# 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:** 3
**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, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/41 "2018-09-07T15:41:43Z")
> [@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. As evidenced by other posters in this thread, the fact that you can’t figure out what the rules are in the BBQ Pit makes you the _lesser_ poster. ---
**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, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/42 "2018-09-07T15:53:16Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > As evidenced by other posters in this thread, the fact that you can’t figure out what the rules are in the BBQ Pit makes you the _lesser_ poster. He gonna smite you!:eek: ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/43 "2018-09-07T15:54:03Z")
The poll choices don’t make sense. My preferred option of “Red Sox rock, Yankees suck!” was not included. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/44 "2018-09-07T15:55:22Z")
Anyone who isn’t voluntarily ignorant can see that Trump is dangerously incompetent. The press doesn’t trick us into thinking Trump is incompetent. They report on Trumps incompetence. Fox news invented lies and scandals against the Clintons & Obamas. The people who believe fox news were being led around by dishonest media. Those people are sheep being led around by lies and propaganda. Trump on the other hand is just having his dangerous incompetence reported by respected, honest journalistic outlets. It never ceases to amaze me how orwellian and lacking in self awareness the right has become in their projection of their own failings onto others. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/45 "2018-09-07T16:14:40Z")
> [@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. > > 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? Fuck you and fuck your poll, asswipe. (I don’t have 56,000 posts, so let’s see what happens, eh?) ---
**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, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/46 "2018-09-07T16:18:50Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > 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!!!** _? It may be recreational for Trump but all indications are that it’s real work for his partners. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/47 "2018-09-07T16:19:54Z")
> [@Mr\_Quatro](#): > > . > > 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? You honestly don’t think it was fucking obvious before this week that Trump is a loose cannon? (apologies to loose canons) ---
**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:** [September 7, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/48 "2018-09-07T16:26:30Z")
I’m gonna decline to participate in such a ridiculously phrased poll. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/49 "2018-09-07T16:50:58Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > apologies to loose canons Would ‘loose canons’ be the Scriptures of pagan religions? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/50 "2018-09-07T17:26:08Z")
The cannons are all in place, but they are firing broadsides at all points on the compass since the ship is rudderless and the Navigator is a raving loon. And I also must decline to vote in a poll so obviously slanted even Sisyphus wouldn’t try to move up it. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/51 "2018-09-07T17:46:59Z")
Another (non) vote for Fuck your poll. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/52 "2018-09-07T19:01:36Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > You will post your poll, but then comes _the knife_! ISWYDT, and I love you. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/53 "2018-09-07T19:06:10Z")
You have to reach out to people using their own idiom. Maybe this song performed by Johnny Cash will explain Trump to Mr Quatro: [Johnny Cash- God's Gonna Cut You Down (lyrics) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQTCS6aWRSc) ---
**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, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/54 "2018-09-07T19:10:56Z")
> [@Mr\_Quatro](#): > > I was simply interested in the numbers 16 yes vs 4 no … and 4 other explanations as of this moment Kinda like to know about those myself. If you had made it a public poll, knowledge of who chose the options you offered might be instructive. Too late now, though. ---
**Author:** ![blob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blob/32/489_2.png) [@blob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blob)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/55 "2018-09-08T00:24:14Z")
> [@Mr\_Quatro](#): > > I was simply interested in the numbers 16 yes vs 4 no … and 4 other explanations as of this moment numbers of what? Have you actually calculated the responses, or are you talking about your misleading “poll”? ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/56 "2018-09-08T01:29:37Z")
A loose cannon? If you want to know what I think, It is God testing the USA as a nation, to see if we the people can overcome a demonic despot by what we designed. If the system humans have come up with, called the US government and Constitution, can overcome and defeat a agent of Satan who is given the power to rule and do the people have the heart to stand for what is right. God is also using Trump to point out that we have so many people who need to be reached by the Love of God, that we are not a enlightened nation, and many more people (Trump supporters) need to know the Love of God and hearts transformed. ---
**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 8, 2018, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/57 "2018-09-08T02:09:10Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > A loose cannon? If you want to know what I think, It is God testing the USA as a nation, to see if we the people can overcome a demonic despot by what we designed. I’m reminded of that line from the Bible: _Do not put the Lord thy God to the test._ Yeah, big guy. This whole respect thing? It’s a two-way street. Besides, this is America. We don’t _have_ lords. It’s in the Constitution. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/58 "2018-09-08T02:46:01Z")
> [@Mumberthax](#): > > 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. Not quite; Kim is substantially more competent and grounded in reality. ---
**Author:** ![blob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blob/32/489_2.png) [@blob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blob)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/59 "2018-09-08T02:58:24Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Not quite; Kim is substantially more competent and grounded in reality. and has a better hairdo… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919/60 "2018-09-08T03:01:18Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > A loose cannon? If you want to know what I think, It is God testing the USA as a nation, to see if we the people can overcome a demonic despot by what we designed. If the system humans have come up with, called the US government and Constitution, can overcome and defeat a agent of Satan who is given the power to rule and do the people have the heart to stand for what is right. God is also using Trump to point out that we have so many people who need to be reached by the Love of God, that we are not a enlightened nation, and many more people (Trump supporters) need to know the Love of God and hearts transformed. :dubious: Whoosh? or do you actually think that a supreme being has cursed us with Trump? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919.md?page=4)