# Comey compares Trump to a mob boss **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 11, 2018, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-compares-trump-to-a-mob-boss/812237 "2018-04-11T18:51:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-compares-trump-to-a-mob-boss/812237/1 "2018-04-11T18:51:13Z")
His book is out next week and he’s on a media tour starting Sunday night. > **[Axed FBI director James Comey apparently compares Trump to a mob boss in...](https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/james-comey-compares-trump-mob-boss-abc-interview-article-1.3928005)** > > Former FBI director James Comey compared President Trump to a mob boss in a new ABC News interview that is set to air this weekend. He better watch out , he might sleep with the fishes. ---
**Author:** ![RickG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rickg/32/5174_2.png) [@RickG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickG)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-compares-trump-to-a-mob-boss/812237/2 "2018-04-11T19:34:04Z")
With the exception that his crime family is anything _but_ “organized”, that seems about right. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-compares-trump-to-a-mob-boss/812237/3 "2018-04-11T19:57:07Z")
> [@RickG](#): > > With the exception that his crime family is anything _but_ “organized”, that seems about right. I suspect most mob bosses will feel rather insulted. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-compares-trump-to-a-mob-boss/812237/4 "2018-04-11T20:02:50Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I suspect most mob bosses will feel rather insulted. Yes, _they_ may send someone to visit. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-compares-trump-to-a-mob-boss/812237/5 "2018-04-11T22:32:10Z")
Who gets the horse’s head in their bed? ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-compares-trump-to-a-mob-boss/812237/6 "2018-04-11T22:42:15Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Who gets the horse’s head in their bed? In Trump’s case, it should be a horse’s ass. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-compares-trump-to-a-mob-boss/812237/7 "2018-04-11T22:43:41Z")
Trump is a mob boss in a comedy movie about a hapless mob boss. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-compares-trump-to-a-mob-boss/812237/8 "2018-04-11T22:59:07Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > In Trump’s case, it should be a horse’s ass. That is a wonderful image. I’m sure he would complain about it on twitter. “Woke up with a horse rear end in my bed. Not funny at all! Sad.” ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-compares-trump-to-a-mob-boss/812237/9 "2018-04-11T23:03:31Z")
“The Gang that couldn’t shoot straight” could be their moniker. Never saw so many people shooting themselves in their collective feet. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-compares-trump-to-a-mob-boss/812237/10 "2018-04-11T23:04:08Z")
“I gave him an offer he couldn’t figure out.” ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-compares-trump-to-a-mob-boss/812237/11 "2018-04-11T23:08:53Z")
What has he done to deserve this flat, flavourless manhatten? ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-compares-trump-to-a-mob-boss/812237/12 "2018-04-11T23:14:30Z")
Leave the condom, take the cannoli. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-compares-trump-to-a-mob-boss/812237/13 "2018-04-11T23:36:11Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Leave the condom, take the cannoli. I can’t decide if this wins the thread, or “I made him an offer he couldn’t figure out” above. :dubious: ---
**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:** [April 11, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-compares-trump-to-a-mob-boss/812237/14 "2018-04-11T23:37:48Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > That is a wonderful image. I’m sure he would complain about it on twitter. > > “Woke up with a horse rear end in my bed. Not funny at all! Sad.” [Mad Magazine](http://thewonderfulworldofstupid.blogspot.com/2011/05/mad-oddfather.html) ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-compares-trump-to-a-mob-boss/812237/15 "2018-04-12T01:50:34Z")
Thats a fair assessment. Or a tinpot dictator’s incompetent son. Trump takes a level of incompetence, corruption and criminality that people aren’t used to and mushes them together. Running for president was probably the biggest mistake he ever made. The one saving grace is that Trump (and to a lesser extent republicans in general) are so incompetent and delusional that the damage they are doing is limited. Imagine if they were intelligent and competent. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-compares-trump-to-a-mob-boss/812237/16 "2018-04-12T02:05:47Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Trump takes a level of incompetence, corruption and criminality that people aren’t used to and mushes them together. Running for president was probably the biggest mistake he ever made. He thought he would be the ultimate CEO. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-compares-trump-to-a-mob-boss/812237/17 "2018-04-12T03:30:06Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > In Trump’s case, it should be a horse’s ass. He already wakes up with that in his bed every morning. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-compares-trump-to-a-mob-boss/812237/18 "2018-04-12T11:21:21Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > The one saving grace is that Trump (and to a lesser extent republicans in general) are so incompetent and delusional that the damage they are doing is limited. Imagine if they were intelligent and competent. You say that now, but wait till the knucklehead lobs a missile into Syria and takes out a Russian platoon. Up until now, the administration has been like a “Don Knotts: Godfather” movie but shit’s gonna get real pretty soon. He may be the head of the Gang Who Couldn’t Shoot Straight, but they can still make a right mess of things. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-compares-trump-to-a-mob-boss/812237/19 "2018-04-12T12:28:21Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > > [@Bijou Drains](#): > > > > Leave the condom, take the cannoli. > > I can’t decide if this wins the thread, or “I made him an offer he couldn’t figure out” above. > :dubious: I think we’ll need to award _two_ blue ribbons! ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-compares-trump-to-a-mob-boss/812237/20 "2018-04-12T12:38:15Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > He thought he would be the ultimate CEO. Let’s be clear about one thing: Trump has never been about actually doing one thing or another, (because he’s barely competent). All he ever really cares about is presenting an image of himself. That’s what got him elected, and it’s only thing he knows how to do in order to keep his dog-and-pony show going. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-compares-trump-to-a-mob-boss/812237.md?page=2)