# Do you consider the POTUS Donald Trump as a loose cannon? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 6, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919 "2018-09-06T23:58:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/21 "2018-09-07T03:59:52Z")
I’ll second “Fuck you and fuck your poll, asswipe”. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/22 "2018-09-07T04:01:10Z")
Yes, if the press gives me information about events which I do not have direct knowledge of, I use that information to guide my life. I realize the OP, who in another thread said God talks to him, has a different method of guiding his life. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2018, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/23 "2018-09-07T04:01:21Z")
> [@Thing\_Fish](#): > > I’ll second “Fuck you and fuck your poll, asswipe”. Let’s make that the Official 4th Choice. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/24 "2018-09-07T04:30:34Z")
I think it is true but refuse to answer the crappy, biased first choice. Also to point out, it is incorrect to use “as” with “consider.” ---
**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:** [September 7, 2018, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/25 "2018-09-07T06:46:53Z")
Why is “He’s an America-hating fuckstick” not a poll option? I mean BESIDES the fact that that’s such an obvious statement of uncontroversial objective fact that it would be like making a poll on the question of whether superheated steam is hotter than liquid nitrogen. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/26 "2018-09-07T07:27:59Z")
What do _you_ think **Mr Quatro**? ---
**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:** [September 7, 2018, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/27 "2018-09-07T08:38:31Z")
I’ll just wait for the poll that asks, “Do you consider the POTUS Donald Trump as a loose sphincter?” I believe I have an opinion on that. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/28 "2018-09-07T08:41:56Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I’ll just wait for the poll that asks, “Do you consider the POTUS Donald Trump as a loose sphincter?” I believe I have an opinion on that. Isn’t the Congress the sphincter and DT the stuff that oozes out? ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/29 "2018-09-07T08:45:11Z")
I believe it because it’s true. [ > [@Republican Head of House Majority Paul Ryan](#): > > I can look myself in the mirror at the end of the day and say I avoided that tragedy, I avoided that tragedy, I avoided that tragedy, ]([http://thehill.com/homenews/house/400720-ryan-says-hes-helped-avoid-tragedies-in-trump-presidency](http://thehill.com/homenews/house/400720-ryan-says-hes-helped-avoid-tragedies-in-trump-presidency)) [ > [@Republic Senator Ben Sasse](#): > > I mean honestly, I’m still processing it. It’s just so similar to what so many of us hear from senior people around the White House, you know, three times a week. ]([Sen. Sasse on Anonymous NYT Op-Ed: "I Don't Understand The Morality Of Writing The Piece" | Video | RealClearPolitics](https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/09/06/sen_sasse_on_anonymous_nyt_op-ed_i_dont_understand_the_morality_of_writing_the_piece.html)) Try finding Gary Cohn’s statement that the story about him, in Woodward’s book, isn’t true. Good luck. [https://www.axios.com/trump-bob-woodward-south-korea-6239fc9a-e2bf-4fce-b30f-81fd92f0cf9e.html](https://www.axios.com/trump-bob-woodward-south-korea-6239fc9a-e2bf-4fce-b30f-81fd92f0cf9e.html) ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/30 "2018-09-07T12:55:05Z")
Does the press make up his Twitter feed? ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/31 "2018-09-07T13:01:24Z")
Cannons, secured or not, tend to show up to work before 11 in the morning. So comparing Trump to a loose cannon would greatly undervalue the work ethic of naval artillery. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/32 "2018-09-07T13:21:20Z")
Your poll choices are strange. I’ll pass. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/33 "2018-09-07T13:35:37Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Cannons, secured or not, tend to show up to work before 11 in the morning. So comparing Trump to a loose cannon would greatly undervalue the work ethic of naval artillery. Another vote for the question itself being an insult to loose cannons. At least a loose cannon could be put on a stable carriage and then be useful from then on. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/34 "2018-09-07T14:21:22Z")
Fuck your poll. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/35 "2018-09-07T14:26:08Z")
Nah he’s more like a series of randomly placed [Claymore Mines]([Claymore mine - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M18_Claymore_mine) Klaymore Mines.). Indescriminate, kills friend and foe alike and can be set off by a trip wire. And OP, if you actually listened to that asshole, or read what he writes, you would understand that the press is just reporting what he is. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/36 "2018-09-07T15:04:45Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Which choice do I pick for “Fuck you and fuck your poll, asswipe”? Most members couldn’t get away with this kind of language … I presume your 56,000 post allow you more freedom than us lessor posters. As for the poll questions I couldn’t possibly think otherwise than the fact that the media has stirred this up with an op-ed from an unknown insider. I was simply interested in the numbers 16 yes vs 4 no … and 4 other explanations as of this moment Once in the pit there is no hope of return correct? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/37 "2018-09-07T15:08:59Z")
> [@Mr\_Quatro](#): > > Most members couldn’t get away with this kind of language … I presume your 56,000 post allow you more freedom than us lessor posters. Have you considered having your god strike him down? ---
**Author:** ![Mumberthax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@Mumberthax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mumberthax)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/38 "2018-09-07T15:11:54Z")
> [@DinoR](#): > > Talk about an entire supertanker of poison for the well in the poll choices. > > Trump’s own action and statements combined with the statements of his supporters inside his campaign and administration is enough to convince me he’s a loose cannon. No kidding. We’re talking about a maverick who blustered his way into the White House and clearly has no frigging clue as to what he’s up to. This assclown would run the USA the same way Kim Jong-Un runs the DPRK if he had no checks on his power. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/39 "2018-09-07T15:21:54Z")
> [@Mr\_Quatro](#): > > Most members couldn’t get away with this kind of language You’re now in the Pit and the rules on swearing have been rescinded. So fuck you and the horse you rode in on. Your poll is shitstorm of stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/40 "2018-09-07T15:22:27Z")
> [@Mr\_Quatro](#): > > Once in the pit there is no hope of return correct? You will post your poll, but then comes _the knife_! BTW, would it change your view of Trump if you realize that he almost certainly is in favor of… _ **recreational sex!!!** _? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919.md?page=3)