# Butt-Hurt Trump Takes to Twitter Again (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 15, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130 "2020-12-15T20:43:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/381 "2021-01-20T04:09:45Z")
Depends what you mean by “tweeting”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/382 "2021-01-20T04:11:15Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I’m going to use this opportunity to channel my inner Donald (hopefully for the last time) and imagine what he’d be Tweeting in these final hours if he still could. > > > The FAKE NEWS claims that I plan to pardon Lyin’ Ted Cruz for crimes that he may have committed in San Francisco in 1969 and 1970. His pardon is for other (fake) accusations! KEEP FIGHTING, TED! > > > My son Don Jr., who does not know me, was FULLY RESPONSIBLE for the so-called “patriot” attacks on January 6. I want no violence! > > > As I fully achieved my plans to Make America Great Again over the last four years, there was no need for me to seek a second term. Too bad Sleepy Joe will ruin Operation Warp Speed, trade war, stock market, 401k, SPACE FORCE, and many other great achievements! > > > Try MyPillow today! Use promo code MAGA2020 before 12 PM EST on Wednesday for 10% off! > > > I will NEVER concede! In 2024 I will inagfugru **Smapti** , you more than anyone have given me the best belly-laughs over these turbulent times. The one and only downside of the Demise of Donnie is going to be not reading your uncannily spot-on parodies. Thanks from over the big ditch. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2021, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/383 "2021-01-20T04:18:32Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > **Smapti** , you more than anyone have given me the best belly-laughs over these turbulent times. The one and only downside of the Demise of Donnie is going to be not reading your uncannily spot-on parodies. > > Thanks from over the big ditch. - I think **Smapti** should open a parody Twitter account( non-parody name) and tweet in Trump’s “voice”. See if anyone picks up on it and even better, get banned as a Trump sock. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/384 "2021-01-20T04:27:10Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > \< Gomer Pyle voice\> > > Surprise, surprise, surprise! > > \ > [https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/16/misinformation-trump-twitter/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/16/misinformation-trump-twitter/) > > > [@](#): > > > > Online misinformation about election fraud plunged 73 percent after [several social media](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/11/trump-banned-social-media/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2) sites [suspended President Trump](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/14/trump-twitter-megaphone/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2)and key allies last week, research firm Zignal Labs has found, underscoring the power of tech companies to limit the falsehoods poisoning public debate when they act aggressively. > > > > The new research by the San Francisco-based analytics firm reported that conversations about election fraud dropped from 2.5 million mentions to 688,000 mentions across several social media sites in the week after Trump was banned from [Twitter](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/08/twitter-trump-dorsey/?itid=lk_inline_manual_4). Part of that, however, would likely be because they also did a huge sweep of QAnon tweeters, for the same reason they banned Trump. I had no idea about this until I listened to the latest Reply All podcast (dated 01/14/2021). ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/385 "2021-01-20T04:33:59Z")
I read an article, probably posted here, that had a pretty good explanation on why Twitter was so important to Trump. It allowed him to be in complete control of his message and the character limit was perfect because it disguised his inability to put together longer thoughts. He had access to other forms of direct communication–like his COVID pressers–but the formats allowed him to go on too long and they largely ended up hurting him. Twitter and his TV show put him into the White House. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/386 "2021-01-20T05:14:59Z")
Perhaps he should host a new version of The Biggest Loser. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2021, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/387 "2021-01-20T07:22:27Z")
Twitter said they were going to keep him off for a week to avoid Inauguration and after violence. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/388 "2021-01-20T07:35:56Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Depends what you mean by “tweeting”. 😃 As in “Pardon me while I go take a tweet” ? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/389 "2021-01-20T10:25:56Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > From what I’ve read, the only people left are his family and diehard sycophants, and they’re trying to mostly save their own skins at this point - the family “brand” is severely (and perhaps irreparably) damaged and hopes that his family members had of future public office and raking in consultant fees are on the rocks at best. They desperately need him to keep his yap shut and are ensuring he doesn’t go rogue at this point. Lara Trump is apparently considering running for Senate in NC in 2022 as Burr is retiring. The current excitement level for this is somewhere around “Jeb Bush” levels. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2021, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/390 "2021-01-20T11:08:57Z")
> [@Deeg](#): > > I read an article, probably posted here, that had a pretty good explanation on why Twitter was so important to Trump. It allowed him to be in complete control of his message and the character limit was perfect because it disguised his inability to put together longer thoughts. I’d say the instant gratification was a big part of it for him as well - he can’t give a press conference and watch the little numbers tick upward in real time, and without “ratings” he has no way to gauge how much people are paying attention to him. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2021, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/391 "2021-01-20T12:24:26Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Twitter said they were going to keep him off for a week to avoid Inauguration and after violence. You mean he’s not permanently banned?? Wahhhh! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/392 "2021-01-20T12:52:37Z")
I give it 72 hours after reinstatement as a private individual before he goes careening over the line again, wings aflame and mouth afroth. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/393 "2021-01-20T13:11:59Z")
Why are they letting him back on again? So he can go back to fomenting discord, spread more dangerous misinformation, and actively work to upend your government? At what point does Twitter become a party to his crimes? If they let him back the government SHOULD remove any protection from them being a ‘publisher’, and only a platform. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/394 "2021-01-20T13:15:42Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > > Twitter said they were going to keep him off for a week to avoid Inauguration and after violence. > > You mean he’s not permanently banned?? Wahhhh! Yeah, that’s what I thought too. Was he just suspended, not banned? I thought he was gone from Twitter permanently. On the other hand, now that he’s no longer POTUS who gives a fuck what he tweets? (Hopefully the media doesn’t continue to report on every stupid little thing he tweets like they have for the last six years…) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/395 "2021-01-20T13:17:54Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > I give it 72 hours after reinstatement as a private individual before he goes careening over the line again, wings aflame and mouth afroth. 72 hours is generous, and will only apply if someone else is keeping an eye on him. Otherwise there will be another middle of the night tweetstorm on the first night and that will be it. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/396 "2021-01-20T13:32:54Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Why are they letting him back on again? The only reason he wasn’t already banned long ago was their exemption for heads of state. I guess their reasoning is that he now gets to start with a clean slate without the exemption? I guess you can make some theoretical case that you can’t hold him accountable for violating rules that you told him he was exempt from at the time. Seems pretty dubious to me. ---
**Author:** ![RyanAdam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@RyanAdam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyanAdam)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/397 "2021-01-20T13:36:56Z")
I believe you all are confusing Facebook suspension with Twitter, as Facebook is until after inauguration but everything I read says Twitter is Permanent ---
**Author:** ![RyanAdam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@RyanAdam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyanAdam)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/398 "2021-01-20T13:37:34Z")
People might first want to check facts then speculate ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/399 "2021-01-20T13:41:18Z")
I’m all for seeing some facts. Thanks for your helpful link to a definitive source to resolve the question. ---
**Author:** ![RyanAdam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@RyanAdam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyanAdam)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/400 "2021-01-20T13:47:09Z")
You Trump Derangement Syndrom people are the ones claiming the Orange Cretin is getting reinstated by Twitter after the insuguration so how about you bring some evidence that it’s not TDS impairment. Hating Trump is perfectly rational, starting TDS generated OMG OMG TWITTER REINSTATEMENT without evidence is TDS. But since the Lefty TDS seem so excited > **[Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump](https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/suspension)** > > Suspension of @realDonaldTrump Facebook updated so even this seems open ended [https://thehill.com/policy/technology/technology/534879-facebook-has-no-current-plan-to-end-the-trump-suspension-report](https://thehill.com/policy/technology/technology/534879-facebook-has-no-current-plan-to-end-the-trump-suspension-report) So how about the Lefty panic mongers bring evidence saying this has changed, maybe it has… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130.md?page=21)