ---
**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 15, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1682 "2017-06-15T18:24:03Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Yep. Worst witch-hunt ever. Even worse than the _actual_ witch-hunts. Well, I wouldn’t mind Trump getting shackled and thrown into a bog to see whether he floats (no, Monthy Python didn’t invent that. That was a thing.) ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1683 "2017-06-15T18:36:26Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I am getting the sense now that he’s going to fire Mueller and try to stop the investigation once and for all. It’s now out there that Trump is possibly facing a criminal investigation for obstruction. Trump is once again where he was at various stages of the political campaign and where he was financially in the 1990s. He’s desperate. His back is to the wall. He’s a wounded lion and he’s going to lash out to defend himself and his family enterprise. > > The question is, if this goes down, does he also end up having to fire Rod Rosenstein as well? I think Rosenstein would be very reluctant to damage his professional reputation by signing off on what would be perceived as the most egregious case of wrongful termination in American history, or at least since Archibald Cox’s dismissal. But maybe Rosenstein crumbles under pressure the same way that his cabinet has. There has to be SOMEONE among his “circle” that remembers Watergate, right? RIGHT? This shit feels like Nixon on fast-forward. Will Rosenstein even be involved in Mueller’s firing, if it happens? I understand he made the appointment because the Evil Keebler “recused” himself, but could Sessions just say “Fuck this, Trump wants him gone!” and fire Mueller? ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1684 "2017-06-15T19:43:38Z")
The whole “Witch hunt” thing is annoying me for many reasons, but mostly because it is rhetorically week usage. There has never been a doubt who the suspected witch was. Can we convince the Trumpists to start using the more appropriate term “Witch Trial.” It has equivalent, if not superior, Rhetorical and hyperbolic impact ,and much more accurately describes what he intends to claim he is a victim of. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2017, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1685 "2017-06-15T19:54:30Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > The whole “Witch hunt” thing is annoying me for many reasons, but mostly because it is rhetorically week usage. There has never been a doubt who the suspected witch was. Can we convince the Trumpists to start using the more appropriate term “Witch Trial.” It has equivalent, if not superior, Rhetorical and hyperbolic impact ,and much more accurately describes what he intends to claim he is a victim of. Eh, well, just speaking for myself, I’ve gotten quite used to President Tangletongue hopelessly garbling things he’s trying to say. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1686 "2017-06-15T20:22:17Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > The whole “Witch hunt” thing is annoying me for many reasons, but mostly because it is rhetorically week usage. There has never been a doubt who the suspected witch was. Can we convince the Trumpists to start using the more appropriate term “Witch Trial.” It has equivalent, if not superior, Rhetorical and hyperbolic impact ,and much more accurately describes what he intends to claim he is a victim of. Sweet, it’s been a while since we’ve had a proper witch trial. I’ll get the duck feathers. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1687 "2017-06-15T20:26:22Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Sweet, it’s been a while since we’ve had a proper witch trial. > > I’ll get the duck feathers. …and I’ll get those large “DUNK TRUMP!” signs made up. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1688 "2017-06-15T20:27:49Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > The whole “Witch hunt” thing is annoying me for many reasons, but mostly because it is rhetorically week usage. Yeah. It’s a fishing expedition on the way to kangaroo court, unless the top dog and his sheep send those snakes on a wild goose chase. ---
**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 15, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1689 "2017-06-15T20:43:22Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > There has to be SOMEONE among his “circle” that remembers Watergate, right? RIGHT? This shit feels like Nixon on fast-forward. It’s those [speedruns](http://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s750x750/sh0.08/e35/18299756_973552779414810_2000790229711060992_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTUxMTc4NDMyODI1MzUzMzgwNg%3D%3D.2) kids are into these days. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1690 "2017-06-15T20:45:19Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > It’s those [speedruns](http://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s750x750/sh0.08/e35/18299756_973552779414810_2000790229711060992_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTUxMTc4NDMyODI1MzUzMzgwNg%3D%3D.2) kids are into these days. I won’t mind so much when he brags about being the most successfully impeached president in history. ---
**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 15, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1691 "2017-06-15T20:55:51Z")
“I am not a crook. But if I was, I’d be the best crook you’ve ever seen. Such an amazing crook you wouldn’t believe it. Believe me.” ---
**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:** [June 15, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1692 "2017-06-15T22:01:26Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Yeah. It’s a fishing expedition on the way to kangaroo court, unless the top dog and his sheep send those snakes on a wild goose chase. _uses an unbent paperclip to release **Vinyl’s** metaphor switch_ ---
**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 15, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1693 "2017-06-15T22:11:03Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Sweet, it’s been a while since we’ve had a proper witch trial. > > I’ll get the duck feathers. Feathers? We need the whole duck! And a scale, of course. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1694 "2017-06-15T23:01:56Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > Feathers? We need the whole duck! And a scale, of course. It’s a fair cop… ---
**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:** [June 15, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1695 "2017-06-15T23:06:56Z")
He turned me into a newt!!! …I got better ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1696 "2017-06-15T23:11:21Z")
And, about his latest tweet, the Washington Post is telling Trump that usually anonymous sources can be countered by not commenting, seeding doubts about those sources. Unfortunately for the Trump supporters Trump is constantly helping the WP and others to make the case against him and to stupidly confirm what the early reports told us. > **[Analysis | Thanks for confirming the obstruction investigation, Mr. President](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/06/15/thanks-for-confirming-the-obstruction-investigation-mr-president/?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.3f574376d863)** > > Trump is acknowledging the probe and trying to use it to cast himself as the victim of a plot to destroy his presidency. > [@](#): > > Thanks for confirming the obstruction investigation, Mr. President > > Here is the statement issued by President Trump’s legal team, in response to The Washington Post’s report that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III is investigating Trump for possible obstruction of justice: “The FBI leak of information regarding the president is outrageous, inexcusable and illegal.” > > Translation: The report is true, and we’re really mad that someone (actually five someones) made the obstruction investigation public. > > Trump followed with a tweet that seemed to further confirm that, yes, he is under investigation for possible obstruction. > [@](#): > > It is striking that Trump, the anti-leak crusader, didn’t instruct his team to issue a statement along these lines: We are not going to comment on anonymously sourced reports that spread rumor and innuendo. That would not have been a denial of The Post’s report, but at least it would not have been a confirmation. > > It appears that Team Trump is going all in on the “witch hunt” defense. Instead of casting doubt on the existence of an obstruction investigation, Trump is acknowledging the probe and trying to use it to cast himself as the victim of a plot to destroy his presidency. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1697 "2017-06-15T23:13:46Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > He turned me into a newt!!! > > …I got better But this one never did 🙂 , he is as slimy as ever: > [@](#): > > Expect more messaging like this tweet by Trump ally Newt Gingrich: > > > [@](#): > > > > Mueller is now clearly the ti[p of the deep state spear aimed at destroying or at a minimum undermining and crippling the Trump presidency. “ti[p”?? Maybe he is looking for the next [covfefe](http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/12/532651827/the-covfefe-act-has-a-silly-name-but-it-addresses-a-real-quandary) ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1698 "2017-06-15T23:22:39Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > There has to be SOMEONE among his “circle” that remembers Watergate, right? RIGHT? This shit feels like Nixon on fast-forward. His inner circle consists of alt-right pedagogues, ass kissers and yes-men only interested in making their boss happy, and spin doctors who understand Trump’s hallmark of historical understanding is his recent revelation that Lincoln was Republican. “Those who don’t remember history are doomed to repeat it.” The Trump circle never heard that quote. If they did, they don’t think it applies to them. Also, Watergate is something that happened to other people decades ago, and all they most likely remember is that it involved tapes and plumbers. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1699 "2017-06-15T23:57:59Z")
The Twit In Chief tweets again: > [@](#): > > Why is that Hillary Clintons family and Dems dealings with Russia are not looked at, but my non-dealings are? …and again: > [@](#): > > Crooked H destroyed phones w/ hammer, ‘bleached’ emails, & had husband meet w/AG days before she was cleared- & they talk about obstruction? Maybe they can settle this with a rap battle between “Crooked H” and “Felonious D”. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/1700 "2017-06-16T00:05:47Z")
Somebody should remind him that Hillary is not the president, is not running for anything and doesn’t wield any real power. Nobody cares if she colluded with the Russians and lost. That is one of the downsides of winning; people care more if you are corrupt. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=84) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=86)