# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/81 "2021-01-01T21:37:06Z")
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**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 1, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/82 "2021-01-01T21:48:42Z")
> [@Deeg](#): > > Oy, he just continues to spout nonsense. > **[OTHER VIEWS In his final days, Trump goes full King Lear - San Antonio...](http://digital.olivesoftware.com/olive/ODN/SanAntonioExpressNews/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=SAEN%2F2021%2F01%2F01&entity=Ar01500&sk=0392A715&mode=text)** > > San Antonio Express - 1/1/2021 > As President Donald Trump behaves ever more erratically in the waning weeks of his term, Republicans and Democrats alike wonder: What’s he thinking? > > To all those who would divine in the president’s floundering a grand strategy, or even a small one, let me offer some caution: If you go rummaging around in Trump’s brain right now, you’re going to emerge empty-handed. > … ---
**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:** [January 1, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/83 "2021-01-01T23:17:27Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > What’s he thinking? DumbDonald? Thinking? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ukulele_ike1/32/4613_2.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike1)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/84 "2021-01-02T03:59:32Z")
Does Biden even PLAY golf? Anyone know? I figure his game is cribbage. ---
**Author:** ![lum\_s\_husband](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lum_s_husband/32/3698_2.png) [@lum\_s\_husband](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lum_s_husband)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/85 "2021-01-02T04:34:41Z")
And what is wrong with that? ---
**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 2, 2021, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/86 "2021-01-02T05:38:35Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike1](#): > > Does Biden even PLAY golf? Anyone know? [According to this article,](https://www.morningread.com/news-opinion/feature/2020-10-21/joe-biden-vs-donald-trump-in-golf-might-be-too-close-to-call) he has memberships at a few clubs in Delaware and a 6.8 handicap (is that good? I don’t make enough money to know such things.) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/87 "2021-01-02T06:00:04Z")
A 6.8 handicap is pretty darned good for an amateur golfer, particularly one in his 70s. It means that, on an 18-hole course with a par score of 72, on an average day, he’d expect to hit a 78 or 79 – your handicap number is how many strokes above par on an 18-hole course you score, on average. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/88 "2021-01-02T06:25:25Z")
Also, for reference, Trump apparently claims to have a 2.8 handicap, but given the widespread reports of him being creative about how he scores himself (i.e., he cheats at golf), there’s reason for skepticism about this. As noted in this article from 2019, which quotes a book written by sports journalist Rick Reilly, _Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump_: > [@](#): > > Trump, by all accounts, is a good golfer, especially for his age, Reilly writes. But the 2.8-stroke handicap he claims is the product of manipulation. A handicap is based on a golfer’s most recent 20 scores and allows players of different skill levels to compete fairly against each other. Someone with Trump’s handicap typically would shoot scores about three over par. Despite making more than 150 visits to his golf courses since taking office, Trump has logged only one round in the online USGA Handicap Index - and a 96 at that. > **[New book details Trump's alleged cheating on golf course](https://www.nbcsports.com/golf/news/new-book-details-donald-trumps-alleged-cheating-golf-course)** > > Donald Trump's alleged misdeeds on the golf course are the subject of a new book by former Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly, 'Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump.' ---
**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:** [January 2, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/89 "2021-01-02T15:05:34Z")
> [@Deeg](#): > > Oy, he just continues to spout nonsense. I didn’t realize that his tweet the other day calling Republicans weak also had a reference to the 5G CT. I have a personal question, which I have no problem with you refusing to answer. He’s been tweeting this nonsense bullshit on the official POTUS twitter for the last 4 years. None of this is secret, unknown, or new. Did you vote for him in 2020? ---
**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 2, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/90 "2021-01-02T16:08:31Z")
I’m not sure how you could take that post in any way as support for Trump. I was just dismayed (but not surprised) that he was giving credence to a silly CT like 5G. I don’t remember seeing that one before. I don’t expect anyone to remember my posts out the hundreds of excellent Dopers but I’ve made it quite clear that I believe Trump to be a disaster of epic proportions. I was hoping the GOP would get hammered in November for their support of Trump. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/91 "2021-01-02T16:24:08Z")
I somehow thought you were a Republican, or supporter of Reublicans. To be dismayed at Trump’s childish lunacy, but still support him as POTUS in charge of the nuclear codes kind of baffles me. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/92 "2021-01-02T16:31:41Z")
And now I’m baffled at where did you get that about **Deeg.** ---
**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:** [January 2, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/93 "2021-01-02T16:48:21Z")
Here’s my take on that (sort of). Remember how a couple of years ago, a significant share of us were slagging on **asahi** as being an over-reacting doomsayer? Well, over time, he began seeming more and more reasonable, based on the accumulated empirical evidence. So that particular Overton window has shifted in **asahi** ’s direction. **Deeg** just hasn’t shifted with it. Does that make any sense? ---
**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:** [January 2, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/94 "2021-01-02T17:17:51Z")
Over in the American Coup thread Deeg is coming across, to me, as an apologist for the Republicans who are wiping their asses with the shreds of the formerly orderly and patriotic transition of administrations. ---
**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 2, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/95 "2021-01-02T17:22:06Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Over in the American Coup thread Deeg is coming across, to me, as an apologist for the Republicans who are wiping their asses with the shreds of the formerly orderly and patriotic transition of administrations. - Did they run out of Constitution? ---
**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:** [January 2, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/96 "2021-01-02T17:24:28Z")
They’re down to the second amendment, and they’re confused about how to proceed! ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/97 "2021-01-02T17:25:08Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Here’s my take on that (sort of). Remember how a couple of years ago, a significant share of us were slagging on **asahi** as being an over-reacting doomsayer? Well, over time, he began seeming more and more reasonable, based on the accumulated empirical evidence. So that particular Overton window has shifted in **asahi** ’s direction. **Deeg** just hasn’t shifted with it. To be fair, **asahi** himself has become a bit more moderate than he used to be. For example, he’s stopped suggesting that Republicans be sent to re-education camps. Although in retrospect… ---
**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 2, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/98 "2021-01-02T17:32:06Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > To be fair, **asahi** himself has become a bit more moderate than he used to be.- How soon we forget. 🙄 I don’t see him as becoming more moderate (nor should he!), maybe a bit worn out. It’s just that finally everyone else is catching up with reality and now they’re overwriting their memories of how he was treated. ---
**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 2, 2021, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/99 "2021-01-02T23:29:54Z")
So here we are. Because I have the temerity to push back on some of the anti-Republican sentiment I must be a Trump voter. To some Dopers you either hate all Republicans with the fury of a thousand suns, believe that they are all evil, stupid, and the spawn of Satan or you’re a Trump voter. I was hoping for a Blue Wave this election. I wanted the GOP to be punished for their active (Lindsey Graham) or tacit (Susan Collins) support of Trump. That said it’s still possible to believe that not all Republicans want to illegally overturn the election. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/100 "2021-01-02T23:41:08Z")
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