# Citizen Trump (et al.) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 13, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-trump-et-al/930458 "2021-01-13T17:51:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-trump-et-al/930458/241 "2021-05-07T11:52:52Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Any participant here at SDMB could have told him what happens to socks. One of them gets lost in the laundry? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-trump-et-al/930458/242 "2021-05-07T14:06:18Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Any participant here at SDMB could have told him what happens… Which brings up a good point: The best thing that could happen to social media is if they hired… _The Doper Mods!_ (at great expense, natch) . “The Mods have determined that the following 9,544 accounts have been suspended for 24 hours while we discuss your posting privileges. Furthermore, the following 29,569 accounts are receiving ‘subject bans’, a new feature here…” ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-trump-et-al/930458/243 "2021-05-07T16:46:30Z")
If Doper mods take over all social media, we’re going to have to update the tagline to say “…plus a metric buttload of total dipsticks.” ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-trump-et-al/930458/244 "2021-05-07T16:51:53Z")
We’d need a metric buttload more mods, too. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-trump-et-al/930458/245 "2021-05-07T17:05:12Z")
You’re gonna need a bigger ~~boat~~ board. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-trump-et-al/930458/246 "2021-05-07T18:00:11Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Which brings up a good point: > The best thing that could happen to social media is if they hired… _The Doper Mods!_ > > (at great expense, natch) This does suggest an obvious and lucrative way this board can continue to pay for itself. Just contract out the mods to other social media. At great expense, natch. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-trump-et-al/930458/247 "2021-05-07T18:09:06Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Just contract out the mods to other social media. At great expense, natch. Twitter can give each of them a coffee mug with a blue cartoon bird on it. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-trump-et-al/930458/248 "2021-05-07T18:17:36Z")
I was only half-kidding. I really do think the biggest difference that makes this place palatable is the quality of the modding. Would Facebook be waffling on _Trump’s Tweetage_ if they had a Hari Seldon with his referee outfit and whistle? _†weeeeeet… you’re outta here, forever!_ So, mods, here’s your chance for fame, fortune and maybe a mug… ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-trump-et-al/930458/249 "2021-05-07T21:41:10Z")
> [@Steve\_McQwark](#): > > If Doper mods take over all social media, we’re going to have to update the tagline to say “…plus a metric **buttload** of total dipsticks.” Bolding mine. I believe you misspelled “planetload”. But I certainly agree with your sentiment. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-trump-et-al/930458/250 "2021-05-07T21:44:11Z")
> [@digs](#): > > So, mods, here’s your chance for fame, fortune and maybe a mug Let’s all get together and give them swell mugs, t-shirts and whistles and keep them all to ourselves. The rest of social media can eat their heart out. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-trump-et-al/930458/251 "2021-05-07T21:54:50Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > > [@Steve\_McQwark](#): > > > > If Doper mods take over all social media, we’re going to have to update the tagline to say “…plus a metric **buttload** of total dipsticks.” > > Bolding mine. > > I believe you misspelled “planetload”. > > But I certainly agree with your sentiment. I blame predictive text. > [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > Let’s all get together and give them swell mugs, t-shirts and whistles and keep them all to ourselves. The rest of social media can eat their heart out. In the words of Gabby Johnson, “Rarbit!” ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-trump-et-al/930458/252 "2021-05-09T02:37:44Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > Let’s all get together and give them swell mugs, t-shirts and whistles and keep them all to ourselves. The rest of social media can eat their heart out. And possible plack resurrection. Or not. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-trump-et-al/930458/253 "2021-05-09T19:37:54Z")
I posted this as a reply in SRIotD but think it should be part of this thread: The FEC won’t rebuke Trump: > **[Analysis | The FEC’s inexplicable punt on Trump’s hush-money payments](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/07/trump-skates-past-legal-trouble-first-time-post-presidency/)** > > The commission decided not to press forward with a case involving hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, despite there being a proven crime and Trump being implicated in it. > [@](#): > > Ever since former president Donald Trump left the Oval Office for the last time Jan. 20, a question on the lips of many of his critics was what legal jeopardy might await him. He faces [several investigations](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-investigations-lawsuits/2021/03/17/1ca3806c-8379-11eb-81db-b02f0398f49a_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_2). Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s Russia report contained extensive evidence — and what could even been regarded as direct suggestions — [that Trump committed obstruction of justice](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/23/crimes-mueller-suggests-trump-could-be-charged-with/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2) in the Russia investigation. Many Trump allies were also convicted of crimes, including one who publicly implicated Trump. > > We got our first word Thursday when it comes to Trump’s legal liability stemming from these cases, and he got a pass. > > The Federal Election Commission ruled that it [will not move forward](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/06/fec-trump-stormy-daniels-cohen/?itid=lk_inline_manual_5) with an investigation into Trump’s role in the illegal 2016 hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels, who claimed an affair with Trump, in the closing weeks of the election. > > The decision is both unsurprising and rather inexplicable. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-trump-et-al/930458/254 "2021-05-09T22:38:22Z")
😃 There’s no conceivable way that this isn’t pissing Trump off: > **[Penny for your tweets: Twitter now has a tip jar that lets you collect money...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/05/09/twitter-tip-jar/)** > > How much is your tweet worth? ---
**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:** [May 10, 2021, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-trump-et-al/930458/255 "2021-05-10T02:14:35Z")
Individual 1 blames Biden for the Kentucky Derby winning horse testing for drugs. > **[Trump calls Medina Spirit a ‘junky’ after horse tests positive for betamethasone](https://nypost.com/2021/05/09/trump-calls-medina-spirit-a-junky-after-drug-test-revelation/)** > > Former President Donald Trump called Medina Spirit a “junky” on Sunday, after the Kentucky Derby winner’s trainer revealed the horse tested positive for an illegal substance.… ---
**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:** [May 10, 2021, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-trump-et-al/930458/256 "2021-05-10T02:42:12Z")
“Junkie,” isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-trump-et-al/930458/257 "2021-05-10T03:01:55Z")
Neat! A horse on horse! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-trump-et-al/930458/258 "2021-05-10T04:01:46Z")
But this horse has a name! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-trump-et-al/930458/259 "2021-05-10T04:08:51Z")
Oh, I was sure I’d been through the desert with him, but now I guess not… carry on. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2021, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-trump-et-al/930458/260 "2021-05-10T05:25:08Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Neat! A horse on horse! Of course, of course. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-trump-et-al/930458.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-trump-et-al/930458.md?page=14)